JEFF CHICARELLI architect and computational designer
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EXPERTISE LANGUAGES Portuguese English
Present May. 2021
SOFTWARES
Present May. 2018
Oct. 2020 Mar. 2019
Maya
Python Mar. 2019 Oct. 2018
CURRICULUM VITAE
architect and computational designer 30 Aug 1990 São Paulo, Brazil +55 11 966 932 478 jeffchicarelli@gmail.com
Illustrator V-Ray
Mar. 2018 Dec. 2015
KeyShot Lumion
2014
Global News Toronto: Top international students in Canada
2014
CBC Canada: Drawing talent to Canada. The Mitacs Globalink program aims to bring young talent to Canada
FIELD TRIPS 2018
China and Hong Kong
2016
Santiago, Belo Horizonte
2015
New York
2014
Medellín, Toronto
2013
Vancouver
2012
Buenos Aires, Curitiba
2011
Rio de Janeiro
AUTONOMOUS
Oct. 2020
CRITICAL MAKING LAB INTERN | Toronto, Canada
Focused studies on Rhino Inside Revit, Environmental Analysis using Ladybug and Honeybee, Autodesk Revit, and Python Programming for Architecture. Jan. 2015
TC URBES URBAN MOBILITY INTERN | São Paulo, Brazil
This workshop was a link between two courses in two different faculties: Parsons The New School for Design and the Architecture School of the University of São Paulo. The 2nd Workshop was a study on the Informal Relations between the Street Vendors, the Community and the Private and Public Sectors. Jan. 2014
This workshop was a link between two courses in two different faculties: Parsons The New School for Design and the Architecture School of the University of São Paulo. The 1st Workshop was a study on the Informal Relations on the Guarapiranga Damn, regarding the urban settlements, the infrastructure and the public sector and their relation to the water.
LABORATORY OF ARCHIVE COMPUTERISATION INTERN | São Paulo, Brazil
Internship at LabArq, FAU - University of Sao Paulo. Activities: Actualization of Data Bases, AutoCAD 2D, Georeferencing on ArcGIS, Field Survey
INFORMAL URBANISMS 1ST WORKSHOP STUDENT RESEARCHER | São Paulo, Brazil
Internship at TC Urbes for Urban Mobility Planning. Activities: Mobility Plans, Urban Diagnostics and Field Survey Jan. 2014 May. 2014
INFORMAL URBANISMS 2ND WORKSHOP STUDENT RESEARCHER | New York City, United States
Internship at Critical Making Lab, University of Toronto, Canada. 3D Printing for Prosthetics Project in partnership with Mitacs and CMB Canada NGO. Activities: 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, 3D Modeling, Graphic Design and Tutorial Design Jan. 2014 May. 2014
THINKPARAMETRIC COURSES ONLINE COURSES
Developement of an architectural project of a residential condominium of houses, from conception, base project to executive project of each house. Sep. 2014 Jun. 2014
Assistant tutor for the Architecture Association Brazil Visiting School workshop “Hyper | Threads” with Zaha Hadid Architects Co|de in Rio de Janeiro. Jul. 2016
Mar. 2013 Dec. 2012
STUDY ENGLISH IN CANADA, SEC ENGLISH STUDENT | Vancouver, Canada Intensive English Course in Canada.
ARCHITECTURE ASSOCIATION VISITING SCHOOL SAO PAULO ASSISTANT TUTOR | São Paulo, Brazil
Assistant tutor for the Architecture Association Brazil Visiting School workshop “Hyper | Threads” with Zaha Hadid Architects Co|de in São Paulo. Mar. 2015
SHORT TERM EDUCATION
ARCHITECTURE ASSOCIATION VISITING SCHOOL RIO DE JANEIRO ASSISTANT TUTOR | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Study Exchange at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning (FADU) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Focused on architectural and urban design.
SUBdV ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECT | São Paulo, Brazil
SkyCity Challenge 2017: Winner Project - SkyFarm
PRESS
jeffchicarelli
Jul. 2016 Jul. 2015
Tutor for the workshop Parametric modeling with Rhinoceros and Grasshopper. Sep. 2017
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, UOFT UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES, UBA
LAS: PARAMETRIC MODELING WITH RHINO AND GRASSHOPPER TUTOR | Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
STUDY EXCHANGE | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Development of architectural and furniture design deploying advanced 3D modeling, parametric design and digital fabrication. Environmental analysis with Grasshopper, Ladybug and Honeybee.
AWARDS
Tutor for the workshop Structural Analysis with Rhinoceros, Grasshopper and Karamba. Jul. 2018, Jul 2019
Practical Study Exchange at the Faculty of Information in Toronto, Canada. Focused on product design, 3d printing and 3d scanning. Jul. 2012 Feb. 2012
LAS: PARAMETRIC MODELING WITH RHINO, GRASSHOPPER and KARAMBA TUTOR | São Paulo, Brazil
STUDY EXCHANGE | Toronto, Canada
ARCHITECT AND COMP. DESIGNER | São Paulo, Brazil
Enscape
2018
May. 2014 Sep. 2014
Interior design and cenography deploying advanced software and parametric modeling. Project manager of a winner project for a Youtube Brandcast closed competition.
