hermeneumata
a codex of design and research
carmelo ignaccolo Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design Columbia GSAPP - 2016/2017
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Kolkata
hermeneumata
a codex of design and research
carmelo ignaccolo Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design Columbia GSAPP - 2016/2017
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thank you Kate Orff Laura Kurgan UD faculty C4SR UD classmates Fulbright .... Mom & Dad
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The word Hermeneumata ( Ἑρμηνεύματα in Greek) means interpretation. They are series of dialogues (known as the “colloquia”) written in the III century A.D. to teach the Greek language to Latin-speaking people in the Roman Empire. Hermeneumata: a codex of design and research is a collection of interpretations and design dialogues during the Urban Design program at GSAPP.
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GLOBAL STUDIO
GLOBAL 10 Bengal Flux
DESIGN Water Urbanism Studio Spring 2017
REGIONAL 30 Human Nature
DESIGN Justice in Place Studio Fall 2017
NYC
48 The BuShare Coll. DESIGN 5 Borough Studio Summer 2016
66 Catania palimpsest SEMINAR Recombinant Urbanism Spring 2017
RESEARCH 78 Damage Aleppo
RESEARCH Center Spatial Research Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Kolkata
20 Bengal Flux IIn
26 Bengal Temporalityn
38 Sense[scape]n
42 Cha[nging]ttanogan
RESEARCH Water Urbanism Studio Spring 2017
RESEARCH Justice in Place Studio Fall 2017
58 Food System NYC RESEARCH 5 Borough Studio Summer 2016
DATA
72 [Un]affordable NY CODING Data Visualization Spring 2017
LANDSAT Water Urbanism Studio Spring 2017
RIVER Justice in Place Studio Fall 2017
TYPOLOGIES 64 Havana Vieja
SEMINAR Fabrics and Typologies Fall 2016
74 Cities’ Height
CODING Data Mining the City Fall 2016
Kolkata, Howrah Bridge
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Kolkata
Global
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Bengal Flux is a design vision for the Bengal region. It proposes an adaptive infrastructure for migrant ecological communities in the face of climate change. It equips current fixities in the landscape including dams, barrages, bridges, and levees to accommodate the dynamics of ecologies and importantly, farmers. Its ultimate objective is to make a ground that embraces uncertainty and complexity.
Water Urbanism Studio design_spring 2017
Bengal Flux
migration.adaptation.resilience
Instructors
Kate Orff Laura Kurgan Dilip da Cunha Geeta Mehta Julia Watson Team: Deniz Onder, Dissa Pidanti
migration
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Kolkata
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Himalayan transect
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Kolkata
Fixities and Flux
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Elements
Components
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Rhizome
Kolkata
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Kolkata
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Kolkata
Teesta
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Performance
Kolkata flower market
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Kolkata
Details
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flow
Water Urbanism Studio research_spring 2017
Bengal Flux II
adaptive social systems
Instructors
Kate Orff Laura Kurgan Dilip da Cunha Geeta Mehta Julia Watson Team: Deniz Onder, Dissa Pidanti
GLOBAL STUDIO_research
This preliminary study analysis of the Bengal region aims to identify the temporality and the actors of the flux.
ecologies
Kolkata
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bio-unit
trans-localities
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Kolkata
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transect
strategy
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Kolkata
habitat
Bengal fluctuation
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Water Urbanism Studio landsat_spring 2017
Bengal Temporality Instructors
Kate Orff Laura Kurgan Dilip da Cunha Geeta Mehta Julia Watson Team: Deniz Onder, Dissa Pidanti, Paul Wang
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Chapra
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marigold
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Kolkata
change
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Poughkeepsie, Hudson Valley
REGIONAL STUDIO_design
Hudson Valley
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Regional
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Justice in Place Studio fall 2016
Human Nature Instructors
Lee Altman Michael Murphy David Smiley Pippa Brashear Justin Moore James Carse Christopher Kroner Sandro Marpillero Team: Mario Ulloa, Isabel Carrasco, Shuman Wu
REGIONAL STUDIO_design
Human Nature seeks to break the stigma and marginalization of mentally ill people in Poughkeepsie by linking consciousness and landscape. The proposal creates a system of adaptive landscapes and adaptive services. The less than perfect landscapes of the Valley are paired with the abandoned brick industrial buildings in the city. Urban ecology and social justice are hybridized.
