co-founder of subarquitectura architects carlos bañonairlab : carlos banon + felix raspall photo :...

Carlos Banon is co-founder of Subarquitectura

Architects Spain, Assistant Professor of Architecture

and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University

of Technology and Design, and co-founder of AirLab.

He holds an M.Arch. with Extraordinary Distinction.

He also held visiting professorships at MIT

Massachussetts Institute of Technology and at EPFL,

and was invited to lecture by a number of universities,

including ETSAM Madrid, UIC Barcelona, KEA

Copenhagen and PUPR Puerto Rico. His research

projects spans from 3D Printing applied to actual

building components, Artificial Intelligence to design

tall structures, Affordable Housing prototypes and

parametric geometric explorations for space making.

He also implements his research interests into actual

buildings through his architectural practice. He was

awarded with the Design of the Year Prize by the

London Design Museum, received international

recognition with the Golden Medal given by the

International Olympic Committee, the Mies Van der

Rohe Prize nomination, and the Spanish Biennial

Prize.

Carlos Bañon1978

Alicante . Spain

Assistant Professor at SUTDCo-Founder of SUBARQUITECTURA Architects

Co-Founder of AIRLAB

Santa Creu Hostel2017

Tabarca Island . Spain

Commission.Prize in ASCER Awards 2017

Sitting along a row of traditional two-storey residential buildings on this little island, the plot faced restrictive urban conditions. Hence, we had to explore design solutions that allow us to

maximise the use of the plot volumetrically.

A subtle turn of the summit makes it possible to generate two rooms with independent terraces with privileged views towards the sea and towards the town, respectively. In the access through the main façade, a large lattice filters the natural lighting towards a space that visually connects common spaces and serves as an access point to the main distributor and in turn to all the rooms of the hotel, prioritizing the spatial

quality of the whole.

Top View 01

Main Room View 02

Distributor Space 03

Lattice Facade 04

Patterned Shadow 05

Half Sports Hub2017

Alicante . Spain

A large empty space is enabled by means of a long-spanning steel truss frame, providing an open interior space for sports activities and an unobstructed 50-meter glazing that allows indirect sunlight into the building from the north.

The pellucid polycarbonate material creates a green interior glow during the day and illuminates the exterior at night completely changing the

image of the building.

First Prize in International Competition.Selected in 40 under 40 Spain.

Floor Plan of the Half Built Sports Hall 06

Side View . South - West 07

North - East Facade 08

Sports Space 09

O,H Platform2018

SUTD Campus in Singapore, and Venice Biennale

Research Project.Exhibited in the Venice Biennale 2018 as part of the Singapore Pavilion

By using folding as the chosen geometric strategy, a 12mm thin piece of acrylic polymer is smoothly bent to gain the necessary inertia to span without compomising the stability of the

working surface.

Two types of 3D printed connections receive, with an extreme degree of continuity, the surface and twelve very slender supports. The result is a seamless volume, white and neutral, and a extremely light platform to display information.

Detail : Corian Board + 3D Printed Connector + Aluminium Legs 10

Side View 11

Front View 12

Ultra-light Networks2016

Marina Bay . Singapore

International Open Competition Awarded ProjectExhibited in MIT / ACADIA 2017

Suspended over its visitors, the display engages the public through responses to their movements below, controlled by over 50,000 distinct LED pixels and their parent algorithm. This is made possible through five Teensy microcontrollers, working in conjunction with three ultrasonic sensors at the base of the structure, resulting in

a lively and illuminating experience.

Floor Plan : 10 x 5 x 2.5 m 13Side View from the Promontory. 15

Close Up of the Structure. Addressable LED shining. 14

Context View with Marina Bay Sands 16

Tram Stop + Plaza2007

Alicante . Spain

First Prize in international competition . Best Design by London Design Museum 2008

Mies Van der Rohe Nomination 2008Honorary Mention in Balthasar Neumann Prize 2007

Spanish Biennale 2007-2008 AwardSecond Prize in LAMP Lighting Awards 2007

Building the Tram stop was an opportunity to give back to the city a space that had been taken from it; transform a roundabout in a public plaza.

There is no distinction between finish and structure, nor between walls and roof. It is an isotropic material in its conception and construction. Eight hundred circular drillings lighten as well as provide resistance against normal strains. Light and air pass throught its pores, softening the shade and providing a breeze in the summer months while at the same

time offering less resistance against the wind.

17Floor Plan : Plaza + Parametric Romantic Garden + Tram Stop

Parametric Romantic Garden : 2 x 32 different aternatives to get the platforms.

Urban View : part of the railway infrastructure.

