Appointment 11, Tue 07.07.2009

NARRATE YOUR CITY

André Bougarde, Eiffelturm, 1889

TODAYS WORKSHOP TASK

10h - 11.30h
Part 1: Linear narration: narrate your design project with the aid of a story board (text plus diagrams)
Format: use Polaroid-format for diagrams, text 10pt Arial.

12h – 16h
Part 2: choose one of the following text styles and use it to narrate your design project:
> Poem, Poesy (Sophie, Gregor)
> Comic (Caro, Jonas)
> Prose (Marian)
> Text-Collage (Vincent)
> Manifest (Poli, Meike, Marcia)
> Science Magazine (Julia, Brigitte, Francois)
> Cycles, Refrains (Gjergji, Lorin, Mariana)
> Episodes (Ina, Olesja)
Format: open

EXAMPLES (LINK)

NEXT MEETING: 14.07.2009 Individual Crit

10h Jonas, Caro
11h Vincent
12h Marian

14h Poli, Meike, Marcia
15h Julia, Brigitte, Francois
16h Sophie, Gregor

17h Ina, Olesja
18h Gjergji, Lorin, Mariana

OUTLOOK: Karlsruhe Workshop 26.7. – 31.7.

> finish your project until 26.7. and bring your drawings (not plans) and models with you
> Workshop task: exhibition and presentation of your design project: everybody/every group will have one or two panels (3m x 1,2m) to present and exhibit their project

> Brochure

Appointment 10, Tue 30.06.2009

NARRATE YOUR CITY

WORKSHOP TASK (until next week):

Short outline of your project (approx. 500 words):

> actual conditions of the project site: potentials and dilemmas
> approach and strategies
> aims and scenarios

 

TEXTS  AND REFERENCES
> Parc de la Villette, OMA (S,M,L,XL)
> Die Unsichtbaren Städte, Italo Calvino
> Cities within the City, O M Ungers

 

NEXT MEETING: 07.07.2009 WORKSHOP
> short reading
> re-editing the text in order to support your design approach
> preparation of presentation

- print all diagrams, pictures, plans that support your design idea (Polaroid format, black/white)

Appointment 8, Tue 09.06.2009

MC A, PASSIVE DOWNDRAUGHT EVAPORATIVE COOLING

WORKSHOP URBAN PLACE FORM (Guest: M.Phys. Dipl.-Ing. Alexis Bikos, FBTA)

 Today’s program:

> 10.00 – 11.00h          Short presentation of “how you would like to continue”

> 11.00h – 11.30h        Designing by exploiting climatic conditions – Martin, Marcus

> 11.30 – 12.30h           Lecture by Alex Wall

> 13.30 – 1730h            Workshop “Urban Place Form” (Input Alex Wall)

> 17.30h                          Short presentation of your workshop results

 WORKSHOP TASK:

Environmental systems can be used as design strategies and to exploit architectural interventions. Today’s task is to design one particular building within your site and to use one of the following topics as design idea. Size, place and form are to be chosen independently. Try to make the design as extreme/thoroughgoing as possible.

Mitigation of heat stress:
> Winds and Ventilation: Evaporative Cooling, Air Chimney, Geothermic Wind Exchange
> Sun and Shade

Mitigation of material waste:
> Flows and Fluxes: United Bottle, Water-Cycles, Recycling (Cradle to Cradle)

Learning from the past:
> Reinterpreting the Vernacular (among others, vernacular architecture revels climatic conditions)

ORGANISATION: grading

NEXT MEETING: 16.06.2009 Individual Crits

Appointment 7, Tue 02.06.2009

Blackboard diagram: Seminar City of Desire

PIN-UP with Alex Wall, Sabine Müller and Ute Knippenberger

> 14.00 – 17.00h
Short presentation of your work (Pecha Kucha, max. 10 min.) and discussion

NEXT MEETING: WORKSHOP 09.06. 10.00h
Environmental Tectonics and Systemic Design

Appointment 6, Tue 26.05.2009

Point-City, OMA, 1993

TODAYS PROGRAM
> 10.00-11.15h Presentation of research/analysis
> 11.30-13.00h Lecture Alex Wall
> 16.00-19.00h Individual crit
    16.00-16.30h Group 1
    16.30-17.00h Group 2
    17.00-17.30h Group 3
    17.30-18.00h Group 4
    18.00-18.30h Group 5
    18.30-19.00h Group 6

 

NEXT MEETING PIN-UP: 02.06. 14h

Appointment 5, Tue 19.05.2009

Google Earth, 2009

TODAYS PROGRAM
> 10.00-11.15h Presentation (Pecha Kucha, 5 min.): project proposal (arguments for your design project)
> 11.30-13.00h Lecture Alex Wall
> 14.00-17.00h Workshop
> 17.30-18.30h Individual crit

ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT – WORKSHOP
Ingredients and Talents[1] of Space

> 1. Scale: Country of Albania
 Tirana within Albania (Reference: Point-City, OMA)

