http://huerta.co Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:46:53 +0000 http://huerta.co en http://huerta.co/Postitalo-Torni http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Postitalo-Torni Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:46:53 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 3585154 <img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni3.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni3_o.jpg" data-mid="20563745" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni4.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni4_o.jpg" data-mid="20496186" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni5.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni5_o.jpg" data-mid="20496188" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni17.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" 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src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni9_o.jpg" data-mid="20496193" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni2.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni2_o.jpg" data-mid="20563742" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni12.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni12_o.jpg" data-mid="20496198" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni15.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni15_o.jpg" data-mid="20496201" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni16.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni16_o.jpg" data-mid="20496202" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni13.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni13_o.jpg" data-mid="20496199" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni14.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni14_o.jpg" data-mid="20496200" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni1_16.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni1_16_o.jpg" data-mid="20563741" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni_worlddesigncapital.jpg" width="640" height="400" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload64.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3585154/postitalotorni_worlddesigncapital_o.jpg" data-mid="21700866" border="0" align="left"/>Postitalo Torni Helsinki, 2012 CTBUH International Student Tall Building Design Competition Competition Finalist: 3rd Place Strict zoning ordinances (limiting building height) and a strong sentiment towards historical preservation have contributed to the absence of the high-rise tower in the Helsinki skyline. The research was interested in the development of a parasitic type structural approach in cities that are resistant to towers.       The project is sited opportunistically at the cusp of the old city center and the developing cultural zone of Helsinki, making the tower an iconic beacon from the harbor waterfront. The selected host building for the proposed tower is the Postitalo (the former main post office building) as it is a building already in violation of zoning height ordinances thus justifying further vertical development.       The research explored this idea of parasitic aggregation as a system that is implemented both at the micro and macroscale of a tower. At the microscale, the structural skin adapts the strangling logic to form varying densities of articulation from aperture to surface. More technically the research looked at developing deliberate control of the pattern articulation. At the macroscale, the building adapts the growth logic of anchoring onto a host building and growing vertically into a self-supporting hollow column. This allows for being able to create a tower without the necessity of demolition and allow for the continued inhabitation of the host building.       The structural system became the emphasis of the project as it provided the opportunity to rethink the convention of the tower as not having to be centrally loaded. By being a hollow column the tower allowed for more of a Centre Pompidou approach of loading all mechanical systems and circulation on to the building skin allowing for a multiplicity of performance of the structural system. Elevator cores, escalators, and stairwells are embedded into the structural skin through a variability of thickness and depth allowing for more of an interaction and actual inhabitation of the skin. Mechanical systems such as HVAC and plumbing would also be integrated into the monolithic mass and would be locally distributed to the floor plates which sit on the skin much like bookshelves.       Programmed as a primarily residential tower, with commercial program at the top and foot of the tower, the void played the role of forming neighborhoods within the tower through communal lobbies. Floors terrace onto these communal lobbies and are further activated though the discontinuity of elevator cores which form an interchange on these lobby levels.       By being liberated from being a centrally loaded tower the newly proposed Postitalo Torni (Postal House Tower) has more of a freedom as to the layout of floors, such as allowing for large multi-floor voids. Because of the extreme climatic condition of Helsinki the double glazed skin delaminates to form these inhabitable voids that promote a stack effect and are a transitional space between the conditioned interiors. Featured on CTBUH, Soft Tower, yle AREENA, Aalto University, ADDLAB Postitalo Torni Helsinki, 2012 CTBUH International Student Tall Building Design Competition Competition Finalist: 3rd Place Strict zoning ordinances (limiting... http://huerta.co/Page-Park-Pavilion http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Page-Park-Pavilion Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:23:57 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 3192954 <img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/exteriorender1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/exteriorender1_o.jpg" data-mid="16341019" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/exteriorender3.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/exteriorender3_o.jpg" data-mid="16341021" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/interiorrender2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/interiorrender2_o.jpg" data-mid="16341023" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/interiorrender1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/interiorrender1_o.jpg" data-mid="16341022" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/exteriorender2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/exteriorender2_o.jpg" data-mid="16341020" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/lighting.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/lighting_o.jpg" data-mid="16341025" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/diagram.