INTRODUCTION

FRAMEWORK // In The Build Environment

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS // By The United Nations

EXISTING GREEN FACADE SYSTEM // Reflection

OBJECTIVE // Research Question

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT // Sustainability as a Concept

STATE OF THE ART // Existing Research Projects

THE ORGANISM

FLORA PARAMETERS

MODULAR BRICK // Performative Layers

FABRICATION STRATEGY

SUBSTRATE // Composition

SUBSTRATE // Water Retention

SUBSTRATE // Experiments

SURFACE TEXTURE // Fabrication Development

MODULAR BRICK //  Geometrical Development

MODULAR BRICK //  Prototype

ECOSYSTEM

ASSEMBLY

MECHANISM

BIOME

FACADE SYSTEM // Parameters

BIOME // Holdrige Life Zones

FACADE SYSTEM // Computational Development

BIOSPHERE

GLOBAL POSITIONING

EVOLUTIONARY MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION

ARCHITECTURAL PERFORMANCE

PROTOTYPE FABRICATION VIDEO

Vert.Tical is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the
the second year of the Master in Advanced Architecture in the Thesis Studio: C.Biom-A in 2021/22
by Student: Alexander Dommershausen and Thesis Advisors: Marcos Cruz & Ricardo Mayor