Hudson Valley
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landscape scars
REGIONAL STUDIO_design
Hudson Valley
interaction
Human Nature design
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existing isolation
engagement
REGIONAL STUDIO_design
Hudson Valley
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possibilities
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HOUSING
solitude seclusion uncomfortable
FOOD
dependency charity resignation
STAFF
RESIDENTS
FAMILIES
NEIGHBORHOOD
DAY IN A LIFE INTERACTION
community choice enjoyable autonomy calm hopeful
connections
REGIONAL STUDIO_design
Hudson Valley
TRANSPORTATION
ACTIVITIES
limitation seclusion
inactive disinterested
day in a life integration expertise faithful enjoyable convenient healthy
exhibition
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Justice in Place Studio research_fall 2016
Sense[scape] Instructors
Lee Altman Michael Murphy David Smiley Pippa Brashear Justin Moore James Carse Christopher Kroner Sandro Marpillero Team: Mario Ulloa, Isabel Carrasco, Shuman Wu
deinstitutionalization
Sense[scape] explores the current conditions and emergencies of the Hudson River landscape to propose new spaces of integration between mentally ill people and the society.
REGIONAL STUDIO_research
geology
Hudson Valley
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system
REGIONAL STUDIO_research
Hudson Valley
metaphor
Sense[scape] argument
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Justice in Place Studio fall 2016
Cha[nging]ttanooga Instructors
Lee Altman Michael Murphy David Smiley Pippa Brashear Justin Moore James Carse Christopher Kroner Sandro Marpillero Team Andrea Benavides, Deniz Onder, Dissa Pidanti
Cha[nging]ttanooga is a info graphic-map of water and air pollution along the Tennessee River, specifically in Chattanooga. Throughout the last 30 years, as a result of industrial displacements and urban changes, the city has reached all the health standards in air quality, however, levels of pollution in the water are still considerably high.
REGIONAL STUDIO_river
evolution
Hudson Valley
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connections
REGIONAL STUDIO_river
Hudson Valley
ecologies
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Bushwick, Brooklyn
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Kolkata
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NYC
48
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The 5 Borough Studio design_summer 2016
The BuShare Collective Instructors
Kaja Kuhl James Khamsi Brian Baldor Ben Brady Ellen Neises Thaddeus Pawlowski Team: Chris Chiou, Yuting Pan, Linshu Huang
NYC_design
Bushwick (BK)
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Bushwick lacks access to fresh food and small scale recreation spaces. The BuSHARE Collective proposes a new building regulation policy and a sharing platform to create a sustainable, locally produced fresh-food network. This proposal tackles the lack of fresh food production by localizing the process.
system
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method
data
NYC_design
Bushwick (BK)
cycle
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activities
public space
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NYC_design
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Bushwick (BK)
LinkNYC (Smartphone Owners w/o Data Plan)
NYC Low-Income (<30K/yr) Smartphone Ownership
BUS ARE x
Replace
COLLECTIVE
Low Income Accessibility to Smartphone Applications
87% https://labs.robinhood.org/Mobile_Design_For_Social_Impact_Report.pdf
Bushwick Payphone Locations
(approximated from LinkNYC website)
BUS ARE Mobile Application COLLECTIVE
Points
BUSHARE members earn points by composting food waste or selling unused produce.
Scan
Members scan the QR code when food waste is dropped off at the bin for composting.
Earn
Application analyzes the amount of food waste and members receive points.
Spend
Digital wallets keep track of BUSHARE points which can be spent.
Free Wi-Fi
digital
Connect
Members can purchase unused produce from other members at a greatly reduced cost.
