Architecture Portfolio _ Bruno Ganem Coutinho by Bruno Ganem

PORTFOLIO BRUNO GANEM COUTINHO _architecture _carpentry _digital fabrication _computational design

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Content

00. Curriculum

01. Minimal Living Space

02. Fènix

03. Voxel Cabin

04. House of the Future

05. Ligamento

06. Skywell 31°

07. Bloc Party

08. Woodwork

09. Hellowood

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Curriculum WHO I AM

D IN M WHAT I WANT

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The intersection

Connect the thinking with the making, and learn by doing; the design as a process, from concept to object; the intersection between mind and hands.

BRUNO GANEM COUTINHO architecture _ carpentry _ digital fabrication _ computational design

EDUCATION Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism _ Universidade de Brasília (Brazil) 2010 - 2017 Exchange Student in Architecture _ University of Melbourne ( Australia ) 2014 - 2015 Master in Advanced Architecture _ IaaC ( Spain ) 2019 - 2020

PERSONAL Contact: gcoutinho.bruno@gmail.com +34 623 279 770 From: Brasília, Brazil Current residency: Barcelona, Spain Brith: 24 / 06 / 1992

LANGUAGES

Open Thesis Fabrication - Postgraduate in 3d printing Architecture _ IaaC ( Spain) 2020 - March 2021

EXPERIENCE Internship in Architecture _ Atelier Paralelo [ www.atelierparalelo.com ] april 2013 - january 2014 Production of furniture 2016 Freelance Architect 2017 -

Portuguese English Spanish

BUILDING EXPERIENCE

German

Volunteer and Participant _ Hello Wood (Hungary) [ www.hellowood.eu ] 2017

SOFTWARE AutoCad Rhinoceros

Participant _ Hello Wood ( Argentina ) [ www.hellowood.au ] 2018 Volunteer Valldaura Labs _ construction of the Voxel Cabin ( Spain ) 2020

Grasshopper Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere After Effects

WORKSHOPS Workshop of Furniture Painting _ SENAI - 20h 2012 Workshop of Basic wood-working _ Lab 74 - 72h 2015

Sketchup Office

Workshop of Wood-working _ Museu Vivo da História Candanga - 45h 2017

INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Traveling / Camping / Climbing / Surfing / Music / Science Fiction

Graduation Project selected for the magazine Arqui # 7 2/2016 ( www.issuu.com/fau.unb/docs/arqui_7_publicacao_issuu_05 ) 2017

01.

Minimal Living Space

Reducing the space we live brings immediate positive sustainable consequences such as: less consumption of materials, energy and less maintenance. The bigger the house you have, more space there is to be filled with objects, furniture, equipments. Less space reduces the need to have more “things”, reduces consumption. Thinking of the minimum, it is possible tAo conceive a space that works within the human scale of production, that is designed based on the human being. Investing on a human scale means to empower individuals andW communities in a way that allows anyone to build the future. It’s a question of resilience, given that it promotes autonomy, flexibility, diversity of thoughts and ways of living. Strengthens communities and non-material relations, through the cooperation and sharing of ideas and spaces, less individual space means more collective space.

Universidade de Brasília Brasília // 2016

Constructive Process

01 _ Base

02 _ Structure frames

03 _ Internal revestiment

04 _ External revestiment

05 _ Floor planks + stairs

06 _ Fenestration

07 _ Internal structure

08 _ Furniture

09 _ Minimal Living Space

From the begging, the most important concept of the project was that anyone should be able to build it, a do it yourself approach of architecture. Designing in a human scale, which means having the human body as reference, the desirable outcome was to produce a sort of manual for building your own house. That means that it was necessary to think and design every component, every interface and every step of the construction. In that sense, the construction was thought in steps, from base to the finished house, every step having all its components and details specified. The structure was thought to be as simple as possible and to consider the weight and dimensions of components, in a way that it could be built by a few people only, with accessible tools and using what the industry already has to offer in terms of materials and services.

02.

Fènix

The project was oriented to designing and building a structure that acts as its own oven in order to be actively fired on site, from adobe, into a ceramic architectural element. For this large scale experiment in firing earth prints, the typology of the column was used, with the intention to bring this technique to other architectural elements, such as walls, and finally all the way to the scale of buildings. Its key advantage is on-site firing: being able to print an earthen building and fire all, or some of its parts, without having the necessity to use off-site processes such as a kiln.

