After Gaudi: From Computation to Composition

MANIFESTO

Melbourne is known for its considerable range of weather during a single day,  which is why it is locally known as the the “four seasons city”.

Our project will be a summer pavilion located in Grollo Equiset Garden at the National Gallery of Victoria. The meteorological conditions of the city give initial clues on how, where and why we use Gaudi’s hyperboloids to tackle the “four seasons city”, and propose an optimal gathering space that captures the sun and wind when needed and creates a phenomenological space of shadows, angles and geometries for the visitor to live the pavilion in different forms and scenarios throughout the day.

I. LOCATION

SITE

 

Melbourne, Australia

Grollo Equiset Garden at National Gallery of Victoria

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

    

Project Site                                                        Sun path

           

Wind Speed & direction (Nov-April)           Radiation Analysis (January 11)

II. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 

FORM FINDING, PAVILION

               

Quadric surface                    Oriented to minimize radiation          Promoting S-E openings

GLOBAL VARIATIONS

Grid Definitions

 

Grid 1                                                                           Grid 2

Grid 3                                                                          Grid 4

Grid 5                                                                          Grid 6

Catalog/ Iterations

Catalog / iteration 01

Catalog / iteration 02

Catalog / iteration 03

Catalog / iteration 04

Catalog / iteration 05

Catalog / iteration 06

Hyperboloid Definitions

Geometric Placement

       
Grid on Surface                              Place Hyperboloid A

       
Place Hyperboloid B                         Perforations

REMBRANDT CATALOG 

Catalog / Summary

LOCAL VARIATIONS

         

Radiation on Surface                                 Radiation on Planes

  

Scale Hyperboloids A                                 Scale Hyperboloids B

 

SECTIONS

Top View

Section A (Predominant Winds from SE)                Section B (High Radiation from NW)

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

Solar Hours (Jan 11)

Radiation (January 11, 18:00)

RENDERS

III. WORKSHOP

PROTOYPE

HYPERBOLOID PARAMETERS

3D PROTOTYPE

   

MOLD PROCESS

Waffle Structure                                                   Covering Waffle Structure                             

 Mold Smoothening                                             Final Mold

Shape Traced on Hyperboloid                           Cut Pieces

FINAL PROTOTYPE

WORKSHOP VIDEOS

 

 

(Hyper-G) is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at (Masters in Advanced Architecture) in (2021/2022) by:
Students: Emily Rackstraw, Angelo Desole, Brian Woodtli, Gianmarco Paglierani, Martin Andres Gomes, Oscar Cortes
Faculty: Mark Burry, Rodrigo Aguirre, Ashkan Foroughi