This studio focuses on generative design as a means for design exploration guided by contextual data and stimuli.

The studio reflects on the (Singapore's) dynamic landscape: its transformations of the land and landscape, the coexistence/juxtaposition of landscape and the built environment, the impact of technological innovations, transportation and logistics, the challenges of water management and sanitation, and the effect of present and future climatic conditions.

The studio targets performative design based on performance measures defined from selected inputs and stimuli from among the above, as well as on other architectural criteria such as functional program, structural stability and aesthetics.

The intention of the studio is that students define their design project based on their own analysis of the dynamic landscape with respect to one or more of the issues presented above, develop their design considering a generative systemic approach to support the design process, and evaluate and improve their design corresponding the performance measures they derived from their analysis.


Studio leader: Rudi Stouffs

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Start

We've gotten off to a good start with very interesting project proposals. In any order:

Tony Wijaya is aiming to plan and design an ecological airport, considering the Soekarno-Hatta international airport near Jakarta as case study. He's considering to focus on various resource flows, such as energy, water and waste, attempting both to reduce the ecological footprint and to improve the impact of an airport on its surroundings. Follow his project here.

Cheong Grace is looking at the impact of non-renewable material resources on the building industry. Do we need to consider restrictions on the use/quantities of specific building materials in the future. What kind of buildings would this lead to? Will we be building huts again? For sure, an interesting question. Follow her project here.

Chin Qian Lyn wants to remind us of the waste we are responsible of and the resulting landfill at Pulau Semakau in Singapore. She's considering the design of a structure that reflects on the growing landfill. 180 thousand tons of new landfill every year, mainly ashes from the incineration of waste! Follow her project here.

Tan Yong Shen will focus on generative building design. His dissertation on customized joints may just be the perfect starting point for this. Follow his project here.

Lee Sian Chyun is battling architecture of "agnotology." He's looking to learn from nature for architectural adaptation to climate change. What can we learn from wetland or mangrove to help us deal with increased flooding and preserve fresh water resources?

Finally, Vinod is hoping to find good use for the Delhi railway corridor running parallel to the ring road, in order to improve social and economical conditions for the increasing slum population. Spaces along the railway corridor that now act as voids or urban dead spaces disrupting the urban tissue, might be considered as potential grounds for strengthening the urban tissue, especially for the slum population. This, of course, is not an easy task to grapple with. Follow his project here.
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