MASTER IN ADvANCED ARCHITECTUReE Emergent Territories
2014/15 TRIPHIBAN [Social constructionism]
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MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE
Research Studio: Emergent Territories
Faculty: Willy Muller Faculty Assistant: Jordi Mansilla//Jorge Perea Assistant: Jordi Vivaldi
Ksenia Dyusembaeva Asya Guney Edgar Navarrete Diego Ramirez
Barcelona
INDEX 01 [triphibian] 02 [contemporary societies] 03 [the site] 04 [urban sociology]
>> social constructionism
>> social interactionism
05 [data analysis] 06 [generative geometry]
>> evolutionary process
>> geometrisation
>> responsiveness
>> geometric decomposition
07 [energy//antimatter]
>> antimatter as energy
>> technology development
>> energy cycle
08 [triphibian on site]
>> moments
>> sections
>> renders
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concepts
We understand the term of triphibian as a
qualities and characteristics of Montjuic and
concept that embrace the three different di-
the port of Barcelona. The reading which
mensions that surround us, by that we mean
receives this infrastructure is fluid, continu-
air, water and ground. This concept is not
ous and nonlinear, where the gaps between
referred as a mere geometrical or physical
each level covered are resolved differently,
representation, but as an operative posture
creating a heterogeneous and continuous
that is encompassing and blending with the
reading while where there is not a clear
three-dimensionality of the environment.
beginning or end, but it is apparent where
A position that emerges as a strategy in the
the differentiation of each of the intervals
urban field, that at the same time faces the
at which this infrastructure will take place.
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Contemporary societies reflect their ar-
physical representation of the social spec-
chetypes and organizational methods in
trum and thus, based on collectivity, could
bureaucratic power structures, governed by economic and financial interests; the reflection of the status quo dictates a society based on indiscriminate consumption of goods and services as well as natural and energy resources. the physical layout of cities is dictated by the regent economic model
be organized on the basis of social behavior and urban phenomena based on collective and individual constructionism of situations, evoking a social functionalism projecting a humanist joint. The constant and continuous search of an humanistic society becomes an
and the interests that it represents; but what
idealistic utopia that comes in some ways as
would happen if cities, understood as the
reproof to the current functioning of society.
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[01] We are located in one of the most significant
based on the responsiveness of its proposals
places in the collective memory and identity
taking as the main agent density of people,
of Barcelona. Montjuic from its geological
activities and experiences. We had to deal
formation has contributed and successfully
with the historical premise and the existence
fulfilled the role of supplier to the city from
of previously established organizational and
becoming the raw matter for its development.
interactive proposals, which we identified
We translate a reading of the mountain as
and classified into two groups. The first group
a resource for building and the engine of
refers to organizational proposals that are
growth for the city. At the same time played
focus on the connectivity of discontinuous
a role of control and protection of the city.
spaces in linear order, while the second
In fact, we deduce the role of the site as an
group is based on the interaction of its
generating, organizational and evolutionary
proposals taking as the main agent of the
entity for for the development of the city
density of people, activities and experiences.
and its citizens. we had to deal with the
From this reading we could rescue the
historical premise and the existence of
intent of the proposals together, where the
previously established organizational and
main objective was an evolutionary portion
interactive proposals, which we identified
of urban habitat where connectivity and
and classified into two groups. The first group
interaction serve as a catalyst for enhancing
refers to organizational proposals that focus
a continuous and heterogeneous, nonlinear
on the connectivity of discontinuous spaces
and speculative reading
in linear order, while the second group is
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of the site.
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theory
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[02] performance and
sense, Herbert Spencer was the first author to
organization of future cities based on specific
use systematically the concepts of structure
activities are till a certain point, ambiguous;
and function. We identify that in a society
in the sense that we evoke a radical changev
the conjunction of social interaction based
in the physical conformation of the cities,
on urban communication (interactionism)
the projective premise driving the proposal
and the social interaction based on urban
is based on the understanding of inalienable
phenomena
situations and actions such as the behavior,
in a functionalist social structure, where
grouping capability and community sense
the society in understand as an holistic
of people. Located in the sociological field,
organic
we try to understand how in the equation
needs. We understand that the main
of functioning and structuring of the cities,
agent in the project proposal is the social
external factors that go beyond the social
spectrum referred to human behavior and
and collective spectrum, end up mutating
interaction, we wonder how is it possible to
negatively the conformation of cities. In that
measure and evaluate these human values.
The prediction of the
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entity
(constructionism)
based
on
its
derives
primary
[03] Thus, we fall back on the theoretical basis
social interaction takes place where its focus
according to the sociological stream called
is based in both, the quantity and quality
constructionism, Marvin Wolgang states that
of human activities. We found that there is
the excessive amount of people in the same
a direct relationship between the amount
surroundings leads to urban withdraw and
of people and the number and diversity of
anomie“; so we measure the relation between
activities which can lead to social phenomena
the amount of people and the amount of
such as human grouping and collective sense
surface where the social encounter is taking
in people. With this, we measured the social
place“, with these we state that there is a
interaction based on communication, but not
directly proportional relationship between
in a physical way; on the contrary, we measure
the area of the surface and the amount of
it as we did it before, within the spectrum in
people in order to achieve a proper social
the relation between the amount of people
interaction, this is what we called behavior.
in one space and the quantity and quality of
On the other hand, we recognize that the
the activities occurring in these scenarios.
