MAA SOUTOS K. GEORGIOS Personal details A.
24, Gounary st., 66100, Drama, Greece
T.
+30 6944.96.34.30
M.
gsoutos@gmail.com
N.
greek
B.
13 feb. 1983
G.
male
contents THESIS_ Sonic enviroment analysis & sonic passive element fabrication
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BESOS_ A Radical Cartography of Performative Wetlands
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TROPE_ From Natural to Directed A Vegetated Landscape of Inhabitable Corridors
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INTERACTIVE SYSTEM_ Physical computing - light & wind interaction
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THE BRICK_ Parametric brick construction
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NEGOTIATED FORMATIONS_ Worckshop with Supermanoeuvre
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1:1 CORAL 3D PRINTING _ Workshop with Enrico Dini
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ROBOTIC LIGHT PAINTING_ Hacking an industrial 6-axis robot
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INTERACTIVE SYSTEM_ Physical interactive system - shape memory alloy
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ROBOTIC CHAINSAW_ Teach the robot to use the chainsaw
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MACHINIC CONVERSATION_ Robotic fabricated aggrigate structure
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PRODUCTIVE CITY_ Global summer school co Iaac & fundacio Miralles
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ECO SIMULATIONS_ Enviromental condition simulations - analysis
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INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA_ BARCELONA_ SPAIN MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DIGITAL TECTONICS_ FABRICATING ECOLOGIES
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THESIS 8
SONIC ENVIROMENT ANALYSIS
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INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA_ BARCELONA_ SPAIN MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DIGITAL TECTONICS_ FABRICATING ECOLOGIES
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DIGITAL TECTONICS_ FABRICATING ECOLOGIES
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INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA_ BARCELONA_ SPAIN MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DIGITAL TECTONICS_ FABRICATING ECOLOGIES
THE NATURAL MEANDERING OF A RIVER IS FOLLOWING AN INCLINATION OF 15° TO 45°
POSSIBLE FLOW OF WATER TO SIMULATE THE MEANDERING OF THE RIVER BED AND OPTIMIZE THE FLOW THROUGH THE CLEANING PROCESS
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SUBDIVISION STAGE 2
The natural flow of the river is disrupted when it meets the city, where Besos turns into an urban canal, its waters start to move fast, in a straight line, not allowing for the water to stay in the river long enough to perform its natural processes. This results in dirty waters and soil, an inexistant gravel bed and loss of seasonality, with the flow of the river remaining largely similar throughout the different seasons of the year. The study proposes a restructuring of the path of the river, allowing for the creation of artificial wetlands and the re-introduction of their typical vegetation, in order for the water and air to be appropriated and purified by this synthetic urban ecosystem.
CANALIZED FLOW SIMULATED FLOW STAGE 1 SIMULATED FLOW STAGE 2 SIMULATED FLOW STAGE 3
ANGULATION STAGE 1 SUBDIVISION STAGE 2 SIMULATION STAGE 1
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The angulation and the natural meandering of the river are studied and simulated and the landscape is manipulated in an effort to render it a responsive, adaptive organism that will
BESOS_ A RADICAL CARTOGRAPHY OF PERFORMATIVE LANDSCAPES, BARCELONA, SPAIN
REDIRECTING FLOWS EXISTING-NATURAL-ARTIFICIAL
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Max Values
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Acceptable ph Range The levels of the Ph of a river is a factor that heavily affects the ecosystem and the people living around it and coming in contact with its waters. Ph values fluctuate over a seasonal circle, with higher values being recorded over autumn and winter, mainly due to pesticides being applied over the months of September and October. In order to map a dynamic process over time, an interactive tool was designed in Processing. Values for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn are overlayed, and compared to the average yearly value and maximum tolerance levels for a river. The site is transformed into a point cloud in which the Ph values are mapped.
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Summer
Average Value
A simple sketch model was constructed with the help of a lasercutter to illustrate the rearrangement of the flows in the site on the level of landscape.
