miércoles, 18 de febrero de 2009

Aim of the kinetic structure

After having a clarifying chat with Michela, the main question arose: Why would I introduce a kinetic structure for solving an specific architectural problem?

The answer was found during the analysis of the site (context). I was thinking of a public square, where the need of shading and a temporary shelter should be needed in order to hold some public events, or purely to protect the people that gather in this place from sun and rain. Yesterday, Michela kindly offered a site to develop the structure: a public square in Bologna, Italy. This site enhace in some way the aim of the reseach. From my country background (Mexico) and from what I saw in Italy during a few months I was there, public squares are used to gather, people go to these places to meet other people and to socialize. So protecting this space to give a comfortable stay is one of the reasons.

In the other hand, people is familiarized with these spaces as open. So a big impact would be produced if a static structure is design. It can even make people to stop coming and enjoying the space.

Taking the above into account, the main objective of introducing a kinetic structure in a public square is to manage sunlight and rain water in order to bring a comfortable space to stay. This structure should be clever enough to keep the sence of outdoor space. Therefore two different movements where identifyied for the structure:

1. Small movement to control in an accurate way the light income, which entirely depends of the sun trajectory and the season; and to control rain water.

2. Big movement to completely open the structure and keep the sence of outdoor space. This movement can be achieved as Michela suggested by two means: Small accumulative movements or a single big scale movement. I think I still have to explore both possibilities.

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