This project is a collaboration with Dragos Mila.
We parametrically explored possible future configurations for the study area (450ha large, at the intersection of two main planned road-infrastructure extensions) and tried to push for a solution that would maximize performance (density, height, shading, access to natural elements and connectivity) of the whole region while leaving ample potential that allows for unplanned emergent evolution.
Our goal was to envision an urban tissue that could flexibly respond to all local input factors as well as accommodate desired (planned) goals. An universal 130m by 130m grid was proposed and then deformed to differentiate and create a unique lattice that allows for surprise and yet is easily mapped due to its inner space-partitioning algorithm.
We iteratively cycled through several circulation analysis (using Depthmap) and continuously changed the main axial map of the area to maximize integration.
The text on the boards is in romanian, sorry about that – hopefully the explanations given around the post should be enough. Here are the final boards, reduced:
It was great to work on this project, and also great to find recognition for an approach that is considered risky by our faculty’s standards 
We used Rhino and its parametric plugin Grasshopper for the main work and Depthmap for the integration analysis.
Project teachers: Tiberiu Florescu, Sebastian Guta.
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Jan 17, 2010 @ 5:21 pm
Dragos
Nice doing business with you. It looks great
Jan 17, 2010 @ 6:00 pm
Didi
pleasure’s all mine, of course.
Jan 17, 2010 @ 6:07 pm
a-ngine
Nice job guys! Good to see some computational classics very well executed. Is there some feedback from a jury waiting for you or just school business? Maybe they are starting to think about some proper urban development in Bucharest
Loads of props. Patrick
Jan 18, 2010 @ 12:10 am
Didi
’twas just school business – we got a nice high grade and all, but i think that’s where things will stop. romanian urbanism is a bit hard to follow, especially since it mostly happens on the brink of current laws (which have a nice, specially-built, thick line between what’s allowed and what’s not).
Jan 18, 2010 @ 9:36 am
a-ngine
Anyways, you are changing things in school. Keep on beating the creature called “standard”!
Jan 18, 2010 @ 2:02 pm
Didi
hell yea mate! just working now on the struct analysis for the your dip – i ended up making a script to del the dup lines! fuckaz on the SelDup bullshit command…
Jan 18, 2010 @ 3:10 pm
drr
TE IUBESC.VREAU O CASA SI UN COPIL DE LA TINEraresh, please do behave…Jan 26, 2010 @ 6:01 pm