David A. Schragger
E_FLUX Tower _ Fall 2008 Research Internship under P. Michael Pelken Integrated Wind Turbine Research, Modeling and Fabrication Rhino, 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Computer Fluid Dynamic Analysis, Wind Tunnel Prototype
These images for the E_FLUX Tower were created while assisting P. Michael Pelken with his research in integrated wind turbine technologies. Working together with Professor Dr. Thong Dang and Andrew Wells in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the project focused on developing architectural and sustainable potentials of forms optimized by the principles of fluid dynamics. This was done through digital modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis along with the fabrication of a physical model and pending wind tunnel testing. The scale of P. Michael Pelken's work applies from a street lamp to a highrise building. The airfoil increases pressure exerting more force on the turbine. The turbine in return consumes the force, dissipating the power of the wind. Refining a form that optimizes these principles creates an opportunity to yield performance and a new building typology. United States Trademark and Paten Office Patent Appl. No. 12/059231 prototype fabrication
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling by Andrew Wells
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E_FLUX Tower
omnidirectional turbine
United States Trademark and Paten Office Patent Appl. No. 12/059231
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form variations
module
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E_FLUX Tower
optimized form
module section
horizontal compression
vertical compression
United States Trademark and Paten Office Patent Appl. No. 12/059231
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CBST Urban Synagogue _ Fall 2008 Visiting Critics: S tephen Casel Adam Yarinski Solar Site Research, Programmatic Study Rhino, Grasshopper, 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Light Study Models, CardBoard Model
This studio focused on creating a permanent place of worship for the gay and lesbian Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. The congregation needs a site that can house both the religious and social necessities of the community. The challenge of this project was to insert all of the programmatic and cultural necessities into an infill slot on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Because of the compression of the infill sight, a way to liberate the exterior force is to open the building through vertical integration achieved by a light shaft that runs along the northern perimeter of the building. The program is composed and filtered by two interlocking screens that separate and integrate the sacred and community spaces. The patterning of the screens is achieved through varying apertures that are organized through a random generator subjugated through attractors of programmatic necessities. Walls, windows, and door location influence the size of apertures within the randomized field. Moreover, the mediation of light and shadow alter the interior space throughout the course of the day and the year. The patterning changes as the light changes throughout the course of the day; at dusk the only direct natural light perforating the building is in the sanctuary where the light progresses across the sanctuary towards the arch and exits through the skylight towards Jerusalem.
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CBST Urban Synagogue
apertures
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external layer
augmented internal layer
sanctuary light composition Ark
aperture scale redistributed to accommodate program
formal composition of interlocking screens
physical light model
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CBST Urban Synagogue
digital light model
210 Bowery St New York, NY
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sectional solar migration from dawn to dusk
sanctuary solar migration from dawn to dusk
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north / south section
east / west section
sanctuary
library
music/cultural
admin
community
lobby 12
CBST Urba
n Synagogue
sanctuary
library
music/cultural 13
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CBST Urban Synagogue
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Wingspan _ Spring 2008 Critics: Terrance Goode Kevin Lair Formal Study, Modular System Study Rhino, 3D Studio Max, Mental Ray, PhotoShop, Illustrator
This project experiments with the idea of modularity and design. This system is developed through an accumulation of modular units derived from the average arm span from the human physique. This dimension was rotated and arrayed on a field where it was broken apart through its overlapping segments. The pattern was reduced to three distinct forms, which were reflected and rotated into a base configuration that could be arrayed into a structure system through the act of transposition. The possibilities of this modular unit are flexible and can be adapted to address any programmatic or environmental needs by interchanging the fill within the structural frame. This modular concept was applied to the programmatic needs of an examination room. This was done through addressing the needs of natural lighting, public/private vision, stack ventilation and the technological needs of the space. These elements, combined with the narrative path for the doctor, nurse, and a patient, were accommodated by this space. This project is a formal experiment, applying 2-D graphic geometries that were used to structure an ergonomic framework for a spatial distribution of a 3-D environment. The goal is to organize the space to be in and out of reach.
