Site
48 Av. Abandoibarra, Bilbao, Basque Country
Climatic Study
The heating period lasts for 2.9 months, from June 15 to September 10, with an average daily high temperature above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Madrid is July, with an average high of 32°C and low of 17°C.
The cooling period lasts for 3.7 months, from November 14 to March 5, with an average daily high temperature below 14°C. The coldest month of the year in Bilbao is January, with an average low of 0°C and high of 10°C.
Catenary Structure
we have based our design in the catenary structures, creating a digital model with vertices and lines to which a load is applied and whose result Works in compression.
A catenary is a funicular shape for an unloaded cable and is determined solely by the self-weight of the cable, which is uniformly distributed along its length. A catenary cable sags under such a uniformly distributed load along its length, and transfers the load to its two supports in equal shares.
Pseudo code
In terms of the pseudo code explanation we started creating two concentrically polygons, after that we created a flat mesh which we deconstructed to obtain this base for the catenary form finding with line-length, vertices – loads and we introduced this model into the kangaroo solver.
Kangaroo form-finding
Galapagos optimization
for the galápagos optimization we used the obtained model in the form finding process and it position and rotation in the chosen plot to optimize the incident radiation with Ladybug.
Evaluation based on the position on the plot and rotation on itself
Iterations
For the optimization process and the iterations we were focus on find the best result for the coldest period and the maximum radiation for these periods.
We choose this plot for the possibilities in terms of free space and green areas and also the heights of the adjoining buildings.
Catalog
Final iteration
Iteration with the Highest radiation value
We can see how the position of the final result moves away from the area where the tallest buildings are located to capture the maximum possible radiation.
Panels
Afterwards, we developed the nesting for the construction of the form cover.
Construction layers and materials
Render
BILBAO PAVILION
Is a project of IAAC, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, developed in the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA01) 2021/22
- Students: María Fernanda Rodríguez Orviz / José Manuel Asensio Torres, Ariadna Giménez
- Faculty: David Andres Leon / Ashkan Foroughi Dehnavi,
- Assistant Laukik Lad / Uri Lewis Torres