Adrian Judt
ABOUT DESIGNING CITIES
Adrian Judt, MSc. UR BAN DESIGN www.adrianjudt.com
18 theses on
architecture and urban design
Space is not a container. Space is relational and it is socially produced. Hence, quality in architecture and urban planning emerges through the appropriation by its users.
KĂźcheninstallation
The city is a product of interests and relations of power: To act as a designer in these existing hegemonic structures, one must understand the relationships between actors, networks and processes. Urban Territories: 7000 Eichen
The complexity of the urban must be allowed to exist. Therefore, an open and interdisciplinary approach is necessary for an urban practice.
Freiham Nord
Live Project Portland Works
Patterns of everyday actions give information on how places are used, the importance of spatial relations and which functional requirements must be met. Experts with situation -specific knowledge can incorporate previously inaccessible expertise into the project.
Do not over design. We must acknowledge the production of space as a process, as a “Practices of Everyday Life”. Allow spontaneous activities and give space to appropriate, to adapt, to modify or to extend in personal ways.
“To be constructed” – Tbilisi Architecture Biennial
Understanding the morphology of the built space is crucial for any design intervention. Because spatial configurations, historical artefacts and structural typologies are expressions of the social interaction within the city.
Die Stadt am Wasser: St. Pauli LandungsbrĂźcken
Architecture is a correlation between location and concept. For every creative enterprise shall oscillate between an overarching strategy and tactical decisions, to open up possibilities for situationspecific actions.
Airport Ring Rhine-Main City
Foto: Ben Pohl (HCU)
Our cities must be understood as a resource. It must be dealt with in an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable way.
Hotel? Wilhelmsburg
Process-oriented planning must be open to allow adaptations to react to changing parameters and new information.
WĂźstenrot ZukunftsWerkstattWohnbauen: Harte Kerne
City can be read as a palimpsest: Long-forgotten buildings, past uses, personal memories or designs which have never been realised: they all make up the history of a place.
Maker Space Neu Marx
Legal framework conditions and planning processes must be further developed, for dealing with future challenges. New strategies and methods are needed to support engagement by civil society.
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“Auf ’ne Limo” – Vienna Design Week
Projects should establish a productive relationship with the existing and show new paths into the future. Existing typologies, of any temporal or ideological origin, should be treated with respect.
Re-Beauty
Housing must be supplemented by the actions of being active and understood as “dwelling-as-practice “, as the lived practices of housing always include work, leisure and mobility activities.
Quartier am Spielbudenplatz
Open spaces must be maintained and supplemented. Niches offer opportunities for retreat and unforeseen activities. They increase the resilience of cities to a constantly changing environment.
“Mein Haus, dein Haus� – Living Room Festival
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What is needed are ideas that recognise the use by its user and make appropriation processes possible. Longterm durable spaces are created if rededications and transformations are taken into account from the outset.
Superscape – 16mm
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similar facilities: algae research & production, cosmetics, food technology (packeting, measuring and production), aquaponic, organic plastic
similar industries: precision mechanics, steel work, mechanical engineering, speed factory
similar businesses: bakery, farm shop, restaurant, repair cafĂŠ, fab lab, shops, co-working, library
milar uses: ome office, library, uest room, sauna, ttoo studio, garage, orage, kiosk
An ever more diversified population needs differing places, which have to meet the spatial and programmatic needs of their users. New interventions and should facilitate unforeseen encounters but also allow personal retreat and privacy.
similar tenants: creative agencies, foto and music studio, gallery, artist space, media agency, hotel, boardinghouse
similar small trades: a) locksmith,plumber, electrician, roofer, glazier, powder coating, garage b) instrument maker, precision engineering, dental technology, electrical engineering
a blend for the Future
Architecture as space of negotiation: A spatial dimension implies a social relation. Robust spaces can endure everyday conflicts and negotiation processes and make them productive. Foto: Bernd Banaski
Hamamness / Bubble Palace
Küchensinstallation (Brutkasten Festival) Jenny Ohlenschlager, Torben Spieker + Adrian Judt 7000 Eichen (HCU) Andrea Behnke + Adrian Judt Freiham Nord Wettbewerb feld72 & Bauchplan + Adrian Judt Live Projekt Portland Works (University of Sheffield) Chen Guo, Benjamin Balti, Jonathan Orlek, Christopher Carthy, Caroline Goore-Booth, Guy Moulson, Mersedeh Ghyravi Fard, Bryony Spottiswoode, Scaria Njavally, Ewan Tavendale, Qi Mingyu + Adrian Judt To be constructed – Tbilisi Architecture Biennial Helene Schauer + Adrian Judt Stadt am Wasser: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken Siri Himmelmann, Vanessa Weber, Philipp Wetzel + Adrian Judt Airport Ring Rhein Main City feld72 + Adrian Judt Hotel? Wilhelmsburg: Universität der Nachbarschaften (HCU + IBA Hamburg) internationale Lehrende, Studierende, Gäste, Freunde & Besucher + Adrian Judt Harte Kerne (Wüstenrot ZukunftsWerkstattWohnbauen) Clarissa Dorsch, Liza Maria Figura, Lena Flamm, Heiko Haberle, Albert Herrmann + Adrian Judt Maker Space Neu Marx (diaolgisches Wettbewerbverfahren) feld72 & DnD + Adrian Judt Auf ’ne Limo Lene Benz, Susanne Mariacher, Helene Schauer + Adrian Judt Re-Beauty Gerhard Flora, Frank Schwenk + Adrian Judt Quartier am Spielbudenplatz (diaolgisches Wettbewerbverfahren) feld72 + Adrian Judt Mein Haus, Dein Haus Lena Kohlmayr + Adrian Judt Junges Wohnen Neu Leopoldau feld72 + Adrian Judt Superscape - 16mm Rainer Ausserer, Alexander Daxböck, Gerhard Flora + Adrian Judt Vereinsheim und Parkhaus Saalfelden feld72 + Adrian Judt Hamamness / Bubble Palace (Live Art Festival / Wiener Festwochen / Claiming Common Spaces) Nadine Jessen, Johannes Maile, Christian Scheler, Kai-Michael Dietrich, u.v.m. + Adrian Judt
18 Thesen zu Architektur und Stadt
Adrian Judt, MSc. U RBAN D ESIGN ajdt.mail@gmail.com
www.adrianjudt.com