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This session of the ATHENS network will be a one-week-long brainstorm in workshop form about the (sustainable) future of our cities. An urban future that we imagine built from bottom-up by using architecture (a correct, motivated, logic and good embedded architecture) as a tool to induce meaningful urban transformations.
At the workshop a group of International students from the ATHENS netwok will join a group of Delft graduating students of Hybrid Buildings working on these same themes. The Hybrid Buildings students pre-selected a number of case-studies in the Amsterdam East study area. All together they will work at these case-studies under the guidance of invited teachers.
Daily lectures (on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) will address the themes of the workshop. The final presentation will take place on Friday 22nd, starting at 14.00. See below the lecture programme, all at the Faculty of Architecture:
Monday, March 18th: Olindo Caso (TU Delft) > 13.45 – 14.45 > Room T
Monday, March 18th: Paul Vermeulen (TU Delft & HDSPV Architecten, Be.) > 15.45 – 16.45 > Room T
Tuesday, March 19th: Julian Lewis (EAST Architects, London) > 10.45 – 12.45 > Room T
Tuesday, March 19th: Floris van der Zee (TU Delft) > 12.45 – 13.45 > Room T
Wednesday, March 20th: Maurice Harteveld (TU Delft) > 14.45 – 15.45 > Room T
Wednesday, March 20th: Eireen Schreurs (TU Delft & SUB Office, Amsterdam) > 14.45 – 15.45 > Room T
Friday, March 22nd: Final Students’ Presentation > 14.00 – 17.00 > Room B
FERNANDO TÁVORA PERMANENT MODERNITY
17.11.2012 to 15.02.2013
In the scope of Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, the Fundação Cidade de Guimarães, Família Fernando Távora, Associação Casa da Arquitectura and Fundação Instituto Marques da Silva present, between the 17th of November 2012 and the 15th February 2013, the project Fernando Távora Permanent Modernity, coordinated by Álvaro Siza. This initiative will gather a number of events, from which we point out the Exhibition, the Conferences, the Guided Tours, the Exhibition Catalogue and the publication of the facsimile “On Board” Diary.
Fernando Távora Permanent Modernity is an exhibition on the Architect Fernando Távora work, which, far from being monographic or anthological, intends to give us a transversal reading on the insisting relation between that work and the teaching practice, while being an Architecture Professor.
Thus, it is a collection of documents, some in the scope of drawing and Architecture photography, some in the documental scope of the existing records of his classes, conferences, field trips. The final goal aims to including all documentation in a whole with legible coherence, in such a natural way as it was collected throughout life.
This whole does not seek, as referred, to gather the immensity and complexity of Fernando Távora’s work and thought, but rather focus on the pedagogic character of that same work and though. Aims to exploiting in what circumstances the architecture practice and the teaching one contaminate each other, where do they meet each other.
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Informations and booking to Conferences, Guided Tours and Publications:
Amsterdam is famous for its 17thand 18thcentury canal houses. The urban plan of a web–like structure of canals lined with houses was designed in 1613, four hundred years ago, when the commercial success of Amsterdam attracted more and more wealthy merchants. According to their wealth merchants bought one or two building plots of fixed proportions. Rows of identical ribbon-like building plots along the canal were planned to arrange as many individual houses as possible along the canals. The introduction of proportion systems from humanist architecture in the northern European merchant house brought about a unique pattern of facades and a characteristic streetscape of differently sculptured facades of more or less equal width. Celebrated as one of the first examples of urban planning in the West the canal district is now a listed UNESCO world heritage-monument .
The fame of the Amsterdam canal house has always been linked to its exterior, its outer appearance, while the secret of its survival through the ages has probably more to do with what is behind the façade, and more in particular with the characteristics of its interior layout. For instance, the length of the building plot allowed for a generous garden or even an extra house, a so-called back house, which was separated by a small inner court yard from the main canal house. Also the depth of the canal house with its blind side walls warranted large windows in the front and back façade.
Hidden from the public eye most canal houses changed function over the past century. A change of function, however, which mainly affected the interior and left the façade untouched. Initially the original residential function of the canal house was changed into offices, galleries and museums. Since the 1970s, however, offices have been turned into luxurious apartments, while a number of individual canal houses were connected to create luxurious hotels. Creative workers and artists formed the vanguard of loft living in the canal house and were followed by successful businessmen and celebrities. Today it is as prestigious to live in a canal house as it was centuries ago.
