portfolio michelle lavayen
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Self Sufficient Block
Type: Location: Poblenou 22@, Barcelona, Espa単a. Site area: 100,000 sq.m. Year: 2011 Individual work Tutor: Vicente Guallart, Javier Pe単a. (Guallart Architects, Xpiral Arquitectura)
The objective of the project is to transform one Cerda Block of Barcelona into a Self oping the block were to free the ground level, create an underground patio and use it as a public green space in order to connect and give back interactive spaces to the city. to better location and connecting them through a green loop that will serve for vertical farming. The inverted topography and the courtyards of the building will work as for sustainable elements, it also becomes the skin of the building.
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view of physical 1:200 model
This metabolic structure will serve to harvest water to produce energy, clean grey water for farming and public green areas, waste management, geothermal system and solar photovoltaic panels on south side of the block were it can take advantage of the most of radiation.
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top view of courtyards and green vertical farming loop
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Self Sufficient Block
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Site analysis and actual conditions
education
Linear Arrangement vs. Loop Arrangement
student housing
commercial
street
food court
housing
library
apart hotel
linear arrangement = unroll activities
apart hotel
housing
position of the sun through the day and consume more energy. Organizing programs according to best location, allows to control the overexpense of energy and also having better conditions for that place. Example: Library and education are oriented to south to have better natural light. The assorting of the programs will variate depending of programs
student housing
commercial library
block that could collaborate to each other. Mixed uses like living, working, studying and commercial can collaborate in having a varied types of activities and reducing the transportation and energy consuming.
education
results in every block. loop arrangement
NORTH
farming + green
green terraces
WEST commercial
existing housing
apart hotel
existing housing commercial
interconnecting programmes vertical circulation
housing
vertical farming student housing
housing (unifamiliar)
exhibitions / open public
SOUTH library
programme
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green loop vertical farming
education
EAST
green public space = conexion to the city grid
rolling activities to best location mobility
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Self Sufficient Block
Defining courtyards Courtyards are serving to improve the environmental conditions in the block. They are working as vertical circulation, structure of the building, connecting activites, and working as the metabolic system of the block and distributing light. Depending of the activity that they have beside the courtyards are sorted through the block. be changed through sliders adaptating size and shape acoording to the program needs. This will also variate from block to block according to program and orientation.
courtyards parameters
gridshell steel structure = structure + skin closed closed open
open
elevated from ground twist to prevailing winds
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water collection
open
wind
open
inserting light
closed
distributing light
optimization of top mesh to best solar radiation for energy production wind
distributing light
inserting light
distributing light
water collection
arranging courtyards
wind
inserting light
Form analysis with grasshopper + galapagos + geco
A gridshell steel structure will allow to to change the slabs heights according to the needs of the program and creates free open spaces in order to be changed through time. Will serve also as the skin structure that will variate depending on its location: facade, top and lower roof, courtyards. In the facade will create a double skin to protect from the radiation letting pass the natural light. In the top roof, solar photovoltaic panels will be in the most radiated parts. And also open structure to farming and green spaces on the last
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Self Sufficient Block CARRER DE TANGER acceso peatonal
plaza level +0.00
plaza level +0.00 level +0.00
level -1.00
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level -2.00
CARRER D' AVILA
CARRER D' ALABA
ramp
ramp
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level +0.00 level -1.00 ramp
acceso peatonal
level -1.00 ramp level -2.00
green vertical farming level -2.00
acceso peatonal buses
level -2.00
ramp
ramp level -2.00
level -2.00 level -2.00
ramp plaza level +0.00
ramp
acceso peatonal
plaza level +0.00
sidewalk bicing C A R R E R D E S A N C H O DE A V I L A
ground floor plan 08
vertical garden
level 100 plan
1. clean water collect - clean - use rainwater
2. grey water 3. energy
collect - clean - reuse services - back to network produce - store - use hydroelectricity: collecting water from terraces
4. movility
logistic and movement parking systems with sensors. spaces: cars, bycicles, motos. peaktimes vs. night times . 24 hours of parking use. movement : people : living users in the block + working users + visitors
5. information
data produced vs. consumed mapping the performance of the block temperature 20 - 25 degrees (summer or winter) lighting 500 lux. appropiate for working moving sensors to turn on lights
6. waste
recycling food waste and garden waste convert to rich fertiliser for soil.