InDesign
STATE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, USP Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urban Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning - FAU. Final Undergraduation Project: Community Digital Fabrication Centre (CENTRO_SP) in the city center of São Paulo: collaborative networks and programmatic research in the design process.
ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER | São Paulo, Brazil
Photoshop
JEFF CHICARELLI
GUTO REQUENA STUDIO
Nov. 2019
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION | São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Development of Residential, Commercial, Healthcare and Educational building design, focusing on the conceptual stage to the Preliminary Design. Healthcare Interior Desgin using Autodesk Revit. Environmental analysis with Grasshopper, Ladybug and Honeybee.
Grasshopper
Houdini
PERKINS&WILL SAO PAULO
ARCHITECT AND COMP. DESIGNER | São Paulo, Brazil
Rhinoceros
ZBrush
Jul. 2015 Feb. 2009
Development of product design deploying advanced 3D modeling, parametric design and digital fabrication. Teaching advanced 3D modeling software.
Revit SketchUp
Special student attending a subject of Design Graduation of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning - FAU, approaching mass customization and the new industrial revolution.
PARTNER | São Paulo, Brazil
ArchiCAD AutoCAD
THE LEAGUE OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
STATE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, USP GRADUATE EDUCATION | São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Process specialist dealing with all the libraries, templates and BIM processes inside the office. Development of parametric design of complex geometry and environmetal analysis using Grasshopper, Ladybug e Honeybee. Clash Detection analysis using BIMCollab.
7.0 IELTS
German
Ago. 2015 Dez. 2015
ARCHITECT AND COMP. DESIGNER | São Paulo, Brazil
native
Spanish
FERNANDES ARQUITETOS ASSOCIADOS
TEACHING
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERFECT JOINTS WORKSHOP TUTOR | São Paulo, Brazil
Tutor for the workshop Perfect Joints at Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU) at the University of São Paulo (USP). Teaching Rhino and Digital Fabrication of a Stool in wood using a CNC Router.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
BHAIRPORT LOCATION AND YEAR
Confins, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 2021
STATUS
Under Development
OFFICE
Fernandes Arquitetos Associados
DESIGN TEAM
Daniel Fernandes, Rodrigo Araujo, Jeff Chicarelli, Mariana Canna
ROLE
Clash Detection Analyst using BIMCollab
Airports generally represent the first contact we have with countries, states and cities. Thus, from the beginning, intervention in the Passenger Terminal has had the motto “From Minas to the World” as one of its conceptual matrixes. The intention is for architecture to be characterized as a powerful means of identifying and valuing the history and cultures of Minas Gerais. A critical look at the pre-existing bases the transformation of the old structure into a new environment that meets current demands, without detracting from the original architecture and promoting an improvement in processing, comfort and passenger flow, a new experience for airport users. Terminal 1, built over 30 years ago, has an architecture and aesthetics marked by concrete. A fact that retrofit does not intend to alter or hide, in the appropriation and transformation of existing spaces, but to compose harmoniously with new materials and textures. Over the years, the terminal has received a series of changes to its original design, some additions out of context and others the result of a more accurate study. The main intention of the proposal was to confer a character of formal unity along the entire façade of Terminal 1, as well as to establish a clear harmonious dialogue between the original project and the contemporary interventions. Thus, rescuing its importance as the user’s gateway and first contact with the airport.
CLASH DETECTION LOCATION AND YEAR
Confins, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 2021
STATUS
Under Development
OFFICE
Fernandes Arquitetos Associados
DESIGN TEAM
Daniel Fernandes, Rodrigo Araujo, Jeff Chicarelli, Mariana Canna
ROLE
Clash Detection Analyst using BIMCollab
Clash detection via Building Information Modeling (BIM) helps in speeding up projects by identifying clashes between several models during the design stage itself, helping architects and contractors eliminate chances of multi-level design changes which can result into budget overshoot and delay in project completion time. It is a critical part of the integrated BIM modeling process. BIM modeling involves creating a comprehensive master model that includes design models from different disciplines of engineering design. Clash detection process identifies where the independent models clash with each other- finding where elements from one model overlap the elements of models from other architect-engineering design disciplines. Clash detection ensures every aspect works hand-in-hand and nothing is incompatible. A ‘clash’ is the result of two elements in your design taking up the same space. In Building Information Modeling (BIM), clash detection is the technique of identifying if, where, or how two parts of the building (e.g., plumbing, walls, etc.) interfere with one another.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT ANALYSIS LOCATION AND YEAR
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STATUS
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OFFICE
Fernandes Arquitetos Associados
DESIGN TEAM
RADIATON ANALYSIS
WIND SPEED GRAPHIC
RADIATION DOME
SUNHOURS ANALYSIS
ANNAUAL IRRADIANCE GRAPHIC
ANNAUAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Daniel Fernandes, Jeff Chicarelli
ROLE
Environmental Comfort Analysis us-
ing Ladybug Tools within Grasshopper
As high performance design is becoming more desirable in the field of architecture, the need for supporting architects with environmental analysis tools is also growing. Rhino/Grasshopper is one of the most widely used platforms that are used by designers today. There are already a number of environmental plugins developed for Rhino/Grasshopper. However, Ladybug offers several advantages that are currently not offered by existing Rhino/Grasshopper related environmental design plugins. Ladybug imports standard EnergyPlus Weather files (.EPW) in Grasshopper and provides a variety of 2D and 3D designer-friendly interactive graphics to support the decision-making process during the initial stages of design. It also simplifies the process of analysis, automates and expedites the calculations, and provides easy to understand graphical visualizations in the 3D modeling interface of Rhino/Grasshopper. It also allows users to work with validated energy and daylighting engines such as EnergyPlus, Radiance and Daysim. Integration with the parametric tools of grasshopper allows for almost instantaneous feedback on design modifications, and as it runs within the design environment, the information and analysis is interactive. The development is a free and open source; users can customize the tool based on their needs and contribute to the source code.
