Project Compilation

PREFACEThe projects in this portfolio are a selection of works that I developed during my years of study at the Acad-emy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 2003 till 2006.

All projects displayed in the portfolio are in a way the result of team work. I see architecture as an operat-ing field where discussions, diverging opinions and knowledge are crucial in order to come up with mo-mentous questions and to eventually take the best decisions and work out sophisticated solutions. Certain issues kept coming back to me frequently dur-ing my studies. In my portfolio the projects are catego-rized by six topics which function as sort of umbrella term for the respective issues.

TRANSFORMABLE SURFACES

EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURES

FIELD FORMATIONS

MOBILE SPACES

ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPES

URBAN ISSUES

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

PRINCESS SERENDIP

IN BETWEEN

HOW TO CUT A CARAVAN

URBANATURE

DESIGN TO PRODUCTION

ADD ON

INTERFACE FLOR

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55

45

79

61

91

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LAUGARNES REYKJAVIKINTENSIFYING LOCAL FORCES

BACKGROUNDThe proposal for Laugarnes was my diploma project at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. The topic and the site were chosen by myself. The following is an excerpt from my diploma agenda:

In brief the Proposal seeks to investigate national and site inherent phenomenons by analyzing back-ground and meaning of the site, as well as its spa-tial qualities and disadvantages in order to develop a site specific program and appropriate design-filter, leading to a site specific approach and identity form-ing architecture. Because of its interwoven historical and environmental layers, Laugarnes in Reykjavik is an ideal ground for experimental intention.

PROPOSALThe Design aims to invigorate Laugarnes in its role as a recreation area as well as a site of national heri-tage. National and local phenomenons or forces are analyzed and conceptually transformed into a force field, where the so called Minjar Points are the repel-ling forces. The resulting differentiated field divides the site into zones of preservation and intervention. The zones of preservation are left untouched, while the zones of intervention densify into volumes that host the site specific programs, such as the Laugar-nes Spa, the Laugarnes space of Intervention, (an in-stitution responsible for informing visitors of the area as well as organizing events and interventions), the extension of the at Laugarnes located Academy of Arts and the curved-in, green datacenter. At the tran-sitions of the two zones the design aims to underline the different matters (Sand, Turf, Stones) of the site and to support the interaction between the visitor and the manipulated environment.



FIELD FORMATIONS

MOBILE SPACES


URBAN ISSUES

TIMESPAN 1

TEAMSINGLE

SEMESTER

5

SELTJARNANES

6

Above: Situation at the north coast of Reykjavik / Left: Laugarnes, photo shot from a near situated building

The Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. The island has its own government, a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km. The official language is icelandic. Its capital and largest city is Reykjavk, whose surrounding area is home to some two-thirds of the national population.

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

WESTERN HARBOUR AND THE OLD HARBOUR AREA

LAUGARNES

7SITUATION

12

3

8

Above: Views and buildings from the site / Left: Analysis map of Laugarnes and the surrounding area

VIEW A_Island Viey and mountain Esja

VIEW B_Island Engey, town Akranes, glacier Snfellsjkull

VIEW C_Reykjavik waterfront and harbour area

Laugarnes is the last piece of land at the north coast of Reykjavik that is barely tilled. One of the reasons why Laugarnes is more or less untilled, might be that a huge part of the site is placed under preservation order as it contains both historical heritage and places of historic interests. In a survey report from 2001, Laugarnes is considered to be one of few sites in Iceland where the history of the nation can be traced without a gap. Even though Laugarnes seems to be rather prominent it currently serves as a local recreation area.

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

LATELY REARRANGEDLAND FORMATIONS

OLDER LAND FORMATIONS

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BUSSTOPS LINE 5

ICELANDIC ACADEMY OF ARTS

MUSEUM OF SIGURJN LAFSSON

ACADEMY CONTAINERS

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LIGHT

PATHWAY

INDUSTRIAL

EDUCATION

LIVING

PROTECTED HISTORICAL HERITAGE

TURF

STONES

BLACK COAST SAND

COMMON WIND DIRECTIONS

1

3

2

9SITE ANALYSIS

Maps of Minjar density and building density

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1 Map of the visible building density

2 Map of the invisible Minjar density

3 Relation between the two densities: buildings keep a certain distance to the Minjar

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

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Map of all mentioned Minjar in a survey report from 2001

Roughly translated the word Minar means cultural possessions. In a survey re-port from 2001 eighteen historical places are mentioned, the most prominent spot is where a figure from the most popular icelander saga is said to be buried.

