Rodrigo Toledo: Red Light Circus

THESIS PROJECT RODRIGO TOLEDO FACULTY: BELINDA TATO JOSE L. VALLEJ O

RED LIGHT CIRCUS

CAR WASHERS

ROA D S I G N S PUBLICIT Y

PUBLIC SPACE: CONTAMINATION

INFORMATION:

SOLAR EXPOSURE

JUGGLERS V E N D O R S

ECONOMY: SIDEWALK USE

D R I V E R S

C Y C L I S T S

MOBILIT Y:

B E G G A R S

PEDESTRIANS

INVENTORY OF CROSSROAD L AYERS ENVIRONMENT:

CHARACTERISTICS OF AFFECTED CROSSROADS

$ MEDELLﾃ君 - COLOMBIA

Most of these crossroads are located in the wealthiest area of the city.

These activities are regulated by long time traffic lights.

These activities are spatialized by the zebra crossing.

The slope of the road in relation to the traffic direction creates a situation in which the roas itself acts as an amphitheater.

PROJECT ACTIONS

Redefining the geometr y of the zebra crossing so that it mixes its official and unofficial uses and becomes an urban stage regulated by the traffic light.

Designing an inflated tent suspended over the crossroad equipped with an LED system for info and stage light display and photovoltaic cells for energy production.

PROJECT ACTIONS: REDESIGNING THE ZEBRA CROSSING

BICYCLE L ANE

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING MICROSTAGES IN THE CROSSROAD

CIRCUS

MICROSTAGES BET WEEN CARS MARKET

PROJECT ACTIONS: REDESIGNING THE ZEBRA CROSSING

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ZIGZAG LINE: 9%

ZIGZAG LINE: 7% ZIGZAG LINE: 24%

ZIGZAG LINE: 7%

Overlapping zigzag lines over the existing slope so that comfortable micrslopes are generated for vendors, beggars and actors to walk between cars.

PROJECT ACTIONS: REDESIGNING THE ZEBRA CROSSING

JUGGLER TRAJECTORIES ACTIVITY

ACTOR

VENDOR TRAJECTORIES

MIME TRAJECTORIES

OVERL APPED TRAJECTORIES

TRAFFIC LIGHT STAGE TRAFFIC LIGHT TIME

By redefining the influence area of the zebra and introcucing it into the car lanes the disposition of the cars is reconfigured so that they leave enough space for walkways and microstages.

PROJECT ACTIONS: REDESIGNING THE ZEBRA CROSSING

SELLING

LOGISTICS

ACTING

ACTING CROSSING

SITTING

BIKING

PROJECT ACTIONS: INFL ATED TENT DISPL AY

CIRCUS STAGE LIGHTS

IMAGES

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ART

INFO FOR DRIVRS

PROJECT ACTIONS: INFL ATED TENT DISPL AY

SHADOW ANALYSIS 8ยบ

INCIDENT SOL AR RADIATION TOTAL INCIDENT SOL AR RADIATION COLLECTED: 113 MWH/YEAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL EFFICIENCY: 15% TOTAL SOL AR ENERGY PRODUCED: 17 MWH/YEAR

The inflatable tent is equipped with photovoltaic cells to provide energy for itself and to become an energy provider to the traffic lights in its surroundings.

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ACTORS, VENDORS AND CAR WASHERS ARE REGISTERED INTO A SELF OPERATED NET WOK OF ITINERANT CIRCUS ACTS AROUND THE CIT Y. The van solves transportation and services such as toilet and cleaning for actors.

Operating with scheduled routes, the van activates the inflated tent display for the circus acts.

RED VAN - JUGGLING CIRCUS:

YELLOW VAN - FIRE CIRCUS:

GREEN VAN - CLOWN CIRCUS:

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2 Fire Acrobats 4 Vendors 3 Windshield Cleaners

2 Clowns 2 Vendors 2 Mimes

Jugglers Vendors Windshield Cleaners Mime

ARCHITECTURAL DEFINITION

FLOOR PLAN + ACTOR TRAJECTORIES

ARCHITECTURAL DEFINITION

ROOF PLAN

ARCHITECTURAL DEFINITION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION AT 11:25 PM

CROSS SECTION AT 11:25 PM

ARCHITECTURAL DEFINITION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION AT 6:30 PM

CROSS SECTION AT 6:30 PM

PROJECT AS A NET WORK

EXISTING ROAD SECTION

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MOBILIT Y IMPROVEMENT The project proposes a road section in which pedestrians, cyclists and drivers can coexist in a proper way. Initially this section is to be applied on the roads affected by the inter ventions and later this will spread through the flat roads of the city.

PROJECT’S PROPOSAL FOR ROAD SECTION

PROJECT AS A NET WORK

*TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN MEDELLIN: 1440

STAGE 1:REGULAR TRAFFIC LIGHTS

STAGE 2:REGULAR & LED TRAFFIC LIGHTS

STAGE 3:ALL LED TRAFFIC LIGHTS

REGULAR TRAFFIC LIGHTS

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FEEDS ENERGY TO

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LED TRAFFIC LIGHTS

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FEEDS ENERGY TO

76

ENERGETIC COST RELIEF While Medellín is gradually changing its traffic lights to LED system, the project’s influence area of energy supply increases in relation to this transformation covering the energetic cost of the traffic lights in the citywhen the change is complete.

19 RED LIGHT CIRCUS INTERVENTIONS ARE NEEDED TO RELIEF THE CITY´S ENERGETIC COST IN TRAFFIC LIGHTS