micro optic city

EPISODE 1

MICRO OPTIC CITY

TECHNOLOGY DRIVES PROJECT

Photography evolves from lenses, camerasto the full control of the eye as a MACHINE.

After the use of optic nanotechnology in surgery + for detecting glaucoma contactsavoiding BLINDNESS, the eye becomes fully connected to computers. the retina + its connection to the brain + the hypotalamus[memory] is now utilized for whole extirpation of visual archives such as still images, videos + TERGIVERSATIONS of graphics.

The EYE - as capture of everything - advances not only as visual but breaking barriers transcending to new senses + generating new scenarios which triggers a revolution - unstable + distressing.

Conventional life was changed - urban confrontations conducted a CRISIS on suburban + on rural surroundings + destroying any obsolete + dull form of presence + education.

More machines + technology were derived from this renaissance period culminatingon HYBRID + AuTOMAIL human beings withimproved physical + mental skills + stillcarrying the emotional essence yet nowdistorted by new realities.

There was always an opposition to this change which transformed society splitting it into several associations - MATRICES.

When the public photographic

project began in 2006, there were

more than 200 thriving darkrooms

dotted around London; when

completed in 2009, there were

10. The darkrooms that have sur-

vived are quiet + business is slow.

The London labs where you could

drop film off have all but disap-

peared. Photographic galleries

all over Europe continue to close

from Soho in London to Friedrich-

strasse in Berlin, abandoned to

digital + reused for storage + retail.

The coming of the digital camera

has swept all before it, making

the whole process of photgraphy

simpler, less labour-intensive, less

costly + more technically creative.

Constant epiphanies seem to ap-

pear such as the realisation that

the world of work,particularly a

craft like darkroom printing, has

becoming homogenised in the

digital era. Even just a few years

ago, every profession had its own

machinery, its tools, its language;

NOW WE ALL HAVE COMPuTERS.

END OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ERAAt this period when many are about to retire,

the only solution + path is to adapt to survive.

We do digital printing + retouching now but it

is not like it used to be.

Magazines + advertising firms do not have the

budgets for film. Contact sheets have become

a thing of the past like Polaroid film + the rest.

All is now contained on a disc or memory hard

drive where most pictures will not be seen.

Only a handful of people in the world still shoot

on film. But the world is digital now + it will

evolve further following Moore’s Law at uN-

PRECEDENTED SPEED.

The world is simply too fast-forward for the

craft + the clutter - the roll of film, the negative,

the chemicals, the contact sheet - of old-fash-

ioned photographic printing. The darkroom,

photographic galleries + photographic film

have gone the way of the analogue recording

studio, the cassette player, the walkman, the

vinyl record, the ipod when a new invention or

gadget is produced + become beloved by an

incredibly small group of obsessives. The mel-

ancoly beauty -OBSOLETE BuT EMOTIONAL-

vanishes without coping to the real situation of

photography, technology + the world.

When the public photographic

project began in 2006, there were

more than 200 thriving darkrooms

dotted around London; when

completed in 2009, there were

10. The darkrooms that have sur-

vived are quiet + business is slow.

The London labs where you could

drop film off have all but disap-

peared. Photographic galleries

all over Europe continue to close

from Soho in London to Friedrich-

strasse in Berlin, abandoned to

digital + reused for storage + retail.

The coming of the digital camera

has swept all before it, making

the whole process of photgraphy

simpler, less labour-intensive, less

costly + more technically creative.

Constant epiphanies seem to ap-

pear such as the realisation that

the world of work,particularly a

craft like darkroom printing, has

becoming homogenised in the

digital era. Even just a few years

ago, every profession had its own

machinery, its tools, its language;

NOW WE ALL HAVE COMPuTERS.

END OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ERAAt this period when many are about to retire,

the only solution + path is to adapt to survive.

We do digital printing + retouching now but it

is not like it used to be.

Magazines + advertising firms do not have the

budgets for film. Contact sheets have become

a thing of the past like Polaroid film + the rest.

All is now contained on a disc or memory hard

drive where most pictures will not be seen.

Only a handful of people in the world still shoot

on film. But the world is digital now + it will

evolve further following Moore’s Law at uN-

PRECEDENTED SPEED.

