Yulia Gilbert sample portfolio ucl 2015 2016

Yulia Anabella Gilbert

Architectural Portfolio

Bartlett MArch Part II 18 Wildfell Road, SE6 4HU tel:+44 (0) 7478 299742 yulia.gilbert.14@ucl.ac.uk

Algorithmic Manipulations of Series of Planes Project Description

Digitally revisiting the entanglement experiments with HMA and concrete introduced new ideas for form finding through single plane manipulation, with the variation in curvature causing material accumulation in the troughs to provide a self-supporting structure.

During transformation of the plane into hollows and pockets, additional material is deposited in the troughs and, by introducing puncture holes into these areas, a dripping process is initiated. The extent of dripping is manipulated by increasing or decreasing the size of the holes using attached wires or cables, which use liquid molecular surface tension to control the rate of dripping, and the subsequent process of solidification into columns supporting the transformed plane. The size of the columns is dependent on the depth of the pocket where the matter is collecting, and how much material is available for collection.

The experiments seek to determine the way in which modification of the shape of a plane can enhance its performance, both as a structure and as an architectural or artistic piece.

Softwares Used -Grashopper -Rhino -Adobe Suit

Project Higlights

-Grashopper experiments -Application of algorithmic design to a house design

Vectors Displacement vectors is the underlying way the fabric is created. They establish the order of the folding and curvature of the fabric.

Stack Entanglement mesh is stacked together to create a spacial configuration forming floors and ceiling. The four layers of fabric is stacked at a way where they just slightly intersect.

Loose Variant Displacement vectors are few in number and don’t vary in height significantly

Medium Variant Displacement vectors are doubled in number as well as the height variation is increased

Tight Variant Number of vectors is quadrupled and the hight variation is taken to the maximum variation Mesh forming to become Receiving mold Mesh is folded to allow controllable pouring of the concrete to be able to form dome like casts. Casts that used to allow another material to be poured on them be supported by that.

Variation in Fabric Analysis of various possibilities to establish order and control while manipulating the entanglement fabric

Mesh Modification #1

Mesh Modification #2

Mesh Modification #3

Domino Digital model of the Le corbusier’s Domino conceptual model Entanglement mesh Forms a walkable surface where its curves and slopes server as way to climb up or down Melt wires The wires connecting one fabric with another server a guiding lines to guide melting matter down while it is slowly solidifies and becomes permanent support for the fabric

Structural system Melt wires direct flowing matter to the ground.

The process is slow

Entanglement Mesh Mesh is set up firs, the melt wires is added as secondary element Mesh Form and Shape Mesh form and deformation allows for controlling the direction of the flow for the support material. The Directional Wires capture and direct flowing material that will serve as

Testing Concrete Entanglement Project Description

Whilst addressing the unit brief of creating and evaluating different states of material entanglement, I became particularly interested in the behaviour of fluid networks. The proposed entanglement consisted of HMA and concrete. The principle here was to provide an integral mould for the concrete that would melt and deform as the concrete sets. The test programme comprised two sets of experiment – A and B - each of which used different casting methods on a different group of four models, producing similar but uniquely different results.

The form without forming concept is one that can be imagined applying to a building construction, where the initial moulds that shape the building evolve to serve another purpose in the construction process. The idea was to use this concept to create a series of interlocking surfaces that would allow matter to migrate downwards, with the progress of penetration controlled by guide wires attached to the supporting framework.

Softwares Used -Rhino -Adobe Suit

Project Higlights

-Series of tests with hotglue and concrete -Physical models that later is reimagined in digital realm

Mesh forming to become Receiving mold Mesh is folded to allow controllable pouring of the concrete to be able to form dome like casts. Casts that used to allow another material to be poured on them be supported by that.

Accumulation While matter accumulates and solidifies at the bottom of the entanglement mesh it serves as a matter that will be spacial feature like a dome once it is solid and the whole mesh is rotated and melted

Entanglement mesh Deflects under heat, that is turn creates pockets where matter accumulates once poured. Accumulated matter solidifies over time

Pockets of matter Accumulated matter on the bottom of the entanglement mesh

Inverted Mesh The model is turned upside down and heated, entanglement mesh melts and created support for the whole system

Digital Melting Experiment Project Description

As falling material collides with the solid body it is than keeps falling down until it reaches the bottom, in that instance, it slightly bounces and solidifies in a particular shape.The study capitalizes the use of simulating software to study liquid flowing and colliding and its resulting geometries.

