Description of the project by Margen-Lab
The ENDESA WORLD FAB CONDENSER is a thermodynamic prototype, a bioclimatic dome installed at the fast-changing Plaça de Glories, within the framework of the BCN FAB10 Congress (the 10th international congress on digital fabrication).
The prototype explores connections between parametric design, passive environmental strategies and local digital fabrication.
It was designed globally (Margen-Lab in collaboration with IAAC and the Fab Lab Network), sourced locally (using only local organic materials, grown with the sun, linen and wood) and produced in proximity industries and Barcelona laboratories.
The prototype was designed (coded) in 2 months, fabricated in 5 days and assembled in 4 days, with the help of volunteers coming from Fab Labs all over the world.
01 DIGITAL PRE-FABRICATION
Digital technologies are transforming the old ways of understanding prefabrication. They are changing the ways in wich industry manage production. And most importantly, they are changing the interrelations between designers, industries and raw material sourcing.
The pavilion is composed by triangular 20 components. Components are all different but they share identical constructive and material logics.
Parametric design bring us the possibility to work with such geometrical variation, while the identical component logics and digital fabrication tecnologies speed up comunications (design-machine) and production process.
The algorith was produced in 2 months, prefabrication concluded in 5 days and assebly completed in 4 days.
02 PASSIVE CLIMATICS
The dome seeks to render the surrounding termodynamic and climatic processes.
The initial geometry is first adapted to minimize incident solar radiation in summer while maximizing it in winter.
The skin is bulging and open in sail-like geometries to accelerate wind-speeds and facilitate the use of crossed ventilation. Nort-south orientation of openings follows mountain-sea direction (main Barcelona wind directions) generating repetititve morning-afternoon wind patterns.
A perforated surrounding wooden floor, a platform of 200sqm, acts as a fress air reservoir, injected naturaly into the main space each time wind flows.
03 Km0 ARCHITECTURE
Digital fabrication shortens the links between raw material, post-prodessign, designer and final user. The project then becomes the whole life cycle of the projected product. The project is the production chain.
The prototype was designed globaly (with the collaboration of the Fab Lab Network) and fabricated locally (using local materials and resources and BCN fabrication laboratories and factories).
All used materials were natural (wood and linen) and locally sourced. The industries and companies involved were medium scale and locally based (in a range of 80 km).
Finally, the assembly process is totally reversible. Wood and fabrics can be disassembled, reused or recycled.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architects.- Margen-Lab (Daniel Ibáñez and Rodrigo Rubio).
Colaboration.- ENDESA, FAB LAB NETWORK.
Promoter.- IAAC.
Project.- BCN FAB10 international congress on digital fabrication.
Area.- 160m² (ext), 26m² (int)
Year.- july 2014.
Localitation.- Design DHub Museum, Plaça de Glories, Barcelona, Spain.
