PROTESTOR GUARDING HIS TREE / POLICEMEN GUARD THE DESTRUCTION WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM A PARK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_protests_in_Turkey Summer of 2013 something happened in Istanbul, the monetary system wanted to take the only green space left in Taksim, the GEZİ PARK, wich was the last public breathing point for the people and the reason to [...]
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Tarzans in The Media Forest
Posted in Ismail Gokhan Catikkas, Relational Logic - Critical Readings Also tagged advanced architecture, architectural theory, reading, tarzans in the media forest, theory, toyo ito Comments closed
The Architecture of Atmosphere – One city
Summary of T3-Wigley-Arch Atmosphere-Daidalos68-1998 The text by Mark Wigley deals with the atmosphere in the context of the buildings. The atmosphere is outside the buildings and the atmosphere occupies the space between a building and its context. The atmosphere activates your senses. The atmosphere can be physical as fx moisture and sounds, and gets [...]
Posted in Relational Logic - Critical Readings, Tobias Grumstrup Lund Øhrstrøm Also tagged Architecture Skin, Atmosphere, decor, Frank Lloyd Whright, New babylon, Situationists, special effects, Vast city Comments closed
Course Syllabus
IC.3 SEMINAR - THEORY CONCEPTS 01 - ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS 2 ECTS credits TUTORS: Manuel Gausa, Maite Bravo, Ricardo Devesa. This seminar examines a series of seminal essays on architecture by key thinkers on the twentieth century, that will provide the bases to develop a relevant body of critical thought currently developing outside the prevalent mainstream architectural discourse. The series starts reviewing a general overview of architectural culture at the beginning of the twentieth first century, considering the vast advancements in specialized knowledge, the impact of the information society and the pressing environmental concerns, which are deeply questioning the very basis of architectural practice. It examines how some key architectural practitioners are [...]