EVOLUTIVE MEANSOn Adaptation and Selection in Architectural Design

An Exhibition of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture

Curators: Chandler Ahrens(OSA) , Axel Schmitzberger and Michael Wen Su

“The exhibit ion is part of the ACADIA 2010 Conference t i t led LIFE in: formation On Responsive and Variat ion in Architecture . . . Evolutive Means: On Adaptation and Select ion in Architectural Design seeks to augment Li fe in: formation, by charting the course of this novel design territory with an exhibit ion of the narrative histories of projects , which were dist inguished more by the generative , i terative , or otherwise evo-lutive processes of their design, real izat ion, or fabrication than by any f inal product . The exhibit ion i tsel f adopts the fundamental principles of evolutive design processes to expose the means by which sel f-orga-nizing mechanisms develop choices or select ion criteria . I t maps this part icular territory through i ts own evolutive strategies of design, or-ganization and presentation. “ - Acadia Information Poster

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Mixed-Use/Residential HousingSite: Dumbo, Brooklyn

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Cultural CenterSite: Rome, Italy

CIRCULATION OF GALLERY AND COURT YARD CIRCULATION OF CONCERT HALL

Concept BriefThe site of the project is located in the center of the ancient c ity on a terraced hi l ls ide of the Capitol ine Hil l , adjacent to Vittorio Emmanuel Monument , Mi-chelangelo’s Campidogl io , and the Roman Forum.

Studio Objective:Seeking to learn an urban lesson from the language of Rome as to order and integrate the present with the past as tact i le layers of st i l l history.

Program:Think Tank with Housing for vis it ing scholarsChamber Music Performance HallGallery of the Historical Maps of Rome with gal lery bookstore and restaurant

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Concept BriefThe High-Rise ref lects Manhattan and i ts greatest s i tes that run along Broadway. The Atrium in the High-Rise is representative of Broadway and i ts urban intersections as i t e levates through each program.