BIArch - Academic Portfolio by George Kallis

GEORGE KALLIS BIArch

2010-11

PORTFOLIO

The dialectic relationship between different scales of action has been one of the most significant aspects in the theoretical discourse of architectural practice. An obvious and characteristic example of the importance of scale is the well-known S,M,L,XL book published in 1995 by OMA. The book includes a retrospective of OMA's work since 1975 including built work, non-built projects as well as essays, diaries and fairy tales all arranged in order of size with the book itself being an XL object of its kind. Nevertheless, the issue of scale does not necessarily stop in the idea of size. It is true that architecture is almost bound with the idea of dimension and sizing, no matter the extent of a project. However, the concept of scale is embedded in many more decision-making actions that are related with the design process. In almost every aspect of design, an omnipresent dialectic between a micro- and a macroactivity is existent. The architect's role can therefore be understood as one that manipulates this relationship in the numerous aspects of design. Through this portfolio, an effort is being made to unveil retroactively this latent dialogue between a micro- and a macro- state. It is argued that by comprehending the ubiquitous relationship between different scales in the process of architectural design, one can reconsider the magnitude of action that a project tends to impose. In this sense, a reconsideration of the whole idea around sustainability is carried out, simply by realizing the scales of effect that every decision has in the architectural design process. The portfolio is organized around seven acts, each one exploring a different aspect of a micro-macro relationship. Under each category, representative images of projects carried out during the 2010-11 academic year are presented, demonstrating the way that each project deals with the respective act. Therefore the projects are not organized in a linear way; they are rather deconstructed and arranged according to the different micro- macro-acts which are presented. The acts themselves are structured in a rather unsystematic manner, since the idea of order and scale can be re-evaluated either through a micro- or a macroscopic lens.

MICRO / MACRO

ACTS

[A RETROACTIVE ARCHITECTURAL NARRATIVE]

GEORGE KALLIS _ BIArch 2011

VERTICALSCAPES

LABOUR, CITY, FORM

ARCHITECTURE AS MANAGEMENT RE_REC: IGUALADA

URBAN STUDIES

MATERIALITY I

THE ORDINARY

MONTCADA I REIXACH

POST-CONFLICT URBANISM ANARCHITECTURE

PLP

PROJECT INDEX

The range of effect of an architectural project within the urban context is not solely limited within its site. Any architectural intervention can introduce a new kind of activity which may extend well far beyond its location, let alone the context it is settled in. In terms of formal perception, the relationship of the intervention-object within its context (urban, rural, landscape) establishes a very important feature that re-describes the project itself. At the same time it has an esoteric and an exoteric identity that equally describe it. Even in the case of a non-contextual approach, apart from an internal logic of spatial microorganization, the relationship that is being established within the territorial macro-scale is of equivalent significance.

ACT 01:

SCALE/PERCEPTION

BALLOONSCAPES: RE-APPROPRIATION OF AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR ULTRAMAGIC BALLONS COMPANY.

RE_REC: IGUALADA [D. Adjaye, M. Bailo] G. KALLIS _ S. SHAH

MULTIPLE SCALES OF INTERVENTION: PLOT TO LANDSCAPE

RE_REC: IGUALADA [D. Adjaye, M. Bailo] G. KALLIS _ S. SHAH

ACTIVE WALL: A CEMETERY AND PUBLIC SPACE FOR METROPOLITAN BARCELONA IN THE PLA DE MONTCADA

CEMETERY, MONTCADA I REIXACH [S. Allen, C. Solรก-Morales] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

URBAN MEGA CLUSTER: 2 MILLION SQ.M. FOR 20 000 INHABITANTS IN A 384x384m PLOT ORGANIZED ALONG A SERIES OF OPEN SPACES

URBAN MEGA CLUSTER [J. Acebillo, E. Zenghelis, C. Fiol, M. Labastida] G. KALLIS _ M. AALAII _ N. CASAIS

A big intervention does not imply a largescale action. In a post-manifesto period it is well understood that a series of precise micro-interventions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both in terms of self-formation but also in terms of location â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can alter the macrosystem of an already existing organization, this being an urban or a territorial one. The importance of such activity does not lie neither in the set of parts that constitute the project, nor in the end result per se. What is prominent, is the back and forth between actions in the micro-scale and alterations in the macro-scale which constitutes a holistic view. In the contemporary discourse, parametric design is dealing precisely with this oscillation between the two areas of activity. The project dynamism lies therefore within its capability of being a system, instead of a product, that can be manipulated within its internal logic in order to be altered in the larger, holistic scale.

