ECO-FRAMES: THE POWER OF LESS Dr. Cristian Suau www.ecofab.org
Mar 26, 2016
ECO-FRAMES:THE POWER OF LESSDr. Cristian Suau
www.ecofab.org
ECO-FRAMESTHE POWER OF LESS
DR. CRISTIAN SUAU
[1] Schumacher, E.F., Small is Beatiful: Study of Economics as if People Mattered. Part 1. The Modern World, A Question of Size. Page 56. 1973, London, Blond editors.
man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful
THE POWER OF LESS ECONOMY = ECOLOGYdesign with less provides unexpected processes for adaptability, by identifying current obstacles; exploring potential spatial systems; rethinking appropriate technologies and fabricating environments free of CO2.
ludic experimentation: what should we play instead?progressive design approaches on potential architecture, by exploring the spatial deterioration of the built environment and generating new spatial games. avoid bulky bodies.
low-passive energy and reuse of materialsapply decarbonized energy and disused materials upgrade your design outcome through the integration of structural, constructional and climatic factors.
research by design – design by researchnever split research and design! reuse and recycle your artwork. it is an indivisible equation.
form follows materialsgo for low-embodied energy materials. it is not a difficult choice.
adaptable living systemslife is frantic and changing. adaptability is smart. it merges as an antidote against reductive or dysfunctional spaces.
social accessibilityarchitecture is not merely commodity. look at the current housing situation in spain! let’s reject any design trend that excludes the ethic component of what we produce. designers are operative organizers.
PROPHECY
P = W x O x EP = PRESSURE ON OUR ENVIRONMENTW = AVERAGE GLOBAL WELFAREO = GLOBAL POPULATIONE = EFFICIENCY
the formula describes how we should increase the efficiency (E) in the use of materials and energy to keep the pressure of our environment limited.
In 1989 the global population was expected to grow 4 times and its average welfare to grow 5 times by 2030. so, to keep the P factor equal (=1) we should increase the efficiency (E) in the use of materials and energy by a factor of 20.
jeroen van der bergh, professor in environmental economics at the free university inamsterdam
FORECASTING
The Society of the Spectacleby Guy Debord (1977)
ILLUSION
Streetscape life of a slum
NEWORDER
FATAL ERROR
COMPACT
SMART TECH
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OBSOLESCENCE
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MYTH
BEYOND THE COLLAPSE OF SPECULATIVE ECONOMIES…WHAT CAN WE PLAY INSTEAD?
ECO-HABITAT REUSE OF WASTE LIGHTNESS
URBAN RESEARCH AT OMA (NL), ETSAB (SP) & WSA (UK)
ECO-DENSITY
COLLAPSING DENSITY
THIS PART IS A MISCELLANEOUS OF ASSUMPTIONS, FAILURES, CONFRONTATIONS OF SPATIAL IDEAS:VERTICAL VERSUS HORIZONTAL SYSTEMSSELF-SUFFICIENT BUILT ENVIRONMENTSETHICS RATHER THAN AESTHETICS URBAN VISIONS
QUESTION
what games of ECO-density should we play instead?
KEYWORDS
IRONIC SCENARIOSBUILDING ANTI-ICONSURBAN STRATEGIESPROGRAMMINGNEW SENSESCAPES
THE DENSER, THE MORE SUSTAINABLE
NO FUEL = NO SUBURBIA
FAST-DENSE TRANSPORT
google-scapevertical studioautumn workshop at UIC, 2008
CACTUSANTI-ICON FOR A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMMATIC STAGES
VERTICAL GARDEN - PARK
VERTICAL GARDEN – UP & DOWN
THE PLINTH WATER GAMES DRIVE-IN CINEMA THE CAFÉ HALL
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS ON POTENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
IAAC, BARCELONA (2006) LJUBLJANA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, SLOVENIA (2007)PUC, SANTIAGO DE CHILE (2008)WSA, WALES (2008)UIC, BARCELONA (2008)
SEQUENCE OF PROTOTYPING CARRIED OUT IN IAAC (SP) - UL (SL) - PUC (CL) – UIC (SP)
LIGHTNESS
COLLAPSING LIGHTNESS
THESE EXPERIMENTS SHOWS SEVERAL MISTAKESNON-SENSE SYSTEMSACCUMULATION OF FAILURESACCIDENTSSTRUCTURAL COLLAPSES
QUESTION
what game should we play instead?
