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Tutors Alessandra Swiny swiny.a@unic.ac.cy

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Yiorgos Hadjichristou Hadjichristou.y@unic.ac.cy Michalis Georgiou georgiou.m@unic.ac.cy Natasa Christou n.christou@live.co.uk Course ARCH 401/501 ARCH 402/502 Website www.unit05.com

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The original, Greek meaning of the ciris-krisis is the ‘decision’. The definitions vary: “an unstable or crucial time; a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; the decisive moment; the turning point; an unstable situation of exWUHPH GDQJHU RU GLƬFXOW\ DƩHFWLQJ an individual, group, community, or whole society”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents Foreword p. 9 Foreword

p. 6 Map Mapp. 10 p. 9 Project Description Project Description p. 12 p. 11 Essay: “In/Out Crisis: Emergent and Adaptive” Paper on In/ Out Crisis Emergent and Adaptive p. 14 p. 12

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Projects by Region/Continent Projects by Region/ Continent Africa p.

22 Asia p. 30 Africa p. 21 Europe p. 46 Asia p. 28 South America p. 74 Europe p. 42 North America p. 70 SouthStudent AmericaCredits p. 82 p. 112 Students Info Faculty p. 102 p. 114 Faculty p.Readings 104 p. 116 Readings p.Workshops 106 p. 118 Workshops p. 108

Mark Wigley,’ Space in Crisis’, C-Lab*

*Wigley’s notion is the foundation for the investigations led in the Unit 5 ‘In/Out Crisis’

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“Crises are ultimately productive.

They force invention. Radical destruction gives way to new forms of production. If an emergency can be at any scale, from a broken bone to a continent, what turns it into crisis LV ZKHQ LWV HƩHFW H[FHHGV WKH ORFDO scale. Things spin out of scale and therefore out of control. The whole environment is threatened...”

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This booklet focuses the work of Unit an5, architectural This booklet focusesononthe thequestions questionsraised raised by through the work of 5, Unit an architecresearch-based studiostudio at theat University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

TheThe UnitUnit grasps a critical tural research-based the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. grasps a critimomentum, examining points a positivethem stateinofa mind in cal momentum, utilizing pointsofofcontention contentionor orcrisis crisis,with and examines positive state mind that generates new for ways and a with new approach to dealing withand discords order to of generate new approaches dealing discord within the built natthe built and natural environment.

Its investigation takes to therethink opportunity reuralwithin environment.

This investigation provides an opportunity urbantoand think the urban and architectural directions as new generators of future inventions. architectural trajectories as potential generators of future inventions.

Unit sets the premise and the educational environment to respond to current TheThe studio’s premise and educational environment respond to current globalglobal ‘cri‘crises’, through an optimistic approach focusing on current emergency situations.

The ses’ through an optimistic approach focusing on current emergency situations. The aim is to generate intelligent strategies that produce potential and alternative soluaim is to generate intelligent strategies that produce new possibilities and alternaWLRQV RĆŠHULQJ DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR FRQWLQXH DQ H[SORUDWLRQ LQWR WKH FRUSRUHDO DQG VHQVRU\ WLYH VROXWLRQV RĆŠHULQJ DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR FRQWLQXH DQ H[SORUDWLRQ RI WKH FRUSRUHDO needs of the human being within emergent, adaptive, ‘built’ ecologies. and sensory needs of the human being within emergent, adaptive, ‘built’ ecologies.

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Greenland Sea 75

Baffin Bay

Beaufort Sea

Norwegian Sea Davis Strait

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Labrador Sea

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London, UK 45

Kansas City, MO USA Death Valley National Park United States

PACIFIC OCEAN 30

Mojave Desert [2] Gulf of United States Mexico

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Florida United States

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Quillabamba Peru

Guajarรก-Mirim, Brazil

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Project Index on Crisis / Location : USA

SOUTH AMERICA

AFRICA:

Enviromental/Centralia N.America

Enviromental/Quilabamba S.America

Financial / Mali, Saharra Desert

Enviromental/Mojane Desert N.America Social/Mojave Desert N.America Enviromental/Florida S.America

Flooding/Guajara Brazil S.America

Water drainage/ Koka lake, Ethioppia

Flooding/ Brazil Porto Velho S.America Enviromental/Guachapala S.America

EUROPE Enviromental-Social/Athens Greece Revitalize/Peiraias Athens,Greece Social/Nicosia Cyprus

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Venice Italy Black Sea Caspian Sea ologna Istanbul aly Turkey [2] Athens, A Greece Mediterranean Sea Cyrpus [10]

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Kesennuma, Japan N O R T H Minamisanriku, PACIFIC Japan Sandai, OCEAN Japan

Onagawa, Japan Sea of Japan

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Arabian Sea

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EUROPE Enviromental-Social/Athens Greece Revitalize/Peiraias Athens,Greece Social/Nicosia Cyprus Enviromental/Limassol Cyprus Enviromental/Paphos Cyprus (QYLURPHQWDO %XÆ©HU =RQH &\SUXV

EUROPE Unemployment/Nicosia Cyprus Enviromental/Bologna Italy Flooding/Venice Italy Enviromental/Limassol Cyprus Enviromental/Paphos Cyprus Enviromental/Nicosia,Cyprus Flooding/Ilsulissat Greenland

ASIA Electrical pollution/Guangdong Asia Revitalize/Minamisan Riku Asia Tsunami destruction/Ksennuma Asia Earthquake/Istanbul Turkey Social/Istanbul Turkey Flooding/ Kiribati Islands Antartica

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Thesis Unit 5 will focus in analogue and digital experimentation while combining the potential of digital fabrication and the insight of time tested vernacular applications. The Unit will focus on both analogue and and digital experimentation, integrating the possiUnit5 is interested in natural systems organisms and their ability to survive and bilities of digital fabrication with the insights of time-tested vernacular techniques. evolve by adapting to their natural environments.

The Unit is interested in natural systems and organisms and their ability to survive and evolve by adapting to their natural environments.

STRUCTURE Phase 1: Learn STRUCTURE PHASE 1: LEARN We ‘start-over’ with an intensive period of learning to develop design methodologies and strategies to respond to crisis. In your group you will be asked to decompose a We begin with an intensive period toto develop design methodologies and condition of crisis.

Individually youof willlearning be asked experiment with parametric logic strategies to respond to crisis.

In each group, you will be asked to research and dein regards to materials, systems and behavior in order to build your collective strateconstruct a condition of crisis.

Individually, you will experiment with parametric logic gy. Skills will be developed using the following tools: Rhino 3D, Grasshoper, Kangaroo, inHoosnake, regards toVray, materials, systems andof behavior in order build collective and Ecotect.

A set precedents that to you canachoose fromstrategy. within Skills will be developed using the tools: Rhino 3D, Grasshoper, Kangaroo, the following contexts will help tofollowing demonstrate digital and analogue experiments in Hoosnake, Vray, and Ecotect.

A set of precedents will help demonstrate digital and the context of crisis. analogue experiments in the context of crisis.

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COURSEOUTLINE OUTLINE COURSE Narrative NARRATIVE Seeking new design possibilities through both theoretical and design based specuSeeking possibilities through both theoretical and design-based lations, new Unit design 5 explores the potentials in utilizing state-of-the-art technology, specproulations, Unit 5 studio explores thereusing potentials of utilizing state-of-the-art moting the sustainability, remaking and existing resources, re-informingtechthe nology; promoting sustainability, remaking existing resources; re-indesigner’s repertoire, and re-envisioning ourand livingreusing environment.

The unit intends to forming the designer’s and innovate re-envisioning our living environment. investigate, invent, and repertoire; re-invent - thus in the architectural production. The unit intends to investigate, invent, re-invent, and thus push for innovation in architectural production.

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SCOPES Thesis SCOPE

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By utilizing what you have learnt so far through experimentation with the catalogue By utilizing what you have learnt so far through the catalogue of design languages of design languages and digital techniques, you will create a temporary ‘out-post’ and experiments explored, and the digital techniques learnt, you will create a tem(pod) for survival. At this point, you must take a stand! In the project, the interrelaporary Out-post (pod) for survival. At this point you must take a stand! In the protionships and connections are emphasized within the crisis context (connected or ject the interrelationships and connections are emphasized within the crisis context disconnected).

The proposal should investigate the relationship between the ‘par(connect or disconnect). The proposal should aim towards a parasite (your survival asite’ (your survival and the ‘donor’ (the parameters contextual and parameters and conout-post) andout-post) donor relationship (contextual conditions). ditions).

Principles: Principles: a. Relevance to your brief Phase 1 b. Conditions a. Relevance to your brief (from Phase 1) c. Self-Reliance b. Conditions d. Civic/ Social Responsibility (Symbiosis) c. Self-Reliance e. HighResponsibility Tech-Low Tech Fabrication methods d. Civic/Social (Symbiosis) e. High-Tech and Low-Tech Fabrication methods Phase 3: Realize PHASE 3: REALIZE Taking into consideration that up until now you have done the following: So far, you have: Ţ 'HYHORSHG WKH PDQLIHVWR RI FULVLV Ţ 8SGDWHG \RXU GHVLJQ WRRO ER[ ZLWK DGYDQFHG GLJLWDO PHWKRGV + Developed the manifesto of crisis Ţ 7HVWHG \RXU LQWHQWLRQ LQ D VPDOO VFDOH SURSRVDO + Updated your design toolbox with advanced digital methods + Tested your intention with a small scale proposal Now it’s time to identify the void of crisis in a global context. Research for a globalized situation based on socialinoraenvironmental that your proposal Now you must identify theextreme void of crisis global context.cases Research a global situa-could haveon a huge positive impact on. Think about ways that on your resilient tion based extreme social or environmental case studies which yourmicrocosm proposal developed in Phase 2 could expand andabout explore thethat possibilities of your system being might have a huge positive impact.

Think ways the resilient microcosm applied in macro-scale. you developed inaPhase 2 could expand and explore the possibilities of applying your system on a macro scale.

Principles: Principles: a. What is it? b. Where is it? The site: + What is it? c. For who is it? The scale: + Where is it? The site: d. Materiality: + For who is it? The scale: + Materiality: WORKSHOPS

Tested your intention with a small scale proposal The aim of these workshops is to encourage the use of digital software and hardware in order to improve your skills and abilities for your architectural proposals. Through WORKSHOPS practical exercises and hands on learning you will be trained on various digital-anaThe aimlogue of these workshops is to encourage the use of digital software and and mapping hardwaretechexperiments, various ways of architectural representation in orderniques to improve your skills for your proposals.

Through practical exas well as principles and architectural guidelines of dynamic representation and composiercises tion. and hands-on learning, of you willworkshop be trainedwill inbe digital-analogue experiments; A detail assignment each given individually. various methods of architectural representation; mapping techniques; and principles and guidelines of dynamic representation and composition. A detail assignment for each workshop will be given individually.

Existing crises areare accepted as they exist now, the then expand, Existing crisissituations situations understood and accepted asstudents they exist now.

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5 focuses on the opportunities created in a crisis situation - not the negative reperNew urban morphologies will evolve. Unit 5 focuses on the opportunities created in cussions, in order to envision the new ways the Changing Cities direction can genera crisis situation, rather than the negative repercussions, in order to envision new ate evolution of the urban realm into the emergence of unique living environments. ways that the urban realm can evolve within changing cities to allow for the emergenceIN/ of unique living environments.

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elements of the conditions of crisis. Mixed media representations of these exploUDWLRQV LQFOXGHG SURMHFWLRQV RQ WKH WHUUDLQ PRGHOV LQWHQGHG WR IXUWKHU UHWURĆŞW WKHLU Crisis’s nature of the potential of the site and unleash unexpected possibilities in understanding Unit 5 sees crises as a directions. direct or indirect derivative of human activities that alter their multiple architectural living environment. Architect and theorist David Gissen explores these notions in &ULVLVĹ›V QDWXUH detail. He suggests that we “promote a concept of environment that lacks the pasUnit understands crisis attributed as a situation directly or indirectly derived from human sivity5and asocial qualities to architecture’s natural environment‌we proactivities that alter living rethinks environment.

Architect and Gissen exmote a dialectic thatthe radically both architecture andtheorist nature�.David He states that, “subnature not about to architecture; it is aboutathe natures proplores theseisnotions in what detail.is natural He suggests that we “promote concept ofwe environduce that through radical architectural concepts�.

He calls these resultsnatural ‘sigment lacksour themost passivity and asocial qualities attributed to architecture’s natures’. These ‘signatures’ existed or are generated by, the built-scape. environment‌we promote aeither dialectic that in, radically rethinks both architecture and These ‘subnatures’, as they are alsoiscalled, are absorbed into threatened environnatureâ€?.

He states that, “subnature not about what is natural to architecture; it is ments leading to the generation a new nature [3]. about the natures we produce through our most radical architectural concepts�. He calls these results ‘signatures’. These ‘signatures’ either existed in, or are generated Immersed into the endangered environment emerges by, the built-scape.

These ‘subnatures’, asnew theymutated are alsonature-weather called, are absorbed into that triggers a series of crisis’.

