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“It is more arduous to honor the history of the nameless than that of the renowned. Historical reconstruction is devoted to the memory of the nameless.� w.benjamin walter benjamin memorial portbou
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a reflection is not a mirror. it comes in different forms. it is verry personal everybody has a different one. you cannot catch it , it comes and it goes. its temporary not infinite. a signal of transmission. a common wave process. something that extends and has no boundaries. movie link : http://youtu.be/ifFeKKk4FUs
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to explores ones memory and childhood, it is better to be intrested in the second object , the ones wich evoces memory rather the ones that represents it. elalia valldosera
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The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care,And let it spring from love. Born out of concern for all beings… As the shadow follows the body, As we think, so we become. Buddha(563 BC - 483 BC), Dhammapada
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pere riera studio , movie project... create a movie after a text from Spencer Holst;” ’Up in heaven the curtains fluttered, the curtains fluttered, and the Mona Lisa entered at one end of a small hall, which was hung with many veils. Up in heaven the curtains fluttered, fluttered, fluttered, and the Buddha entered the hall at the other end. They smiled.’’”.. http://youtu.be/Tw5QQT98td0
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PRE UR BANITY SER VATION what’s the result of overpopulation?
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GLOCAL INTERACTIONS In this modern world we are all interlocked and boundaries seem to fade in space and time. somehow we have to make sense that the globalization already fulfilled his way on the economical scale and on the virtual scale as connectivity is increasing every day .I want to present you to what Zygmunt Bauman describes as “ the liquid” identity. This is very well linked to the GLOCAL ideal “ think global act local”. By “Liquid” Zygmunt means that they aren’t any certainties left we ‘re all liquid and this is in romance( more couples brake up, people meet other people) in work (more people lose their job , don’t have the same job for all their career they have to be flexible
) in our identity (next to our local we got a virtual , we interchange with other people from different cultures or background). This explains a greater amount of connections between people boundaries seems to fade beyond nationality and culture. somehow we haven’t reached to have a unified global policy or politic. Maybe this is identity is coming too fast for us , and that’s why we are grapping back due to the politic crisis to more identity based politics. Facebook couldn’t have explain the interrelationship between people and the exchange of knowledge between them in a more radical scene... we live in a IT times boundaries are broken .... in these modern times the influence of these media couldn’t be underestimat-
ed... as we see what happened in the Arabic country a real “ FACEbomb” happened. Youngster all over these shared their views decided to make a change and intercowith the problems they are facing.
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lagos, doshi market When they speak of gypsy settlements, they always use the word “barraques” (slums), a particulary thick term: the struggle against Barcelona’s slums was one of the victories of grassroots movements in the 60s and 70s. So, these news about the gypsies and their shanty towns so close to the skyscrapers of the new “technological district 22@”, more than a revival of the “barraquismo” as a phenomenon, they make us think of a revival of the uses of this phenomenon:
Lagos oshodi market (Nigeria)
enormous appeal for vast numbers of people. Every hour,
With an estimated population of 14 million now,
21 new inhabitants set out to start a life in the city, a
Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities on the African
life that is highly unpredictable and requires risk taking,
continent. By 2020, it is expected to be the third largest
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The new face of oshodi market in Lagos nigeria (Hq)
and in spite of enormous oil revenue, Nigeria suffers
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an instrument that serves the purpose of giving an excuse to simplify the conflicts and contradictions that go along with this enormous urban renewal project. If the gypsies and their slums belong to the past, and the skyscrapers to the future, every eviction can appear as a debt with history. Social policies, are the real remainder of a past now gone.
