Architects: Archi Union Architects Inc. / Location: Shanghai, China / Year: 2010

DESCRIPTION: Located in an old industrial park in Shangai, China. Intended to convert a partial ruin building from a warehouse to an architectural studio/office. The concept of the “Silk Wall”, the external wall which surrounds the warehouse, was inspired by the manipulation of simple material being used today for fabrication processes.

CONCEPT:

While selecting materials, the idea of face decoration was rejected to camouflage the building. The chosen material were cinder blocks which are used commonly throughout China because they are inexpensive. While pushing and analyzing the material; the rigidness and linearity, it was decided that instead of using the typical brick layering system with basic stacking idea, stacking algorithms would be created to make the material more vivid.

SCRIPT:

1.set plane / 2.create grid (set cell with same plane) / 3.array grid / 4.divide grids into single rows / 5.create differentiation for squares (Yes and no for each square) / 6.give thickness to each bloque / 7.create each bloque / 8.create lines to pull points / 9.remap distance values between curves for the rotation component / 10.rotate bloques / 11. visualize geometry

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