Studio 11
Surf Pavillion
Igor Kebel and Eriko Watanabe, assisted by Andy Liu
Studio Background
The history of architectural manifestos equals history of architectural pavilions. Designers of pavilion architecture idealize the future and romanticise the possibilities of the present. Like architectural manifestos, pavilions are also condensers of new ideas about the ways we inhabit spaces:
-The realm of pavilion architecture is very exposed, especially in the field of architectural exploration of ‘file to factory ‘and ‘file to result ‘condition.
-Surfing at the Summer Olympics will make its debut in the 2020 Summer Olympic in Tokyo. The studio will investigate new architectural organizations of a surfing pavilion for the occasion in Tokyo.
Studio Program
The studio will investigate material informed designs from surfing industry, defined as a computational informing process that enhances the integration between the use, material and organizational form within the logic of fabrication technology. The notion of materially informed-surfaces will be introduced as a central concept of material-based design.
The first part of the studio will focus on material and structural form by investigating resource-saving design strategies, conventional-support-free systems, joints and junctions, responsive material and composites. The second part of the studio will explore design models for surfing pavilions, based on principles of digital inclusivity of the specific content, topological form, and digital manufacturing. The end results will be a synthesis of applied formal organizations, material, and performance.
The studio is run by Melbourne based architectural firm XO Projects. Technical support will be provided for the proposed workflow based on Maya, Rhino, and Grasshopper with some plug-ins (Kangaroo, Weaverbird, and others).
The studio requires a proficiency in Rhino or Maya modelling and basic Grasshopper skills.
Studio Leaders
Igor Kebel is the director of XO Projects. He has a degree from the University of Ljubljana and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. Igor Kebel’s expertise is centred on the notion of the mixed use, the design efficiency and parametric sustainability.
Eriko Watanabe is the director of urban design. She completed her master’s degree at Tokyo metropolitan university and later at the Berlage institute in Rotterdam. Her focus is on principles of blending the urban and the architectural scale. Eriko watanabe is conducting the research of incentive development models at XO Projects.
Andy Liu is a registered architect of XO projects. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2014. He has various projects experience with XO Projects through the years.
Reading & Reference
1.The Water Pavilion by Lars Spuybroek, https://brettosness.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/finalhtwo0_small.pdf
2.Surfer Today, https://www.surfertoday.com/
3.AAD_Algorithms-Aided Design, Arturo Tedeschi
ST1/11 Monday 6:15-9:15PM, MSD Room 449
ST2/11 Friday 10-1PM, MSD Room 448