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Historically, every city in the world was shaped by an even distribution of tremendous power. by an even distribution of tremendous power. in In Paris of the mid19th century, under the Paris of the mid- 19th century , under the impeimpe-rial rule of Napoleon III, a grand urban space rial rule of Napoleon III, a grand urabn space was was created based on one person’s will over a short created based on one person’s will over a short span of 20 years beginning in 1850. span of 20 years beginning in 1850. with the rise ith the rise of powerful capitalism in the New of powerfull capitalist in the new york of the York of the 20th century, sky scrapers began to be 20th century ,sky scrapers began to be erect as erect as a symbol of financial might, within a a symbol of financial might within a decade , in decade, in 1920, rows and rows of these tall 1920 , rows and rows of these tall
new gypsy settelemenst and new form of urbanity are forming itself on the hill of moncada ,i reixac. In the middle of an economic crisis we see that europe also has slums and that this phenomena is not only for “third world countries”. but is a life habitat wich encorporate the basic needs of people. i was shocked to see so many slums around this part , only 20 kilometers aways from barcelona. a metroplolis in Europe. I search throughout my personal research for an understanding of this pheneomena , the life form and how to ameliorate it..
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buildings had buildings had suddenly transformed the urban sudenly transformed the urban landscape. landscape. In the tokyo of the 21 century in a In the Tokyo of the 21 century, there is a space space where ideology is dead and authority nulliwhere ideology is dead and authority nulli-fied, a fied, a new urban landscape is being born out of new urban landscape is being born out of the the ubiquitous presence of low grade power (total ubiquitous presence of low grade power (total democracy). one of the world’s largest metrodemocracy). One of the world’s largest plises ,the city has been subdivided into smaller metropolises, the city has been subdivided into and smaller plots of land that are being devided maller and smaller plots of land that are being between aproximately 1.8 million owners. As divided between approximately 1.8 million owners.
long as tehy obey the regulations ,the owners of s long as they obey the regulations, the owners of these plots have the right to build any type of these plots have the right to build any type of structure they want. the building are constantly structure they want. The buildings are constantly changing through correspond to teh owners life cycle. In European alterations and extensions that correspond to the cities urban spaces are thought of as concrete owners’ life cycle. In European cities urban spaces entities that are meant to exist far longer than are thought of, as concrete entities that are meant to people’s lives, and change isn’t something people exist far longer than people’s lives, and change isn’t are readly aware of.But in tokyo, the s
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void metabolism residential sections where developed primarily as detached houses , and all available urban real estate has long since been completely exploited. the landscape of teh city ,wich has somethimes been described as “chaotic” repaetedly undergoes metabolism based on inherent , 26 years” life cycle” of japanese houses ,and its defined by a combination of houses from several generations. The metabolism,that we are concerned with here, refers to each single grain or house which is both constantly maintained and replaced as a gap ( void) thought the initiative of the individual owner. to differentiate our concept from the metabolism of the 1960,which was symbolized by a core , we would like to call this “void metabolism”. as a result of this process, new intermediate units are continually emerging in the city. For tokyo to excell by maintaining the void metabolising framework, it is essential that we judge these intermediate units and reexamine residential spaces accordingly to Yoshiharu Tsukamoto.
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Almost 1 billion people or 32 per cent of the world population lives in slums, the majority off them in the developing world. Moreover, the poverty is moving to cities, and a new process recognized as “the urbanization of poverty”, marks his ground on cities. It lays in the authorities, governments, international communities and developer’s hands to come up with a strategy to tackle this problem in an adequate and fast way. It is estimated that in 2020 the world would have more than 100 million slum dwellers. Slums represent the worst of urban poverty and inequality, yet next to this they represent and architecture that (re) emerges and re (act) at needs from it beholders. It forms greatest aspiration of social, cultural and architectural urban development. In India’s biggest city Mumbai, host of 15O slums the research tries to discover the aspirations, the problems of one particular slum Dharavi. The particularity of this slum is that it compared to others is constructed wright in the middle of the urban metropolis Mumbai, and with it 22
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intend of becoming a world-class player, which mirrors itself to Tokyo and Shanghai. The slum itself is a torn in the eye of local authorities. The redevelopment plan this slum faces doesn’t match with the UN habitat goals of redevelopment. Throughout case studies an adequate strategy which implies the ideal “solving the problems of the slums” and which could be applied to other situations overall Mumbai towards an organic city with greater determination and knowledge in common effort to help the world’s slum dwellers to attain lives of dignity, prosperity and peace.
