El problema del vendedor ambulante (Travelling Sales Problem) consiste encontrar la ruta más corta que conecte todas las ciudades que el vendedor planea visitar. El problema es muy simple de entender, sin embargo encontrar la solucion correcta es dificil, porque depende de encontrar la combinacion... more...

This work was a collaboration with IDOM to design a facade pattern for their new headquarters in Madrid. The building is located in the Montecarmelo area and overlooks to the radial highway M40. The building seats on a concrete plinth and due to the plot inclination the volume is perceived as a fl... more...

This experiment use generative components as a parametric modeling software and microsoft excel to evaluate and optimize a steel truss. The objective consist in reduce the total steel weight in the truss. The problem is simple. It is necessary to modify the position of some truss joints (nodes) in... more...

Designemergente impartio un curso introductorio sobre algoritmos geneticos a un grupo de profesores de la facultad de arquitectura de la UPC de Barcelona. Durante el breve curso, se hablo de historia y de las bases de biologia en la cual los algoritmos geneticos se sustentan. Desarrollamos un proble... more...

This experiment is based on matsys pseudo-code, which is not completely self explained. Nevertheless I found the way to fill the gaps crating a mixture between the 2 algorithms. Circle Packing has different applications, The pseudo code and algorithm showed below is focused in Unequal circles (ran... more...

A recursive method consist in explore solutions which depends on solutions of the same instance of the solution. For example, a function take 3 points to build a triangle. After the triangle is built, the mid points of the triangle edges are calculated and the function is called again. this time, th... more...

On the past Saturday the 3rd, was the final work presentation of the seminar scripting at IAAC Barcelona. I participate as instructor with Luis Fraguada for both seminars: Scripting I and II. During the first seminar the students were introduced to the use of programming as a design strategy. We exp... more...

This is experiment was developed using Genr8, a surface design tool based on cellular growth models that interact with a defined environment. Genr8 blends universal growth patterns and evolutionary search to evolve adaptively surfaces with features the user has specified. The software works as a... more...

La revista "de arquitectura" de la universidad de Chile publico parte de la investigacion sobre algoritmos geneticos aplicados al diseño, presentado en el congreso de sigradi'06. La investigacion explora la generacion de formas a traves de un algoritmo basado en el movimiento del caballo sobre el... more...

Biomimética. (Biomimicry) – (Del bios = vida, y mimesis = imitar) Es una nueva disciplina de diseño que estudia los mejores ejemplos de la naturaleza y luego imita estos diseños y procesos para solucionar problemas humanos. El estudiar una hoja para inventar una mejor célula solar es un ejemplo de e... more...