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Wingspan
exploded axon 17
pattern evolution to form
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Wingspan
plan
section
patient table sink changing area
storage doctor examination area storage table
examination table
circulation
program
private table
day lighting
floor ventilation
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view from changing area
view from exam table
view from desk
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Wingspan
exterior vent detail
frame
fill
frame & fill
frame & fill & interior 21
Thumos _ Spring 2007 Critic: Aaron Sprecher Partner: J.J. Jordano Digital Modeling, Algorithmic Extrapolation, Rendering and Fabrication Rhino, 3D Studio Max V-Ray, PhotoShop, Illustrator, AutoCad
Thumos is an Ancient Greek word expressing the concept of spiritedness, indicating a physical association with breath or blood. The word is also used to express the human desire for recognition. Architecture through the ages has strived to express and wanted to embody the spiritedness of humankind, yet has been limited by requirements of both function and buildability. With breakthroughs of technology, we are finally beginning to liberate our structures, free our imaginations. At the heart of this project is something of the human emotion, boxed in to the point of eruption. Thumos. The thumos is that part of the soul in between the logos and the epithumiai, in between the call toward the invisible, the divine, and the needs of the body and its passions and desires, that has to make choices in favor of one or the other, and thus lead the soul as a whole to war or peace. Bulgarian artist Valkova Stoicheva began her piece titled “Eruption� with four porcelain cubes that she distorted to simulate an eruption. We considered this notion of the formalized box that could no longer maintain its shape because of the forces acting in it. Our attempt to translate this reaction into structural form is at the same time an attempt to capture thumos in physical form. In studying the forces acting upon the object, we utilized Rhino software to recreate the explosion in digital form. Analyzing the movement of the explosion across a series of 192 points along the explosion edge from time = 0 to time = 4, we were able to extract equations indicating the spatial forces acting upon the object. We then projected the data set to time = 8, and used the resulting equations in the process of creating the new form. We applied a portion of these equations to a line and gave it a time progression similar to the original object. The resulting forces of an eruption are varying and random, acting in many directions. In the same way our created object as built structure can be considered in multiple positions. We have chosen to investigate its use as a canopy. 22
Thumos
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Valkova Stoicheva's “Eruption�
artifact analysis surface edge deformation and projection T0-T8
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digital model design
variation analysis
initial shape creation lofting between states
morphed design objectives and constraints
point analysis line analysis length and direction partitioning
projection on new object
extrapolation of forces
Point 5
Point 4 X=((segments-3)*27.96)/10 Y=((segments-3)*219.67)/10 Z=-((segments-3)*155.77)/10
Point 3
X=-((segments-3)*78.60)/10 Y=((segments-3)*219.43)/10 Point 5
Z=-((segments-3)*26.20)/10
Point 2
X=-((segments-3)*47.46)/10 Y=((segments-3)*120.35)/10 Point 4
Z=-((segments-3)*1.695)/10
Point 1
X=-((segments-3)*16.94)/10 Y=((segments-3)*7.88)/10 Point 3
Z=((segments-3)*14.58)/10 X=-((segments-3)*3.42)/10 Y=-((segments-3)*2.00)/10 Point 2
Z=-((segments-3) *4.09)/10
Point 1 Points create new form of thumos curvature for t = 0 to t = 100 Lines joined between t = 0 and t=100 to form new structure
orthographic projections of emergent form
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view looking NW
view looking S
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Wallice _ Summer 2009 Critic: Clare Olsen Partners: L. Brody Nevel Brendan G. Rose Digital Design and Fabrication, Installation Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Wood, Metal, and Mylar Model This installation is an exercise in the tension between digital modeling and fabrication. It generates a design through computational processes and the impact fabrication methods have on that design. The resultant structure is a product of this tension. The structure is an wooden diagrid with a six degree camber that created the barrel vaulted skeletal geometry. Some of the frames are backed with metal pots that can hold plantings. Attached to this grid are scales of mylar. The morphology of the scales is determined by their position on the grid. The position of the grid alters the width of the base and the length of the stem and wisp. The detentions of these features were then translated to a two-dimensional template and labeled for fabrication on the laser cutter. The scales were than fixed to a diagrid cell that was bolted together to form an arch. The wall has an imbedded structural system of a wall and the properties of a lattice. It is a finite structure that can order a secondary of infinite possibilities. The potential of this Wallice is the variations that the skins can achieve to accommodate different performative orientations.
fabricated model
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Wallice
digital model
diagrid patterning
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orthographic projections 1.5˚
3˚ 3˚
20”
1.5˚ 10”
cell modules scale morphology
whisp
stem
base
20”
10”
form translation for fabrication
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Wallice
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Emergent Canopies _ Fall 2008 Critic: Brian Lonsway Partners: Peter S. Wintermantle L. Brody Nevel Reactive Canopy System, Installation Cinema 4D, Xpresso, Mograph, Projected Media on Mesh and PlexiGlass
This installation was done as a final image for the Coding : Drawing course. It was the creation of an image through computational processes that cumulated in a projected installation that filtered the image into inhabitable layers. The coded image was generated by a system composed of a field of articulated canopies erected by their proximity to particles within that field. Two sets of particles were set into motion with gravity to one another and areas within the field, and each canopy blossoms to enclose the activity within the field. The form is determined by the position of these particles at any given time. The viewer is drawn into the image through the constructed layering of information. Dueling projectors combine two images onto a piece of Plexiglas. This intertwined image is detangled by mesh screening to create an environment where the viewer can analyze each system and interact with it.