Jonathan Hill discusses these interrelationships and threatened environments leading to the generation a new nature [3]. concludes that, “natures produce cultures and cultures produce natures� [4]. He Immersed in the endangerednature-weather environment, new mutated nature-weather patterns adds that this ever-changing system generates new crises that trigemerge that trigger a series of crises.

Jonathan Hill discusses these interrelationger alterations on the produced cultures in an endless interdependent game. The reships and concludes that, “natures produce cultures and cultures produce author, natures� sultant, continuously mutating ‘weather’ is seen

by Hill as a main architectural [4].

He adds that ever-changing nature-weather determining a newthis social and cultural built environment.system generates new crises that trigger alterations to the produced cultures in an endless interdependent cycle.

The resultant, Crisis’s space continuously mutating ‘weather’ is seen by Hill as a main architectural Wigley determining also refers toathe relation a crisis andbuilt its environment. author, new social of and cultural environment.He states, “we currently exist between three states: everyday, emergency, and crisis. Emergency is an 7KH 6SDFH RI &ULVLV LQWHJUDO SDUW RI WKH VSDFH %\ GHĆŞQLWLRQ HPHUJHQFLHV RFFXU ZLWKLQ D VSDFH 7KH\ DUH Wigley also refers to the relation between a crisis and its environment. He states, DOZD\V FRQWDLQHG LQ D VSHFLĆŞF WHUULWRU\ 7KH UROH RI HPHUJHQF\ SURFHGXUHV LV WR PDLQ“we betweenspace.â€? three states: emergency, and crisis. tain currently the limits exist of a particular He theneveryday, adds, “A crisis is the moment thatEmerthe JHQF\ DQ LQWHJUDO SDUW WKH VSDFH %\ GHĆŞQLWLRQ HPHUJHQFLHV threat LV is not just inside theRI space but is actually an extreme challenge RFFXU to the ZLWKLQ space D VSDFH DUH DOZD\V LQ aD system, VSHFLĆŞF a crisis WHUULWRU\ 7KH UROH RI whole HPHUJHQF\ itself. If7KH\ an emergency is aFRQWDLQHG threat within is a threat to the sysprocedures is to maintain the limits of a particular space.â€?

He then adds, “A crisis is tem. Crises always appear as the failure of a spatial system, a failure of architecture.� the moment that not just inside the space butor is death. actually extreme [1] Crisis might bethe the threat crucial is turning point of either recovery In an Unit 5 we challenge to the space itself.

If an emergency is a threat within a system, a crisis see it as the positive emergence of a new more appropriate humane living milieu. is a threat to the whole system. Crises always appear as the failure of a spatial system, a failure Crisesof architecture.� [1] Crisis might be the crucial turning point of either recovery or death. the In Unit 5, weprocess see it as positive emergence new, more appropriate, Through working of the Unit students learn toof identify with and underand more living.EHWZHHQ WKH W\SHV RI FULVLV DQG KRZ RQH DƊHFWV WKH RWKHU VWDQG WKH humane LQWHUUHODWLRQ Unit 5 discussed the various general types and the identity of each crisis as follows: Crises A. Environmental, which include natural disasters, as well as human induced disasters Through the working process of the studio, students learn to identify with and unVXFK DV RLO VSLOOV QXFOHDU DFFLGHQWV DQG FRQVHTXHQWO\ WKH UHVXOWDQW HƊHFWV RI FOLPDWH GHUVWDQG WKH LQWHUUHODWLRQ EHWZHHQ W\SHV RI FULVLV 8QLW LGHQWLƪHG JHQHUDO FDWHJRchange. ries of crisis as follows: % 3ROLWLFDO LQFOXGLQJ WKH DƊHFWV RI ZDU PLOOLRQV RI UHIXJHHV DQG LVVXHV RI IRUFHG PLgration, global wealth shifts and the unequal distribution of power.

A. Environmental, including natural disasters and human induced disasters like oil C. Social, such as the Arab Spring Uprisings, the Occupy movement, the dissolving VSLOOV QXFOHDU DFFLGHQWV DQG WKH HĆŠHFWV RI FOLPDWH FKDQJH and fracturing of family structure, issues of migration and immigration.

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C. Social, including the Arab Spring Uprisings, the Occupy movement, the dissolving and fracturing traditional family structure, Operating toolsof- the techniques - methodology for theissues crises of migration and immigration.

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LQJ IDFXOW\ EDVH WKHLU RZQ UHVHDUFK RĆŠ WKH WRSLFV WKH\ WHDFK LQ WKH VWXGLR 'HDOLQJ Analogue versus digital, handmade versus fabricated, low-tech versus high-tech, with crisis also engaged the issue of architectural research methodologies that have and the re-used/ salvaged versus new, are some of the juxtaposed or contradictory their own identity crisis.asTools fuelled research and investigation included pairs that were used mainthat tools fuelling the operation of researchoften and investigaMX[WDSRVHG WHFKQRORJLHV LQYLWLQJ FRPSDULVRQ RI GLĆŠHUHQW PHWKRGRORJLHV DQDORJXH WLRQ 7KHVH Ĺ?OHQVHVĹž WRJHWKHU ZLWK WKH ELQDU\ FRQĆŤLFWLQJ DVSHFW RI WKH WHFKQLTXHV versus digital, handmade versus digitally-fabricated, low-tech high-tech, and themselves initiated a probing into the existing negative crisisversus and resulted in creatUH XVHG VDOYDJHG YHUVXV QHZ 7KHVH Ĺ?OHQVHV Ĺž WRJHWKHU ZLWK WKH ELQDU\ FRQĆŤLFWLQJ ing unprecedented spatial conditions. aspect of the techniques themselves, encouraged students to probe the existing “negativeâ€? crisis, resulting in the creation of unprecedented spatial conditions.

6LPLODUO\ DĆŠHFWHG E\ WKH QRWLRQ RI WKH FULVLV LWVHOI ZDV WKH DSSURDFK IRU WKH GHYHOopment of the explorations: proposal andapproach the analysis alternated between Similarly inspired by the idea ofthe crisis was the for were the development of the in their sequencing, constantly shifting from the zoom-in to the zoom-out and from projects: the proposal and the analysis alternated in their sequencing, constantthe micro to the macro, from group to individual work, and from 1:1 scale to an urly shifting from the zoomed-in to the zoomed-out; from the micro to the macro; EDQ VFDOH 7KLV QRQOLQHDU DSSURDFK WR OHDUQLQJ OHG WR GLĆŠHUHQW DQG FRPSHOOLQJ UHVXOWV from group to individual work; and from 1:1 scale to an urban scale. This nonlinear This was elevated through the diverse use of media and experimentation techniques, DSSURDFK WR OHDUQLQJ OHG WR FRPSHOOLQJ UHVXOWV 7KLV ZDV DPSOLĆŞHG E\ D GLYHUVH XVH the use of digital and hand crafted models, videos, collages, hand drawings and digiof media and experimentation techniques; digital and hand crafted models; videos; tal prints, installations, narratives, and 3D modelling techniques. Individual work was collages; hand drawings and digital prints; installations; narratives; and 3D modelling dispersed among group work and projects, and both personal and team decisions retechniques.

Individual work was dispersed informed the projects on multiple levels. among group work and projects, and both personal and team decisions informed the projects on multiple levels.

Programme and crisis 3URJUDPPH DQG FULVLV Programme was seen essential parameterininthe theexploration explorationof ofeach eachcrisis crisis situsituProgramme was seen asas anan essential parameter ation.

It derived from the nature of the crisis through incessant explorations.

DWLRQ DQG LQ HDFK FDVH ZDV GHYHORSHG WKURXJK UHVHDUFK RQ WKH QDWXUH RI WKH VSHFLĆŞF The programme was responsive to, and often a direct a result of, the students analycrisis. sis of the crisis type and their chosen terrain condition. The identity of this ‘response’ with relevant derivativesto, of and the often research suchaas new,of, emergent inhabitation Thedealt programme was responsive a direct result the students’ analyand production, salvage and recuperation, and self-reliant cultivation sis types, of the research crisis type and their chosen terrain condition.

The identity of this ‘response’ techniques.

It wasderivatives imperative of that these responses relevant programmatic dealt with relevant the research, suchand as their newly-emergent inhabitaelements be both adaptive and emergent.

A selection of the resultant tion typologies, research and production, salvage and recuperation, andprogrammes self-reliant were as techniques. follows: rethinking reclaiming contested sites, regenerating cultivation It wasurban-scape, imperative that these responses and their relevant damaged landscapes, adjusting unstable sites, integrating ‘subnatures’, adaptinginto programmatic elements be both adaptive and emergent. Resultant programmes extreme weather conditions, and generating new urban environments. cluded: rethinking urban-scape, reclaiming contested sites, regenerating damaged Thus, the adjusting emergent unstable programme wasintegrating the generator of the emergent spatial environlandscapes, sites, ‘subnatures’, adapting to extreme ments conditions, for living. and generating new urban environments. The resulting proweather gramme thus generated the spatial environments for living.

CRISIS OUT/ Crisis and human spaces CRISIS OUT/ Finally, all the proposals placed the ‘human’ element as a core element of each investigation and proposal. Human needs, be they material or immaterial were taken &ULVLV DQG KXPDQ VSDFHV into account. Issues of social sensitivity were constantly embedded into each deci,Q WKH ĆŞQDO VWDJHV DOO WKH SURSRVDOV SODFHG WKH ĹšKXPDQĹ› HOHPHQW DV D FRUH HOHPHQW sion made. Corporeal and sensory qualities were generated through the needs of the of each investigation and proposal. Human needs, whether material or immaterial, user and interactively drove the direction of the projects. It is never forgotten that were taken into account. Issues of social sensitivity were considered in each deciwe are ultimately designing for the human body and its needs, and this had to be insion. Corporeal and sensory qualities were generated through the needs of the user vestigated in both small and large scales, from intricate details to generative urban and drove the direction of the projects. As designers, we must never forget that we investigations. This is a vital part of the development of the new emergent and adaparetive ultimately designing for the human body and its needs. This must be investigated urbanities that were investigated throughout the course.

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at both small and large scales, from intricate details to generative urban investiga‘Antique’ Salt water spaces and cities of the new emergent and adaptive tions.

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In the project, “Cavity�, the for other sites. “Crystallizing Atmosphere� (p.) deals with the polluted and highly the Australian coral reefs triggered the environmental crisissensitive faced by ecosystem the salt lakeof in Limassol, Cyprus.

A sensitive programnecessity of an extremely sensitive for the vulnerable environment ofmatic development on the pristineproposal but polluted lake takes advantage of thethat lightfers new paradigms for other water-based sites. “Crystallizing the Atmosphereâ€? (p. weight structural infrastructure of the existing gigantic and radioactive antennas, 64) deals with the environmental crisis faced by eco-system. the salt lake In in the Limassol, transforming them into a self-recuperating new secondCyprus. salt lakeA sensitive programmatic development on the pristine butdeals polluted takes advanof Cyprus located in Larnaca, “Salt Lake Urban Gamesâ€? withlake engaging urban activities the processstructural of cleansing the pollutedof environment the adjacent airtage of theinlightweight infrastructure the existingfrom gigantic and radioacport and busy transforming roads. tive antennas, them into a self-recuperating new ecosystem. Located on Cyprus’s second salt lake in Larnaca, “Salt Lake Urban Gamesâ€? deals with engagCloud-like etherealinspaces and cities ing urban activities the process of cleansing the polluted environment from the ,Q WKH XQGHUJURXQG FRDO PLQH RI &HQWUDOLD 86$ FDXJKW ĆŞUH ,QVWHDG RI DOORZadjacent airport and busy roads.

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86) takes advantage this uninhabitable by resulting elevatingunpreca cloudprocess of the capturedof plumes of smoke andearthy-hellscape heat. Ultimately, the like, ethereal series of capsules that utilize cutting-edge technological devices.

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Thefor emergent urban scape, like a living shrinks and expands, multiplies its layers, changes from opaque to translucent, and becomes ‘Urban branches’ spaces and citieson the new ever-changing climatic conditions of compact or fragmented depending In the tornliving townexperience of Crevalcore, in Italy, theurban project “Parasitizing thefor Void: the site.earthquake The resultant in these new structures solves the Post-Quake Vision� (p.) proposes to implant ‘urban branches to help restore the city. uninhabitable conditions of the site.

Inspired by the transformation of the interior courtyards by cultivation practices and Ĺš8UEDQ EUDQFKHVĹ› VSDFHV DQG FLWLHV the seasonal gastronomic festivals, a series of ‘urban branches’ operate as support Instructures, the earthquake-ravaged town of‘ruined’ Crevalcore, Italy, theThe project “Parasitizing the activating the existing old buildings. lightweight skeleton Void: Post-Quake Visionâ€? (p.

68) proposes to implant ‘urban branches’ to help restretches and leans like a seed, which is dropped, grows and parasitizes the remained store the city.

Inspired by the transformation of the interior courtyards by cultivation built environment. It embraces the traditional courtyards and regenerates the notion practices andproviding the seasonal gastronomic festivals, these ‘urban branches’ of the skin, an abundance of aesthetic and spatial qualities, whichoperate respondas support structures, activating the existing ‘ruined’ buildings.