7. food
produce - consume (habitants of block) - sell (to neighborhood) verticrops . farming
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Studio 1. Barcelona zero emissions
Type: Urban planning, sustainability Location: Barcelona city, Spain Neighboorhood: Putget i Farro, Vila de Gracia, El Camp d’en grassot y Gracia Nova. Team: Michelle Lavayen, Daniela Quesada, Yashaswini Apte. Year: 2010 Tutors: Lluis Viu, Jordi Pages (Max de Cusa Arquitects)
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Hydroelectric power (hydropower) is a largely untapped source of energy which can be harnessed without producing harmful emissions. The mountainous area of Putxet is well suited for hydro-electric power
1) Mapping of the street rain water collection network in the area, this includes mapping the location of rain water collection chambers along the road and sewers, highlighting the
velocities through the slopes, and down the 2) Identifying building with terraces for rain water collection and calculation of the quantity of water collected. Mapping of the down the streets and that is collected on the terraces of the buildings shall be used to power the neighbourhood using the ‘Micro- from the terraces to the rain water collection hydroelectric system’. We propose to locate chambers. turbines and generator houses at infrastructure of the existing sewer systems located at 3) Study of the above two maps in conjunction to comprehend the rain water collection head locations. In order to tackle the irregularity in the precipitation, reservoirs to store provide a proposal for generating electricity water can be located strategically, so that this for the neighbourhood of Putxet. water can be used to generate electricity during periods of low or no rainfall.
Zones of potential water harness areas that have a combination of and underground infrastructure to sustain possible micro hydroelectric systems.
source of water through the formula:
P=n• p • g• h • q P: power p:density of water g: gravity- 9.81 m/s2 h: head
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Studio 1 . Barcelona zero emissions
We propose to generate Hydroelectric power using the ‘Pico-hydroelectric system’ for the buildings in Putxet. Electricity will be generated by individual buildings using the rain water collected on the terraces.
water pipe connected to underground reservoir rain water pipe connected to turbine & pump underground water reservoir connection with reservoir from another block
This system shall be installed in buildings having a water head > 20m. Water turbines alongwith generators shall be located at the bottom of the terrace rain water downtake pipes. The energy generated by the water
underground water reservoir
A plan of a single building block
electrical energy that drives the generator. Electricity is generated using the speed of
overhead water reservoir
Total terrace area = 2820 sq.m. Total water collected on terrace = 408 cu.m. for direct power generation
The rain water reservoirs ensures that the system can operate even during periods of low or no rainfall.
Total water collected on terrace = 1258 cu.m.
hydro-electric generator
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converter & battery
section
converter: DC to AC & battery storage
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return pipe; water is pumped at low peak hours
water routes:
water collecting/ water pumping
daytime water collection and energy generating through hydro-electric turbines & generators in drains. night time- low peaks in energy used to pump the water back up the sewer line infrastructure from the low to the high reservoir.
water collecting
daytime water collection and energy generating through ters down to low reservoir.
water reservoir (24m x 24m) and substation At each substation there are electric converters and batteries, as well as connections to the main grid, and a monitoring station.
underground reservoir
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Neighboorhood scale proposal
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Studio 1 . Barcelona zero emissions
WATER COLLECTION AND REUSE TO GENERATE HYDROELECTRIC POWER The main idea of the proposal is to take advantage of the water collection through the drainage system and planning a water pumping system to generate electricity in the peak demand hours. For less impact, we are using the existing system and taking advantage of the deposits of rain water located around Barcelona.