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the urban void ,the term as an empty space located inside the urban limits, focus in the reduction of density and in the space break phenomenon, excluding parks and green areas; the urban void could be a need of the city and its space relations, an absence in the urban conditions: context, programme, grid, texture and the urban - territorial relation.
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During the life of the void, it will undergo constant change and adjustment. The more the void works, the more it will be in a perceptual state of revision. Its “design “should therefore be a proposal of a method that combines architectural specificity with programmatic indeterminacy. In other words I see this scheme as a design but more mostly as a tactical proposal to derive maximum benefit from the implantation on the site of a number of activities...The underlying principle of programmatic interminacy as a basis of the formal concept allows any shift ,modification , and replacement or substitution to occur without damaging the initial hypothesis. green water densification and compactness of existing
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Price’s desire for ‘Doubt, Delight and Change’ made him think about architecture in a radical way. Price explored architecture’s potential to nurture change, intellectual growth and social development. To Cedric Price architecture was not about the finished building but more about an ability to enable and facilitate change in a changing world and to “allow us to think the unimaginable”. he proposed that an impermanent bridge could offer better access to a railway station and turn the space into public advantage only to be removed when no longer necessary.
Incremental living and study units ‘anticipatory architecture’, firmly believing in impermanent architecture designed for continual change. Price redefined the role of the architect as an agent of change, whose main responsibility was to anticipate that, and offer new possibilities for society as a whole. It is in our believe that a building should be able to change , not only in plan but in section and elevation- a frame work wich allows people freedom to do their own things , the scale and grain coming from clear understanding and expression of the process of a building . These free and commercial hubs wich could serve as housing or study rooms- are a giant meccano set rather than a traditional static transparant or solid doll houses. disorder makes discovery so much trilling.
Un-folding the existing structures to create a learning center We are apathetic people , if we don’t attempt to make a new art of living , instead of escaping from living into rather dreary art. As a temporary measure the proposal has been put forward that every town should have a special space at its disposal where the latest discoveries of engeneering and science can provide an environment for pleasure and discovery , a place to look at the stars , to eat ,stroll,meet and play. Providing a rooftop as second public space and by unfolding and envlopping the old structure a huge learning space is offered to the people of this region.
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re-linking the settlements with the landscape
To avoid a greater expansion of the slums rising up on the recreative landscape a basic life provision of water and sewing could be made. A path could define the limits of the slums to avoid wider expansion and also could by this way generate a more agreable way to their home. A greater
‘Different events have created lack of unincorporated borders in the cities. They are interior islands without activity, are forgetfullnes areas, converted in un - habitated, in - secures and in - productive. At least, these are strange places in the urban structure. Mental exteriors in the physical interior of the city, where they appear like another image of the same place, as in the sense of its critic, as in the sense of its possibility’
awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement of the quality of life as a result of architectural endeavour.� “Architecture must concern itself continually with the socially beneficial distortion of the environment.�
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What remains provocative and unique about Price ‘potteries Thinkbelt is his recycling and reuse of the obsolete industrial detritus of a bygone epoch as the basic infrastructure for a post industrial age. More than the architectural form , it is this idea that remains most intriguing. “Choose what you want to do – or watch someone else doing it. Learn how to handle tools, paint, babies, machinery, or just listen to your favourite tune. Dance, talk or be lifted up to where you can see how other people make things work. Sit out over space with a drink and tune in to what’s happening elsewhere in the city. Try starting a riot or beginning a painting – or just lie back and stare at the sky.�
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CON UR BANITY STRUC TION The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
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chitecture and Design. He quickly became the
19, 1945 in Aising-Kaltmühl) was a German
undertook several educational trips, including
leading Norwegian architect of his generation.
architect, engineer, buildings official and town
to Britain and France.