The lightweight to the ever-changing programmatic requirements.

Anold elegant dialogue with the surskeleton stretches like a seed is dropped, grows, parasitizes thedevelopremained viving architecture takes into that consideration issues of and memory, heritage, built environment.

The project embraces the traditional courtyards and regenerates ment, and possibilities of upcoming disasters. the notion of the skin, providing an abundance of aesthetic and spatial qualities that Spaces and urban environments - Marine Debris respond to the changing programmatic requirements.

An elegant dialogue with the By collecting, stackingthe andproposal treatingconsiders the threatening debris from the Medisurviving architecture, issues marine of memory, heritage, developterranean Sea, the doomed of Piraeus, Greece is converted into a ment, and the possibilities of neighbourhood upcoming disasters. unique interactive urban experience. The “Marine Debris Up-Cycling Center� project 6SDFHV DQG XUEDQ HQYLURQPHQWV 0DULQH 'HEULV (p.) takes advantage of the already established ship network on the site. OrganismBydrones collecting, stacking threatening marine debris from the attached to the and shipstreating will collect the abundant marine debris from theMediterroutes ranean Sea, the endangered neighbourhood of Piraeus, Greece is converted into to the islands. The marine debris itself, the process of its treatment and the proa duced unique, interactive urban experience.

The “Marine Debris Up-Cycling Center� recycled structures, transform the dilapidated infrastructure of the old port silo turning it into a vital booster of the neglected site and its surroundings.

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project (p. 52) takes advantage of the established ship network on the site. Organism-drones attached to the ships will collect the abundant marine debris during their In-situ recreated spaces and cities routes to the islands.

The marine debris, along with the process of itscombined treatment and The time limit of the decaying concrete in the metropolis of Athens with the produced recycled structures, transform the dilapidated infrastructure of the the threatening smoke and noise inspired the ‘reuse, remake, and mutate’ of existing old port silo, turning it into a vital catalyst of the neglected site and its surroundings. material by the utilization of cutting edge technologies. The state-of-art processes enable the found, old materials to be recycled and transformed. The project suc,Q VLWX UHFUHDWHG VSDFHV DQG FLWLHV ceeds in recreating innovative inhabitation and other activities creating new urban The time limit of the decaying concrete in the metropolis of Athens combined with TXDOLWLHV ORFDWHG ERWK RYHU DQG XQGHUJURXQG DQG LQ JUHHQ ĆŞOWHULQJ ]RQHV ,QVHUWLRQ RI the threatening smoke and noise inspired the ‘reuse, remaking, and mutation’ of expublic space, greenery and light, qualities that are lost in the city generate new emeristing thatspatial utilizes cutting edge technologies.

The state-of-art processes gent material atmospheric conditions.

These humane urban qualities are carved by the enable the found, old materials to be recycled and transformed.

The project suc“Trashformer� project (p.) within the existing rigid built environment, while it grows ceeds in recreating innovative inhabitation and other activities, creating new urban and expands into the surrounding neighbourhood like a living organism.

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Insertion ofunder publicthe space, Spaces and cities sandgreenery and light, qualities that are often lost in Athens, generate new emergent spatial conditions.

These humane urThe small town of Araouane, Mali,atmospheric is the last crossroad of the Sahara.

Existing water ban qualities are carved by the “Transformer� project (p.

48) within the existing rigid wells and the existing 200-year old ruins, which have been buried in sand for decbuilt environment as it vertical grows and expandsByinto the surrounding like ades, inspire inversed structures. seeking to preserve neighbourhood the archaeological a treasures living organism. of the village, the proposal focused on creating a new living underground network that serves to protect it from catastrophic sand storms. “Inverted utopia: 6SDFHV DQG FLWLHV XQGHU WKH VDQG lost things in the sandâ€? (p.), weaves a series of tea-houses, a library, as well as comThe small town of Araouane, Mali, is a crossroads of the Sahara. Existing water munal and private spaces together, transforming once lost artifacts and transcripts wells and 200-year old ruins, buried in the sand for decades, inspire the proposal’s LQWR D FRPSOH[ XQGHUJURXQG ODE\ULQWK 1HZ WHFKQRORJLFDO DGYDQFHV LQ VDQG VROLGLĆŞinverted vertical structures. By seeking to preserve the archaeological treasures cation are elegantly used to support the inversed vertical structures, connect them ofand thegenerate village, “Inverted Utopiaâ€? (p. 24) creates a new living underground network organic forms that complete the orthogonal-like existing structures in that protects itself from catastrophic sand storms.

The project weaves together a unique playful and atmospheric environment. The proposal is grants water access tea-houses, a library, communal andallows private withinofaunderground complex unto the inhabitants deep within therooms, sand. This forspaces the creation derground provides new space for once lost historical artifacts.

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It bridges and binds the two parts of the Island toused spaces of Lakatamia Park, Cyprus and its old radioactive battery factory back replete gether again.

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of the close and often dangerous interrelationship that humans have with their natUnit 5 sees crisis as a direct or indirect derivative of human activities; it is resultant ural environment. Within the above context, students delve into four types of crisis of the close and often dangerous interrelationship that humans have with their natu HQYLURQPHQWDO SROLWLFDO VRFLDO DQG ĆŞQDQFLDO SUHFLVHO\ DQDO\]LQJ UHOHYDQW ĹšWHUUDLQVĹ› ral environment. Within the above context, students delve into four types of crisis H J ĆŤRRGHG RU GHVHUWLĆŞHG 7KH SDWKV RI LQYHVWLJDWLRQ DUH H[SORUHG WKURXJK MX[ HQYLURQPHQWDO SROLWLFDO VRFLDO DQG ĆŞQDQFLDO SUHFLVHO\ DQDO\]LQJ UHOHYDQW ĹšWHUUDLQVĹ› taposed methodologies: analogue versus digital, handmade versus fabricated, and VXFK DV ĆŤRRGHG GHVHUWLĆŞHG HWF 7KH SDWKV RI LQYHVWLJDWLRQ DUH H[SORUHG WKURXJK low-tech versus high-tech. These ‘lenses’ initiated a probing into emergent habianalogue versus digital, handmade versus fabricated, and low-tech versus high-tech. tation, salvage and adaptive cultivation technologies, allowing students These ‘lenses’ alteration, initiated a probing into emergent habitation, salvage alteration, and WR VXJJHVW H[WUDRUGLQDU\ DQG LQQRYDWLYH VROXWLRQV 7KH ELQDU\ FRQĆŤLFWLQJ DVSHFW RI adaptive cultivation technologies allowing students to suggest extraordinary and intechniques triggered the mechanism for new and unprecedented conditions of livQRYDWLYH VROXWLRQV 7KH ELQDU\ FRQĆŤLFWLQJ DVSHFW RI WHFKQLTXHV WULJJHUHG WKH PHFKDing, as for wellnew as self-recuperating environmental systems, spatial and built nism emerging unprecedented conditions of living, as wellconditions, as self-recuperatenvironments. ing environmental systems, spatial conditions and built environments.

The crisis types were never explored in isolation from one another. Instead, the stuThe crisis types were seen in isolation another.byInwhich contrary, students dents understood thenot complexity and thefrom ‘viral’one tendency onethe crisis causes understood the complexity and the ‘virus’ tendency of each crisis causing the emerthe emergence of other types of crisis. This observation meant that each situation gence of other types of crisis. This observation meant that each situation could be could be treated through a holistic approach, generating other sorts of crisis in order treated through a homeopathic approach and generates other sorts of crisis in order to counterbalance the whole situation. The ‘terrains’ or ‘sites’ were seen in parallel to counterbalance the whole situation. The ‘terrains’ or ‘sites’ were seen in parallel to to their original state and the current crisis stage. The emergent ‘terrains’ attempttheir original state and the current crisis stage. The emergent ‘terrains’ attempted to HG WR RĆŠHU QHZ TXDOLWLHV DQG LPSURYHG OLYLQJ FRQGLWLRQV VXLWDEOH IRU KDELWDWLRQ 7KH RĆŠHU QHZ TXDOLWLHV DQG LPSURYHG OLYLQJ FRQGLWLRQV VXLWDEOH IRU KDELWDWLRQ 7KH WRROV tools and techniques utilized focussed on cutting edge technologies as well as traand techniques utilized focussed both on cutting edge technologies and traditional ditional crafts and vernacular building techniques. understand thatand the crafts of vernacular.

The students understand thatThe the students available materials, tools available materials, tools and skills always need to be taken in consideration with the skills always need to be taken in consideration with the integration of feasible stateintegration feasible state-of-the-art technologies. of-the-art of technologies.

7KURXJK WKH SURFHVV RI 8QLW WKHVH VWXGHQWVřIXWXUH DUFKLWHFWVřKDYH PDVWHUHG Through process responsive of the Unit, to these future ever-changing architects master the ability to bethe ability the to become complex, conditions.

Following come responsive to complex, ever-changing conditions.

Following Hill’s discourse, Hill’s discourse, “weather makes architecture more ambiguous, unpredictable and “weather makes architecture more ambiguous, unpredictable open to varied open to varied interpretation�

[4] and Wigley’s conclusion thatand “there cannot be a interpretation� [4] and Wigley’s conclusion that “there cannot be a crisis architect or crisis architect or crisis architecture but there can be emergency architects and crisis architecture but there can be emergency architects and emergency architecemergency architecture,� [1] we see crisis as a trigger for emergent, unprecedented ture� [1] we see crisis as the triggering point for emergent, unprecedented architecarchitecture that sheds light on a more promising and fascinating future. ture that sheds light on a more promising and fascinating future.

We see crisis as a mechanism that allows the emergence of new and fascinating culCrisis is seen as a mechanism for allowing an emergence of new and fascinating fuWXUHV DQG FLWLHV RĆŠHULQJ DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR FRQWLQXH DQ H[SORUDWLRQ LQWR WKH FRUSRUHalWXUH FXOWXUHV DQG FLWLHV RĆŠHULQJ DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR FRQWLQXH DQ H[SORUDWLRQ LQWR WKH and sensory needs of humans. corporeal and sensory needs of the human being.

5HIHUHQFHV References 1. Wigley M., 2009. Space in Crisis, Urban China Bootlegged for Volume by C-Lab (ed.

Inaba J), C-Lab, NewSpace York. in Crisis, Urban China Bootlegged for Volume by C-Lab (ed.

1. Wigley M., 2009.

J), C-Lab, New York.

2.Inaba http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crisis (accessed May 5, 2015).

2. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crisis (accessed May 5, 2015).

GissenD., D.,2005.

2005.Subnature: Subnature:Architecture’s Architecture’s Other 3.3.Gissen Other Environments, Environments,Princeton PrincetonArchiArchitecturalPress, Press,Princeton.

Princeton. tectural 4. Hill J., 2013. Weather Architecture, Routledge, London.

4. Hill J., 2013. Weather Architecture, Routledge, London.

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Inverted Utopia: lost things in the sand Mali, Araoune

Crisis: Enviromental / Social

7HUUDLQ 'HVHUWLƪFDWLRQ 'HVHUW 'U\ Program: Habitation/ Cultivation/ Library/ Mosque/ Follies Student: Penelope Vasquez Hadjilyra

and generate organic forms that complete the orthog-

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The proposal is grants water spaces generating organic forms thatthe transform the accessand to the inhabitants deep within sand. This orthogonal existing structures into a unique playfulareas and allows for the creation of underground gardening atmospheric environment. structurephotosynthesis grants water with punctured light beamsThe generating access to thethe inhabitants deep within the sand. This aldeep within earth’s core. lows for underground gardening areas, with punctured light beams generating photosynthesis deep underground.

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The small town of Araouane, Mali, is the last crossroad Thethe small town of Araouane, Mali,wells is a crossroads of the of Sahara.

Existing water and the existing Sahara.

Existing water wells and 200-year old ruins, 200-year old ruins, which have been buried in sandburfor ied in the sand for decades, proposal’sBy inverted decades, inspire inverted inspire verticalthe structures. seekvertical structures.the By archaeological seeking to preserve the archaeoing to preserve treasures of the logical treasures of the village, “Inverted Utopia” creates village, the proposal focused on creating a new living a new living underground network that protects itself underground network that serves to protect it from from catastrophic sand storms. The project weaves tocatastrophic sand storms. “Inverted utopia: lost things gether tea-houses, a library, communal rooms, private in the sand” (Figure 6), weaves a series of tea-houses, a spaces, within a complex underground labyrinth that library, as well as communal and private spaces togethprovides new space for once lost historical artifacts. New er, transforming once lost artifacts and transcripts into a complex underground labyrinth. New technological DGYDQFHV LQ VDQG VROLGLƪFDWLRQ DUH HOHJDQWO\ XVHG WR support the inverted vertical structures, connect them

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Experience Through Learning Koka Lake,Ethiopia, Africa

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Dry/ Lacking Water Program: Water Temple/ Community Student: Constantina Kyriakou and Marietta Paraskevaidi

Project Description 3,575 million people die annually as a result of the fact 3,575 million as their only sourcerivof that their onlypeople sourcedie of annually water comes from polluted water is polluted toxic rivers.

