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Second PAM talk in my life since the day I join architecture life. The speaker for the night was Prof.IR.Bart Loostma and about :
THE INVENTION OF ARCHITECTURE
Architecture and Everyday Worries
Whether it is politically, culturally, sociologically, economically and last but not least legally, there are forces that shape architecture before one can even think about designing.
It is about turning these forces into something interesting and why that is always a construction.
The workshop will be about why it is important to find local issues. Not in the sense of 'regionalism', but also issues in the sense of problems to deal with. Or opportunities.
Initially, I was finding myself out of the hall because I couldn’t get into his talks. I was confused but after all, I knew and understand the message that he wants to pass to us.
MACHINE as Architecture.
He wants to voice out the relationship between nature, human and machine. How intelligent people are to create something new with the nature and machine together and influence the human lifestyle. How do they find space and create space in the same time.
Prof.IR.Bart Loostma also gave some example of elements of architecture that play a big role in the world. One of the element is ROBOTIC. The picture is showing a group of students are inventing a new sort of machine which can be very useful in the coming architecture worlds. Another machine that really impressed were the 3D printing which leading in the world right now. A piece of detail drawing and it can build you a scale to scale study modal. How amazing was that.
Prof.IR.Bart Loostma also gave his opinion about the relation to human body. He mainly wants to give out the message about the scale and proportion. Firstly, the experiments and posthumanism.like Vitruvian man. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect.
“a little world in which the big one holds its tryouts”
How is the 3 aspects nature, human and machine showing the similar relationship? We are encourage to creating our own task in order to experience and find out the solution. Like Zaha Hadid, she likes to challenge herself by creating a lot of problem. She believed that an iconic building is important because it show how the building show relationship to the nature and human.
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Second public lecture from PAM , Prof Ir. Bart Lootsma -
Electrification Takes Command
From my understanding throughout the talk is basically ; “Build what need than what you want.” Nowadays, mechanical take over the basic human activities. Spaces needed for human is reduced by the mechanical.
Reducing the space but creates place as comfort as before.
Prof. Ir. Bart Lootsma (Amsterdam, 1957) is a historian,
critic and curator in the fields of architecture, design and the visual arts. He is a Professor for Architectural Theory and Head of the Department for Architectural History
and Theory at the University of Innsbruck. He is the
guest speaker for Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia's public
lecture series for the month of February, and he joins us
to discuss his philosophies on design and architecture.
Using those advantages from ROBOTICS mechanical knowledge. House can be printed using 3D printer.
Creating tons of houses with blink of an eye. Impossible is possibly made in the future. With 3D printer, time
need to build houses is reduce and detailing is even perfect as before. Ornament were more uniformed than
those that were crafted one by one. From the talk from this topic, I understand that the 3D printer are actually known as the precasted component of an element of a building. Precast material were made and constructs
like a lego on real life house building.
Shanghai-based WinSun 3D Prints 6-Story Apartment
For the self sustainable objective, the site has to able to produce own food supply. For the agricultural it is possible to organize agricultural production on the area, both for own needs and for the market, which would, following the necessary certification, be based on the principles of organic production. Vegetables and fruits would be primarily produced, both outdoors and in greenhouses, which would result in higher yield due to the favorable climate and irrigation.
Project Solana Ulcinj .
The strategy of sustainable development of salt works. Bart stated that the site was once used as a producer of salt
before the value of salt vanished.The site were abandoned, and professional were assigned to reincarnate the space. Spaces were reorganized and organism. From my understanding, a space will never be place as it didn’t have
activities for the people. As for the project, the designer and planner propose recreational and sport area inside the
site where people go there. Where there is a good user experience then there will be a organism start to active.
Overall, what i learn from the talk is basically about the space from the mechanical system. And the most interesting part is the relation between architecture and urbanism planing. I realize how important is architecture is related to urbanism. Without a proper planning a building never become a place.
Bart’s - Geographical Urbanism
“In the now globalized battle to attract tourists and retain citizens, cities have had to get increasingly creative, often
branding themselves to highlight their unique histories or most striking physical characteristics.” From my
understanding, activities nowadays are mainly lead by the media. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and so on. Every
cities have the political issue. Bart emphasis on the relation between the geographical and landmarks of Innsbruck.
Bringing both side to the maximum value.
