THE VOXEL a quarantine cabine
IAAC Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
VALLDAURA LABS Collserola, Barcelona
BIOECONOMY subtitle
MAEBB Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities
MAEBB CLASS 19/20
THE TEAM Integration
Dania Aburouss
Interior
Irene Rodriguez
Structure
Zhiqian Liu
Anfisa Mishchenko Shreya Sharma
Roof
Foundations
Administration
Camila Fajardo
Vicente Guallart
Envelope Daniel Ibanez
Rafael Abboud
Ester Camps
Nathalie Botbol
Filippo Vegezzi
Yue Zhang
Alex Hadley
Sena Kocaoglu
Maitri Uka
Jordi Prat Metabolics
Camille Garnier
Giada Mirizzi
Volunteers
Juan Secondo
Bruno Ganem
Luis Leveri
Akshay Mhamunkar Daniel Nahmias
Michael Salka
Laia Pifarre
THE VOXEL Quarantine Cabin
<12 m 2
12.000
WOOD TRACEABILITY forest value chain woodchips + sawdust
biomass power wood waste will be used for producing clean energy
pine wood
lamellae
CLT panels
offcuts
Pine trees from Collserola Park each wood element of the project is fully traceable and for every tree cutted a new tree will be planted.
The voxel: a quarantine cabin will store Carbon for the period of its life Valldaura Labs on site manifacturing processes
ENERGRID: THE INTERNET OF ENERGY Barcelona, Mobile World Capital Wind Production Estimated production Real production
Consumption Production Consumption Stored
Production Consumption Stored
Production Consumption Stored
Stored
Stored
Stored
Storage
production
biomass pirolisi stored
buy
hydraulic storage
sell
production prize /Kw
consumprion prize /Kw
Net
stored
hydraulic storage
DESIGN
1. Virtual Grid
2. Interior-Exterior
3. Elevation
4. Dissolving corners
Pixelation
Extensions
Protection
View enhancement
DESIGN
N
site location
Mo
To Valldaura
rrat se t n
Parking area
Water tank
Main Road
Secondary road
DESIGN roof plan
1. 3.
The Voxel Perceptions 1. North East corner 2.South East corner 3.North West corner 2. N
DESIGN ground floor +0.00m Access Platform
N
6.
1.
Programmatic Faรงade
+1.50m
4.
1. Entrance 2. Ladder 3. Shower 4. Metabolics 5. Sitting area 6. Storage
Kitchen module
Reconfigurable furniture
Dynamic area
2. 3.
5.
DESIGN mezzanine +0.00m Access Platform
N
1.
4.
Programmatic Faรงade
Views to Montserrat
1. Entrance 2. Ladder 3. Shower
+3.70m
4. Sitting area 5. Roof boxes
2. 3. 5.
DESIGN section Energy generation
Biodiversity
Outdoor shower
Kitchen Working area
Ladder
Portable shower
Potable Water
Metabolics Storage
Furniture
DESIGN section Energy generation
Entrance
Biodiversity
Working area
Deck
Metabolics Storage
Black water tank
DESIGN north elevation
DESIGN interior spatial configuration
DESIGN thermodynamic - unfolded section
DESIGN technical divisions
roof system
envelope
interior structure system
metabolic system foundation
TRACEABILITY
TRACEABILITY trees geolocation
Trees geolocation
Forest management - selecting the trees to cut with Dr. Arbol
TRACEABILITY material traceability
Nails Pixels
Drill Heat
Frames
Panel Saw Biomass
Wood Chips Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Drill
Off-Cuts Pieces Wood offCuts
Valldaura Labs
Facade Panel
Linseed Oil
Burn
Energy Loss
Voxel House
Nails
Sun Rain
Mobile Mill Valldaura Tree
Tree Cutting
Sun Drying
BobCat Transportation
Wood Log
Wind
Band Saw
Panel Saw
Press
Press
Thicknesser
Wood Lamella Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Thicknesser
Planer
Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Nutrient Ecosystem Soil
Labour
Green FabLab
Valldaura Estate
Petro Fuel Transportation from mega store to Valldaura Labs