RIVER ONE LOCATION AND YEAR
São Paulo, Brazil. 2019
STATUS
Built
OFFICE
Perkins&Will
DESIGN TEAM
Fernando
Vidal,
Douglas
Tolaine,
Cesar Ramos, Leticia Ferolla, Lucas Matheus ROLE
BIM Architect, using Autodesk Revit
Located next to Marginal Pinheiros, one of São Paulo’s main roads, RiverOne aims to revitalize the region of Butantã, an area that is busy by day, but emptier at night. As a multi-use complex, RiverOne residents can live, work, and play all in the same place. The project aims to attract more people to the region with a combination of residential, corporate, and commercial units.
Autodesk Revit was the main tool of the project since the beginning (after the Pre Project Phase), and because of the complexity and size of the building, the team decided to break Revit model in several parts, as so: Structure, Podium, Corporate, Corporate Façade, Residential and Residential Façade. This was done in order to bring operability and fastness to the Revit models.
The RiverOne Mixed Use project started as a smaller building, which has increased its size and complexity as the client had acquired more terrains during the process. All the time this happened, we had to go back to Pre Project Phase and recalculate all the areas based on the maximum land utilization.
Besides that, another challenge was the model compatibility between Architecture, Civil Engineering and all the installations. The way to solve this was using the software Autodesk Navisworks to check all the compatibility between the various specialties, combining design and construction data into a single model.
The last terrain acquirement made the project with potential to be a landmark, as it will be when ready the tallest building on the region. Great results come with a lot of challenges on the way, and here are some of the main challenges:
ALTERNATIVE URBAN LIVING Mixed-use complexes are growing in popularity as they help alleviate São Paulo’s dense traffic. Residents occupy areas that are separated from commercial space but are within the same site.
ALL IN ONE The building has four floors dedicated to stores, restaurants and a theater. The 14 levels above the commercial floors are filled with corporate spaces. The residential section is 15 levels and includes an infinity edge pool with astonishing views of the city.
14TH FLOOR PLAN
REDE D’OR SINO BRASILEIRO LOCATION AND YEAR
Osasco, SP. Brazil. 2019
STATUS
Under Development
OFFICE
Perkins&Will São Paulo
DESIGN TEAM
Fernando Vidal, Lara Kaiser, Douglas Tolaine, Rodrigo Gianoni, Jeff Chicarelli, Lucas Matheus
ROLE
3d Modelling Coordinator and De-
signer, deploying of advanced software for creating complex geometry
Rede D’Or Sino Brasileiro is a general hospital located in the city of Osasco, next to São Paulo. In order to expand its capacity, Rede D’Or turned to us to develop a retrofit of their space. Observing the hospital’s real needs and the site’s potential, we recommended the addition of a new tower to better organize circulation and make the healthcare center’s clinic and administrative processes more efficient. The hospital’s new block will house the adult and pediatric emergency rooms, surgical, oncology and obstetric centers, and the ICU. Rede D’Or Sino Brasileiro is an Expansion Project that required to work both with the existent building model and its additional part. We had received the existent model in AutoCAD format and our first challenge was to redraw the whole model in Autodesk Revit, the tool that was decided for the base model. Because of the complexity of the model, the team decided to divide the Revit file in the following parts: Existent Building, Existent Building New Façade, Expansion Building, Expansion Building New Façade and Structure. This helped the operability and fastness of the Revit Model.
As a healthcare facility, we found very necessary to include an Environmental Design on our scope with the client in order to give us more input to design the building façades and to maintain the interiors as comfort as possible and reduce the need of artificial light and heating/cooling. For this process, we created a workflow between Revit and Rhinoceros/ Grasshopper. First, we exported the existent model from Revit to Rhino in order to make Sun Light and Ventilation studies. The results of these studies where them the base for the design decisions. After that, the team started creating the expansion building in Revit, and this was again exported to Rhino where more analysis were made. The results, finally, helped the team to define all the façade materials on Revit based on the radiation and comfort analysis in Rhino/Grasshopper.
A RESEARCH-INFORMED LAYOUT The project was developed according to the Evidence Based Design methodology, which focuses on design features that make patient treatment more efficient. We optimized circulation, helping doctors, patients, and their families easily move through the building. Additional features aim to reduce stress and depression levels on patients and the risks of accidents or medical errors.
ERICO VERISSIMO HOUSING LOCATION AND YEAR
Toledo, PR, Brazil. 2017
STATUS
Built
OFFICE
Autonomous
DESIGN TEAM
Jeff Chicarelli and Igor Lombardi
ROLE
Architectural project of a residential
condominium of houses, from conception, base project to executive project.