RAIN WATER FLOW: 42 hm3 per year CITY EXPLOITABLE AQUIFER: 20 hm3 per year EXISTING WATER DEPOSITS: 522,400 m3 PLANNED WATER DEPOSITS: 778,100 m3
1. Recognizing the exisiting water network in Barcelona.
MAIN NETWORK SECONDARY NETWORK EXISTING RESERVOIR PLANNED RESERVOIR PROPOSED RESERVOIR WATER PUMPING DOWN
2. Recognizing the potencial sites according to topography
where we can apply the model of our barrio Putxet in all Barcelona.
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3. Connecting the existing water deposits with the pumping loops acoording to topography. and using the main existing network.
WATER PUMPING UP
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Barcelona plan . city scale proposal
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Designing associativity . Building component
Seminar: Designing associativity Team: Michelle Lavayen, Liliana Viveros, Renata Stefanelli Year: 2011 Tutor: Luis Fraguada (Lan architecture)
The goal of the assignment was to study the relationship between information, design and fabrication and implement that -
skin according to its shape and surface. This eventually would help calculate which is the best possibility for greater amount of energy production (kwh.) This research is very important and useful to our group because we are working with
worked with a building component (a skin) that changes its behavior based on climactic forces such as solar radiation. In this example,
Studio. The tools used where Rhino, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, Weaverbird, Geco and Ecotect.
solar radiation capture/absorbance of the
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3d printed model
Having as a base the IaaC’s block . We that will work as skin on the top of the buildings. In order to analyze the amount of sunlight it can capture throughout the year, we calculated through Geco that combines Grasshopper with Ecotect. To turn our design into a physical object we used prototyping equipment – 3d printer.
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Digital fabrication process
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Designing associativity . Tool to calculate energy produced
Seminar: Designing associativity Team: Michelle Lavayen, Liliana Viveros, Renata Stefanelli Year: 2011 Tutor: Luis Fraguada (Lan architecture)
The project integrates architecture, form and sustainability gathered in one whole system. Integrating Grasshopper, Diva and Ecotect into this process to help us design according to energy. The goal is to calculate the amount of energy produced according to the form and location of every element in the building, so by that we can change and transform the form and see which one is the most appropri-
use this system as a tool for any other project change the latitude and longitud acoording to hours to calculate the energy produced in result we received values in (kwh) produced by the surface.
energy conditions. At the same time we can
1. Create a mesh
Draw some curves in rhino. In this case we draw 4 curves of 100 m. in order to compare with the Cerda Block in Barcelona (100m. x 100m.). Reference the curves to grasshopper and loft them. Convert the surface to mesh and divide 20 x 20 for more detailed calculations.
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We connect a vector using DIVA and put the latitute and longitute of Barcelona. Set the bounds, domain components and gradient to have a graphical representation of the changing insulations through the day. Yellow being the higher value to blue lower value.
3. Geco calculations
Using the pluging of Geco that links Grasshopper and Ecotect. We connect the same surface and set the controls of export mesh to ecotect and eco sol cal, attached the weather file of Barcelona. Setting an eco day of the year and connect with the month, day and hours reference in the diva vector used in the beginning. Having the same calculations of Diva in Ecotect creating more specific values of radition received. Values that will use in the last step to do the calculation of the energy produced.
4. Responsive surface openings
We decompose the mesh to recognize every square of the grid and could managed the openings independently, then connect the DIVA vector (sun) created in the beginning.The result is a list of generic data, we managed that list with a domain for major and minor apertures for the openings, connected to sliders to be changable.
7.- Transforming values into energy produced
When we get the amount of solar radiation of Ecotect the value came in Wh/m2. Convert the value in Kwh/m2, then find the average value and multiply this value with the mesh area divided by the photovoltaic solar panel efficiency (acoording to the type of solar panel to use) to get the total Kwh produce by the mesh in one day.