The process starts with a Rhino produced geometry while experimenting with Grasshopper, that geometry than imported to Real flow to study and simulate viscous liquid falling and colliding with Rhino geometry. As the simulation progresses the portion of simulation where liquid bounces of the rhino geometry are exported frame by frame back to rhino for further study and analysis. The outcome reveals that simulation produced block like geometries that can be potentially produced in a real world to construct various objects.

Softwares Used -Real Flow -Rhino -Artlantis -Adobe Suit

Mesh Melting and Flowing simulation Renderings As falling material collides with solid body it is than keeps falling down until it reaches the bottom, in that instance it slightly bounces and solidify in a particular shape.

Stacking The dripping simulation allows to create bone like blocks and pices that can be modelled in any shapes and sizes

Project Higlights

-3D water flowing and colliding with and base object -Analysis of resulting geomitries after simulation in Real Flow

Civic Hall for Rio-De-Janeiro Project Description

The proposed programme is a civic hall for the city of Rio-De-Janeiro. The public The proposed subject is a civic hall for the city of Rio de Janeiro, since public gatherings and public engagement with local affairs is a significant feature of Brazilian culture. During the unit trip to the Brazil, we had the opportunity to meet a local architect, Pedro Gonzales, who explained that small clinics, shops and playgrounds typically serve two or more neighbourhoods. The different communities gather and socialise over public matters such as area funding or the location of amenities.

The architect himself attends local neighbourhood meetings and has energetically engaged with proposals for the many projects aimed at improving public safety. It represents the achievement of a truely mutually beneficial relationship through collective participation and co-operation.

The proposal is for the civic hall to provide a meeting point for one representative from each of the 150 neighbourhoods in the city. The aim is to supply a location where the population at large and the city’s administrators can interface and exchange views in a secure debating environment, in order to solve problems and build relationships. The project is an expression of the satisfaction of human gathering, shaded from the hot Brazilian sun, allowing wide access around the building’s spaces without interference with its internal operations. The internal spaces are self-contained “vessels” for delivering the project’s aims, whilst the external shapes that hold these spaces are designed to merge with their surroundings.

Softwares Used

-Rhino -Grashopper -Zbrush -Artlantis -SketchUp -Adobe Suit -Marvelous Designer

Grasshopper Algorithm Force field attraction and repealing study.

Each point is generating forcefield that warps the lines coming from another force fields adjacent to it

Project Higlights

-Site investigation and photography -Sketching -3D modeling of portion of city of Rio and site -Physical material tests with concrete canvas -Conceptual proposals and existing precedents reserch -Algorithmic design tests

Grasshopper Algorithm Transformed Flat two dimensional forcefield lines are transformed to a three-dimensional matrix that is lifting up from the center

Grasshopper Algorithm Lofted A surface is created over the matrix

Grasshopper Final Skin Design Skin is in-dependant from the internal envelope of the building, it is largely self supporting. The folds and creases will hold wind brought and man placed soil where some seedlings will take root over time and allow building to become flourishing and living structure that provides life to plants and shade for building inhabitants

Skin Variation 1 Overall shape of the building defined by the grasshopper definition and transformed to fit functions, the skin idea here was to use similar algorithm of forcefields attractors and repellers to generate a pattern. This did not presented to be viable idea since it was not responsive to the needs of each facade.

Skin Variation 2 One way to better design and respond for different side of the building and various lighting conditions was to sculpt the facade. During this stage the idea of Concrete Canvas was introduced to the equation. The concrete canvas would fold allowing for plants to grow. This facade didn’t allow for enough light penetration.

