bio propagation
Examples of design work
living organism
MArch Bio-Integrated Design application
Bartlett,UCL
structural generation living urbanism
Soto, Jorge Ignacio 
Portfolio Soto,Jorge Ignacio
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biogenesis
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speculative machines:
crystalized, carbonized, cuperized
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CTC 00
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generative bio-material
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growth exercises
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pukara sun memorial
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seun sangga restaurant plaza
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milla 200
*(o) : old projects
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01 BIOGENESIS
morphological analysis based on organic growth.
2018, Universidad del Desarrollo
kingdom : bacteria, fungi
 
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An exploration and analysis of the [organization]
based on living organism
finding new [materiality]
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Biological systems can be characterized as entities that “compute� material organization according to external performance criteria. For this exploration I use microorganism, especially bacterium and fungus.
Bacterial growth is a complex process that involves numerous anabolic and catabolic reactions, which result in cell division. In fungus, works similar. Now, what is the relationship between this organic growth and a new materiality in architecture? The foregoing, coupled with patterns of algorithmic development, may give the first indications of a material dynamism that makes it much more sustainable, ecologic, and zero waste. Then, speaking of algorithms, it seems to me that the DLA method is the most associated with this type of organic growth; since "diffusion" because the particles that form the structure randomly wander before joining ("adding") to the others, although in the non-virtual world, these particles have a movement defined by their substrate and by environmental conditions such as the nutrient. After all, DLA describes the type of movement and the generation of matter quite successfully
(1) DLA simulation Grasshopper
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(2) DLA 3D simulation Grasshopper + Rhino3d

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(3) DLA 3D simulation Houdini FX
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02 SPECULATIVE MACHINES: Crystalized, Carbonized, Cuperized cyber-physical systems that consider biochemistry.
2018, Universidad del Desarrollo
resources dynamics : water, carbon, copper
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Speculative machines looking for [environmental] improve
[electrochemical] reactions
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Located throughout Chile, in vulnerable ecosystems where resources are scarce or damaged, the commonly accepted model of architecture aesthetics is based on the equivalence between the function and the shortest way to spend resources. Crystalized uses melting water as a resource to form new growlers (small bits of disintegrating icebergs) regenerating the southern polar layer. Carbonized decomposes the carbon of the remains of mammals to generate biofuel, accelerating the process of obtaining the component. Cuperized identifies and collects mining remnants of old copper mines in the north through electrolytic cell processes to clean the area and obtain the mineral. I designed the Julia set code as the first step towards chemical reactions, since this is defined within complex dynamics as chaotic, the same category of electrochemical reactions.
(4) Fractal Julia Grasshopper
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(5) Crystal Generator Zbrush + Keyshot __
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Fluid sensor
Balancer
Reverse sublimation
encryption
Reduction to pure
crystalline hexagons
Dispenser
(6) Components Rhinoceros 3D
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(7) Carbon Destructive Distiller Zbrush + Keyshot__.
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Dry distillation
retort
Pyrolysis
(Thermal decomposition)
Volatile products
collector
Biofuel storage
(8) Components Rhinoceros 3D
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(9) Copper Destructive Distiller Zbrush + Keyshot__.
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Solid Zinc (Zn) sensor case
Transfer electrons
Aqueous solution Zn2+(aq)+2e−
(Oxidizer)
Solid copper deposit
Solid extruder
Solid copper fragmenter
(10) Components Rhinoceros 3D
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03 CTC 00 [CABRITO THE CONQUEROR]
The non-human culture within the realm of architecture
2019
keywords : behaviors, mechanisms, new spatial realms
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After the [abandoned ruin] of the long lost earth culture
In [Cabrito]* the explorer we trust
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In the near future, the planet will not be enough for its inhabitants, and it will be necessary to conquer new territories.
I insist on a conception of space that is not an envelope, one that implies a new model of control through the blurring, flattening, and dispersal of hierarchies. In particular, I conceive of appliances as objects or assemblages of objects with embedded intelligence, and have also devised a generation of new digital objects. Some particular characteristics of a set of insects are presented, which transform them into an especially attractive group for the exercise of technological transfer. The explorer is an apparatus with integrated intelligence capable of analyzing and saving information of possible colonization spaces for human colonies outside the earth. Welcome to the year 2050.
*cabrito is the common name of a chilean beetle
(11) Top view ZBrush  
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(12) Cabrito ZBrush + Unreal Engine ___

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(13) Cabrito ZBrush + Unreal Engine ___

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04 GENERATIVE BIO-MATERIAL
Red algae bio-composite for the building regeneration.
2019
keywords : composite, rhodophyta, bio-composite, water-based


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The promise of [composites]
The design from a [microstructure] and material chemistry
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Prioritize the material design over the material selection; to control material properties and relate them to some function. A new design approach may be promoted in which material properties may vary continuously in order to correspond to external structural or environmental requirements.
Due to the wide variety of matrix and reinforcement materials available, the design potential of composites is incredible. Upon malfunctioning or degrading, the majority of plastics, woods, glass, metals and a enormous range of composites are never recycled. Then, we have bio-materials, that are proposed to make a compound based on materials of organic origin; them, are able to regenerate, transform and adapt to the environment. An organic component in an aqueous solution facilitates customization of physical and chemical properties; then a water-based design approach that enable tight integration between material synthesis, digital fabrication, and physical behavior. I picked red algae (Rhodophyta) for this first approach, since it is a very old organism and easy to study and work with. The resistance of these millenary algae is greater than others, and in the corresponding medium they can perform photosynthesis with different wavelengths.
(14) Petri dish Rhodophyta Algae cells + hydrogel ___ 
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(15) Site perspective Zbrush + Rhinoceros 3D __
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(16) Human scale ZBrush + Photoshop ___
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05 GROWTH EXERCISES
Explorative design development for organic growth simulation
2019
keywords : simulation, organic, growth, synthetic
 
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(16) Filaments Houdini Fx + Rhinoceros 3D  
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(17) Colonization Houdini Fx
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(18) Infection Zbrush
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