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Material systems . Responsive fabrics
Seminar: Material, materiality and material systems. Team: Michelle Lavayen, Marisa Margariti, Daniela Quesada, Erina Filipovska. Year: 2011 Tutor: Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poletto (Eco Logic Studio)
Fabric structures are architecturally innovaend users a variety of aesthetic free-form building designs. In the research to create new fabrics that could improve in rigidity, strength, durability, and environmental resistance. We combined a spandex fabric that would be more rigid and at the same create interesting patterns on the fabric. It will depend on how is the force applied into the fabric and the points from where is going to kind of forms into the material.
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experiment process
Responsive Fibers . Reversible phase transitions to external stimulia. A composite mesh. The properties of the synthesis of these results in a material that reacts to heat in reversible ways. Reversible phase transitions to external stimulia. A composite material of properties of the synthesis of these results in a material that reacts to heat in reversible ways.
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experiment process
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Material systems . Responsive fabrics
Grid parameters
[GP]
Colorspandexffin
[CSF]
Pattern Fabric Component
[PF]
time
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force Description_ based on a grid for pushing the points of the surface in order to create parameter that will determine the patterns on the fabric accoording to the points, time and force of the pushing. Based on an (xy) axis plane we will increase the time an the force of the pushing beginning from 0,0 grid of points.
Description_ This elastic and light material allows to create interesting patterns into the material that works as minimal path finding. We control the pattern of the fabric creating a certain sequence and defining the pulling points within a predefined grid.
Description_ This material can be used as an architectural fabric that function primarily in tension for a variety of aesthetic free-form building design. Depending on its support structure and the type of tension into the fabric it will create different patterns. Also it’s a insulating material that absorbs the solar radiation.
Temp responsive fabric
[TRF ]
Urban Green House
[UGH]
Tromb Wall Faรงade
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Description_ The surface reacts to the change of temperature. Creating a clear surface at a high temperatures and becoming translucent when it lose heat. This material can absorb the temperature acting as a good material for insulation.
Description_ An additive facade system to existing buildings to capture sunlight and solar heat for the purposes of possibly implementing green houses in high-rise buildings.
Description_ A full south-facing faรงade system that may be used to collect solar heat and play with the visibilities of desired views. In colder climates the heat collected by the material can then be released during the night; reducing operational costs.
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Digital Fabrication
Seminar: Cnc cutting, milling, 3d printing Team: Michelle Lavayen and Erina Filipovska. Year: 2011 Tutor: Tomas Diez (Fab Lab Barcelona) We created a bench based on designing a waffle structure and getting into the process of fabricate our model with a laser cutter machine. The bench is actually a part of group a furniture, in order to do that we had some restrictions, the size should not exceed of the given bounding box (500 x 500 x 350 mm) and we should keep the 2 outer sides in that way all the benches could be put it together. We design a bench that could be comfortable, like a resting sofa.
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Pieces to assemble
Assembing
Final model
Milling . Barcelona model . Barrio 16_Putxet, Gracia, Camp el Grassot y Gracia Nova
As part of our digital fabrication class, we had the task of milling in foam our barrio, as part of the overall Barcelona model at 1:2000. The process of milling in foam included preparing the digital file first in 2D CAD format and then importing into Rhino to generate the 3D extrusions for the milling machine. 25
milling process
milled model
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Element . Ventura arquitectos
Type: Residential Location: Ave. Balboa, Panama city. Construction area: 21,432 sq.m. Year: 2008 Status: in construction Role in project: coordination in develop ment plans, interior design details and materials. Tutor: Jaime Ventura
Element is a residential tower located in The tower has 100 units ranging in size from Balboa Avenue in Panama city. The privileged location at the bay of the city and the high tower with 2 bedrooms 2 baths and terraces; cost of the land in this area create this kind of boutique apartment project. And in the last levels are the duplex penthouses. The particularity of the project is the form that the balconies of the apartments create. The continuous zigzag form through the main faรงade.
