2. Design Idea
networks
Nodes Paths Redundancy
Flow
First Principle:
How can multiple networks (spatial, urban, structural)
be integrated in a design?
3. for loop 1,
enter here
• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure
• buildings direct flow reducing pathway redundancy but forming “space”
• strategic placement of structural members / location of stands reflect the
strength of the over all system as well as the individual members
Translation + Synthesis
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks Redundancy and
Indeterminance Test Sticks & Bricks Model
• flow rate (of customers) have a direct correlation to node (stall)
growth (number of customers).
• critical mass (of stands/customers) creates positive redundancy
• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur- • multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength
rounding nodes • a system is only as good as its connections
• failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised
• with each removal, something is in fact lost.
Nodes and Flow
Farmers Market Study 1 Paths Test
Tool Path Study
• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction
• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join
• guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance
• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide
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enter here
Redundancy and
• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure
Indeterminance Test
Sticks & Bricks Model
• buildings direct flow reducing pathway redundancy but forming “space”
• strategic placement of structural members / location of stands reflect the
strength of the over all system as well as the individual members
Translation + Synthesis
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks • multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength
• a system is only as good as its connections
• flow rate (of customers) have a direct correlation to node (stall)
growth (number of customers).
• failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised
• critical mass (of stands/customers) creates positive redundancy
• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur-
• with each removal, something is in fact lost.
rounding nodes
Nodes and Flow
Farmers Market Study 1 Paths Test
Tool Path Study
• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction
• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join
• guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance
• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide
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no guides - meandering path to edge
path runs parallel to guide
25. • structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure
• buildings direct flow reducing pathway redundancy but forming “space”
• strategic placement of structural members / location of stands reflect the
strength of the over all system as well as the individual members
Translation + Synthesis
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks Redundancy and
Indeterminance Test Sticks & Bricks Model
• flow rate (of customers) have a direct correlation to node (stall)
growth (number of customers).
• critical mass (of stands/customers) creates positive redundancy
• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur- • multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength
rounding nodes • a system is only as good as its connections
• failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised
• with each removal, something is in fact lost.
Nodes and Flow
Farmers Market Study 1
Paths Test
Tool Path Study
• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction
• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join
• guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance
• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide
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Total People _ 12
Noggins Corner Farm _ Market
Total People _ 15
Medium Flow High Flow
Altered path based on stall influence
37. • structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure
• buildings direct flow reducing pathway redundancy but forming “space”
• strategic placement of structural members / location of stands reflect the
strength of the over all system as well as the individual members
Translation + Synthesis
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks Redundancy and
Indeterminance Test Sticks & Bricks Model
Nodes and Flow •
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multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength
a system is only as good as its connections
failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised
with each removal, something is in fact lost.
Farmers Market Study 1 Paths Test
Tool Path Study
• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction
• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join
Network Conclusions across Market and Model tests:
• flow rate (of customers) have a direct correlation to the
node (stall) growth (number of customers).
• nodes that engages the senses will attract more customers
• location and function of a node will affect the success of
surrounding nodes.
• the pauses caused by people can create new pathway in
the market
• when the moving circulation approaches the paused area,
the circulation tends to bend away from it or gets trapped
by it’s effect
• areas with a history of pauses will continuously repeat itself
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39. Translation + Synthesis
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks
• structural/pathway redundancy added in case of partial system failure
• buildings direct flow reducing pathway redundancy but forming “space”
• strategic placement of structural members / location of stands reflect the
strength of the over all system as well as the individual members
Redundancy and
Indeterminance Test Sticks & Bricks Model
• flow rate (of customers) have a direct correlation to node (stall)
growth (number of customers).
• critical mass (of stands/customers) creates positive redundancy
• location and function of a node will affect the success of sur- • multiple paths/columns adds redundant strength
rounding nodes • a system is only as good as its connections
• failure is immanent when horizontal member is comprised
• with each removal, something is in fact lost.
Nodes and Flow
Farmers Market Study 1 Paths Test
Tool Path Study
• redundancy is dependant on conditions of addition and subtraction
• subtraction for addition: tools removes material in order to join
• guided paths travel parallel to guide path of least resistance
• unguided paths are undetermined until reading edge or guide
40. Loop 2 networks
Design Idea
Nodes Paths Redundancy
Flow
Revised Question:
What are the bare essentials in a network?
Using a minimum set of components: two paths and node, explore a set of essential relationships.
What is a node? What is an obstruction? How do you create a new path and make others fails?
41. for loop 2,
enter here
Translation + Synthesis
• designed and built three 1:1 node components
• assembled on front lawn
• rearranged positions to explore node and path definition
• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks
1:1 Design Part 1
Nodes and Paths
1:1 Design Part 2
• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone
• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc.