Under the Canopy : 36m cantilever over 2 compressed supports

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Prototypologies2016

Pungol . Singapore

Options Studio . SUTDConsidered for IACS 2019 Lisbon

Working with mixed-use high-rise as the chosen building type, makes it necessarily to think about structure, space and program in combination to address the complexity of the “vertical city”, contrary to the traditional conception of an office tower, where repetition overrides any opportunity

for space making exploration.

Hence, geometry has to deliver much more complexity than in the design of less demanding

building typologies. efficiency.

Pamela Dychengbeng Chua Triew Mong Nhu Lau Jie Hao Ho Wei Sze

Soh Yi Ling Judaxil Pan Shi Qian Shafiq Affandi Lou Zhi Niing

Ng Hui Lin Chou I Hsuan Ong Li Yen Oor Eiffel

Chow Man Yee Geraldine Quek Cho Hui Hui Cherise Timothy Lum Jing Liang

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2116 Design Studio / Geometric Explorations

Spatial Gymnastics : Public Areas 22

Rendering of the Mix-Used Proposal 23

1:100 Physical Model. 24

vMesh Pavilion2016

SUTD . Singapore

Research Project

This project explores lightness in spatial architectural structures using additive manufacturing. All of the printed nodes (19 of which are metal, and 72 of which are nylon) were parametrically tailored specifically for their own geometric positions based on the number of concurring bars, and the angle between them. This strategy results in a true, free-form shape where connections are optimized and flush with

the section of the bars.

25Section of 3D Printed Connector

Close-up View of the mesh.

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Overall View at SUTD’s Main Hall 27

91 Different Bespoke joints. Steel + Nylon 26

Decantos Winery Hotel2017

Valle de Guadalupe . Mexico

Commission. Ongoing

Valle de Guadalupe’s landscape has not a clear scale : large boulders, steep mountains and a strong draught shapes the region. It required a reometric response that mediates between the two exisisting conditions of the area : vertical /

portrait, and horizontal / landscape.

Twelve parametrically designed hotel rooms work as the -almost- invisible interface between the user and the context: an optical device to

capture landscapes.

Other systems run in parallel : the chapel and the swimming pool are designed with circular geometries, extremely pragmatical yet full of

nuances and programmatic opportunities.

29Front Facade / Back Facade

Back view : Cork used as a sustainable maerial for the facade. 31

Parametric Exploration : Geometry of each of the units. 30

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System of Swimming Pools . Waters at a different temperature. 32

Sombra Verde2018

Urban Design Festival . Singapore

Competition . Research Project

To rethink bamboo construction embraces the use of cutting-edge technology in combination

with a deep knowledge of craftmanship.

This project sets a profound research on redefining bamboo structures, using low-cost 3D printed technologies to solve with an extreme degree of accuracy, the connections between the parts of the mesh, allowing for free-form design and to be the support of surfaces : roofs, slabs, foundations and enclosure are succeptible to be incorporated in the system. This canopy, as a test-case generates a central space in Duxton Hill. A space to slow down, look

at the sky and enjoy a soft green shade.

33Drone View.

Canopy and its green shadow. 36

Close up of one of the connectors. Bamboo + PLA = 100% sustainable. 34

35Sky View

Lanterns by the Bay2018

Mid-Autumn Festival. Gardens by the Bay. Singapore

3DPA Research Project. Ongoing commission.

A device to look at the close enviroment; to capture the spots and to filter the light; a

landmark, a lantern in the garden.

This design for the Mid-Autumn Festival will create a different atmosphere, where the light

and density of air, change.

Fabricated in structural steel and metal 3D Printed connections, this architectural piece will be the first-of-its-kind to create space using

metal additive manufacturing.

Colour-Filtered views / transparent and tinted envelope. 40

37Geometric Exploration : Convex Hull of the views

39Metal 3D Priinted connectors : seamless geometry

Moon . Lantern. Reflections by the Supertrees. 41

Photo : Jesus Granados





Subarquitectura

Photo : Carlos Banon



Photo : Pablo Pacheco



Airlab : Carlos Banon + Felix Raspall

Photo : Subarquitectura



Subarquitectura

Photo : David Frutos

Photo : Alberto Vicente

Photo : David Frutos

3D Printed Models : Carlos Banon

Project : Lynn Ong

Project : Lynn Ong




Photo : Airlab : Carlos Banon + Felix Raspall

Photo : Airlab : Carlos Banon + Felix Raspall

Subarquitectura

Subarquitectura

Subarquitectura

Subarquitectura

Airlab : Felix Raspall + Carlos Banon + Felix Amstberg









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