PORTFOLIO ELIAS BEY- SELECTED WORKS ‘16 -’18
The first time I recognised I would devote my life to become an architect, was by reflecting on the ambivalent nature of our surroundings. I recall those moments that produced a sense of ‘desolation’, such as when at midnight in the city I see teenagers pasting up billboards on the street. The images of the idols emerge crisply before the pedestrians from between their hands. Colourful layers mutually illuminating the movement on the street. Then, the air and light abstract the physical distances and definitions between one place and the other, as though to more vividly render the foundation of our being at that place -that being which directly guarantees our necessities and the running of our cities. Spending much of my time as a master student around the world; Aarhus in Denmark, London, New York City and Santiago de Chile revealed a level of complexity and intertwining effect between urban design and architecture. Design (architectural and urban) as I learned it, must be seen as a greater cultural enterprise, an experience dealing with the complex nature of people and places. In a larger context, design and special practices are an appropriation of well-being, solidarity, and inhabitation. But not simply by forms. In recent times, it came to mind that to neutralize architectures regulating forces by making itself available for everyone, it should influence the public realm in a more sensitive manner. Defined by barriers which are the result of unforeseen, faulty design or the culture of appropriation of the shared spaces less forced behaviour of users would be the outcome. By applying rules or actors with certain functionalities, the present engagement through the creation of different mindsets within its force field would help diversify and activate the platform on which it is fixed. This is, by no means a call for a new way of designing a social project, nor does it refer to different forms of socially relevant practices which are doing so well in recent years. Neither is it a form of design activism that brings back the role of the architect and renewed interest in the agency of architecture users nor simply a creative discussion on the act of communing of ‘do-it-yourself‘ tactics. My premise is to allow architecture to become an agent for free use and access to the amenities of a public realm, and neutralize the confining force that architecture and city planning imposes on the inhabitants of a city or neighbourhood. I propose to apply these concepts that recognize the necessity for free movement. This thought, as a novice, is the recognition of the need to include architecture as a force within the remaking of a neighbourhood or city, allowing it to function as a socially relevant tool. This could be construed as a form of design. Activism returns architecture to an ethical and creative practice to open new uses and possibilities. This would allow development to become a potentially transformative tool, with the responsibility for social intervention. This endeavour sketches the possibility of architecture to create an ethical shift to capture the enactment of arrogance which relies on creative power to produce and control spatial realities.* I suggest that all elements, from the configuration of buildings and roads to the relationships between the inhabitants, be taken into consideration. I am grateful for the intelligence and guidance of my outstanding professors Martin Hurtado, Felipe de Ferrari, Luc Reuse, Hugo Vanheste, Joris Van Reusel, CJ Lim, Kris Scheerlinck, Chris Thurlbourne and many more. Elias Bey * Boano Camilo, Architecture of Engagement. Informal urbanism and design ethics, 2014
Elias L. E. Bey 17th of may 1993, Brugge Belgium Holding a diploma in architecture since June 2018 +32 477 89 49 96 contact@eliasbey.com eliasbey.com Sentillenhoff 11 8000 Bruges, Belgium
EDUCATION
AWARDS
Optained Basic secundary education Kunst Academie Brugge Secundair onderwijs, Belgium
Nominee for YTAA - 2019 Young Talent EU Mies Van Der Rohe Architecture award with Master Dissertation project
sept. 2008 - june 2013 Brugge, België www.kunsthumaniorabrugge.be Cum Laude, as Bachelor of Architecture Ku-Leuven Architectuur, Campus Ghent, Belgium
Runner Up at RICHARD DIEHL AWARD, World Vectorworks Design Competition 2014 project: ‘New pod, the bubble’
sept. 2013 - june 2016 Gent, België arch.kuleuven.be
Winner Young Innovation Awards at design Beïnale Kortrijk 2013 in de category ‘Innovative Design and Living’
Magna Cum Laude, as Master of architecture Master Dissertation Project, Brooklyn, New York City. Ku-Leuven Architectuur, Campus Ghent, Belgium
PROFICIENCIES
sept. 2016 - june 2018 Gent, België/ New York City arch.kuleuven.be Exchange program as Master of architecture 30 ECTS credits Arkitektskolen i Aarhus, Denmark in colaboration with UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, London Jan. 2017 - june 2017 Aarhus, Denemarken http://aarch.dk Exchange program as Master of Architecture 30 ECTS credits PUC Pontifia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Campus lo Contador July 2017 - jan. 2018 Santiago, Chili http://fadeu.uc.cl
Office-suite word, excell, powerpoint, exchange 2D planmaking Vectorworks, autocad 2D, illustrator 3D modeling Autocad 3D, Sketchup pro, Rhino, grasshopper Rendering 3DS Max, Vray, Sketchup, Photoshop Imaging Photoshop, indesign, illustrator, Wacom integration
LANGUAGES Dutch native English excellent proficiency Spanish advanced proficiency French adequate proficiency
INDEX
Institute of Heavens Aarhus, Denmark 4.
Hamilton Ave. Footbridge Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City 14.
Flushing Meadows-Corona park Flushing-Queens, Brooklyn, New York City 30.
Casa Tanume, Un Viaje Pichilemu-Santiago, Chile 32.
Other Projects customized designed bicycles OFGB, Belgium 42.