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CONCEPT MODEL
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TROPE_ A VEGETATED LANDSCAPE OF INHABITABLE CORRIDORDS
TROPE_ A VEGETATED LANDSCAPE OF INHABITABLE CORRIDORDS
The stalk of the hemp plant consists mainly of two types of fibers, the longer bast fibers and the woody core called hurds. The hurds can be used for making animal bedding, paper, insulation, etc. but due to their shorter and courser nature they are rarely used for textiles. The hurds usually comprise anywhere from 60% to 75% of the mass of the stalk. Bast fibre or kin fibre is plant fibre collected from the phloem (the “inner bark” or the skin) or bast surrounding the stem. Hemp fibers are composed of primary bast fibers, which are long and low in lignin, and secondary bast fibers, which are intermediate in length and higher in lignin. Because the plant is light sensitive, early plantings will produce taller crops and thus more and longer-better quality fibre. Hemp stalk is made up of 25% bast fiber, with primary and secondary layers, and 75% core or “hurds” as they are referred to.
embryonic leaves
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second pair of leaves
embryonic leaves
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The apparatus seeks to harvest the process of Phototropism, the tendency of plant stems to grow towards the light source. The base that supports the pot rotates, while the light source remains stable. The plant responds to this circular movement and spirals along, producing longer, customized bast fibers.
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SPINE
DEFENCIVE PROTOTYPING
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A defensive architecture on a micro scale is proposed for the protection of plants in a natural environment, like the case of Valldaura. A spine that is placed around the seed or young plant and creates a protective shell for its growth. Wind blows residue on it before they reach the plant and rain acts as the adhesive, protecting the plant but also creating an architecture of natural morphogenesis like it was explored in the robotic experiment. A Prototype of the spine was fabricated out of resin in the 3D printer. Its ‘ribs differ according to their position against the wind. The side that is most exposed is stronger, while the other side is weaker and responsive to the growth of the plant. These ribs are always on a astate of anticipated tension, moving ang growing along with the plant.
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SPINE II
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PROTOTYPING
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TROPE_ A VEGETATED LANDSCAPE OF INHABITABLE CORRIDORDS
SPINE II
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
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1 Wire 2 Primary vertebrae 3 Primary spine 4 Secondary spine
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MOLDING THE SPINE
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VACUM PROCESS
TION PROCESS GEOMETRY
SURFACE
double curvature
material_ hemp fiber geometry_ spine lamination process_ aircompression simple curvature material thickness_ 2 mm compression time_ 12 h. resign type_ epoxy resign resign analogy_ 1:4 resign:hardener
The laminated spine is a part of a prototype in progress, it is a way to understand the relation and the connection between the materialism the geometry and the airpressure lamination process.
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Material formation Air decrease and formates the material surface Air input/output Material surface
Mold goes into the balloon
Air input/output
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Mold
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STUDIES
CURVATURE OVER TIME
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Natural plants dirrection with stops
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Artificial plants geometrical dirrection
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KEY PLAN
PLANT HEIGHT MALE / FEMALE
TRUNK DIAMETER MALE / FEMALE
PLANT DIAMETER MALE / FEMALE
285 / 277 cm ± 6.9
3.67 / 3.46 cm
50 / 47 cm
75 DAYS
195 / 184 cm ± 5.3
1.44 / 1.38 cm
32 / 30 cm
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102 / 88 cm ± 3.3
0.97 / 0.93 cm
20 / 19 cm
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20 / 19 cm
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By the growth of the hemp plants some differences between male and female plants were observed, regarding the growth in height and diameter. These differences were absent in early ontogeny. In the early ontogenetic phases the male plants were more reactive to the environmental changes and exhibited higher variability amplitude. The length growth of hemp plants was subjected in a more marked manner to environmental influence comparatively to plant stem diameter. Regarding the interrelationship between height and diameter of plant stems, these two parameters are in direct relation, especially in early ontogeny, but enough large variations appear, depending on environmental conditions, sexual phenotype and provenance. 115
50 / 49 cm ±1,7
DIAMETER 2.40 cm
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2.40 cm
TROPE_ A VEGETATED LANDSCAPE OF INHABITABLE CORRIDORDS
INPUT
DIRECTED INPUTS TO THE PLANT
A drawing that illustrates the directed inputs to the plant system. As more stops are apllied to a plant, the outcome (shape of the trunk) becomes more curvy. Growth (height) is ilustrated over time (months). As the plant grows, when it reaches a specific height and length, it is bent and kept in place with the . help of a stoppoint.
Growth timeline
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March Season timeline 6 Stops 4 Stops
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Stops
INPUT / REACTION
NEGOTIATION BETWEEN PLANT-MASHINE
Growth of a single plant over time. An illustration of the battle betwwen the plant and the system of input and the resulting choreography before tha plant reaches its final shape. The plant grows up to a specific height where it is tall enough to be bent and placed in a stop-point.
Growth timeline
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Seeding
THE PRESENTATION REAL MODEL
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The pavillion is planted on late March, and grows up to a bit more than a meter though the spring. The plant enters the first stop point on the last week of May.
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INSIDE VIEW
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VISUALISATION OF THE PAVILLION
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SUMMER During the Summer months the growth is accelerated and by Sep- tember plants reach 2.8- 3 meters in height.
