SMALL IS MORE. Wooden Pavilion As a Path of Research
Several shelters have been recently developed by Politecnico di Milano for different purposes but with a common character: smallness. Small is More shows how workshops with students can be extremely efficient and productive on real targets and how materia
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Abstract Several shelters have been recently developed by Politecnico di Milano for different purposes but with a common character: smallness. Small is More shows how workshops with students can be extremely efficient and productive on real targets and how materiality is important to learn and step over any parametric approach. Of course, parametric tools can be very useful to manage the design phase and optioneering strategies but, in the end, only real built structure unveils the power of architecture. The paper will show some of this examples where Smallness can be of great effect: Akragashelter in Agrigento—Valle dei Templi (UNESCO Workshop), with a structure in gabion-wall, the roof in fir wood, and parametric design; C-ASA, Active House Shelter in Lecco (Politecnico di Milano ASA Workshop), with CLT structure, aerospace thermo-reflective insulations, and zinc-titanium outer skin; Equilatera, the social Shelter in Favara (FARM Cultural Park), digitally designed, with recycled CLT wasted studs for the structure; Teagloo, in Tokyo with Kengo Kuma Lab (The University of Tokyo), digital designed structure in sushi bamboo baskets, with FRP reinforcements; Veneer House, in VIS (Croatia) with Prof. Hiroto Kobayashi and KOBAYASHI MAKI DESIGN WORKSHOP (Keio University, Tokyo). The learning process has been thought with real targets for social purpose and students have participated in designing real case studies, which are now still in full function. Keywords Wooden shelters · Smallness · Materiality · Design optioneering Real prototypes M. Imperadori (B) · G. Salvalai · A. Vanossi · F. Brunone Department of Architecture, Built Environment, Construction Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Italy e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 F. Bianconi and M. Filippucci (eds.), Digital Wood Design, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 24, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03676-8_61
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1 Introduction Design can only find its reliable check by real construction. After modeling, checking, optioneering, and prototyping through scaled mock-ups, the only real way to see if it works or not is to build. How is it possible involving students and respecting low budgets and safety? Small pavilions are an opportunity of endeavor and research about functions, structure, volumes, and aesthetics. The use of small pavilions for experimentation in new technologies and new approaches in construction is very evident in a series of small pavilions presented in a set of conferences that, starting from Advanced in Architectural Geometry 2008, has been held in all over the world in the last ten years. Smart Geometry or Computational Design Symposium are other examples of this process. Parametric is the driver, students from many universities, like Politecnico di Milano, TU University of Vienna, ETH Zurich ecc.. and professionals from companies like Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Arup… present every year innovati
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