This project investigates the relationship between housing and climate through the design of a 300 m² urban building section. The concepts of activity, structure, and site have guided the spatial exploration.
Drawing on The Mischmasch Manifesto, itself inspired by Luigi Russolo’s Futurist Manifesto, the project adopts an exploratory and associative design approach. Within this process, the fictitious material “Mischmasch”—composed of waste, remnants, and salvaged construction elements—was developed.
In this project I speculate on future architectural roles and material innovations, envisioning buildings as living systems that both produce and consume resources, inspired by Cradle to Cradle principles. Biomimetic strategies inform the design, integrating form, function, and ecological processes.
Structurally, the building combines a tunnel-like construction with a column-and-beam framework. A 1:40 scale model demonstrates two partially split levels, floor heights ranging from 7 to 19 metres, an 18-metre roof span, and a 4-metre column grid.
References include works by Ross Evertson, Andreas Volwahsen, Robert Horvitz, Gregory Brellochs, Leonardo Solaas, Gerhard Richter, Mark Bradford, and others.