KEYWORDS
SIMPLICITYWEIGHTLESSGAMESFOLDINGDO-IT-YOURSELF
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spatial experimentations require ludic strategies.
games provide new situations to subvert rules and turn conventions upside down, and the unpredictable convergences between concrete and intangible, even virtual and volatile, spaces.
The following works attempt to achieve the potential and latent playability of any type of spatial configuration to create and fabricate new spatial interfaces and frameworks.
so we need to transform the classical sense of workshop into a game-lab, a space for non-stopping brainstorming.
the power of playing with less reveals a new sense in design by using three design factors: Compactness; Lightness and Speed.
PLAYING WITH LIGHTNESS
BARCELONAIAAC spring workshop – 2006 (teachers Ayala & Suau)
the base model - fabrication
CARDIFF
armadillo - workspacethe tissue as collapsible membraneworkshop WSA - Suau & Catina, 2008
armadillo - workspaceassembly and components
workshop WSA - Suau & Catina, 2008
FOG IN THE DESERTKeyword:Fog water collection; climatic design; low-passive energy technologies
The Camanchaca or advent fog
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECTS IN NORGE, SVERIGE & ESPANYA
REUSE OF WASTE
COLLAPSING WASTE form follows material
experimental research on elementary or compact architecture through smartuses of industrial waste as new frameworks: JUNK-FRAMES- pallet shipping boards- whole tyres
QUESTION
what happens when disused materials become operative frames?
KEYWORDS
REUSECHEAPSPEED OF ASSEMBLY TEMPORALITYCOMPACTNESS
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PLAYING WITH WASTEthe following prototypes are based on the application of manufactured waste, as potential junk-frames with low-tech building methods. Each fabrication process reuses timber and rubber waste as structural frames:
1. PALLET HOUSING SYSTEM (PHS) constitutes an ecological design response by reusing timber shipping boards. It shows innovative and agile uses offered by shipping boards applied to compact building that can be easily assembled or disassembled. Neither cranes nor scaffolds are used to connect walls with floors or roofs.
2. TYRESPACE works in the development of minimum architectural prototypes through the reuse of disused whole tyres. It consists of a compact hexagonal layout where walls and roofing are structured mainly by combining car and motorbike tyres.
these prototypes has been analyzed and tested based on structural, constructional and climatic performances.
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formfollowsthe material
FABRICATING ECO-DWELLINGS
BARCELONA
applied research work – Ayala & Suau 2006tyrespace
REMOTE
collaborative work – Suau, Ayala & Zapulla - 2005tyrespace
tyre-bridge winter workshop PUC – Suau & Torres - 2008
FABRICATING ECO-DWELLINGS
SANTIAGO
tyre-bridge winter workshop PUC – Suau & Torres - 2008
FABRICATING ECO-DWELLINGS
SANTIAGO
winter workshop PUC – Suau & Torres - 2008tyre-bridge
collaborative work – Suau & Zapulla - 2005
GLOBALDesign patent of PHS
TIMBER – HOUSING TYPES WITH PALLETS
CRISTIAN SUAU, RESEARCH BY DESIGN PROJECTS
TIMBER – PALLETSHOUSE IN CARDIFF
CRISTIAN SUAU, RESEARCH BY DESIGN PROJECTS
TIMBER – MOBILE ALLOTMENTS WITH PALLETS
CRISTIAN SUAU, RESEARCH BY DESIGN PROJECTS
FINALE