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vision
NYC_design
Bushwick (BK)
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diversity model
BuShare design
NYC_design
Bushwick (BK)
interaction
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The 5 Borough Studio research_summer 2016
Food System NYC Instructors
Kaja Kuhl James Khamsi Brian Baldor Ben Brady Ellen Neises Thaddeus Pawlowski Team: Kristen Reardon, Jun Ahn, Mengke Wu, Yanyan Xu
NYC_research
Bushwick (BK)
This research about fresh food distribution shows that in NYC the processed food resellers are mainly located in low-income neighborhood. A temporary installation in Bushwick bodegas wants to rise the awareness of this issue.
replicability
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street furniture
NYC_research
Bushwick (BK)
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lighting
Havana Vieja, Cuba
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Kolkata
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Typologies
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Fabrics and Typologies: NYC/Global fall 2016
Havana: wind pattern Instructor
Richard Plunz Team: Kristen Reardon
The Old City of Havana is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is undergoing a massive restoration effects leading to some buildings being condemned for removal. The location of Havana along the north shore of Cuba creates a northeastern wind across the city. However, the current grid does not allow for the wind to move easily across the city.
Fabrics and Typologies
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Havana
Existing
Proposal
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Public Space and Recombinant Urbanism spring 2017
Catania: city as palimpsest Instructor
David Grahame Shane Team: Mario Ulloa, Shuman Wu, Isabel Carrasco, Daniel Ziss
Catania is the second largest city of Sicily located on the east coast facing the Ionian Sea. The city is well known for its historical earthquakes, having been destroyed by catastrophic earthquakes in 1169 and 1693, and for several volcanic eruptions from the neighbouring Mount Etna, the most violent of which was in 1669. This study explores the historical evolution of the city of Catania through the â&#x20AC;&#x153;recombinant urbanismâ&#x20AC;? theory of Professor Shane.
Region
Public Space and Recombinant Urbanism
Catania
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Layers
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Public Space and Recombinant Urbanism
Evolution
Catania
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p5.js
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Kolkata
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Data
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Data Visualization for Urbanism spring 2017
[UN]affordable New York Instructor
Juan Francisco Saldarriaga Team: Timur Abiassov, Ying Huang, Jesfae John
[UN]affordable New York is a data visualization project which aims to visualize the distribution of affordable housing development in NYC and how it relates to demographical characteristics.
details
Data Visualization
New York City
aligned
infographic
Interactive website
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Data Mining the City fall 2016
Citiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Height Instructor Danil Nagy
Team: Shuman Wu, Nick Sundholm
surfaces
This machine learning project wants to respond to the need of city mass models when there is no other data available apart from Google Street View. The CNN uses as dataset 32,000 images from Manhattan collected with an algorithm from Google Street View.
nodes
Data Mining
CNN steps
New York City
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Aleppo, Syria
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Kolkata
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Research
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Center for Spatial Research fall/spring 2017
Remote Sensing Urban Damage in Aleppo Instructors Laura Kurgan Grga Basic Dare Brawley
[UN]affordable New York is a data visualization project which aims to visualize the distribution of affordable housing development in NYC and how it relates to demographical characteristics.
Conflict Urbanism
Aleppo
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This case study documents an experimental approach of analyzing low resolution Landsat satellite imagery to document and map pixel value change in Aleppo between 2011 and the end of June 2016. Using a method that is typically employed by remote sensing scientist s to study ecological change, we have developed an algorithm that is trained on a different geography – urban Aleppo – to ask a different set of questions – how might we remotely sense urban damage that is the result of war?
dataset (2011-2016)
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change maps (2011-2016)
Conflict Urbanism
Aleppo
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cloud masking
Aleppo animation
changes pixels
Conflict Urbanism
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Aleppo
urban damage
CSR website
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Data Mining
New York City
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Carmelo graduated in May 2017 from the Master program in Architecture and Urban Design at Columbia GSAPP, where he was awarded with the GSAPP prize for excellence in Urban Design 2017. He is a Fulbright Fellow with a background in EngineeringArchitecture (BArch+Msc in Engineering â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15) and international work experiences in London, Shanghai, New York and Nairobi. He is currently based in Kenya, working as Urban Designer for the United Nations (HABITAT) and as Adj. Research Associate for the Columbia Global Center in Africa. www.carmeloignaccolo.com
i.carmelo@columbia.edu
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