INSTITUTE OF HEAVENS Design Realization Project, 2nd semester Ma. Spring 2017 A proposal for the new airport of Aarhus, made during an exchange program of one semester in Denmark Akitektskolen i Aarhus, Denmark UCL the Barttlet school of architecture, London Tutors: Dr. prof. CJ Lim and Eva Aagaard Engineering help: prof. Simon Dickens and prof. Mathew Wells This project elaborates the given theoretical framework ‘Relocation: The making of Utopia’ provided by the profound lifelong discourse of Prof. Dr CJ Lim. The design studio focused on sustainability and refurbishment by bringing locations and buildings with a severe lack of future resilience back to contemporary standards and strengthen the link between the intervention and the city in the future. Under the guidance of Bartlett School of Architecture engineers, Simon Dickens and Mathew Wells, the project tries to implement contemporary building techniques and regulations to envision a local ‘impermanent utopia’. The setup of this project is to bring things to the people which are outside of the conformist approach of architecture that is driven by exact building codes and the appliance of regulations. It is in its entirety developed using the design methodology which is exuberantly practised at The Bartlett called: ‘Narrative Architecture’. Including a story in a building creates a level of meaning and connection to the patron or user that can provoke or be engaging. The ability of the observer to learn something beyond the obvious causes them to remain rather than just pass by. The final design images were part of an urban exhibition led by AAA called ‘Moving Architecture’ to celebrate the fact Aarhus was World Cultural Capital city of 2017. The final result was displayed on banners, billboards and posters in bus stops and in pavilions in parks in Aarhus and Copenhagen during the summer of 2017 to revise the city of tomorrow.
See full Design Realization Report of the project at: Institute of Heavens issuu.com/elias_bey
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One of many 3D analogue design collages meant to translate stories, thoughts
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Through the clouds, starting from the ground The refurbishment and renewal of the current airport of Aarhus elaborates the following principle: “Altough all technological advances have contributed
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growth and development, there should be an overwhelming reliance and a sense of disconnection with ‘the self’. A process of physical and visual reconnection lets the visitor regain a sense of believing in greater things in hyper data-driven world. The airport, situated between heaven and ground is a good place to intensify this feeling. By trying to get rid of the sluggish procedures correlated with travelling via plane, the journey starts by commemorating all achievements connected to human exploration. Without many aesthetic value but rather the appliance of intrinsic values, this place enables all passersby to connect and literary transcend on a higher level. Utilizing material storytelling and a playful approach towards spatial configurations as design tools, the
A top view of the new airport, on a typical foggy day in Denmark.
transfer or sharing of knowledge allows us to build tangible emotional connections. This design questions how multiple disrupting interventions (seen as spatial entities)could bring new life to the airport as we know it. Currently, the airport has turned into a source of uncertainty. It is an undesirable place presenting a negative image of the economy and reputation of a city that works really hard to be present in Denmark, Europe and beyond. This project tries to find ways in which the old-fashioned existing structural rhythm can be intensified whilst new interventions symbolically enlarge the contrast between the old and the new, overthrowing the conventional functionality of this architectural generic typology.
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Plato, Atrium. The beating heart of the airport. A place to meet up, gather and say goodbye: “Plato is, in essence, the beating heart of the new airport. An atrium, an open space to wander around and sit or lay down. A place to rest and wait. A welcoming chance to calm down for a moment and think about those you will soon meet again. You can see those you are waiting for on the other side of the windows arriving and travellers who depart in the terminal are treated with a spectacular view of the majestic beauty of a colourful mosaic on the ground.� 6 PLATO, ATRIUM
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The beating heart of the airport, place to meet up, gather and say go goodbye
Aristoteles, Entrance Hall. A Welcoming place full information and knowledge: “Upon arrival Aristotle seems majestic and elegant. Curved shiny bent copper cladding surrounds the entire ceiling of this dome. Its volume breaks trough the wall of the departure hall. This hall is all about the acknowledgement of the things we see in front of us. Flight and check-in information circles around and planets spin continuously as the wind rotates them playfully. A giant clock face is projected on the ground and in the middle and a white surface brings live imagery of the surrounding area as people rotate a small dome ( a camera obscura) on the roof of this hall. The 5 white circle in the middle has the size of the moon compared to the diameter of the earth which is the diameter of Aristotle in total.� ARISTOTELES, ENTRANCE HALL A welcoming gp place full of information and knowledge g
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green roof terminal green roof terminal
terminal roof structure terminal roof structure
terminal facades terminal facades
green roof terminal
green roof office spaces green roof office spaces terminal roof structure
terminal facades
office spaces officeair spaces traffic control
green roof air office spaces traffic control
viewing platform viewing platform food & beverages food & beverages
floor LEVEL 1 floor LEVEL 1
floor LEVEL 2 floor LEVEL 2 office spaces green roof departure hall green roof departure hall air traffic control
viewing platform food & beverages
floor LEVEL 1
departure hall facades departure righthall sidefacades right side
floor LEVEL 2
green roof departure hall
green roof terminal
LOGICAL REASONING: LOGICAL REASONING: glass facades glass facades terminal roof structure departure hall facades departure hall facades left side left side
departure hall facades right side
terminal facades
LOGICAL REASONING: LOGICAL REASONING: facade carrying structure LOGICAL REASONING: facade carrying structure glass facades
green roof office spaces
departure hall facades left side
load bearing grid load bearing grid beams and columns beams and columns
LOGICAL REASONING: facade carrying structure
office spaces ARISTOTELES: air traffic control ARISTOTELES: glass roof glass roof
viewing platform food & beverages
load bearing grid
LOGICAL REASONING: REASONING: LOGICAL connecttion beams LOGICAL REASONING: Vierendeel load Vierendeel load bearing structure bearing structure
floor LEVEL 1
beams and columns
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ARISTOTELES: ARISTOTELES: wind catcher wind catcher
LOGICAL REASONING: LOGICAL REASONING: connecttion beams connecttion beams
green roof departure hall ARISTOTELES: glass roof PLATO :
PLATOventilation : shafts ventilation shafts
ARISTOTELES: wind catcher
departure hall facades right side
PLATO: PLATO:
PLATO : roof roof ventilation shafts
LOGICAL REASONING: glass facades
departure hall facades left side
LOGICAL REASONING: Vierendeel load bearing structure
PLATO: roof
LOGICAL REASONING: facade carrying structure
ARISTOTELES: ARISTOTELES: copper cladded roof copper cladded roof
PLATO: PLATO: load bearing structure
load bearing structure ARISTOTELES: load bearing grid copper cladded roof
beams and columns
LOGICAL REASONING: LOGICAL REASONING: Boeing 757 800 Boeing 800 47m x 36m757 x 15m 47m x 36m x 15m
PLATO: load bearing structure
ARISTOTELES: glass roof
ARISTOTELES:
LOGICAL REASONING: Boeing 757 800 47m x 36m x 15m
ARISTOTELES: wind catcher ARISTOTELES: glass facade glass facade
LOGICAL REASONING: connecttion beams
PLATO : ventilation shafts
ARISTOTELES: glass facade
LOGICAL REASONING: Vierendeel load bearing structure
gate 1 gate 1
LOGICAL REASONING: LOGICAL REASONING: poly-carbonate facade poly-carbonate facade LOGICAL REASONING: poly-carbonate facade
gate 2 gate 2
gate 1
PLATO: roof
ARISTOTELES: copper cladded roof
PLATO: load bearing structure
ARISTOTELES: ARISTOTELES: entrance overhang entrance overhang
LOGICAL REASONING: Boeing 757 800 47m x 36m x 15m
ARISTOTELES: entrance overhang
gate 2
ARISTOTELES: glass facade
ARISTOTELES: ARISTOTELES: entrance and benches entrance and benches gate 3 gate 3
ARISTOTELES: entrance and benches
LOGICAL REASONING: poly-carbonate facade
gate 3
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ARISTOTELES: entrance overhang
gate 2
ARISTOTELES: entrance and benches gate 3
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DR-report excerpt: overall constructional airport design decisions
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Rock-wool filament covered with zinc slab, mounted to load bearing window frames holding glass panels 450x450 cm (14-3-33-4; 1,1 W/m2K).
