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Back in August we blogged about the first Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize that was to be held in October and in subsequent posts we introduced all the finalists! First place was to receive $50k and runner-up $25k. Care to learn who the winners are?

First was Alvaro Siza's Ibere Camargo Foundation located in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Photo: Elvira Tomazoni Fortuna

Second place was awarded to Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road located in Miami Beach, Florida. 

we have developed one method to contorl 2 cameras in the MCHAP exhibition.

Here are attached some pictures of the "tripode" and the code below.

#include <Servo.h> //Sensor Variables Servo myServoX0; // create servo object to control a servo Servo myServoY0; Servo myServoX1; Servo myServoY1;

int servoPinX0 = 5; int servoPinY0 = 6; int servoPinX1 = 10; int servoPinY1 = 11;

//Potentiometer Variables int potPinX0 = A0; // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer int potPinY0 = A4; int potPinX1 = A2; int potPinY1 = A3;

int valX0; // variable to read the value from the analog pin int valY0; int valX1; int valY1;

int previousPotX0=0; int previousPotY0=0; int previousPotX1=0; int previousPotY1=0;

int currentPotX0=0; int currentPotY0=0; int currentPotX1=0; int currentPotY1=0;

int servoIdx = 0; int servoMax = 180; int servoMin = 0; boolean pong = true; int incr = 1; int diffThresh = 4;

long inactivityThreshold = 10000; long lastTouch; boolean dirty = false;

void setup() { // initialize serial communications at 9600 bps: Serial.begin(9600); setupServos(); //setupPotentiometers(); }

void loop() { //input readPotentiometers();

//process input data process(); if(millis()<lastTouch+inactivityThreshold) { setMotorsOverride(); } else { setMotorsInactive(); }

}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //SETUP METHODS //////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void setupServos(){ //int servoSpeed=90; myServoX0.attach(servoPinX0); myServoY0.attach(servoPinY0); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object myServoX1.attach(servoPinX1); myServoY1.attach(servoPinY1); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object }

void setupPotentiometers(){

}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //Action METHODS //////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// void readPotentiometers() { previousPotX0 = currentPotX0; currentPotX0 = analogRead(potPinX0); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) previousPotY0 = currentPotY0; currentPotY0 = analogRead(potPinY0); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) previousPotX1 = currentPotX1; currentPotX1 = analogRead(potPinX1); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) previousPotY1 = currentPotY1; currentPotY1 = analogRead(potPinY1); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) }

void process() { //TODO: compute appropriate variables from incoming data //this function readies the data for control and transmission potsToMotorControlValue(); }

void potsToMotorControlValue() { if (( abs(previousPotX0-currentPotX0)<diffThresh)|| abs(previousPotY0-currentPotY0)<diffThresh|| abs(previousPotX1-currentPotX1)<diffThresh|| abs(previousPotY1-currentPotY1)<diffThresh) { lastTouch=millis(); dirty = true; valX0 = map(currentPotX0, 0, 1023, 0, 180); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) valY0 = map(currentPotY0, 0, 1023, 0, 180); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) valX1 = map(currentPotX1, 0, 1023, 0, 180); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) valY1 = map(currentPotY1, 0, 1023, 0, 180); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) transmitPotentiometers(); } }

void setMotorsInactive() { servoIdx += incr; if(servoIdx>=servoMax || servoIdx<=servoMin) { if(pong) { incr = -incr; } else { servoIdx = 0; } } myServoX0.write(servoIdx);//autopan

}

void setMotorsOverride() { myServoX0.write(valX0); myServoY0.write(valY0); myServoX1.write(valX1); myServoY1.write(valY1); }

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //Transmission METHODS //////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void transmitPotentiometers(){

Fundación Ibere Camargo y 1111 Lincoln Road ganadores del premio MCHAP.

El premio Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP), organizado por el IIT College of Architecture, seleccionó a la Fundación Ibere Camargo, proyecto de Álvaro Siza, y al 1111 Lincoln Road, proyecto de Herzog & de Meuron, como ganadores de en su versión inaugural. Más info aquí.

The inaugural MCHAP.emerge lecture by Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen) sponsored by The Mies Society will be held Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 6:30 pm in S.R. Crown Hall.

Pezo von Ellrichshausen's work, Poli House (Tome, Bio Bio Region, Chile), received the inaugural MCHAP.emerge award recognizing the outstanding built work in the Americas completed between 2000 and 2013. The award was announced at a benefit dinner on May 20th hosted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

In announcing then award, Dean Wiel Arets of IIT College of Architecture noted "the MCHAP.emerge Jury was drawn to the subtle complexity of Poli House and look forward to having Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen share their unique talents with our students and the City of Chicago when they join us for a research appointment at the College of Architecture during the 2014/2015 academic year.”

The September 17th lecture which Pezo and Sofia have entitled "Normal Inventory" will be the first public event for the pair as they begin their academic appointment with IIT College of Architecture. A dinner will follow the lecture.

In an effort to honor the greatest works built in the Americas, Wiel Arets, dean of the college of architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (ITT), has created the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP).  Seven finalists were named this month from a total of 225 pieces of work, which date back from 2000 through year 2013.

In a statement released by the College of Architecture, ITT, Dirk Denison, MCHAP director and professor, expressed that “The concept at the heart of the MCHAP is to foster a deeper conversation about Architecture in the Americas.”  Dirk adds, “The jury’s visits to the realized works, and our meetings with the architects and clients proved the value of such conversations in creating outstanding works of architecture.”

Winners will be announced on October 22, 2014 at the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Conference in Chicago. First place will receive $50,000 and runner-up will be awarded $25,000.

The finalists’ named are:

“1111 Lincoln Road” in Miami, Florida by Herzog & de Meuron

“Altamira Residential Building” in Rosario, Argentina by Rafael Iglesia

“Capilla del Retiro” in Auco, Los Andes, Chile, by Undurruaga Deves Arquitectos (Cristian Unurraga)

“Ibere Camargo Foundation” in Porto Alege, Brazil, by Alvaro Siza Vieira

“Mestizo Restaurant” in Santiago, Chile, by Smiljan Radic

“Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Block Building” in Kansas City, Missouri, Steven Holl Architects

“Seattle Central Library” in Seattle, Washington, by OMA/LMN (Rem Koolhaas & Joshua Prince-Ramus, Partner in Charge)