Skin Variation 3 The variation 3 was adopted as overall scheme for the skin design. It allowed plenty of light and water retention to irrigate plants growing on its folds and creases

1. Controlled groth facilitated 2. Accedential growth 3. No accedential planting

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Smooth surface of concrete canvas would allow no seedlings to embed themselves on the facade of the building

maximum compact- maximum fold ness that folding of where the folds can 8mm thick concrete be usable spaces canvass would allows

the most straight that given piece of canvas is able to hold before collapsing

Medium smoothness of the facade (the amount and depth of the concrete canvas folds) would only permit smaller grasses to seed themselves

Coarse and extensive folds would house controlled growth of plants in accessible areas on the building skin

Solidifying Shadows Project Description

The idea of inverted space is pushed further by looking at darkness and shadow as a solid body of volume that itself morphs in response to the various degrees of shading that occurs in the room through the day. The media that best can adopt to the solidification of the shadows was chosen to be concrete. Concrete can be poured and manipulated to represent various shading conditions in the room. The devices that were used: texture, gradation, density, cavities.

The texture is smother where there is softer shadows and their change in the passing of the day is less prevailing. The texture transitions to rough texture in areas where there is hardly any change in illumination. Cavities and density in strings of concrete interweaving with each other portray more dramatic changes in light and shadow condition, particularly where there is a light threshold area.

By solidifying the majority of the space in the breakfast room and only leaving free, circulation corridors its inverts the function and understanding of this room without destroying the overall volume and content of the room. The shadows solidified those leaving room to become inverted space for passing through.

Softwares Used -Maya -Zbrush -V-ray -Adobe Suit

Project Higlights

-Site investigation and photography -Sketching -3D modeling of existing space and spacial interpretation -Physical material tests with concrete and glass -Conceptual proposals and existing precedents reserch

TIME STUDY

The existing building will be partially demolished leaving only outer shell of the buildings, new structural members will be installed to integrate existing building shell to the proposed design.

COMBINATION OF 3 LIGHTING CONDITIONS

LOW ILLUMINATION

MEDIUM ILLUMINATION

HIGH ILLUMINATION

RENDERINGS

Transformation of breakfast room to the inverted space by means of solidifying the darkness. The room now becomes a passage space with the glimpse of what this space is held in its darkest corners.

VIEW FROM GALERY ROOM

VIEW FROM MAIN STAIRCASE

Havana’s Adaptation Guild Project Description

Havana is a city in decay, constantly remaining in a state of repair and emergency upkeep. The rubble and materials of one building become a life for another. The city and buildings adapt to the constant scarcities of resources, suffer the impact of the forces of nature and passing of time.

The buildings and streets play a big part in social dynamics. The streets become an information exchange network, a private living room in the public space. The adaptation of city and citizens build on collaboration in a structured way. Most of creative and construction professionals know each other and have a vast network at their disposal.

The “Adaptation guild” has spawned out of that network to combine highly skilled masters and builders to embody the ideas of renovation, building maintenance and construction. There are few popular publications that are readily available to citizens about the renovation and keeping buildings repaired. The Adaptation guild is striving to create a building to establish a workshop and building oriented guild of professionals, the citizens will be able to freely use the workshop areas and become an apprentice for building renovation and repair. The published texts on building upkeep will be embodied in the guild’s building as well as a way to adopt a space to its function.

The guild’s aim at encompassing all of the central Havana to participate and use guild public workshop space, therefore the location of the site was chosen to strategically connect to the immediate vicinity of the network of private streets and far outreaching transportation hubs that are within easy access from the site.

Softwares Used -ArchiCAD -AutoCAD -Artlantis -Adobe Suit

Project Higlights

-Site investigation and photography -3D modeling of existing site building -Idea development trough digital and physical modeling -Conceptual proposals and existing precedents reserch -Developed a Design Realization report at the end of the project

STRACTURAL INTEGRATION

The existing builing will be partially demolished leaving only outter shell of the buildings, new structural members will be installed to integrate existing building shell to the proposed design

STEEL FRAMES

Self supporting system of welded together steel trusses. Prefabricated at off-site location and delivered as needed

ALUMINIUM PANELS

panels raging from 3mx3m at the main workshop are to 1.5mx1.5m H-COLUMNS at classroom area HP14 Main columns used in all the project

H-COLUMNS

Installed 2cm-4cm away from remaining facade. The tie in bolts and brackets are installed to tie in and hold old facade from colH-BEAMS

Beams are installed between columns to provide bracing and support for floor

H-JOISTS

H-BEAMS

HP8 installed between HP10 beams to support extra weight of the slab

HP8 beams that provide lateral stability and hold gantry and workshop equipment

H-BEAMS

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COLUMN CONNECTION

H columns have pin connection with foundation walls or spread footing PIN CONNECTION

