Digital domes that become urban symbionts

Digital domes that become urban symbionts

Schieda, Alejandro; Lagomarsino, Federico; Miret, Santiago; Iglesias, Rodrigo Martín; Amen, Fernando García

Full Article:

Montevideo has a new visitor. In the heritage building of the german architect Karl Trambauer, located in the Old City, a new presence was installed filling the vacuum left by its former collapsed dome, seeking to restore a message, adding a new vision and recovering the lost dialogue between the architecture, the city and its inhabitants. This paper summarizes and explains the experience of the workshop Adaptation 2015, held on September 2015 at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Exposing the theoretical framework, design strategies, morphogenetic development, digital manufacturing experimentations, conclusions and open questions from the experience made. We will go through this temporary intervention on Trambauer’s building, being a rare but symbiotic object, with parametric genes, digital and handcrafted manufacture, and also looking for the impact of theory and academic practices in the city.

Montevideo has a new visitor. In the heritage building of the german architect Karl Trambauer, located in the Old City, a new presence was installed filling the vacuum left by its former collapsed dome, seeking to restore a message, adding a new vision and recovering the lost dialogue between the architecture, the city and its inhabitants. This paper summarizes and explains the experience of the workshop Adaptation 2015, held on September 2015 at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Exposing the theoretical framework, design strategies, morphogenetic development, digital manufacturing experimentations, conclusions and open questions from the experience made. We will go through this temporary intervention on Trambauer’s building, being a rare but symbiotic object, with parametric genes, digital and handcrafted manufacture, and also looking for the impact of theory and academic practices in the city.

Palavras-chave:

DOI: 10.5151/despro-sigradi2016-809

Referências bibliográficas

• [1] ALBERTI, L. B. “De re aedificatoria (1450, 1485)”, en Opere volgari. Vol.III, Bari: Laterza. 1973.
• [2] CARPO, Mario. The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992 - 2012. London: John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
• [3] CECCATO, C. “Microgenesis. The Architect as Toolmaker: Computer-Based GenerativeDesign Tools and Methods”, in: Soddu, C. (ed.): The Proceedings of the First International Generative Art Conference. Generative Design Lab at DiAP, Politecnico di Milano University. 1999.
• [4] EVANS, R. The Projective Cast. Architecture and its three Geometries, Cambridge: MIT Press. 1995.
• [5] FRAZER, John. An Evolutionary Architecture. London: AA Publications, 1995.
• [6] KILIAN, A., Ochsendorf, J.O., Particle-spring systems for structural form finding, in: Journal Of The International Association For Shell And Spatial Structures: IASS, Vol. 46, pp. 77-84, 2005.
• [7] KOLAREVIC, Branko, ed. Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing. New York & London: Spon Press - Taylor & Francis Group, 2003
• [8] ORTEGA, Lluis. Digitization takes over. Barcelona. RotoVision, 2009

Como citar:

Schieda, Alejandro; Lagomarsino, Federico; Miret, Santiago; Rodrigo Martin Iglesias; Fernando García Amen; "Digital domes that become urban symbionts", p-892-896. In: <strong>XX Congreso de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital [=Blucher Design Proceedings, v.3 n.1]</strong>. São Paulo: Blucher, 2016.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/despro-sigradi2016-809