Urban Epicenter by Fernando Mendoza

URBAN EPICENTER

Ilse Castillo

Fernando Mendoza

TO OUR MENTOR ALEX WHO STOOD BESIDE US DURING THE CONCEPTION OF THIS PROJECT.

URBAN EPICENTER

ILSE CASTILLO FERNANDO MENDOZA

INDEX

BACKGROUND RESEARCH SHAPE FORM STRUCTURE PANELS DISTRIBUTION AND

2 4 6 8 10 11 12

CIRCULATIONS LOGIC AL ALGORITHM SCRIPT MASTERPLAN RENDERS CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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BACKGROUND

URBAN EPICENTER IS A MULTI-

OUR AIM WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO

FUNCTIONAL COMPLEX DESIGNED

CREATE AN URBAN DRESS CODE FOR

TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW URBAN

THE SITE AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOP-

EXPIRIENCE.

MENT. THE PROYECT IS PLANED TO WORK AS A REFERENCE TOWARDS A

THE INTERVENTION SITE IS LOCATED

CODED URBANISM, PREMEDITATING

IN A PRIVILEGED AREA OF THE MUNICI-

THE FUTURE GROWTH USING THE

PALITY OF SAN PEDRO, WHERE URBAN

SAME CODE TO CREATE A UNIFIED

DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN IN RISE DUR-

AND COHESIVE DISTRICT.

ING THE LAST DECADE. SAN PEDRO IS ALSO ONE OF THE CAPITAL OF BUSSINES IN THE MONTERREY AREA.

RESEARCH

BY USING THE MULTICELULAR MODEL AND ITS ORGANIZATIONAL, REPRODUCTVE AND BEHAVIORAL QUALITIES, WE MANAGED TO CREATE FUNCTIONAL URBAN SPACES THAT MAXIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BUILDINGS AND CIRCULATION BETWEEN SPACES. IN THIS PROYECT WE FOCUSED IN THE REPRODUCTION AND BEHIAHVIOUR OF AFFECTED CANCER CELLS AND HOW THEY AFFECT A PIECE OF SKIN TISSUE.

SHAPE ACORDING TO OUR REASERCH AND TAKING IN CONSIDERATION, THE QUALITIES OF THE FORM OF THE CELL AND DIFFERENT POLYHEDRA WE CONCEPTUALICED THE UNIT INTO A ROMBIC DODECAHEMIOCTAHEDRA.

SHAPE PROPERTIES COMPARISION MUTATED CANCER CELL SPHERIC SPICULATED SHAPE FILLING NUCLEUS RELATION WITH OTHER CELLS ROMBIC DODECAHEMIOCTAHEDRA PARTS FROM A SHPERE SPICULATED SHAPE FILLING CENTER CONECTIVITY

FORM

THE FORM THE SHAPE FILLS WAS CREATED BY A SMART SURFACE THAT’S DEFINED BY PARAMETERS. BASED ON THE POSITION WITH SURROUNDING BUILDINGS WE LOCATED THE NON GROWTH POINTS. THE CLOSER TO THE STREET RESULTS IN HIGHER BUILDINGS, AND THE CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT HAVE LOWER, THUS CLEARING VISIBILITY AND THE OUTER BUILDINGS, SERVING AS BARRIERS TO THE NOISE AND CONTAMINATION.

STRUCTURE

BY FILLING THE FORM WITH THE DETERMINED SHAPE WE GET THE THE STRUCTURE AND VOLUME. IT IS CREATED BY THE INTERESCTION OF THE POLYHEDRA IN A WIREFRAME. BY THE SAME QUEALITIES OF THE SHAPE, THE LOADS ARE UNIFIED AND DISTRIBUTED INTO NODES AND THEN PROYECTED INTO THE GROUNG.

PANELS

APPLYING THE CELL REPRODUCTION RESEARCH AND SUN POSITION PARAMETERS WE CREATED A PATTERN OF A OUTER SKIN THAT DECREASES POROSITY AS THE BUILDING INCREASES HEIGHT.

THE TREATMENT OF SURFACES IS RESUMED IN: MAXIMUM SOLID, GLASS, THEN THE STRUCTURE REPRESENTING MAXIMUM POROSITY.