• paths: map informal and formal
• consider “tool” path in design
• massing study with light
• human nodes obstruct established flow path
• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and
new paths form in between
• sometimes visual and aural connections between human Obstructions Test
nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and
strengthen a node Farmers Market Study 2
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enter here
Integrating Structural
Translation + Synthesis and Spatial Networks
1:1 Design Part 1
• designed and built three 1:1 node components
• assembled on front lawn
• rearranged positions to explore node and path definition
• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research
• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone
• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc.
• paths: map informal and formal
Nodes and Paths • consider “tool” path in design
1:1 Design Part 2 • massing study with light
• human nodes obstruct established flow path
• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and
new paths form in between
• sometimes visual and aural connections between human Obstructions Test
nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and
strengthen a node Farmers Market Study 2
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enter here
Translation + Synthesis
• designed and built three 1:1 node components
• assembled on front lawn
• rearranged positions to explore node and path definition
• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research
Integrating Structural
and Spatial Networks
1:1 Design Part 1
Nodes and Paths
1:1 Design Part 2
• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone
• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc.
• paths: map informal and formal
• consider “tool” path in design
• massing study with light
Obstructions Test
Farmers Market Study 2
• human nodes obstruct established flow path
• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and
new paths form in between
• sometimes visual and aural connections between human
nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and
strengthen a node
65. Multi-National City: New York
Architects: Martin/Baxi Architects
Location: New York City, World Trade Centre Site
• Proposal for the World Trade Centre competition in 2003.
• A memorial for the victims of the 9/11 World Trade Centre event.
Concept:
• The design increased the total built area of the site from 15 million square
foot to 24 million square foot.
• The height of each floor varied algorithmically to represent a barcode-like
section.
• The total height of the new towers matched the height of the original tow-
ers of 1360 feet. At the top of this tripod supported a stack of 20 ground
zero sites. With a park on top.
• Ground:
o At the street level, spirals ramps at the foot of each tower would
descend in the massive parking lots.
o Looking up for the ground at the hovering surface above, one
would find the foot prints of the original tower which are formed by
two upside-down voids. The glow of this horizontal surface framed
the original locations of where the towers used to be.
• The Vortices
o Shooting through the centre of each tower is a cylindrical, structural
void, a hole instead of an atrium that opened to the sky.
o Around its perimeter are glass elevators that would travel from the
garage, PATH. and subway to the sky lobby.
o From there commuters, tourist, shoppers, and residents could trav-
el to other floors or up to the park above.
Biliography
Martin, Reinhold. And Kadambari Baxi. Multi-National City. Architectural Itinerar-
ies. Barcelona: Actar, 2007.
Martin/Baxi Architects. “Multi-Nation City: New York” Accessed November 19,
2012. http://www.martinbaxi.com/.
66. Parc de la Villette
Architect: Berbard Tschumi Architects (BTA)
Location: Paris. 125 acres(55 hectares) Quai de I’Oise x Boulevard Périplhérique
• Parc de la Villette is located on the largest parks in Paris.
• A manifestation of Tschumi’s writing and theory on architectural deconstruc-
tivism focused on space, movement, and event.
Concept,
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• The follies (nodes) work together to navigate the user through the
parks area.
• The bright red cladding allows the user identify their placement on the
landscape and used to unify their relationship. However, each of the
follies function differently.
• The components are organized and linked together by a grid and
sometimes physically tied together by bridges and structure.
• While some follies are not physically attached to each other, they still
achieve invisible links.
• Circulation is both determined and arbitrary.
o Although tied together by the parks walkway, the curious look-
ing follies not only draws circulation to them, but around and
within them too.
Bibliography
Hardingham, Samantha. and Kester Rattenbury. Bernard Tschumi: Parc de la Vil-
lette. New York, Routledge. 2012.
Wordpress: Nathanssu. “Defining Hybird” Accessed November 19, 2012. http://
nathanssu.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/defining-hybrid-precedent-studies/
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1:1 Design Part 2
for loop 2,
enter here
Translation + Synthesis
• designed and built three 1:1 node components
• assembled on front lawn
• rearranged positions to explore node and path definition Integrating Structural
• secondary sources: Tschumi, van Eyck, Vortex research and Spatial Networks
1:1 Design Part 1
• site: Medjuck front lawn as study zone
• existing nodes: buildings, trees, benches, etc.
• paths: map informal and formal
• consider “tool” path in design
• massing study with light
• human nodes obstruct established flow path
• when node scales up, it splits into two or three nodes and
new paths form in between
• sometimes visual and aural connections between human Obstructions Test
nodes create enough of a barrier to block a path and
strengthen a node Farmers Market Study 2
86. Redundancy and
Indeterminance Test
Sticks & Bricks Model
Nodes and Flow
Farmers Market
Integrating Structural Study 1
and Spatial Networks
1:1 Design Part 1
Nodes and Paths Obstructions Test
1:1 Design Part 2 Farmers Market
Study 2
Integrated Aperiodic Multi-threaded Design Iterations
