Un jardín virtual alimentado por la interacción humana
Martes 19 de junio, 2012
H.O.R.T.U.S, una nueva exhibición de ecoLogicStudio diseñada para para el AA Front Members Room, se compromete con las nociones en el desarrollo sustentable urbano de energía y arquitectura a través de un nuevo prototipo de jardinería. El proto-jardín hospeda micro y macro organismos de algas varias y también bacterias bioluminicentes. Con luces de ambiente calibradas a la iluminación exterior y una interface virtual customizada, H.O.R.T.U.S estimula la emergencia de nuevos materiales y sus narrativas espaciales correspondientes.
Flujos de energia (radiación luminosa), materia (biomasa, CO2), e información (imagenes, tweets, stats) son disparadas durante un período de crecimiento de cuatro semanas (lo que duró la exhibición en la AA), incluyendo multiples mecanismos de auto-regulación que involucran nuevas formas de auto-organización. ¡Más esquemas después de las fotografías!
Nombre/ H.O.R.T.U.S (ecoLogicStudio)
Arquitecto/ Claudia Pasquero y Marco Polett
Equipo/ Andrea Bugli, Mirco Bianchini, Philippos Philippidis
Superficie del jardín/ 7x5x4m
Número de foto-bioreactores/ 333 bolsas + 33 “briccole”
Rendimiento de biomasa/ 20kg. por semana
Flujo de oxigenación/ 3 bombas de 8w 550 l cada una
Sensores/ 20 sensores de luz + 20 luces led + 5 arduino
Interface/ web + bioreactores QR
Cliente/ Frente AA Sala de los Miembros
Año/ 2011
H.O.R.T.U.S proposes an experimental “hands on” engagement with these notions, illustrating their potential applicability to the masterplanning of large regional landscapes and the retro-fitting of industrial and rural architectural types, as exemplified in the project “Regional Algae Farm”developed by ecoLogicStudio for the Swedish region of Osterlen.
Visitors, AA students and staff are invited to engage daily with H.O.R.T.U.S inventing new protocols of urban bio-gardening; the biologic diversity within H.O.R.T.U.S is provided by lakes and ponds within Central London; as algal organisms require CO2 to grow visitors are invited to contribute by blowing air inside the various containers [photo-bioreactors] as well as adjust their nutrients’ content; oxygen is released as a result, feeding the other organisms in the “briccole” [bioluminescent bacteria] and in the room.
Information flowing daily through H.O.R.T.U.S feeds its emergent virtual garden, accessible via smart phones; its virtual plots are nurtured by the flow of observations posted by each visitor, locally and globally, by lighting levels data streams and by human interaction in real-time. Such virtual organism offers the opportunity for capturing and sedimenting information and cultivation practices, enriching the material experience of the visitor turned urban “cyber-gardener”.
H.O.R.T.U.S stimulates the emergence of novel material practices and related spatial narratives. In this accompanying event Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto will discuss with a pool of selected guest the design philosophy of the project and its relevance for contemporary architecture and urban design; the event will be structured around three moments, two conversations and an hands-on harvest event, which will see the public engaging directly with the garden: _conversation One: HORTUS ‘How To ‘will present the philosophy of the project, the design&make of the prototype installation and the potential applicability of these emergent material and spatial protocols to the master-planning of large regional landscapes. The conversation will unveil the details of the biological mechanisms at work, as well as the algorithmic design technique employed, the sensing and actuating devices and innovative digital interfaces embedded in the gardening apparatus _converastion Two: ’Systemic Design as Critical Practise’ will involve critical thinkers and designers, discussing how systemic design practises can acquire critical role in shaping a new notion of urban ecology within the contemporary architectural discourse.