In 1952–1953, during travels in Morocco, he
planner.
In 1932 Zollinger finally left Merseburg and
discovered primitive architecture, which was
He served as city architect in Merseburg,
until 1934 he taught at the Technical University
to deeply influence his future work. Later he
and developed the “Zollinger roof ” (a timber
of Darmstadt, after which he moved to Munich.
moved to Paris, where he worked for two years
lamella roofing system), and the no-fines con-
He died in 1945 in Aising-Kaltmühl in Sou-
in the studio of Jean Prouvé, and where he
creting process. At the same time he founded
thern Bavaria near the border with Austria.
knew Le Corbusier. At his return in Norway, in
the Merseburg construction company, where he
1954, he opened a studio of his own.
was able to apply his creativity to provide low-
Sverre Fehn (August 14, 1924 – February
At the age of 34 Fehn gained international
cost accommodation. The construction process
23, 2009) was a Norwegian architect. The
recognition for his design of the Norwegian
used streamlined design, poured concrete
architect’s highest international honour came
Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition.
construction, the Zollinger lamella roof, and
in 1997, when he was awarded both the Pritzker
In the 1960s he produced two works that have
also involved the future residents in a number
Architecture Prize and the Heinrich Tessenow
remained highlights in his career: the Nordic
of activities. By following this approach much
Gold Medal.[1] Fehn was born in Kongsberg,
Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1962) however,
affordable housing could be constructed in
Buskerud. He received his architectural educa-
few of his projects were effectively built.
a short time. Between 1922 and 1929 the
tion shortly after World War II in Oslo, a crisis
Merseburg construction company built 1250
course that would later become an independent
housing units. In 1930 Zollinger decided not to
school under various names during the next
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A reciprocal roof is a self-supporting, round structure composed of interlocking beams that equally bear the weight of one another. Composed of as few as three beams, a reciprocal roof can incorporate practically any number of beams and span great distances while still maintaining its integrity. Best suited to round structures, this style of frame is incredibly strong, and “twists upon itself rather than spreading apart”, when pressure is applied from above. Notably, it is an appropriate frame for living roofs, because of its strength. The reciprocal roof is a glorious design for green buildings.
extend his contract with the city of Merseburg.
linger (* March 31, 1880 in Wiesbaden; † April
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CON PRE STRUC SER VATION TION It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the future.
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STUDIO CECILIA PUGA CECILIA STUDIO PUGA The project is revisiting the traces of two abandoned sites in the arid Northern coast of Chile: the aiming of the project was to connect existing abandoned industrial docks and ruins of the Chugungo settlements with the intentions of building a possible architectural scenario of solitary reminiscence purpose. 74
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Through acts of interpretation, diversion and juxtaposition the project tries to focus on feelings we encounter before finding ourselves; disorientation, isolation, escape refuge, contemplation, to be, occupation and imagination. The aim is to reminisce about these feelings into architecture on which tectonic configuration, density and emptiness play a role and enhance these feelings upon its beholder. The project uses different kind of juxtaposition by considering solitude not in an empty environment but rather a really dense one,
“the bigger our city, the less we know our neighbours”. A maze was created of solitary hubs surrounded by the physical remains of a construction site. From this disorientated starting point, the beholder is left to choose, “ for making decision marks himself ”: the different activities to fill up his day with a different experience. Therefore, a variety of different construction methods and a scale, dealing with cultural and physical remains by overlapping, re-using, or even cutting, were important for handling with the space
in the whole project. First starting, in the project, from the person and his feelings, through dense mazes of solitary living units, and later on, leaving the architecture becoming solitary itself, by removing its function, or purpose, for the beholder, to incorporate it and fill it in.
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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light and what is illusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.
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Read over your composition and wherever you meet with the passage, which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind.
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You could not step twice into the same sea water for other waters are forever flowing over you. It is about urging architects to base their work on the experiences it will engender rather than on abstract rationales that may or may not affect viewers and users of architecture. It is about the architecture of the imagination.
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