Concrete platforms installed during plaza construction process provide pin connection to steel frames that hold the skin

COLUMN CONNECTION

To support extra added load of existing facade the foundation for columns is installed on concrete pillars going down int the grown for up to 5m

BASEMENT

Completely underground and have foundation walls, concrete structural columns that support steel H columns above plaza level

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PLANS

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building section-B

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BUILDING SECTION A-A

DETAIL 3.04A VENTILATION GRILL DETAIL

DETAIL 3.04C VENTILATION GRILL DETAIL

DETAIL 3.04D VENTILATION GRILL DETAIL

DETAIL 3.04B VENTILATION GRILL DETAIL

BUILDING ENCLOSE DETAILS legend 1 2 3 4 5 6

DETAIL 3.04A

DETAIL 3.04C

UPPER VENT FOR AIR OUT-TAKE

UPPER VENT FOR AIR INTAKE

1. Aluminum 3m x 3m sheet used as primary material for building skin 2. Steel trusses welded together to comprise of unique frame shape (depending on configuration for that particular ribbon), they support aluminum 3. Programmable and movable ventilation grills. One of the aluminum skin panels has a cut opening where the ventilation grill is installed 4. Rain water intake pipe attached to one of the steel trusses on inside and following the shape of the truss all the way to the ground 5. Vapour control heat reflective membrane 6. Carbon foam joiner panel application, manufactured by CFOAM this lightweight panel allows maximum sound absorption in all the workshops 7. Elevator shaft for hydrophilic elevator system 8. Anchor bolts tying support plate welded to the steel truss that holds the skin 9. Poured 25mm concrete slab for plaza ventilation, heating and cooling

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The temperature fluctuations trough our the seasons do not vary too dramatically from summer to winter seasons and from day to night. The building is passively cooled by the means of strategically placed ventilation openings. All of the workshops (concrete labs on ground level, main workshop floor at 1st level and Craftsman workshop on the 3rd level will be passively cooled and ventilated trough ventilation openings and shafts.

The ribbons that comprise the skin of the building will serve as individual air shafts evenly ventilating whole building without any direct strong draft of air that will disturb or cause too much dust to float around.

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DETAIL 3.04B

DETAIL 3.04D

LOWER VENTILATION OPENING

VENTILATION OPENING AT FRONT OF THE BUILDING

BUILDING SECTION B-B

DETAIL 3.05A GUTTER DETAIL

DETAIL 3.05B WATER DRAINAGE

WATER DRAINAGE DETAILS AND VENTILATION legend 6 1 2 3 4 5 7

DETAIL 3.05A

SUMMER TIME VENTILATION SCHEME

WATER DRAIN DETAIL AT ROOF LEVEL

1. Steel trusses welded together to comprise of unique frame shape (depending on configuration for that particular ribbon), they support aluminum 2. Aluminum 1.5m x 1.5m sheet used as primary material for building skin 3. Rainwater intake pipe, attached to one of the steel trusses on inside and following the shape of the truss all the way to the ground 4. Air cavity for insulation and air circulation shaped out of galvanized metal and fitted to each individual shape of the truss it follows 5. Vapour control heat reflective membrane 6. Programmable and movable ventilation grills. One of the aluminum skin panel has a cut opening where the ventilation grill is installed 7. Carbon foam joiner panel application, manufactured by CFOAM this lightweight panels allows maximum sound absorption in all the workshops 8. Elevator shaft for hydrophilic elevator system 9. Rubber insulation around drainage pipe

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summer and winter ventilation scheme

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During summer time months all of the ventilation grills are open and allow easy intake and discharge of the air as it passes trough the building. The ventilation openings at Ground level will allow for fresh cool air intake while the ventilation openings at the top of the building will allow for circulation and discharge of hot air rising to the ceiling.

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DETAIL 3.05B WATER DRAIN DETAIL AT PLAZA LEVEL

WINTER TIME VENTILATION SCHEME

During cooler winter months the topmost and opposite of it near the ground level ventilation shafts will be closed. Remaining ventilation shafts will also adjust to allow adequate air flow. By closing the topmost ventilations will allow for warm air to remain in the building and provide comfortable atmosphere in the workshop area, while remaining ventilation shafts will allow for fresh air circulation.