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Suurkotsvr - nonexistent / tale1. Laugarneskampur - fundaments of the British barracks /2nd world war2. Suurkot - ruin 10x10,5m3. Laugarnesstofa - former bishops see / built 1824, tore 18454. Sptalahll - overgrown stone ruin 3x3m5. Laugarnessptali - brick fundaments of a former hospital6. Vr - landing place of the British army / 2nd world war7. Rstir - ruins of a dump / 2nd world war 8. Norurkot - ruin9. Rstir - brick ruin 3x1m10. Norurkotsvr - nonexistent / tale11. Bjarhll - homestead hill12. Hlainu - nonexistent / tale13. Hallgerar leii - grave of the saga-fi gure Hallgerur / tale / fossil record14. Kirkjugarur - former graveyard15. Kirkja - church 11x8m in east-west direction /existed from 1234 -179416. Beaslttur - former vegetable garden17. Barnhll - stone and turf ruin 8x5m in north-west direction / from 170318.

SITE ANALYSIS

1 suurkotsvr2 laugarneskampur3 suurkot4 laugarnesstofa 5 sptalahll 6 laugarnessptali7 vr8 rstir 9 norurkot 10 rstir11 norurkotsvr12 bjarll 13 hlainu 14 hallgerar leii15 kirkjugarur16 kirkja 17 beaslttur18 barnhll

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P= UNDERPROTECTIONR= REGISTRATED

ACCESSIBLITY VISIBLITY MAGNITUDE

MINJAR 2

MINJAR 10

MINJAR 12

MINJAR 17

MINJAR 8

Above: Examples of the Minjar / Below: Translation matrix of the Minjar (historical heritage)

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Fundament ruins, 2nd world war

Homestead hill, date unknown, under protection

Overgrown stone ruin, date unknown, 3x3 meter

Old vegetable garden, under protection, 4800 m2

Fundament from the British barracks, 2nd world war

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

3 4 6 8 10

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Where in the world would people place an old vegetable garden under preservation? - Probably only where the popula-tion density is as low as in Iceland! Bringing the places of preservation in relation to the population density of the country and in relation to the building density of the site leads to a new perception of the site and to the idea of a force-field as a design-filter which to look through in order to intervene in the logic of the site.

Imagined force-field of the invisible forces

SITE ANALYSIS

CULTURAL INTERVENTION ZONE

CULTURAL CONSERVATION ZONE

IMPULS

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Each Minjar is imagined to be a force, protecting a certain space around it. In order to find out where to intervene

1 Visualizing imagined force fi eld

2 Tracing main movement of force fi eld

3 Distinguishing

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

ERHOLUNG

INDUSTRIE

BILDUNG

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and where to conserve, the main movement of the field, that always emerges between the forces, is used for zoning

4 Activating the intervention zone by external program, while keeping protected space in mind

5 Generating intervention surface

6 Complementing Minjar Paths

DESIGN PROCESS

BADLAUGARNES LAUG

INTERVENTIONSRAUMLAUGARNES

SERVER ZENTRUMGREEN DATA ARCHIV

SCHULERWEITERUNGICELANDIC ACEDEMY OF ARTS

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Overall configuration of the Laugarnes intervention surface with imagined fieldlines

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

PERFORATEDINTERLACED COVERED

INTENSIFIED

FIELD AS ROOFLANDSCAPE

FIELD AS 3D MASS

FIELD AS VOIDFIELD AS INFRASTRUCTURE

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Local configuration of the field

DESIGN PROCESS

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Part of a Minjar Path outside the Laugarnes Spa

Sport activity surface on the roof landscape of the carved-in datacenter

Sand-Area with Space of intervention and the Laugarnes Spa in the background

Pedestrian underpass connects the old art school building with the new one

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

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The modified Laugarnes can be seen as a conserving and intervening cultural-recreation area

