LIVED TIME
GALINA NOVIKOVA
CAL POLY POMONA//LA 463 SENIOR SEMINAR FALL 2017//LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDY ABROAD- SANTA CHIARA PROFESSOR RENNIE K. TANG
COPENGAHEN, DENMARK
“Life is woven through space and time formed by countless rhythms or pulses. The model of a weave is where the intersection of divergent temporal speeds and flow come together, using horizontal and vertical alignments.” Inspired by Emma Cocker’s text called Weave, I’ve put together a set of instructions for a walking algorithm called Tempo to compare these three cities.
CF.no, ITALY
CONTENTS Constelation Mapping.............................1-2 Castiglion Fiorentino...........................3-8
Mapping + Narrative Diagram + Narrative
Istanbul.....................................................9-14 Mapping + Narrative Diagram + Narrative
Copenhagen.................................................15-20 Mapping + Narrative Diagram + Narrative
Photo essay...............................................21 Constelation Narrative.........................22
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What is a walking algorithm? A walking algorithm is a ritual that is practiced in different cities that has an input and an output. To put simply, it is a very personal tool for drawing comparisons between cities. The input would be a set of instructions while the output is some creative result allowing one to process insight. For example, my input (set of instructions) was triggered by an external sound reminding me to change speed and tempo, stripping away a comfortable pace. The idea was to respond to an external pulse while disrupting the internal pulse, with this I would become receptive to my surroundings. The next instruction, was to make contact with a local and ask them what their external pulse is, in their language. The output, to write poetry about my surroundings, as a way of annotating culture. Chronological time or measured time and our inner time are often forcefully aligned, keeping a similar pace. By separating the two, we can possibly begin to notice how our inner time weaves with others. Ann Cocker writes, “While the fabric of lived time is not a determined rhythm, nor is it smooth and homogenous, lived time can be made to speed up or slow down-producing different qualities of fabric.” I began to apply my walking algorithm to cities I would visit. My first city being Castiglion Fiorentino, where my external sound was the bells that rang quite often. During my brief interaction with locals, I would pick up details about the local or our environment and use them in my poem. In the mapping to the right, I’ve annotated two poems and the locations the locals were asked. I found I was able to understand what locals hang out where and when, as my poem reflects a brief moment in lived time.
TEMPO
Listen for bells instantly change pace (record if possible) Find a local to ask for the time Pay attention to surroundings write poem based on time (repeat when bells are heard)
NETWORK FOR SHARED SPACE The physical infrastructure of a city can unite or segregate space and the people using it. Most notably, Castiglion Fiorentino is defined by a central axis called the Corso. It is a space where locals and visitors can interact and exchange cultural currencies, which is fundamental for the economics and wellbeing of the city. Likewise, a network of Alleys work their way into residential zones of the city, creating a layer of transparency for visitors. This system suggests a response to cultural exchange and the ability to reveal the valuable, the vulnerable, and the past. Castiglione and the whole of Italy, protect significant structures and spaces of past culture and offer transparency and tourism of the present. Viewers can witness how the culture has developed over time, by walking through streets that are very particular of past materials used, referencing the past etruscan and middle ages. The main corso is “a space for axial passage, as if it were a very deep or lengthy threshold� a runway, and reference of past culture. In the text, Gardens and the Larger Landscape by David Leatherbarrow he suggests geographical distance to be a reference to other culture and place or an importation of culture. In Castiglion, there is a reference to other culture though of the same place, back in time.
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For my second city, I chose Istanbul in Turkey where my external sound was the call for prayer that sounded 5 times a day. I felt I had to adapt my walking algorithm, as the culture and religion is different from the italians. The call for prayer was beautiful, and united the city to practice a ritual. This was their external time, being projected onto the whole city and very inclusive to visitors. The call for prayer lasted about 7-8 minutes, and I would often walk without direction. Not many people spoke english, so I asked a friend I made how to say what time is it, in turkish. So I would ask people saat kaรง. And they would respond in broken english, as they could tell I was not turkish by my pronunciation of the word. I practiced Tempo, my walking algorithm, 3 out of the 5 times the prayer sounded on a saturday afternoon in Istanbul. My mapping illustrates a main landmark, specifically highlighting the tower where the speakers are located. These towers are located at most mosques in the city and really define the urban landscape and skyline. As I was walking, I used a paper map to mark my route and where I heard the prayers. My poems reflect my surroundings, annotating turkish culture on a busy saturday afternoon.