ACT 02:

ACTION vs. EFFECT

image: grasshopper 3D diagram

Architecture as management: Controlling design with parametric tools

Introduction This paper examines the notion of control and management in design focusing in the early 21st th century architectural scene. Since the birth of architecture as a profession around the 15 century, it has been associated with a form of control, trying to establish a sort of order over the city, each time favouring one or another social class. Throughout its history, architecture has undergone a number of shifts regarding its process of design and making. These two main processes have always been influencing one another based on the current methods and procedures of design on the one hand and regarding the specific know-how of construction and fabrication techniques. In the last two decades, the rapid rise of the digital media in all aspects of life has inevitably altered the way contemporary architecture is both being designed and implemented. Specifically, the recent trend in parametric and algorithmic design will be scrutinized, in an effort to see what kind of order do these design processes imply and what are the social/political/economic implications they might have. Today, there is a continually increasing level of complexity in every aspect of the design process: from the project commission to its design development and final implication a great amount of actors coming from very different areas are involved, thus changing radically the role of the architect as it was known until a few decades ago. It will be argued that architects today have a more managing role, trying to establish an order between the varieties of disciplines elaborated in the design process. The evolution of digital tools and parametric/algorithmic processes can potentially enhance and optimize this role SEMINAR: LABOUR, CITY, FORM [P. V. Aureli, M. Giudici]

FROM-TO: MAPPING BARCELONA THROUGH ELEMENTS OF TRANSITION

MATERIALITY I [T. Giron茅s, C. Aguil贸, P. Buil]]

FORMS OF CROSSING

MATERIALITY I [T. Giron茅s, C. Aguil贸, P. Buil]]

URBAN MEGA CLUSTER [J. Acebillo, E. Zenghelis, C. Fiol, M. Labastida] G. KALLIS _ M. AALAII _ N. CASAIS

CLIME-SCAPE: A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE COLLECTION OF ARTIFICIAL CLIMATES IN CHICAGO. COMPACTING SPACE + TIME FOR A NEW PUBLIC DESTINATION

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE [I. Ábalos, J. García-Germán] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

HYDRO-DUCTION TO LLEIDA: TRANSFORMING PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES THROUGH MICRO-INTERVENTIONS

PRODUCTIVE LAND PROGRAM: LLEIDA [J. Roig, M. Buhigas, A. Viader, M. Montlle贸] G. KALLIS _ M. CHAPMAN-SMITH _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

The process of materialization of an architectural project implies an in-depth knowledge of the performance of the materials and techniques selected. The behaviour of each material, by itself or by its reaction with its adjacency to others, is crucial in understanding the general behaviour of the project. In this case the manipulation of the microscopic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or even the nano-scopic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; scale of the materiality of the project is responsible for its macro-behaviour and can even become the starting point of the design. Moreover, the not so recent idea of precise detailing and careful assemblage of the constituent elements could have a huge impact in a building's general behaviour.

ACT 03:

MOLECULAR PERFORMANCE

CLIME-SCAPE: ALTERING CLIMATIC ATTRIBUTES BY MANIPULATING THE PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIALS. MAKING WALLS ACTIVE

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE [I. Ábalos, J. García-Germán] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE - MATERIALITY [M. Rodriguez] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

COMFORT SKIN

metal mesh layer glazed opening

CONCRETE TUBE ELEMENT CONSTRUCTION

CLIMATIC SKIN

exterior formwork R=9m metal mesh texture layer

REINFORCED CONCRETE FACADE + STRUCTURAL SYSTEM + ACTIVE THERMAL SYSTEM hot water return system hot water supply system

interior formwork R=7m

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE - MATERIALITY [M. Rodriguez] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE [I. Ábalos, J. García-Germán] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

