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Kinsella . Melissa Sobrado . Juan Felipe Sols MID4A Workshop 2 Poli.design, Politecnico di Milano Prof Trabucco . Arq Danese

 from fossil fuels

A pavillion as a living organism inside the city

ALGAE IS LIFE

ALGAE + SUN + AIR + WATER

BIOFUEL

BIOFUEL
sustainable . renewable . non-polluTng

CONCEPT GENERATION

3 columns [elements] and an experimental plaza under the living membrane [biofuel].

INSPIRATION

ALGAECULTURE

Co2 + H2O + Light + Nutrients = Algae

Algae = Co2 Scrubber + Biofuel

Farming = Sustainable + Low Impact

PAVILLIONS

Materials and construcTon

The Cube / Park AssociaT Metropol Parasol / Jrgen Mayer Burnham / Zaha Hadid

ReecTon of the city

Wooden rib system

Frame & skin

Environment use
Shanghai / Atelier Feichang Jianzhu Air Forest by Mass Studies One Day Poem / Jiyeon Song

Rain misTng system

Wind inaTon system

Sun WriTng

User circulaTon
Swiss Pavillion / Buchner Brndler Danish Pavillion / BIG

Chair lid journey

Bike & pedestrian conTnous exhibiTon

INTERACTIVE SURFACES

SURFACE FURNITURE

INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN

PROJECT APPROACH

THE SITE

Piazzeta Reale is a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the historical inner city of Milan, allowing for a great variety of acTviTes. Aim is for the locaTon to be temporarily perceived as a contemporary urban centre.

FIRST APPROACH ON SITE

FOCUS AXES

FOCUS AXES

UNPLUGGED

6am

UNPLUGGED

10am

UNPLUGGED

12pm

UNPLUGGED

6pm

UNPLUGGED ON SITE

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

columns

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

conTnous ramp

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

ramp mesh and lookout point

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

column caps

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

surface

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

parametric rib system

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

internal surfaces and chambers

PAVILLION ELEMENTS

enclosure and tubular elements

BIOCONSTRUCTIVISM

BIOCONSTRUCTIVISM

Surface

Ramp mesh

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

Rib structure Polyurethane coated laminated wood

DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY

Joint system between ribs

USER EXPERIENCE

INTERIOR SYSTEMS

INTERIOR SYSTEMS

Light

Water Air Algae

SUN
Sunlight enters from above and is intensied by mirrored surface

Lower chamber

Solar tunnel reects light through perforated observaTon tube in upper chamber

Projected light cast on oor

Water
Rainwater is harvested

Filtered

Cooling mist

Treated with ultra violet light

Lower chamber

Puried water is dispersed as a mist Filtered again

Air
Plants are used to lter out toxins, absorb Co2 and oxygenate air

Lower chamber

Puried air blown to cool and rejuvenate

Puried, oxygenated air to cool and refresh

Mother-in-laws-tongue (Sansevieria Trifasciata)

Hydroponic System

Money Plant Areca Palm (Epipremnum Aureum) (Chrysalidocarpus Lutescens)

CHAMBER EXPERIENCE
Tubular Transport System Light Chamber

Water Chamber

Air Chamber

BIOFUEL

Micro-Algae Biofuel is a non- toxic, non-poluTng, renewable energy source that is sustainable

Micro-Algae produces 100% more Biofuel per acre of land than any other bio-material

THE UNPLUGGED PAVILLION

FLOOR PLAN
DUOMO

MUSEO 900

PALAZZO REALE

ROOF PLAN

SECTION VIEW

VIEW FROM MAIN FOCUS AXIS

VIEW FROM PALAZZO REALE

VIEW AT NIGHT

VIEW FROM SIDE STREET

VIEW FROM MAIN FOCUS AXIS

RAMP EXPERIENCE

LOOKOUT EXPERIENCE

SOUVENIRS

THANK YOU

THANK YOU

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