Energy Loss
Petro Fuel
Sun Rain Wind
Tree
Nutrient Ecosystem Soil
Heat and compresion
Natural Gas
Energy Loss
Extraction
Refinement
Methanol CH3OH
Catalytic Oxydation Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Energy Loss
Mega Store
Formaldehyde CH2O2
Energy Loss
Ammonia NH3
Bio Reserve Labour
CLT Panel
Glue
Commercial Labour
Urea Co(NH2)2 Labour Carnbon Dioxide CO2
UreaFormaldehyde (Glue)
Gas Refinery
Transportation from factory to Store
TRACEABILITY
THE VOXEL: A Quarantine Cabin
emission and material traceability
Emissions and Material Traceability BUILDING
-3236.87
TRANSPORTATION CO2 (kg)
Assembly
Structure
85.42
CO2 (kg)
RAW MATERIAL
RAW -> FINAL
-4689.99
CO2 (kg)
Component
1453.12
Sankey
CO2 (kg)
Product
Machining and finishing
Milling and drying
Map
Raw material
Lamellae
Pine (Valldaura) Pine
Slats Envelope
Frames Roof
Hardware Steel Screws (Unknown) Planter Boxes
Interior
Insulation Burnt Finish
Cork (Valdelosa) Propane (Algeria)
Surfaces Windows & Doors Photovoltaics
Greenheiss All Black 320WP 60 Cell (Shanghai)
Glazing
4+12+4mm Climalit (Barcelona)
Sand
0-4mm Construction Sand (Vallirana)
Foundations
Gravel
12-35mm Quarry Crush (Vallirana)
Metabolics
Tanks
PVC (Tarragona)
http://projects.bestiario.org/prototype/iaac/quarantine-cabin/#/
TRACEABILITY
Geolocation and marking the trees before cutting
Trees color code
TRACEABILITY
Milling the log into pieces, maintaining the color code
Color coded unprocessed lamellae
TRACEABILITY
Processed lamellae with the name of the tree replacing the color code
CLT panels lose their codes upon final trimming, but remain virtually identified
TRACEABILITY wood traceability
CLT PRODUCTION
CLT PRODUCTION
Harvesting trees
Milling trees
CLT PRODUCTION
Drying the wood for 3 months
Lamellae production in carprentry
CLT PRODUCTION
Draw lamellae template
Draft cuts with bansaw - 15 mm tolerance
CLT PRODUCTION
Planar machine to flatten one side
Thicknesser applied to the other side to achieve 21mm thickness
CLT PRODUCTION
Table saw cutting to achieve 150mm width
Chopsaw cutting to achieve the length needed
CLT PRODUCTION
Final thicknessing to achieve 20mm thickness
Preparation before pressing
CLT PRODUCTION
Pressing panles for CLT production
Checking panel thickness
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATIONS poured earth concrete
Poured earth concrete foundation PEC(foundations) is a cement stabilized earth concrete, which is used for casting monolithic, unreinforced foundation. It is a faster construction method than stabilized rammed earth, and has reduced labor requirements. Work Designation
PEC Foundation 5.6: 140:140:140 Reduction ratio: 0.78 Output quantity 1 bag cement= 0.43m3 of PEC Foundation.
Raw soil
5.6% Cement-lime 23% Raw soil 27% Sand not sieved 25% Gravel 1/2” 25% Gravel 1.5 9% Water
Gravel
Mix / bag
Ratio
Poured earth concrete foundation, concrete mixer process
Mix Details
Sand
1 Bag cement-lime 140 L Raw Soil 140 L Sand not sieved 140L Gravel 1/2” 140 L Gravel 1.5” 80 L Water
Water
FOUNDATIONS constructive detail
FOUNDATIONS fabrication process DIGGING AND PEC PREPARATION
TOOLS
BUDGET
6% 855â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
FOUNDATIONS
Foundation holes and structure perimeter.
Leveling hole with gravel, burnt pine column and wood anchors.
FOUNDATIONS
Leveling and centering pine columns.
Pouring soil in the concrete mixer.
FOUNDATIONS
Vibrating and finishing the foundation.
Finishing with all the project participant hands in the PEC.
