Realstadt Exhibition

New Bowkunde TU Delft model featured at Realstadt Exhibition in Tresor Berlin. Fuse-deposit cnc model in acrylic resin. Dimensions 32 cm diameter, 2,5 cm height.

Exhibition Text available in German only:

Der Wettbewerbsbeitrag für einen neuen Universitätscampus in Delft hinterfragt die traditionelle Trennung der Bereiche Lehre, Forschung und Projektierung und sucht die Annäherung der Lehrenden und Studierenden in einer neuen räumlichen Typologie. Die einzelnen Fakultäten werden als Campus innerhalb des Campus verstanden. Die komplexe Programmatik verlangt eine verzweigte räumliche Hierarchie.

Der Entwurf basiert auf einem „circle-packing“ Algorithmus, also einem raum-optimierenden Verfahren zur Verteilung von Kreisen. Die einzelnen programmatischen Anforderungen, Studios, Büros, Vorlesungsräume, Bibliotheken, Mensa werden als Kreise, bzw. „Bubbles“ unterschiedlicher Größen interpretiert. Diese ordnen sich dann funktional, mithilfe eines weiteren „genetischen“ Algorithmus zu einem flächendeckenden Cluster an.

Das Modell ist im "fuse-deposit" Verfahren auf einer Stratasys Machine gedruckt (weiß-opake Strukturen) und dann in Epoxit-Harz (durchsichtig) gegossen.

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New Bouwkunde

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