An average African woman ers. Many women in rural Ethopia woman walks for hours walks for hours, with theirday children, every day to collect with their children every to collect dirty water.

As a dirty water.

This means that they are unable to receive result, they are often unable to receive a proper educa-a proper education.

Locals are need looking clean water, food, tion. Locals voice an urgent forfor clean water, regular VHOI VXƬFLHQF\ DQG D GHFHQW HGXFDWLRQ WKDW ZLOO KHOS WKHP IRRG VHOI VXƬFLHQF\ DQG D GHFHQW HGXFDWLRQ WKDW ZLOO WR VXUYLYH RƩ XVHIXO VNLOOV DQG LPSURYH WKHLU TXDOLW\ RI OLIH help them to survive and improve their quality of life. The The we designed for our is project is a light weight ‘pod’‘pod’ designed for this proposal a lightweight structure structure made out of the local bamboo, it is both low made out of the local bamboo. It is both low-cost cost and and low tech. can constructed a day around 10 low-tech, andItcan bebe constructed in in only oneby day with the locals it explores a variety of fabric densities, being either help of ten people. The project uses both hydrophilic and hydrophilic or hydrophobic. A hydrophilic surface of fabric K\GURSKRELF IDEULFV RI GLƩHUHQW GHQVLWLHV 7KH K\GURSKLOLF can absorb droplets fromfrom the atmosphere, this providing is cleaner fabric absorbs droplets the atmosphere, WKDQ WKH SROOXWHG ULYHU ZDWHU DQG FDQ EH IXUWKHU SXULƪHG water that is cleaner than that from the polluted river wain boilers, located structure, utilizing the WHU 7KLV ZDWHU FDQ underneath EH IXUWKHU the SXULƪHG LQ ERLOHUV ORFDWHG ƫH[LEOH VRODU SDQHOV DWWDFKHG RQ WKH URRI

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No Land Country .LULEDWL ,VODQGV 3DFLĆŞF 2FHDQ

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Flooding/Rising Sea Level due to Global Warming Program: Habitation/ Housing/ Recycling 6WXGHQW 7KHRGRURV =DUNDV

“No Countryâ€? shipbreaking, of The Land project takes uses advantage of oneanofoccupation the current many people in Kiribati, to create the system for its own occupations of the people of Kiribati, which is shipbreaking FRQVWUXFWLRQ 7KH LV EXLOGLQJ FRPSOH[ LV D ĆŤRDWLQJ Ĺš1R ODQG FRXQWU\Ĺ› D VKLSEUHDNLQJ ĆŤRDWLQJ LVODQG LVODQG DFWLQJ that acts as a ship recycling facility in which locals disas a ship recycling facility that dismantles obsolete and mantle and When wrecked seahas vessels.

When ship wreckedobsolete sea vessels. a ship reached the aend of has reached endbroken of its life cycle, is broken apart its life cycle,the it can apart andit its materials canand be its materials recycled and reused in multiple ways. This recycled and reused in multiple ways. self-sustaining island will complete that process, sepaThis self-sustaining island will complete that process, rating materials for use as construction materials for the separating materials for use as construction materials EXLOGLQJ LWVHOI DQG DW WKH VDPH WLPH FUHDWLQJ DUWLĆŞFLDO FRUfor the building ‘No land country’ and at the same time al reefs from old ship parts. The project’s residences can FUHDWLQJ DUWLĆŞFLDO FRUDO UHHIV IURP ROG VKLS SDUWV easily adapt to(living the changing needs inhabitants, The houses quarters) canof easily adaptgrowing to the or shrinking according to the changing size the family, changing needs of their inhabitants and ofeither grow and each unit can be dismantled a new or reduce according to the sizeand of reassembled the family atincertain ORFDWLRQ $V WKH ĆŤRDWLQJ VWUXFWXUH DJHV LWV DQFKRUV LQ WKH points in time. Moreover, the units can be dismantled and seawater will in come alive with sea life, allowing the strucreassembled a new location. ture to act as a living reef. $V WKH ĆŤRDWLQJ VWUXFWXUH DJHV LWV DQFKRUV LQ WKH VHDZDWHU will come alive with sea life, allowing the structure to act as a living reef.

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Hopefully in the future, people will look at a map and Hopefully in the future,ofpeople look map Unand see the same amount land oncan it as we at do atoday. see the same amount of land on it as we do today.

It may IRUWXQDWHO\ WKH HƊHFWV RI JOREDO ZDUPLQJ RQ WKH (DUWKśV VRXQG EXW JOREDO ZDUPLQJ HƊHFWV RQ just WKH glaciersVWUDQJH and icecaps are much moreKDV complex than many glaciers and icecaps of the Earth, some of which PHOWLQJ LFH *OREDO ZDUPLQJ LV DƊHFWHG E\ D QXPEHU RI are much but more complex more which waterhas on drathe variables, most of it is than from just pollution, Earth.

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According to the Protection in the atmosphere is one of the causes.

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Kiribati’s President Anote Tong predicts that el. Kiribati’s President Anote Tong predicts that his island his will be uninhabitable in 60 years due to change. climate willisland be uninhabitable in sixty years due to climate change.

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JUNK-e Rehab Guiyu village, Guangdong Province, China

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Contaminated land & water Program: E-Waste/ Solving for health risks Student: Alexandra Tarkasi & Georgia Hadjimatheou

This means that we face an international problem al crisis that poses serious risks to public health, the which enviKDV ĆŞQDQFLDO KHDOWK DQG HQYLURQPHQWDO LPSDFWV 7KH SURURQPHQW DQG ĆŞQDQFLDO V\VWHPV ject applies new recycling methods/techniques and the step-by-step restoration ofrecycling the natural environment in “JUNK-e Rehabâ€? applies new techniques and the order to help improve people’s health.

Furthermore, step-by-step restoration of the environment in order toit creates an architectural solution for dealing with e-waste KHOS LPSURYH SHRSOHśV KHDOWK 7KH SURSRVDO RƊHUV DQ DUand encourages for innovative solutions. prochitectural solution for dealingmaterial with e-waste and The encourject provide facilities and a new process for the citizens of ages innovative material solutions, providing facilities for Guiyu to invest their newly introduced skills, knowledge the citizens of Guiyu to apply new skills, knowledge and and time on new building typologies. The project proposes time on environmentally-sustainable building typologies. training facilities safe training and cleanfacilities residential The building willand house andspaces safe with and access to innovative utilities other on an clean residential spaces withand access tointerventions innovative utilities urban scale. to infrastructure on the urban scale. that connect

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Thechosen electronic waste in within the village of Guiyu has electronbeen deThe crisis to deal this project is the an ‘E-Waste byhas Green Peace, havicscribed waste as in the village ofNightmare’ Guiyu which been described ingan caused severe problemsby to people’s healthsince and to the as ‘E-Waste Nightmare’ Green Peace it has environment.

Guangdong caused severe Located problemsintoChina’s people’s health andProvince, environGuiyuGuiyu is an informal spaceProvince for a wide varietyand of ment. is locatedrecycling in Guangdong in China devices.

Many of the heavy metals and toxins in itelectronic is an informal recycling space for any kind of electronic these electronics contaminate theand soil toxins and thethat water. devices.

Many of the heavy metals arePolthe luted drinking hasofcreated dangerously health ingredients of water this kind equipment severelybad contamiconditions citizens who This live and there, and has nate the soilfor and the water. has work resulted in pollution been towater the deaths local children.

Guiyu of is the of the linked drinking which of is leading to the deaths only dumping site of e-waste in China, which receives majority of children as well as the poor health conditions about 70% of of the global e-waste year. there.

What motivatof the rest citizens whoevery live/work Guiyu is HG XV WR UHVHDUFK DQG ĆŞQG VROXWLRQV IRU WKLV FULVLV LV WKH the only dumping site of e-waste in China, which receives fact that in the next few decades almost every country in about 70% of the global e-waste every year. What motithe East will face this problem due to population rise and YDWHG XV IXUWKHU WR UHVHDUFK DQG ĆŞQG VROXWLRQV IRU WKLV technological We estimate are facingthat an internationkind of crisis isdevelopment. the fact that we in the next few decades almost every country in the East will face this problem due to population rise and technological development.

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“Natures produce cultures and cultures produce natures” Hill adds that this ever-changing natureweather system generates new crises that trigger alterations on the produced cultures in an endless interdependent game. The resultant, continuously mutating ‘weather’ is seen by Hill as a main architectural author, determining a new social and cultural built environment.

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“ we promote a concept of environment that lacks the passivity and asocial qualities attributed to architecture’s natural environment…we promote a dialectic that radically rethinks both architecture and nature”...“subnature is not about what is natural to architecture; it is about the natures we produce through our most radical architectural concepts” Architect and theorist David Gissen

5 Stages of Grief Ksennuma, Miyaki Prefecture

Crisis: Environmental / Social

Terrain: Tsunami / Devastation Program: Restoring a sense of Identity and Place Student: Christos Evagorou

an ‘experiential thatcreation containsof’5an stages of grief’.path’ The This is achievedpath’ by the ‘experiential Path is divided’5into 5 parts, with which a single circulation that contains stages of grief’, hold their ownpath. perThe concept is to project the ideas of safety recovery spective through both, life and death as welland as traditions onto progression of spaces, creating an experience in such the as the annual festivals. which each called uponwhich to share theirneed grieftoand The Path is person divided is into 5 parts, people go acknowledge personal universal tragedies of life. through. The the purpose is toand project these ideologies into Welcome to all and visitors, including tourists, were this process is the very path, create an experience each perenables peopletotoshare re-experience these in orderthe to son is called their grief, and events acknowledge make themof aware of what happens during and afterinsuch drawbacks life. This path, invites tourists as well, this extreme and tragic environmental disasters. process of re-experiencing these events in order to make them aware of what happens in countries such as Japan, during and after such extreme and tragic environmental and natural disasters.

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Having been struck by the destructive wave of the tsuHaving been struck by the destructive wave of the tsunanami, the people of Kesennuma urgently need solutions mi, the people of Kesennuma need an urgent and dramatic to ensure their survival, both physical and psychological. solutions to ensure their survival - both physical and psyPhysical shelters are necessary after the tsunami, but we chological. Physical shelters can provide a helpful solution must also take into consideration the mental well-being after the tsunami, but what actually happens mentally is a of those who are recovering from the disaster. Based on part that we have to take into consideration as well, in orresearch of Japan’s unique culture of rehabilitation in the GHU IRU WKRVH DƩHFWHG WR UHFRYHU wake of such devastating events, this project introduces a Taken from the idea that Japan as a society has interesting method of healing ‘victims’ pain through a process of reand unique ways of approaching such devastating events, alizing their own grief. This is achieved by the creation of this project introduces a method of healing the ‘victims’ pain, through a process of realizing their own grief.

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Transformation & Memory Minamisan Riku, Japan

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Tsunami / Devastation Program: Dealing with Memory and Site Student: Maria Nicola

on seasonally.

Forsite example, the Cherry Blossom thatthe willsite take place on the seasonally.

For example the )HVWLYDO ZLOO DFWLYDWH WKUHH RI WKH ĆŞYH SDYLOLRQV 3HUIRUDWHG Cherry blossom festival will activate 3 of the 5 pavilions. pieces of wood willofbewood available onavailable the site on so the locals and Perforated pieces will be site so visitors can easily use them to create and transform the locals and visitors can easily use them to create and transpavilions accordingaccording to their needs. structure is very form the pavilions to theirThe needs.

The structure ĆŤH[LEOH LW FDQ HDVLO\ EH IROGHG DQG XQIROGHG DQG DOORZ WKH LV YHU\ ĆŤH[LEOH LW FDQ HDVLO\ EH IROGHG DQG XQIROGHG DQG DOXVHUV WR XVHUV FUHDWH GLĆŠHUHQW SRVVLEOH SRVVLEOH VKDSHV VKDSHV 6LPSOH ORZ WKH WR PDQ\ FUHDWH PDQ\ GLĆŠHUHQW timber structures located in the place of previous existing Also there are simple timber structures located in the buildings serve asexisting a seriesbuildings of memorials.

In seeing these place of previous that work as a series of framed structures, people remember the city as it was memorials.

By seeing thesewill framed structures, people will before the tsunami. remember the city and how it was before the tsunami hit.

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The project is located in a city in Japan that became an unThe projectghost is located in a ghostthe city2011 in Japan,caused by city the inhabited city following tsunami. The Tsunami in 2011.

The city is currently an empty site, withis currently an empty site, without any citizens or buildout any citizens orpeople buildings.

Many the people ings.

Many of the who livedofthere want towho go lived back there want to go back, they want to live like they did Unbeto live like they did before and see their city reborn. fore, and see their city be reborn.

Unfortunately the govfortunately, the government lacks money to rebuild new HUQPHQW FDQQRW PDNHV WKH ĆŞUVW VWHS WR GR WKLV GXH WR ODFN buildings and create infrastructure, and there is also the of money to rebuild new buildings andsame new site infrastructure, fear that another tsunami will hit the in the near and there is also the fear that another tsunami hit the future. Due to this likely possibility, this projectwill proposes same site in the near future.