This project consisted in the development of six conjugate single family dwellings, giving a very dense program for a small terrain. With the given program, the only way to distribute it was by multiplying the levels and distributing the spaces between 2 or 3 floors, according to the typology of the dwelling. The need to extend the occupancy rate to the maximum level has meant reducing the external areas of the site. With this, new external areas were defined on the upper floors of the dwelling, creating terraces and balconies in the first and second floors. The typology 1, distributed in two floors, has 2 bedrooms. The typology 2, with three floors, has 3 bedrooms and a balcony. Both types have a terrace on the last floor.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT DIAGRAM 1. TERRAIN
6. MEZZANINES 14.0 m Área: 571,2 m²
40.8 m
4m
2. SETBACKS
7. CUTTING
2m
Posterior Setbacks
3. VOLUMES 128 m²
64 m²
8. FINAL GEOMETRY
4. TERRACES
Typology 2
9. TIPOLOGIES Typology 1
5. GARAGES
TYPOLOGIES CONCEPT DIAGRAMS TYPOLOGIES Typology 2
Terraces
Garage
Suite
Living Room
Backyard
Circulation
Bathroom
Kitchen
Garden
Bedroom
Restroom
Service Area
TOP VIEW SPATIAL DIAGRAM OF USES
Typology 1
SPATIAL DIAGRAM OF USES
TYPOLOGY 2
EXPLODED FLOORS
EXPLODED FLOORS
TYPOLOGY 1
TERRACES IN TYPOLOGY 2
VOLUME
VOLUME
LIVING ROOM INTERNAL VIEW
SIDE VIEW OF TYPOLOGY 1
BACK SIDE VIEW
MUNDIAL LOCATION AND YEAR
São Paulo, Brazil. 2019
STATUS
Completed
OFFICE
Perkins&Will São Paulo
DESIGN TEAM
Fernando Vidal, Daniele Superti, Cesar Tadao, Ana Thereza Sacchi, Jeff Chicarelli
ROLE
3d Modelling and Rendering
With a corporate culture based on Agile Working, Willis Towers Watson engaged Perkins&Will to create a free address, flexible office. As a result, the company’s new Latin America Headquarters is focused in freedom of use. Non-adressed workstations connected to sensors that indicate whether they are in use allow collaborators to choose their working areas daily. They can also choose to work from smaller tables or niches according to what task they’re developing and if they demand more focus or even collaborative work. Located in São Paulo, the project makes reference to the city’s identity and is inspired by Parque do Ibirapuera’s organic architectural lines. The format guides the space occupancy, distributing common areas in the floorplan’s extremities to offer more access to the windows and the astonishing view. The green color also subtly delimits the workspace area, alluding to the park’s lush landscaping.
GREAT CITY VIEWS Booths and other small spaces are established in the corner of the building to emphasize the city views
AGILE WORKING CONCEPT Workspace with a dynamic, modern design, based in the Agile Working concept.
ART AND NATURE Parque Ibirapuera is also known by its vibrant graffiti. The art is remembered in the design by the vibrant colors and two great graffiti panels in the cafeteria, created by artist Rogério Pedro
MUNDIAL LOCATION AND YEAR
Lisboa, Portugal. 2018
STATUS
Under Development
OFFICE
Estudio Guto Requena
DESIGN TEAM
Guto
Requena,
Eduardo
Chalabi,
Ludovica Leone, Jeff Chicarelli, Guilherme Giantini, Bruno Baietto, Rodolfo Torres ROLE
3d Modelling Coordinator and De-
signer, deploying of advanced software for creating complex geometry
The existing building for the project was an old theater that had to be renovated for the new program but also been maintained original as much as possible. Mundial had a complex program, thought to be opened through the day till the night, including restaurant, bar, night club, cinema and a concert house. Therefore, with this complex program, the main concept for the project was the movable platforms that were able to move up and down, creating different configurations for the stage, according to the type of show, performance or exhibition that was intended to happen. The design of all the furniture was also part of the scope. The reception desk is the first object that you see when you enter the building. It was designed deploying advanced modelling software, in order to create a fluid reception desk shape that could turn into the handrails on its sides and finally go downstairs, making a unique piece of solid and fluid geometry made by digitally sculpted green marble.
CONCEPT DRAWING OF FLOWN RECEPTION DESK AND HANDRAILS
CONCEPT DRAWING OF FLOWN WOOD BARS
CONCEPT DRAWING OF FLOWN WOOD BARS
Acoustic Covering
Superior Bar
Terrace
Grandstand
Main Entrance
Reception Desk
Cabaret
Audience Bar
Technical and Light Grid Audience Movable Platforms
Genderless Washroom
MONASHEES+ LOUNGE LOCATION AND YEAR OFFICE DIRECTORS DESIGN TEAM ROLE
São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2016 SUBdV Architecture Anne Save de Beaurecueil and Franklin Lee Jeff Chicarelli, Julia Tenuta and Daniel Frossard Architectural design conception, technical development - 3D modeling, rendering and costing - and production.
