Radical Social Housing Project in Barcelona Wins the 2024 RIBA International PrizeSave this picture!Modulus matrix -85 social housing in Cornell, Barcelonaby Peris + Toral Arquitectes. Image Courtesy of RIBAThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awarded its 2024 International Prize to Modulus Matrix, an 85-unit social housing development in Cornell, near Barcelona. Designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, the six-story timber-framed building is a notable example of innovative social housing design. Its modular structure, based on a 3.6m x 3.6m grid inspired by traditional Japanese homes, creates a flexible and adaptable living space. The design prioritizes cross-ventilation, dual orientation, and a central communal courtyard, fostering social interaction and community building.Save this picture!The building's modularity allows for various apartment configurations, catering to diverse family structures and evolving needs. The design intentionally challenges conventional layouts, placing kitchens centrally and eschewing a hierarchy between living, eating, and sleeping areas. Inspired by architect Marta Peris's research into the films of Japanese director Yasujir Ozu, the project embodies a careful consideration of intergenerational dynamics. This approach creates what the architects term a "democratic house," promoting fluidity and interaction within each dwelling.Save this picture!The use of mass timber construction contributes to low CO emissions, and the modular system shortens construction time, making it a potentially scalable model for addressing housing shortages. Modulus Matrix's design features carefully considered details, including acoustic solutions and Barcelona shutters for privacy and shading. Related Article The Impact of Co-Living in Spain: 5 Projects with Multigenerational Shared Spaces The project's success in creating a comfortable and adaptable living environment is highlighted by positive feedback from residents who initially expressed reservations about the unconventional layout but later embraced its flexibility and functionality. The project's success is also rooted in its collaboration with IMPSOL (the Metropolitan Institute of Land Development and Property Management), a public body that provides land for socially innovative housing projects, demonstrating a successful public-private partnership model.Save this picture! Peris + Toral Arquitectes' inspiring housing project in Spain embodies the kind of transformational spirit that is both aspirational and demonstrates genuine change. By embracing flexibility and longevity through long life, loose-fit architecture, it is a radical approach to social housing that creates a place designed for people to adapt and inhabit in the long term. This visionary scheme allows for new and future ideas of what constitutes a family and should be seen as a blueprint for delivering sustainable, quality housing around the world at scale. It is a strong example of the ways in which architects can create new and implementable solutions to the common challenge of creating housing for all. - RIBA President Muyiwa Oki Save this picture!The RIBA International Prize jury praised Modulus Matrix for its visionary approach to social housing, its adaptability to changing societal needs, and its sustainability. The project's success serves as a significant example of how architectural design can create not only efficient and sustainable housing but also foster community and enhance the lives of its residents. The RIBA International Prize Grand Jury was chaired by Lu Wenyu, Co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio, withTosin Oshinowo, Founder and Principal of Oshinowo Studio and Curator of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023, and Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, and Director, Research and Development, The Museum of Modern Art.Save this picture!The shortlist for the RIBA International Prize 2024 comprised of: Save this picture!Concurrently with the International Prize, the RIBA also presented the International Emerging Architect Award 2024 to ARCity for their "Six Bricolage Houses" project in Shenzhen, China. This award recognizes architects with ten years or less of experience who demonstrate significant contributions to the field. ARCity's project, located in Nantou Ancient City, showcases a pioneering approach to urban renewal through the creation of six self-built homes. The design integrates sensitively with the existing historic fabric, blending modern construction with the informal character of the urban village.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorCite: Maria-Cristina Florian. "Radical Social Housing Project in Barcelona Wins the 2024 RIBA International Prize" 26 Nov 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024028/radical-social-housing-project-in-barcelona-wins-the-2024-riba-international-prize&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Nvidia Reveals Swiss Army Knife of AI Audio Tools: FugattoBy John P. Mello Jr.November 26, 2024 5:00 AM PT ADVERTISEMENTEngage with IT decision makers and key influencers. TechNewsWorld's B2B marketing services deliver sales-ready leads that shorten your sales process. Fill your funnel and grow revenue with our lead gen expertise. Get Started Today. High-powered computer chip maker Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new AI model developed by its researchers that can generate or transform any mix of music, voices and sounds described with prompts using any combination of text and audio files.The new AI model called Fugatto for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus can create a music snippet based on a text prompt, remove or add instruments from an existing song, change the accent or emotion in a voice, and even produce sounds never heard before.According to Nvidia, by supporting numerous audio generation and transformation tasks, Fugatto is the first foundational generative AI model that showcases emergent properties capabilities that arise from the interaction of its various trained abilities and the ability to combine free-form instructions.We wanted to create a model that understands and generates sound like humans do, Rafael Valle, a manager of applied audio research at Nvidia, said in a statement.Fugatto is our first step toward a future where unsupervised multitask learning in audio synthesis and transformation emerges