in between heaven and earth

IN BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTHLOOKING FOR

NEW ECOLOGIES OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

marialuisa palumbo - INARCH MASTER OF DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE

Edunia

is a Plantimal

Human or Posthuman?

Brain Gate System

BordersAre Growing

Earth is limited

Climate Change is a Reality

Tokyo, Japan

Urban Millennium“Sometime in the next year, a woman will give birth in the Lagos slum of Ajegunle... The exact event is unimportant and it will pass entirely unnoticed. Nonetheless it will constitute a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions. For the first time the urban population of the earth will outnumber the rural.”

Mike Davis, Planet of Slums, 2006

UN-Habitat, Understanding Slums, 2003

The Question Concerning Cities

More than half of the human population now lives in cities, which account for 75% of global energy consumption and 80% of greenhouse emissions.

Up to the 40% of the ecological footprint of a city is due to its food system (transport, packaging, storing and waste disposal).

Transmission lines

Landfill

Learning From Nature

Lightness (Resources Economy > Form follows Energy Flows)

Efficiency(High Performances + Resources Economy + Zero Waste)

Connectivity(net existence >

closed-loop system)

Master inEmerging Tecnologies

Venustas Utilitas Firmitas>>>

Form Function Structure>>

Constructive System + MorphoGenesis

>Form Finding or Finding Form?

ParaGenLabDesign studio lead by Fernando Rial

- Theory- Mapping- Parametric and Generative Design Lab:

Rhinoceros + Grasshopper- Scripting: Galapagos+Phython- Parametric Modeling : Revit- Rendering: 3D Studio MAX- Animations: Photoshop+Premiere+After Effects- Video Communication- Digital Fabrication Workshops:1. Material system & generative design: FROM CONTEXT NEUTRAL TO CONTEXT-AWARE DESIGN

2. Algorithmic design & bio-morphologies lab: EXPLORING BIO_MIMICRY

3. Performative Skin lab: FORM FOLLOWS ENERGY FLOWS

Stafano Campisi, Fabio Rebollini

“Traditional CAD products create lines, arcs, circles and a great variety of geometrical objects... A new generation of parametric design systems establishes models defined by a collection of constrained relationship between objects...The design shifts from drawing surfaces to setting up rules of interdependency -genotypes- leading to potential differentiation -phenotypes-.” Marco Vannucci_ Adams Kara Taylor

Nadia Avezzano_Carlotta Mannucci_Simona Tomasello

Marika Costanzo, Andrea Dochita, Alessandro Fisalli

Master inSustainable Architectures

Productive ResidenceDesign Studio lead by 2A+P/A

- Theory- Environmental Design Principles- CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics > Ecotect + ENVImet + WinAir- Design of Photovoltaic Systems- Sustainable Water Management - Passive systems for energy efficiency- Active Systems for Energy Efficiency and Production- LCA Life Cycle Assessment- Innovation in Building Technology and Construction- Natural and Artificial Lighting- Parametric Modeling > Revit- Economic Evaluation- Design Studio

“By aesthetic, I mean responsive to the pattern which connects”

Gregory Bateson, Mind and Nature, 1979

Mario Chiurazzi, Raimondo Ciocchi

Thank you!