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Emergent Canopies
inhabiting the image
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combined
particles instance
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Emergent Canopies
reaction
installation
execution
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FOODstand, Fast Slow Food Studio _ Spring 2009 Critics: Brian Lonsway Kathleen Brandt Brand Instance, Agriculture Study, Operable Structure Geographic Information Systems, Rhiho, Gtasshopper, Cinema 4d, Xpresso, AutoCAD, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Actuating Physical Model
This a prototype to establish a presence for a slow food network. The morphology of the menu and restaurant space is defined by a seasonal menu determined by ingredients procured from an existing transportation system from local organic farms. This instance offers an opportunity to define space through the movement of opening. It not only utilizes the binary state of open and closed as a signifier but also becomes a malleable space that can generate a multitude of forms and spaces determined by the repetition of a constrained articulation. Composed of two layers, the interior is actuated by a cable system driving it to displace the exterior offset to accommodate a vertical progression from each lateral direction. The articulation of the movement is regulated as an average between the two end points to allow a variation in aperture in response to environmental conditions. The building is a terminal to the slow food network and placing it adjacent to the Centro bus terminal merges the flow of both. The structure can expand and contract to create shelter and to augment circulation. The reactive articulation of the form is determined to mediate the interaction of these two networks.
FOODstand organizational potential
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FOODstand
creating a network of organic farms through an existing transportation network
farmers market @ Washington St parking lot
Site
Salina
bus stop
Fayette
positioning this instance between existing temporary farmers market and transportation hub 35
construct of operable panels
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exterior membrane
slave frame
jointing
interior membrane
driver frame
interior panels
FOODstand
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CENTER
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articulation arrangement
transmission
FRZ
SINKS
FRIDGE/SALAD
DW
RANGE/ OVEN
down
shoot deliver
down
HW
TR
cable gearing FRIDGE
TST
COUNTER
REG
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closed
open
interior 38
FOODstand
physical model
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Gestural Solar Topography _ Spring 2008 Critics: Terrance Goode Kevin Lair Modular Medical Facility Rhino, Explicit History, 3D Studio Max, Mental Ray, Cinema 4D, PhotoShop, Illustrator, AutoCad The program of this structure is a clinic that will give a certain level of care and rehabilitation to its visitors. It is a self sustaining low-tech facility for remote insertions, designed to capture natural ventilation and solar exposure. The form of the building is a modular response to parametric environmental factors. The roof system is designed to optimize the placement of Photo Voltaic panels and to collect water into a cistern through the structural columns. The offset from the topography creates raised platforms that offer shade to travelers and the ability for construction on unsettled terrain and flood plains. The topography data gave values for the 8’x8’ floor plate and column system. The solar data generated two parabolic forms: a convex and concave roof surface from a composite of an annual trajectory of the sun through its azimuth and altitude. The site specific forms can be customly mass fabricated from plywood with computer regulated mitered joints. Moreover, these surfaces act as airfoils and allow them to be refitted and used as wind scoops for the walls and roofs to direct air in and out of the building. The initial design is a derivative of the topography and solar orientation. The second derivative is the influence of programmatic necessity. This prototype exhibits the tension between the initial optimization and the programmatic distortion.
Catacamas, Honduras access routs
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Gestural Solar Topography
azimuths 41
composite of solar arcs to create a vaulted surface
panelization of surface to achieve a buildable surface
module to that is responsive to the topography to create interior and exterior shelters
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Gestural Solar Topography
convex and concave forms maximise surface area for solar exposure while allowing interior exposure
Solar Response Modules Catacamas, Honduras
Solar Response Modules Trenton, New Jersey
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section
enclosure
long care rooms
programmatic matrix EBOLA
CANCER
INGESTION
TB
INSECTS
DISASTER
BODILY FLUIDS VECTOR ANIMALS
BUBONIC PLAGUE
AIR BORNE ANTI-BIOTIC
ANTHRAX
PREVENTION MALARIA
LIGHTING NEEDS VENTILATION NEEDS
PACK ANIMAL
TRANSPORTATION
HELICOPTER
DOCTOR ON STAFF LONG TREATMENT
CHOLERA
SOLAR
CLIMATE
SANITATION
BOAT DISABILITY
STATIONARY
PRECIPITATION
WATER
BACK PACK TRAILOR
NEEDS ISOLATION NEEDS
SARS BIRD FLU
TEMPERATURE COMMUNICATION
ACCESSABILITY
TRUCK
INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE
HEALTH
MATERIAL
GEOGRAPHY
PRODUCTION
ECONOMY
MALNUTRITION COMPLETE MOBILE COMPONENT
SYPHILIS GONORRHEA
COMPLETE COMPONENT
CONSTRUCTION TERRAIN
DISEASE
VIRAL
DEPRESSION
GOVERNMENT SOCIAL
TYPOLOGY
URBANISM
INFECTION
STRUCTURE
POPULATION ARCHITECTURE
SIMPLE COMPONENT
COMPLEX COMPONENT
STD
ENERGY
EDUCATION SETTLEMENT
BACTERIAL
WAR & CONFLICT CORRUPTION