WALL

GLASS

STRUCTURE

MAXIMUM SOLID

SOLID WITH VISIBILITY

MINIMUM SOLID

SKIN POROSITY EXPERIMENT 13

DISTRIBUTION AND CIRCULATIONS

THE CIRCULATION IN THE SITE CONNECTS THE POINTS OF THE SITE, WHICH REPRESENT THE BUILDING, TO THE MAIN TRAFFIC ARTERIES. THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION FOLLOWS THE SAME CONCEPT, IS APPLIED TO THE INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EACH BUILDING REDUCED ITS SIZE AS ITS HEIGHT INCREASES.

TRANSVERSAL SECTION

HABITATIONAL AREA UPPER FLOORS QUALITIES: -DUE TO INTERNAL BRANCHINS SYSTEM IT HAS MORE SPACE DIVISIONS -SPACE FOR LOW TRAFFIC FLOW. -SIZE OF THE OPENINGS IN OUTER LAYER. -IS MINIMAL AND SPACED

CORPORATE AREA MIDDLE FLOORS QUALITIES: -DUE TO INTERNAL BRANCHINS SYSTEM IT HAS MEDIUM DIVISION. -SPACE FOR MEDIUM TRAFFIC FLOW -SIZE OF THE OPENINGS IN OUTER LAYER IS MEDIUM AND EVENLY DISTRIBUTED

COMERCIAL AREA LOWER FLOORS QUALITIES: -INTERNAL BRANCHINS SYSTEM IS THICK AND HAS LESS RAMIFICATIONS. -COSER TO THE MAIN TRAFFIC FLOW -SPACE FOR HIGH TRAFFIC FLOW -SIZE OF THE OPENINGS IN OUTER LAYER IS MAXIMUM AND CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

PARKING AREA UNDERGROUND FLOORS VEHICLE ACCES IS LOCATED ON THE SITE’S LIMIT WITH THE STREETS. STORAGE OF VEHICLES IS LOCATED IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF EACH BUILDING. AND IT’S INTERCONECTED TO EACH OTHER.

WALKWAYS THE WALKING CIRCUIT CONNECTS ALL BUILDINGS AND ACCESES, IT’S BASED ON AN OFFSET OF THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDINGS.

GREEN AREA THE GREEN AREA IS LOCATED ON THE AREA LEFT UNTOUCHED BY THE BUILDINGS AND THE PATHWAYS, CREATING A HEALTHY AMOSPHERE IN CONTRAST WITH THE CONSTRUCTED AREA.

LOGICAL ALGORITHM

SELECTION OF A GRID, IN WHICH POINTS ARE CHOSEN BY A PERCENTAGE.

THE POINTS ARE GIVEN THE SHAPE AND APPLIED THE GROWTH PARAMETERS, HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY.

THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS SET IN CORRLATION WITH THE RELATION WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE CONTEXT

THE SHAPE OF THE POLYEDRA IS THEN INSERTED TO THE FORM IN MANNER OF INTECONEXIONS GIVING US TESSELLATIONS.

FOR THE POROSITY AND APICATION OF MATERIALS IN THE SURFACE WE RECURRED TO THE CELLULAR REPROCUCTION AND SKIN ELASTICITY. THE MORE HEIGHT THE LESS POROSITY.

GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT

GRID AND POINT SELECTION

FORM

TESSALLATION OF THE POLYEDRA

PANEL & SURFACE CREATION

STRUCTURE

MASTER PLAN

HABITATIONAL AREA CORPORATE AREA COMMERCIAL AREA

RENDERS

CONCLUSIONS

BY APPLYING THIS EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM TO OUR URBAN PROJECT, WE MANAGED TO CREATE A MICROCLIMATE THAT GIVES US URBAN QUALITIES AND EFFECTIVE CIRCULATIONS TO ANY POINT ON THE SITE. THE RESULT IS THIS COMPLEX WITH OUTDOOR WALKABLE CIRCULATIONS WHERE THE USER IS PROTECTED FROM THE SUN, NOISE AND CONTAMINATION CREATING A HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WE GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CREATORS OF RHINO AND GRASSHOPPER, AS WELL AS THE CREATORS OF THE GEOMETRY GYM, VRAY AND WEAVERBIRD PLUGGINS. THANKS TO THE CANCER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA FOR IT’S INSTRUCTIVE INFORMATION. THANKS TO OUR MENTOR, ALEX RODRIGUEZ WHO BELIEVED IN OUR PROJECT AND GAVE US HIS FULL SUPPORT. WE ALSO GIVE THANKS TO MIGUEL PATIÑO, LUIS FERNANDO, AIDA RAMIREZ MARRUJO, ANEGELA G. AND ROBERTO MORALES FOR THEIR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.