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The Adaptable City
EUROPAN 12: The Adaptable City
Discipline
URBAN PLANNING
Year
2013
Workplace
Laboratorio di Simulazione Urbana, Politecnico di Milano
Typology
International Competition
Location
Kaufbeuren, Germany
Scope of Work
Project Research,
Visual Simulation
& Rendering
After many years of close links between the town of Kaufbeuren and the air base, which houses in particular the Luftwaffe Technical School, the announced closure threatens to cause a substantial loss of urban planning and structural functions with serious consequences for the town and the entire region. the goal was to supply long-term impulses in the fields of research, education and the respective production areas as well as civil-military cooperation. In the sense of a campus, interdisciplinary synergies are to be combined with high-quality recreational/sports facilities and residential uses.
01. Ex-military Air Base
How to fill the background in CGI? It is quasi impossible to build up a full digital replica of what actually exists on site, thanks for Camera Match Utility that made it possible to create or modify a camera so that its position, orientation, and field-of-view matches that of the camera that originally created the photo. In the final presentation, this technique was not only useful to exploit the provided aerial photography of the site and load it as a backdrop for the 3ds Max viewport, but also to compare and evaluate the proposed interventions and its impact on the site.
02. Perspective Matching
The study started by modelling the terrain through providing height maps that were further translated into different terrain levels. The idea was to highlight the structural links between the site, town centre, adjoining districts, and neighbouring municipalities. The connecting routes were strongly affected by the topography of the site, as the air base stood on an elevated plateau. Our aim was to exploit the elevated terrain to emphasize the visual accessibility and continuity, and explore how the town can interact with the new project by creating clear paths that can unlock the connection between the inhabitants and the site.