from data and model scale, he added.Nvidia noted the model is capable of handling tasks it was not pretrained on, as well as generating sounds that change over time, such as the Doppler effect of thunder as a rainstorm passes through an area.The company added that unlike most models, which can only recreate the training data theyve been exposed to, Fugatto allows users to create soundscapes its never seen before, such as a thunderstorm easing into dawn with the sound of birds singing.Breakthrough AI Model for Audio TransformationNvidias introduction of Fugatto marks a significant advancement in AI-driven audio technology, observed Kaveh Vahdat, founder and president of RiseOpp, a national CMO services company based in San Francisco.Unlike existing models that specialize in specific tasks such as music composition, voice synthesis, or sound effect generation Fugatto offers a unified framework capable of handling a diverse array of audio-related functions, he told TechNewsWorld. This versatility positions it as a comprehensive tool for audio synthesis and transformation. Vahdat explained that Fugatto distinguishes itself through its ability to generate and transform audio based on both text instructions and optional audio inputs. This dual-input approach enables users to create complex audio outputs that seamlessly blend various elements, such as combining a saxophones melody with the timbre of a meowing cat, he said.Additionally, he continued, Fugattos capacity to interpolate between instructions allows for nuanced control over attributes like accent and emotion in voice synthesis, offering a level of customization not commonly found in current AI audio tools.Fugatto is an extraordinary step towards AI that can handle multiple modalities simultaneously, added Benjamin Lee, a professor of engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.Using both text and audio inputs together may produce far more efficient or effective models than using text alone, he told TechNewsWorld. The technology is interesting because, looking beyond text alone, it broadens the volumes of training data and the capabilities of generative AI models.Nvidia at Its BestMark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas, asserted that Fugatto represents Nvidia at its best.The technology introduces advanced capabilities in AI audio processing by enabling the transformation of existing audio into entirely new forms, he told TechNewsWorld. This includes converting a piano melody into a human vocal line or altering the accent and emotional tone of spoken words, offering unprecedented flexibility in audio manipulation.Unlike existing AI audio tools, Fugatto can generate novel sounds from text descriptions, such as making a trumpet sound like a barking dog, he said. These features provide creators in music, film, and gaming with innovative tools for sound design and audio editing.Fugatto deals with audio holistically spanning sound effects, music, voice, virtually any type of audio, including sounds that have not been heard before and precisely, added Ross Rubin, the principal analyst with Reticle Research, a consumer technology advisory firm in New York City.He cited the example of Suno, a service that uses AI to generate songs. They just released a new version that has improvements in how generated human voices sound and other things, but it doesnt allow the kinds of precise, creative changes that Fugatto allows, such as adding new instruments to a mix, changing moods from happy to sad, or moving a song from a minor key to a major key, he told TechNewsWorld.Its understanding of the world of audio and the flexibility that it offers goes beyond the mask-specific engines that weve seen for things like generating a human voice or generating a song, he said.Opens Door for CreativesVahdat pointed out that Fugatto can be useful in both advertising and language learning. Agencies can create customized audio content that aligns with brand identities, including voiceovers with specific accents or emotional tones, he noted.At the same time, in language learning, educational platforms will be able to develop personalized audio materials, such as dialogues in various accents or emotional contexts, to aid in language acquisition.Fugatto technology opens doors to a wide array of applications in creative industries, Vena maintained. Filmmakers and game developers can use it to create unique soundscapes, such as turning everyday sounds into fantastical or immersive effects, he said. It also holds potential for personalized audio experiences in virtual reality, assistive technologies, and education, tailoring sounds to specific emotional tones or user preferences. In music production, he added, it can transform instruments or vocal styles to explore innovative compositions.Further development may be needed to get better musical results, however. All these results are trivial, and some have been around for longer and better, observed Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, a musician and composer in Northfield Falls, Vt.The voice isolation was clumsy and unmusical, he told TechNewsWorld. The additional instruments were also trivial, and most of the transformations were colorless. The only advantage is that it requires no particular learning, so the development of musicality for the AI user will be minimal.It may usher in some new uses real musicians are wonderfully inventive already but unless the developers have better musical chops to begin with, the results will be dreary, he said. They will be musical slop to join the visual and verbal slop from AI.AGI Stand-InWith artificial general intelligence (AGI) still very much in the future, Fugatto may be a model for simulating AGI, which ultimately aims to replicate or surpass human cognitive abilities across a wide range of tasks.Fugatto is part of a solution that uses generative AI in a collaborative bundle with other AI tools to create an AGI-like solution, explained Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Ore.Until we get AGI working, he told TechNewsWorld, this approach will be the dominant way to create more complete AI projects with far higher quality and interest.John P. Mello Jr. has been an ECT News Network reporter since 2003. His areas of focus include cybersecurity, IT issues, privacy, e-commerce, social media, artificial intelligence, big data and consumer electronics. 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