> 2. Scale: City of Tirana
the project sites within the City (Reference: 49 Cities, WORKac
Examples: Central Park, Manhattan / Soho, London / Südstadt, Karlsruhe / Blloku, Tirana)

> 3. Scale: Project Site
Different elements within the project site (Reference: Boom vs. Regio, STBA
Examples: Wollman Rink, Central Park-NY / Werderplatz, Südstadt-KA / Villa of Enver Hoxa, Blloku-Tirana)

NEXT MEETING, 9.45h
> Presentation (Pecha Kucha, 5 min. each):
> Individual crits
PIN-UP: 02.06. 14h

 

ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT (plans – black/white line drawings)

> 1. Scale: Country of Albania (Tirana students)

> land use (3 plans: communist and post communist era + future prognosis)
> areas of high and low density (3 plans: communist and post communist era + future prognosis)
> tourism (3 plans: communist and post communist era + future prognosis)
> infrastructure (3 plans: communist and post communist era + future prognosis)

Sources:
Tirana – the Challenge of urban development (by Besnik), page 83
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTALBANIA/Resources/Albania_Urban_Sector_Review_English.pdf

 

> 2. Scale: City of Tirana

> districts and quarters (Ingredients and talents of the region):
3 plans: communist, post comm. + future development
> project site and the city (relations and dependencies)

 

> 3. Scale: Project Site

1st May:
Ingredients and talents
> analysis: apartment units (number), infrastructure (m2), private space (m2), public space (m2)
> % built space, % green space, % infrastructure
> comparison with other cities

River:
Ingredients and talents
> analysis: open space, agriculture, private, unused, dumpsites, users, circulation system
> comparison with other cities

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[1] Talents (present and future):
> physical, structural, recreational, ecological, economic, … relations and potentials
> tasks the considered space is performing within a wider field

Field conditions moves from the one toward the many, from individuals to collectives, from objects to fields… To generalize, a field condition could be any formal or spatial matrix capable of unifying diverse elements while respecting the identity of each. Field configurations are loosely bound aggregates characterized by porosity and local interconnectivity. Overall shape and extent are highly fluid and less important than the internal relationships of parts, which determine the behaviour of the field.
“Field Conditions” by Stan Allan in “Points and Lines”

Appointment 4, Tue 12.05.2009

TASKS until next week

> BLOG assembling and update
> 7 Polaroid’s: Journey to Tirana (Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania), upload them on your blog

Next Meeting (Tue 19.05.2009), 9.45h
> Presentation (Pecha Kucha, 5 min. each): project proposal (arguments for your design project)
> Workshop day: Research on project site
 

ORGANIZATION

> Disturbance allowance
> please return books/magazines
> Email-addresses/skype accounts from Albanian students

Workshop Presentation

07. May

­­Sketch Project

Estudio Teddy Cruz, Tijuana, Mexico

Make the spacial consequences of your collages visible and locate them by drawing a site plan, sections, ideograms, diagrams, sketches or by building models. In order to support your design criteria you have to analyse the site closely. Compare the situation before and after your intervention.

ANALYSIS INPUT 1.MAY
> Program
> Maximum density / building envelope (free sites, potential extensions)
> Stages of decay (which houses will soon have to be refurbished / which parts will have to be replaced?)
> Where is public space and how is it being used?
> Is there a need for a transformation of the housing units (size and inhabitants)?
> Genotype and Phenotype (documentation of the informal add-ons / formal repertoire)
> Climate performance (heat and ventilation)

ANALYSIS INPUT RIVER OF TIRANA
> Infrastructure / Circulation / How can I get there?
> Cross-sections (ideograms): Typography, land-use and spacial boundaries
> Program / How are the riverbanks being used?
> Classification of housing areas
> Unoccupied pieces of land
> What’s “public”? / What’s “private”?
> Which areas are flooded in winter?

SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 12.00h to 13.00h - “French Plan Model”
17.00h - Lecture by Dritan
18.00h - Open Lecture by Alex

FRIDAY 09.00h – Hand in Collage
10.00h to 12.00h - Construction Site 51n4e

SATURDAY 14.00h – Hand in Sketch Project
14.30h – Presentation of the Sketch Project

06. May

COLLAGE, 06.05.2009

­­­

Superstudio, Super Surface

SCHEDULE

> Morning session BESNIK

> PRESENTATION OF POLAROIDS

> COLLAGE MAX

> 6pm evening session SOTIR

> night visit

WORKHOP PROCESS

1. seeing (Polaroid) > 2. editing (Collage) > 3. content/concept (Sketch Project)

1. POLAROID

2. COLLAGE MAX:

> on the basis of your Polaroids, create three photomontages, collages, assemblages or drawings that further develop the content in the direction of a project

> graphics: achieve a specific graphical quality that underlines your approach. Discuss the composition of your collages very carefully within your group

> Due to: TOMORROW, 3pm as jpg-format

3. SKETCH PROJECT (outlook):

a conceptional approach that identifies the problems, shows up the potentials for the future and creates a scenario that exploits the potentials of the site to a maximum extend

> Due to: SATURDAY

05. May

­­­Site Visit No.1, 05.05.2009

PICTURE YOUR SITE

Take three pictures (using the Polaroid format, please see layout) of your chosen site. Give it a short headline.