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/diagram_o.jpg" data-mid="16341018" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/plans2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/plans2_o.jpg" data-mid="16341026" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/section.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/section_o.jpg" data-mid="16342556" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/axon.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/axon_o.jpg" data-mid="16341015" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/detail1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="16341016" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/detail2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/3192954/detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="16341017" border="0" align="left"/>Page Park Pavilion Los Angeles, 2012 ucla.AUD401 Advanced Topics Studio The Page Park Pavilion is a proposed multifunctional pavilion sited in George C. Page Park between the LACMA campus and the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. The design intent was to create a pavilion that would explore the shaping of space with materials and light and yet be both programmatically flexible and formally responsive to its context.       Driven by contextual forces, the pavilion massing aims to create both a contextual relation and initiate dialogue through a more surface active form. The pavilion for example shows sensitivity in its relation to the park by submerging part of the massing so as to soften the transition from landscape to building and contribute areas for seating. Through berming a relation is not only formed between that of the Page Museum massing, but the ramping in the berm allows ADA access to the roof surface of the pavilion. By cantilevering the building mass towards the Tar Pits the pavilion roof not only becomes an observation deck and a beacon from Wilshire Boulevard, but further creates a dialogue with the roof line of the Japanese Art Pavilion.       Read as an object, the pavilions contrasting relationship to the park and to surrounding buildings is achieved through a duality in its formal language, creating formal contrast through both softness and hardness. In its relation to the park landscape the pavilion takes on more Cartesian formal qualities, while in contrast to surrounding buildings the building massing becomes much more topological as it emerges from the ground.       Through a multi-use massing strategy based on lighting ambience the pavilion serves as a vessel for a multiplicity of activities. Temporal changes in lighting would bias certain programs, for example a more diffused lighting condition would provide the appropriate ambience for a gallery exhibit. The approach to the lighting concept of the Page Park Pavilion was to develop a formal strategy of surface inflection as a way to utilize the surface of the building as a light diffusing filter and avoid a homogenous lighting condition. Depth Diffusers for example are surface inflections that achieve light washing effects by creating depth and distance within the wall membrane, creating an indirect lighting condition. Point Light Diffusers in contrast use surface intersection as a means to create points of light intensity that function as light wells when the sun is aligned and as light emitting surface when lit indirectly. In their construction the light diffusing filters will be fiber reinforced plastic panels that are inserted into voids of the precasted concrete shell of the pavilion. Featured on suckerPUNCH Page Park Pavilion Los Angeles, 2012 ucla.AUD401 Advanced Topics Studio The Page Park Pavilion is a proposed multifunctional pavilion sited in George C. Page Park... http://huerta.co/Novosibirsk-Summer-Pavilion http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Novosibirsk-Summer-Pavilion Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:32:17 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2790514 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov1_o.jpg" data-mid="14164255" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov3.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov3_o.jpg" data-mid="14164258" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov4.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov4_o.jpg" data-mid="14164260" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov5.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov5_o.jpg" data-mid="14164261" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov11.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov11_o.jpg" data-mid="14164262" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov12.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2790514/nov12_o.jpg" data-mid="14164263" border="0" align="left"/>Novosibirsk Summer Pavilion Novosibirsk, 2007 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> In the contemporary digital environment, the grid-stiffened shell is newly relevant. Our re-examination of the grid-stiffened shell accepts the material sensibility of this earlier work while questioning its monotonous pattern geometry and tendency toward universal forms. This proposal for the Novosibirsk Pavilion is based on the simultaneous response of pattern to surface curvature and force pathways, generating a highly varied and informed structuration. Variability in pattern morphology, density, and depth allow for a localized structural tuning which would be impossible with an invariant pattern logic. Ultimately, limitations of traditional form-finding, where structures tend toward funicular forms, are lifted, and more complex surface shapes begin to be possible. Form-finding, no longer a determinant of global geometry, becomes a technique for optimizing regions of geometry in a larger structural ecology. Novosibirsk Summer Pavilion Novosibirsk, 2007 In the contemporary digital environment, the grid-stiffened shell is newly relevant. Our re-examination of the... http://huerta.co/Cell-House http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Cell-House Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:17 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2786663 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell3.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell3_o.jpg" data-mid="14163742" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell2_o.jpg" data-mid="14163740" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell1_o.jpg" data-mid="14163738" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell6.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell6_o.jpg" data-mid="14163743" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell7.