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HGB 100x120 mm S550 bracing profile holding the open socket and turn buckle with a load bearing tensile steel structure in place. Steel cables and rods (20 mm), stainless steel pylons (30mm x 200/400/900 mm).
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Automatically opening ventilation “lammella’s” open when comfort temperatures get exceeded by interior greenhouse effect. Prefabricated system box (13200x600x200 mm)
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HGB 100x120 mm S550 bracing profile covered by glued aluminium slab. Underneath HGB steel profile 100x60x15mm with stainless steel bolt fixed overlapping glazing junction.
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IPE 650x300x40 mm S355 EN 10083-2006 load bearing beam with on site welded steel covering slab 14000x650x15mm S550 Class C.
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Tensioned sun screen 1300x1300 cm: white dense double layered circular yarn HPDE with 70% shading rate and UV resistant.
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IPE 650x350x20 mm S550 class A, EN 10083-2006 vertical load bearing steel column covered with steel slabs 13500x350x20 mm.
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Three by two times 450x450 cm glass panels (14-3-33-4; 1,1 W/m2K) for each facade.
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On site bolt fixed HEB 650x650x40 mm S300 Class A, EN 10083-2006 load bearing top steel beam of the Vierendeel construction, further used throughout the whole maintenance construction.
HGB 650x350x40 mm S500 Class A, EN 10083-2006 load bearing steel
10. column vertical load bearing elements of the Vierendeel construction over
the full length of the Vierendeel frame.
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Logical Reasoning, a public airplane maintenance facility. A place to celebrate aviation: “Logical Reasoning is a place to celebrate human flight to the heavens. Here people who wander or wait for their plane to depart admire the technical wonders of aircraft technology. A view of all angles of the plane is provided as spectators walk on the pathways suspended over the aircraft. This maintenance facility is directly connected to the terminal with a wide glass door. On top, nine big and brightly lit boxes embrace the aircraft gently and provide symmetry and order to the whole.” LOGICAL REASONING, MAINTENANCE FACILITY A place to celebrate aviation
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3.7.1 Aristoteles: heating and ventilation performance strategy
DR-report excerpt: sustainability report on the natural ventialation system of central hall ‘Plato’
Warm polluted air gets extracted
Warm poluted in these grillsairin gets extracted in these grilles winter mode. in Awinter mode. A flat flat rectangular rectangular duct covered duct covered with insulation pulls the with insulation air out and brings it back puls the air out in a circular duct towards and brings it back the basement where the in a circular duct heat gets re-used.
negative pressure
positieve pressure
On the north facing side On the north facing side of the wind carrier shaft, of the wind carrier shaft, there is a matte glass there is a matte glass window with math glass window to let in cool deto let in cool defused fused light down below. light in.
The covered top window opens up 30 cm in The covered summer mode.top window
opens up 30 cm in summer mode to extract wind via a natural hot air stacking effect.
to the basement where the heat
winter mode: scale 1/50
summer mode: scale 1/50
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ventilo convector 1. 1a.
mounted ventilator
The heat (40°C - out 35°C) The heat (in 40°C - out going trough the convector 35°C) going trough the is generated by the heat convector is generated pump which gets its warmth by the heat pump from the underground.
which gets its warmth from the underground
convector
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scale 1/50
pivoting
plywood
covered with Aboard pivoting plywood a PE covered skin shifts board with from a PE skin shifts from summer summer some to mode winter A mode. wintertomode. smallA small ventilator ventilator blows blows cool cool air on in on hotsummer summer air in hot days. winter, days. During winter, cold coldair airpasses passestrough trougha convector andand heats up a convector heats to 17°C. up to 17° C.
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The goal with these systems is to ventilate the building naturally all year round. Each built in convector can provide enough fresh air for 125 people per hour. surface(heated / 10(public)= amount of people = 800 people x IDA (27m3/h) = 800x27= 21 600 m3/h
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3.8 Logical Reasoning: heating, lighting and ventilation performance strategy
DR-report excerpt: sustainability report on natural ventialation, heating & lighting of ‘Logical Reasoning’ heating during winter
Hot water ceiling heating panels radiate heat. No heat is felt in the air, there is only radiation on exposed surfaces and skin.
T opex. = 0,5xT air+0,5xT rad = (0,5x30°C)+(0,5X10°C) = 20 °C Reduction of 10% on heat los due to the high air flow rate in this compartment. = 18°C on average (still within comfort range) T rad. = 90°C hight = 8 m
With this sytem, water from the aquifer can still be used to reduse energy waste 90°C 40 °C heat pump
heat pump
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80°C 12°C
heat exchange
18°C geothermal heat exchange
heat ceiling element cold and hot water storage well
heat extraction system
negative pressure
sun blocking shield white dens double layered circular yarn HPDE 70% shading rate UV resistant. positieve pressure
As this construction is completely transparent, lots of sun strikes the surfaces. to prevent the sun to strike to hard during summer, all facades on the South side are covered with a sun shield on the inside. This tensioned transparent textile veil blocks the sun almost completely and allows only indirect light to enter the maintenance workspace.