The Monashees+ Venture Capital office reception project is characterized by a fusion of contrasting elements: bringing together ancient cultural philosophies with contemporary design aesthetics; as well as simple materials and craft with high-tech digital design and fabrication processes. The brief for the Monashees+ Venture Capital office reception, as presented by feng-shui design consultant Marisa Volonterio, envisioned a calming fluid lounge setting whose design and fabrication would exemplify the cutting edge technology of the startup app firms it sponsors. Referencing the futuristic, aero-dynamic design aesthetic embodied in projects such as the iconic Eero Saarinen’s JFK Terminal, the continuous sofa and bar of the waiting area demonstrates this progressive fantasy of an inter-connected and borderless world to channel productive energies. To a certain extent, the project draws a parallel between fluidity of formal continuity and the fluidity of contemporary capitalism’s virtual economy. The furniture pieces were 3D modeled using continuous topologies in animation software, which underwent a digital sculpting process in the articulation of the surfaces for the sofa seats, bar tops and niches. A specific algorithm was developed in parametric software to automate the preparation of the files for fabrication. First, script sectioned the 3D
model according to the maximum depth of the computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling machine, and second, the script identified sections with negative slopes that were then automatically inverted. With the fabrication files generated by the algorithm, the polystyrene sections were CNC milled, numbered and grouped, which defined the overall shape of the furniture pieces. These were used as the base for the more traditional craft of resin and fiberglass application, and the final lacquer paint finish. The final pieces, too large to fit in the small building elevator, were than hoisted up 18 floors and into the narrow window frame, a size restriction which defined the configuration of the 3 furniture pieces of the lounge. Once in place, the furniture elements were wired up and received under-lighting, to create a floating effect that further emphasized this aerodynamic design. The bar was also configured with the infrastructure for the Virtual Reality mask and controls, which welcome visitors that arrive at the Monashees+ offices. The opening event exemplified this bringing together of contrasting technologies and cultures: at precisely 8:08 pm Chinese Feng-shui drummers both in the office reception as well as in China simultaneously drummed an inaugural ritual, which was followed by Virtual Reality explorations within this new space.
FIBER GLASS PRODUCTION PROCESS
PARAFORMA LOCATION AND YEAR OFFICE
CLASSIC RING WITH 5 DIFFERENT APPLIED
Brazil, Australia, United States. 2018 LAS Arquitetos
DIRECTORS
Jeff Chicarelli and Renata Portelada
DESIGN TEAM
Jeff Chicarelli and Renata Portelada
ROLE
Development of algorithms for gen-
erative jewelry, creating geometries that are possible to be 3d printed in metal.
Paraforma started with the concept of using parametric design to develop a family of 3d printable jewelry. Instead of creating final designs like the common design process would be, using an algorithm allowed the process to be open and to bring the owner and the buyer to the process. With 8 different algorithms for rings and 5 different textures to apply onto the ring geometries we were able to create a lot of combinations. Besides that, as each combination has a lot of changeable parameters, the possibilities for the shapes are infinite. Taking this into account, using normal industrial production for jewelry, which means creating a mold to receive liquid metal for the final shape, would be incredibly expensive, since with all the geometry possibilities, every ring would require a different mold. The solution then was to 3d print a customized ring for each buyer in a process called Mass Customization, allowing the buyer to change the design through the Paraforma Website. Finally, setting all the people and companies to be involved on the project, we establish a global project where the algorithmic design was been developed in Brazil, the trademark Paraforma was registered in Australia and the production was been made in the United States, allowing the client to buy the customized jewelry by the internet from any part, being part of the design process and receiving the 3d printed ring at home. Images: Paraforma + info: paraforma.com.au
DIFFERENT RING SHAPES SHOWING DIVERSE TEXTURES
COMPETITIONS
SKYFARM LOCATION AND YEAR ORGANIZATION PROGRAM DESIGN TEAM ROLE
WINNER PROJECT
Changsha, China. 2018 SkyCity Challenge 17 | SkyCity and Broad Town Indoor Farm Jeff Chicarelli and Matías Gatti Design conception and technical development - cognitive and algorithmic 3D modeling, rendering and post-production.
In the coming years 70% of the population will live in cities. Skyscrapers are a solution to densify cities in order to save urban soil and public budgets for city services, but in this scenario only a small percentage of the urban population will have access to a healthy eating. At present, throughout the world, over 80% of the land that is suitable for raising crops is in use. Urban agriculture arises as a solution that provides with healthy food without compromising the environment. But how to achieve this when cities have to deal also with polluted air and water resources? how to get a sustainable life inside a 21 century skyscraper community? How can we do to transfer the knowledge of producing fresh natural food to the next generations? Skyfarm is one possible answer to achieve these goals by allowing people to grow healthy and organic food inside a vertical city, and also being a sustainable and useful infrastructure that will also be a public space. SkyFarm will use the latest technology on urban farming solutions, it will be a sustainable vertical hydroponic farming facility, not only economically and ecologically but also socially. We want to create a new kind of indoor public space, a topographic landscape, that seeks to achieve a sense of belonging on its users and that is able to build a local identity for the community. Skyfarm will not only provide people with healthy food and be the building public plaza but will also be an education facility that will show up the production process, to transfer the knowledge in order to raise awareness and replicate in other interior building spaces.
