Giulio Tarquini

The first component presents all the carachteristics of the last version, it yields a multilayered structure, and can change its dimensions according to the permeability necessity. neverthless it gives problems for a total screening surface, cause assembling it, it leaves empty parts, moreover the structure produced is too rigid in its changes and can’t yet be adapted to curved paths.

URBAN PLAN CONCEPT. The initial concept for the regeneration of enköping was to enhance the areas of winter gardens by linking them to the city centre and the surrounding proposed development. Lighting is an important factor in this region as the seasonal changes can limit the amount of sunlight the town can enjoy. Optimising this daylight was the main parameter for the parametric urban design study our studio progressed with creating three main building typologies which would enhance the light inside the developable areas and the surrounding public space. (PICTURE 2)

PARAMETRIC MODELLING. (PICTURE 3)

The masterplan is grown around the existing roads that enter the city from the south. The desire to maintain focus on the existing centre meant keeping strong access links to the centre and not segragating the new developments. The areas of land are then subdivided by secondary roads into a grid which creates plots of land for buildinds to occupy. The predominant typology (type 2) starts as a courtyard with side openings for through access. Point distance is then used to vary the size of these openings (red lines). Plots furthest away from the controller point start as complete courtyards, but as this point distance decreases, the courtyard openings widen to eventally become better described as two seperate facing buildings. This reduces building footprint and increases public space around the buildings. Buildings on the closest plots to these points then divide again to create 4 buildings (type 1). The second point attractor (blue) controls building height. This allows the control of larger building heights closer to the existing urban area, and lower heights as one moves out to the periphery where tall buildings are not as desirable or necessary. This combination creates small building footprints and low building heights at the periphery, a conditions which is desirable for family living with private outdoor space. And secondly small building footprints with tall buildings towards the existing centre and prime waterfront areas, allowing high densites but with increased public space.

the male-female joint is obtained through oblique cuts on the panels, by assebling the panels a direction of assemblage is given, following a spiral path, the angle of the cuts influences the number of turns of the spiral and by changing the spread of the joint angle the spiral radius changes. the structure is self supporting thanks to its continuity and to the gravity force acting on the joints. the direction of the assemblage cans be only horizontal, parallel to the ground because of the shape of the joint.