The world is simply too fast-forward for the

craft + the clutter - the roll of film, the negative,

the chemicals, the contact sheet - of old-fash-

ioned photographic printing. The darkroom,

photographic galleries + photographic film

have gone the way of the analogue recording

studio, the cassette player, the walkman, the

vinyl record, the ipod when a new invention or

gadget is produced + become beloved by an

incredibly small group of obsessives. The mel-

ancoly beauty -OBSOLETE BuT EMOTIONAL-

vanishes without coping to the real situation of

photography, technology + the world.

VISuAL EVOLuTION OR DECAY

ADVANCING TO NEW COMPONENTS

VISuAL EVOLuTION OR DECAY

SECRETIO

NOPTICTo contain + extract archives from an individual, a thorough investigation needs to be carried out by examining the retina as not all ENTITIES can accept the morph - treatment.

SECRETIO

NOPTICTo contain + extract archives from an individual, a thorough investigation needs to be carried out by examining the retina as not all ENTITIES can accept the morph - treatment.

TRANSFORMATION

DISTORTIONmight occur to the specimen during the process

TRANSFORMATION

DISTORTIONmight occur to the specimen during the process

information contained in verticall monolithsarchives stored on translucent hardrives

storage

EMBODIED VIRTuALITY

information contained in verticall monolithsarchives stored on translucent hardrives

storage

EMBODIED VIRTuALITY

CONCEPT MEMORY ExTRACTION

COMPLExITY + OPERATION

EVOLuTION OF HELMET

tread for specimen transition after extraction

engine + server

COMPLExITY + OPERATION

EVOLuTION OF HELMET

tread for specimen transition after extraction

engine + server

HuMAN AuTOMAIL MECHANICS

INSPECTION + quARANTINE LEVEL

THE OCCuPANTSMuTuAL INTERESTS WITH THE

PuRPOSE OF PROTECTION +

DOMINATION OF ZONE WITH

POTENTIAL ExTENDING

TERRITORY BY IMPOSING THE

ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY +

MACHINERY GENERATED

COMMuNITY OF SCIENTISTS

GENETISTS / TECHNICIANS /

DESIGNERS + ENGINEERS

+ SPECIMENS

THE OCCuPANTSMuTuAL INTERESTS WITH THE

PuRPOSE OF PROTECTION +

DOMINATION OF ZONE WITH

POTENTIAL ExTENDING

TERRITORY BY IMPOSING THE

ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY +

MACHINERY GENERATED

COMMuNITY OF SCIENTISTS

GENETISTS / TECHNICIANS /

DESIGNERS + ENGINEERS

+ SPECIMENS

DESIGN

ExPLODED STRuCTuRE

42.5m tall - 8 levels = 4 flat levels [7 rooms per level + dining + agriculture space]

mechanical facilities + garage ground floor

2 surgery levels [human morphosis + automail / image + memory extraction]

1 cryogenic + storage level [in-between floors]

top level with external factor-response machines [maintenance] + surgery space

triangulated vertical frames [stainless steel] containing 3 lifts + staircase with emergency exit separated on ground floor

double mesh fassade closes on the middlefor ventilation purposes + contrast

inner trussing roof structure with skeleton sustained by the combination of 3 hyperparaboloid steel structures + frame + H + 5 point columns

north c

thermal response glazing blanket hold by kevlar system + trussing roof structure + frame + 5 point columns

FORTRESS titanium z-profile vertical elements connected + integrated as part of the design machine envelope [external walls] strong with repetition + density + diverging curvature [convex property]

reaction to outside conditions + full-protection

south corner

light channel + reaction + analysis +absorption of external climate +temperature functioning as a weatherblanket within a flexible design

back side NE

air reused + rejected by 9 exhaustpipes + communication to groundfloor maintenance systems

thermal response glazing blanket hold by kevlar system + trussing roof structure + frame + 5 point columns

FORTRESS titanium z-profile vertical elements connected + integrated as part of the design machine envelope [external walls] strong with repetition + density + diverging curvature [convex property]

reaction to outside conditions + full-protection

south corner

light channel + reaction + analysis +absorption of external climate +temperature functioning as a weatherblanket within a flexible design

back side NE

air reused + rejected by 9 exhaustpipes + communication to groundfloor maintenance systems

titanium T-profile

firmly stuck to groundat aperture [200 mm]

titanium u-profile

aluminium holder

15% slope pitch ramp for mechanical arrangements + scrapcollectors + vehicles [garage]

opening system has its motion concentrated on pivot at [3.75 m] the door opens like wings at center elevating from ground + slightly shifting at top

