//C-BIOM.A GROUP COSMOGRAMME

//C-BIOM.A INDIVIDUAL COSMOGRAMME

URBAN CLIFF

//RESEARCH OUTLINE

To address the ageing buildings and the way they have been conditioned in the existing environmental surrounding, by investigating different morphological systems with a bio composite that can generate microclimates that dynamically responds to its context and allow various biodiverse ecosystems to take place.

// CLIFF FORMATIONS

Looking at the morphological, biological formations within a cliff.

// BIOCOMPOSITE

Choosing a soil that can than be used within the development of a biocomposite material research. Generating a catalogue of possible material combinations to achieve different material compositions.

 // FABRICATION

To develop a formwork for the biocomposite material to be cast, that can be a representation of a cliff elevation. Than to develop a new tool that can carve out pockets and crevices within the biocomposite, in order to create nutrient pockets within the representation of the cliff for growth to occur. This biocomposite will than be exposed to enhanced weathering conditions for the surface to respond to its environmental condition.

 // COMPUTATION

To develop alongside the fabrication method a digital cliff formations that can be used as a formeworm for the surface of the prototype to be cast into.

 // ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATION

To develop a vertical cliff system that be applied to an Urban landscape that is responsive and dynamic to its environment.

URBAN CLIFF  is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Master in Advanced Architecture 2020/21 by:

Student: Léa Garguet-Duport

Faculty: Mireia Luzarraga