{"id":12345,"date":"2024-06-21T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12345"},"modified":"2024-06-21T13:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:26:01","slug":"alexandros-photiou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12345","title":{"rendered":"Alexandros Photiou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coraz\u00f3n De La Comunidad: Sequential Generation\u00a0| Barcelona, Spain | Unit 21 | 2024<br>alexandros.photiou.22@ucl.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located on the \u201cAguas Park\u201d, in the sequentially created Eixample district of Barcelona, this project proposes a novel approach to a community centre, in which the programme revolves around the creation of a community centre which supports and facilitates the cohabitation and interaction of children and the elderly. By utilizing a series of modular spaces, the proposal seeks to facilitate a variety of intergenerational events, which in turn will nurture and provide support to both age groups. In this way the building serves as a blank canvas to be painted and coloured through the interaction of different lifestyles and experiences. Furthermore, the building itself proposes a new approach to design, with it being intended to be constructed from a series of stacked wooden contours that would be cut and formed utilizing drones.<br>The design process for this project has revolved around the creation of a dialogue between man and AI, proposing a new future for architectural design methodologies. Through this iterative process, a feedback loop between my own drawings and AI generated abstractions has been created, resulting in the formation of a design that bridges the natural and artificial, as well as the past and future. In this way this design serves as a case study for a new way to conceptualize, design and experience a building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-222-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-222-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-222-250x180.png 250w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-222-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-222-1536x1105.png 1536w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-222-2048x1473.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>P1 Design Methodolgy<\/strong><br>Within P1, an iterative feedback loop was created between sketched designs and AI abstractions, resulting in the formation of a dialogue between man and AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-22244-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-22244-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-22244-250x180.png 250w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-22244-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-22244-1536x1105.png 1536w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-22244-2048x1473.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Pix2Pix AI Model<\/strong><br>A bespoke AI image generator was created and trained to be able to create a rendered image from a depth map using Pix2Pix. This functions by training the AI to translate one type of image to another, using a dataset of pre generated pairs. These pairs consist of an AI rendered image by a depth map made in Zoe-Depth, with Pix2Pix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:140.56% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/964529979?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_01 new\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>P2 Design Methodology<\/strong><br>This serves as a further development of the methodology founded within the P1 project, integrating the Pix2Pix model to allow for further abstractions and developments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-250x180.png 250w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-1536x1105.png 1536w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_02-1-2048x1473.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Building Contours<\/strong><br>The building was abstracted into a series of contours that would then be lofted together, creating a fluid, organic form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:70.75% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/964517714?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_03 1\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Final Plans &amp; Section<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/964517750?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_04 1\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Virtual Reality Distortion<\/strong><br>By using a depth camera a set of wireframe models, based on spaces from the final design are distorted in real-time virtual reality. Through this, a new means in which to explore and experience space is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/964518107?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_BSc_UG21_Alexandros_Photiou_05 1\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Final Building Film<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coraz\u00f3n De La Comunidad: Sequential Generation\u00a0| Barcelona, Spain | Unit 21 | 2024alexandros.photiou.22@ucl.ac.uk Located on the \u201cAguas Park\u201d, in the sequentially created Eixample district of Barcelona, this project proposes a novel approach to a community centre, in which the programme revolves around the creation of a community centre which supports and facilitates the cohabitation and interaction of children and the elderly. 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