+ info: skycity.net
The creative concept of the project originates from design guidelines and program inputs, following a logical development, from analyzing the situation context to its possible materialities and assembly. Process, form and structure follow these premises, resulting on a design that reacts to its particular situation and program requirements. The main challenge was to combine the best plaza usability with a maximum possible farm facility area. To achieve this, we propose a public indoor landscape, an ethereal topography that host inside it the farm facility. This topography is the result of the two main program requirements: first, the need of a restricted access and a hygrothermic controlled area, and second, an open and welcoming public space. As a result, the atrium floor rises in the areas where the farm needs room, and it descends in areas where a path connection is needed. This translucent topography will show up how vegetables are produced, and also will connect all the levels in a public path, generating social areas and meeting points. To build an indoor topographic landscape, to enrich the building users experience. To keep the atrium usability as a connector and a meeting place. To connect all the atriums levels in a public path. Due to its particular location, it should be a prefabricated easy mounting structure, plus lightweight and low maintenance. A unique big fluid space, where all the social activities could be easily detectable and usable. To provide for the indoor farm facility the maximum possible production area.
PROCESS DIAGRAM
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
STRUCTURE Designed as a lightweight installation, construction process starts from considering the proposed flux lines as structural lines and dividing the topography into three surfaces, between the flux lines and the resulting edge’s surfaces, a tubular steel structure system will solve the loads using a structural analysis software, varying the beams modules according to a further data analysis feedback process. Skyfarm will be made mainly from galvanized steel pipes and joints, galvanized steel hollow sections and polycarbonate sheets. Its components will be produced outside the building and mounted together on situ. There will be 5 types of polycarbonate sheets, from totally clear to opaque sheets, according to a previous defined pattern. The galvanized steel pipe components for the main structure will be assembled together using customized metal joints. The topographycal surfaces and stairs will be made from polycarbonate sheets. The metal joints were first created by a parametric software and then casted from a mold made from a 3D printer. The polycarbonate surfaces were triangulated using also a parametric software and the resulting pieces will be then specifically made with a laser cutting and mounted together with galvanized steel frames and beams.
MATERIALITY DESIGN PROCESS
ASSEMBLY
CUSTOMIZED METAL JOINTS
TRANSPARENCY LEVELS 99% Transparency
Topography surfaces definition.
Flux system axes.
Surface´s edges definitions.
Edges subdivisions. Structural axes definition.
Structural axes projection. Tubular steel structure definition.
50% Transparency 75% Transparency
Opaque 25% Transparency
TECHNOLOGY
ISOMETRIC VIEW
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
HYDROPONICS INDOOR FARM
Growing modules:
Hydroponics is an agriculture technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions (water containing natural fertilizers) with or without the use of an artificial medium to provide mechanical support. Indoor hydroponics farms allow also to grow vegetables in a controlled environment without the use of agro toxics and air pollution.
Growing towers are made from rigid, food-safe PVC and are durable enough to hold up to even the toughest growing conditions for decades. Towers are manually placed by hanging from a tubular metal structure once seedlings are placed into them.
LED lighting:
LED tubes shed light at the exact wavelength each plant needs to thrive. This technology saves up to 80% of energy and has much more lifespan, compared to typical incandescent lights. (LEDs have an expected lifespan of 30,000–50,000 hours). Also it has a cold temperature operation and are breakage resistant and largely immune to vibrations and other impacts.
Irrigating: Automatic drip irrigation system with recirculating/recovery drip system. The recirculating drip systems consist on reusing/cycling the used nutrient solution after it has wet the roots back to the reservoir where it can be recirculated through the system, and used over and over again.
Planting medium: Instead of soil, the plants are grown on a growing medium made from recycled organic materials as coir: Fiber gathered from coconut husk.
Waste management: Skyfarm will partialy produce its nutrient solution by producing its own compost using vermicompost technique, made of building’s organic waste.
Irrigation system Growing modules Tubular Structure
LED lighting modules
Skyfarm project will be based on the ZipFarm technologies, adapted to the special needs that requires this location. This is a proved and technology based on vertical hydroponic racks systems, and a system of led lights and irrigation.
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
EXTERNAL VIEW
1. Polycarbonate Sheet 2. Galvanized steel frames
1. Galvanized steel joints 2. Galvanized steel pipes
Advantages of hydroponics: The Hydroponic indoor farms use less water and space than conventional farms, and grows food more efficiently, as much as 350 times more crops per square foot than a typical farm. The advantages of indoor vertical farms compared to traditional farms are: No Agrotoxics
No air pollution
90% reuse of water
Fast growth
Grow locally to sell locally
Sensors for data collecting
Low carbon footprint
Not depend on weather conditions
Production cycle: Skyfarm it’s an indoor vertical hydroponic farming installation, that involves a sustainable production cycle from germination to wasting manage.
1. Galvanized steel joints 2. Galvanized steel pipes
1. Polycarbonate Sheets 2. Galvanized steel frame
1. Galvanized steel railing
INTERNAL VIEW
ART’S CABINET LOCATION AND YEAR ORGANIZATION PROGRAM DESIGN TEAM ROLE
Changsha, China. 2018 SkyCity Challenge 17 | SkyCity and Broad Town Art Pavilions Jeff Chicarelli and Matías Gatti Design conception and technical development - 3D modeling, rendering and post-production.