Interweaving elements: Minjar Paths

LAUGARNES OVERVIEW

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While the Minjar Paths are a connection between the two zones of intervention and conservation, the areas

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

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The TURF AREA is interwoven with a path that grows into wider areas offering outside platforms for workshops

The SAND AREA offers the visitors sitting elements that blend into the sand and the Surface of intervention

Rocks and stones that are not under protection are collected at the wind-protected side of the data-center where the STONE AREA emerges

LAUGARNES OVERVIEW

WC

TERRASSE

EINGANG

BESPRECHUNGS-ARBEITSRAUM

TEE-KCHE

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A

foucus on fieldlines around the current intervention areaand the existing parking area

fieldlines become 3D mass and create the origin of thenew intervention zone (=space of intervention)

the space of intervention sinks into the site

creating a viewing platform and a promenadealong the field zones

and an the Laugarnes exhibition or intervention spacemaking Laugarnes better accessable to visitors

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

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The Space of Intervention,

Left page: Development of the Space of Intervention and Intervention Surface / Floor plan of ground floor

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

6.80m

10.00m

13.20m

8.20m

ENTRANCE

STUDIO / CONFERENCE ROOM

KITCHENETTE AND STORAGE

TERRACE

WC

VISITORS TERRACE

VISITORS ACCESS

VISITORS ENTRANCE EXHIBITION SPACE

VIEWING PLATFORM

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which emerges at the recently occupied area of Laugarnes, is the impulse generator of the intervention surface

Right page: Organizational diagram of the Intervention Space / Longitudinal Section A-A

LAUGARNES SPACE OF INTERVENTION

c) defining hights depending on programatic needs d) creating a field embodying space e) subtracting the fieldspace

Snaefelsjkull(Gletscher) Reykjavik

Waterfront

a) tracing local conditions: distance to minjar, fieldlines and view b) creating a volume

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Above: Form development process / Below: Resulting structure with flowing field-lines

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

SEA SLASH

+35C

+38C

+41CSAUNA

SILENCE BASIN

WARM BASIN

STAFF

WC

WC

SITTING AREA

SITTING AREA+5.80m

ENTRY

RECEPTION/BAR

MASSAGE1

MASSAGE2

SHOAL BASIN

COLD BASIN

+6.80m

A

A

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Above: Floor plan of ground floor

LAUGARNES SPA

SHOAL BASIN

WARM BASIN

COLD BASIN

STAFF

RECEPTION / BAR

EINGANG

HOT POTS

SEA SLASH

LOCKER ROOM/WC WOMEN

GALERIE

LOCKER ROOM/WC MEN

VOID

SITTING AREA

SILENCE BASIN

WC

SAUNA

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Above: Organizational diagram of the Laugarnes Spa / Above left: Perspective of longitudinal section A-A

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

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Below: Perspective of Laugarnes Spa with mountain Esja in the background

LAUGARNES SPA

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Above: Night Perspective Laugarnes Spa

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Left: Interior Perspective of the Laugarnes Spa Silence Basin

LAUGARNES SPA

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Below: my diploma at the summer exhibition / Above: rapid prototype model of Laugarnes Spa,1to200

LAUGARNES REYKJAVIK

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Below left: milled 1to1000 site model / Below right: experimental 1to1000 physical field model

DIPLOMA EXHIBITION

ADD ON WINTER / ADD ON SUMMERTRANSFORMABLE LEISURE EXTENSION

BACKGROUNDThe concept and design of the add-on was a part of an exercise at the seminar Theory of Building Design and Building Typologies supervised by Prof. Nico Fritz and his assistant Martin Nauman in the winter semester 2006/07 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. The position of the add-on was given in the exercise. It was supposed to be situated on a 65m roof of a backyard workshop, a fire division wall on the west side of the roof had to be maintained. The roof was accessible from a flat on the 2nd level, which belonged to a house in wilhelminian style.