It may seem counter intuitive, but as a consequence of its newly appointed status as UNESCO world heritage-monument and more strict regulations on conservation the future survival of the canal district as a lively urban neighbourhood is jeopardized. Dutch architects are torn between conservation and regeneration, and tend to classify the canal district as a theme park for tourists only, and as such as a lost cause. Therefore we welcome new and challenging perspectives of especially foreign students on the future of the canal district in general and the future of the canal house in particular.
To get to know Amsterdam and the canal district participants are strongly recommended to book accommodation in a hotel within the district. The Amsterdam academy of architecture located in the city centre will be the group’s day-time home base and the canal house museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis (named after its original owners) will offer a characteristic and prestigious location for evening lectures. Of course, there will also be a day trip to Delft University where you will be shown around in one of the world’s leading schools of Architecture. The building of the faculty of Architecture is a fine example of reuse of a former chemistry lab.
To challenge your ideas on the future of the canal house we will invite experts to lecture on topics as diverse as the urban plan of the canal district, the historic interiors, and the phenomenon of the large Dutch windows. Designers will talk about their projects in the canal district and you will visit numerous canal houses to discover their many interior disguises. We hope that this input of information will stimulate your creativity. You are free to present your ideas in models, artist impressions, drawings or photo collage. The best plans will become part of an exhibition on the interior transformations of the canal house in the Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis.
The Department of Architecture of Delft University of Technology invites you to join the workshop. As your host the Department will cover the costs of tutors, speakers, guides, facilities and materials. You have to cover your travel expenses and the costs of your hotel accommodation in Amsterdam, which will involve about 400 Euros for a stay of 10 nights in a budget hotel or hostel. However, keep in mind that meals and drinks are not (!) included and that there will be additional costs during your stay. All students who have fulfilled the requirements of the workshop are entitled to a certificate of 3 ECTs.
The exhibition has been opened on Thursday May 3rd by Olindo Caso and Esther Gramsbergen. We are happy with the positive reactions and the attendance of (among others) Karin Laglas and Salome Bentinck. The exhibition in the Zuidserre will last till May 16th.
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Studenten van de faculteit Bouwkunde TU Delft, BK3065 AlphaGamma, speelden de ‘Climate Game’ tegen studenten van de Hogeschool Rotterdam. In het spel konden zij in de huid kruipen van verschillende actoren die zijn betrokken bij de duurzaamheidsopgave van een universiteitswijk. De game maakte inzichtelijk welke belangen, doelen en middelen verschillende actoren in een stedelijk gebied hebben en welke afhankelijkheid ze onderling hebben. In de virtuele wereld moesten studenten onderhandelen, samenwerken en ‘het spel’ spelen en zo simuleerden zij de toekomst van de wijk. Zo kwamen studenten er actief achter hoe het samenspel van water, klimaat, ruimtelijke ordening, maar ook kosten en bouw in de praktijk werkt.
Reverting to the architectural past is hardly a new phenomenon. Old forms have served as inspiration at many junctures in the history of architecture: as a protest against dominant views, as a means to bring about renewal or purely because of nostalgia for times past. Rarely has this reversion remained undisputed. In particular, attempts to bring back old forms in modern-day materials have often roused the derision of the profession, whether these involved the early nineteenth-century Gothic Revival, or the work of the twentieth-century Delft School or ‘new traditionalism’.
In the opening article Dick van Gameren traces the parallels between several historical approaches from the previous century, which are also explored in the project documentation. This is followed by a number of essays that take a closer look at various periods from that architectural past. Wolfgang Voigt, for example, describes the work of the ‘traditional modernist’ Paul Schmitthenner in pre-WWII Germany, while Cor Wagenaar argues that both the traditionalists of the Delft School and the early modernists saw themselves as an inevitable product of history. In a comparative study of Italian Neo- Realism and the working methods of Alvaro Siza, Nelson Mota examines the relevance of critical re(gion)alism in this era.
An interview with two generations of Bedaux architects and a critical analysis by Dirk Baalman of the nineteenth-century concept of ‘character’ in architecture mark the transition to the plan documentation, featuring work by architects as Baillie Scott, Schmitthenner, Ridolfi, Spoerry, Mecanoo, Krier, Bedaux De Brouwer and West8/AWG.
Auteurs: Dirk Baalman, Dick van Gameren, Harald Mooij, Nelson Mota, Jeroen Schilt, Wolfgang Voigt
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Slimme duurzame dingen bedenken om toe te passen in de gebouwde omgeving en daarmee de wereld te verbeteren. Een utopie, een illusie, een onmogelijke opgave?
Beslist niet!
