Climath

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RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Climath was a proposal for Dubrovnik's Old City submitted as a competition entry for Europan 11. Alisa Andrasek was the principal designer in a team of 5 other architects and designers. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION: Aiming to replicate the qualities and effects of a collective "living" space, the proposal replicated the Old City's network of polished stone pavements, squares, palace courtyards and cloister gardens through a tilling pattern generated by the 5 coloured Cellular Automata algorithm, resulting in an even distribution of infrastructural cells designating areas of benches, planters, and spaces for lights. Spectacular sights were framed through mathematical analysis of the inclined, shredded plateau, which provided a massive clearance towards the Old City walls. In this way, Climath focused on the integration of local architecture and physics to deliver high-resolution micro-articulation of urban furniture, synthetic "weather" and dispersed energy production, pushing for the idea of Synthetic Ecology. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: Europan is the world's largest biennial design competition for architects under 40 years of age. It is a high-profile competition of ideas on urbanism and architecture leading to implementation, conducted in partnership with European municipalities, local authorities and clients, was organised as a joint initiative by 17 European countries. For Europan 11, out of 1826 total entries, Climath was one of the 54 projects that received 'Honourable Mentions.' Europan 11 received extensive media review, and Climath was featured as a solo project in eVolo magazine.