Tuesday we will have a pinup in class and Thursday potentially a formal review of the work. There will not be much time after that so it is important that we make a push, especially with regard to concise and delicate language.
For Tuesday, please bring printed out the following work. We will have a work session where I will speak with each group about their Grasshopper techniques/tools and the groups will cross critique the work:
P1 Purpose to Problem (thesis),
- Title: two words, Operation + Context
- Purpose Sentences: What is the problem, how applied to 22@ and social cohesion (social simulator); who (as specific as possible); Why important including social value ; (highlight key words)
- Choose a primary and secondary, top-level classification
P2 Introduction
- Outline: Purpose / Urban Design Criteria / Indicators (ways to measure)
- Lit Review, Theory of Urban Analysis Tools and Urban Design related to thesis (citations/quotes)
- Research 22@ / Barcelona problems, 3 recent articles (El Periodico, El Pais, other) (citations)
- UO Case Studies, relevant with operations, workflow diagram, their purpose and plugins (as citation)
P3 Background (statistics and info-graphics) 1-2 pages
- Qualitative media: material swatches of your urban design characteristics (criteria)
- Abstract scientific data measurement, statistics related to measure quality (ex. 6:1 water to urban farming recommendation)
- Catalan/Barcelona/ 22@ 10/10/10 Patrimonio (Generalitat/Ajuntament) vs comparative city such as Portland, New York City, EU,
- Identify relevant regulations such as laws at the EU, Spain, Catalan and City government level
- Timeline: Identify time relevance in periods (hours, day, week, year, years) Corner Collage / Minard
P4 Visual Language and Dataset: Organization and Geometry
- Abstract block unit at parcel, Block unit (plan for most) (Quantitative method, develop visual language of the qualities to measure and compare parametric variations)
- Purpose, Urban Characteristics (Criteria), Indicators: (Identify 6-7 parameters, later we will refine to 4)
- Identify sources of dataset information (citations):
- Primary (off-site virtual from Google Maps, Google Street View, Bing, Yelp, and other virtual sources off-site observation)
- Secondary, Existing Datasets (22@ PDFs for zoning use and open space, open street maps)
P5 Analog Parametric Tool, 1-2 pages
- Unit (parcel and 10/10/10 historic), organization (abstract GH or existing Rhino) and Cerda, external forces, parametric operations (public right-of-way, private block space or both)
- Identify Outside forces: What conditions would operate as outside forces on the units to affect their variables? Ex. Mountain, sea; Diagonal; metro stations; proximity to parks; existing business, residential and 7@ institutional clusters; environmental conditions of wind, light, thermal conditions;
- Qualitative / quantitative translations (types and or rating systems)
- Abstract Block Study (one prototype block)
- Real-World Block Study- Choose a block in the 22@ area. Review selection with me.More typical blocks are in the center. Diagram it. Document- one relationship at a time- the differences within the block. Methods: Axonometric, plan and section. 22speranza.wordpress.com
- Real-World 3×3 Block Area Study
P6 Digital Parametrics
- Learn operations in GH: inputs; outputs; operations; parametric variables (external forces) such as attractor points and lines, image sampler, tables, OSM, etc
- Identify possible plugins to learn (HUMAN, ELK, GALAPAGOS, DIVA)
- Dataset collection (off-site dataset gathering approach and theoretical dataset)
Findings, Emergent patterns; Tool as Analysis to Synthesis Tool
Parametric Formula Diagram (later)
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2D plan/or section Diagrams
– Black and white, lines
– Plan 1″ x 1″, abstract unit + series of 3-5 variation (see Pla Catala and McClosky diagrams)
– Label Operation + Input
use Rhino + Illustrator
Parametric Places 2014 