RELIGION GENDER
PARASITIC
RACE
SKILLED LABOR
Quality of roads: 62 Bacterial
Climate
Transportation
Back Pack
TB
Airborne
Social
Skilled Labor
Simple Component
ventilator
incinorator
Air Tank
Wind
Solar
Precipiataion
Terrain
Scale
Construction
40 in - 100 in Honduras
Latitude: +15.61 (15o36’36”N) Longitude: -87.96 (87o57’36”W)
Micro Climate Average Clearness: .59
61.25˚F to 88.34˚F
Photovoltaic Pannels
Eastern Wind
Extruded Aluminum Frame Aluminum Fastiners Plywood Pannel Wood Laminate Screen Glass
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Gestural Solar Topography
programmatic extrapolation
plan
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Hualos _ Fall 2007 Critics: Aaron Sprecher John Bohn Systematic Research, Site Development, Dynamic Nested Structures Rhino, 3D Studio Max, Mental Ray, PhotoShop, Illustrator, AutoCad Plexiglas Sectional Model, Stereolithic Print, Museum Board Model
Hualos is any stone transparent like glass. The name invokes materials produced by the site. The parameters of this project were defined by the G2 competition for the Venice Lagoon Park. The site, Sacca San Mattia, is an island created by canal system dredging. The field is a composite of polluted silt and waste materials from the Murano glass factories. The process of fusing contaminated silt and glass waste produces an inert substance with a range of ceramic to glass-like qualities. The site’s tainted elemental properties provide the opportunity to transform Sacca San Mattia into a recreational park made of ceramic and glass that serves as a gateway to the Venice Lagoon territory. The organizational patterning of the park was derived algorithmically through spatial relationships between sampled topographic values. Volumes scaled through a proportionate derivative of the algorithm resulted in varying field densities that created a structural framework for developing the site. Layering the site patterning created a dynamic scalable fracturing that accommodates function. Each nested derivative's new scale accommodates a new mode and function. Fields evolve into buildings. Buildings evolve into rooms. Rooms evolve into apertures. Apertures evolve into building details. The iterative process thus creates an inhabitable form derived by a fractal system with an infinitely dynamic framework.
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Hualos
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Venice Lagoon pollution map and glass factory locations
glass factories as lagoon remediation opportunity
initial site patterning
Program 1_boat line 2_boat rental 3_welcome center 4_sports 5_festival 6_industry
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Hualos
view towards Murano
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Built Inhabitable Built Appendages Glass Sand B uilt / Natural & Sculptural N atural Ground Sculptural Glass Sand Planting Natural Thicket N atural Thicket / Sculptural Landfill
derivative site plan
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volumetric extrapolation
dimensional extrapolation 52
Hualos
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derivative 1
derivative 2
derivative 3
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Hualos
plan cut of 3 integrated systems
circulation diagram Store
Departure Dock
Arrival Dock Storage
Gallery
Material Circulation
Offices Pre_Alchemy Processing
Welcome Center
Furnace
Visitor Path
Factory Observatory
Bathroom Post_Alchemy Processing
Cafe
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sectional model composite of interior space
sectional model, acrylic and cardboard
stereolithic print detail
site model, stereolithic print and museum board
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Hualos
view from the NE corner towards construct
view from the NW towards Murano
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Miscellaneous Debris
An assemblage of drawings, images, models, and advert materials.
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Miscellaneous Debris
urban canopy study, fall 2009
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sectional model, paint on acrylic, spring 2007
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Miscellaneous Debris
waffle model, chipboard, spring 2007
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Los Vegas landscape, fall 2007
emergent growth, spring 2009
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Miscellaneous Debris
d_rive, Static Geographic Mapping, spring 2008 63
massing study, summer 2010
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Miscellaneous Debris
massing study, summer 2010
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environmentally responsive surfaces, fall 2010
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Miscellaneous Debris
environmentally responsive surfaces, fall 2010
SMP 93.333% area
SMP 95.000% area
SMP 96.667% area
SMP 98.333% area
SMP 100.000% area
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renderings, spring 2013
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Miscellaneous Debris
renderings for Prof. Francisco Sanin's submission to Korea biennale, spring 2011
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grasshopper branching study, fall 2010
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Miscellaneous Debris
grasshopper branching study, fall 2010
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advert created for Elsevier's ScienceDirect database product, 2003
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Miscellaneous Debris
packaging designed for Jack Daniel's Wood Smoking Chunks, 2002
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fall 08 fashion catalogue and photo shoot created for Trasteverine, 2007
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