Due to this likely possibility a collection of temporary pavilions that will be activated this project IRU proposes that temporary pavilions be places VHDVRQDOO\ GLĆŠHUHQW -DSDQHVH IHVWLYDOV 7KHUH DUH RQ WKH VLWH ZKLFK ZLOO EH DFWLYDWHG VHDVRQDOO\ IRU GLĆŠHUHQW main pavilions: a community kitchen and dining space, an Japanese festivals.

There are 5amain pavilions; for commuinformation pavilion, a shop, workshop space, and the nity meals and cooking, an information pavilion, a shop,a meeting and exchange pavilion. These pavilions will be acworkshop, and the meeting and exchange pavilion. These WLYDWHG DFFRUGLQJ WR VSHFLĆŞF IHVWLYDOV WKDW ZLOO WDNH SODFH SDYLOLRQV ZLOO EH DFWLYDWHG DFFRUGLQJ WR VSHFLĆŞF IHVWLYDOV

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Transformer Athens, Greece

Crisis: Environmental / Financial

Terrain: Dense Urban Scale Program: Multi-use/Habitation/Urban Greenspace Student: Aristos Aristodemou

wormlike in order to create newand spaces, while the end ofmovement their life cycle - using the waste transformsimultaneously reinforcing the existing city fabric. The LQJ LW LQWR D PHDQV WKDW LV EHQHĆŞFLDO IRU WKH XVHUV 7KH KXhuman-made concrete jungle is transformed into man made concrete jungle is thus transformed in aa less less chaotic chaotic environment environment that that emphasizes emphasizes the the user user and and the the experiential quality of of people people interacting interacting with withone oneanother anothexperiential quality er with The area will become unique in charandand with thethe citycity. on an entirely new level. The existing grid acter new openthe areas usesinappear.

Theas enjoyment of theas city makes areaand unique character new open of living in the city of thisThe proposal is the pleasure of such expe-a areas and uses appear. enjoyment of living in riencing new conditions in which the city is visibly evolving FLW\ LV WKH HQMR\PHQW RI WKH QHZ DQG GLĆŠHUHQW FRQGLWLRQV and “cleaning itselfâ€?.

Adapted “rubbish� where the city is cleaning itself. The rubbishnow nowsurrounds surrounds the city and andinspires inspiresdevotion commitment an environmentally the city to an to environmental friendly friendly way of living, with waste on-site.

Conway of living.

The result is that therecycled waste is being recycled temporary cities need to address their own waste crisis; into a method that takes place on-site. Contemporary ‘Transformer’ one solution forcrisis the issues they cities need to provides address their own waste and ‘TrashIDFH 7KH SURSRVDO FUHDWHV D ĆŤRZ RI VSDFH DQG WLPH SURIRUPHUĹ› ZLOO DLGH LI QRW RĆŠHU WKH VROXWLRQ IRU WKH LVVXHV WKH\ voking passive and active pleasure, and challenging the IDFH $ ĆŤRZ RI VSDFH DQG WLPH LQ ZKLFK SDVVLYH DQG DFWLYH limits of andthe traditional paradigms ofisorgapleasure construction is provoked, and organization of space chalnizing space at the humand and urban scale. lenges the limits of construction.

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‘Transformer’, located in Athens, Greece, responds to ‘Trashformer’, located in Athens, Greece is responsive to two problems: the rapid decay of concrete and the air/ the existing issue of the rapid decay of concrete, as well noise pollution that degrades the environment and citas to the air/noise pollution that impacts the environment izens’ quality of life. The project aims to recycle the deand its citizens severely. A primary characteristic of the caying concrete structures of Athens. Combining this project aims to recycle the decaying concrete structures material with new technologies will create new spaces, and from this material, with the assistance of technolFLUFXODWLRQ ĆŤRZV DQG DFWLYLWLHV LQ WKH DUHD ZLWK D SRRJ\ UHFUHDWH VSDFHV ĆŤRZV DQG DFWLYLWLHV LQ WKH DUHD LQ D rous, unique design. Unlike most contemporary cities, porous design that is highly unique. Diversity is created the project does not follow the existing structural grid; that does not follow the existing structural grid that most instead, it creates new layers through which the city can contemporary cities follow, creating new layers through be read and explored. Higher density minimizes buildings’ which the city to be read and explored. Higher density will footprint. High priority is given to the insertion of public be provided without maximizing the buildings footprint, space, greenery and light qualities that are often absent insertion of public space, greenery and light qualities that in the existing city condition. Like a living organism, the are lost in the existing city condition will be given a high project will grow and expand to nearby neighbourhoods priority and carefully enhanced. Furthermore the project RYHU WLPH 7KLV QHWZRUN ZLOO DLG WKH FLW\ ZLWK LWV ĆŞOWUDWLRQ will grow and expand to nearby neighbourhoods over time, V\VWHP HVVHQWLDOO\ WKH QHZ SURMHFW OLYHV RĆŠ RI WKH H[LVWOLNH D OLYLQJ RUJDQLVP WKDW ZLOO DLG WKH FLW\ ZLWK LWV ĆŞOWUDWLRQ ing city’s waste. It passes through buildings and areas in a V\VWHP DQG ZLOO DOORZ WKH QHZ SURMHFW WR OLYH RĆŠ RI WKH H[isting city’s waste. It passes through buildings and areas in a wormlike movement in order to create a new or reinforce the existing city fabric, where previous materials came into

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Marine Debris Upcycling Center Athens, Greece

Crisis: Environmental / Financial / Political /Social Terrain: Urban port Program: Revitalization Student: Athanasios Ragkousis_

The silo will accommodate a wide variety of programs in order the abandoned site and engage The silo to willregenerate accommodate also other uses, in order to rewith socialthe conditions of the community.

Pop-up generate abandoned site local and solve social issues that exist in the local community. there be facilities, workshops will allow locals Also to use thewill marine debrislike pop-up workshops where people could use the marine creatively for a variety of entrepreneurial purposes.

ThedeEULV LQ RUGHU WR JHW FUHDWLYH DQG PDNH VRPH SURĆŞW RXW RI LW Silo will be a center for research on marine debris and by later selling them. attracting and educating a new reduction of rubbish, The Silo will also become the center of research on marine JHQHUDWLRQ RI EXVLQHVVHV DQG QRQ SURĆŞWV 7KH VLWH ZLOO debris and reduction rubbish and a poll of attraction become a new urban of green landscape for the people offor newcity, businesses onspace the subject. the providing for presentations and exhibiAt thewith same time views it will create newand urban green landscape tions framed of the city of the facilities. for the people of the city and provide space for presentations and exhibitions that could take place with framed views of the city or of the facilities. Reutilize Marine Debris to a Regeneration Force

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‘’Marine Debris Upcycling Athens to re- to ‘’Trashformer’’, located in Center�

Athens, in Greece is aims responsive vitalize thePiraeus Piraeusport portarea area by blending sea Revitalize seaconditions & local comand local community needs. Humans are not taking the munity elements.

HQYLURQPHQW ZDWHUřDQ HVVHQWLDO seriously.

FRQGLWLRQ Human kind isVHULRXVO\ not taking the environment The IRU RXU VXUYLYDO DV D VSHFLHVřJHWV PRUH SROOXWHG HDFK water which is the main reason for our existence every year.

Athens, an urgent needistothe treat thetowayear In gets even there more is polluted.

There need treat WHU ƪOWHU WKH PDULQH GHEULV WKDW LV Debris GXPSHG the DQG water andRXW clean it from all of the Marine thatLQ are the sea. The project’s dumbed every year. site is located in the Piraeus port and will adaptively re-use an abandoned silo. The The site is in the port of Piraeus and will becorn accommodated idea is to take advantage of established ship networks in an abandoned corn silo. with organism-drones that attach to the shipsestablished leaving The idea is to take advantage of the already WKH SRUW DQG ƪOWHU RXW GHEULV DV WKH VKLSV VDLO :KHQ WKH ship network with organism- drones that attach to the ships return, drones collected withinwill the return Silo andthe leavingthe the port.are When this ships the collected debris is the separated updrones will bemarine collected from Silo andfor allvarious of the marine cycling uses. debris collected will be separated.

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The “quake up” tower Instabul, Turkey

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Program: Earthquake responce Student: Monica Kakou, Vasilia Kokotsi

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The project is a response to the well-documented threat The project has emerged as Located a respond the upcoming of earthquakes in Istanbul. in to Eminonu square, thread of an earthquake in Istanbul.

Located in Eminonu one of the busiest squares in the city, the “quake up” towsquare, one ofimminent the busiest squares in the the “quake er will sense earthquakes and city, activate sound up” tower senses the earthquake and activates syssystems to alert the citizens three days prior tosound the crisis. tems to alert the citizens 3 days prior to the crisis day.

By Over the course of the next two decades, the tower will the next two decades, the tower aims to raise awareness raise awareness about earthquakes and prepare residents regarding earthquakes and The prepare habitants for such for emergency situations. design introduces new emergency situation.

Part of the process of raising awaremateriality technologies, and encourages interaction beness, designand forces interaction andconditions requires citizen’s tweenthe citizens the environmental of their participation the construction to the warning city, engagingfrom participation from thephase construction phase phase, as to introduce new materiality technologies. to the warning phase.

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Gypsies Guild Istanbul, Turkey Turkey Instabul,

Crisis: Social

Terrain: Program: Student: Richard Elia

cally rich traditions of music and dance. The proposal also includes a hidden infrastructure, networking various gypinfrastructure; networking various gypsy spaces together sy spaces together as a way for the gypsies to be themas a way for the gypsies to be themselves, the very reason VHOYHVřWKH UHDVRQ WKDW UHVHDUFK KDV H[SODLQHG ZK\ WKH\ research has proven they are not accepted in the comDUH QRW WUDGLWLRQDOO\ LQWR FRPPXQLWLHVř munity, to steal andDFFHSWHG have a way toRWKHU escape.

In parallel to to “steal� and have spaces for escape and isolation.

Thus, WKH ĹšJRRGĹ› WKH\ ZLOO SURYLGH D J\SV\ EHQHĆŞW LV SURSRVHG in parallel to the “goodâ€? they will provide, “stolenâ€?/recy7KHUHIRUH WKH UHF\FOH PDWHULDOV ZLOO EH VROG IRU D SURĆŞW FOHG PDWHULDOV ZLOO EH VROG IRU D SURĆŞW WKH GDQFH DQG PXthe dance and music will be used as a distraction for picksic will be used pickpocketing, thea pocketing and as thea distraction earthquakefor prone structures and will be earthquake proneofstructures willand create a hidden hidden network connections paths for thenetwork gypsies of connections and paths Guild’. for the gypsies. The proposal thus creating the ‘Gypsies consists of living spaces for the gypsies, storage spaces The proposal consists of living spaces for the gypsies, for the recycled materials and shops to sell the storage spaces for the recycle materials and shopsstolen to sell items.

All this will be located the stolen items; and this allwithin withinexisting existingsocial socialhousing housing where wherelocal localTurks Turkslive. live.

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The project focuses on the social issues faced by gypsies The project focuses on the social issues the historic LQ ,VWDQEXOřDQ HWKQLFLW\ ZLWK D ORQJ KLVWRU\ OLYLQJ LQ ethWKH nicity, gypsies, face in Istanbul.

In 2008 the gypsies were region. In 2008, Istanbul gypsies were victims of gentriYLFWLPV RI JHQWULĆŞFDWLRQ LQ D VLWH WKDW KDG \HDUV RI ĆŞFDWLRQ LQ D VLWH WKDW KDG EHHQ FRQWLQXRXVO\ RFFXSLHG E\ gypsy residents They intopopulation squatting gypsies for overliving 1,000there. years.

Theresulted displaced in the centre of old Istanbul. resorted to squatting in the centre of old Istanbul. “GypThe experiments with in ways that thegypsies gypsiescan can live live sies project Guild� experiments ways that and work in the uninhabited areas, of Istanbul in parallel and work in the uninhabited areas of Istanbul in parallel with local Turks, Turks, with beingthe accepted and working as a comwith local goal of mutual acceptance and munity.

The gypsies with their knowledge and expertise working together as a community. With their knowledge, will serve community working recycle collectors; skills, andthe culture, gypsiesbycan serve as a number of roles in to clean the streets of Istanbul, as entertainers; providthe new community: as recycling collectors; as builders ing culture and tradition through music and dance and as using reusable materials to create new structures and laborers’ using the large recyclable/ reusable materials to strengthen the weak infrastructure of existing buildings; build structures to strengthen the weak infrastructure of and as cultural ambassadors demonstrating their historithe buildings. Respectively to these services they will provide for the community, the proposal consists of a hidden

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Crystallizing the Atmosphere Salt Lake, Limassol, Cyprus

Crisis: Environmental /Social

7HUUDLQ 'HVHUWLĆŞFDWLRQ 'HVHUW 'U\ Program: Habitation/ Cultivation/ Library/ Mosque/ Follies Student: Maria Ioannou

clinics, and to camps, to the restoration of permatrailers,trailers, and camps, the restoration of permanent strucnent structures as the area heals and a traditional sense tures as the area heals and a traditional sense of shelter of shelter isHaving restored.

