February 1st. M.Arch submission

Last presentation's animations

January 17, Final MArch presentation

Wuppertal public transport system

Oldest public transport system currently working and awesome!

Click for more images (Spanish)

Neil Freeman

http://fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/

Real layout of underground in many cities. It takes a while to do all these! (True story)

MSc submission

Congratulations Goli joon! Your EmTech experience ends here. But remember us from time to time! We will miss you!

Space Syntax software

http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/research/space/space-syntax

http://www.spacesyntax.net/

One of the most powerful tools nowadays for evaluating objectively urban fabrics. It is turning into a key stone in our dissertation.

Green City Index

"The Green City indices are unique research projects assessing and comparing cities in terms of their environmental performance"

http://www.siemens.com/entry/cc/en/greencityindex.htm

Amazing source of information for anyone interested in sustainable urbanism.

Dr. Nick Dunn

"His primary research interests are in the fields of visualisation, modelling, mapping, representation in architecture, infrastructure, post-capitalist landscapes and urbanism. His work responds to the contemporary city as a series of systems, flows and processes, and is explored through experimentation and discourse addressing the nature of urban space: its perception, demarcation and appropriation."

http://www.msa.ac.uk/staff/profile/ndunn

After being asked, Nick Dunn has offered during our research valuable help and guidance, proving his professionalism and academical commitment. We highly appreciate you!

August 17. Interim Presentation

Studio work

Scripting time...

Slime tests!!

It takes a whole day to grow like this...

notable words of the day...

don't pour plaster down the sink. 
-E. Greenberg

June 21st

Our dissertation proposal as seen in the AA School annual exhibition, EmTech space (main building)

Busy days at school... Having a forced dissertation break

In a conversation regarding supplying our own wood for milling vs purchasing wood from the milling facility. Jimmy, provided a crystal-clear analogy of the day.
prepare for the flawless logic...eh-hem....

"It would be like....you.... walk-in into a McDonalds, supplying your own burger... and asking them to cook it. If they mess it up, there isn't any more burger." -Jimmy

In studio meeting with Mike and George

From the review on Friday one of the aspects we were asked to define was the flow characteristics of the case studies.

For these characteristics we discussed the following methods of quantifying change in the networks:

1- the current density that exists around existing nodes

2- current methods of transportation infrastructure in place

3- the projected population of the city

4- nodes, high traffic clusters 

5- current age of the infrastructure (first station, # of stations, # of populations it has used throughout, flow rates hourly, daily, yearly)

6- environment conditions (climate, topography)

7- statistics of growth

8- physical characteristics of existing stations 

9- catalog the programs that arise around formally and informally the stations

These would assist in our aim to define the patterns of the city in a similar way so comparisons and conclusions could be made after our studies.

After discussing these with M + G, here are some notes they provided:

Sergi Valverde Lecture: Hierarchy vs self organization in complex networks

http://complex.upf.es

1. Octopus football, QED

Percolation threshold- the transition of connections where the amount of connections becomes too expensive for the network (in relation to termite nests). A graph was shown indicating the number of connections that allowed the nest to function on a basic level (for the "stupid ants") to move through and still maintain a level of efficiency. The architecture helps to drive the flow within the nest. 

In termite nests and other biological networks the graph of connections resembles that of a normal distribution curve. This allows for a distribution of connections that doesn't create hubs or "rich clubs".

In networks such as the internet, the graph of connections resembles that more closely to an exponential relationship, or a long tail plot. This is the defining feature of network complexity and most social systems have this type of hub condition. For example, the creator of linux is accomplishing about 80% of the work where all the other connections resemble much less of the frequency within the network.

First Presentation

amazing quotes of the day
"Don't burn the house down to make roast pork" Mike W.
"150 generations times 10 equals 1,500 clicks...you can die from that." T-Random