Initium |
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Acknowledgments |
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Foreword |
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Introduction |
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I Sojourn To Saudi Arabia |
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Meetings in Riyadh Historic Ad Diriyah |
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II The Context Of Antiquity |
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From Riyadh to Al Ula Ancient Mada'in Saleh Pristine ruins in sandstone On being purposefully lost in the desert |
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Sketches from the desert Selecting a site by helicopter Ideation through digital drawing |
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Program requirements and deviations Sand, sandstone, sand and even more sand Sustainable engineering and analysis Power generation and infrastructure Reviving a historic stone carving industry Sketching architecture into rocks Modeling the site topography in clay Modeling the site topography with software |
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Fusing the geometrical and the topographical Desert vehicle approaches to the resort Circulating through sandstone escarpments The still life: prayer towers and incense garden Hiding ancillary programs from view |
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VI Every Room With A View |
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Calculating residential unit arrays and stacks Sketch sizing residential unit interiors Rocks jutting into clean aesthetic interiors Digital models of unit types Selected floor plans in more detail Sketch revisions and material iterations Final renderings of suite interiors |
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VII Rediscovering Ancient Design Languages |
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Dadanite and Nahatean design Bedouin and Saudi design A regional history of craft Mastering fractal recursion (PR) Mastering artificial intelligence (AI) From historic patterns to a new formal language |
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VIII Artificial Intelligence And Fractal Recursion |
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Inventing a new language of architecture From history to 3D fractal sponges From 3D fractal sponges to deep 2D Fusing the old and new Translating Al and FR into 3D volumes |
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Towers for observation and filtration Extrusions via AI and FR into vertical forms Iterations of towers to develop techniques Rebuilding selected towers in higher resolution Choreographing circulation knots Coiling circulation around towers |
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X Architecture In Its Highest Resolution |
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Tennis exchanges between 2D and 3D High resolution 2D to 3D conversion techniques Architectural language prototypes The reception cube test Iterations to develop formal control 3D printing in metal to study intricacy Material research Next-generation stone carving |
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Circulation through central amenities core Circulation knots as Beaux-Arts marche Back ot house circulation systems Reconstructed core with new design language Framing key guest vantage points Initial site sections Wall aesthetics for public spaces High-resolution facade languages Restaurant court development Shading and pools Circulation knots redesigned Materials for different building types Complex restaurant vaulting The aesthetics of circulation Integration with complex topography Fractal and AI ceiling and vaults The outdoor radiator vault Final core form set |
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Rustications for isolated buildings Fractal/AI rustication Developing formal control of techniques Buildings nestled into ravines Geological and architecture interiors |
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XIII Hidden Architecture Made For Seeing |
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Remote desert viewing and shading structures Abstracted cultural visitation facility Interior outdoor spaces Hidden desert mini-pavilions |
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XIV Aesthetic Choreography |
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Framed views via circulation Selecting views for final images All elevations compiled Final aesthetic details considered An experiment with algorithmic etching In-house test renderings Final rendering collaboration |
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XV Colors, Materials And Textures |
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Digital materials Monolithic material tests FR / AI interior tiling in 2D Reception cube interior tests Different color palettes for resort areas Circulation, bridges and arcades Vaulting from ancient Dadanite script |
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XVI The Presentation Model |
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Final CNC milled model base in high-density foam 3D-printed brass for public buildings Model photographs of final presentation Masterplan drawing of final model arrangement |
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XVII Isolated Luxury Villas |
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A standardized but flexible villa system Sketches of a standard remote villa Observation towers for premium villas Topographical villa scenarios Final villa floor plans Final aerial view of a standard villa |
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Seven Al final presentation boards Resort tower at sunset |
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The 53-page competition booklet Resort observatory at night |
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The final presentation experiences Life during a competition |
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