PARTY-TIONS  –  smart partitions for Mies van der Rohe Barcelona pavillion.

Barcelona pavilion is an impressive building, designed in 1929 by famous architect Mies van der Rohe for international Exposition in Barcelona.
Even nowadays the building looks very stylish, modern and beautiful. Different meetings and presentations are held inside the building.
However, the planning designed 90 years ago in some cases is not very flexible and responsive to contemporary needs.

Party-tions project is an attempt to develop a system of smart partitions, that can adapt to the desired parameters of space and fill the interior accordingly.
After inputting the amount, area and configuration of needed spaces into the script, the system designs amorphous shapes of needed density, thickness and transparency. Moreover, at night the installation can be lit in different colours, attracting peoples’ attention to the interior of the pavilion.

Pseudo-code:

1. DEFINING BASE SPACE FOR INSTALLATION
2. CREATING BASE GEOMETRY
3. EXTRACTING SURFACE TO POPULATE
4. SELECTING SPACIAL TYPOLOGY
5. ADJUSTING PARAMETERS OF TYPOLOGIES
6. DEFINING KEY BREP, POINT ADDITION, STARTING SURFACE
7. CREATING A CLOUD OF POINTS
8. FINDING CLOSEST POINTS
9. STARTING THE LOOP
10. ALTERING THE NUMBER OF ITERATIONS
11. INTERPOLATING POINTS
11. COLLECTING CURVES
12. OPTIONALLY ADDING MORE CURVES WHERE MORE DENSITY IS NEEDED
13. MERGING CURVES
14. INPUTTING CURVES INTO COCOON
15. ADJUSTING PARAMETERS ACCORDING TO THE TYPOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
16. COMBINIG & CLEANING RESULTING MESH
17. EVALUATING MESH AND APPLYING A GRADIENT

Script:

Rooms iterations:

Iteration, created for 6 small rooms, connected with each other. The partitions have a medium level of transparency.

Iteration, created for 6 medium-sized rooms. The partitions have a medium level of transparency.

Halls iterations:

Iteration, created for 2 large halls. The partitions have a medium level of transparency.

Iteration, created for 2 large halls. The partitions have a low level of transparency and high density.

Passageways iterations:

Iteration, created for a passageway. The partitions have a high level of transparency.

Iteration, created for a passageway. The partitions have a low level of transparency and high density.

Conceptual render:

Video:

Faculty: Rodrigo Aguierre
Assistants: Nikoleta Mougkasi, Daniil Kosheliuk
Student: Ivan Marchuk