/ Shading Machines
Shading Machines is a case study on modular and modulating typologies for shading structures set at the Old Port Area Chania, Crete. It aims at an open and dynamic shading system that is continuous, heterogenous, and multiple, able to account for the richness and diversity of the built environment of Chania’s Venetian Harbour. The structural and formal typologies proposed to reflect the spatial layout through superimposing and adjustable elements that can adapt to changing needs in real-time.
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#mechanisms
01.DEEP STRUCTURE | THE UNIT
Three fixed and three telescopically-moving elements, as well as their combinatorial possibilities, compose the full set of the kit of elements. Prefabricated metal-frame structures come in three length sizes 3.60m, 5.40m, and 7.20m, and match their overhead shading panels. Variously combined, the fixed and moving elements provide for different shading scenarios that can shade areas from 2.40 to 12.8m, in length.
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what
SHADING MACHINES
MODULAR STRUCTURES / MODULATING SPACES
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how big
1.5 km
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why
TOPOLOGIZE TYPOLOGIES
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where
CHANIA, CRETE
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process
01.DEEP STRUCTURE | THE UNIT
02.BEST-FIT ALGORITHM | ON/OFF MODULES
03.THE UNIT SYSTEM | MODULAR AND MODULATING TYPOLOGIES
04.OTHER ELEMENTS
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UNIT 00_MODULAR STRUCTURE | MODULATING SPACE
visualisation | 2014
STRUCTURAL TYPOLOGY
visualisation | 2014
FORMAL TYPOLOGY
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#superimposition
02.BEST-FIT ALGORITHM | ON/OFF MODULES
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model | 2014
visualisation | 2014
ELEVATION/SECTION | MODULES VARIATION
visualisation | 2014
PLAN | MODULES VARIATION
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#typology
03.THE UNIT SYSTEM | MODULAR AND MODULATING TYPOLOGIES
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model | 2014
SHADING MACHINES | SUPERIMPOSITION DIAGRAM
visualisation | 2014
MODULAR UNIT | SHADING STRUCTURE
visualisation | 2014
MODULAR UNIT | METAL STRUCTURE
visualisation | 2014
MODULAR UNIT | AXONOMETRIC AND DETAILING
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04.OTHER ELEMENTS
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visualisation | 2014
ROOF SHADING SYSTEM | PLANS AND DETAILING
visualisation | 2014
AUTONOMOUS SHADING UNIT | PLANS AND DETAILING
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what
SHADING MACHINES
MODULAR STRUCTURES / MODULATING SPACES
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how big
1.5 km
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why
TOPOLOGIZE TYPOLOGIES
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where
CHANIA, CRETE
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process
01.DEEP STRUCTURE | THE UNIT
02.BEST-FIT ALGORITHM | ON/OFF MODULES
03.THE UNIT SYSTEM | MODULAR AND MODULATING TYPOLOGIES
04.OTHER ELEMENTS
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