What would be like the role of art in our future cities? How artists will find inspiration? Do cities of the future will give an opportunity to them? How to create a microcosm of creativity and self-expression inside a 21st century vertical city? The Arts Cabinet is an art incubator and residence for artists, designed as an experimental permanent art installation conceived throw a lightweight, removable and parametrically designed devices, that shows and reacts in a transparent and clear way how art is created and shared. We propose a place for everybody, an open space that welcomes any artistic expression for experimentation and debate. The Arts Cabinet is also a space to be occupied, intervened and modified, so this relation with the space might become part of the artist’s work. In that way, it will be not only an art container but also the content itself, in a round trip dialogue. It is, therefore, a dynamic installation, alive, adaptable and in constant mutation. Traditionally a cabinet of curiosities were encyclopedic collections, regarded as a microcosm or a theater of the world. The classic cabinet of curiosities emerged in the sixteenth century, although more rudimentary collections had existed earlier. The Arts Cabinet will recreate that theater of the world, giving numerous possibilities to artistic and creators, providing with tools and resources giving talented people a place where to create. Thereby, it will be a set of artefacts, equipments, tools and spaces to enable, develop, promote and exhibit various artistic expressions. It will be an interface between two situations: between the ideas and the concrete, between the artist and the audience, between fiction and reality, between the static and the dynamic, between the thought and the actions. An artist’s incubator inside an 21st
century skyscraper should assume that art is not a static and constant human activity, but actually an activity in a continuous search and adaptation to the present global context. Assuming that, The Arts Cabinet will occupy the atrium space through all kind of art’s experiences. The Arts Cabinets will be a cluster of art experiences in the way of a lightweight pavilions set, that will be opened up from a vertical structure called “The cabinet”. The cabinet will retain them when they are not in use, and also will hold the working spaces, the technical and mechanical rooms. As a result, the atrium becomes a place full of interactive activities, where the wall could become a screen, and the floor a stage, creating an atmosphere full of creativity. The creative concept of the project originates on the idea of filling the atrium´s emptiness with art experiences and cultural expressions. Looking for new poetic, inspiring forms and materialities, the starting premises are: a creative and inspirational atmosphere; the use of lightweight materials for not compromising the building structure; develop an easy mounting and maintenance structure; keep the atrium´s function as a meeting point and a connector. The program defines three removable pavilions connected throw a vertical light structure acting as an interface, and they will be open up and inflated on demand, in a simply and easy way. These pavilions will act as a diaphanous limit between cultural activities; creating new spatial relations and new sensory experiences. They are three different types of pneumatic structures, designed to attend different activities related to art, from film screening to a painting workshop. Each one has its own infrastructure in order to work separately as they can be adapted and reconfigured, hosting from tiny individual shows to a bigger event.
URBAN RHIZOME LOCATION AND YEAR ORGANIZATION PROGRAM
São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2018 SkyScrapper Competition 2018 | eVolo Magazine Multifunctional Use: Commerce, Services, Offices, Institutional, Urban Farm, Temporary Housing, Permanent Housing
DESIGN TEAM
Jeff Chicarelli, Guilherme Giantini, Matías Gatti and Fernando Mendoza
ROLE
Design conception and technical development: 3D modeling, rendering.
In Latin America, the historical centers of the cities are the last vestiges of the traditional city, with multifunctional use, social integration and diversity. The modernization of these urban centers took place based on a predominant developmental model between the 1940’s and the 1980’s, framing the conception of the formal city – characterized by laws, regulations and the real estate market, where the public space is generous, the transportation system promotes city connectivity and there is a greater provision of infrastructure and public services. However, the formal city represents only a small part of the citizens. It performs only a few functions and prioritizes the higher social classes, therefore, is exclusionary. Such exclusion has become evident since the 1980’s through the increase of vulnerable populations, tenements, sexual exploitation, poverty, gentrification and socio-spatial segregation. Since then, this informal facet of the modern city has become one of the main public policy issues of the Latin American cities in the 21st century, specially in São Paulo, Brazil. This conceptual design recognizes the issue of social inequality present in the historical center of the Brazilian metropolis and analyzes it under the scope of bio-inspired design to conceive a proposal of mutualistic character that seizes the already established physical urban space of the formal city to materialize a proper environment for its informal facet. In Botany, a rhizome is a subterranean stem of a plant structure that evolves roots and shoots out of its nodes. They develop from auxiliary buds and thrive perpendicular to the force of gravity, up or downwards. At the same time, the observation of natural rhizomes by Deleuze and Guattari led to the conceptual frameworks and philosophical principles of connectivity, multiplicity, regeneration + info: evolo.us/category/ competition/
and heterogeneity in data representation and interpretation, interacting together planar and non-planar connections between different agents to derive a form of united model. In contemporary society, a rhizomatic agent mediates semiotic chains like organizations of power, real estate market, cultural flows of arts, science, education and social struggles, spreading towards available spaces or eroding from existing spaces on the way in the pursuit of mutual equilibrium. As a biological abstraction from natural processes into computational design, the rhizome’s botanical behaviors and philosophical principles are incorporated as a conceptual framework for the design of an urban superstructure of 182.000 m2 in the Anhangabaú Valley. Considering the unconnected infrastructure around, the Urban Rhizome seizes the buildings’windowless façades as growth nodes and promotes intricate spatial connections throughout the valley, spreading from and between buildings like São Bento Subway Station, Santa Ifigênia Viaductand Mirante do Vale Building, the tallest construction in São Paulo. Disposing of several complementary programs like permanent and temporary social housing, health assistance, libraries, workshops, up-skilling and retraining technical courses and the urban farm, people from all classes, but specially the poorest ones, are welcome in an environment that seeks to promote both social and occupational reintegration. The rhizome analogy brings up a reflection on social inequality and presents a conceptual strategy towards ontological equality: as the natural rhizome grows from the ground and grips on other structures for self-establishment, so a social-oriented urban infrastructure emerges from unoccupied areas in the city to provide an alternate possibility for integration and urban life.
SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL Brazil’s six richest men have the same wealth as the poorest 50 percent of the population around 100 million people.
DESIGN PROCESS One in every 4 people live below the poverty line, and 6.5% of the population (about 13.5 million) live in extreme poverty.
The number of homeless people in Brazil has increased since 2000 and the estimate is that more than 20,000 people will be living on the streets in 2018. homeless people 20k - 25k estimated
15,905
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8,706 Oxfam
50%
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<1% Upper Class
25% 6.5% Below Extreme poverty poverty line
MUTUALISTIC RELATIONSHIP: FORMAL AND INFORMAL CITIES
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Despite dozens of millions of Brazilians have been taken out of poverty in the last two decades until the crises of 2012 thanks to social politics, inequality has increased. The richest 0.1% of the country have seen their fortune increase even more in the past decade. Since Brazil got the status of one of the most unequal countries on the planet, its inequality rate is even higher if it’s taken into account the gap between the black and female population, which are the majority, in a country where more than half of the population identify as black or brown. Worse still, due to the severe last 3 years’ economic crisis, millions of Brazilians are expected to fall back into poverty this year in Brazil. São Paulo homeless population has doubled since 2000 and they’ve been spreading over the city, although Brazil’s poverty has fallen in the last two decades. Official data shows that 15,905 people sleep on the streets or on homeless shelters, a number that exceeds the population of 61% of the cities in Brazil, according to the latest census made by Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (Fipe), in 2015. To reach this number, the homeless population grew at an accelerated rate of 4.1% a year, while the city demographic growth rate was 0.7%. While in 2000 there were 8,706 homeless people, today the new city Mayor estimates that the homeless people have reached the range between 20,000 and 25,000 people - an increase of up to 57% in less than two years, reaching almost the triple compared to 2000.
FORMAL CITY planned urban structure. public services and infrastructure. spatial & social kinds of exclusions. access restricted to low income classes. employment areas.
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city context
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growing zones
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surface population
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connecting nodes
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bundling curves
defining location in identifying empty populate the growing nodes connections spatial aggregation the historical center of lands and windowless zones with nodes according to 3D prox- simulation of curves São Paulo façades as growing imity
wrapping
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floors
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generating a polygo- slicing the polygonal nal mesh from curves mesh with planes
structure
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exoskeleton
cladding
generating structural low density structural cores net fixed on the floors to support the cladding
The bundled curves were used to generate two polygonal meshes: one thinner for the structural core and another thicker for the exoskeleton and cladding.
Using the thicker polygonal mesh, intersections with planes every 3m height were stablished to design the floors outlines and then the slabs.
Still using the thicker polygonal mesh, the same process of behavioral algorithmic crawling was deployed to generate the geometry of the exoskeleton.
Using the thinner polygonal mesh, a process of behavioral algorithmic crawling was deployed to generate the core of the structure based on chracteristics of autonomous agents, such as weaving and wandering.
The architectural program is more public and horizontal next to the ground areas. The circulation in these areas is mainly made by escalators and fixed stairs following the core pipelines. As the height of the building increases, the program configuration gets more private and the shape more vertical. The circulation in these areas is primarily made by elevators and fixed stairs.
The number of creeping points was 25% bigger than the core points and the radius of the exoskeleton pipeline was 3x thinner than the core pipelines.
The crawling behavior was defined by 400 points creeping around the mesh and leaving a trail. This trail is used to create the structural core pipes.
PROGRAM: MULTIFUNCTIONAL USE
The same computational process was deployed to conceive the geometry of the cladding. The number of creeping points was 24x bigger than the exoskeleton points and the radius of the cladding pipeline was 4x thinner than the exoskeleton pipelines. The cladding is conceived as a high density tangled net to respond to environmental conditions, such as sunlight, rain and wind. The cladding is also designed to run a gradient of private and public areas with the net density, in which the private areas are more intricate than the public ones.
The exoskeleton is fixed on the floors to support the cladding and contributes for the structural performance of the slabs.
SECTION
Mirante do Vale Building
INFORMAL CITY organic urban structure. strong social fabric. sense of belonging. social diversity. mostly residential areas.
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mutualistic urban organisms. multifunctional land layers. social & spatial diversity. social & spatial integration. public services and new infrastructure.
high density net to provide a degree of thermal insulation and weather responsiveness
AGENT-BASED DESIGN
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MUTUAL CITY
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COMMERCE
SERVICE
OFFICE
INSTITUTIONAL
URBAN FARM
TEMPORARY PERMANENT HOUSING HOUSING São Bento Subway Station
coffee shops drugstores food & beverage markets
finantial spots police station department stores informatics spots
business offices startups marketing agencies coworkings
professionalizing courses libraries community center elementary schools workshops
community participation farm inputs irrigation system water reuse
10 hostels short stay shelters dwelling
housing
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50m Santa Ifigênia Viaduct
14TH FLOOR PLAN
Mirante do Vale Building
Santa Ifigênia Viaduct
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