DETAIL OF MAIN ENTRANCE

LEVEL 1.0 - MAINTENANCE + MECHANICAL SYSTEMS + SERVICES + GARAGE

3 point steel column sustaining load to ground + foundation system [hydraulic]

5 point steel column transmitting loadfrom hyperparaboloid trussing structures

hvac machine +powerful heater

platform [21500 x 28250 mm]

mechanical arm 2/ power supplier water pumps [x2] +

purifying device for drainage

mechanical arm 1

garage zone

curved z-profile walls [8200 mm - 3 exits] deflect wind + protect fromextreme conditions [flood + accidents]z-pattern avoiding turbulent vortex

NW-SWprevailing wind

reinforced concrete foundation + grid floorwith 16 hydraulic pipes[5.75 m long] distributingthe loads across + alongthe whole structure[frames + columns + walls]

titanium T-profile

firmly stuck to groundat aperture [200 mm]

titanium u-profile

aluminium holder

15% slope pitch ramp for mechanical arrangements + scrapcollectors + vehicles [garage]

opening system has its motion concentrated on pivot at [3.75 m] the door opens like wings at center elevating from ground + slightly shifting at top

DETAIL OF MAIN ENTRANCE

LEVEL 1.0 - MAINTENANCE + MECHANICAL SYSTEMS + SERVICES + GARAGE

3 point steel column sustaining load to ground + foundation system [hydraulic]

5 point steel column transmitting loadfrom hyperparaboloid trussing structures

hvac machine +powerful heater

platform [21500 x 28250 mm]

mechanical arm 2/ power supplier water pumps [x2] +

purifying device for drainage

mechanical arm 1

garage zone

curved z-profile walls [8200 mm - 3 exits] deflect wind + protect fromextreme conditions [flood + accidents]z-pattern avoiding turbulent vortex

NW-SWprevailing wind

reinforced concrete foundation + grid floorwith 16 hydraulic pipes[5.75 m long] distributingthe loads across + alongthe whole structure[frames + columns + walls]

aluminium concave wall integrated with 3 columns

performance screen

triangular spaceframe truss + 5 pointcolumn conjointed

mechanical arm 2 /

power supplier crane holding engines + parts for garage zone

mechanical arm 1

identifier device

ellipsoid engine + core platform in sync with main hyperparaboloid +rotoblades structure + trusses

skeleton [perforated H beams + curved H columns]

LEVEL 1.1

vertical agriculture hyperpraboloid[growth through ventilation + light exposure + controlled atmosphere]

quarters with double curvature walls formed by perforated curved I steel frame covered by polyurethane + aluminium sheets + stucco

archive containerhard-drive level[in-between levels]

hybrid + automail morphosishuman-robot transition level

memory + image extractionoptical surgery level

LEVEL 1.2 - 1.4

LEVEL 1.4 - 1.8

reinforrced aluminium walls with gaps [75 mm] between horizontal iterative elements [125 mm]

walls taken offto show corridorfor worker rooms

STRuCTuRAL SEquENCE connect to stainless steel bracing frame

depending on level thefloor plates will be placedon brace or to H beams

aluminium concave wall integrated with 3 columns

performance screen

triangular spaceframe truss + 5 pointcolumn conjointed

mechanical arm 2 /

power supplier crane holding engines + parts for garage zone

mechanical arm 1

identifier device

ellipsoid engine + core platform in sync with main hyperparaboloid +rotoblades structure + trusses

skeleton [perforated H beams + curved H columns]

LEVEL 1.1

vertical agriculture hyperpraboloid[growth through ventilation + light exposure + controlled atmosphere]

quarters with double curvature walls formed by perforated curved I steel frame covered by polyurethane + aluminium sheets + stucco

archive containerhard-drive level[in-between levels]

hybrid + automail morphosishuman-robot transition level

memory + image extractionoptical surgery level

LEVEL 1.2 - 1.4

LEVEL 1.4 - 1.8

reinforrced aluminium walls with gaps [75 mm] between horizontal iterative elements [125 mm]

walls taken offto show corridorfor worker rooms

STRuCTuRAL SEquENCE connect to stainless steel bracing frame

depending on level thefloor plates will be placedon brace or to H beams

concept for structure design translated into reality [roof + trussing systems]

roof structure inclined 15%expanding holes for construction[pitch needed in this context since climate + conditions oblige design not to be flat to survive]

hyperparaboloid layersthe ultimate convex structure consisting a whole diverging form with multiple focus + complex curvature providing strength + more factors needed in the design [light, circulation]

hole in floor[farming hyperparaboloidin function among 5 levels]

ring + trusses connected with all structure holding it in place

brain + climate control level surgery space [top floor]