The structural concept of this maintenance hall is to keep the exterior facades as glassy, shiny and clean as possible. Though placing the sun shield on the inside of the construction is not ideal. The heat build up is much more present and to prevent any radiation heat behind this veil, it covers the complete surface. Heated air can flow upwards and escape on the top where it is extracted by negative wind pressure.
The aluminium extruded extraction vent can open and close automatically with pneumatic pumps. Temperature is measured close to the ground (1,5m) and on the top of the construction (22 m). As soon as the measured temperature raises above the comfort level, the vents open an extract the air. Due to toxic fumes from liquids in the air plane, by safety regulations, it is permitted that the highest air flow rate is applicable. occupancy rate= A/10 =2304 m2/10 = 230 persons max. IDA 4 = 54 m3h/person = 54 m3 x 230 = 12 420 m3/h extracted
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HAMILTON AVE. FOOTBRIDGE Striving for Urban Resilience
Master Dissertation, final semester Ma. Spring 2018 The Making of a Regenerative and Lively Connection Beyond Infrastructure. Architecture for a restless environment. Red Hook, Brooklyn. Ku Leuven Architecture Campus Ghent, Belgium Developed in New York City in cooperation with Flanders House and Belgian NYhub of KU-Leuven Tutors: Dr. Prof Kris Scheerlinck and his Ph.D-students Engineering help: prof. Jan Van Gassen and Caroline MangÊ Transforming Infrastructure: This project aims to improve the existing urban network and develop a vivid bridge that extends beyond infrastructure to become a destination as part of a new urban fabric. By looking for a new type of architecture and urbanism it unlocks the potential of a pedestrian bridge located in Brooklyn, New York City. Through a critical investigation, a multilayered urban intervention grafts its position on this bridge. Exploring the different modes of movement through the disrupted street patterns of Red Hook, it becomes clear that a neighbourhood on the southern tip of Brooklyn is ruptured and cut off by the 287 Gowanus Expressway Interstate. Its confined nature and ability to strengthen pedestrian and cyclist routes question adaptability for its users. All this is about how the bridge can be extended as cultural and social components of the city by incorporating all linked scales in its design. A better functioning public transport network provides the scalable connectivity of the growing interest in development and subsequent densification, It answers to the needs of local stakeholders and it’s dealing with the rising threat of flooding near the waterfront. Following the eclectic character of its surroundings, this project shapes itself around the existing highway infrastructure and pushes it to its boundaries. The link imposes a new culture which dodges the way this neighbourhood will advance in the near future. Meanwhile, the existing layout should be respected as a prime directive. See full publication of the project at: Hamilton ave Footbridge issuu.com/elias_bey Nominated for YTAA - Mies Van Der Rohe Price for architecture 2019
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A FUTURE OF HOPE The Hamilton footbridge as a prime connection in the future development of Red Hook Experience mapping depicted trhough a 3D analogue collage, glue, cutout prints & steinbach paper
As well in the daily life of Red Hook inhabitants, as in the perspective of the urban conception of probably all New Yorkers, the created barrier is fundamental for the existing culture present at both sides. Like a river, it cuts through the urban landscape. Northerners and southerners live side by side, rubbing shoulders with one other along a bustling thoroughfare when crossing the narrow connection that joins them. The border between north and south could dissolve under a tented city where crowds from the two populations would gather to race carriages during springtime. flood hazard that Red Hook must cope with in a while or even right now. Rather, because of the fragility of the ABCDEFGH
connection, the small pedestrian bridge might help to think about what the programmatic agency of this place can be. Does it even disserves this at all? In short, currently, it does not. What would another layer of complexity add to this urban obstacle to improve the situation? The relevance off making this project part of a larger discussion on the urban scale is closer and more pertinent than one could think. Big development with a strong focus on the transformation of warehouses
velocity, the present structure –in whatever shape or form- must make way. The c
demographic form of the epicentre and the global appetite of urban renewal make this part of the city a
into lofts, or theforimplementation sweet spot for the recreation of the paradigm of dysfunctional consumed modernity. An incubator future
case, made the sudden into eruption of gloomy drowsiness is present onand the stree of a layer with corporate economies the newly a builtthat‘resilient
plans where only the vertical space allows for an innovative design strategy.” (M. Ghandy, 2005) A trend
and Hicks Street a part of the identity with an impact that reaches for many blocks
that will soon repeat itself just like it did in New Jersey or Williamsburg. The possible future for Red Hook is
does not stays within the perimeter of only a few houses. It would be a shame that th
in that sense partially written and upcoming innovations can either embrace this trend or radicalize and call
solely depends on the arrogance and creative power of an architect to produce a
for a halt by altering this linear trajectory.
realities. The spatial character that is present now should not be improved, but sh
sustainable’ environment is how neighbourhoods like Red Hook silently crumble.
In the light of this, it takes a few steps from the visual perception to the level of accessibility or permeability. account or even included in the design. In order to do so, the intervention has pro
The fluid social drift and quick development of large cities cannot be taken lightly nor can it be understood
as a simplistic act of expansion or justification (theoretical or geographical) butcollaboration as recognition. “A starting The of factors
community of Red Hook. like proximity where living environments and adjacent urban programs coexist,
point and a re-situation of urban conditions. There is at first: the production of forms, spaces and constructed
1.2.2: Vacancy as iconicity of the urban fabric. It depends on the relation with these large-scale infrastructures verifies a transformation
environments and secondly; spatial processes and its political forces. Both recalibrate a narrative of urban
how the inhabitants interact with it. A pivotal scale presented as a Ave combination highway infrastructure and The Hamilton Footbridge is forof many inhabitants and users the only conceivable
design. But, the aim is to avoid the reductionist approach of its preoccupations with space determinism, special fix and neoliberal corporate aesthetics.” (C. Boano 2014)
their commute and at the same time an unwelcoming place to be. This place is a rep pedestrian pathways is a narration of the relation of single users and a close impact of local infrastructure. its way of use, as a creation of a stratified vision of the city.