Use the images and a short description (max. 1/2 A4 page) to characterize the situation.

Try to be specific in what you want to communicate.
Identify one or two themes that serve as a basis for your exploration.

Due to: TODAY, 4 pm as jpg-format + text
Short presentation TOMORROW after the morning session

ORGANIZATION

> Identify your site

> take your print outs

> Teams: The average team should consist of 2 Karlsruhe students + 1 POLIS student

> Next meeting 6 pm at POLIS Prof Alex Wall Lecture: DESIGN TENDENCIES

READER online

The digital version of our TIRANA EXPRESS READER is now available. Download: TIRANA READER (10mb)

Thanks to Jonas and Marian

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

So 03. May

Afternoon: Arriving in Tirana

Mo 04. May

Excursion: Tirana, Dures Metropolitan Region. Evening: Editing of the collected material

Get to know Tirana and its surroundings! Observations of the different realities

Tue 05. May

Workshop day 1: 1^st visit of the project site. Evening: Documentation/crit

Project site: what part of the city does it represent, what potentials are there? What information is missing to evaluate/assess the site?

> Tools: Photos, Interviews, Short-movies, observations of details
> Text 1 (max. 1/2 A4 Page)
> 3 Polaroid’s (like you did in Karlsruhe)
> Input Presentation Prof. Alex Wall: Today’s Design Tendencies

Wed 06. May

Workshop day 2: Working at POLIS. Night: 2^nd visit of the project site (in the dark)
> morning session Prof. Besnik Aliaj
> individual crit
> evening session Sotir Dhamo & Dritan Shutina

 Thu 07. May

Workshop day 3: individual program

Analytical observations: what questions do we have concerning the site?

> Documentation and abstraction of the found
> Analytical, programmatic and narrative diagrams
> Tools: Postcards, diagrams and maps/sections. Documentations of interviews, editing of photos/movies
> Open-Forum: Lecture Prof. Alex Wall

Fri 08. May
Workshop day 4: individual program

Formulation of an attitude/concept

10:00h - VISIT 51N4E HIGH-RISE BUILDING

> Write or build a history, storyboard, object and THESIS
> Text 2 (max. ½ A4 Page)
> Exaggerated formulation of the idea, show in MODEL

 Sat 09. May

Workshop day 5: Focusing of the concept. Afternoon: Presentation

> Illustration of all previous design steps

 

Lucie et Maintenant im Prinz-Max-Palais, Karlsruhe

mittwoch um 19h und donnerstag um 21:15h 
kino im prinz-max-palais

Lucie et Maintenant
Schweiz 2007, Simone Fürbringer, Humbert & Penzel, 80min, dt. UT, 35mm.
mit Océane Madelaine, Jocelyn Bonnerave.

Im Mai des Jahres 1982 brechen der argentinische Schriftsteller Julio Cortàzar und seine Lebensgefährtin Carol Dunlop in ihrem VW-Bus zu einer Reise auf der Autobahn von Paris nach Marseille auf, die für sie beide die letzte sein sollte. Als Spielregel wurde festgelegt, jeden Rastplatz auf ihrer Fahrt zu besuchen, an jedem zweiten Rastplatz ihr Nachtlager aufzuschlagen und während der ganzen Reise die Autobahn nicht zu verlassen. Normalerweise fährt man die Strecke in sieben Stunden. Für die beiden dauerte die Reise 33 Tage. Fast 25 Jahre später machen sich Océane Madelaine und Jocelyn Bonnerave auf den Weg, um diese Reise noch einmal zu unternehmen. „Was die beiden Paare miteinander eint ist die Besessenheit nach allem, jedes Detail wartet darauf beschrieben zu werden, jede Wahrnehmung setzt ein Zeichen von Lebendigsein. Das was für die einen ein Abschied von der Welt war, ist den anderen Sinnsuche und Verortung diesseits und jenseits.“ (DOK Leipzig)

TIME SCHEDULE

Termine		Datum		Thema
1		21.04.09		Einführung, Aufgabe 1
2		28.04.09		Abgabe Aufgabe 1, Vorbereitung Exkursion
3		03.05.2009 - 09.05.2009		WORKSHOP in TIRANA
4		12.05.09		Zurückkommen/Ausblicke
5		19.05.09		Entwurfsworkshop
6		26.05.09		Einzelbetreuung
7		02.06.09		PIN-UP / Kritik + Input, 14h
8		09.06.09		Entwurfsworkshop
9		16.06.09		Einzelbetreuung
10		23.06.09		PIN-UP / Kritik + Input, 14h
		30.06.09		DIPLOMWOCHE
11		07.07.09		Entwurfsworkshop
12		14.07.09		Einzelbetreuung
13		21.07.09		Einzelbetreuung
14		28.07.09		Präsentation, 15h
15		30.09.09		Letzte Abgabemöglichkeit