TRuSSED SKELETONS

brain + climate control level surgery space [top floor]

TRuSSED SKELETON + RING STRuCTuRESrotoblades are ignited by engine located at bottom ellipsoid sustained with triangular spaceframes attached to each floor + wall + adjacent structure

ventilation + light shaft elongated across levels

compressed + densesurgery zone + part of brain

MAIN HYPERPARABOLOID ExPLODED

zoom perspectivesof rotoblades

ROOF STRuCTuRE LAYERS

trussing roof structurecontained below connectedelements [stainless steel]

top layer [protection]

in-between [tensile]

15% slope [main layer]

glazing pane roof blanket with thermal properties for molding according to temperatures + external loads [snow, rain]

kevlar armour containing glass - static to position but able to shift if needed for climate conditions

LEVEL 1.7 - last accommodation quarter / vertical farming LEVEL 1.8 - top floor containing roof structure + control machines of climate + external factors

There are constant alterations all over the country + in the world which imply an increase of extreme conditions with accelerating processes where wind currents + precipitation properties + humidity + external loads have shifted. ALL designs in the future must respond to any factor at all angles + in all directions in order to remain, survive, not to decay. This design is leaded externally + internally by systems of response with a double mexh fassade conserving the right conditions for the inner functions, spaces, energy; the roof is another synthetic point of the structure that reacts to defend by the 3 layers llead by 3 canyons of light + ventilation which are controlled from within in the design on the top floor by thermall-meteorologic machines.

TOP 2D VIEW

ROOF STRuCTuRE LAYERS

trussing roof structurecontained below connectedelements [stainless steel]

top layer [protection]

in-between [tensile]

15% slope [main layer]

glazing pane roof blanket with thermal properties for molding according to temperatures + external loads [snow, rain]

kevlar armour containing glass - static to position but able to shift if needed for climate conditions

LEVEL 1.7 - last accommodation quarter / vertical farming LEVEL 1.8 - top floor containing roof structure + control machines of climate + external factors

There are constant alterations all over the country + in the world which imply an increase of extreme conditions with accelerating processes where wind currents + precipitation properties + humidity + external loads have shifted. ALL designs in the future must respond to any factor at all angles + in all directions in order to remain, survive, not to decay. This design is leaded externally + internally by systems of response with a double mexh fassade conserving the right conditions for the inner functions, spaces, energy; the roof is another synthetic point of the structure that reacts to defend by the 3 layers llead by 3 canyons of light + ventilation which are controlled from within in the design on the top floor by thermall-meteorologic machines.

TOP 2D VIEW

LEVEL 1.1 - crane / main engine / inspection + quarantine area LEVEL 1.3 - memory + occular extraction [similar layout to 1.2] LEVEL 1.4 - accommodation quarter / overlapped storage zone LEVEL 1.5 - accommodation quarter / vertical farming

LEVEL 1.0 - entrance / garage / maintenance / engines + pumps

A contrast of shadows, light, atmospheres from all sides which are opposed + different to each other but excelled in the cohesion for the building + its users, as the internal aspect involves greater depth. External envelope performsthe task of shell, access + transport, natural energy provider in the objective for a clear layout + practicality.

JAMES ST - STRAND ST NW view e-

21.7 m

bus domination zonecars > 1500/day

noise levels70 db [day] 55 db [night]

10.2 m

12.8 m51.4 m

extensive traffic cars > 4000/day

DESIGN WORKS IN ISOLATION + IN CONTExT

Light gaps from fassade system allow design to be bright in its majority. The northwest fassade is crucial on this attempt. Between the quarters contained by frames there are 8 m in charge of orth daylight, although it is slightly interrupted by 4 m of overlapped storage zone which consists of translucent walls to continue letting energy in.

Services + maintenance lay on the NE with an obstruction of illumination in the middle of the fassade + double mesh system closing adjacently. In similar composition, SE side center of frame allows movement throughout the whole design.

[solar ellipse]

LEVEL 1.1 - crane / main engine / inspection + quarantine area LEVEL 1.3 - memory + occular extraction [similar layout to 1.2] LEVEL 1.4 - accommodation quarter / overlapped storage zone LEVEL 1.5 - accommodation quarter / vertical farming

LEVEL 1.0 - entrance / garage / maintenance / engines + pumps

A contrast of shadows, light, atmospheres from all sides which are opposed + different to each other but excelled in the cohesion for the building + its users, as the internal aspect involves greater depth. External envelope performsthe task of shell, access + transport, natural energy provider in the objective for a clear layout + practicality.