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data
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We took three different moments along the
based on two different types of activities,
year 2115, we map the number of people
controlled ones and spontaneous. The social
on the site, based on a prediction with
interaction based on controlled activities
actual data, the area of the surface, and
require a physical and segregated dimension
the concentration of activities that could
in order to take place, this activities are
possibly take place according to the physical
daily, repetitive and program. On the other
and logistical characteristics of the site ; we
hand, the spontaneous activities doesn’t
overleaped all these layers of data and we
need a physical nor segregated dimension
were able to locate and identify the social
to happen, this activities take place in the in
communication and behavior concerning the
the interstices of the controlled activities and
social interactions in this urban environment.
on the unoccupied spaces around the city.
We separated these social interactions
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Once we identified and classified the social activities, we looked back into the triphibian concept, where this concept of developmental and heterogeneous properties can provide specificity and mutability in geometrical terms. We assigned different behaviors and qualities to its responsive structure based on the different types of activities ( Controlled and Spontaneous) and the physical condition where this infrastructure is
placed
(Air,
Ground
and
Water).
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geometry
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[04]
As a first step to materialize the social
quantitative. They are created by connecting
spectrum, we took the density of people as the
the dots together, tracing the bisectors of
generatrix of this evolutionary process, where
the connecting segment. The intersections
the number of people (points) establish the number and variety of connections(branches) in order to enhance a social interaction. At most amount of people, as much the number and diversity of connections. As soon as we identify a directly proportional relationship between these two components, we proceed to geometrize this interactions by a linear system ( straight lines). After this step, we applied a geometrical construction
of these bisectors determine a number of polygons in a two-dimensional space around a set of control points, so that the perimeter of polygons generated is equidistant to the closest points and designate its area of influence. This polygons are well known as Voronoi diagrams and and its geometrical application is for both inside and outside the urban habitat. Regarding the geometric
based on Thiessen polygons, which are one
understanding
of the simplest methods in interpolation
triphibian infrastructure, we established
based on the Euclidean distance, especially
rules and responsive parameters that match
appropriate when the data is qualitative and
the specific qualities of the environment.
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operation
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evolutionary geometry
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If the triphibian is at the sea, the skin is more compact, lighter and translucent; if the structure is extended on the ground, the proportions do not exceed the visual scale of the pedestrian and the geometry becomes more rigid and its responsiveness appears in lower intervals. If the structure is projected on the air, the skin becomes lighter and more aerodynamic,
the interior becomes
more dense and it connects with the ground where the highest levels of social interaction and concentration of activities are presented. Once we identified and characterized the social interactions of the site, we proceeded to establish the creation of a responsive urban network based on social interaction, where different kinds of social behaviors converge into and through the triphibian structure in order to devise a functionalist holistic society. With these parameters we find a heterogeneous, responsive and integrated structure along the morrot. The triphibian is not placing programs or specific zoning, its just providing the physical space to build// construct situations in the urban space; it’s materializing the need of physical space in order to foster and solify social interaction..
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Antimatter is the less common form
annihilation, this does not mean destruction,
of matter that consists of antiparticles
but a transformation that results in high-
as opposed to ordinary matter that is
energy photons. It is estimated that only 10
composed of particles. Contact between
milligrams of antimatter would be needed to
matter and antimatter brings their mutual
propel a spacecraft to Mars. We understood
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the conceptual complexity which comprises
matter you have to destroy another space
antimatter, in the sense that to produce
of the same whole. Triphibian‘s energetic
enough power, it must include a process
system functions as a closed energy circuit.
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The Triphibian infrastructure by recognizing
necessary to conduct controlled activities
the different types of social interaction, acts
. This symbiosis between these two social
generating a physical or virtual space as
spectra serves as a generative analogy when
needed. Energy in form of particles that is
control, arrange and organize the wave
stored within the urban parasite is released
energy that gathers this infrastructure . Just
into the immediate environment, creating
as the geometric generation of this project is
a temporary physical annihilation that
meticulously following the density and social
responds to the spontaneous activities, that is
interaction, the energy flow serves as a tool to
to say, the absence of a tangible space, while
materialize the social spectrum by the cyclic
generating other physical representation
creation and annihilation of matter. The
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infrastructure works only with the presence of
infinite circle that is constantly changing and
people, without this, its ability for creation and
fosters a transitory and perennial character
annihilation is inoperative, diminished and
. Antimatter represents the balance and the
obsolete; when its located on scenes of urban
conceptual materialization between the
and social character, creates a virtuous and
social spectrum and a tangible urban habitat.
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>>>triphibian 003
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conclusion
[06]
The culmination of this project suggests
and social differences have been configured
a new perspective on the interpretation of
a segregated, discontinuous and generic
the social and urban environment, in which
city-society. When an exogenous agent of
the powers that govern societies, and thus the physical configuration of the cities, are no longer the determining agents when materialize the human habitat. If since the first civilizations were no longer nomadic, and emerged the human instinct of social and collective grouping, cities responded directly
the social spectrum is shaping the urban hatibat is when the concept that refers to the cities, as everything that represents man in his collective and individual character, is weakened. The most significant scope of this project lies in the elimination of this
to the needs and immediate demands of
exogenous agent, simplifying the equation
these huge companies. After a tedious and
of the genesis of future cities, where the
tortuous process of social involution in terms
tangible and corporeal is molded based on
of grouping and collectivity, hierarchies
the social spectrum within an urban setting.
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