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE joinery
STRUCTURE dowel joinery
STRUCTURE assembly process
STRUCTURE catalogue of panels
STRUCTURE fabrication process
PREASSEMBLY
TOOLS
BUDGET
12% 1626â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
DOWELLS
EQUIPMENT
STRUCTURE
Beam fabrication
Beam assembly
STRUCTURE
Description
Description
STRUCTURE
Trimming panel to final dimension in the tablesaw
Joinery trimming of each panel
STRUCTURE
Floor assembly
First corner of the structure
STRUCTURE
Doweling
Dowel joinery
STRUCTURE
Panels assembly
Mezzani assembling
STRUCTURE
Panels assembly
CLT structure completed
STRUCTURE
Crane lifting of the strcuture to the site
Structure placed on site
INTERIOR
INTERIOR interior structure panels
INT-04 INT-01(IMP.)
INT-03 INT-06
INT-05(IMP.) 1.10 INT-02(IMP.)
0.90
INT-01
0.18 INT-02 0.84
INT-05
1.55
2.14
INT-04
INT-06
1.10
1.75
2.35
0.84
2.63
0.50 INT-03
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT
INTERIOR fabrication process
PREASSEMBLY
TOOLS
BUDGET
9% 1289â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
VARNISH
FIXTURE
FURNITURE
LIGHTING INSTALATION
INTERIOR
Panels catalogation
Pressing with clamps
INTERIOR
CNC processing of the countertop
Hand router manufacturing of the interior wall
INTERIOR
Perforation for flexible storage wall
Shelf assembly for perforated wall
INTERIOR
Dowel lap joint
Dowel for bracing and reconfiguration of parts
FENESTRATION
FENESTRATION windows and doors catalogue
FENESTRATION fabrication process
PREASSEMBLY
TOOLS
BUDGET
8% 1180â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
GLASS
HARDWARE
FENESTRATION
Windows joinery made with tablesaw
Assembled windows joinery
FENESTRATION
Pressed fenestration frames
CNC processing of fenestration frames
FENESTRATION
Frame assembly
Burning process of the fenestration extruded CLT
FENESTRATION
Fenestration box transportation to site
Fenestration box assembly on site
FENESTRATION
Glass installation
Glass installation
ENVELOPE
ENVELOPE envelope configuration
caps
offcuts
frame pixel cork ladders
vertical structure cork insulation skin frame pixel
offcuts caps
ENVELOPE section detail
ENVELOPE charred wood - yakisugi inspired technique
ENVELOPE facade parametrization
ENVELOPE facade parametrization
ENVELOPE facade parametrization
ENVELOPE fabrication process
PREASSEMBLY
TOOLS
BUDGET
3% 446â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
LINSEED OIL
SCREWS
EQUIPMENT
ENVELOPE
Offcuts selection
Skin frames fabrication
ENVELOPE
Fix offcuts to the frames
Burning the frame
ENVELOPE
Facade pre-assembly
Extruded pixel frames
ENVELOPE
Cork installation
Skin pixels installation
ROOF
ROOF roof system
solar panels
cork insulation drainage outlet garden boxes parapet
cork insulation
roof structure
ROOF water drainage
ROOF roof detail
ROOF press-fit joinery
ROOF fabrication process
PREASSEMBLY
TOOLS
BUDGET
1% 115â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
MATERIALS
CORK
ROOF
CNC processed boards
Press-fit joinery
ROOF
Box burning process
3D printed drainage pieces
ROOF
Waterproof layer installation
Cork installation with slope needed for drainage
ROOF
Soil and gravel placement on a jute layer
Plantation of native species
DECK
DECK deck configuration
DECK
Wood waste
Selecting the boards for the deck
DECK
Installation of the first platform
Deck installation
METABOLICS
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM energy production system
PV Panels
Overhead lights
Electrical Cabinet
Plugs
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM sun surface radiation analysis
ROOF AREA Az = 19°
0°
37° [opt.]
SOUTH-WEST FACADE AREA Az = 19°
90°
37° [opt.]
NORTH-WEST FACADE AREA Az = 109°
90°
1° [opt.]
