The Olympic Park Masterplan

AIM: Diversity/Interrelatedness: The study of the effects of large scale associative and unified systems and explore the positive qualities and effects of disjunction, erasure and sparse proliferation within these continuous fields.

A medium scale master plan or a "building mass" provides a fertile ground for associative design either of buildings or in a smaller scale of building components and elements. The location and specific brief can be decided at a later stage.

Moving now beyond the notion of the single building object -ie the Olympic Stadium, the aim of the spring 2009 studio is to research and invent ways to formally control the complex set of issues that constitute the organization of the Olympic Masterplan. We seek to find credible, meaningful and performing organization that employs a combination of methods under an algorithmic denomination to control and proliferate the necessary spatial condition.
This semester long study will dive into methods, techniques and experimental research on digital and algorithmic design systems, with a particular focus on the investigation of hybrid and interrelated systems of integration.
The aim should be to develop particular skill sets that will be enhanced by digital computational tools such as parametric modelling. The study of research methods and perhaps methods of collaboration between students or groups of students in multilateral fashion and seek to find the potential advantages from these multiple-input set-ups.

The students will be introduced to means of producing patterns and 3D forms and be encouraged to explore urban conditions of varying densities using contemporary design tools.
Scripting workshops and knowledge of algorithmic design techniques shall be required for the course

CHRISTOS PASSAS,DESIGN STUDIO PROFESSOR

Starting from the notion of the single surface project, the aim of the fall 2008 studio is to examine formal issues of surface modulations using methods and tools that are inherent to algorithmic design.

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marți, 21 aprilie 2009

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  1. Anastasia,

    The collection of some of the underline principles behind pattern making is useful when understanding their basic principles.

    Consider taking a more abstract approach to the question; what defines a pattern? In your first presentation you began to explore the intersection of lines that create a moiré effect. This effect creates a new pattern as a result of overlapping of grids. You may want to explore this further by studying this intersection.

    Moiré effect can be use as a tool for understanding form and mapping curvature. Unlike a fixed, two dimensional grid pattern, it can have a multiplicity of layers.

    You should begin to formulate your position on the way you intend to use these studies for the Olympic Park project. You may consider patterns without underline symmetry.

    Think about how do you define the edges of the patterns? Is there a boundary?

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