Transplantable Urban Organs

Rotterdam is preparing a bid to host the World Expo in 2025, which should support the move towards a new sustainable reality. The World Expo is expected to host over a hundred country pavilions, for 50 million visitors for a period of 6 months. World Expo Rotterdam 2025 supports the right towards a new sustainable reality, which comprises...

Freeform Follows Functions

This research is twofold. Firstly it treats the complexity of design using a computational intelligent method to achieve, with regard to a limited set of goals, high performing designs. Secondly, an architectural and structural challenge to conceptually design a freeform roof framework, which integrates structural rigidity and non-standard...