THE POWER OF LESS Dr. Cristian Suau
www.ecofab.org
Department of Architecture University of Strathclyde
RESEARCH WORK RESEARCH PLAN
RESEARCH BY DESIGN
www.ecofab.org
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM VISIONARY URBANISM INFORMAL URBANITY
ECO-DESIGN REUSE + LOW-TECH + REMAKE COMPACT + PROTOTYPING
WATER IN ARID LANDS FOG COLLECTION IN DESERT
PUBLICATIONS 2004-2012 * MARIE CURIE IEF PROJECT FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, Proposal n째 331084; Project Acronym: EMUVE
* ONGOING BOOK PROPOSAL * 5 BOOK CHAPTERS * 15 ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS * 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS * 5 PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM VISIONARY URBANISM INFORMAL URBANITY HYBRID LANDSCAPES
HOMERUS MASTER PLAN ALMERE 2007
DRIVE-IN CINEMA
THE PLINTH
THE CAFÉ HALL
WATER GAMES
THYSSENKRUPP TOWER DUBAI 2009
VERTICAL GARDEN - PARK
VERTICAL GARDEN – UP & DOWN
BADEL MASTER PLAN ZAGREB 2012
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MAGOK MASTER PLAN SEOUL 2008
BULNES BOULEVARD SANTIAGO DE CHILE AWARDED DEC 2012
RAMBLA DE LA CIUDADANIA - VISTA AEREA DESDE LA CAJA CIVICA
RAMBLA DE LA CIUDADANIA - VISTA AEREA DESDE PARQUE ALMAGRO
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ESTRUCTURA CUBIERTA
OBSERVATORIO URBANO
OBSERVATORIO URBANO
CIRCULACION
TORRE PANTALLA 1
TORRE PANTALLA 2
AUDITORIUM SALON EXHIBICION
PABELLON SANTIAGO AXONOMETRICA
The American Border Cities: dr cristian suau
Instant Urbanism along the Pan-American Highway
fairbanks
calgary
detroit-windsor
denver
minneapolis dallas
el paso-ciudad juarez
panama city
arica-tacna
los andes-mendoza
buenos aires punta arenas
pan-american highway darien gap highway (underconstruction) borderland cities mega-cities pan-american highway darien gap cities highway (underconstruction) borderland cities mega-cities cities
ECO-DESIGN REUSE REMAKE LOW-TECH COMPACT PROTOTYPING
RECICLARQ GLOBAL 2004 onwards
GLOBAL D
PALLET HOUSE GLOBAL 2004 onwards
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TIMBER – HOUSING TYPES WITH PALLETS
CRISTIAN SUAU, RESEARCH BY DESIGN PROJECTS
NOMADIC ALLOTMENTS LONDON 2010
mobile allotment - BM - london festival of architecture 2010 cristian suau rachael davidson
FULL ALLOTMENT SHED
PLAZA-SEATS GARDEN BOXES GREEN BUFFER PLAZA DECK PLAZA-SEATS
TABLES
RAMPS
GREEN BUFFER
CRATES
RAMPS
EURO-PALLETS
SHED
TABLES
WHEELS lateral bracing
1 lateral bracing
SEATS & GARDEN BOX
METAL PROFILES
EURO-PALLETS
CRATES - PLASTIC TRAYS
2 EURO-PALLETS 1 lateral bracing
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EURO-PALLETS
WHEELS
METAL PROFILES
WHEELS METAL PROFILES
25cm
30cm
40cm
METAL PROFILES
WHEELS
GARDEN ORGANIC ROLL INSULATION
EURO-PALLET 800X1200mm
1. crates 30x25x40 2. white plastic straps (30cm length) 3. 100m rice rope light
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FRAME
GREENERY felt insulation
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GREENERY felt insulation
WATER IN ARID LANDS FOG COLLECTION IN DESERT WATER HARVESTING FOR DRINKING AND IRRIGATION REPAIRING ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS
TARGET FP7-ENV-2013-WATER-INNO-DEMO
SUAU ©
FOGHIVE - 3D fog collector CHILE 2010-12
28th International PLEA Conference LIMA, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2012 OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITS & NEEDS: Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture
SUAU Š
28th International PLEA Conference LIMA, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2012 OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITS & NEEDS: Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture
SUAU Š
28th International PLEA Conference LIMA, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2012 OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITS & NEEDS: Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture
SUAU Š
FOGHIVEŠ in the fog oasis of Alto Patache, Chile. Overall view of 3D fogtraps facing the SW winds from the Pacific Ocean
FOGHIVEŠ in the fog oasis of Alto Patache, Chile. detail of an standing-alone 3D fogtrap collecting fog through condensation
SUAU ©
THE POWER OF LESS TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC DESIGN
THE POWER OF LESS 1. EMPOWERING DIVERSITY Conflict, diversity and difference are constitutive of democratic coexistence. A democratic architecture has to provide new flexibility by identifying potential obstacles; exploring possible architectures; looking at potential smart technologies and defining new sociospatial models.
THE POWER OF LESS 2. ADAPTING SYSTEMS What Should We Play Instead? Life is frantic and changing. Adaptability is a necessary antidote against reductive and dysfunctional schemes of living in motion. We must operate with progressive design approaches on potential architecture and new spatial games
THE POWER OF LESS 3. PLURAL DESIGN Density and diversity are sustainable. All citizens have the right to have a sustainable social, climatic and built environment. For instance, any democratic architecture should support the use of decarbonised technologies and encourage passive energy systems.
THE POWER OF LESS 4. PLAYABILITY One of the most significant aspects of design lies in its ludic action. What level of playability do we take into consideration within design process?
THE POWER OF LESS 5. SOCIAL ACCESSIBILITY We must reject any architectural trend that excludes the ethic role and consequently the social promotion. Architects are certainly organic intellectuals because they are organizers of the built environment and the potential one.