Design and
digital methods
After an excursion to Amsterdam and a survey of the
site to be planned, a given spatial program was to be
followed by a design that was as complex and creative
as possible.
Rhino and Grashopper were used to design an
algorithm that simulated the forces of attraction
between the rooms and to defined external anchor
points. For this purpose, previously defined parameters
were set in relation to each other via architecturally
relevant relationship factors between individual rooms.
The resulting "optimal state" of the rooms in relation to
each other was then translated into a floor plan that
reflects the spatial program of the Architekturfabrik.
By incorporating the results of some preliminary
exercises in structuralism, the concept of a park
emerged, under which the architecture factory extends
underground and is linked by long corridors.