BALLOONSCAPES: ACTIVE SKIN - ACTIVE BUILDING - ACTIVE CITY

RE_REC: IGUALADA [D. Adjaye, M. Bailo] G. KALLIS _ S. SHAH

BALLOONSCAPES: EXPLORING LEVELS OF TRANSLUCENCY

DIFFUSION

ULTRA-LIGHTNESS CLARITY

INFLATION

RE_REC: IGUALADA-MATERIALITY [M. Rodriguez]

1. INFLATABLE BALLOON FABRIC [65 GRAM POLYURETHANE COATED RIP-STOP NYLON] 2. STAINLESS STEEL FLANGE 3. PERIMETRIC STEEL U-PROFILE 4. 30MM TRANSLUCENT THERMAL INSULATION 5. DANPALON速 30MM TRANSLUCENT PANEL [EXPANDED POLYCARBONATE] 6. 50MM RAINWATER GUTTER + PANEL CLIP CONNECTOR 7. DANPALON速 POLYCARBONATE PANEL CLIP CONNECTOR 8. MAIN STEEL BEAM IPE 200 9. MAIN STEEL COLUMN IPE 450 10. FACADE STEEL T-SECTION MULLION 11. DANPALON速 COMPACT 16MM TRANSPARENT POLYCARBONATE PANEL 12. ETFE PNEUMATIC PANELS 1000X1000MM 13. HIGH-PRESSURE AIR PROVIDER 14. INFLATABLE BALLOON TENSILE STRUCTURE [5MM]

RE_REC: IGUALADA-MATERIALITY [M. Rodriguez]

The contemporary crises of energy and climate change call for a definite switch in the way architects design today. The introduction of thermodynamic principles as design strategies is gradually taking over various mechanical models that have been introduced since modernity. Immaterial concepts of energy flows and heat exchange as well as notions of conduction, convection and radiation as design models become crucial in defining a project as a whole. The thermodynamic activities which are being handled are happening by themselves in the internal, micro-scale of the design. The use of them as principles of design is responsible for the project's macroperformance, not only in its present state but extending throughout its lifespan and concerning optimization of energy efficiency.

ACT 04:

THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE [I. Ábalos, J. García-Germán] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

summer

winter

28°C 75% RH

42°C 95% RH

-5°C 60% RH

22°C 80% RH

28°C 75% RH

42°C 25% RH

-5°C 60% RH

22°C 10% RH

28°C 75% RH

8°C 25% RH

-5°C 60% RH

-15°C 15% RH

28°C 75% RH

24°C 55% RH

-5°C 60% RH

23°C 35% RH

rainforest

desert

polar

comfort public

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE [I. Ábalos, J. García-Germán] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

By systematically introducing notions of publicness through architectural interventions one can effectively promote the activation of a large-scale inactive area. These kinds of interventions of activity are usually associated with acupuncture logics where the importance lies in the strategic situation of each intervention as much as in the cooperation between each interposition. The articulate collaboration among the micro-actions introduced, enriches the desired macroactivity or lays the groundwork for spontaneous large scale initiations to take place. What is also important is the evolution and transformation of the interventions through time, as well as their micro-scale alterations in order to be able to adapt to the macro-scale contextual logic.

ACT 05:

ADAPTATION/ACTIVATION

FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC ACTIVITY FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE ACTIVITY

MATERIALITY I [T. Giron茅s, C. Aguil贸, P. Buil]]

ecoparc02

ACTIVE WALL: ACTIVATING A LANDSCAPE INTRODUCING PROGRAMMATIC SYNERGY

CEMETERY, MONTCADA I REIXACH [S. Allen, C. Solรก-Morales] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

ACTIVE WALL: ADAPTING ALONG LANDSCAPE AND TIME

CEMETERY, MONTCADA I REIXACH [S. Allen, C. Solรก-Morales] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

HYDRO-DUCTION TO LLEIDA: A NEW PRODUCTIVE CYCLE EVOLVING THROUGH EXISTING INTERNAL CYCLES + THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW ONE

PRODUCTIVE LAND PROGRAM: LLEIDA [J. Roig, M. Buhigas, A. Viader, M. Montlle贸] G. KALLIS _ M. CHAPMAN-SMITH _ S. GHASEMIZADEH

Society is made up of individuals; hence any massive change of a large number of individuals initiates a social transformation which accelerates exponentially. The relationship of architecture and society has always been highly influential in both ways. Especially regarding political decisions, architecture has been used extensively as an order establishing tool. The birth of urbanism and the metropolis has affected the daily life of the contemporary urban inhabitants. In this sense, the relationship between the individual actions and the ones that are implied by the society are continuously influencing one another. The microactions of the individual on the one hand and the macro-actions of the society are two mutually defined polarities.