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell7_o.jpg" data-mid="14163744" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell8.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786663/cell8_o.jpg" data-mid="14163745" border="0" align="left"/>Cell House Los Angeles, 2007 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> This house is primarily organized by cellular tectonics and structural performance rather than program or function in the modern sense. Walls become obsolete in their function of both dividing space and resolving loads in favor of a vivid, multidirectional system of forces and behaviors.       Floor plates, structural frame, and building envelope are not understood as independent systems, but rather as emergent behaviors resulting from variation and adaptation in a three dimensional cellular pattern. This pattern grows, spreads out, evolving toward local performance based on local conditions without breaking its genetic logic. The glass shell is characterized by micro-cells which exhibit in-plane membrane behavior while compression members branch and thicken toward the interior of the house, resolving lateral loads in floor plate diaphragms. The hybrid of cellular geometry and branching geometry allows for maximum flexibility in adapting to load cases. The sensibility of the space is based on the interplay of structural articulation and attenuation, where structural pathways are sometimes obfuscated. It is at these moments that dogmatic understandings of efficiency and excess are questioned. Cell House Los Angeles, 2007 This house is primarily organized by cellular tectonics and structural performance rather than program or function in the modern... http://huerta.co/Shenzhen-MoCA http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Shenzhen-MoCA Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:04:46 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2786615 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen1_o.jpg" data-mid="14143043" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen2_o.jpg" data-mid="14143044" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen13.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen13_o.jpg" data-mid="14143054" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen5.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen5_o.jpg" data-mid="14143050" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen9.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen9_o.jpg" data-mid="14143051" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen4.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2786615/shen4_o.jpg" data-mid="14143045" border="0" align="left"/>Shenzhen MoCA Shenzhen, 2007 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> The design of MoCA is based on structural morphologies found in nature, both in terms of their aesthetic and performative characteristics. Specifically, lilypads were examined for their biomathematical logic which includes a network of deep veins which support their wide diameters. Although lilypads float naturally on water, their overall stability is determined by the depth, number, and distribution of these veins. The building structure similarily spreads over architectural surfaces according to force flows, driven by a rule-based system of branching and computational subdivision.       Ultimately, the morphology of veining and structural surface relief can be understood as a semi-monocoque construction. The semi-monocoque, often found in aerospace and automobile construction, is based on the skin as structure, but utilizes stiffening ribs and bending members as needed to keep the strength-to-weight ratio optimized. The variable, composite sensibility of semi-monocoque construction offers an alternative to dogmatic frame and skin alternatives. Shenzhen MoCA Shenzhen, 2007 The design of MoCA is based on structural morphologies found in nature, both in terms of their aesthetic and performative... http://huerta.co/European-Solidarity-Center http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/European-Solidarity-Center Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:51:56 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2785691 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc1_o.jpg" data-mid="14142760" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc2_o.jpg" data-mid="14142761" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc9.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc9_o.jpg" data-mid="14142765" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc6.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc6_o.jpg" data-mid="14142763" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc8.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc8_o.jpg" data-mid="14142764" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc3.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785691/esc3_o.jpg" data-mid="14142762" border="0" align="left"/>European Solidarity Center Gdansk, 2007 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> The Wintergarden, a traditionally supplemental function, becomes the central organizing space of the European Solidarity Center. It is a garden microclimate intended for contemplation and relaxation which is simultaneously interior and exterior, natural and artificial. Suspended from the Shell, the Wintergarden can be seen from many spaces in the building and it contributes significantly to the overall atmosphere of the building.       The Wintergarden connects various programs in the building such as the Multifunctional Halls, Exhibition Halls, and the Jean Paul II Hall into a network of pathways and spaces. The Shell and Wintergarden operate together structurally forming a long-span structure. This structure is characterized by a cellular structure of large hollow members which delaminate inward to form moment frames and structural diaphragms. This structure allows maximum openness in the internal spaces and maximum integration of various building systems. European Solidarity Center Gdansk, 2007 The Wintergarden, a traditionally supplemental function, becomes the central organizing space of the European Solidarity... http://huerta.co/Mersey-Observation-Deck http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Mersey-Observation-Deck Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:12:59 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2785359 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey1_o.jpg" data-mid="14137082" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey2_o.jpg" data-mid="14137083" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey3.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey3_o.jpg" data-mid="14137084" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey4.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey4_o.jpg" data-mid="14137085" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey5.