Hoe complex de problemen ook zijn, het is altijd weer een uitdaging om te komen tot een nieuwe vormgeving en een andere organisatie. Om dit te bereiken is het wel goed om helderheid en éénduidigheid te krijgen over de begrippen milieu, duurzaamheid en duurzaam bouwen. En om vervolgens de aanpak te bepalen.
Met een persoonlijk verhaal laat Kees Duijvestein zien dat duurzame ontwikkeling verbonden is met alles wat we doen. Vervolgens beargumenteren hij en zijn collegae Kristel Aalbers en Peter Teeuw dat duurzame ontwikkeling meer is dan milieu alleen en hoe strategieën effectief vormgeven aan een daadwerkelijk vernieuwende (stede)bouw praktijk en de daarmee samenhangende organisatie.
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Over Holland 10/11 has been presented on July 1st, 2011. A half-day symposium has been devoted at the items dealt with in this special issue: cartography of the Randstad Holland from the year 800 till 2000. Speakers: prof. Koos Bosma, prof Guus Borger and Henk Engel. The dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Karin Laglas, was present too.
NEW! DASH #05 - The Urban Enclave - De stadsenclave
De idee van de pluriforme stad lijkt actueler dan ooit. Was de maatschappij 50 jaar geleden nog homogeen, nu zoeken zeer uiteenlopende levenswijzen en culturen elk een plek in onze steden. Dit vraagt om een stad die ook verschillen kent, herkenbare delen waarin gelijkgezinden elkaar vinden, verbonden met het grotere geheel, maar zonder anderen iets op te leggen.
De recente concentratie op (grootschalige) vernieuwing binnen de bestaande stad biedt in dit verband perspectieven. In veel Nederlandse steden (maar ook elders) worden leeggekomen industrie- en bedrijfsterreinen of verouderde woongebieden opnieuw ontwikkeld. De meestal grote maat van deze gebieden creëert een (woning)bouwopgave die kan bijdragen aan de noodzakelijke binnenstedelijke differentiatie.
DASH 5 is de weerslag van een onderzoek naar historische en hedendaagse grootschalige, binnenstedelijke woningbouwprojecten. Essays van Dirk van den Heuvel en Lara Schrijver beschouwen uiteenlopende ideeën met betrekking tot grootschaligheid en de stad, aan de hand van respectievelijk het werk van Piet Blom en Oswald Matthias Ungers. Dick van Gameren en Pierijn van der Putt onderzoeken de onderliggende typologieën van de stadsenclave. Elain Harwood analyseert de ontstaansgeschiedenis van het roemruchte Barbican in Londen en Christopher Woodward traceert het ontstaan, 200 jaar eerder in diezelfde stad, van het Adelphi, dat vaak wordt aangehaald als inspiratiebron voor Barbican. Architect en stedenbouwer Rob Krier geeft in een interview uitleg over de historische modellen die hij hanteert voor zijn stedelijke vernieuwingsprojecten.
De plandocumentatie bevat een selectie van oude en nieuwe stadsenclaves, uitgebreid geanalyseerd en gedocumenteerd door middel van tekeningen en fotoreportages.
Work in progress. Photo: SMART Architecture
On May 19, students of the MSc 2 course AR0084 Time Based visited the new future home of the WORM foundation. In the building films will be screened and concerts, exhibitions etc.
WORM was until earlier this year housed in a former VOC warehouse in Delfshaven. This monument has been completely renovated and furnished to the principles of Superuse. Due to housing developments in the area a new location had to be found. The new building is the former museum of photography at the Witte de With street in Rotterdam. At the time of our visit the transformation was in full swing. The Institute for avant garde recreation will be a hybryde and hyper functional space for artists and audience. Art as natural habitat is their statement.
The multifunctional building is refurbished in accordance with the principles of Superuse and a museum for sustainable use of materials with a history. 2012 Architects and Atelier van Lieshout, made plan for the facility. Maximum use is made of discarded materials. Condition for reuse is that the material is actually less harmful to the environment. For example, the floor is made of old parts of the changing rooms at Tropicana swimming pool. One wall will be covered with an old airplane wing. The smoking room is designed by Atelier van Lieshout and is constructed from reused steel plates, and other old old steel elements. The old interior of the VOC building is wherever possible recycled.
Interior VOC Warehouse. Photo: WORM
Except attention to materials are water and energy conservation a theme. Rainwater is stored for toilet flushing and the building is well insulated and uses energy-efficient LED lighting.
Although the renovation is still in full swing when we visited on many places were already the first contours of the final result is visible such as the Superuse principle. In many places saved piles of demolition materials were waiting for a new destination. It promises to be inspiring building when finished. Early September the renovation is expected to be completed and will the building be used for the first time at the Witte de With festival.
