The Last Resort

The Last Resort illustrates how the specific formal language of the Port of Rotterdam is used to come up with a functional and formal concept for a building at the entrance of the harbour. The contrast between industry & serenity. Logistics and dreams. A building that emerges the world of trade with personal experience of emptyness and intense...

Architectural DNA: A genetic exploration of complex structures

The approach demonstrated in this paper uses Evolutionary Computation (EC) to enhance and modify structural form based on biological micro structures.The forms are modified to conform to new boundary conditions associated with architectural structures.The process is based on a Genetic Algorithm (GA) which visually exposes for the designer a...