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The plant is well into the pull and stop-point sys- tem and is curved into challenging angles to finally assume the pro- posed shape.
AUTUMN
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Over Autumn the plant fully develops and reach- es a height of 3:50 to 4:00 m. In October, the plant dries up and dies. At this point part of the pavilion is removed and processed in order to ex- tract the necessary fibers and part is preserved on the site to serve as a substructure for the next pavilion.
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BRICK MODULE
PARAMETRIC BRICK CONSTRUCTION Place / Location
Time Nov. 2012
Team Gabriela Gonzรกlez Faria, Soutos Georgios
Tutors Edouard Cabay, Tomas Diez, Alexandre Dubor
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The aim of this project was to explore 3 dimensional manufacturing processes by the use of the CNC milling machine, and the development of molds for casting pieces. The work has been focused in the design of a construction brick module, the fabrication of its mild, and the process of casting the parts to construct a three dimensional wall, which has generated a spatial installation in the IAAC building.
milling process
materials_casting
the brick
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the wall
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NEGOTIATED FORMATION_ WORKSHOP WITH SUPERMANOEUVRE, BARCELONA, SPAIN
FORMWORK & CASTING THE PROCESS
The physical production of the components needed developing a method for molding and casting that would ensure their structural performance aswell as their aesthetical one. Several tests were conducted both in the casting time and process, material composition and the shape of the mold frames. Any change in one of these methods would infulence the others. The development of the optimal method of production for the final 82 different pieces was a process of trial and error.
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Finally, a method of mass pro- duction of the molds and the pieces was ellaborated with recycling the used molds and minimising the material loss and time in casting.
NEGOTIATED FORMATION_ WORKSHOP WITH SUPERMANOEUVRE, BARCELONA, SPAIN
SCAFOLDING THE PROCESS
The scaffolding system is optimiza- ted to distribute the load of each panel by its edges. This consists of 71 units of cardboard columns, 13 stools and 5 tables. The stools and tables are stacked on site prior to the generation of the cardboard scaffolding to reduce the amount of material used.
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The cardboard extrusions are created by using the parametric model of the vaulted structure. The resulting surfaces are unrolled and nested for laser cutting. The pieces are constructed and assembled us- ing zip ties and masking tape. The entire process took one day for de- sign and three days for assembly.
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210 cm | maximun height
THE PAVILION
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FINAL PIECE
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CORAL 3D PRINTING WORKSHOP WITH ENRICO DINI
Place / Location D-SHAPES Enrico Dini’s workshop, Piza, Italy
Time Feb. 2013
Team 15 Master architects
Tutors Enrico Dini, Marco Polleto, Claudia Pasquero
WORKSHOP ENRICO DINI [Life-Size 3D Printing, Pisa, D-Shapes, 2013: 3D Printing An Artificial Coral Reef with Enrico Dini in 1:1], From digital to material.
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spray tool
peak & place tool
kinect scaning
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me and the sheep
PRODUCTIVE CITY GLOBAL SUMMER SCHOOL CO OF IAAC WITH FUNDACIO MIRALLE Place / Location Raval, Calle Robadors, Barcelona
Time Jul. _2013,
Organisation Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia & Fundacio Enric Miralle
Position Digital fabrication and project assistant
The GSS 2013 concluded today with the Final Presentation of the 6 projects developed throughout the 2 weeks of work. The Global School programme seeks to investigate common agendas in global localities. The 2013 edition included the participation from institutes in Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, and North America, in particular: Mumbai, Tehran, Istanbul, Barcelona, New York and Lima. The projects developed aimed to generate a new strategy to understand and facilitate the Production of the City in various aspects: Production of Knowledge, Prodution of Food, Production of Objects, and the Production of Energy, key elements which establish the basic necessities to create self-sufficient habitats, and allowing the Summer School to serve as the testing ground for the generation of project ideas. Concepts included sharing energy, sharing working experience, adaptable structures that combines data and visual illusions, sunshine sterilization installation, etc. The projects were developed through a 3 phase process: Analysis, both on a global and a local scale, Digital Design, generating a programme and concept for the Project, and, finally, a Fabrication phase, in which a vision, through the generation of a prototype, and the project process were elaborated. Each Group worked on a different square in the centre of Barcelona, generating interactive tools, through the elaboration of 1:1 scale prototype for each square. These facilitated the incremention of knowledge and facilities for the square in question, thanks to the use of the Smart Citizen kit and Arduino, that is associative tools that allow to relate the projects to various internal and external dynamics of the site.
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facade solar analisys