JAVIER I. ZARATIEGUI
Portfolio
(March 2014)...under construction...
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"Fablab" 2013
Setup of working space with my home made wooden based CNC machine, disk saw and an 3d-printer. You can watch it on the following link
Robarch Rotterdam 2012
“Rob|Arch Rotterdam 2012“, 6 axis wire foam cutting robot, and 6 axis diamond wire concrete cutting robot.
Funded by: The Netherlands Architecture FundCrew:Jelle Feringa, Wes Mcgee, Lauren Vasey, Frank van Brunschot, Chris Kievid , Maria Vera van Embden AndresPartners:Hyperbody, TU DelftAssociation for Robots in ArchitectureTaubman College, University of MichiganRDM Campus -- Innovation Network & Albeda CollegeSponsors:Cementbouw Husqvarna CalduranVoestalpine Polynorm BVPieters BouwtechniekStudio BakkerSpecial thanks to: RDM Innovation Dock en haar medewerkers, Henk ten Hulscher (Cementbouw), Siebe Bakker (Studio Bakker), Hans Kohne (Centrum Cement en Beton), Hans Verkleij (Calduran), Rogier van Nalta (Pieters Bouwtechniek).
Video by Lucas ter Hall.
Images by Pedram Seddighzadeh
Rostock 3D printer
Built with Lucas ter Hall (lucas@terhall.com)
Open source 3D printer:
http://reprap.org/wiki/Rostock
We chose Rostock model due to the impression of the Delta system to control the movement, and the increased height dimension, compared to other printers.
Bilbao Jardin 2011
Design for the contest in Bilbao 2011, "Bilbao Jardin", in colaboration with TCC (The Cloud Collective).
(translation in progress)
The social cave
We were invited to design a small, interactive installation that would be encountered by hundreds of thousands of people, most of whom are strangers to each other. In response, we have proposed the Social Cave, a typology that returns to the beginnings of our civilization. The Cave will blend the frenzied excitement of virtual connectivity’s power and speed with the calm of its form and materiality, a parametric aggregation of 100% recycled and 100% recyclable foam cubes.The barrier wall separating the two enclosures within the Cave ensures that visitors inhabiting each of those spaces are initially concealed from each other. The presence of a visitor in the opposite space is revealed only through an abstracted projection capturing his movements. With NSU, GSAPP.
Creditsconcept + schematic design:non linear solutions unitGSAPP Columbia University- Caterina Tiazzoldi
Research Assistant: Javier Zaratiegui
Interaction Designer:Mirko Arcese
Students:Bryce Suite, Daniel Cashen, Mauro Fassino, Vernon Roether, Andrew Kim, Alvin Shim, Benjamin Brichta, Cristina Handal, Courtney Pope, Dionysis Kaltis, Elena Kapompasopoulou, Evan Bauer, Florence Schmitt, George Valdes, Georgina Lalli, Hye Lee Oh, Jeohg-in Choi, Jevin Dornic, Katherine Thorn, Kelsey Lents, Michael Gonzales, Youmi Kim, Sannu Ngy.
Acknowledgments: Marva Griffin,
Mark Wigley - Dean Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation GSAPP Columbia University
Laura Kurgan -Director of the Visual Studies section at GSAPP Columbia University
Left video by Javier Zaratiegui
Right Video edited & produced by Vito Custodero
Segovia´s public library
Recreation of the construction process of the construction phases of the construction project of the Public Library of Segovia. Collaboration with Lagunketa.
The images are in spanish language and represent the estimated development of the works along 14 months.
This job was done within a few days and with constant interaction with the construction firm, which presented the images to enter the competition.
Sukkah city
Collaboration with Marc Fornes on building his project, finalist for the contest in Union Square, about updating the concept of typical Jewish prayer shelter (sukkah). Published in the New York Times Sept/17/2010, both printed and digital versions.
An experiment within a certain form of fragility / unstability : a dynamic structure balancing a very thin and fragil material with the possible geometrical strengh of double curvature – it will bend but…Design: MARC FORNES :: THEVERYMANY™ ©2010Competition team: Marc Fornes, Jared LaucksDevelopment team: Marc Fornes, Jared Laucks, Peter Nguyen, Jon BeckerComputation protocols: Marc Fornes in Python / RhinocommonCNC Cutting: Kris Walters, Wes McGee (Michigan)Many thanks to all the people without who this project wouldn’t have been possible:Ayax Abreu, Mami Mimura, Alex fortney, Nick reiter, Biayna Bogosian, Maurizio Bianchi, Christina, Javier Zaratiegui, Alessandro Bava, Geoffrey Braiman, Matt Post, Leopold, etc…
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Port station
Draft submitted in September 2009 pending the competition held bythe Algerian port of Oran. The project aims to solve an endemic problem faced by passengers on boats that depart from Oran, that is, very long waits and queues to board, very reduced spaces, and long waiting time for those traveling by car. Combining all these concepts, what kind of space would suit better? An idea came to our minds: the shade of a beach in front of a Mediterranean forest, a place where we do not mind being around. The architecture defines a basic idea: a permeable cover, light and shadow screened, as those reprentations by the great painter Sorolla, to permit the movement of wind while we bathed in light.
Europan 8 Praha
Graduation project at Politechnic University in Madrid, under the supervision of Luis Rojo.
"Europan 8" competition in Prague. Reutilization of the bus garage at "Podbaba" into residential and recreational use.
The propose consisted in bridge like structures based on a bus size module, to allocate the housing, liberating the ground floor for recreative use.
Hedgehog
Graphic design of two panels din-A1, for a contest of industrialization in Bilbao, and three-dimensional modeling, rendering, and translation. Graphic design of two panels din-A1, for the Italian architect Matteo Borsetti.Use of Grasshopper and Rhinoscripting for modelling, and overall presentation in indesign, with illustrator and photoshop as main graphic softwares.
Cumulon
A group of awake dreamers made a meeting at Palma de Mallorca, lead by Juan Herreros and worked together in "island city. We worked for the ministry of energy, trying to find out solutions to the energy problems that Balear islands have, with special emphasis on Mallorca. Many things grew up and some others just were borned. They were edited in a book called "isla ciudad". But what i will always remember, besides the people i met, is T.Sarraceno made an aerostatic ballon from rubbish bags, following Fuller schemes. Two weeks workshop in Mallorca, the main island from the Balears (Spain). Lead by Juan Herreros, and his crew of teachers, and special participation of Peter Cook.A book was edited "Isla Ciudad: Arquitectura Y Energía En Mallorca" ISBN: 978-84-932557-7-0
XXL
2012
Group work with Erald Varaku, Ahmed Abbas Momin, Meysam Foolady and Abbas Riazi, under the supervision of Michela Turrin, Pirouz Nourian and Ioannis Chatzikonstantinou. The project was framed as performed based design, and tasks were divided among the group. My rol as IT consisted in coordinate that the algorithms could be joined at the end. Besides that I linked Grasshopper with GSA for life-feed structure analysis. The overall number of elements in the structural design slow down the interaction between these two programs. This was overcome with the use of Karamba as structure analysis plugin.
Evolutionary solver to maximize number of seats in a Stadium while keeping the proper view angle according to Fifa regulations.
Evolutionary solver galapagos linking Karamba structure calculation plugin with Rhino model. The goal was to reshape the design while studying the structural consequences, aiming for optimal values. The big number of elements in this case, made it difficult for GSA program, but it worked smooth with Karamba.I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.
2014 by Javier I. Zaratiegui
image by Pedram Seddighzadeh