Institue for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona // 2020 in collaboration with the OTF students and Faculty

Fenix is a research project of onsite firing of architectural elements that appropriates the capacity of 3D printing to work with cavities: the design of these narrow spaces is used in order to channel fluxes of heat throughout the inside of a wall in order to fire it, converting it into ceramic and strongly enhancing its structural property. In order to transform earth into ceramics - which has higher structural resistance, is waterproof and has the potential of more performative climatic properties - it needs to be progressively heated at 1200ºC enabling its vitrification.

To avoid cracking, the firing temperature inside and outside of any object needs to be equal. This project takes advantage of 3D printing and its possibility to construct cavities that can take on the role of the kiln in order to print a column surrounded by an additional layer that only serves the temporary role of maintaining the heat inside. After the firing at 1200ºC during 15 hours, this temporary layer is removed, revealing the column that had partially vitrified.

03.

Voxel Cabin

Voxel is an autonomous, 12 square metre cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure clad in a parametric rainscreen, exemplifying an advanced ecological approach to architectural production. Voxel is a project of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia’s Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities 2019/20. In this project I’ve participated as a volntueer for the final phase of construction of the prototype. Although I was not involved in the process of design, during the construction I was able to get involved with the many different interfaces of constructing a living space, from the foundations to the installment of the project’s energy and water systems. The effort provided by me and other volunteers was recognized as essential to the conclusion of the prototype.

Institue for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona // 2020 in collaboration with the MAEBB students and Faculty

Fenestration

Intended for use as a quarantine cabin, Voxel accommodates one occupant isolated for 14 days. Solar panels with battery storage power lighting and devices. A rooftop garden, rainwater collection and greywater recycling integrate with a self-contained biogas infrastructure for blackwater treatment to generate usable fuel and sanitary fertilizer. One of the interfaces of the project that was fully assigned to me and my colleague Daniel Nahmias was the final design, construction and assembly of the openings, windows and doors (or Fenestration). This gave us the opportunity to work and experiment with different techniques of building with wood. Part of the windows were assembled with more traditional connections, such as finger joints. And some were made using CNC milling strategies.

Windows joinery details.

04.

House of the Future

House of the Future aims to provide an alternative for the crisis at the border between the United States of America and Mexico. It simultaneously addresses the problematics of migration from the perspective of both countries, by providing migrants with a safe community, away from the discrimination, scrutiny and the struggles of adapting to a new society, and at the same time relieving the United States from being responsible for accommodating thousands of people from all four corners of the world. The project establishes a new place of exchange, growth, opportunity, and reflection, where people on the move, from different backgrounds, are welcome to come and contribute to a self-sufficient settlement. The projects architecture especulates on the use of 3d printing with earth as a viable sustainable technology for the construction of quality houses and infrastructure.

Institue for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona // 2019 in collaboration with Siddharth Aryamane, Tomas Garcia de la Huerta and Zackary Bryson

System

The arid bed of the Colorado River, a natural course that once served as the boundary between the USA and Mexico, sets as the location. Between San Luis, Mexico and Yuma, Arizona, within the now invisible line separating the two countries and physical barriers put in place by the United States of America, emerges a place that signifies both a “no man’s land” and the death of the river. In this sense, the community settles in a location in between, and has the opportunity to act as a point of environmental regeneration for the Colorado River. The project establishes a new place of exchange, growth, opportunity, and reflection, where people on the move, from different backgrounds, are welcome to come and contribute to a self sufficient settlement.

Master Plan

Master Plan evolution

Each cell grows in five stages, always originating from the points informed by the infrastructural grid of the site. Starting with the autonomously 3D printed towers which represent the core of a cell. The cells then grows to accommodate agriculture, administration and then incorporates housing until it reaches its maximum capacity of 768 people. The dwellings consist of 3D Printed houses made using agricultural waste. The cities surrounding the site are agricultural towns producing a great quantity of USA’s winter produce, including lettuce and wheat.

The mesh of the cell serves as a fog catcher in order to harvest the prominent amount of fog found in the Arizona Desert. The mesh is able to moved around the central tower by altering the ring placement in order to optomize the amount of water it collects based on wind directions. The water is then distributed through iternal pipes reaching points that touch down between houses. It is also sent into the tower to be stored for later use. Balloons floating above the towers serve to cover the water towers during the day, in order to limit evaporation. At night they rise and become signals for incoming settlers.

