LITTORAL ADAPTATION, Advanced Research Design Studio, Cornell University, AAP
Spring 2009, Department of Architecture
Studio Instructors: Dana Čupková, Kevin Pratt
The Littoral Adaptation studio is a continuation of a previous line of research examining component based sustainable assemblies. The purpose is to develop and refine a holistic methodology of adaptive component design in attempt to create an architecture that is tightly bound to the specificity of dynamic local ecologies while at the same time recognizing that contemporary means of production require a degree of repetitive process and material uniformity to achieve economic viability. Fundamentally, it is a biomimetic methodology, in that it seeks to exploit the malleability of flexible component assemblies that are tuned to the conditions that obtain at a definite set of points in both space and time. This studio focused on the development of a minimal impact coastal research station in La Jolla, California, through variable material component systems which address and adapt to specific ecological conditions. The methodology of design is based on a mode of working that merges the capabilities of parametric digital technologies with environmental data sets simulated through both linear and non linear dynamic data modeling for the purpose of defining new sustainable material form.
Spring 2009, Department of Architecture
Studio Instructors: Dana Čupková, Kevin Pratt
The Littoral Adaptation studio is a continuation of a previous line of research examining component based sustainable assemblies. The purpose is to develop and refine a holistic methodology of adaptive component design in attempt to create an architecture that is tightly bound to the specificity of dynamic local ecologies while at the same time recognizing that contemporary means of production require a degree of repetitive process and material uniformity to achieve economic viability. Fundamentally, it is a biomimetic methodology, in that it seeks to exploit the malleability of flexible component assemblies that are tuned to the conditions that obtain at a definite set of points in both space and time. This studio focused on the development of a minimal impact coastal research station in La Jolla, California, through variable material component systems which address and adapt to specific ecological conditions. The methodology of design is based on a mode of working that merges the capabilities of parametric digital technologies with environmental data sets simulated through both linear and non linear dynamic data modeling for the purpose of defining new sustainable material form.