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Lecture Series : Electrification Takes Command
Speaker : Prof. Ir. Bart Lootsma
Prof. Ir. Bart Lootsma (Amsterdam, 1957) is a historian, critic and curator in the fields of architecture, design and the visual arts. He is a Professor for Architectural Theory and Head of the Department for Architectural History and Theory at the University of Innsbruck. Before, he was Guest Professor for Architecture, European Urbanity and Globalization at the University of Luxemburg; Head of Scientific Research at the ETH Zürich, Studio Basel; a Visiting Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna; at the Academy of Visual Arts in Nurnberg; at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna; at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam and Head of the Department of 3D-Design of the Academy of Arts in Arnhem. He held numerous seminars and lectured at different academies for architecture and art in the Netherlands.
He gave lecture on theory of electrification takes command. Emphasizing on what computer contributes the world today. For instance, Zaha Hadid Architect used to design by computer command. Another example of the movie mentioned was, ‘Her’. Architecture in the film includes idea of designing comtemporary retro based on machine computing for Los Angeles where part of the city has incredibly changed. I have realised that Machinalism has fit in to humanism world naturally. This is sort of small piece of machine data being transfromed to pieces of architecture.
In 2014, Venice Biennale exhibits Elements of Architecture, shows how the elements of building, such as wall, floor ,ceiling, window, door, lock, fireplace, etc are under influence of computing and simultaneously a space memory could be developed. Their studio work will think through in architectural way and urban implications of situation like pervasive computing, robotics and the Internet. They will always identify both the implications for organization and for aesthetics. His theory was opposed to Manfredo Tafuri, who is a an Italian architect, historian, theoretician, critic like him. For Tafuri, architectural history does not follow a teleological scheme in which one language succeeds another in linear sequence. He thoughts that is a continuous struggle played out on critical, theoretical and ideological levels as well as through the multiple constraints placed on practice. However, Bart Lootsma talked about as many of the technologies and devices that are hidden in architectural elements or wireless and thus invisible by nature. Important that making them visible and communicate their nature to a larger audience, in the form of books, lectures, videos or even exhibition - all made by the students. Also, he talked about challenging architecture at a larger scale when we start to have robotics. Robotics help in 3D printing. An example of pre cast material for ornamentation and building component for apartment and 3D canal house are printed. To me, up-to-date advance technology gives convenience to people which is good. Things can get done faster.
The movie, 'Her'
Robotics by students
Machine for 3D printing
3D printed apartment in Shanghai
3D Canal House in Amsterdam
Bart Lootsma explained his theory of Body & Globe exploring how since the nineteen sixties communication media make a drastic change of our perception today - and of architecture and urbanism. Comparing human being and mechanical devices in a term of scale that urban projects could only be perceived as a whole from a position in outer space. Architecture became torn apart between fashion and design on one hand and the global scale of networks of communication and transport on the other. Few case studies were introduced for experiments in Posthumanism, Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci and Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.
The 3D Print Canal House in Amsterdam North consists of 13 different rooms with various elements each. Each room showcases a research update in shape, structure and material. The entire building chain is exposed: from design to material to production to construction, installation and also design software. The house is printed with the KamerMaker – a gigantic FDM printer that can print elements of 2 x 2 x 3,5 meters, developed by DUS.
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
His villa was simple. Elevating building from earth allowed extended continuity of garden beneath. Long horizontal openings were designed for ventilation and ilumination as well as to image framing breathtaking landscape of countryside.
Image Framing landscape
His research of a Viennese group called Haus-Rucker-Co shows the performative potential of architecture through installations and happenings using pneumatic structures of prosthetic devices that altered perceptions of space. They thought of other ways of doing architecture. Therefore, they made one utopian architecture experiments of 1960s by Superstudio, archizoom, Ant Farm and Coop Himmelblau. I am inspired with their experiments, they designed senses that rely on expression which connected to colours. Viewers will have intense experience because of technology influence such as insulation as well as massage.
Bioplastics
Experiment by Coop Himmemblau
An inflatable structure emerged from the façade of an existing building creating a space for relaxation and play, of which contemporary echoes can be found in the 'urban reserves' of Santiago Cirugeda. This small creation can actually make the whole building as master piece where it has its own identity, not necessary to have big grand entrance, hugh atrium, etc.
Public space Idea
Galaxy chair concept by Walter Pichler, was inspired by space flight and the aircraft industry, which goes far beyond the sixties’ space age. Using unconventional pieve of aluminium as furniture base, which make it seems to float above the floor, while large openings in its perforated sides and back reminds the lightweight constructions of aeroplanes and space rockets. I can see that he, as an artist, saw no boundaries between architecture and sculpture, the chair was a sculpture could be sat on.