JAMES ST - STRAND ST NW view e-

21.7 m

bus domination zonecars > 1500/day

10.2 m

12.8 m51.4 m

extensive traffic cars > 4000/day

DESIGN WORKS IN ISOLATION + IN CONTExT

Light gaps from fassade system allow design to be bright in its majority. The northwest fassade is crucial on this attempt. Between the quarters contained by frames there are 8 m in charge of orth daylight, although it is slightly interrupted by 4 m of overlapped storage zone which consists of translucent walls to continue letting energy in.

Services + maintenance lay on the NE with an obstruction of illumination in the middle of the fassade + double mesh system closing adjacently. In similar composition, SE side center of frame allows movement throughout the whole design.

[solar ellipse]

DETAIL OF FASSADE +STRuCTuRAL SYSTEM

SEcTIoN:

- 2 aluminium mesh sheets overlapping [45 mm] containing on SW + NE [parallel sides] rotoblades [150mm dia] 2 steel cylinders system with engine + battery in between both

- 2 glazing panes [55 mm]

- titanium H beams

- stainless steel vertical frame [32 m] starting at 8 m high continuing the fortress z-profile external wall structure which is divergently curved as shell of deflection

froNT ELEvATIoN zoom:

SW + NE feature between meshes rotoblades which allow air distribution where the ventilation shaft [hyperparaboloid effect] reaches less.

Strategically placed om the quarter fassades with few interaction with 30 m tall parametric atrium.

7 x-COMPONENT FACTOR RESPONSIVE FASSADE MESH

variation of width + aperture on 7 type of curved X-sheets. when all elements are joined vertically + horizontally the diameter is always the same + depending on location + function of room / spacethe tube container of rotoblade is placed for air distribution + connection.

Design to fit + weld + nteract with each other, leading to a range of different patterns on external envelope / memebrane + to distinct forms of shadows + haptic effects inside the structure.

SEcTIoN 2 - 2 NorTHWEST

section 2-2

cut location

the most openarea of thefassade usingtype 6 + 7 X-compo-nentswith 4 verticalrotosystems fora full use of air+ photosyn-theticprocess + light

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4.3 m portionof fassadeletting SW sunlight infor brightnesson ground floor

DETAIL OF FASSADE +STRuCTuRAL SYSTEM

SEcTIoN:

- 2 aluminium mesh sheets overlapping [45 mm] containing on SW + NE [parallel sides] rotoblades [150mm dia] 2 steel cylinders system with engine + battery in between both

- 2 glazing panes [55 mm]

- titanium H beams

- stainless steel vertical frame [32 m] starting at 8 m high continuing the fortress z-profile external wall structure which is divergently curved as shell of deflection

froNT ELEvATIoN zoom:

SW + NE feature between meshes rotoblades which allow air distribution where the ventilation shaft [hyperparaboloid effect] reaches less.

Strategically placed om the quarter fassades with few interaction with 30 m tall parametric atrium.

7 x-COMPONENT FACTOR RESPONSIVE FASSADE MESH

variation of width + aperture on 7 type of curved X-sheets. when all elements are joined vertically + horizontally the diameter is always the same + depending on location + function of room / spacethe tube container of rotoblade is placed for air distribution + connection.

Design to fit + weld + nteract with each other, leading to a range of different patterns on external envelope / memebrane + to distinct forms of shadows + haptic effects inside the structure.

SEcTIoN 2 - 2 NorTHWEST

section 2-2

cut location

the most openarea of thefassade usingtype 6 + 7 X-compo-nentswith 4 verticalrotosystems fora full use of air+ photosyn-theticprocess + light

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4.3 m portionof fassadeletting SW sunlight infor brightnesson ground floor

DESIGN FuNCTION SCHEME / DIAGRAM

void utilised for its whole illumination + the best air circulation. the hyperparaboloic structure containing the roto-engines provides power + energy enabling the building to survive on its own if it is required to in isolated scenarios. Strength from synchronicity + interaction of all the elements that constitute it.

SEcTIoN 1-1 SoUTHWEST

section 1-1

cut location

micro optic city

Documents

polaroid film

roll of film

photographic eraat

ioned photographic printing

digital printing retouching

digital era

digital camera

public photographic