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey5_o.jpg" data-mid="14137086" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey9.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785359/mersey9_o.jpg" data-mid="14137087" border="0" align="left"/>Mersey Observation Deck Mersey, 2008 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> The underbelly of the Mersey Observation Deck is articulated in a different way, according to a formal pattern logic of cells which become apertures for airflow capture. Strong westerly and north-westerly winds on this waterfront site are directed into ducted air-intakes similar to those found in SCRAMjet technology, which forces air into compression ducts in order to increase its velocity. This high-velocity air is used to run wind turbines at the back of the ducts which generate electricity to be used for the power needs of the project. Overflow energy will not be stored in inefficient batteries but rather will be sold back onto the city grid.       The Deck is to be constructed out of interlocking fiber composite tubes and slabs, similar to bulkheads in ship construction. This type of monocoque construction is extremely lightweight, easy to transport, and low-maintainance. It is also highly favored in marine environments. Large component parts will be prefabricated, shipped with a barge to the site, and craned into place, significantly streamlining the erection process. High-strength adhesives will be used to attach the components. The embodied energy in fiber composites is less than in steel, and recent research has shown that fiber composites are recyclable despite their complex material interweaving. Mersey Observation Deck Mersey, 2008 The underbelly of the Mersey Observation Deck is articulated in a different way, according to a formal pattern logic of cells... http://huerta.co/Taipei-Performing-Arts-Center http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Taipei-Performing-Arts-Center Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:37 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2785290 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei1.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei1_o.jpg" data-mid="14136659" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei2_o.jpg" data-mid="14136660" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei3.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei3_o.jpg" data-mid="14136665" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei7.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei7_o.jpg" data-mid="14136668" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei9_2.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei9_2_o.jpg" data-mid="14136669" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei12.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785290/taipei12_o.jpg" data-mid="14136670" border="0" align="left"/>Taipei Performing Arts Center Taipei, 2008 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> The morphology of the Taipei Performing Arts Center is based on patterns of armatures and pleats which form an intricate ornamental network. Armatures are woven together to create the circulation and structure of the Concourse, forming deep spaces and views from the plaza into the building as well as from the building down into the Plaza and out into the city. Micro-pleats track along the armatures but also spread out along surfaces, spatially drawing visitors inside the Plaza. The sensations produced by this fluid geometry are heightened by a gradient of color which is most intense on the interior but fades out to the exterior of the building. Formal and color intensities are at their peak in the Concourse, and begin to atrophe toward the theater blocks at the perimeter of the site. In this way this project attempts to bridge classifications of generic and articulated form as well as monochromatic and variegated color. Taipei Performing Arts Center Taipei, 2008 The morphology of the Taipei Performing Arts Center is based on patterns of armatures and pleats which form an intricate... http://huerta.co/Perth-PhotoBioreactor http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/Perth-PhotoBioreactor Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:47:58 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2785200 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth03.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth03_o.jpg" data-mid="14136240" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth07.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth07_o.jpg" data-mid="14136243" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth01.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth01_o.jpg" data-mid="14136236" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth04.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth04_o.jpg" data-mid="14136241" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth02.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth02_o.jpg" data-mid="14136237" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth06.jpg" width="600" height="300" width_o="600" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/perth06_o.jpg" data-mid="14136242" border="0" align="left"/>Perth PhotoBioreactor Perth, 2009 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785200/emergent_o.gif" alt="EMERGENT"> The outer shells of the Photobioreactors are fiber-composite monocoque construction, pleated for stiffness. These structures support large transparent polycarbonate apertures to allow in sunlight while also protecting internal moving parts. Inside are coils of transparent acrylic which contain green or red algae colonies. The photosynthetic process of the algae requires carbon dioxide on the front end, and produces bio-diesel or hydrogen at the back-end. These devices therefore simultaneously remediate the environment by removing carbon dioxide from the local atmosphere and generate fuel in a closed-loop, off-the-grid system. One of the implications here is that energy production may, in the future, be super-localized and embedded in daily behaviors, rather than magically available from distant sources. Perth PhotoBioreactor Perth, 2009 The outer shells of the Photobioreactors are fiber-composite monocoque construction, pleated for stiffness. These structures... http://huerta.co/River-Culture-Pavilion http://huerta.co/following/huerta.co/River-Culture-Pavilion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0000 Huerta Design | Gabriel A. Huerta 2785156 River Culture Pavilion Daegu, 2011 <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/3/99878/2785156/asymptote_orange_header_asy_o.png" alt="Asymptote Architecture" border="0"> Coming Soon River Culture Pavilion Daegu, 2011 Coming Soon