Having acted as the clearest sign is restored. acted as the clearest sign of an emerRI DQ HPHUJHQF\ DUFKLWHFWXUH LV WKH ĆŞQDO VLJQ RI UHFRYJHQF\ DUFKLWHFWXUH LV WKH ĆŞQDO VLJQ RI UHFRYHU\ %XW ZKDW ery.

But what happens to when architecture when the situation happens to architecture the situation goes beyond goes beyond emergency?

What happens when emergenemergency? What happens when emergency turns into F\ WXUQV LQWR FULVLV DV WKH IDPLOLDU OLQHDU QDUUDWLYHřLPPHcrisis as the familiar linear narrative—immediate danger diate danger and rapid response by careful and rapid response followed byfollowed careful repair and repair evenDQG HYHQWXDO UHFRYHU\řGRHV QRW XQIROG" :KDW KDSSHQV tual recovery—does not unfold? What happens when the when thenarrative recoveryitself narrative breaks What recovery breaksitself down?

Whatdown? would be the would be the of architecture of crisis?

Is crisisaarchitecture a architecture crisis? Is crisis architecture contradiction contradiction in terms or a crucial unacknowledged force? in terms or a crucial unacknowledged force?

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Images of devastated buildings are the most eloquent Images of devastated buildings are the most eloquent and and disturbing witnesses of disaster.

Broken buildings disturbing witnesses of disaster.

Broken buildings reprepresent broken people. If most buildings in an area have resent broken people.

If most an area been damaged, the entire socialbuildings structureinseems to have have been damaged, the entire social structure seems to have EURNHQ 7KH VHYHULW\ RI WKH HPHUJHQF\ LV FRQĆŞUPHG E\ EURNHQ 7KH arrival VHYHULW\ WKH HPHUJHQF\ LV FRQĆŞUPHG E\ the sudden of RI helicopters that bypass the everythe arrival of of helicopters bypassdirectly the everydaysudden horizontal logic the city tothat descend into day horizontal logic of the city to descend directly into the the heart of the traumatized space to extract survivors heart of the traumatized spaceteams. to extract orhope drop or drop supplies and rescue Wesurvivors expect or supplies and rescue teams.

We expect or hope that the that the sight of the speedy arrival of emergency aid out sight of the speedy arrival of emergency aid out of the sky RI WKH VN\ LV WKH ĆŞUVW VWHS LQ DQ H[WHQGHG YLVXDO QDUUDWLYH LV WKH ĆŞUVW VWHS LQ DQ H[WHQGHG YLVXDO QDUUDWLYH RI UHFRYHU\ of recovery that steadily transitions from the provisional that steadily transitions from the provisional mobile archimobile architecture of sandbags, tents, trailers, portable tecture of sandbags, tents, trailers, portable clinics,

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Parasitizing the Void Crevalcore, Bologna, Italy

Crisis: Environmental /Social

ing “ruined� structure of the old building.

“Parasitizingthe thevoid� void� addresses earthquake de“Parasitizing addresses the the earthquake destrucstruction in the town of Crevalcore, in Italy.

The proposed tion at the town of Crevalcore, in Italy. The proposed inserinsertions of “urban branches� operate as support structions of “urban branches� operate as support structures; tures, re-activate the existing “ruined�, and otherwise re-activate the existing “ruined�, and otherwise abanabandoned, old buildings.

An elegant dialogue the doned, old buildings.

An elegant dialogue with thewith survivsurviving architecture takes into consideration of ing architecture takes into consideration issues issues of memmemory, heritage, and future development, innovaory, heritage, and future development, whilewhile innovatively tively responding to possible upcoming disasters. On the responding to possible upcoming disasters. th night Mayof20the 2012, anMay earthquake shook the central On theof night 20th of 2012 an earthquake shook -northern region of Italy, hundreds of ancient buildthe middle-northern partrazing of Italy, razing hundreds ancient ings and transforming many inner cities into abandoned buildings and transforming many inner cities in abandoned ruins. The goal of the project is the revitalization of the ruins. old town of Crevalcore, Bologna, through a new model of of The general concept of the project is the revitalization agrotourism that builds upon long-established seasonal the old town of Crevalcore, (Bologna) based on the idea of gastronomic festivals. transforms the interior agrotourism, enhancingThe theproject already well-knownseasonal courtyards of the dense built-up territory into cultivation gastronomic festivals, transforming the interior courtĆŞHOGV FUHDWLQJ D ZLGHVSUHDG KRWHO WR KRVW YDULRXV WRXU\DUGV RI WKH GHQVH EXLOW XS WHUULWRU\ LQWR FXOWLYDWLRQ ĆŞHOGV ists who visit Crevalcore during the events throughout and creating a widespread hotel to host various tourists the year.

The cross-section drawing refers to an emerging who visit Crevalcore during the events all over the year. architectural intervention in the earthquake-damaged The cross section drawing refers to an emerging architecsite. intervention The town’s Municipal building hosts a newly inserted tural in the challenging site which was struck program named ‘widespread hotel’.

Like a sprouting seed, by the strong earthquake. The project concenrates on the a new lightweight skeleton grows and parasitizes the exand Municipal building which hosts newly inserted program isting “ruined� structure of the old building.

The intention named a ‘widespread hotel’. this project is to lightweight occupy “anthropized� contextslike and Aofnewly introduced skeleton sprouts, a to create infrastructure capable of sewing together the seed which is dropped, growing and parasitizing the existdestructive scenery and the “urban branches� (contradictory to the roman Cartesian pattern). This creates a single system that collects various aspects: the remaining wall skin as base system, the embodied “memory�

debris, and injected greenery inside the existing interior The intention of this project is to occupy patios in an urban space where the green“anthropizedâ€? is extremely contexts, to create infrastructure sewstructure up again will the controlled and sometimes absent.able Theto new destructive scenery andoftheto creating the roman respond to the hazards the contradictory seismic area by a Cartesian pattern“urban branchesâ€? single system “tree trunkâ€? supporting column systemin atathe ground levcollecting various aspects: the remaining wall skinThis as base el extending to the underground “rootâ€? system. will system to work on, the embodied “memoryâ€? debris, the RĆŠHU YLVLWRUV D FKDQFH WR VHQVH WKH XQGHUJURXQG FDUYHG injection of greenery inside the existing interior patiosin “arterialsâ€? leading to living spaces less susceptible to the an urban space where the green is extremely controlled or HĆŠHFWV RI HDUWKTXDNH 7KHVH UHVLGHQFHV ZLOO EH DSSURSULeven absent- , to respond to the challenge of the seismic DWHG DQG PRGLĆŞHG E\ UHVLGHQWV FUHDWLQJ D QHZ TXDOLW\ RI area creating a “tree to trunkâ€? supporting column urban rooms adjusted the “urban branchesâ€? andsystem gently to the ground level extending to FDUERQ the underground HPEUDFHG E\ ĆŤH[LEOH DQG OLJKW

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VXVFHSWLEOH WR WKH HĆŠHFWV RI HDUWKTXDNH OLYLQJ VSDFHV WR The fundamental challenge of “whole buildingâ€? design apappropriate and call their , new quality of urban rooms proach is to overcome thisown situation and create a cultured adjusted to GLDORJXH the “urban branchesâ€? embraced by DQG HOHJDQW ZLWK VXUYLYLQJ gently DUFKLWHFWXUH ĆŞOOLQJ ĆŤH[LEOH DQG OLJKW FDUERQ ĆŞEHU IDEULF DOORZLQJ QDWXUDO YHQthe gaps left behind by the earthquake and taking into tilation and prevailing the notion of private and public with consideration issues of memory, heritage, development, discrete boundaries. future disasters, and the regeneration of the urban tissue The fundamental challenge of “whole buildingâ€? design apĆŤH[LEOH WR FKDQJHV RI HFRORJ\ OLIHVW\OH DQG WKH VXUURXQGproach is to overcome this situation and create a cultured ing urban landscape.

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Terrain: (DUWKTXDNH DĆŠHFWHG 5XUDO VFDOH Program: Habitation/ Cultivation/ Festivals Student: Anthi-Eleni Mintsiou_

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do_MESS_stic Implementator Lakatamia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Crisis: Environmental

Social crisis hampers the social of Social crisis crisis isis the crisis thatwhich hampers the social life oflife peopeople.

This project deals with contested and misused ple. This project deals with contested and misused spacspaces, which are spaces that are lacking proper use. My HVřVSDFHV WKDW DUH ODFNLQJ SURSHU XVH 7KH VLWH LV D SDUN site is located in Lakatamia, whichinis an area that lacking in Lakatamia, an area lacking identity.

Theis project identity.

Basically, it evolves by developing typical evolves by developing typical neighborhoods andneighleavborhoods byabandoned. leaving otherThis areas abandoned.

Thisof re-a ing other and areas results in the lack sults to the lack of community sense.

My site is a park in sense of community. The site is a former battery factory Lakatamia.

The site was a former battery factory that was in a densely-inhabited area that was forced to close due forced to close duehazards to the itfact thattoitthe wasneighborhood. a radioactive to the radioactive posed source in a densely living area.

Then, it was transformed Afterwards it was transformed into a park; however, the into parkrarely to recreate use andand remind a new image, parkawas used byits residents visitors, likely due better than this of the past. However, park ararely was to its history.

Unfortunately, the park the became space of used the disposal, residentsuncontrolled or the visitors of the area.

Most illegalby waste vegetation, vandalism probably its history made it less attractive to the people.

DQG JUDĆŹWL 7KH SURMHFW UHTXLUHV DQ DSSURDFK WKDW VWUHVVAs result, people did not respect thewithin site. Itthe became a es athe interplay of elements occurring site and space of illegal waste disposal, uncontrolled vegetation, its relationship with the rest of the city. The intended outYDQGDOLVP DQG JUDĆŹWL FRPH RI WKH SURMHFW LV D Ĺ?'URS 2ĆŠĹž &RPPXQLW\ &HQWHU The project requires an approach that stresses the interplay of elements occurring within the site and its relationship with the rest of the city. The intended outcome of the

SURMHFW LV D Ĺ?'URS 2ĆŠĹž &RPPXQLW\ &HQWHU EDVHG RQ WKH V\QHUJ\ DQG WHQVLRQ EHWZHHQ GLĆŠHUHQW XVHUV XVHV DQG EDVHG RQ WKH V\QHUJ\ DQG WHQVLRQ EHWZHHQ GLĆŠHUHQW XVfunctions. The aim is to encompass a very diverse range of ers, uses, and functions. The aim is to welcome a diverse people and motivations, from the enthusiastic vandal/artrange of users, from the enthusiastic vandal/artist, who ist, who spills over the legal boundaries to the highly conspills over the legal boundaries, to the highly conservaservative resident who seeks to provoke change through tive resident who seeks to provoke change through direct direct action.

DFWLRQ 7KH 'URS 2ĆŠ &HQWHU ZLOO EH DQ RSHQ VSDFH WR WKH 7KH 'URS 2ĆŠ &HQWHU ZLOO EH DQ RSHQ VSDFH WR WKH FRPPXFRPPXQLW\ WR GURS RĆŠ UHF\FODEOHV &ROOHFWHG PDWHULDOV QLW\ WR GURS RĆŠ UHF\FODEOHV 7KHUH ZLOO EH FROOHFWHG VRUWHG will be sorted and later sold to recycling companies. The materials or unsorted ones, which will then be purchased building will serve as an educational center, providing by recycling companies. It will, also, have educational charworkshops for remaking and reusing. Most importantacter as it will accommodate workshops for remaking and ly, it will be a space with a ‘community’ character, where reusing. Most importantly, it will be a space with a ‘comSHRSOH FDQ PHHW RU JDWKHU LQ D SODFH ZKLFK ZLOO RĆŠHU WKH munity’ character, where people can meet or gather in a opportunity for a wide range of activities. The site will beSODFH ZKLFK ZLOO RĆŠHU WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU RWKHU DFWLYLWLHV come an unconventional space for collecting the ‘mess’ of too.

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Terrain: Program: Student: Christiana Pariza_

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NORTH AMERICA

18th Ward: A Synthetic Bayou Bayou Area, South Louisiana, Gulf Coast, USA

Crisis: Political/Social/Environmental/Financial Terrain: Inner levee walls within the St. Bernard bayou District Program: Communal Living Student: Kerry Kyriakou

ronmental conditions continue, the people living the attributes from.

As a result, the Bayou people are in forced bayou are losing not only their houses but also their sense by the government authorities to leave their homes in of and home: the into landscape terrain theplace bayou and relocate the cityand where theythat areroots given WKHLU VHOI VXĆŹFLHQW LGHQWLW\ ,QFUHDVLQO\ SHRSOH OLYLQJ LQ a temporary spot in public housing. The project proposal the are being forced by driven government aimsBayou to intervene in this political stanceauthorities by creating to leave their homes and relocate to cities they a new Bayou area that considers the lifestyleinofwhich the bayou th are given temporary placements in public housing. “18 people and re-interprets it into a new response mechaWard: A Synthetic Bayouâ€? aims to and intervene in this politnism that deals with short-term long-term change. ically-driven situation by creating a new Bayou area The new proposal creates a new synthetic Bayou Areathat and considers the lifestyle of the bayou people. The proposal Community Housing.

