Architectural Design
Matteo Soru
Tegumentated Structure
University of Cagliari, Italy
The project proposed a multifunctional building and an urban park in a dismissed railway park in the city of Cagliari, Italy. The purpose of the project was to create an urban pole of attraction that would draw a wide range of users who would benefit from the renovation of the site. The site itself is in close proximity to the city center and to main traffic flows.
Using GenerativeComponents, a shell for the structure was designed to allow different spaces to have different natural light conditions. This would enhance the visual appeal and utilitarian function of the building, which is to include multiple work spaces including offices, conference rooms, a café, a panoramic restaurant, a winter garden, and a university center for the natural sciences.
Computational Design
Pauline Barkin and Katheryn Czub
Dynamic Systems
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States
The purpose of this project was to integrate a vertical greenhouse into the Tiber River in Rome. The design involves a responsive hydroponic fabric that holds plants and alters shape to change the sun exposure. GenerativeComponents was used to design the fabric. Water-driven, semi-spiral rods revolve and press on the elastic fabric to produce regions of sun and shade.
The digital fabric was designed to selectively stretch around portions of the rods and stretch or relax in response to the pressure. The fabric is composed of a series of pocket elements, including a place for plant growth and an opening for sunlight and harvesting. The pockets have a relationship between aperture variation and sun exposure. There was a correspondence between apertures, pressed zones, and desired sunlight.
Medical Facility of the Future
Kiamsha Barnes, Sarah Cieslak, and Karyn Warthen
Pistorius Center for Rehabilitation
Eastern Technical High School, United States
Designed to be aesthetically pleasing, environmentally friendly, and architecturally sound, the Pistorius Center embodies the ideas of a medical facility of the future. After research into existing facilities and U.S. Green Building Council standards, the one-story building was designed using MicroStation PowerDraft.
Given the options of leasing vs. owning the facility, the interior design was left largely empty, with the exception of two aquatic rehabilitation areas. A storm water cistern provided water for landscaping, and other water saving devices were placed throughout the building. The building was made of recycled materials, and multiple energy saving measures were incorporated into the design. These structural and environmental measures meet the standards for Platinum LEED certification, in the event of increasingly strict standards being required by law in the future.
Educator of the Year
Efrat Gilboa
Shenkar College of Engineering
Ramat-Gan, Israel
Prior to joining the faculty at Shenkar, Efrat Gilboa had more than eight years of experience in interior design of public buildings, collaborating with some of the leading architectural design firms in Israel. She now teaches CAD and digital parametric design and since 2007 has coordinated the digital workshops for her department. She is involved in teaching and developing the syllabus for international workshops in parametric design.
In the past two years, Gilboa has not only taught in Italy and Germany, she has also conducted research on parametric design, sound, and fabrication with the students. Her agenda focuses on creative and analytic approaches in the parametric design process. She is currently developing research on sound and parametric design in the interdisciplinary yet complementary field between music and architecture.
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