Points make lines, lines make form and form create spaces. This was the primary idea behind this project: point sweep along paths and wires generate spaces. In exploration steps, I populated random points in 3d space and railed them to create wires. The form-finding process began with scripting. The component is used to create random agents as points to sweep along rails that change its vector in 3-dimensional space wires are structural elements and make semi-open spaces simultaneously.
The collection of discrete rails not only is a symbol of assemblage objects they all create a bigger object as a whole. One of the ideas for designing this pavilion was to create a building that has different purposes from day to night. This building has two external skins. The first enclosure has many openings which create interesting combinations of shadow and light in the interior space. The second skin connects to the structure that is connected to the inside skin. But the outer skin ( the pipes) is designed to work as a structure itself.
Second-skin which is built of pipes does not block the view to the urban environment. Designing this pavilion as an icon for Los Angeles let me develop the idea of using colorful lights at night for special events.
Using pipes has also the purpose of collecting the heat from solar radiation. As the sun heats up the water and the glycol mixture in the pipes, thermal energy gets collected in underground tanks. The thermal energy can then be used for multiple purposes including; heating the building at night by recirculating the stored hot water, cooling the building during the day, using absorption chillers, or even generating electricity using the thermal gradients.
The inner enclosure has many openings which create interesting combinations of shadow and light in
the interior space. The changing the angle of the sun and specific shapes of shades make the shadows and light
interesting in the space. Since most of the time in Los Angeles is sunny, the coming light inside of the building was an opportunity for design. Since the sun is powerful in summer the lighting will not come too much inside of the buidling.
2017
Using pipes has also the purpose of collecting the heat from solar radiation. As the sun heats up the water and the glycol mixture in the pipes, thermal energy gets collected in underground tanks. The thermal energy can then be used for multiple purposes including; heating the building at night by recirculating the stored hot water, cooling the building during the day, using absorption chillers, or even generating electricity using the thermal gradients.
Mahdi Ghavidel Sedehi