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Dakbegroeiing in de stad levert een maatschappelijk voordeel in termen van leefmilieu en waterbuffering, mits toegepast op de juiste plek en op grotere schaal. Dit potentieel kan alleen benut worden als de verschillende partijen zich goed organiseren in de samenwerking, en als de kosten en baten zichtbaar gemaakt kunnen worden: voor de eigenaar, de beheerder en de gebruiker van het gebouw, als ook voor planners en stedebouwkundigen.
Begroeide daken na 2010 belicht deze grotere schaal en benadert de materie hiermee vanuit een nieuw perspectief. Teeuw en Ravesloot publiceren al sinds 1991 op het onderwerp van begroeide daken en geven met deze publicatie verder richting aan de praktijk en toepasbaarheid van dakbegroeiing in Nederland.
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Mark Pimlott and Tony Fretton were invited by the curator of this year’s exhibition, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kazuyo Sejima to collaborate and create their installation Piazzasalone for the 12. Biennale internazionale di architettura di Venezia. The Biennale is open from 29 August through 21 November 2010.
Border Conditions presents the initial results from the research and design studio of the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. The book offers a collection of essays and experimental architecture projects that emanated from research into the spatial impact of socio-political developments, with an emphasis on mapping the contemporary urban milieu. The book provides a thematic overview of the contemporary discussion surrounding borders in architecture, from conflict situations to marginal urban areas; from Kinshasa-Brazzaville, Gibraltar, Kaliningrad and Kiev to Benidorm, Marseille and Rotterdam. A selection of projects shows how mapping can be used to not only register and interpret urban processes, but to show how these design principles can act as the basis for architectural interventions.
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Deze publicatie geeft voorbeelden van en ideeën bij een methodiek om een duurzame ambitie te stellen en bespreekbaar te maken. De ambities kunnen worden bepaald met behulp van de DCBA-methode ontwikkeld door prof. ir. Kees Duijvestein. Het gaat om ambities die om heel verschillende redenen bijdragen aan een duurzame ontwikkeling. De ideeën zijn verzameld rond een aantal thema's: energie, water, groen, mobiliteit, materialen, leefmilieu, afval en vervuiling, leefbaarheid, proces en bewustwording. Het boek is een uitnodiging om de ambities in de praktijk te brengen.
Het boek is bestemd voor studenten, architecten, opdrachtgevers, adviseurs, stedenbouwkundigen, beleidsmedewerkers, planologen, onderzoekers en alle anderen die zich bezig houden met duurzame ontwikkeling gerelateerd aan de gebouwde omgeving.
Duurzame ideeën & DCBA Methodiek is een uitgave van de leerstoel SMART Architecture van de faculteit Bouwkunde aan de TU Delft. De leerstoel heeft zich mede tot doel gesteld om nieuwe kennis en inzichten te publiceren. Duurzame architectuur wordt een steeds belangrijker onderdeel van onze maatschappij. Daarom dienen nieuwe inzichten voor iedereen toegankelijk te zijn.
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Facing Impact of the Second World War: Urban Design in Contemporary European Cities.
Het onderzoek richt zich in eerste instantie op de steden Oświęcim/Auschwitz, Rotterdam en Dresden. Drie steden waar de Tweede Wereldoorlog op zijn eigen wijze een onuitwisbare ruimtelijke afdruk heeft achtergelaten in het stadslandschap. De vragen die gesteld worden zijn: In welke mate heeft de Tweede Wereldoorlog impact (gehad) op het stadslandschap en het collectieve geheugen van de stad? Welke stedenbouwkundige ontwikkeling hebben deze steden doorgemaakt na de oorlog? En wat betekent deze oorlogsgeschiedenis voor hun toekomstige ontwikkeling?
Het in kaart brengen van de impact van oorlog op het stadslandschap en zijn bewoners kan leiden tot een internationaal online kenniscentrum dat ideeën kan genereren voor de wederopbouw van steden die recent getroffen zijn of in de toekomst getroffen worden door de vernietigende kracht van een oorlog.
Oświęcim
Het doel van deze eerste workshop is het formuleren van een visie voor de toekomstige ontwikkeling van Oświęcim. Een dergelijke visie kan niet geformuleerd worden zonder de sporen te bestuderen die de Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft achtergelaten in het stadslandschap en het collectieve geheugen van de stad.