Tower

Axonometric ( 1 cell )

1. Silo 2. Water collection 3. Water Tank 4. Cult space 5. Viewpoint 6. Ballon 7. Stairs 8. Cellar

1. Balloon 2. Mesh (fog catcher) 3. Rope structure 4. Pipes water collection 5. Connection between pipes and houses 6. Tower 7. Aquaponics 8. Administration / Gathering places 9. Community Kitchens 10. Houses

Housing Units 1. Room 2. Shared Bathroom 3. Access 4. Cellar 5. Hammock 6. Skylight 7. Balloons

05.

Ligamento

Ligameto is a pedestrian bridge constructed out of freeform glue-laminated timber elements. The bridge rise from a hilltop, spirals and weave around itself in order to touchdown on the ground bellow, offering vistas to the pedestrians as they meander through the structure. The buckle formed by the bridge hosts a stage providing shelter for the preformers. Overall this project aims to bring this state-of-the-art timber fabrication technology and new digital modeling tools together and challenge our current methods of construction.

Institue for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona // 2020 in collaboration with Tomas Garcia de la Huerta and Zackary Bryson

PLAN

DET : 1 runway

B-B

A-A

3.8

A-A

07 05 (wooden deck)

N:+6.6

07 (column)

01 Round metal plate as the base e:40mm 02 Metal inserted profiles e:30mm 03 Polished concrete 04 Concrete seen 05 Wooden deck (water goes through) 06 Metal plates holding the base e:40mm 07 Glulam, primary structure 460x200 mm 08 Glulam, secondary structure 350x150 mm

6.30

B-B

3.30

N:0.00

02 01

04 (foundations)

1.50

N:1.05

0.50

plan + structural ribbon

bridge detail

Structural Segmentation

The construction was envisioned to follow a structural segmentation of the glue-laminated timber elements. The final project is made out of more than a thousand components, and the use of parametrized computational tools made possible the definition of all the connections and joints necessary to ensure the continuity of the wood ribbons. The diagram illustrates the connections on a section of the structure, with the green elements representing cross joints, and the purples being splice joints splice joint

cross joint

SECTION A-A

22956.4

7.30

1.85

3.7

11.35

4975.2

1861.4

4171.8

6646.5

3.75

SECTION B-B

Over the center of the structure knot, an inflatable provides cover for the performances at the stage. The glue laminated components allow for the construction of a structure that is continuous and works as one single element, both visually and structurally.

6.7

3.74

3.80

6.90

6905.2

5180.1

3807.7

DET : 1

7346.4

5639.8

3856.4

16711.5

PLAN

B-B

A-A

B-B

06.

Skywell 31°

Skywell 31° is a retreat located in the natural area close to Barcelona. Its architectural features respond to environmental and structural analysis which informed the design process in terms of orientation, assembly order, connections between different elements. In order to minimize the solar radiation and the possible overheating inside the object, the general orientation and the oculus inclination were optimized due to the use of evolutionary solvers.

Institue for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona // 2020 in collaboration with Dusan Savicevic, Francesco Polvi, Tomas Garcia de la Huerta and Zackary Bryson

4862

2056

PLAN 1 01.Concrete base/foundation 02.Geothermal energy:Energy pile/spiral 03.Inlet pipe 04.Outlet pipe 05.Termopanel glass 20mm 06. Lattices 07. Metal arm to move lattices 08. Anti-humidity paint

Wall U Values 0.018 % 0.10: 0.18 Plywood 0.1 % 0.045: 2.22 Sheep wool 0.018 % 0.10: 0.18 Plywood 0.015 % 0.157: 0.095 Oak roof tile ___________________________

Wood stove (kitchen)

RSE :0.04 RSI :0.13 ___________________________ RT= (RSI:0,13+ R1:0,18+R2:2,22 +R3:0,18+R4:0,095+RSE:0,04) 2,845

Sink

Floor U Values 0.036 % 0.10: 0.36 Plywood 0.15 % 0.045: 3.33 Sheep wool 0.036 % 0.10: 0.36 Plywood ___________________________

14 86

RSE :0.04 RSI :0.10 ___________________________ RT= (RSI:0,10+ R1:0,36+R2:3,33 +R3:0,36+RSE:0,04) 4,19

489

800

960

933 4

1268

1800

Curtain

A Stairs

Folding table

Hall

Entry

644

Shower

608

822

300

06 Curtain

Toilet

4862

2056

PLAN 2 01.Concrete base/foundation 02.Geothermal energy:Energy pile/spiral 03.Inlet pipe 04.Outlet pipe 05.Termopanel glass 20mm 06. Lattices 07. Metal arm to move lattices 08. Anti-humidity paint

Located on the second floor, three folding beds offering storage space below them. On the second floor, the skin is 80% opaque to avoid the overheat by the sun.

