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INDESEM_international
design seminar _ TU-DELFT
MAY 2003
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INDESEM In the coming edition of INDESEM the relationship between (the perception of) mobility and architecture will be the central theme. We are also co-operating with next years' first Architecture Biannual in Rotterdam (1AB), which will be focusing on mobility too. MSc Francien Houben (Mecanoo Architects and director of the 1AB) and INDESEM2003 are working together to give expression to the theme in a broader sense. By choosing
the theme of Mobility and Perception, we are looking to provide a theoretical
background to the rediscovered task of explicitly designing the motorway
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day by day: Monday May 19th : 10:00 Prof.
dr. Arie Graafland Tuesday May 20th : 12:30 Warren
Neidlich, Artbrain_ usa Wednesday May 21st : 12:30
Manuel Abendroth, LAB[au]_b Thursday May 22nd : 12:30 Rients
Dijkstra, Maxwan Friday May 23 : 18:45 Christine
M.Boyer, Princeton University_usa
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presentation
of all participants: for lecture + workshops
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e.motion
space workshop by LAB[au] When entering into electronic environments we perceive space through specific points of view: externally we perceive space on the flat surface of the screen, and internally through electronic eyes, cameras, both conditioning our understanding of e.space. Conceiving electronic space is thus working on specific modalities of perception, external or internal, and its direct correlation to cognitive processes – mental space. It focus on the kinematic setting of space according to specific techniques of camera settings, movement patterns and montage techniques in relation to electronic space constructs. Motion is the key parameter to produce the feeling of ‘insideness’, as a relation between subjects and objects, in real, filmic or electronic space. E.motion space thus focus on the perceptive and cognitive settings of 3D environments according to their cinematic construct – the camera, its movements and the techniques of montage _ it is the conception of space between architecture, cinema and IC technologies. The workshop deals on the specificities in the conception and production of electronic space as a new field of investigation in spatial constructs, e.space||net.space, combining codes / language drawn from communication and information sciences - cognitive science with that of process methodologies - design and spatial constructs - architecture. In this manner it focus on the inherent logics of computation and communication technologies in the visualization and formalization of inFORMation processes in textual, graphical, spatial and multi-dimensional representations. As a starting point of the workshop a schematic 3D model of the general area to study is proposed to the participants in order to enlarge transform the mimic representation into a specific representation of urban structures, a space within the electronic media while combining it to graphics, visuals, video and sound structures to be experienced in a real-time multi-user device. In this
manner the students by forming groups will realize a vision of the city
confronting it to cinematic constructs of space drawn from architecture,
cinema, video games and IC technologies in general. Using different
medias thus will allow to introduce and to experience the parameter
of time in the conception of space. The aim of the workshop is the representation
of urban structures according to dynamic space-time parameters using
3d sound, animated objects, animated textures...., in order to represent
urban space in relation to motion, flows, congestion…enlarging
the way we perceive space but also the one how we conceive it and thus
question in general the concept of space. sPACE, navigable
music net.lag e.motion
space, Cannes film festival _ 2001 lightscapes,
displacement maps rgb pavilion
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Wednesday 21st _ 12:30 e.motion space_ lecture by LAB[au] lecture about the general deSIGN approach of ' MetaDeSIGN ' investigating how IC technologies not only provide new design tools but also the emergence of new design concepts and methods extending the traditional field of architecture and town planning to new transdiscipliary field. Its about the definition of a design methodology _ MetaDeSign and this on a theoretic and a practical leve in the production and realisation of projectsl placed in the general question about the identity of space combining both physical body space with the electronic matrix. In order to visualize the proposal two projects by lab[au] will be presented: the lightscape displacement maps project and the sPACE,navigable music project combining two different approaches how IC technologies influence the perception and conception of space <> electronic space || mobility || while being constantly replaced in the general context of design - methodology. Presented project during the lecture + short abstracts lightscapes,
displacement maps _ LAB[au],
laboratory for architecture and urbanism: + Naziha Mestaoui + Kim Pecheur + Pieter Desmedt Jans Commissioned
by: Electrabel/Sibelgaz, producteur et distributeur d'électricité
belge Projet :
Prizes:
Abstract: light, color,
rythme, image, sound; ‘ the basis, the datas for a new performance;
we can call it electronic play’ Light_Scape(s),displacement maps is an urban lightening study for the Heizel plateau in Brussels, investigating light as a structural urban vector (light_topography) but also as a temporal and interactive device (light_urbanism) by means of a tool specifically developed for light visualization and planning (displacement maps).The relationship of specific light parameters (intensity, color…) to the relative aspects of urban planning (topography, flux, infrastructure…) and to temporal aspects (programs, activities…) can therefor be determined by the various, evolving light configurations, light-scape(s). These Light_scapes
are data-driven configurations based on the programming of light in
space and in time and constitute a new method of a pragmatic and operational
position of the architect who refuses to fix the structure in a given
state. Yet, besides the operational tool these data driven constructs
can even become a dynamic architecture by themselves, an architecture
of information according to material and immaterial processes in the
construct of space. The architect thus becomes a designer of a generated
and initiated architecture - a process, an architecture of inFORMation
– a metadesign. LAB[au],
laboratory for architecture and urbanism: sPACE //: Navigation
//: sPACE, Navigable Music’ is an online project investigating the impact of IC technologies and particularly, 3D Real Time modeling languages (such as VRML) in the construct of space. According to the objectives of LAB[au] the project constitutes as much a space for theoretical research as a space of experimentation on the forms of spatial, visual and sonic interactions in networked environments. The project thus explores the setting of hypermedia environments and electronic space combining architecture, music and cinema through users’ interactions – navigation within the digital matrix in order to build up connectivity. In sPACE, navigable music, the space is generated in real time according to the position and movements of the user in this e.space (> mix color, > mix image, > mix sound). Operating on the spatial (x,y,z), temporal (t-movements) and sonic (frequency, pitch) parameters, each interaction by the user, navigation, transforms the visual and sonic space. In addition, the recording of movements allows each user to produce a traveling according to cinematic techniques, camera movements and image sequencing - montage. The established relation between the spatial, visual and sonic formalization processes and the editable interactivity of users lead to an experience combining architecture, music and cinematic techniques through movement patterns. The ‘Navigable Music’ thus constitutes a space, in which the user experiments cyberspace by dropping sounds into space, mixing music throughout space and navigation, record its movements to produce an animation, a kinetic music clip, a sharable sonic space.
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lab[au]
- laboratory for architecture and urbanism Founded
in 1995 LAB[au], the Belgian collaborative agency links theoretical
research LAB[a+u] to concrete works of conception and realizations LA.BAU.
In this manner LAB[au] elaborates a 'metadesign' investigating the implications
of new communication and computation technologies within spatio-temporal
(space-time) structures as well as their forms of representation such
as architecture and urbanism. In order to examine these implications of new communication and computation technologies within spatio-temporal structures lab|au| develops a transdisciplinary …> approach based on different artistic, scientific and theoretic methods. As a collaborative agency …>, including different partners from different disciplines, lab|au| sets up a network of transdiciplinary work focusing on the specific modalities of IC technologies in their setting of languages as well as their founding of a discipline, Meta.Design. Based on
new working methods and processes and the setting of new working spaces
such as the 0.1lab and ESDN (electronic space development network] these
collaborative and transdisciplinary processes become an important vector
in the development, diffusion and mediation of projects.
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