Het idee voor de workshop in Oświęcim is aangedragen door Barbara Starzynska en Hans Citroen, kenners en onderzoekers van Oświęcim. Een internationaal gezelschap bestaande uit studenten en docenten uit Nederland (TU Delft studio Border Conditions i.s.m. leerstoel Landschapsarchitectuur), Polen (Cracow University of Technology) en Duitsland (HAWK Hildesheim) hebben gedurende twee weken de ruimtelijke nalatenschap uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog in kaart gebracht. Aan de hand van vier onderzoeksthema’s hebben de studenten strategieën en ideeën voor de toekomst ontwikkeld en deze aan de gemeente Oświęcim en andere belangstellenden gepresenteerd.
Als algemene conclusie kan gesteld worden dat Oświęcim/Auschwitz ongewild gevangen gehouden wordt door haar eigen geschiedenis. Door de problemen rond het landeigendom, de vele overblijfselen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog, de slechte bodemgesteldheid, de laag gelegen overstromingsgebieden en de wegtrekkende inwoners is het plannen en bouwen van nieuwe woningen en faciliteiten een lastige opgave.
De toeristische excursies en rondleidingen in de concentratiekampen (per jaar worden de kampen Auschwitz I en Auschwitz II/Birkenau door ca. 1,1 miljoen mensen bezocht) worden grotendeels vanuit de levendige stad Krakow georganiseerd. Oświęcim heeft financieel niet of nauwelijks baat bij de grote aantallen bezoekers die jaarlijks de kampen bezoeken. Enerzijds snakt de stad naar een ‘gewoon’ leven, en wil het zich distantiëren van de concentratiekampen en de beladen naam Auschwitz. Anderzijds wil de stad graag economisch profijt hebben van de grote stroom bezoekers die ieder jaar de kampen komen bezoeken.
De petrochemisch industrie, gebouwd door gevangenen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en na de oorlog een van de grootste en succesvolste fabrieken van Europa, is verlaten en in verval. Hierdoor is er onvoldoende werk en toekomstperspectief voor de inwoners van Oświęcim met leegloop van de stad als gevolg.
Tijdens de workshop zijn tientallen verlaten gebouwen in kaart gebracht. Plekken met potentie voor de toekomst. Sommige gebouwen kunnen een herdenkingsfunctie krijgen, anderen liggen strategisch gunstig ten opzichte van de stedelijke ontmoetingscentra waardoor ze bijvoorbeeld als onderzoeksinstituut en hotel kunnen fungeren. Indien een paar van deze voormalige fabrieken functies krijgen, die de bezoekers van de kampen kunnen verleiden ook een bezoek aan de stad Oświęcim te brengen, betekent dit niet allen dat dit erfgoed behouden blijft voor latere generaties, maar is dit ook de start van een beter toekomstperspectief voor de inwoners van Oświęcim.
De workshop in Oświęcim/Auschwitz is gefinancierd door het Erasmus Intensive Program 2009 en gecoördineerd door de Cracow University of Technology. De voorlopige uitkomsten zijn te bekijken op de website www.urbanwarimpacts.eu
Voor vragen of bijdragen aan dit project kunt u contact opnemen met Eelco Dekker via www.eelcodekker.nl. Eelco Dekker is architect en is daarnaast werkzaam als gastdocent en onderzoeksmedewerker voor de leerstoel Landschapsarchitectuur van de TU Delft. In combinatie met Marc Schoonderbeek en Micha de Haas geeft hij begeleiding aan de Masterstudenten voor het project ‘The Visible City: Oświęcim, Polen’ van de studio Border Conditions. Samen met Hans Citroen werkt Eelco Dekker aan een internationale publicatie van de stedenbouwkundige geschiedenis van Oświęcim/Auschwitz getiteld: ‘Auschwitz: de nieuwe stad in het Oosten’.
Mark Pimlott gave a lecture 'Places for art; real places; better than real places' and took part in a round table discussion with sociologist Dr Paul Jones (University of Liverpool), architect Hans van der Heijden (biq stadontwerper, Rotterdam), Bryan Biggs (director, Bluecoat Liverpool), moderated by Ellis Woodman (editor, Building Design), at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, as part of the symposium 'Habitat' on 2 May, 2013. Download PDF
How can architecture give greater significance to its environs? And how do these environs contribute to high-quality architecture?
On the basis of six projects that have won provincial architecture prizes in recent years, Stad en Architectuur is joining Architecture in Context in looking for answers to spatial and architectural problems for the future.
Form & Modelling Studies has contributed to the exhibition with six contextual scale models. The models show the six projects as icons within their context. Deliberate choices were made to express the essence of each urban environment. Many computer aided fabrication methods were used: CNC milling, lasercutting and 3D printing.
