MAS CAAD ETHZ 2010-2011 · ITA(Institute of Technology in Architecture), Faculty of Architecture ETH Zurich » Metabolism http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011 ETHZ D-ARCH CAAD MAS Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:00:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 M4: FINAL PRESENTATION http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011/?p=2141 http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011/?p=2141#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:26:41 +0000 http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011//?p=2141

As a final task, we presented our individual works on the chosen architectural theory. Some of the approaches were analyzed and re-formulated in hipotetical scenarios, like Adolf Loos on Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Bernard Tschmumi on FourSquare or Daniel Libeskind on The Matrix.

At the same time, there was some emphasis on analyzing the role of technology for this architectural theories, as well as the different interest towards technology therein, as we can see in J. Christensen’s presentation on Reiser & Umemoto, or in H. Takenaga’s presentation on Metabolism.

Find the students’ work here:

Agata Muszynska on Cecil Balmond

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Aleksandar Lalovic on Foreign Office Architects

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Hideaki Takenaga on Metabolism

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Jesper T. Christensen on Jesse Reiser & Nanako Umemoto (Presentation)

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Jorge Orozco on Daniel Libeskind (Presentation)

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Mihye An on Bernard Tschumi

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Nikola Marincic on Adolf Loos (Presentation)

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During this week we have kept the readings and discussions about our chosen architects, we have come into a point in wich we have to start building the line of argumentation of our research. For most of the students, the goal is to have a elocuent short video of our investigation. This final excercise for this module will be presented at the end of the week.

Also, we had one ‘input’ lecture for our analysis from Andrei Rodin on Objects Without Structure, a philosophical introduction to mathematical category and topos theory.

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Find the students’ work here:

Agata Muszynska on Cecil Balmond (Audio)

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Aleksandar Lalovic on Foreign Office Architects (Audio)

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Hideaki Takenaga on Metabolism (Audio)

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Jesper T. Christensen on Jesse Reiser & Nanako Umemoto (Audio & Presentation)

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Jorge Orozco on Daniel Libeskind (Audio)

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Mihye An on Bernard Tschumi (Audio & Presentation)

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Nikola Marincic on Adolf Loos (Audio)

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Metabolism of the City

Geometry has always been the principal mathematical means of describing the form of a city, persisting from the plans of ancient cities through to many contemporary studies. In recent decades there has been an increasing interest in the application to urban analysis of mathematical techniques that are more commonly used in biological studies of the metabolism of individual animals and insects, in their social groupings and collective constructions, and in the relations of energy, information and material flows through ecological systems.

The hypothesis of our current research is that the combination of the study of energy, information and material flows and their networks in relation to the environmental physics of the urban surface and spatial patterns of the city, and how each acts upon the other over time, will be a significant step towards understanding of the dynamics of cities.

Michael Weinstock’s lecture:

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Michael Weinstock’s focus is on the complex systems of the physical world: the forms and processes of the climate, the land surface of the earth, the emergence and evolution of all living species and of genetics, followed by the dynamics of individual and collective metabolisms from which intelligence, social and spatial orders emerge.

Weinstock’s strategy to generate an urban form through series of genetic evolutions is based on climatologist mathematics and physics. Two settings (quantitive data) are enought to predict most of the energetic behaviour of the urban form. Considering the topology as an analitical tool, and aided with a “very simple RhinoScript” “…it is possible to generate the number of conections on topological networks from the most private room to the city as a whole.”

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During this week we were introduced to a comparatistic way of engaging with architectural history and theory. We analyzed what emphasis have been put where in different theoretic edifices, and what kind of schemes and concepts they have proposed as mediating between these dimensions.

Also, we had two ‘input’ lectures for our analysis, one from Klaus Wassermann on Formalization and Creativity and from Keith Lilley on The Medieval World in Urban Form.

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Find the students’ work here:

Aleksandar Lalovic (Audio)

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Hideaki Takenaga on Metabolism (Audio)

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Jesper T. Christensen on Tectonics (Audio & Presentation)

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Jorge Orozco on Daniel Libeskind (Audio & Presentation)

Magda Osinska on Peter Zumthor (Audio & Presentation)

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Mihye An on Bernard Tschumi (Audio & Presentation)

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Nikola Marincic on Adolf Loos (Audio)

]]> http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011/?feed=rss2&p=1554 0 M4: Week 1. Reviewing students’ work http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011/?p=1426 http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011/?p=1426#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:11:56 +0000 http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1011/?p=1426 During this first week, based on documents, papers and manifestos, we all presented the architect of our preference to work on. From Adolf Loos to Cecil Balmond, this week goal was to analyse and find key concepts and anchor-points. A series of questions from our perspective had to be made in order to understand their theory and start constructing our own attitude.

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Find students’ work here:

Aleksandar Lalovic (Audio)

Hideaki Takenaga on Metabolism (Audio & Presentation)

Jesper T. Christensen on Tectonics (Audio & Presentation)

Jorge Orozco on Daniel Libeskind (Audio & Presentation)

Magda Osinska on Peter Zumthor (Audio & Presentation)

Mihye An on Bernard Tschumi (Audio & Presentation)

Nikola Marincic on Adolf Loos (Audio)

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