RĆŠHUV D UH LQWHUSUHWDWLRQ RI WKH H[LVWLQJ EXLOW ODQGVFDSH and provides a new response mechanism that deals with short-term and long-term change.

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The deterioration of the landscape of southern LouisiThe of south is deteriorating due to ana landscape has been caused byLouisiana both natural causes and unsusboth unsustainable human activities and natural causes. tainable human activities. Beginning in the 1760’s, the 7KH KXPDQ PDGH HƊRUWV FRQVWUXFW FDUJR FDQDOV construction of cargo shipWR canals blocked the VKLS Mississippi throughout the 1760’s blocked the Mississippi River from River from delivering freshwater nutrients to the topsoil delivering top soil to reinforce the existing landscape causthat is necessary to reinforce the existing landscape.

LQJ VRLO HURVLRQ VLQNDJH DQG WKH ĆŞQDO FKDQJH RI ĆŤRZ RI WKH This consequently led to soil erosion, sinkage and the Mississippi outlet.

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Hence, the nual seathe level rise, averaging per year, which allows landscape a state of existing decay and slowly reclaimed by the sea wateristoinerode the landscape at an alarming sea. exacerbated rate.As The landscape environmental is in a state of conditions decay, andcontinue, is slowly the people living in the bayou are losing their homesenviand being reclaimed by the sea. As these exacerbated DOVR WKH ODQGVFDSH DQG WHUUDLQ WKHLU VHOI VXĆŹFLHQW LGHQWLW\

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A ring of salt will protect you Florida, USA

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Marsh land/Turkey Point’s nuclear station 3URJUDP 3RVW QXFOHDU GLVDVWHU 5DGLDWLRQ DƩHFWV Student: Constantia Djialli and Maria Christophi

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The proposal is located in Florida, USA, and focuses primarily The proposal is located in Florida, USA, and mainly deals on Turkey Point’s nuclear station, which is considered to be at with Turkey Point’s nuclear station, which is considered high risk for a possible nuclear explosion. The main aim of the to be a high risk station for a possible nuclear explosion. project is the creation of a community that will act as a healThe main aim of the project is the creation of communiing sanctuary in the event of such an explosion, addressing ties which will act as healing sanctuaries for the immediate ERWK WKH LPPHGLDWH DQG ORQJ WHUP DIWHUPDWK IRU DƩHFWHG and long- term aftermath of a nuclear explosion. The main residents. Salt is a key concept of the project: salt has been concept for a radiation healing sanctuary is the use of salt, shown to have great healing potential for radiation absorbas has great healing potential vvfor radiation absorbers, as ers, as its iodine can minimise radiation levels in human body. iodine in salt can minimise radiation levels in human body.

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Plume Project Centralia,USA

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“The Plume Projectâ€? addresses the case of Centralia, USA, I“The Plume Projectâ€? addresses the case of FDXJKW Centralia, ZKHUH ,Q DQ XQGHUJURXQG FRDO PLQH ĆŞUH 86$ ZKHUH LQ DQ XQGHUJURXQG FRDO PLQH FDXJKW ĆŞUH causing the abandonment of the small town. The proposal causing the abandonment of the small town. The proposal DWWHPSWV WR UHYHUVH WKH FDWDVWURSKLF HĆŠHFWV E\ DQDO\]LQJ DWWHPSWV UHYHUVH WKH FDWDVWURSKLF HĆŠHFWV E\ WUDFLQJ and takingWR advantage of the site’s uninhabitable conditions. understanding and taking advantage of the uninhabitable Utilizing cutting-edge technology, a series of elevated, conditions.

A series of elevated, ethereal capcloud-like, ethereal capsules willcloud-like, capture plumes of smoke sules, utilizing cutting-edge technological devices allow and heat, eventually allowing inhabitants to return. The the inhabitants return andƪOWHU evenWKH prosper by capturing SURMHFWśV VSDWLDO toFRQGLWLRQV DLU FRQWURO WKH WHPplumes of smoke and heat.

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Desert Heat Survival Mojane Desert,Death Valley,California,USA

Crisis: Environmental

Terrain: Program: Student: Alexandros Neophytou

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Thisproject projectaims aimstoto create a structure can withThis create a structure thatthat can withstand stand the extreme conditions of the Mojave Desert.

The the extreme conditions of the Mojave Desert by studying concept was developed through close analysis of termite and analyzing termite mounds, while taking advantage of mounds, as natural well as research on theresources. natural and man made the desert’s and man made resourcesExtreme of the region.

Extreme heat, ofstorms water, sand heat, lack of water,lack sand and VWRUPV DQG ĆŤDVK ĆŤRRGV DUH WKH PDLQ LVVXHV IDFLQJ LQKDEĆŤDVK ĆŤRRGV DUH WKH PDLQ LVVXHV WKLV SURMHFW LV GHDOLQJ ZLWK itants of the have desert.

Termites havetofound to and Termites found a solution someaofsolution the probsome of the problems by using natural resources.

In the lems these conditions create by using natural resources.

Mojave thouIn MojaveDesert, Desertairplane airplanegraveyards graveyards accommodate accommodate thousands of decomissioned aircrafts.

This project proposes sands of aircrafts, which have no use. This project prothe deconstruction and adaptive of these materiposes the deconstruction of thesere-use aircrafts and the reuse als in order to create livable conditions.

The new structure of their materials to create livable and working conditions. is situated between mountains to take advantage of adthe The structure is situated between mountains taking shade as well as the water that can be found at higher alvantage of the shade North facing mountains create while WLWXGHV 5DLQIDOO IURP ĆŤDVK ĆŤRRGV DUH FDSWXUHG LQ FLVWHUQV DOVR EHQHĆŞWWLQJ IURP ZDWHU WKDW FDQ EH IRXQG RQ KLJKHU DODQG ZLQG ĆŤRZV DUH GLUHFWHG LQWR WKH EXLOGLQJ YLD ZLQG WLWXGHV )ODVK ĆŤRRGV DQG ZLQG ĆŤRZV DUH GLUHFWHG LQWR WKH catchersviaand underground maximizing passive building wind catchers andtunnels, underground tunnels maxiventilation and ventilation cooling. During storms, mizing passive and sand cooling whileaerodynamic during sand facadesaerodynamic redirect the facades strong winds of the blocking storms redirect the storm, storm blocking entering damaging the building. itsand fromfrom entering and and damaging the building.

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SOUTH AMERICA

Changeability Through Flooding Guajara Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Crisis: Environmental /Social Terrain: Program: Student: Elena Siakou

The proposal is located in Guajara Mirim, a Brazilian vilThe proposal is considered for Guajara Mirim, a village lolage in the Amazon forest. Locals in Guajara Mirim survive FDWHG LQ WKH $PD]RQ IRUHVW %UD]LO 3HRSOH OLYH E\ ĆŞVKLQJ LQ WKURXJK ĆŞVKLQJ LQ WKH ULYHU DQG WKH FXOWLYDWLRQ RI WKHLU RZQ the river and cultivate their own products. Also they have products.LQ According to local customs, people gather at IHVWLYDOV VSHFLĆŞF WLPH RI WKH \HDU ZKHUH JDWKHU DOO WRVSHFLĆŞF WLPHV RI \HDU IRU FHOHEUDWLRQ IHVWLYDOV 7KH FULVLV gether and celebrating.

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units can open up IDUPLQJ and conand transformable/movable living units.them, The depends living units nected with the other areas or between on can openneeds. up andThe connect with other living or other peoples’ project progresses in 3units scenarios, acareas depending on level the needs residents.

The project cording to the water and theofuses; scenario 1 “time to progresses in three phases, according to the level. grow� is to do the necessary preparation andwater start plantScenario 1, “time to grow,�the involves the necessary prepaing the rice and hanging vegetables on the gridshell ration: planting of the rice and the hanging of vegetables structure. Scenario 2 “time for shrimp farming� living units from the the gridshell structure.

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Reverse Social Porto Velho City, Brazil

Crisis: Environmental /Social Terrain: Program: Student: Panayiotis Kyriakou

social structure by giving theofweakest group shapes power lightweight structure made bamboosocial in polygon through architecture.

The project a lightweight that will be hanging above the roofproposes of the middle class arstructure made of has bamboo assembledofinchanging polygon shapes eas. This strategy the advantage level of that hang above the analog roof ofwith the the middle areas.

This the hanging cocoons levelclass of the water. strategy allos time the cocoons change position inthat accorAt the same i proposeto the small living units are dance with the level of the water. Small living units are for MXVW IRU VOHHSLQJ DUHDV IRU ĆŞOWHULQJ WKH ZDWHU FROOHFW VRLO VOHHSLQJ ODUJHU DUHDV DUH IRU ĆŞOWHULQJ ZDWHU E\ FROOHFWLQJ clean water and small rocks), growing fruits and vegetables soil, clean water, and small fruits andbuildvegand spaces that move the rocks), existinggrowing activities of the etables, and other programs. ings in the ground level.

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The deforestation of the Amazon tropical Rainforest Through the research, the deforestation of Amazon (tropranks it as a forest in high risk. In Brazil, the reduction of ical Rainforest) is ranked as a forest in high risk. In Brazil treestrees has resulted in theand rising of the area, are reducing thatwater has aslevel a result theMadeirising UD ULYHU 7KLV KDV FUHDWHG D ĆŤRRGLQJ FULVLV LQ 3RUWR of the water level of the Madeira river. The crisis of the9HOKR Porcity. In 2014, the water reached an extreme level of 3 meWR 9HOKR FLW\ LV WKH ĆŤRRGLQJ 7KH OHYHO RI WKH ZDWHU LQ WKH ter abovescenario ground in level.

The city is 3segregated three extreme 2014 became meter highinto from the social categories: 1) the poorest and weakest people ground level in the city. The social segregation of the city is who liveininthree Favelas; 2) the middle-class peoplepeople who live in divided categories: 1) weakest social, that slums and 3) the wealthier and powerful people that live live in Favelas, 2) middle class people that live in slums and LQ stronger DĆ­XHQW social DUHDV people 7KLV SURMHFW DWWHPSWV WR FKDOOHQJH WKH 3) that live in rich areas.

I propose that the weakest social group, now becomes the stronger. In architectural approach, i propose the

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UNIT 5 in/out crisis_ Y.Hadjichristou_ A. Swiny_ M. Georgiou_ 2013 - 2014

[L]iving in a [S]ynthetic [T]ree= [L]. [S]. [T] Guachapala, Venezuela

Crisis: Environmental /Social Terrain: Deforestation Program: Student: Elli Mara

harvesting honey and also exchange about is to eventually develop strategies for information’s preventing the detheir life.

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With the mixture of these comsoil, and oil. The mixture of these components delivered ponents the and piping through the piping system thecover destroy through system will eventually thetreedetrunk cover by algae. stroyed tree trunk with algae.

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The the the situations of a deforestation Theproject projectinvestigates investigates deforestation crisis in crisis in Guachapa, Venezuela.

Hundredare of trees aredown cutGuachapa, Venezuela.

Manufactures cutting ting downofbytrees the manufactures and causing and serious probhundred and causing soil corrosion increased lems in the atmosphere, soil corrosions increases the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Theand challenge of this carbon dioxide in the atmosphere .The challenges of this project is to save not to stop the problem. In this area of project is to save stop the problem.

In this area of Guachapan, therenot is ato settlement of Yanomami tribe that Guachapan there is a settlement Yanomami tribe, lives without connection with theofoutside world.

Thewhich conlives with thehabits, outsidenor world.

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Meta | daptic Project South America, Peru, Quillabamba City

Crisis: Environmental /Social Terrain: Program: Student: Penelope Vasquez Hadjilyra

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Natural disasters have proven their power over humans.

Natural disasters have an opportunity for This proposal addresses the challenges faced by areas that proven their superiority to innovation. The motivation DUH LQ FRQVWDQW ULVN RI ƫRRGLQJ ,QVWHDG RI IRFXVLQJ RQ ŝSUHhumans.

Nature has been for people to take matters vention” and crisis, the project substiable till now to“avoidance” continuouslyof the on their own hands is tutes terms such as “adaptation” and “adjustment.” It is not adapt to any environmental pursued. an option to turn away from the area of crisis as it evolves. challenges.

Each site’s challenges are considered an opportunity for inFollowing this, the proposal For Quillabamba the novation: a motivation for people to take into their for areas that are in program matters becomes the own hands.

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Virgin Galacic Space Hotel Sapce

Crisis: Social

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A future scenario: the year is 2050. Earth is in crisis, tumbling A future scenario. The year is 2050. Earth is in crisis, LQWR LWV ƪQDO VWDJHV RI VHYHUH UHVRXUFH GHSOHWLRQ )DPLQH WXPEOLQJ WR LWV ƪQDO VWDJHV RI VHYHUH UHVRXUFH GHSOHWLRQ droughtdrought and disease have pillaged humanity.

Famine, and disease have pillaged the Fresh lands.food Freshand water are scarce.

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The project proposes a retreat for a duration of a fortnight of surviving. to twenty people at afor time.