PROPOSALHaving a closer look on the flat and its situation, the inner space seems very separated from the outside. Only a small balcony allows the inhabitants to step outside and have a chat with a neighbor or to keep track of the environment, of the weather and of the growing plants and greenery. The proposal aims to create an extension that opens up the possibility for the inhabitants to be closer to their surrounding and to dwell in a lighter, more open and communicative space, somewhere in between the inside and the out-side. To enable an all-season usage the extension is intended to be transformable going from a winter con-dition (more closed, with a sauna) to a summer condi-tion (more open, with an outside basin).



FIELD FORMATIONS

MOBILE SPACES


URBAN ISSUES

TIMESPAN 4

TEAMSINGLE

WEEKS

35

N. . . ADD ON winter ADD ON sommer

N

HOFSITUATION

WOHNUNGSSITU

. . . ADD ON winter ADD ON sommer36

1:500 Site Plan Alicenstrasse 21 in Darmstadt

Patio Situation

Flat Situation

ADD ON WINTER / ADD ON SUMMER

3_ EINTEILUNG

1

aussenaussen

inneninnen

2_ MAX. BAUBARES VOLUMEN1_ ZONIERUNG

2

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funktion

kommunikation

. . . ADD ON winter ADD ON sommer

4_ GLIEDERUNG 5_ DIFFERENZIERUNG 1

scheiben in lngs richtung

+ transparenz

-

transparente elementein querrichtung

6_ DIFFERENZIERUNG 2


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5_ DIFFERENTIATION 1

6_ DIFFERENTIATION 2

4_ STRUCTURING

3_ DIVISIONS

2_ MAXIMAL VOLUME1_ ZONES

Design process

TRANSFORMABLE LEISURE EXTENSION

TRANSFORMABLE ELEMENTS ENABLE AN ALL-SEASON USAGE

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Transformable elements enable all-season usage


Basin

Saunaor

terrace

Sliding doorIntegrated

seats

Saunastove

Flexible sreen

Integrated furnitures




1:100 Plan

The generated extension offers a bigger terrace in the summer and a winter garden and a sauna in the winter


WINTER ISOMETRIE


SOMMER ISOMETRIE



. . . ADD ON winter ADD ON sommer. . . ADD ON winter ADD ON sommer


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Transformableelements in the front






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Transformableelements in the back

Transforming conditions

TRANSFORMABLE LEISURE EXTENSION

Cool downoutside

Restinside Refresh

Relax inthe sauna





1:100 Plan winter condition


Rest inthe shade Refresh

Rest inthe sun



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Elevations of the two conditions

1:100 Plan summer condition

IN BETWEEN A BLANK TYPE AND THE CITYA SMALL OFFICE AS AN INTERFACE

BACKGROUNDThe concept and design of In Between is a part of an exercise I did with my colleague and friend Beatus Kopp at the seminar Theory of Building Design and Building Typologies supervised by Prof. Nico Fritz and his assistant Martin Nauman in the summer se-mester 2008 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. The task was to find a spot and create a solution for a small architectural office (for two people) at an inter-esting place in the city of Stuttgart.

PROPOSALBrainstorming about possibilities of positioning, brings us to the idea of using the Breuninger, a department store in the center of the old part of the city, as a frame-work for our office. As a blank type, the Breuninger-building has a glass facade, i.e. display windows on the ground floor, but except for those windows there is no visual connection to the outside, which makes the building quite uninflected and clumpy to look at from the market square it is standing at. Currently the two sides showing towards the market square are wrapped up with banner advertisement. Our sugges-tion is to fill up some of the space between the blank type and the banner advertisement with a small con-ference and office space. The spot at the Breuninger is perfect for an office, that likes to play with the urban situation by interacting with its surrounding and the inhabitants of the city. While offering a very prominent and central situated spot for a small office, the Bre-uninger also benefits as its advertising becomes more interesting, being partly lightened, 3-dimensional and liven up by the space behind it.