ACT 06:

SOCIAL EFFECT

IN THE MEANTIME: JUXTAPOSING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ACTIVITY ESTABLISHING THE IN-BETWEEN SPACE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE METROPOLIS THROUGH IN-BETWEEN TIME. EXCESS OF TIME VS. ORGANIZED TIME

ANARCHITECTURE: “IN THE MEANTIME” VIDEO [G. Moure] G. KALLIS _ M. AALAII _ A. BADNJAR

07.00

07.36 Out: brother and his older sister went to school 07.42 Out: old man with the glasses 07.57 Out: man with hat and blue and with scarf

09.00

08.00

[It is so cold and rainy outside please open the cafeteria] 08.35 08.35 08.35 08.38 08.40 08.41 08.42 08.45 08.46 08.51 08.55 08.57 09.10 09.17 09.20 09.28 09.33

Out: blond lady with blue bag Out: women with one kid Out: red guy in: umbrella women brown jacket Out: white jacket women Out: blue coat- white umbrella women Out: fine Out: guy with two children (blue and white umbrella) Out: girl with red Out: bold (man –missed) Out: woman red jacket with dog Out: guy with? T-shirt (paper man) Out: woman in: woman with the dog in: woman with the blue bag in: woman with (child) Out: blond woman pink bag

[X000138DD6B77- WIFI] 09.57 Out: woman exiting that was visiting someone or searching for key

12.00

11.00

10.00

[Hafez- “collection of poems”]

10.11 in: mail man 10.15 in: woman new10.17 Out: mail man 10.30 Out: very regular guy, silver bag 11.13 Out: red jacket lady with carton 11.15 out: guy with beanie hat 11.20 out: White hair man with briefcase 11.24 out: woman with brown bag 11.26 out: lady with many bags (laundry? Cleaning?) 11.28 in: red jacket lady, now with bread 11.39 in: man in black coat (no photo) 11.40 out: red jacket lady 11.41 in: lady in brown coat, after supermarket? 11.45 in: red jacket lady - went to supermarket 11.49 out: lady in brown coat 12.08 in: lady with orange bag 12.22 in: guy with beanie hat 12.22 in: other guy (no photo-cab in front but comes out 12.24 12.35 in: blue guy and kid (rang bell - visitors?) 12.40 out: blue guy and kid & bald man with glasses (carrying something) 12.41 in: bald man with glasses 12.44 out: woman with child (no photo) 12.50 out: old lady carrying shopping trolley with friend 13.12 out: young lady (stupid truck blocking the way) 13.20 in: blondish lady short hair 13.23 out: doorman

13.00

[Shuts light off before]

14.00

In The Meantime

13:24 in: guy with puma backpack meets bald guy with glasses exiting at the same time 13.29 in: blonde with trench coat 13.33 in: young lady 13.37 out: short hair woman 13.44 out: young lady (missed her-was in a hurry!) 13.45 in: woman with child 13.50 out: blond woman with brown bag smoking. 13.53 in: short hair woman 13.54 out: foreigner woman 13.57 in: helmet guy [Delivery?] 14.08 in: old lady carrying shopping trolley with friend 14.16 out: couple - tall guy with friend 14.19 in: foreigner woman and another woman [Separately] 14.21 in: White jacket lady

15.00

14.25 out: foreigner woman 14.28 in: a bald man 14.29 out: woman with dog [Talk with bald man in lobby] 14.44 in: old man with the glasses [He exit at 7]

