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Living Interface, Beyond Boundaries
A Public Factory for Building Materials, Prototyping, and Social Engagement
The Living Interface Factory seeks to create a new business model for large-scale production of building materials. The programs selected for this building seek to achieve a design of circular production. These programs aid the growth of the factory through bio waste. Unlike many other factories, the Living Interface Factory is a public building that depends on its locals to purchase coffee and corn. The waste of coffee and corn provides nutrients for the building envelope of the factory a living envelope.
The site for the brick factory is located in Campinas, Brazil South Americas largest hub for biotech Manufacturing companies. In this project I seek to find a balance between a Bio-material design, a public building, and a large-scale production factory. Typically, factories run horizontally and use lots of ground floor. Since I've imbedded the factory into the skin of the building, the building stands tall. The building is round to create continuity with the adjacent plaza. The city center abuts a busy plaza, influencing how I address the public. Niches engaged in the wall create an interface between the building the street locals. The niches and facade invite the public to interact.
The inclusion of automated robotic harvesting was essential for a vertical brick factory that can produce about 60,000 bricks weekly. Six automated Robots fills, scans, and empties, thousands of molds continuously. The envelope is nested with six different mold shapes which are the most common bricks used. Because these factory walls are solid, the roof became an important source of light. The walls undulate at the top to create situations where the walls act as self-shading for the roof. The roof design is then slumped to decrease the annual radiation of its surface.
The Living Interface Factory seeks to create a new business model for large-scale production of building materials. The programs selected for this building seek to achieve a design of circular production. These programs aid the growth of the factory through bio waste. Unlike many other factories, the Living Interface Factory is a public building that depends on its locals to purchase coffee and corn. The waste of coffee and corn provides nutrients for the building envelope of the factory a living envelope.
The site for the brick factory is located in Campinas, Brazil South Americas largest hub for biotech Manufacturing companies. In this project I seek to find a balance between a Bio-material design, a public building, and a large-scale production factory. Typically, factories run horizontally and use lots of ground floor. Since I've imbedded the factory into the skin of the building, the building stands tall. The building is round to create continuity with the adjacent plaza. The city center abuts a busy plaza, influencing how I address the public. Niches engaged in the wall create an interface between the building the street locals. The niches and facade invite the public to interact.
The inclusion of automated robotic harvesting was essential for a vertical brick factory that can produce about 60,000 bricks weekly. Six automated Robots fills, scans, and empties, thousands of molds continuously. The envelope is nested with six different mold shapes which are the most common bricks used. Because these factory walls are solid, the roof became an important source of light. The walls undulate at the top to create situations where the walls act as self-shading for the roof. The roof design is then slumped to decrease the annual radiation of its surface.
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