TEMPO
Listen for call of prayer instantly change pace (mark location of sound) Find a local to ask for the time Pay attention to surroundings write poem based on time (repeat when call for prayer is heard)
THE BLUE MOSQUE WOMEN VISITORS MALE
DIVISION
I found many people come to visit Istanbul for three main reasons. Architecture, Religion and Historical Significance. In my experience of the city, I noticed there is a filtration system at the mosque between visitors of religion and visitors of architecture and history. If you are of the same religion, you are allowed to occupy the spaces that are segregated. In my case, I felt it was important to see from both perspectives so I entered the women’s prayer section, and sat looked around and began to “pray” but really for meditation. I noticed the space of the mosque was segregated for men and women. The men were given this beautiful space in the front, with low lighting and natural window light while the women sat behind a wooden screen in the far back, a smaller space. All over the city are spaces that filtrate and segregate visitors. Similar to Castiglion Fiorentino, the importation of culture is suppressed to uphold past traditions, though different due to it’s dividing space and people.
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DAY 1
(6) Fantasy, rock and roll, chapstick Barbie (29)smoking and waiting outside the bar, in a flower skirt and silver purse, her mother lent her. She was waiting. Thrift store closed for the night, so they drank.
WALK
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(5) We rode bicycles through Kristiania (3) It’s own country
5 HOUR BIKE RIDE DAY 2
WEAVE
For my third and final city, I visited Copenhagen in Denmark. I didn’t use a physical map for this city, instead I used screenshots on google maps for locations which is why I skewed the map. It felt like we were never grounded until we visited a place multiple times, landmarks of the mind. There are geometric shapes that cover spaces visited over two times on this mapping. My goal was to graphically represent the two days and activities during my stay there. The first day, we walked and visited project sites. The walk began from our AirBnB to a area downtown, near stores and bars. By the time night passed around, we were exhausted as it had been cold and rainy the entire day. Before heading home, I heard bells chime. It was the first time I heard them, so I left my friend and changed pace, they bells were over fast, I only walked half a block. It was 6.29 pm. I felt the need to capture her, I was curious about the danes. Our second day was defined by a 5 hour long bicycle ride through downtown and copenhagen outskirts. I used google to direct us, with headphones in my ears. We were able to visit many places, but I was limited because the bell chimes only ring in downtown. When we looped back around, we went through Kristiania, a liberal city that considers itself separate from Copenhagen. It was 5:03 pm. It was hard to penetrate people’s internal times. It felt like most people were in a rush, on their bicycles listening to chronological time more so. So, we joined them.
TEMPO
Listen for bells instantly change pace (record if possible) Find a local to ask for the time Pay attention to surroundings write poem based on time (repeat when bells are heard)
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SHARED SURFACES
On the first day during my visit, I visited a park called Superkilen in the Neighborhood Norrebro. This park represents a shared space, where landscape features from 60 countries were brought in to represent the 60 cultures living in Norrebro. This landscape is an example of all inclusive design, though very representational to some degree. Unifying cultures through physical features is a fun idea, because it suggests that people from different nationalities can use the same equipment and play spaces. Space is not divided, it is shared. The nationalities are acknowledged with small silver placs located next to the feature. Although Copenhagen was the last city I visited, It was the city that encouraged me to compare and contrast shared surfaces. I found this park in Copenhagen to represent Geographical distance the best because it literally imports culture, both physically and in diversity of cultural consensus.
CASTIGLION FIORENTINO, ITALY ISTANBUL, TURKEY COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Weaving through the three cities encouraged me to draw parralels on the spaces and people visited. As noted in my diagrams, I narrowed my comparison down to shared and segregated spaces. After visiting parks, significant architecture, view points and culturally rich areas, I found all cities I visited to be wonderfully unique. Some encouraged the sharing of cultures and people, welcoming tourism and various foods. Some held onto past historical cultures. Some had efficient transportation, some did not. What I enjoyed most was watching people, in all these cities. Seeing how their faces morphed into other cultures and heritage. I enjoyed seeing what unified the cities; for Denmark its Bycicles, for Istanbul its Prayer. My walking algorithm, though not obvious, showed me what I wanted to discover all along. As pragmatic as it seemed, it was very bias in the sense I wanted to reach out to locals, to blend and merge with these people, and to not be a tourist.