More info: http://www.stadenarchitectuur.be/#/en/artikel/1/203
WHERE: M - Museum Leuven / Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28, 3000 leuven
WHEN: till 02.06.2013
OPENING HOURS: mon-sun 11:00-18:00, thur 11:00-22:00, closed on wednesday
The exhibition "The university and the City" (Hybrid Buildings by Building Typology) is now exposed in the ARCAM Architecture Centre in Amsterdam.
The exposition will close on March 15th.
23 May 2013, 9:30-19:00
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Architecture
Since 1999, the focus of the Chair of Architectural Design / Interiors has been the architecture of the public interior: the critical arena for the setting out of possibilities or values for the city itself. The Chair has seen the city, in all its programmes and initiatives, as a place of values, expressed in the way the city is made and built, and in the relations between people that it implies or defines in its spaces and interiors. It is concerned with those interior spaces in the city that people share, and where they are conscious of each other as individuals in public and as a public. It has seen it as necessary to understand such places and the people who will use them so that better architecture can be made, an architecture that offers people a kind of freedom. With informed and generous viewpoints, proposals for this public interior can be made that are powerful, realisable vehicles for responsible, critical and artistic thought.
The conference Architecture and the Interior serves as a mark of the work and discourse of the Chair’s programme Interiors, Buildings and Cities for the past fourteen years as directed by Prof Tony Fretton and an introduction to the work within the Chair in the future, in its new course The Architecture of the Interior, whose object is to address, directly, the interior as an object of cultural and specifically architectural attention.
The morning session concerns the themes of the course during Tony Fretton’s tenure, and will include talks from Tony Fretton, Prof Christoph Grafe, Peter St John and Prof Tom Avermaete. A round table discussion, moderated by Tom Avermaete, will follow.
The afternoon session considers the subject and themes of The Architecture of the Interior and the very large, complex interior. This session will consist of talks by Mark Pimlott, Gennaro Postiglione, Jan Benthem and Kersten Geers. A round-table discussion between individuals drawn from practice and society, moderated by Saskia van Stein, creative director of NAiM / Bureau Europa, Maastricht, will follow.
The day concludes with a reception, and presentation of Amsterdam Studies, (Architectura & Natura: Amsterdam, 2013) — a document of the Chair’s work since 1999 — by its editor, Jurjen Zeinstra to Karin Laglas, the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences, Delft University of Technology.
An interview of Mark Pimlott by Robert Preece was published 26 December 2012 on the International Sculpture Centre Blog. "It's not about 'art' or 'design'. It's about space and a place."
Mark Pimlott introduced a series of talks by artists, graphic artists, and a fashion designer, entitled Others about us, organised by students of the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft, the Netherlands, on 19 November (Jan Rothuizen); 21 November (Bas Princen); 22 November (Karel Martens) and 23 November (Marga Weimans). Download PDF
Mark Pimlott gave a lecture, ‘The interior and the clearing’ as part of the symposium Urban Encounters: the image of public space, at Tate Britain, London, on 6 October 2012. Download PDF
Hybrid Buildings by Building Typology organizes two lunch lectures about the theme of the relationship between architecture and urban interventions. The traditional planning instrument of the masterplan seems to have lost in validity, due to changes in urban culture, societal relationships and economies. The current crisis amplifies this and asks for new models to design the future of urban places.
Friday September 21st > Lecture room A > 12:45 - 13.45
Paul Vermeulen (HDSPV Architekten / TU Delft) will talk about "Architecture as Bottom-Up Urbanism".
Tuesday September 25th > Lecture room C > 12:45 - 13:45
Arjan Gooijer (Van Schagen Architekten) will talk abot "The end of the Masterplan?"
Although the lectures are meant for students of the Hybrid Buildings track they may be interesting for all students/teachers/researchers as well. They are therefore open to everyone interested in these topics.
Follow Tony Fretton on Twitter for thoughts and ideas on architecture.
17.00 p.m. - Opening exposition of all entries (around 80 A1 panels)
18.00 p.m. - Presentations
- Christos Passas on Value of Design Research
Christos Passas, associate director at Zaha Hadid architects, became wellknown with the Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg (2005). Since then he has worked with Zaha Hadid on an impressive range of projects, including the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi, the Opus Office Tower in Abu Dhabi and the Eleftheria Square in Cyprus. Besides working for Zaha Hadid Architects Christos Passas is professor for design research at the Institute of Architecture at the Bauhaus, Dessau. He also teaches parametric design at the AA in London
- Laurens Jan ten Kate, disclosure of jury judgements and Concrete Design Awards
Laurens Jan ten Kate, jury chairman, will announce the competition winners and will hand over the Concrete Design Awards.