3,5m
3,5m
3,5m
Barcelona, Spain [1 Jan - 31st Dec]
N
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM generation vs requirements - optimal configuration
PRODUCTION 3,9 kWh production in December day
BASE CONSUMPTION 3,8 kWh per day
90°
0,91 kWh
Pivoting
MWT GH-330 330 Wp
0,91 kWh
0°
0°-37°
0,8 kWh
0,8 kWh
Azimuth= 19°
0,46 kWh
Internet Router
Lighting
Laptop
0,05 KWh
0,48 KWh
0,23 KWh
0,8 KWh
0,7 KWh
0,29 KWh
1,00 KWh
0,4 KWh
Mini fridge
Horizontally mounted
1,7
Panel
1,0
Vertically mounted
Phone charge
Vacuum cleaner
Water Heater
Water pumps
2,00 KWh
8,00 KWh
EXTRA APPLIANCES 1,00 KWh
Gas Hob
Water Heater Loop
Convection Heater
Heat exchange
Heat exchange
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM electrical circuit - optimal configuration
Switchboard consumption 3 Series of 4 12 V batteries or Lithium equivalent PV Panels
Backup energy supply [Batteries, side cabin, and others...]
Charge controller MPPT
Protections Series connection Module-level MPPT Inverter to AC
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM generation vs requirements - prototyped configuration
BASE CONSUMPTION 3,8 kWh per day 0 Km Grid
Solar Chiringuito
Phone charge
Valldaura Labs
Internet Router
Next year’s tiny house
0,05 KWh
0,48 KWh
0,23 KWh
0,8 KWh
0,7 KWh
0,29 KWh
1,00 KWh
0,4 KWh
Vacuum cleaner
Pivoting
1,7
Panel
1,0
0°
0°-37°
0,8 kWh
Azimuth= 19°
0,46 kWh
Horizontally mounted
PRODUCTION 2,1 kWh production in December day
0,8 kWh
Laptop
Niu Haus
Mini fridge
MWT GH-330 330 Wp
Lighting
EXTRA APPLIANCES 0,00 KWh
8,00 KWh
Gas Hob
Convection Heater
Biodigestor
Heat exchange
Water Heater
Water pumps
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM electrical circuit - prototyped configuration
Backup energy supply [Batteries, side cabin, and others...]
+
- +
DC Protection Board
- +
Batteries Protection Board
Switchboard
-
PV Panels
Hybrid inverter backup supply in AC MPPT Regulator
Lead Batteries 12 V consumption
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM
Interior cable pipes installation
Connecting the plugs
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM
Solar panels installation
Connection to the ground
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM
External electrical connection
External plug for water pumps
ENERGY METABOLIC SYSTEM
Switchboard assembly
Electrical cabinet installation
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM water management system
roof system 12 m2 rainwater collection surface 8 m2 green roof 4 m2 gravel rainwater filtration 4 m2 rainwater drain
black water/compost tank 600 L rainwater tank 250 L first flush diverter gas pillow container 500 L
hot water tank 30 L
grey water filter fertilizer tank 30 L potable water tank 600 L grey water tank 200 L
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM schematic diagram - optimal configuration
hydroponics rainwater harvesting
roof greenery/ gravel filtration 2 4 m / 12 L
hot water tank
stove
UV
32 L
12 L
20 L
mechanical filter
passive filtration first flush
UV
pump
gas container 500 L percolator
mechanical filter pump mechanical filter
waste tank 1000 L
mechanical filter geotextile filter
pump mechanical filter
potable water tank 1000 L rainwater tank 500 L
organic waste
babylon wall
greywater tank 100 L
fertilizer tank 100 L
irrigation
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM schematic diagram - prototyped configuration
organic waste
rainwater harvesting pump
32 L
12 L
stove
roof greenery/ gravel filtration 2 5 m / 15 L
20 L
pump
first flush
filter potable water tank 600 L *manual chlorination
greywater tank 120 L overflow rainwater tank overflow 220 L
irrigation
waste tank 600 L
irrigation
fertilizer tank 30 L
gas container 500 L
irrigation
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM biodigestor system
digestor biogas tank biogas circuit gas stove
toilet outlet depressurization system fertilizer pipe fertilizer tank gas filter
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM fabrication process
3D PRINTING
TOOLS
53% 7383â&#x201A;¬
ASSEMBLY TIME
MATERIALS
TEAM SIZE
ENERGY
WATER CYCLE
OTHER
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM
Rain water pipe placement
3D printing of the water drainage
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM
Water and gas pipes installation
External pipes installation
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM
Potable water pump connection
Water tanks installation
WATER METABOLIC SYSTEM
Toilet measurement before the installation
Initial filling of the bio-digestor with horse organic waste
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