1.2: Three topics narrated as a reading of space
Considered this is the only way in which we can quantify or research overbrownfield’ the present of d Theinsights seemingly vacant but fenced ‘urban where thequalities footbridge touches
whole urban exceptionality. Currently, dedicated to allocating transportation and spatial elimination. If levels of proximity, or the adjacency of buildings act as agents of transformation of the As a pleading for the right topic or keywords to depict this location I selected three key components which the fenced piece of land becomes a symbol of this place in its own right. As it is enc transformed into phrases to inject as design strategies, and an initial layout for this discourse to later learn urban landscape, the spatial reading of the Hamilton footbridge its threefold is in infrastructure, that sensethough a t for use for all and the inhabitants and users closure using its adjacent about more profoundly. All responding to the elaborate framework provided by the Streetscape Territories day. After all, a ’security fence’ is a tool to repel those who do not belong there. F profound case to elaborate upon the topic. The Streetscape Territories framework offers a compelling yet in which this reflection paper finds its roots. it remains at odds on whether to call it a ‘barrier’ of separation. Crucial here is not
and temporal distribution and regulation of the space as what Foucault call elaborate way of looking at spatial bodies and how theyspatial perform in their setting.
1.2.1: Segregation as a design tool
showing that things need to be intelligible to be manageable and manageable to be p
2007) The theory of the vacant land being conceived as a deadly architectural co
“For the constitution of the extreme spatial organization which takes place in New York, it shows an evolution
placesbuilding and meaningscodes in multiplicity of functions performed overcity the simp The present access control which exists because ofreferents, applied and ownership by
of sorts. The present urbanism was founded on the principles of exclusion by welth and growth within a fixed
pattern. Phenomena which alternate between exclusion and control at themanagement same time, are a modification of associations in this location conflicts with the way space can be improved for all linked actors. 1.2.3: Location as a discriminatory disadvantage or as a future of hope how city councillors picture the city with its inhabitants, and in the process conceiving a politically charged
Who gets access to which spaces and when? How it happens, is defined by (un)intentional crossing of
urban charter where the metropolis lives in an enlightened stateof confusion.” (G. Agamben, 2009)
What I argue, is that Agamben’s theory can support more than an identification the fence or the wall. layersofupon layers of Instead, it can explain the border –as being physically present in this location- within a larger panorama
What is rendered inoperative, is an activity directed towards a goal, to open it to n
borders. Some more subtle thannotothers. Duty-bound, because of private interest remove the old activity, but rather exposes and exhibits it. (F.V. Perucich; C. Boa
The spatial attitude accomplished by the scenery of the Hamilton footbrid or preference or simply growing over time. The amount2016) of conformism which is involved over decades of
where the ruptured space becomes not just a symptom to be addressed with a critical intervention, but also
a systemic representation with a high proximity in the reach of urbanism. It is for a fact, that these stacked up
created by its parts is in a way the only factor of the initial fondness. Its absence o
acceptance and silent appropriation of locals by using vacant spaces and curbs tomodes. extend their businesses action rather than a destruction of active
platforms are the result of highly logical thinking. To improve connectivity from point A to point the highest
A FU
The Hamilton footbridge as a prime connection in the future developm
Within this location does not lay the potential to change the course of future develo
here is in that sense striking. There is no rapid growth nor extreme change in conditions of territory in
The Hamilton footbridge as a prime conne
which actors or cultures transform them. While real estate pressure and land 23 value are building up near
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is programmed and experienced. The fragile and narrow connection of both sides of the highway forces
AN APPARATUS OF NECESSITY An ‘almost’ impenetrable barrier of separation. Stubbornly eager to maintain its identity. Experience mapping depicted trhough a 3D analogue collage, glue, cutout prints & steinbach paper The present access control which exists because of applied building codes and ownership by city management associations in this location conflicts with the way space can be improved for all linked actors. Who gets access to which spaces and when? How it happens, is defined by (un)intentional crossing of layers upon layers of borders. Some more subtle than others. Dutybound, because of private interest or preference or simply growing over time. The amount of conformism which is involved over decades of acceptance and silent appropriation of locals by using vacant spaces and curbs to extend their businesses here is in that sense striking. There is no rapid growth nor extreme change in conditions of territory in which actors or cultures transform them. While real estate pressure and land value are building up near the waterfront, this dead corner of Red Hook is left out. But simultaneously, it could be a primer landmark of reconfiguring future growth and important access points for all vulnerable road users that include areas which are currently omitted by tourists or visitors.
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AN APPARATUS OF NECESSITY An ‘almost’ impenetrable barrier of separation. Stubbornly eager to maintain its identity.
Redefining levels of collectivity
ACTOR NETWORK FIGURE ACTOR NETWORK FIGURE
The reinvention of a new public program, in this case, can be introduced on a basic level. It can have a great effect on future uses and maybe even develop a culture several streets away from it. With an evident transgression of overlapping distances with a focus on the liquidity of the space users enter should be able to retain the larger infrastructure but also be a kick starter for a redesigned roadway system or a green matrix of plantings and various new pavements and medians for all immediately linked passages. With the two neighbourhoods on each side, people recreationally biking or walking towards the waterfront for a Sunday visit cannot find their way as they are blocked by an entangled mess of metal and asphalt. It simply must be easy to find a bus or subway and should be welcoming. The underlying inquiry lays within retaining or transforming the ‘everyday qualities’ this segment of Red Hook has to offer. To reinvent a site, it’s helpful to step away from the generated photo-reality it demands to anticipate the shortcoming capabilities of some people to imagine what the future can hold. Through a series of visions, the intention is to deconstruct the present elements and put them back in another way together with the new program so familiarities and impressions with the past can be made by everyone. An emphasis on the collaboration of all aspects of the project addresses the overlap between bridges, elevated roadways and all medians. The difficulty of shaping a new place for the public realm in this fragile environment, with a tender footbridge acting as a spine, is making a significant change to the present landscape that has a positive impact on all users.