Wall U Values 0.018 % 0.10: 0.18 Plywood 0.1 % 0.045: 2.22 Sheep wool 0.018 % 0.10: 0.18 Plywood 0.015 % 0.157: 0.095 Oak roof tile ___________________________ RSE :0.04 RSI :0.13 ___________________________ RT= (RSI:0,13+ R1:0,18+R2:2,22 +R3:0,18+R4:0,095+RSE:0,04) 2,845 Floor U Values 0.036 % 0.10: 0.36 Plywood 0.15 % 0.045: 3.33 Sheep wool 0.036 % 0.10: 0.36 Plywood ___________________________

800

RSE :0.04 RSI :0.10 ___________________________

2054

RT= (RSI:0,10+ R1:0,36+R2:3,33 +R3:0,36+RSE:0,04) 4,19

Bed 2

348

1304 N:+2.2

1304

800

Bed 4

2056

1304

608

1302

Stairs

346

893

Bed 1

Bed 3

2056

800

5750 1082

3159

1517

SECTION A-A

N:6.63

Ventilation

3518

05 1548

Oculus

2843

2343

1681

800

1304

800

Bed 3

Bed 2 106

Bed 1

394 59

500

930

1066

185

6634

N:2.21

600

500 N:+2.2

11 1066

10 1253 431

9 Ladder 8

6 08

SHOWER

Sink

960 Folding table

Wall U Values

HALL

ENTRY

Curtain

0.018 % 0.10: 0.18 Plywood 0.1 % 0.045: 2.22 Sheep wool 0.018 % 0.10: 0.18 Plywood 0.015 % 0.157: 0.095 Oak roof tile ___________________________

2070

2035 1504

1604

01.Concrete base/foundation 02.Geothermal energy: Energy pile/spiral 03.Inlet pipe 04.Outlet pipe 05.Termopanel glass 20mm 06. Lattices 07. Metal arm to move lattices 08. Anti-humidity paint

2 Wood stove (kitchen)

RSE :0.04 RSI :0.13 ___________________________

155 1 200

1017

RT= (RSI:0,13+ R1:0,18+R2:2,22 +R3:0,18+R4:0,095+RSE:0,04) 2,845

N:0.00

7 N:0.0 150

220

Floor U Values

0.036 % 0.10: 0.36 Plywood 0.15 % 0.045: 3.33 Sheep wool 0.036 % 0.10: 0.36 Plywood ___________________________

RSE :0.04 RSI :0.10 ___________________________

3 300

167

965

RT= (RSI:0,10+ R1:0,36+R2:3,33 +R3:0,36+RSE:0,04) 4,19

153

385

02.Drop Ceiling (silicone) 03.2 Plywood 04.Termopanel glass 20mm / with UV protective sheet 05.Lattice / hard wood 12.Frame/ hard wood 18.Structural silicone 19.Metallic hug 20.1 Plywood 21.Glulam 22.Asphalt membrane 23.Aluminum profile T: 2mm 24.Osmo TopOil (wood protector)

141

D2: Oculus/ Section

N:-1.19

18 23 21

24 04

03 EXTERIOR

INTERIOR

The cabin was designed to comfortably fit four people. The bottom floor is equipped with a kitchen, toilet and shower, while the beds were positioned at the top floor. The whole structure sits on top of a concrete base, intended as a solid foundation, as well as adding thermal mass to the building as insulation in winter periods. The whole interior is well lit by a glass oculus positioned at the very top of the structure. At night, the occupants can fall asleep contemplation the night sky.