FIELD FORMATIONS

MOBILE SPACES


URBAN ISSUES

TIMESPAN 4WEEKS

TEAMDOUBLE

45

THEODOR HEUSS

B 14

100m

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The Stuttgarter Maktplatz , one of the most central spots in Stuttgart

Stuttgart Citycenter

IN BETWEEN A BLANK TYPE AND THE CITY

PLATZ BESPIELEN FERNBLICK

INTERAKTION MIT RATHAUS NHE

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Interaction with city hall

Interaction with market square

Breuninger with the 2d advertisement surface

Current situation

Breuninger with the 3d advertisement surface

Proposed situation

distant view towards Knigsstrasse

close to green spot

Other advantages of positioning at the Breuninger departmentstore

A SMALL OFFICE AS AN INTERFACE

WORK

WORK

SIT / LIE

REFRESH

INSPIRE

ENTER

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Axonometry with the office space on the right side and the conference space on the left side

Perspective of office space


WORK

SIT / LIE

COOK

READ

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Outside perspective without advertisement layer

A SMALL OFFICE AS AN INTERFACE

CONFERENCE SPACE

MARKET SQUARE

BRUNIGER

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Perspectives of office space

Plan of conference and office space


WORKING SPACE

51A SMALL OFFICE AS AN INTERFACE

PRINCESS SERENDIPBOOK CAF

BACKGROUNDThe concept and design of Princess Serendip - a bookstore with an integrated caf is a short project I did with my colleague and friend Sandra Meireis in the framework of a seminar called Linger on! - Coffee House Workshop supervised by Prof. Nico Fritz and his assistant Martin Nauman in the winter semester 2006/07 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.

PROPOSALAs we think that Stuttgart is overloaded with very ex-troverted and extravagant bars and lounges we want to create a place that is more introverted, a place where you can have decent conversations instead of screaming in each others ears, a place that seeks to hide rather than to show all its glamour, a place where you can share your thoughts with your environment whether on stage or just one on one, a place for tran-quility in the center of the city allowing you to forget all rush and hurry. Altogether: a place that is focusing more on the inside than the outside.



FIELD FORMATIONS

MOBILE SPACES


URBAN ISSUES

TIMESPAN 4DAYS

TEAM DOUBLE

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UShbf

schloplatz

UU

universittcampus

knigstrae

lautenschlager strae

theodor-heuss strae

frie

dric

hstrae

bolzstr.

prinzessin serendip

zwischen hauptbahnhof // theodor-heuss strae // knigstrae // universitt--> in unmittelbarer nhe zum palast der republik

hbf

lagepla

n

schnell langsam

palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

fugner und verkehrsswege beeinflussen martz gebude und va.. den treffpunkt palast

dynamische strukturen + entschleunigende situationen mischen sich - strung durch belagerung

tagsber andere situation auf vorplatz --> laufen, zielgerichtet

abends/nachts (va.sommer)situation soll beibehalten werden - tageszeitenunabhngig.

palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

fugner und verkehrs

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip


hbf

lagepla

n

schnell langsam

palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

fugner und verkehrs

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

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1) Hide where no one would seek

Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated. (Wikipedia) By accident (or serendipity?!) we came across this expression and thought of a strategy that might tease out this effect.

Wanting to cre-ate a place of tranquility, we seek to settle at one of the most frequented places in Stut-tgart. Der alte martz an old stationery shop has moved out and leaves an empty spot at a very central and interesting place in the city of Stuttgart.

PRINCESS SERENDIP


hbf

lagepla

nschnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip


hbf

lagepla

n

schnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip


hbf

lagepla

n

schnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip


hbf

lagepla

n

schnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

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Der Palast is a popular place in Stut-tgart, especially on long, warm sum-mer evenings. After a hot day in the city, people take a seat on the warm ground and the place, that is more or less a passage over the daytime, trans-forms into a communication platform. This condition disturbs the dynamic movement of people walking by and makes the movement slow down.

Instead of having a structure trans-forming in time, going from an active movement to a slowed down or disturbed one in cycles of daytime or seasons, we decided to have the structure transform-ing in space, going from an active level to a linger level.

2) Discover

3) Use the discovery in a different way

dynamic movement over the empty pavement at day time in summer and most of the time in the winter

disturbed movement over the crowdedpavement at night in the summer time

BOOK CAF

Entrance

Bar Sitting area(-0,7m to streetlevel)Moss scape Small stage

on streetlevel

service

visitor

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Schematic overview of the organization

The Book Caf offers a sitting area hidden from the street (on a half level below the street level) which can be served from the bar. A small stage on street level can be used for lectures and poetry readings.