RED HOOK
SCOPE OF PROBLEMS WITHIN RED HOOK
conception INEQUITY SITUATION BASED FACTORS
FLOURISHING PARTS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
growth frontier urbanism
major wealth gap excludes certain areas
big interest in waterfront development
at the dawn of cultural clashes and gentrification
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small community of dwellers in Nelson street and Luquer street
a local educational framework to extend
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS SHORTLISTED THE EXCHANGE THE ECONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL RELEVANCE
vacancy as iconicity segregation as a design tool location as a discriminatory disadvantage or as a future of hope
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present hard borders make up for a confined connection there is an agency within a vacant space and the cumulative of its surrounded mixed use lood hazardnous results as indicator for inbalance in investments
entering on local & large scale traffic flows
TRAFFIC platform of first aid and primer connection during natural disasters and flooding UNFORTUNATE EVENTS bus-network directly linked to larger networks reinforcing walk-ability and bike use COMMUTERS
a self sustaining platform providing energy and clean water POWER
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enables a better connection to affordable housing closer to Manhattan
TYPE (scope of relevance) LOCATION
THREAT OF FLOODING STREETS
MAJOR DISCONNECTION WITH THE URBAN FABRIC Might bring solutions for flooding patterns all around NYC
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COMMUNITY disables short-term investment
long walking distances when commuting
addressing a call for a more local mixed population societies
no room for smaller businesses to deploy
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farness withholds local growth
CLASSIFICATION (rendition) HAMILTON AVE FOOTBRIDGE
PRESENT ELEMENTS: HIGHLY MIXED LAND USE
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ADEQUATE SERVICES interconnectivity through highway infrastructure
higher ground that does not flood
small scale industries and local dealers
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CLASSIFICATION OF TECTONIC ELEMENTS CROSSING AS A SPINE OF LOCAL GROWTH
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The new Hamilton Ave Footbridge by night.
Grandfather and grandson enjoy the view of the NYC skyline on top the viewing platform at the Hamilton Ave footbridge.
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The new Hamilton Ave Footbridge by night.
Grandfather and grandson enjoy the view of the NYC skyline on top the viewing platform at the Hamilton Ave footbridge.
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As previous analysis and elaborate theoretical investigation suggested, the aim is to propose a multilayered and complex design which ties multiple strands together and traces back to the roots of faulty design decisions made when the Gowanus 287 Interstate was constructed. More specifically, pursuing its ambivalent nature and its immediate link towards the ‘pivotal scale condition’. (Scheerlinck 2016) That is the moment on which infrastructure has a profound and inexorable influence on the movement of individuals and the human scale in specific places. In this case, for example, two passers-by almost brushing their shoulders when crossing a tender and long pedestrian bridge over a buzzing old-fashioned highway which connects multiple American states and stretches thousands and thousands of kilometers. Diverse ‘models of proximity’ within a street, neighborhood or region start from the assumption that urban space, from the domestic scale till the scale of the city, can be understood as a discontinuous collective space (de Solà-Morales, 1992), containing different levels of shared use that are defined by multiple physical, cultural or territorial boundaries.” Scheerlinck (2013) The present nature of openness on both sides of the footbridges might rise opportunities for multiplicity of functions which add value to its current state. Vacancy can, for instance, be a way to enforce the power of in-between spaces, and the level of functional specificity. It brings this forward in the afterlife of the touchdown infrastructure in the streetscape. Once building programs change after decades and local development made some leaps into changing into a dense area, open spaces can become a gift from the past. Openness can certainly play a structural role in the urban flow when connecting multiple scales. So can voids and gaps, narrowed pathways and seemingly ‘forced’ routes help to create urban sequences and rhythms that could otherwise not exist and help create a non-programmatic specification that enforces sudden abundance of activities versus unplanned uses in the area.
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Educability through delicacy On the question of which of the variety of crisis facing the neighbourhood of Red Hook should be addressed, the reply should be “all the ones that were listed”. The pretension of farfetched applied design strategies on this location a call for the perfect future, regardless of the intervening obstacles. The ramifications of this intervention are in the fullness of their proposition scalable and address issues that haven’t been pronounced earlier as being an ideological urge for better times. Not linking the issues to a certain location to name them that would allow it to come into being. Current work as which this project tries to be exemplary with is more concerned about the implementation of strategies and the orchestration of possible scenarios and processes that contribute to the local identity and strengthen relationships through various scales. In such a conception, the target of design becomes wider, so wide, everything could be its target in a desire to look for completeness of earlier depictions while trying to not to limit the presented approach to the scale of the thing itself. To improve educability from the conceptions people have about Red Hook, a finely worked combination of qualities are being applied. But, this implementation is a question of qualities and quantities, but also of categories and capacities.
GROUP 1 OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED: MUNICIPAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is the operater of the IFPS-plan of Red Hook (integrated flood protection system) in which the city capital funds commited 50 million and Hazard Mitigation Grant program funds aslo comiited 50 milion.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, would be responsible for providing a new subway/tram or bus line to create a new hub. Luckely, as the subway system is growing and Red Hook becomes increasingly more popular, A budget is provided to connect Red Hook with the rest of the city.
The New York city housing authority (NYCHA). Dwellers at tract 85: 32.7 % takes a daily commute of over 60 min and 42% does not have a vehicle. $550 million has been spend in the last 20 years to harden the building sagainst future floods (including electrical rooms).
The Department of Transportation (DOT), Has a total jurystriction over all the streets of the Red Hook neighborhood. These two institutions are responsible for the new pavement surrounding the Hamilton bridge.
The NYC Department of environmental protection (DEP) is responible for the gutters and sewer systems on the streets of Red Hook. They would provide a new and well functioning sewersystem which assures that this small area would not be affected by flood. They will get a fully aquiped contol room to manage water extraxtion towards the waterfront .
