Computational Design Affairs
Areas of Expertise
Lightweight Structures
Bioclimatic Houses
Membrane Analysis
Computational Design
CODA is an engineering firm operating amid geometry, construction and computation. The team is centred in the ecological footprint reduction and focuses on the generation of lightweight efficient systems by sustainable means, expanding the boundaries of physical and digital form-finding through computational design. The team integrates seamlessly architectural design practice with consultancy research projects at BarcelonaTech and academic tasks leading a master in parametric design in architecture at UPCSchool.
The activity of CODA ranges from consultancy in computational design applied to lightweight structures, to design commissions where efficiency in the building system is highly demanded. The team has built in Norway, Hungary and Spain, and lectured in Austria, Sweden and Korea.
CODA is focused on developing systems allowing to build efficient form by efficient means. Specifically, throughout form-finding processes that integrate both fabrication and erection. The team has a proven experience in the instrumentalisation of elastic deformation, namely bending-active structures. These type of structures are simply generated through the transformation of affordable flat and straight elements, yet stiffened by the process.
The team is composed of architects, engineers & computer scientists.
Team
Gerard Bertomeu
Associate Partner
Architect by UPC. PhD candidate at UPC LiTA Laboratory of Innovation and Architecture Technology. Teacher at ETSAV on Geometry department. Has developed his work and research on energy analysis, automation, data management, computational design and optimization.
Pep Tornabell
Associate Partner
Architect by UPC. PhD candidate at UPC LiTA Laboratory of Innovation and Architecture Technology. Lecturer at Massana College of Art and Design. Has developed his work and research on in structural analysis, computational design, digital fabrication and crafting technologies specializing in wood.
Enrique Soriano
Associate Partner
Architect by UPC. PhD candidate at UPC LiTA Laboratory of Innovation and Architecture Technology.Teacher at ETSAV on Geometry department. Has developed his work and research on form-finding, computational design, architectural geometry and optimization.
Ramon Sastre
Senior Consultant
Architect and PHD by UPC. Professor at the Dept. of Architectural Technology from UPC. Research member of LITA, has developed his work and research on different subjects: Analysis and programming on architectural Technology, Structural morphology in Architecture, Tensile structures, Stereographics studies of solar radiation and illumination.
Collaborators
Angel Antequera
Chief Engineer
Civil Engineer licensed at the Gabriel Rene Moreno Autonomous University. Architecture graduate of the Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Master in Parametric Design in Architecture by the UPC. 11 years as engineering manager of ANSA Consultores S.R.L., 14 years of professional experience in works involving simulation by finite elements, metal structures, reinforced concrete and wood within the civil and industrial field.
Marc Serra
Structural Analysis and Data Visualization
Architect by UPC. Since 2014 he has been working at BBG. He holds a MArch from ETSAV. Teacher at ETSAB Architectural Representation department and MPDA master at Barcelonatech.
He currently he works at Bollinger and Grohmann.
Quim Escoda
Timber Structures
Architect by UPC. Since 2014 he has been working at BBG. He holds a MArch from ETSAV and a MSc in Complex Timber Structures from BFH. Teacher at ETSAB on Structures department.
He currently he works at the Institute for Timber Construction, Structures and Architecture, IHTA, at BFH
Miquel Benedicto
BIM specialist
Architect by UPC. He currently focuses on harnessing the power of computational, primarily leveraging computational tools and techniques to tackle complex architectural challenges.
Address
CODA - Computational Design Affairs
C/ Bolívia 239 2n 2a
08020 Barcelona
Phone
+34 934017904
Email
contact@coda-office.com