Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2018.
Theme: Al House
Judge: Shohei Shigematsu
Honorable Mention
Ai will redefine public space. Vital areas for restructuring the urban tissue will be discovered. The space of the urban tissue, now replaced by the hypersensitive surface, will accommodate new scenarios. Restructuring of the city's tissue will be radical, and only the most vital structures will survive. Working simultaneously at different scales, Ai will use many strategies that will change the way we think about urbanism and architecture. Urban restructuring, a creation of climatic zones, new program frameworks, and the introduction of new elements of architecture, will contribute to the time that follows. Cultural diversity, the motto of the metropolitan spirit, will experience its catharsis. The newly established architecture will redefine NoIli's map of Rome, Piranesi's Campo Marzio, and will propose a new form of city use for the purpose of public space. The Nolli map of Rome acts as a metaphor, representing a new time through the picture of the past one.
Hypersensitive surface will register multiple cultural characteristics. Consequently, it will create a variety of ways of use and will suggest a new type of communion. Through suggestions of the floor plan, the creation of microclimate, and the reorganiza-tion of green areas, Ai will contribute to the new society. The hypersensitive surface will be creative. Its sensitivity will recognize the sensitivity of an individual. Through personal desires, tolerance will be achieved. Also, the character of the surface will be of varying nature (rough, slippery, smooth...) and always a changeable character, depending on various kinds of programs (sport/work/public space). The human need for activity, encounter, and tolerance could take on a new dimension. Through the creation of various types of climate, fragrant ambiances, many cultures will revive their meaning, and artificial intelligence will truly bring the metropolitan spirit to the times that come.