Relational Urbanism

MULTILATERED CITY

This exercise worked as an exploration of how to coordinate inputs of land use building type and massing into  single model which could allow the user to think the masterplan as a layered  system where particular functional relations can be established across the project. In this sense, the idea of masterplan as an extruded project derived from the footprint defined by the street becomes obsolete and  

 

WORKING WITH THE OVEARLL CHARACTER OF THE POJECT

The relational model manages different land uses in fur different levels o the c2ity (ground level, plinth 1 and 2 and towers). It allows inputs of different tendencies / likelihood for each land per level and then allows the user to control both heights and tendencies so that an generate characteristic options controlling the overall area.

In this sense, the models allows to explore the outcome of the city  in broad terms such as retail based, residential character, allowing a quick 3D checking, as well as real time information on total numbers generated.

Composite and use distribution per level

GROUND FLOOR

PLINTH 1

PLINTH 2

TOWERS

Tendency for office

Tendency for commercial

Tendency for residential

Tendency for equipment

Type catalogue for buildings at four levels

Option generation (Dense left, sparse, right)