{"id":12824,"date":"2026-06-24T22:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12824"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:07:49","slug":"louis-chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12824","title":{"rendered":"Louis Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>How to Curate Porticoes? | Bologna, Italy | Unit 21 | 2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>The Galliera Museum of Porticoes presents an architecture of AI co-authorship through forensic scanning of Bologna\u2019s porticoes, the city\u2019s defining framing device. Designed using a customised digital latent space, the project establishes a framework for curating portico fragments and retelling their histories, when agency is shared between designer\u2019s intention and AI interpretation.<br>The museum combines exhibition spaces, artefact and film restoration facilities, embedding a catalogue of porticoes throughout its architecture. Their spatial and semantic logics are translated into stone fabrication and texturing strategies, blending vernacular spolia reuse cultures with contemporary construction methods.<br>The project reinterprets Aldo Rossi\u2019s concept of the architect as a memory bearer by positioning AI as an active participant in architectural remembering. It proposes a novel methodology where city, architect, and machine engage in continuous dialogue, translating collective memory into layered material expressions.<br>This latent space framework ultimately transforms how we interpret big data, unlocking the ability to synthesize new urban forms across any metropolitan context.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:70.62% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1204122291?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"01 Methodology Video\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Design Methodology &#8211; Latent Space Curations<\/strong><br>Bologna\u2019s porticoes are recurated through a latent space, where evolving metadata and AI interpretation dictate semantic relationships. The architect navigates between tested operations and surprise, creating a dynamic, co-authored curation system.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:70.7% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1204122451?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"02 Plans Loop\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Plans<\/strong><br>The curved atrium fits within the interstitial space between the medieval archaeological ruins and existing bus terminal, introducing a new layer of circulation that connects the infrastructural, civic, historical and recreational programmes on site.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:70.7% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1204122488?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"03 Sections Loop\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Sections<\/strong><br>The scheme links the vertical layers of the site by integrating subterranean archaeological ruins, canal, street level infrastructure, roofscape, and observation tower into the circulation. This extends urban dynamics to various levels of the city.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\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\/1204122289?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"04 Renders Loop\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Internal and External Renders<\/strong><br>The quoted porticoes are expressed in various materialities, forms, and scales throughout the building &#8211; thereby the exhibits are curated, reconfigured and ultimately embedded within the architecture itself, open to inhabitation.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\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\/1204122534?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2026_BSc_UG21_Louis_Chan_05\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br>Final Film<br>With this co-authored methodology, data science and machine learning meet architectural systems. This latent space framework transforms how we interpret big data, unlocking the ability to synthesise new urban forms across any metropolitan contexts.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Curate Porticoes? | Bologna, Italy | Unit 21 | 2026 The Galliera Museum of Porticoes presents an architecture of AI co-authorship through forensic scanning of Bologna\u2019s porticoes, the city\u2019s defining framing device. Designed using a customised digital latent space, the project establishes a framework for curating portico fragments and retelling their histories, when agency is shared between designer\u2019s intention and AI interpretation.The museum combines exhibition spaces, artefact and<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn read-more-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12824\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[771,772,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12825,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12824\/revisions\/12825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}