Re-weaving Can Batlló | Barcelona, Spain | Unit 21 | 2024

yumeng.yang.22@ucl.ac.uk

The project explores the growth pattern from the study and simulation of tree’s mychorrhizal networks. Utilizing Grasshopper scripts, simulation networks are crafted between sources, with initial routes avoiding existing obstacles in the first generation. A new script is then introduced to establish connections between these routes through form generation and curve interference. The results drive the next loop, which becomes sequential operations. Situated in the former industrial complex Can Batlló, the building project proposes a series of workshop and leisure facilities for the recycling and repurposing of textiles, joining the revitalization of the reclaimed factory and celebrating its cultural heritage. By examining these scripts in 2D and 3D forms through wasp aggregation and kangaroo simulation, the digital machine guides varying forms and aggregation process in building elements, incorporating recycled materials into the sustainable space structure. The growth pattern therefore informs iterative generation, weaving spatial connections between the building and its context, and integrating the compound area with the surrounding communities.

Cycles of Choice:  Drawing Machine
Project 1 explores the growth pattern of trees’ mychorrhizal networks with Grasshopper scripts as simulation tool.

Loop System
The growth pattern guides the sequential operations of form generation with varying routes and rules.

Building Design Process
The digital machine is examined in 3D and 2D forms to guide aggregation process and design elements.

Final Plans and Sections

Re-weaving Can Batlló: Final Film