Exploring bio-parametric solution-based design process for an ephemeral pavilion

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https://doi.org/10.11606/gtp.v17i1.183658

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Bio-inspired architecture, Sartorius muscle, Serpentine gallery, Parametric pavilion

Abstract

This research proposes an experimental design approach to design an ephemeral pavilion located at the Serpentine Gallery in London. The Serpentine Pavilions Programme functions as an experimentation laboratory and, at the same time, public and event spaces, enabling architects to expose their projects and work methodologies. Thus, the methods of Biomimicry and Parametric Design were combined to develop the pavilion. While the first one was used to create an ephemeral pavilion based on the Sartorius muscle, the second was responsible for generating the parametric model from a fast and intuitive manipulation code capable of exploring shape variations. This work explores the solution-based method approached by Badarnah (2012) based on a predefined problem (the pavilion project) and only after that seek some natural inspiration. Firstly, it was investigated the anatomy of the Sartorius muscle. Subsequently, with the domain of the solution, the parametric insertion of the shape was computationally performed. The anatomical study of the sartorius muscle revealed functions such as flexion, abduction, lateral rotation of the thigh, and medial rotation of the knee. Thus, the architectural choices reflect both its narrow and elongated morphology of the muscle and flexibility and rotation aspects. The pavilion also considered the previous Serpentine Pavilions regarding attributes such as area, height, and materials, which with other parameters may be changed using the code implemented in Grasshopper.

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Author Biographies

  • Elton Cristovão da Silva Lima, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Elton Cristovão holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and studies a master’s degree in Urbanism at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He held monitoring at the Department of Graphic Expression of UFPE in disciplines of Graphic Geometry and Architectural Drawing. He participated in some institutional internships in which he researched the quality of spaces in social housing under the methodology of shape grammar and space syntax. He participated as a volunteer in a Scientific Initiation Research in which developed works related to the use of parametric modeling and rapid prototyping in the teaching of graphic expression.

  • Cristina Matsunaga, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Cristina Matsunaga is Architect and Urbanist graduated from UFPE. She was a volunteer researcher of Scientific Initiation addressing the Shape Gramar, Socia Housig and BIM. She had experience as a monitor of the discipline of Architecture and Urbanism 5 Studio. She developed a Final Work on Parametric Modeling applied to evolutionary social housing.

  • Leticia Teixeira Mendes, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Leticia Teixeira Mendes holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho – UNESP (2004), a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP (2010) and a PhD in Architecture, Technology and City from UNICAMP (2014), in the line of research on Methodology and Design Theory and the City. She is currently Assistant Professor of the Department of Graphic Expression at UFPE, acting in the undergraduate courses in Architecture and Urban Planning, Engineering and Graphic Expression and in the Postgraduate Program in Urban Development (MDU). She is coordinator of the Laboratory of the Experiment Group on 3D Artifacts (GREA3D) since 2015. She has experience in Architecture and Urban Planning, focusing on Methodology and Design Theory, acting on the following subjects: parametric modeling, rapid prototyping, digital fabrication, social housing, design methodology, shape grammar and generative design systems.

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2021-11-12

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2022): special issue in partnership with the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi)

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LIMA, Elton Cristovão da Silva; MATSUNAGA, Cristina; MENDES, Leticia Teixeira. Exploring bio-parametric solution-based design process for an ephemeral pavilion. Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology), São Carlos, v. 17, n. 1, p. 65–79, 2021. DOI: 10.11606/gtp.v17i1.183658. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/gestaodeprojetos/article/view/183658.. Acesso em: 3 jun. 2024.