PRINCESS SERENDIP

prinzessin serendip


prinzessin serendip

hbf

lag

ep

lan

schnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip prinzessin serendip


hbf

lag

ep

lan

schnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip


hbf

lag

ep

lan

schnell langsam





palastder republik

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

// stgt.

der (alte) martz

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

prinzessin serendip

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To reach the lower level the visitor goes down a ramp along the bar, grabs a coffee and slowly sinks into the floor as the floor becomes softer and deeper slowing down the movement of the visitor as he finally finds himself in a space surrounded by books and full of small moss knolls inviting him to linger.

active speed = tartan floor

linger speed = moss scape

The green facade seeks to hide the inside instead of allowing maximum transparency

BOOK CAF

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Interior perspective of the synthetic Moss scape to linger in...

BOOK CAF

URBANATUREPAVILION FOR THE ECO-EXPO

BACKGROUNDThe Urbanature pavilion is the final result of a series of workshops I took part in summer semester 2006 at Prof. Tom Verebes studio called Eco-Expo. In the studio agenda Prof. Verebes wrote:This studio assumes all design constructs to be deeply connected, integrated and inseparable from the time-varying performance of environmental sys-tems. This studio will focus on the complexity inher-ent in dynamic urban and climatic systems as both the basis of our design procedures, as well as the environments within which the products will be un-leashed, and the criteria by which design work will be evaluated. The studio will question the status of the categories of natural and man-made as not op-positional worlds, as nature is a linguistic and cultural construct classified by man, but rather aiming for the integration of temporal urban and environmental phe-nomenon into the product of space. In brief, this stu-dio will investigate Architectural Ecologies for an Expo proposal in StuttgartThe semester was split into four workshops:ws1 Environmental Machinic Procedures (5 weeks)ws2 Expo Analysis: Sites and Pavilions (2 weeks)ws3 Lattice Structures (3 weeks)ws4 Design Proposal for an Eco-Expo (4 weeks)

PROPOSALThe pavilion is generated by using information-based design techniques, seeking to install environmental intelligence into the design of architectural space. Dif-ferent flows, e.g. pedestrian flows, the Neckar-river, and the boats, of the existing situation are brought to-gether by the pavilion, as it also offers a connection across the river. By generating a lattice structure for different levels of speed and implementing it to the flow diagram, the pavilion emerges as a landscape of movement- or speed-zones, offering visitors a direct connection from one side to the other as well as a lounge situation and refreshment at the bar or at one of the transformable water-interactions.



FIELD FORMATIONS

MOBILE SPACES


URBAN ISSUES

TIMESPAN 1

TEAMSINGLE

SEMESTER

61

#6

32

1

1

2

3

top_view / side_view

level_of_force

quantity_of_flour

focusing_on_position_of_resistance

focusing_on_object_of_resistance

#15

32

#14

32

#9

32

#7

32

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Wind experiments: Analog model

URBANATURE

30 % 35 % 40 % 45 % 50 %

5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 %0 % 75 %55 % 60 % 65 % 70 %

100 %80 % 85 % 90 % 95 %

-90-75-45 -60-30-150

25 % 50 % 75 % 100 %0 %

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Wind experiments: Digital model

ENVIRONMENTAL MACHINIC PROCEDURES

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Wireframe graphic of the digital generated, double layered lattice structure

URBANATURE

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Rapid prototype model of the digital generated lattice structure

Lattice structure derived from wind experiments

LATTICE STRUCTURES

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Lattice Morphology

Translation of the lattice into a producible and more flexible system

URBANATURE

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From laser-cut elements to a woven system

Model studies

LATTICE STRUCTURES

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Site plan of the Eco-Expo site, showing the pavilion that builds a connection over the Neckar river

Current situation with pedestrian connection Proposed situation with interacting flows

URBANATURE

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Pneumatic structure is air filled in the summer and makes a puddle playground