Galaxy Chair
Machine + Architecture
Relationship of Nature experiments in Ecology
Bart Lootsma next theory of relationship nature experiments in Ecology is a project of Solana Ulcinj. It is an old company that start salt works in 1913 when they dug a drainage channel Port Milena. Today it artifically, be a man orchestrated ecosystem, where the pre-determined dates filling the pool with sea water to form salt. One of the amazing things surrounding salt pans with alluvial forests, brackish marshes, wet meadows and pastures in the Montenegrin part, with negligible human impact.
Salt work of Solana Ulcinj
Following by the critque of Urban Algae Canopy by ecoLogic Studio of Marco Poletto architect shows great relationship to nature experiments in Ecology. The studio has proposed a new vision of future bio-digital architecture powered by microalgae organisms as part of the future districts project related to food since algae grows alot rapidly. They segregate technology and nature typical of the mechanical age, to embrace a systemic understanding of architecture. In this prototype the boundaries between the material, spatial and technological dimensions have been carefully articulated to achieve efficiency, resilience and beauty.
Urban Algae Canopy
From Bart Loostma, we realized that Okologic-Sport-Stadt or Ecology-Sport-City by Marianne Lercher is designed in the broadest sense of adapting the art to the environment. Sports in nature is a growing problem field. Alot of environmental issues arise when sport science comes in theme. Their works are to identify some ways and approaches of ecological research and investigate the impact of sport ecological manifestations of ecological crisis and environmental crisis. Dealing with the basic concepts sport and nature.
According to the speaker, global warming has become the greatest issue when come to ecological consideration in architecture. However, he refers to the snow management project, Snow Cannon by Jules Spinatsch. This project makes the winter sports industry survives until today. Under the glare of cold floodlights, machines noisily turn nature into a tourist experience with snow cannons at full blast and bulldozers flattening the slopes.
Snow Management Complex
Touching on Hungerburgbahn Funicular by Zaha Hadid, a new way to climb a mountain. She designed the railway station by imitatin the morphology of the Alps in winter, which is the funicular’s course. Bart Loostma theory of Zaha Hadid design is a big contrast to his, where she always try to make huge visible change to atmospheric. Instead, Galaxy Chair by Coop Himmemblau, Bioplastics on head by Haus-Rucker-Co, could give big impact to human though they were only small scale piece of architecture.
Train Station by Zaha Hadid
Olympic Ski Jump by Zaha Hadid
Bart Loostma critques that Zaha Hadid Olympic Ski Jump design definitely has relationship between geographical and the architectural landmarks in and around Innsbruck. Zaha’s buildings in Innsbruck emphasize the geographical landmarks and spectacular events that (may) have happened there or happen there from time to time but are absent and thus invisible most of the time. In the case of the ski jump, it even makes the Bergisel, which normally would not be as spectacular as the events that took and take place there, artificially higher. The funicular turns the climbing of the Hungerburg into a touristic event. Other ways of getting there – by bus, for example - are quicker, cheaper, and have a larger capacity. Both give an existing geography and an existing programme a kind of whirl, like a flag and a banner would do, but they also pimp the spots beyond that. There is an aspect of simulation in them: the artificial slope in the ski jump (used for a large part of the year with a kind of wet Astroturf) and the aspect of turning a funicular up a mountain into a combination of a rollercoaster and a dark ride.
I think Geography is much more powerful than architecture, so in order to shine and stand out, architecture will have to use geography like Le Corbusier or Frank Lloyd Wright.
Resorts in Innsbruck
Moving on to Vally Section Innsbruck located in the heart of the North Tyrolen Alps. It has turned into Olympia SkiWorld Innsbruck with ski slopes as well as tourist attraction places. Bart Loostma crtiques that the arrangement of resort blocks does not even reflect the local culture naturally.
In conclusion, today machine really means alot to human. Human cannot live without machine in this mobility age. However, architecture is relating to machine. Every architect, theoritician, designers will have their different way of approach towards geography and even human needs. Electrification already takes command of the world now. Sometimes, way of approaching is different, but end results turn out to be same. By all means, not necessary a big piece of machine architeture could only creates huge visible change, a small piece of creation perhaps creates greater impact to greater community.
Bart Lootsma is trying to convey message of doing architecture with consideration of nature-human-machine is very important. 3 of those aspects must come together in order ot create one great master piece.