Ample opportunity for visiting the exposition and networking, while enjoying snacks and drinks.
‘Wonen in een nieuw verleden’
Het architectonisch verleden in de hedendaagse woningbouw
Debat tussen architecten, ontwikkelaars en beschouwers over thema’s als traditie en vernieuwing, continuïteit, karakter en stijl, trends en markt.
Naar aanleiding van de recente publicatie van DASH, 'Wonen in een nieuw verleden' wordt een publiek debat gevoerd over het hergebruik van op het architectonisch verleden voor nieuwe woningbouwopgaven. Het teruggrijpen op het verleden en de daaraan gekoppelde kwaliteiten, zijn de afgelopen jaren inzet geweest van een heuse polemiek. Dat debat wordt tot op heden niet op al te hoog niveau gevoerd. Juist de wederzijdse verkettering, waarbij het modernisme van alle hedendaagse kwalen wordt beschuldigd en het traditionalisme als populistische marketingstunt wordt weggezet, heeft de discussie geen goed gedaan.
DASH wil deze discussie verbreden en verschillende invalshoeken uit het recente en verder liggende verleden aanvoeren ter inspiratie en verdieping. Ook het debat beoogt hier een bijdrage aan te leveren, door vanuit verschillende invalshoeken (diverse architecten, ontwikkelaars en beschouwers) het onderwerp verder te verkennen.
Sprekers (onder anderen):
Dirk Baalman (Het Oversticht)
Bernard Hulsman (NRC Handelsblad)
Dick van Gameren (TU Delft)
Peter Drijver/Mieke Bosse (Scala architecten)
Pieter Bedaux (Bedaux de Brouwer)
Edzo Bindels (West 8)
Mariet Schoenmakers (AM)
Rob van Kalmthout (Proper-Stok)
Moderator:
Piet Vollaard
Woensdag 11 april
Start: 19:30 (inloop vanaf 19:00 uur)
Locatie:
de Dépendance – centrum voor stadscultuur
het Schieblock
Schiekade 189
3013 BR Rotterdam
Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands, 16-19 October 2012
Conference brief
In the age of globalization, cities can no longer be understood as autonomous identities but have to be regarded as parts of larger networks and metropolitan areas.
As a consequence the city structure changed: for example, the priority given to the perspective of ‘time’ which tends to reduce and “consume” the traditional importance of ‘space’ and ‘place’; the overwhelming increase of logistics; the demand for a mobility infrastructure that renders a broader than ever spectrum of complementary solutions, the new role assumed by green areas. Solutions like water links, railways, highways and airlines, offer the opportunity of reciprocal and multiple connections and at the same time, prompting unexpected geographical configurations.
The conference questions the abovementioned framework to understand which kind of new urban configuration can arise from it.
Conference sub-themes
The Conference Committee invites professionals from both research and practice dealing with the built environment (architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, planning, geography, sociology, urban history etc.) to send in abstracts for papers on one of the following sub-themes:
1. Innovative building typologies
Analytical and design studies which investigate the potential of new, often hybrid building types deriving their legitimacy from the specific conditionsof the new urban configurations and the subsequent transformation of existing settlements.
2. Infrastructure and architecture
Analytical studies which investigate the relationship between infrastructure and architecture, also focusing on the possibility of reciprocal blurring.
3. Complex urban projects
Experiments and experiences dealing with complex functional requirements, a wide spectrum of multiple requests and stakeholders within strongly layered preexisting urban systems.
4. Green spaces: the city and the territory
Analytical studies and designs that investigate the role of the landscape (verdure) as material for a new kind of urban and architectural design consideringdriving forces such as the necessity of limiting our ecological (energetically) footprint.
Further details on the conference, its organization, registration procedure etc. will be
available on the website: http://www.newurbanconfigurations.nl
Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands, 10-13 October 2012
Conference brief
In the age of globalization, cities can no longer be understood as autonomous identities but have to be regarded as parts of larger networks and metropolitan areas.
As a consequence the city structure changed: for example, the priority given to the perspective of ‘time’ which tends to reduce and “consume” the traditional importance of ‘space’ and ‘place’; the overwhelming increase of logistics; the demand for a mobility infrastructure that renders a broader than ever spectrum of complementary solutions, the new role assumed by green areas. Solutions like water links, railways, highways and airlines, offer the opportunity of reciprocal and multiple connections and at the same time, prompting unexpected geographical configurations.