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). More money to provide sufficient buffering, is in the case of Red Hook quite rare. the Trump adminsitration has cut back its fund to invest in emergency planning. FEMA is the owner of the ‘vacant’ lot on Hicks st. where the intervention will be.A valuable exchange exist of providing better watter management infrastructure.
GROUP 2 OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED: PRIVATE INSTEREST, SHARE TAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS
ACTOR NETWORK TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION: STAKEHOLDERS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
DEVELOPERS AECOM REHOP PLAN
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SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL EDUCATION
NEW BASISSCHOOL BROOKLYN WORKSHOPS AND EVENING CLASSES
LOCATION ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
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RED HOOK NEIGHBOURHOOD SCHOOL
local shareholder
Accomodating the hunger for development in a sustainable way. Desifying Red Hook needs adequate growth infrastructure and not only on the waterfront for the happy few.
PUBLIC LECTURES LOCAL LONG ISLAND PIPE SUPPLY LOGISTICS
JOHNSTONE CAR SUPPLY
Providing space and infrastructure to easily extend businesses and local dealers. Giving back open space to the community for leisure and recreation and connect them with the city trough a well functioning public stransportation network.
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COMMUNITY
DWELLERS ON NELSON STREET DWELLERS ON HICKS STREET DWELLERS ON LIQUER STREET
DWELLERS ON LIQUER STREET
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* NYC regional plan association states that replacing the gowanus expressway with a tunnel would cost $2.4 bilion, compared to $1 bilion to shore up the viaduct in its totality.
Accomodating the ongoing hunger for development in a more sustainable way. Desifying Red Hook needs adequate growth infrastructure and not only on the waterfront for the happy few. Local schools can extend their reach and flexibility by opening anex workshop spaces to. The permanent programming within this layer makes social security, a highly structured day rhythm and public safety for users in underlying layers possible Providing space and infrastructure to easily extend businesses and local dealers. New ways of implementing distributed production methods would help. Communal skill-sharing lays not only in learning others how to act in a certain situation, it also helps community groups to assign responsibilities.
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SHARED SPACE Continues paving along the entire length and with of the street creates open space and raised spatial attentiveness. Use of shared space is subtly structured in a linear fashion: a central lane for light rail, bus -bicycle lane for permanent or temporary uses. Unobstructed pathways are merely materialized as a difference in stone size of the pavement.
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FLUSHING MEADOWS-CORONA PARK An Investigation on its Pivotal Scale Conditions
Elective: ‘Urban Projects, Collective Spaces & Local Identities’ - Ma. Fall 2016 Ku Leuven Architecture Campus Ghent, Belgium Developed in Belgium in collaboration with resarchers in New York City Tutors: Dr. Prof Kris Scheerlinck and his Ph.D-students With help of: prof. Hans Van Damme and Yves Schoonjans The Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Brooklyn, located on the east side of Corona and adjacent to Queens is a large green area cut off by four highways; the Grand Central Parkway in the West, Long Island highway in the South, Route 678 in the East and Whitestone Expressway in the North. The area characterized the dedicated zoning of its wide-ranging mixed land use on the base level, from industry, businesses and trade infrastructure to sports arenas and recreational spaces. Elevated above all that, there is a complex network of so-called ‘touch-down infrastructures’. Train tracks, streets, highways, pedestrian bridges and elevated walkways connect with streetscapes on the base level in very specific places and together form a knot that makes the park inaccessible to a certain degree. Because of this, the area has an extremely low built density as opposed to the surrounding neighbourhoods of Corona, Flushing and Forest Hills and Queens. The main focus of the investigation was based around the spatial qualities associated with the link between the elevated infrastructures and its base level streetscapes. A connection of two peak performance sports facilities: the ‘Arthur Ashe tennis stadium’, used for games like the US-open and the ‘MET’s City Field’ for baseball games has been the centre of the investigation. This project was based on the theoretical framework of Kris Scheerlinck, Hannes Van Damme and Yves Schoonjans named: ‘The Pivotal Scale Conditions of Infrastructure’ and led to the selection of my Master Dissertation theme.
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As there was no opportunity to go to NYC and pay a visit during that semester, a set of diagrammatic drawings was made with pictures from different digital resources and with the help of local researchers, after which a case was built based on the findings. These drawings identified the fact that a network of elevated highway infrastructures constructed after the 60 ’s is responsible for cutting the park into multiple zones which have to be bridged with other small-scale infrastructure to turnaround its rupturing ramifications. The appliance of the theoretical framework showed the relation between the behaviour of daily users of the selected streetscapes and the infrastructure in Flushing connecting the urban functions as a whole. The intended result of the investigation was to represent these seemingly anonymous places where the ‘Pivotal Scale Conditions’ occurred in a way that was not done before. Showing the spatial qualities of each of these places and the related parametric complexities with one image. In retrospect, the research and subsequent methodology in this project led to the recognition of a theory which has been examined in my following graduation project. Through observations from afar, the relationship between the world of the “known” and the “unknown” is hard to explain. It is precisely through our observations, and changing the perspective of our firsthand observations, that we can perceive/recognize that within this process, the observation is distant from what we think we know the conditions of a place are. Therefore circumstances in which these anonymous spaces occur show that they aren’t destinations but rather passages and part of an interconnected structure. One which directly guarantees our daily necessities and the running of the urban system.
