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TEODOR ANDONOV YEAR 4

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RE-IMAGINING THE BULGARIAN FOLK HOUSE

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TEODOR ANDONOV YEAR 4 Y4 TA

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R E-I M AG I N I N G T H E B U LG A R I A N F O L K HOUSE THE NEO-FOLK VILLAGE: FOREST TEMPLE OF CULTURE Brashlyan, Bulgaria

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olkloria is a prototypical Neo-Folk village in the mountains of Bulgaria where remote workers can cohabitate with the locals and re-imagine folkloric traditions. The research agenda aims to analyse the Bulgarian FolkVillage and Folk-House in order to synthesise a new authentic village way of life and new locally sourced and locally made tectonics.

lt is enabled by the Folkloria Programme and Tectonic System which provides a synthesis of a new vernacular and serves as a prototype for future village re-activation.

The goal is vision of a hybrid lifestyle which allows for the simultaneous coexistence of the universal and the local, the civic and the communal, the building and the landscape.

Historical and contemporary complexities of Bulgaria make the definition of the rich cultural heritage almost impossible. Past foreign rule eroded historic links. Contemporary globalism further accelerates the dissolution of local culture and values. The vernacular villages - the home of folklore and authenticity, are abandoned for the anonymous urban centres.

The number of people looking for alternative to the urban jungle is constantly rising. A new wave of remote workers prefers the village as temporary escape to the urban realm, driven by longing for healthier lifestyle closer to cultural roots. Can we re-imagine the as a constant home of active remote professionals? A new vision of village life is needed to be the seed of a radical change towards a sustainable future which respects cultural identities.

Situated in the pristine mountains of Bulgaria, Folkloria re-imagines the Folk-Village and FolkHouse in order to synthesise new work-live village way of life and new local tectonics. lt is a vision where the Bulgarian vernacular villages are re-activated, and their folklore re-booted by the colonisation of the modern remote professional.

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G14 is a test bed for architectural exploration and innovation. Our students examine the role of the architect in an environment of continuous change. As a unit, we are in search of new leveraging technologies, workflows and modes of production seen in disciplines outside our own. We test ideas systematically by means of digital and physical drawings, models and prototypes. Our work evolves around technological speculation and design research, generating momentum through astute synthesis. Our propositions are ultimately made through the design of buildings and the in-depth consideration of structural formation and tectonic constituents.

This, coupled with a strong research ethos, generates new, unprecedented, viable and spectacular proposals.

I t the centre of this year’s academic exploration was Buckminster Fuller’s A ideal of the ‘The Comprehensive Designer’: a master-builder who follows Renaissance principles and a holistic approach. Fuller referred to this ideal as somebody who is able to realise and coordinate the commonwealth potentials of his or her discoveries without disappearing into a career of expertise. Like Fuller, PG14 students are opportunists in search of new ideas and architectural synthesis. They explored the concept of ‘Inner Form’, referring to the underlying and invisible but existing logic of formalisation, which is only accessible to those who understand the whole system and its constituents and the relationships between.

This year’s projects explored the places where culture and technology interrelate to generate constructional systems. Societal, technological, cultural, economic and political developments propelled our investigations and enabled us to project near-future scenarios, for which we designed comprehensive visions. Our methodology employed both bottom-up and top-down strategies in order to build sophisticated architectural systems. Pivotal to this process was practical experimentation and intense exploration using both digital and physical models to assess system performance and application in architectural space.

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Thanks to: DaeWha Kang Design, DKFS Architects, Expedition Engineering, Hassel, Knippers Helbig, RSHP, Seth Stein Architects, University of Stuttgart/ ITKE and Zaha Hadid Architects.

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