PROTO//
ECO//LOGIC

Bachelor (Architecture) Degree Project of Julia Fraolini, Thomas Klein and Alexander Nikolas Walzer

 

Studio of Theodore Spyropoulos at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

Teaching Assistants: Johannes Ladinig, Paul Mandler, Thomas Mathoy. 

 

Interested in extreme environments the projects aims to address the currently

expanding Sahara Desert, taking the process of desertication as design driver.

Inspired by Markus Kayser’s research of combining both solar radiation and the

understanding of material state change to propose a building strategy we went from

initial small tests to more intense investigations of melting sand inside a glass school

and collaborated with the Institut of technical Biology to use microscopic devices.

Concerned with limitations of infrastructure in the deserts the argument for robotics

led us to further proceed with the use of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that were

prototyped, improved and redesigned under aspects of agility and weight.

Understanding working cycles and maintenance but also the organization and

communication behavior of the swarm systems we continued our research with both

physical and digital models of dunes and flows. Photogrammetry was used in order

to reevaluate already existing structures, densities and possibility for excavation.

Proto/eco/logic aims for a new possible way of creating an urban fabric by using

cutting edge technologies.

 

 

Exhibitions / Awards:

 

 

proto//eco//logic has been shown on the following occasions:

 

 

2015: "Honorable Mention" in the BEYOND / Pavilion of Innovation competition and exhibition at Construmat ( http://beyond.iaac.net/ ) in Barcelona, Spain.

2014: Undergraduate Thesis presentation and exhibition at the art space "Die Bäckerei" ( http://www.diebaeckerei.at/ ) in Innsbruck, Austria.