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The Part and The Whole: Layering Climate Conditions
The project investigates the preconception of controlling occupants' thermal comfort through ceramic material innovations. Currently, mechanical systems maintaining indoor environments are responsible for 40% of energy use globally, with air-conditioning alone making up one-quarter of it. Local vernacular architecture and airflow dynamics studies influence the scheme, which focuses on natural ventilation and ceramic production's waste heat management. In effect, the architectural language responds to the issue of reducing the buildings' energy use.
The design proposal is a work/live community in a post-industrial site hidden in the backyard behind a bourgeois townhouse in Porto's Bonfim District. The city's forgotten ceramic manufacturing past intertwines with communal living. The residents and visitors can explore varied levels of private and public, indoor, and outdoor spaces that create layers of intermediate climatic characteristics.
Conceptual Arrangement of Three-Dimensional Tiles
The three-dimensional tiles in the collage were developed through studies of wind tower airflow dynamics in relation to Porto's traditional ‘azulejo tiles’. The composition envisions a layered landscape of platforms and plateaus on the flat site.
Speculative Ensemble of Balconies and Terraces
These speculative ensembles establish an architectural language of balconies and terraces that negotiate environmental climate and weather as well as stimulate convivial living in these in-between spaces.
Landscape of Terraces, Platforms, and Towers
The masterplan negotiates the existing structure and local climate. The best-kept old buildings are renovated for workspaces. The rest of the site provides housing, ceramic manufacturing, and social functions with pedestrian streets and courtyards.
Public In-Between Courtyards
Each housing block offers mixed units connected through communal indoor spaces with access to the outdoors. The courtyards in between elevated housing blocks mediate the distinction between private and public, inviting both residents and visitors.
Levels of Material Textures (1:50 Ceramic Model)
Levels of Material Textures (1:50 Ceramic Model)
This model explores the texture of various ceramic building components as well as the labyrinth and thresholds of public, communal, and private spaces within the scheme. The material homogeneity of this model highlights the versatility of ceramics.
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Summer Show 2023
23 June – 8 July 2023
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