The conference questions the abovementioned framework to understand which kind of new urban configuration can arise from it.
Conference sub-themes
The Conference Committee invites professionals from both research and practice dealing with the built environment (architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, planning, geography, sociology, urban history etc.) to send in abstracts for papers on one of the following sub-themes:
1. Innovative building typologies
Analytical and design studies which investigate the potential of new, often hybrid building types deriving their legitimacy from the specific conditionsof the new urban configurations and the subsequent transformation of existing settlements.
2. Infrastructure and architecture
Analytical studies which investigate the relationship between infrastructure and architecture, also focusing on the possibility of reciprocal blurring.
3. Complex urban projects
Experiments and experiences dealing with complex functional requirements, a wide spectrum of multiple requests and stakeholders within strongly layered preexisting urban systems.
4. Green spaces: the city and the territory
Analytical studies and designs that investigate the role of the landscape (verdure) as material for a new kind of urban and architectural design consideringdriving forces such as the necessity of limiting our ecological (energetically) footprint.
Provisional schedule
May 1st, 2012
Deadline submission of abstracts
June 1st, 2012
Notification of acceptance
September 15th, 2012
First review papers
September 30st, 2012
Deadline conference registration
October 10-13th, 2012
Conference
Further details on the conference, its organization, registration procedure etc. will be
available on the website of the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture:
http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/EAAE_New_Urban_Configurations
Symposium Border Conditions
Thursday 20-10-2011
Location: Oostserre
Faculty of Architecture
Delft University of Technology
Julianalaan 134 Delft
Statement
Architectural interventions in the contemporary city are becoming increasingly complex. Globalization, scale up, individualization, fragmentation, decentralization and democratization of decision-making and European legislation, make urban projects in practice lengthy and slow. This tends to elaborate procedures and design process prior to the actual interventions. In addition, it is increasingly important to be critical with regard to existing practices in order to find the way to new solutions that better reflect today's urban conditions.
On the one hand, the design of, among other, large institutional buildings and facilities such as hospitals, multi-functional transportation hubs, shopping centres or large sports facilities, requires a different approach taking into account private and public interests. This sets major changes in the traditional roles of architecture and urban planning. The size of the programs and the uncertainty about content and financing requires a cyclic design process in which the boundary between architecture and urbanism is constantly being exceeded in both directions.
At the other hand, current issues such as economic recession or aging will set in the coming years an inevitable major claim on the agenda of future urban transformations. These issues will more often cut a reversal of the above trend and create more space for a ‘bottom up’ approach to urban interventions. There will be greater need for new buildings in which the assembly of programs appropriately reacts to the changing urban conditions. These buildings have the potential to act as catalysts, as one of the key factors to anticipate future transformations of the city.
Balance
How can design and research studies anticipate and adequately respond to the transformation and restructuring processes of the contemporary city? The search for the right balance between complex buildings and their urban context becomes increasingly important, especially as momentum for further changes and developments in the immediate surroundings.
In this context, the Capita Selecta lecture series aims to focus on a number of both 'research by design’ projects and contemporary examples from practice, where the interplay between new interventions and urban context gets another dimension.
The main goal is to give a more detailed insight into the strategies followed in urban transformations. Taking into account the current more comprehensive ideas on urban renewal, we then propose to focus on how to determine the strategic tools to be set into the designs.
Practical information
The lectures will take place every Thursday evening in the period April to June 2011 (2nd quarter of the second semester). For each lecture, a scientific staff member of the Department of Architecture will ensure the introduction and will act as moderator of the discussion after the presentation. Lectures will be introduced also by a specialist from the foundation KEI in Rotterdam.
Lectures:
21-04-2011
Henk Engel - TU Delft - Faculty of Architecture - Introduction to the theme
Endry van Velzen - De Nijl Architecten, Rotterdam
28-04-2011
Paul Vermeulen - De Smet Vermeulen Architecten, Gent, Belgium
Christine de Ruijter , AWG Architecten, Antwerp, Belgium
12-05-2011
Hans van der Heijden – bureau biq - Rotterdam
Julian Lewis – Office East – London
19-05-2011
Jean-Pierre Pranlas – Atelier Pranlas-Descours - Paris
Antonio Ortiz – Cruz y Ortiz – Seville
26-05-2011
Giacomo Delbene – SelfArquitectura - Barcelona
Toni Casamor– Baena Casamor Architects - Barcelona
09-06-2011
Kees Kaan – Claus & Kaan Architects (project Breda)
Koen van Velsen, railway state architect (project Breda)