ELECTRIFICATION TAKES COMMAND
BY PROF . IR .BART LOOTSMA
PROF. IR. BART LOOTSMA
Prof. Ir. Bart Lootsma (Amsterdam, 1957) is a historian, critic and curator in the elds of architecture, design and the visual arts. He isa Professor for Architectural Theory and Head of the Department for Architectural History and Theory at the University of Innsbruck.
The talk give us an exploration to econimically, ecologically sustainability approach in designing of architectural projects and the increasing possibilities of robotics as well in its production. The talk also discourse the relation betweeen architecture and the human body when we emerging in the near future. He gave us these aspect by his opinion on differents projects.
In the introduction, he introduce two type of architecture which he categorized into “Zaha hadid” design & "Her".
“Zaha Hadid” architecture is huge visible changes which futuristic ,from a rendered image the of the form ,space and atmosphere of the
architecture give a futuristic atmosphere. From my point from view , these design believed that the architecture is emphasize on atmosphere and environment.
"Her" is a movie about the future, human will rely on the robotics system in their life.The whole futuristic system that yet in the contemporary retro of Los Angeles. Bart Lootsma try to emphasize on the relationship between robotics and mechansim could improve or enhance the quality of living with the architecture. Possibilities of mechanism affects quality of environment and human in the future.
3D printing Apartment in China
One of the project shared by Prof. Bart is the 3D printing Apartment which constructured by robot instead of man power. This project show us the new possibility that robotics in future of architectural practice.
ROBOTICS
Prof. Ir. Bart Lootsma show us the projects by Walter Pichler. One of them is Walter Pichler’s TV Helmet also known as portable living room. It is a isolated space with a television in a single helmet. The intention that i could understand from Prof. Ir Bart Lootsma is to tell us utopian architectonic designs not can only be create by solid building or urban but also by mechanism or other elements. An utopian architectonic design should be defined by user demands.
Project Solana Ulcinj is a crucial project in Montenegro which to reincarnate a abandoned salt farm into recreational and sport area which are both ecologically and economically sustainable.The method and approach of the project is by reorganize and propose new system and activities to support the ecological system of the place. From my understanding, Prof . Bart share this project is to express the relationship between human and environment. A place without any human activities is unable to achieve economical sustainability.
Walter Pichler’s TV Helmet of 1967
Project Solana Ulcinj
Alpine-urban, sporty and dynamic make Innsbruck an exceptional city. Strategies and approach to create a sustainable urbanism of Innsbruck that Prof. Bart share in the talk. What make Innsbruck economically sustainable?
Human activities and social media which is sport, skiing and snowboarding activities in Innsbruck are well known in the world.The sport and social media create the evolution of architecture in Innsbruck. Based on Prof. Bart lecture, I can understand the crucial relationship between human activities and contexts gives impact to the urbanism and architecture.
Innsbruck , Austria
”Different demand, environment and activities make differents approach create different architecture”
We should freed from constraints building and start thinking what we really demand instead of what we want to build. That conclude my understanding of the talk by Prof. Ir. Bart Lootsma.
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As a Dutch architect, historian, theoretician, critic and curator in the field of architectural and design, Bart Lootsman idea and theory is about Electrification takes command. The idea of how the future world and how the technology is changing the world today. Example, zaha hadid uses computer command to design buildings. The movie 'her' also shows how the machine in the city, and with those data transformed to different architecture.
During the talk, he has mentioned about the exhibition Venice Biennale in the year of 2014, Elements of Architecture, shows how the element of building, example wall, floor, ceiling, window, door, lock and others are influenced by computing and the internet slowly evolve to develop a memory and even be the primitive forms of intelligence. Technology has slowly taken the space of human. His theory was totally opposite from the italian architect Manfredo Tafuri.
From my understanding of his idea is to recreate and sustainability when the place becomes dead. A project from bart, the site was once used to produce salt, he was commissioned to reincarnate the site. He proposed recreational sport activity, agriculture production, and slowly it becomes a self sustainable like a new place for people and animal.
Another project, commissioned by the Simrishamn Municipality and currently been exhibited to the public in the local Marine Centrum. Their plan is to incorporate the harvesting and use of algae around different town of the area. The upside down trees are planned for unused ports around the coast. A lot of tiny small bags will hold by the ETFE pedals act as greenhouses for algae production. The algae will grow and become food and oil in “migro towers” near the lakes or other bodies of water. Eventually, the tower not just as a production element, but also a new place for human activity and birds nesting area.
