Evaporated University

Now we can no longer afford to build new universities, this scheme provides just the most essential educational functions set within a busy urban park which students engaged in ‘blended learning’ have to share with everyday city users. Ribbon-like canopies use smart metals to open and close in accordance with the weather, while sunk into the terrain are blocks containing the basic university needs such as library, student centre, sports facilities, fabrication workshops and lecture rooms. In the first project, an earlier phase of the proposal comprised a busy informal settlement where local residents could learn about digital fabrication techniques.








Left Page) Anti-clockwise from left :

   

View of Library (analogue and digital),

Evaporated University models,

Conceptual image of scheme

Right Page :

Overview of Evaporated university in its Noho Site






(Left Page) From top :

  

Paraffin Wax is utilised as a phase change material in the

windows of the university,

Paraffin wax window tests

(Right Page) Anti-clockwise from top :

Section through Library and Workshops of Evaporated university,

Development contour drawing,

Electroactive Polymer (EAP) test,

EAP’s as used in ventilation/ glazing of workshops, Bimetallic wall test



Bimetallic Canopies used throughout scheme

Anti-clockwise from top-left :

Overview of Evaporated university,

View of central communal area,

Section through embedded lecture theatres - which become



Above) :



badminton courts when not in use,

Model of Canopies,

Underground Plan of Evaporated University