It allows nostalgia The projectwealthy proposes a retreat a duration of afor fortnight of an idealized past within the vacuum of outer space. to 20 wealth people at a time. It creates nostalgia of theThe SURMHFW RƩHUV YLVLWRUVśV UHOD[DWLRQ LQ ]HUR JUDYLW\ E\ HVFDSLQJ SHUIHFW SDVW ZLWKLQ WKH YDFXXP RI VSDFH 2ƩHULQJ WKH earth and its troublesin completely. occupants’ relaxation zero gravity by escaping earth and its troubles completely

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STUDENTS

5th Year Projects Athanasios Ragkousis Aristos Aristodemou Anthi-Eleni Mitsiou Christiana Pariza Katerina Christodoulou 7KHRGRURV =DUNDV Richard Elia Dimitry Maria Christophi Constantina Djali Panayiotis Kyriacou Constantinos Pavlou

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4th Year Projects Penelope Vasquez Hadjilyra Alexia Tarkassi Georgia Hadjimatheou Maria Ioannou Panayiota Solomou Evgenios Vasiliou Maria Gavriela Diakogianni Maria Kargioti Christina Galanou Antonis Koutanitis Elena Siakou Elli Marra Stephanos Panteli Christopher Kyriakou Loukia Parpi Monica Vasilia Meisam Constantina Marietta Alex Neophytou

FACULTY

Yiorgos Hadjichristou Hadjichristou.y@unic.ac.cy Yiorgos Hadjichristou is a Professor and is Associate Head of the Architecture Department at the University of Nicosia. He is also a practicing architect in Nicosia. He conducted his studies in both Kiev in the Ukraine and Kyoto in Japan. He has also participated in a series of courses and seminars in a variety of other countries. Having participated in various exhibitions and competitions, he is a recipient of a number of prizes both national and international. He has been working in collaboration with a diverse range of architects and artists in a wide range of projects.

His research and practice concentrates on projects, which vary in scale: from detailed furniture design to large-scale town planning projects – and all that lies between the two

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Alessandra Swiny is Associate Professor and is Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Nicosia She is of American and British origin yet has spent much of her life on the Island of Cyprus. She received her BA from Barnard/Columbia University and her MARCH from Harvard University in the United States. She has been the principal architect with M. Hadjisoteriou at ‘Sub_Supra Studio’ since 2008. In June 2008 her winning entry (with M. Hadjisoteriou & A. Dimitrakopoulos) for ‘Europan 9 Competition’ in Clermont-Ferrand, France went into the second phase of design development. She has previously represented Cyprus in the Venice Architecture Biennale twice. In 2006 ‘The Game: Urban Pieces in Warfare’ with P. Philippou & A. Antoniou. In 2008 ‘easylove’ with Y. Hadjichristou, M. Menikou, A. Kleanthous, G. Tsoulidies & M. Hadjisoteriou. Alessandra is very passionate about the development of an architects’ education. She is currently the Co-Head of the Department of Architecture (with Y. Hadjichristou), and an Assistant Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Her design focus shifts from small scale detailing to issues pertaining to the larger urban context and articulates the importance and complexities of issues faced at all scales. She believes that an equilibrium must exist between; science and functionality, as well as research, practice, creativity and wit; while always striving to have a minimum impact on the “environment” and to design buildings that function as ‘intelligently’ as possible

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Alessandra Swiny swiny.a@unic.ac.cy

Michalis Georgiou georgiou.m@unic.ac.cy

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Michalis Georgiou (full cv) is a lecturer at the Architecture DepartPHQW >$5&@ RI WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 1LFRVLD LQ WKH ĆŞHOG RI 'LJLWDO 'HVLJQ and a practicing architect hosted @ HUB. He holds an MSc In Adaptive Architecture and Computation from the Barlett and a diploma in architecture from NTUA where he is currently pursuing his PhD. Before moving on to realize his own professional collaborations and projects Michalis has worked with E Constandinidou architects in Athens and Foster + Partners in London, where he has been a member of the Specialist`s Modeling Group. His current research focuses in applying computational tools as the means for managing information to assist and enrich the earcly stages of design. In paraller, he is H[SORULQJ WKH SRWHQWLDO RI GLJLWDO WHFKQRORJLHV IRU UHVROYLQJ VRFLR HFRQRPLF FRQĆŤLFWV DW an urban scale. As such, the town of Famagusta presents a unique case study and an ongoing project for Michalis since 2004. http://www.parametricdesign.net / http://www.hub.com.cy

Natasa Christou n.christou@live.co.uk Natasa Christou received her BA and Master’s degree in architecture at the University of Westminster. She has worked in several architecWXUDO ĆŞUPV LQ /RQGRQ 8. DQG &\SUXV +HU DFKLHYHPHQWV YDU\ LQ PDQ\ DVSHFWV RI DUW DQG GHVLJQ VKH PDQDJHG WR VKRZFDVH KHU ĆŞUVW DUW exhibition in London where all the art work was sold in the opening of the exhibition.2009, she was nominated with the second highest mark of the year for her academic design project. 2010, she was nominated with the 3rd Prize(group work)for an architectural competition (Nicosia, Cyprus). 2012, VKH ZRQ ĆŞUVW SUL]H RI GHVLJQ DQG EXLOG LQ Ĺ?3ROLWLFV WR )DEULFDWLRQĹž ZRUNVKRS FUHDWHG E\ the Architectural Association and hosted in Havana, Cuba. She has been a visiting critic at the Architectural Association, University of Westminster, University of Nicosia and University of Cyprus. She is a Phd Researcher and at the same time she is working as an Assistant Professor in the University of Cyprus teaching architectural design. Natasa has special interest on parametric thinking as a strategy, computational design as a tool for producing prototypes. She is currently exploring architecture through fabrication methods.The themes of research by design, fabrication methods as well as the relationship between architecture and socio-political phenomena are the main area of her research.

PUBLICATIONS

Emergency Architecture for Humanity, Design Like you Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises (Metropolis Books, NY.NY: 2006) Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Design for the Other 90%, Smithsonian Institution, NY.NY: 2007 Adrian Lahoud, Charles Rice, Anthony Burke, PostTraumatic Urbanism, Architectural Design AD Magazine 2010 Charlesworth, Esther. Architects Without Frontiers: War, Reconstruction and Design Responsibility Corsellis, Tom & Vitale, Antonella. Transitional Settlement: Displaced Populations (2005)

O’Mahony, Marie & Patton, Phill. Safe: Design Takes On Risk (Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY: 2005) Fathy, Hassan. Architecture for the Poor (University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1973) Easterly, William. The White Man’s Burden: Why the :HVWśV (ƊRUWV WR $LG WKH 5HVW +DYH 'RQH 6R 0XFK ,OO and So Little Good (Penguin Press, NY, NY: 2006) Bornstein, David. How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (Oxford, Oxford University Press: 2004) edited by Hardy, Steve. Environmental Tectonics: Forming Climatic Change (AA Publications, London, UK: 2008 Gilles Deleuze, F. G. (2004). A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (Continuum Impacts No. 21).

Materiality Mori, Toshiko. Immaterial|ultramaterial: architecture, design, and materials (Harvard Design School with George Braziller, NY.NY: 2002) Mollerup, Per. Collapsibles: A Design Album of SpaceSaving Objects (Thames & Hudson, London, UK: 2006) Vitra, Jean Prouve.Charles & Ray Eames: Constructive Furniture (2002) Lucie-Smith, Edward. Furniture: A Concise History (Thames & Hudson, London, UK:1993) Hodge, Brooke. Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture (MOCA, Thames & Hudson: 2006) Boniver, Tristan. Usus/usures: How things stand (publication of Belgium’s participation in the 12th Architecture Biennale of Venice, 2010) Custom Built: A Twenty-Year Survey of Work by Allan Wexler (Art Publishers, NY.NY; 2001)

Parametric Thinking Menges, A. and A. (2012). Computational Design Thinking. Wiley & Sons.

Otto, F. (2009). Occupying and Connecting: Thoughts RQ 7HUULWRULHV DQG 6SKHUHV RI ,QĆŤXHQFH ZLWK 3DUWLFXODU Reference to Human Settlement (p. 111). Edition Axel Menges.

Sakamoto, T., Ferre, A., Kubo, M. (2008). From control to design.

W. Daniel Hills, The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work, 978-0465025961 Helmut Pottmann, Architectural geometry, 9781934493045

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David Gissen, Territory: Architecture Beyond Environment_An issue of AD magazine Jonathan Hill, Weather Architecture David Gissen, Subnatures 'LOOHU 6FRĆŞGLR )OHVK Vitra Design Museum. Living in Motion: Design and Architecture for Flexible Living, 2002 DAMDI Architectural Press. Bodyscape and Mobile Architecture Carmichael, Peter. Nomads (London 1991) Siegal, Jennifer. Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press: 2002) Junya Ishigami, Another Scale of Architecture Huizinga, J. H. (1992). Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture (p. 2004).

Fox, M., & Kemp, M. (2009). Interactive Architecture (p.

256). Princeton Architectural Press.

Johnson, S. (n.d.). Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software Anstey, T. (2007). Architecture and Authorship Sou Fujimoto, Primitive Future Boundaries, Institute without, B. M. D. I. (2004). Massive Change: A Manifesto for the Future of Global Design: A Manifesto for the Future Global Design Culture.

Richardson, Phyllis. XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings (Thames & Hudson, London, UK: 2001) edited by Tschumi, Bernard & Berman, Matthew. INDEX Architecture (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA: 2003) Slavid, Ruth. Micro: Very Small Buildings (Laurence King Publishers: 2007) Hensel, M. Design Innovation for the Built Environment: Research by Design and the Renovation of Practice, 2012 Fairs, Marcus. Green Design: Creative sustainable designs for the 21st century (Carlton Books, London, UK: 2009)

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Innovation

Neil Leach (Ed), Designing for a Digital World, 978-0470844199Michael Hensel (Ed), Achim Menges (Ed), Morpho-Ecologies: Towards Heterogeneous Space In Architecture Design, 978-0415700832 Michael Hensel (Ed), Achim Menges (Ed), Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho – Ecological Design Hani Rashid, Asympote: Flux, 978-0714841724 Tomoko Sakamoto, From Control to Design: Parametric/Algorithmic Architecture, 978-8496540798

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Fabrication Procedures Aranda, B. (2006). Pamphlet Architecture 27: Tooling.

Princeton Architectural Press. Beorkrem, C. (n.d.). Material Strategies in Digital Fabrication.

Kolarevich, B. and Klinger, K. R. (2008). Manufacturing PDWHULDO HĆŠHFWV 5HWKLQNLQJ GHVLJQ DQG PDNLQJ LQ DUchitecture.

Thompson, R. (n.d.). Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals.

Walker, M. S. and C. (n.d.). AA Agendas 9: Making Pavilions.

Branko Kolarevic, Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing, 978-0415381413Adriaan Beukers, Lightness: The Inevitable Renaissance of Minimum energy structures, 978-9064505607 %UDQNR .RODUHYLF 0DQXIDFWXULQJ 0DWHULDO (ĆŠHFWV Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, 9780415775755 Lisa Iwamoto, Digital Fabrications architectural and Material Techniques, 978-1568987903

Software John Maeda, Casey Reas, B. F. (2007). Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists (p. 768).

Wirz, F. (2011). Parametric Architecture with Grasshoper Primer.

Natural Systems and Design: Kelly, K. What Technology Wants.

Pawlyn, M. Biomimicry in Architecture Vyzoviti, S. Soft Shells: Porous and Deployable Architectural Screens.

Weinstock, M. The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation.

Websites http://wewanttolearn.wordpress.com/ http://www.scoop.it/t/digitag-journal https://www.facebook.com/livingarchitect http://kk.org/ http://popupcity.net/ http://designplaygrounds.com/ http://www.materia.nl/ http://www.arduino.cc/ http://www.grasshopper3d.com/ KWWS ĆŞUHĆŤ\H[SHULPHQWV FRP UHVRXUFHV http://issuu.com/ani.arzumanyan/docs/protoarchitecture_analogue_and_digital_hybrids Examples: para_SITE Michael Rakowitz Lian Low Eduard bohtlingk ‘markies’ 1986 Low Tech Ballon System I.Katase Paper Log Houses Shigeru Ban Architects Concrete Canvas Brewin.P & Crawford.W

Cinema: Beasts of the southern wild Oblivion Cloud Atlas ‘Stalker’ or ‌Tarkofski Home. About the earth Yann Arthus Bertrand ‘earth from above’

Art and Artists William kendridge Christo Gerhard Richter Andy Goldswothy Gordon Matta Clark Marina Abramovic Theaster Gates ( project at the Documenta 13) Ai Wei Wei Joseph Beuys Thomas Hirschhorn Pipilotti Rist Chiharu Shiota

[2014-2015 Digitize Workshop]

University of Nicosia

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[2013-2014 Fabricate Workshop]

[2014-2015 Westminster Workshop]

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[2014-2015 AA Visiting School Innsbruck Workshop]

[2014-2015 AA Visiting School Innsbruck Workshop]

[2014-2015 AA Visiting School Innsbruck Workshop]

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4th & 5th Year Diploma of Architecture [ARC] University of Nicosia Cyprus www.unit05.com