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
[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”