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Un JardĂn Como Ultimo Destino Para una PeregrinaciĂłn A Garden as final destination of a Pilgrimage Design studio: Taller Optativo with Martin Hurtado and Nicolas Cruz, Advanced wood design- Ma. Fall 2017 Developed in Santiago de Chile during an exchange program of one semester in Chile Ponificia Universidad Catolica, Campus Lo Contador, Chile Tutors: Dr. Prof Martin Hurtado and Nicolas Cruz An all-wooden construction arises from the old foundations of a long forgotten ruin on a remote and desolate beach in a Southern part of Chile. Surrounded by old Eucalyptus forests, with its back against the hillside, this pavilion memorializes the tragedy the ruin suffered on which it is built. In 2010 an enormous Tsunami, caused by the biggest earthquake ever recorded, destroyed this house (which already was in bad shape after decades of disrepair) and killed twelve people who were on the beach that day. This building used to be a farmstead owned by a rich Chilean and well known aristocratic family. This mansion had a succession of styles varying from a typical Chilean country house construction, to the addition of old Greek typologies and Egyptian ornaments in combination with a French garden and Italian renaissance statues and water features. Apart from being a farmhouse, this was a place that brought together poets, writers, musician, and artists. The Chilean culture it housed at the beginning of the 20th century is praised only by those who know the place to this day. Many contradictions are present in this project. After a nice visit to the remote beach of Tanume in Southern Chile, the purpose was to create a space without intent. Where its users would be able to wander around without restrictions. Sketches, collages and images were made to define spaces and approximate feelings felt during my own experience being there. But through a highly investigative design approach, technical drawings were made to express materiality, construction, rhythm, look and feel in a very precise way. As if to tentatively mimic or sculpt the past splendour of eclectic elements this rich family imposed on this beach with their great mansion. The high wooden beams make a copula which creates a rhythm of shadows on the pathway equal to that of the columns but ever changing the look on the surrounding landscape. The repeated long stretched rows of wooden columns accentuate the first row of destroyed original columns and emphasize the strong will to fight against the brute forces of nature. Made of the same wood as the forest in its proximity, it blends in with its environment. Embedded in a 21st-century park design, the pavilion with its restored French garden would become a place to attract hikers and pilgrims who walk along the coastline from Pichilemu, a small city some 30 km away known for its international surf culture. This place can accommodate 45 people who help maintain the garden while they pay a
More info of the history of this mansion and pictures: https://www.enterreno.com/blogs/la-desconocida-mansionfaraonica-de-chile
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Sou Fujimoto: “If you’re just standing next to the plants in the garden, it can be a bit disappointing. But the thing is that when you have some distance, you can see it differently.” Fang Hu, ‘Garden Conversations’ in: ‘Towards An Unintentional Space Vol. I’ (Koenig Books, The Pavilion 2016) The distance also gives visitors a sense of something that goes beyond the physical space. It’s interesting to see how bodily engagment can also create distance which allows you to enter into the space differently, in a way that is specifically connected to exercising different aspects of your own individual sensibility. The elements of the landscape in the garden are more connected to the practice of daily strolls and meditation. Discovering differences with the previous days. But these differences are not based on seasonal changes but by contemplating the timeless. In foggy mornings following the old garden water canals, carried by a sense of belonging and pushed forward by an aromatic sea breeze. One single pavilion grounds multiple gardens, each with their own approach and concern or sensibility, and these from the sensibility so that it transcends a single architectural model, and there is no separation between the building and the garden. There is no distinction between the garden as ‘outside’ and ‘inside’ the building in an attempt to harmonize the surrounding mountains, cliffs and the neatly organized gardens together with the static structured wooden pavilion. With the prime objective in mind to create a field where different intents come together, sometimes producing conflict, sometimes resulting in harmony. For those who seek balance, the pilgrims walking to Playa Tanume, this place is made to rest, walk and work in a garden. Establishing unexpected nice collaborations that happen when individuals simply give other participants a part of the garden where they can do whatever they want. To generate an attitude which ultimately affects the architectural design by the use of space that goes beyond the intent of the designer.
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A kind of floor decoration, sidewalks with patterns like ocean waves, is becoming popular around coast towns these days. Certainly where more tourists are going to far away places like the coasts of Chile which are becoming increasingly popular. Meant to relieve our day-to-day stress, highly ornamental gardens and swimming pools as big as lakes, like the one in Alfonso del Mar, or so-called Sea Lagoons (a highly praised Chilean invention) are the ultimate place to relax. Or so they say... The former mansion had a swimming pool too, a hole filled with blue water, reinforced with concrete walls and fed by water from nearby springs uphill and brought down by canals swirling through the garden. The surrounding gardens and vegetation attempt to reciprocate the measurements of topography, air, water and light as well as the people who enter the space. The real inspiration to make a collective space for visitors to enjoy and to be bound on a higher level came from the people, not the conceptual thinking. The form and typology for the building were somewhat fixed during the process of defining the space. In any case, it feels as if the architecture here is about creating an architectural structure that can open a specific site for specific people and their actions bound to the environment they happen in. So is the observer, like the women sitting on the side of the pool, an organic component of the system. When we put ourselves in a space, we cannot avoid assuming a sense of responsibility toward that space. The lady, enjoying the presence of the others, is part of that system. Connected with the fresh water that unites the mountains with the sea. Water that is coming from the mountains before draining in the ocean. Spring water, rain water, ground water; drinking, recycling, filtration, purification, irrigation - the aquatic ecosystem here is not oriented toward scenery and is instead part of an energy cycle. Laying right next to a micro-delta created by a local spring, these kinds of environments always have nurtured civilizations, the pleasure of being close to water comes precisely from the transparency of the life source: with time, we grow intimate with the resources that nurture human life.
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OTHER PROJECTS - BIKES
Original Fixed Gear Bruges It all started back in 2007 when I made a first bike for myself. Back then, when I was a teenager, it was seldom seen before to make your own bike that also looked appealing and better made then some bikes available on the market. Certainly in Belgium let alone Bruges or Ghent. Inspired by the upcoming ‘bike- messenger community’ in cities like New York, a friend and me started cruising around on our own “steeds”. We found the balance between styling and functionality and many people were interested At one point an architect asked me to make one for her too and then it all started rolling. In the first year of our little ‘organization’ made fifteen bikes and more often we got requests. At a certain point, the fixed gear community was well known and more creative minds started doing the same in other cities so we decided to exhibit our bikes on the Design Biennale of Milano in 2013 in collaboration with a light designing company named Ecarlate. The moment the scene became very popular, we stopped doing it. At its ultimate climax. As I may soon go to countries where cycling is not the main form of transportation, I would love to roam the streets on my self-styled bicycle again.
More of - OFGB - at: ofgb.tumblr.com Daniil Lavrovsky - Elias Bey
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