parking
lobby
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port-cochere
public
hall
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balconies
Site plan . lobby . level 000
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Interior view
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Oasis 18 . Mallol & Mallol
Type: Residential Location: El Cangrejo, Panama city, Panama. Construction area: 3,930.58 sq. m. Year: 2008
Status: In project development Role in project: preliminar design and coordination Tutor: Juan Carlos Saenz (Colombia)
Oasis is a residential project of 18 apartments located in the center of the city of Panama, a residential neighborhood with houses and buildings of a maximum of three levels. The concept was to create central patio that becomes the center of the project and characteristic space of the building. The patio becomes the lobby of the building in the main level and in the other floors we find the entrance of the six apartments using bridges that cross this open triple height space. The organization was challenging because the form of the lot was irregular and it has a wide programme for the size of the area permitted for building in that place. The apartments begin in 120 sq. m. up to 160 sq. m. And count with an open social area on the top floor and parkings and lobby on the ground floor.
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Preliminar study 3d model view
entrance
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b. c. atrium
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atrium
f. d. parkings
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Oceania . Mallol & Mallol
Type: Commercial Location: Panama. Construction area: 8,992 sq.m. Year: 2009 Status: in construction Role in project: coordination, design and interiors. Tutor: Ignacio Mallol
The plaza is considered as an extension of the showroom which allows to realize outdoor events or activities.
Btesh & Virzi, renamed real state company that counts with a wide variety of proyects around The program consists in a showroom that Panama. My collaboration to this tower was to exhibits the projects of the company open to coordinate the project, in terms of develop- visitors and clients, located in the ground ment, design and construction. has a double height, open areas divided by The design proposal is to create a crystal large interactive touch-screens that show the volume, which at nights resembles a light - In the levels 100 to 300 are the operative glazed curtain wall with a pattern of gradient dots that form the principal facades of the with gym, lounge bar, movie theater, kitchen, tower. of a plaza and a water mirror that integrate the covered terrace for private events of the company. tower 3000 into the oceania complex.
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Oceania . Mallol & Mallol
terrace - events
entertainment
mezzanine
plaza
parking parking
Plaza connects public space with showroom
Oceania . Tower 3000 . section
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plaza exterior view
showroom interior view
port-cochere lobby
plaza exterior
showroom
public space Oceania . Tower 3000 . site plan . level 000
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plaza exterior view
Terrace . level 700
showroom view
Facade . double glazing + pattern
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Oceania . Mallol & Mallol
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the idea of creating a structure - bridge is to connect tower 1000 and 2000 at this level unifying the social areas of the 2 towers
tower 1000
conferences
lounge bar food court
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events
tower 2000
gym
Oceania . Tower 1000 and 2000 . Social Area . level 1400
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plaza exterior view
Interior view of events
showroom view
Interior view of the bridge
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Nodo Bar . CasaCor Panama 2012
Team: Michelle Lavayen, Carlos G. Naranjo Type: Digital Fabrication . Interior Design Location: CasaCor Panama 2012. Old Crystal Suites Hotel, Panama. Construction area: 48 sq.m. Year: 2012 Status: built
The design is based on the exploration ofsounds. Transforming the fluidity of the sound waves into geometries, through computational design and digital fabrication. Its components had been designed acoording to its function and structural rigity that create a hole system. The panel is formed of a group of curves based in a sound wave, that variates and produce different sections. It is formed of 54 flexi-ribs joined by 108 intersections, and built of pvc sheets and mdf wood panels.
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Nodo Bar interiors
The bar is composed by 76 sections ofmdf wood panels. And the weight is distributed to the corners allowing to be floating in the middle. The idea of the project is to use simple and non expensive materials that after the event is finished could be desinstalled and collocated in other space.
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Nodo Bar . CasaCor Panama 2012
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Proposal
Concept . Parameters of Sound waves
Flexi-ribs . Grasshopper Definition
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Flexi-ribs . Final geometry
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Nodo Bar . CasaCor Panama 2012
Flexi-ribs Prototype
1. Panel de mdf . Montaje
2. Flexiribs A
3. Flexiribs B
4. Flexiribs A + B + intersecciones
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Pvc panels . pieces to assemble
Mdf laminated wood panels
Flexi-ribs
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Bar sections
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