16.00

14.50 Out: couple – middle 14.54 15.13 Out: man with bag on the back? 15.18 Out and in: white jacket woman

15.27 Out: woman with the huge white bag 15.29 in: blond woman with brown bag 15.36 in: blond short hair wit red umbrella 15.38 out: guy with helmet 15.46 ?: woman with short hair 15.51 Out: woman with red “English” sweater bit blond hair 15.53 Out: guy middle-blue coat- glasses and box bag 15.55 Out: pink jacket, blue scarf woman

17.00

[Red jacket lady]

15.57 15.58 16.03 16.06 16.27

Out: man with cigarette and beard Out: man bag on his back (15:31 in) in: guy with puma bag pack in: bald with glasses and black handbag Out: woman with dog from enter back immediately

[But is the other woman with dog!] [Maybe she is the woman that lives in 1st. floor?]

18.00

16.32 Out: woman with red bag [Same woman from 1st floor] 16.57 17.05 17.08 17.08 dren

in: in: in: in:

woman with kid woman with white jacket Lady with the light grey jacket Lady with red/pink jacket and blue scarf with two chil-

[Is she the babysitter?]

19.00

17.11 Out: man with beard 17.19 girl with man – Lila bag

w[Maybe she exited very early] [Waiting … this is for sure not dense area] 17:51 in: two girls 18:06 in: beard man

20.00

[We are focused on the time between or the couple of seconds they are entering or exiting] [That we are bored – we assumed that they have no guest]

18.18 Out: beard guy 18.19 Out: old women go out 18.25 in: guy with hat and blue and with scarf

21.00

[No pic] 18:32 18:36 18:44 19:10

in: in: in: in:

woman with commune dog woman with baggage fine gentlemen one man with a boy

[Café is closed again cold] [We are wondering who is yet not come home]

22.00

20:15 in: 21:00 in: 21:03 in: brella 21:05 in:

schoolgirl women with commune dog again father of the two children with the white and blue umGeorge and Andjelka and Mojdeh

[Can we take a picture from the entrance hall?]

ANARCHITECTURE: “IN THE MEANTIME” VIDEO [G. Moure] G. KALLIS _ M. AALAII _ A. BADNJAR

Post-Conflict Urbanism: Lessons from Pristina, Kosovo Introduction The end of the war in Kosovo in 1999 marked the beginning of an accelerated urban redevelopment of the capital, Pristina. A plethora of buildings with illegal status, mainly because of the lack of building permits, started causing many social, infrastructural and security problems. In 2005 this became a serious urban and architectural challenge for Kai Vöckler, who was intrigued to visit the city after the current situation. Gradually, an initial personal interest led to the foundation of a NGO – Archis Interventions/Pristina – which began to deal with the amelioration of the existing situation without starting over on a tabula rasa as the governmental plans suggested. One of the outcomes of this research is a book published by Vöckler with Archis Interventions describing the whole process of the trip to Pristina, the research done and the actions taken there. More importantly though the last part of the book called “Discourse” consists of a series of texts that discuss what can be learned from Pristina and the possibility of contemporary urban approaches in post-conflict areas, something already suggested by the title of the book; it is not only about Pristina, but Pristina is everywhere. SEMINAR: THE ORDINARY [E. Walker]

BALLOONSCAPES: RE-ESTABLISHING CITY REFERENCES

RE_REC: IGUALADA [D. Adjaye, M. Bailo] G. KALLIS _ S. SHAH

Creating an ambiance has been an important part of architectural practice; ambiance in the sense of a sensory experience for the human perception, but also as an alteration of an existing contextual milieu. The artificial generation of atmospheres as architectural entities is achieved by the methodical coexistence of elements which, by working together, constitute one entity that can be perceived through the human senses. Although the final result of the design process is the most important part, in terms of methodology the way of manipulation of the microelements that are responsible for the creation of the macroatmosphere is of great importance.

ACT 07:

ATMOSPHERE

CLIME-SCAPE: COMPACT GEOGRAPHY - AN INTENSIVE VISIT TO ARTIFICIALLY CREATED CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

VERTICALSCAPES: CLIME-SCAPE [I. Ábalos, J. García-Germán] G. KALLIS _ N. CASAIS _ S. GHASEMIZADEH