Parametric dublin!!!
Chapter 1: Generative modeling.
computer
macintosh 1984
Pioneers
greg lynn
frank owen gerhy
Computer animated movie
Pixar made “Toy Story� (1995), the first ever movie to be made entirely with computer-generated imagery.
The rival Dreamworks made Antz (1998).
From representation to design.
Series of progressive morphing, maked for citron house by greg lynn
3d modeler
softimage
revit rhinoceros maya
z-brush
archicad
sketchup
cinema 4d max
blender
modo
Generative Component Bentley
Gem Paracloud
Generative Modeling
Grasshopper McNeel
Digital prject Gehry Technologies
Chapter 2: Parametricism.
Patrik Schumacher is partner at Zaha Hadid Architects and founding director at the AA Design Research Lab.
Ooh pleeease...not like that!!!
Great Court of London British Museum sir.Norman Foster
Ok...that’s better.
Network script. Student’s work at university of applied arts of Vienna.
What exactly is parametricism?
Study for Kartal Pendik Masterplan. Zaha Hadid Architects.
1st taboo.
2nd taboo.
3rd taboo.
Dogma.
Zaha Hadid founder of zaha hadid architects, was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004.
Parametric city
Kartal-Pendik masterplan project, zaha hadid architects.
Chapter 3: Dublin.
Ireland_Eire a view from the space
Ireland population
4’500’000 Density
Average Age
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Ireland_Dublin confrontation
Dublin population ireland is Dublin?
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1’600’000
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historical growth_City
northwall
walled city
the liberties
georgian 1756
medieval city irishtown
pre 1860 sandy mount
System of water bodies_Dublin It helps to get an orientation, if you don’t know the city.
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Economy_ireland why there was a big crisis?
GDP at Current Market Prices per Capita (source: CSO)
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Gentrification_Dublin poor people are pushed towards the outskirt due to centre high rates.
north fringe ballymum
pelletstown
grangegorman
docklands
park west cherry orchard
digital hub naas road
Highlights_Dublin liffey river as city’s spine
no access to the sea_Dublin
liffey’s spine is stopped by the harbour. 2/3 of Irish import/export shipping passes through it. On the other side there’s no bridge to cross Dodder River.
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Chapter 4: Poolbeg.
Poolbeg peninsula_Dublin the left side of river liffey ends with a recalaimed land peninsula.
ringsend irishtown
sandymount
Poolbeg peninsula_Dublin
the great south wall was built to deep river liffey and turn its mouth into an harbour. Fort and pigeon house are the oldest buildings. First power plant is the tallest structure in Dublin.
great south wall
1th power plant fort pigeon house
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Chapter 5: Strategy.
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compact the city, to avoid urban spralw, which is one of the micro criminality’s reasons.
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compact city
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overtake the natual barrier which river Dodder is, with a new bridge. f isical connection between city and ringsend
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houses in the city are too expensive and there’s no room to build new ones. new houses in poolbeg are cheaper and close to the city centre. offering a large amount of cheaper houses in poolbeg will decrease city centre’s house rates.
Chapter 6: Grasshopper.
Algorithm
Malleability
Logic operation
Chapter 7: Application.
Curveflow
Roadflow
Distribution
Network
Settlement
Green
Bigspace
Extrude
Spatial coherence
metropolis
parametric city
Sunlight
Division min. 45mq
indipendent cell
Combined cells
Combined cells
No zoning
Mixing
Connection.
Vertical connection.
Progressive build.
Progressive build.
Progressive build.
Progressive build.
Progressive build.
Progressive build.
to be continued... ?