71 110 300

119

concrete foundation + base

bottom ribs

bottom floor structure

programmatic boxes

first half ribs

stairs + pin connection structures

pin connection structure first floor

secondary structure first floor

second half ribs

occulus structure

wood + insulation floors

glass pannels + louvers

2. STRUCTURE ANALYSIS

3. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

4. SKIN AND SHELL SOLUTIONS

5. FINAL DESIGN

6. FINAL DESIGN - DETAILS

7. FINAL DESIGN - CONSTRUCTION

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3. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

4. SKIN AND SHELL SOLUTIONS

5. FINAL DESIGN

6. FINAL DESIGN - DETAILS

7. FINAL DESIGN - CONSTRUCTION

Every step of the structure was anticipated by the definition of a constructive system based on steps, from the foundation to the final assembly of glass panels and revestiment louvers. For the development of the structure, the software Karamba was used to evaluate different iterations and identify weak spots. The software allows for the predicament of structural displacement and momentum in different axis. In that sense, it was used as a reference to select the best alternative within different iterations of the structure. Locating the cabin in Barcelona, Ladybug (within grasshopper) was used for the orientation of the facades and displacement of the revestiment louvers.

07.

Bloc Party

Bloc party is an exploration on the use of computational design for the development of scenarios and speculative compositions with architectural qualities. The project focused on aggregation of components applying advanced algorithmic strategies using Rhino and Grasshopper. Through the aggregation of individual components, this project aims to create and analyse complex spaces. The components were chosen based on their non-architectural composition, but, when they are aggregated, they suggest complex architectural spaces. The base components were first aggregated together to create meta-components. These meta-components were then aggregated again with a simple base component and either one or two meta-components.

Institue for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona // 2020 in collaboration with Zackary Bryson, Ilaena Mariam Napier and Hunter Paine

Through the process of exploration and elimination based on architectural aesthetics, metacomponents were chosen. The formation of these metacomponents was manipulated either horizontally or vertically by changing the heuristics and environmental container. This resulted in an urban tower intervention that allows horizontal terraces to grow from.

08.

Woodwork

I’ve been experimenting with woodworking, making objects and furniture, since the second semester of 2015. Woodwork as a craft takes a lot of patience, skill and tools. So far, it’s been a constant process of learning and investing time and money. In every piece I make, there’s alway something new I’ve never done before. Woodworking has started as, and still is, the manifestation of a will to built and understand the things I own. In this sense, the furniture and objects I’ve made so far focus on simple, straight design, built with accessible tools, using what the industry has to offer in terms of materials and services.

Selected Work

Digital Fabrication

Constructive Process

09.

Hello Wood

Hello Wood is an international program and design studio based in Budapest, Hungary. As a program, it becomes an international education platform in design and architecture through a combination of events throughout the year. These events revolve around the concept of bringing people together to build a series of wooden structures, teaching to think with the hands and learning through experience. At the same time, it embraces workshops, lectures, concerts and performances, balancing the practical experience with relevant discussions, networking and an overall feeling of a festival. I have had the opportunity to participate as a student in two edtitions, Project Village 2017 and Hello Wood Argentina in 2018. Both experiences have exposed me to what it means to actually build with wood, the challenges and satisfacions that come with the materialization of a project built with your own hands.

Project Village _ 2017 Team leaders: Rufus van den, Ban Suzana Milinović, Joao Prates Ruivo, Keimpke Zigterman The project consisted of nine six meter high poles, placed along a single straight line crossing the village. Defined by these poles, the line searched to articulate a connection between the structures and projects built throughout the whole event. Besides creating a larger connection between induvial elements of the village, every pole tried to establish a dialogue with it’s surroundings, the poles being placed in a point of relevance and serving as reference for different interventions. Having decided where to draw a straight line, it was important to establish a conversation with the rest of the village in order to define points of relevance and the nature of potential interventions. The pole next to the bath became a place where people could hang their clothes; close to the barn, it served as a point for collecting water. Having a tree at the end of the line, a pole was used as structure for a tree-house.

El Observatorio del Campo y de las Estrellas _ 2018 Team leaders: Elisa Martins, Caio Sauer A tower 9 meters high, a vertical gesture against the horizontal endless fields that define the landscapes of that region in Argentina. The project suggests a small architecture, a simple pavilion with a structure made out of 20 columns on each level and 50 beams. The components create a structural grid from ground up. Four levels define the height of the structure, the whole structure supported by 20 small columns connected to a base. All components were assembled on the ground, the construction based on a process of repetition, one level at a time. In the inside, the level ground and a mezzanine on the second level accommodate the visitors and offer a place that allows for different views of the structure, the surroundings and the sky above. It invites you to sit, commune, watch the fields and the stars. A cloth envelops the pavilion as a mantle, a translucid mask that filters the light and transforms the space inside, creating different openings and perspectives. It offers protection during the day, and invites you to look at the stars at night

Bruno Ganem Coutinho +34 623 27 97 70 gcoutinho.bruno@gmail.com