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Our modern urban life often leads us to forget that we are a mere tiny part of a complex ecosystem. We have to be reminded that we consist of 94% water

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Artificial wave emerges above the pneumatic part in the river

Height of the wave can be adjusted according to skills

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Perspective showing the bar with the surf wave in the background


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Perspective showing the lounge area

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The soft structure in the lounge area is imagined to be warm and cosy, as it is filled with warm water


HOW TO CUT A CARAVAN...TEMPORARY PLATFORM OF THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN STUTTGART

BACKGROUNDEvery year in December the traditional platform of the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart - Department of Architecture takes place somewhere around the Kunstmuseum. The platform is co-hosted by the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and the cooperating o.T. Bar. In 2008 two caravans parked outside of the museum for four weeks, not only showing the citizens of Stut-tgart How to cut a caravan... but also

How to play it save (poker evening)How to be a movie star (short film evening)How to be a bon vivant (wine tasting event)How to be the puppet master (puppet theater)How to play the music (experimental sounds)How to be on stage (improvisation theater)

How to draw attention (drawings of the audience)

The mobile-architectonic Intervention was conceptu-alized, planed, build and organized in four weeks by 17 students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Stut-tgart and supervised by assistant Martin Naumann and assistant Peter Weigand.

PROPOSALThe German word Schnittstelle is an ambiguous term as it can both mean interface and cut surface / edge. Wanting to put the emphasis on converging matters, the term Schnittstelle becomes our con-cept, both for the interaction as such, as well for the modification of the caravans. By using an imagined cutting plane, the two caravans are modified into a micro exhibition space, sitting area and a micro stage. By taking the caravans to the center of the city, they become the interface between the Academy and the citizens of Stuttgart.



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CUTTING PLANES

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To draw more attention, the Schnittstelle was colored in orange

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Small caravan modified into a micro exhibition space for the latest academical publications and for small art and design objects

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The Schnittstelle (or cutting edge) and the micro stagewith the traditional caravan interior of the old part


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The sitting and communication area of the modified new part

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The opening took place on 28.11.2008 and was announced on the home page www.schnittstelle.abk-stuttgart.de along with the various other events that all took place in the bigger caravan. In the following four weeks the caravans became very popular among the citizens of Stuttgart and we received a lot of attention, praise and curious questions about the Aka (the Academy) and its depart-ments. Altogether the project was great fun and quite successful.


85TEMPORARY PLATFORM

INTERFACE FLORSTUDENT COMPETITION

BACKGROUNDInterface Flor was a student competition in 2008 in which my colleague Alexander Merkel and I took part in and won the 2nd price. The proposal was also pub-lished in the April issue of Wettbewerbe Aktuell.

The suggestion we sent in was based on an earlier study we worked on at a workshop called Maya - Fluid Surfaces which was supervised by Prof. Tobias Wallisser, his assistant Martin Schroth and the visiting lecturer Grischa Fischer. The workshop took place in the winter semester 2007/08 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. The subject of the workshop was to generate forms by setting up a dynamic system in Maya (software by Autodesk).

PROPOSALAt the workshop we used a tool called n-cloth to simu-late hanging models. By varying the position of the fixing points and the perforation pattern of the cloth we generated different spatial elements.

As Interface Flor produces carpet tiles we suggested to use their carpet material to make different hanging models for their stand at a trade fair. This would bring the material closer to the customer, use the material in a unconventional way and place the emphasis on the interface of Interface Flor as it can be seen as an interface between the horizontal and the vertical.



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Digital simulation of a hanging model

Hanging Model with fixing points

As you discover the space of InterfaceFLOR the material encloses you and makes you experience it in adifferent way

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>>Performance // Spatial elementsThe performance is integrated into the material

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Ceiling light Indirect light

>>Digital generation // Preliminary investigation of digital hanging modelsDifferent perforation patterns of the surface lead to variations in the form of the hanging models

>>Cutts // Perforation pattern and light studiesPerforations are used for lightning

Die verschieden Schnittmuster werden in ein herkmmliches Messestandsystem an Drahtseilen abgehngt.

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STUDENT COMPETITION

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