tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184859894609656022024-03-14T11:35:54.043+01:00OIKOblog SINT_LUCASÁlvaro Siciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722017418529923108noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-6082419925219365542011-06-01T15:53:00.015+02:002011-06-01T16:10:13.810+02:00Empowering Linden: an example of Architectural Strategy<div style="text-align: justify;">Group 1: The group of Stephan Jud, Weronika Salach and Klaas Dhaene proposed a coherent strategy to implement a suburban campus within the area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI0xqmvIR0mb2nJzh6WtYTajFyQ8eZG4-0ZIcaeJ6OPRwdK5TDjDtaIhKNZjezFx9p7itxnFtaMLl80yTVaAND5mGTHfKhx0LUQM-Zz1l-7JtReh1-nICg_1N5M2s_CTGJDG9eJ6KOXQV/s1600/group+1+masterplan+concept.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 511px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI0xqmvIR0mb2nJzh6WtYTajFyQ8eZG4-0ZIcaeJ6OPRwdK5TDjDtaIhKNZjezFx9p7itxnFtaMLl80yTVaAND5mGTHfKhx0LUQM-Zz1l-7JtReh1-nICg_1N5M2s_CTGJDG9eJ6KOXQV/s400/group+1+masterplan+concept.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613250414194303410" border="0" /></a><br />"With the proposed large-scale strategy and coherent small-scale interventions, the area of „Hoog Linden“ leaves behind its mono cultural „70s-Nuclear-Family“ atmosphere and attracts a wider range of inhabitants such as younger families and students.<br /><br />The core of the strategy is to embed a <span style="font-weight: bold;">university campus </span>over the entire area of Hoog Linden and at the same time maintaining the spatial qualities of this suburban settlement.<br />In this project, the university provides some student accommodations, and sport facilities, all spread over the neighborhood.<br />Parallel to this strategy, forest linkages are created through the quarter by changing the street layout, removing all hard boundaries and giving a forest quota for private parcels.<br />Related to the mobility within the area, a new bus lin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEcFab_YFFbMfjpQZJxYlWibPHdphnZHP0MNqFYSoQrUkGKGsJ7jgK6wJe6jPJqkDZ04NUoFDNKWlmUV7iiQRr4vtOYKtrBakJ6t2ti_Xqtw9kRnTzMQybWYN-2kMBtRc4DWvINvBy7NE/s1600/group+1+masterplan+pilot+project.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 442px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEcFab_YFFbMfjpQZJxYlWibPHdphnZHP0MNqFYSoQrUkGKGsJ7jgK6wJe6jPJqkDZ04NUoFDNKWlmUV7iiQRr4vtOYKtrBakJ6t2ti_Xqtw9kRnTzMQybWYN-2kMBtRc4DWvINvBy7NE/s400/group+1+masterplan+pilot+project.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613250603510148466" border="0" /></a>e is implemented with a high speed connection to the city of Leuven, but this line is also used as an internal line to interconnect the suburb. Gaining importance, the bus stops are now designed as interaction points providing functions such as a bar or a public meeting place.<br /><br />The original inhabitants, mostly retired people, now suffer from isolation and loneliness, and at times are in need of daily care. Embedding a university offers new voluntary jobs such as gardener, bartender or librarian for them but also provides the possibility of visiting or participating in lectures, using the restaurants and cafes, as well as some sport facilities.<br />Living in over-dimensioned houses, the owners could now make small conversions of their houses to offer a broad range of<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQeshTu3cxgTIPEHoh3_TOwNzFIXbbDJCto07ndO62c3EKBMFgepjjOnoBm7_zi_CGYITKTpMWDsB3sPt0IP4qe-nQy2xqJYKD2lMQxgQaXsH1hGeCS8CWL0vQHtNwCx6ZsoS09CbQy-Ey/s1600/group+1+section+pilot+project.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQeshTu3cxgTIPEHoh3_TOwNzFIXbbDJCto07ndO62c3EKBMFgepjjOnoBm7_zi_CGYITKTpMWDsB3sPt0IP4qe-nQy2xqJYKD2lMQxgQaXsH1hGeCS8CWL0vQHtNwCx6ZsoS09CbQy-Ey/s400/group+1+section+pilot+project.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613250725631849026" border="0" /></a> student accommodations and several different forms of living together and maintaining the houses and gardens.<br />By reducing car traffic and establish stronger walking and cycling routes, a secondary pathway system, connecting the different facilities is planned.<br />Since there are many plots unused since the last 40 years, a temporary use such as sports field or a pathway, or even a vegetable garden can be established as an intermediate use.<br /><br />The <span style="font-weight: bold;">prototype architectural project</span>, as a next step, had to prove that a larger house typology such as an architectural university can fit into the existing neighborhood without damaging the intimate fabric of sub-urban sprawl. We chose a specific site where all the ingredients of the strategy could be retrieved and decided to house the department of architecture on this spot.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GFDo9MQGatB39I31POvTscONvr1CQQ0LIbVazujbs-toHRFXUnRAm0hGUM6VvZGhkubFL9ZDzptM8vcrWKGPf_hoZlBVuKBQGlhqdSqZXmcG772H7n92DmkdgKzVnZl6FbaUytenppXt/s1600/group+1+architectural+interventions.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 507px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GFDo9MQGatB39I31POvTscONvr1CQQ0LIbVazujbs-toHRFXUnRAm0hGUM6VvZGhkubFL9ZDzptM8vcrWKGPf_hoZlBVuKBQGlhqdSqZXmcG772H7n92DmkdgKzVnZl6FbaUytenppXt/s400/group+1+architectural+interventions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613250838898078018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The new campus buildings should be embedded in the landscape and interact in a self-evident way with the existing surrounding houses. Therefore, we terraced the large studio building and attached it to one of the existing houses. The neighboring studio and administration office adapts to the typology of the flat roof, setting itself into the background against the expressive auditorium building, which faces the inside square.<br />The bus stop faces the main entrance to the public accessible café and library.<br />A consequence of the new linkages between the forests is the partial redesign of the streets inside the forest strip. The intention was to change the surface of the street to mark the entrance to a different area. The choice for Belgian cobblestones is a wink to the recently built “Fermettes“ and, in combination with random planted trees a measure to slow down the car traffic.<br />The new buildings partially appear on the street in a way to invite the inhabitants to participate and to use the facilities provided on the campus.<br />The embedding of the buildings according to neighboring structures allows to create a different, more intimate although public atmosphere inside the plot grid, due to the lack of hard borders and the inviting shapes of the inner streets. "<br /></div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-38065963436867204192011-06-01T09:44:00.008+02:002011-06-01T09:52:34.928+02:00Empowering Linden: Architectural Strategies Presented<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQn2FACBo3ZlQY9l87l37CtlnUrzdNGKz1F-Cp2bt_uH2Fq5OdH_j1TOguZFcNLjyNEc3lAa4ziPVgjNmUh4_wZqgO1svZGCu4qOf1vrWGk9RuQV5X7wY4IabHErQZBq8_qRIGcuviLSHR/s1600/review+2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQn2FACBo3ZlQY9l87l37CtlnUrzdNGKz1F-Cp2bt_uH2Fq5OdH_j1TOguZFcNLjyNEc3lAa4ziPVgjNmUh4_wZqgO1svZGCu4qOf1vrWGk9RuQV5X7wY4IabHErQZBq8_qRIGcuviLSHR/s400/review+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613154889571474130" border="0" /></a>Yesterday, the students from the International Master Design Studio, campus Brussels, presented their architectural projects to “Empower Suburbia” in Linden, near Brussels.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nine groups explained to a jury their micro-interventions for the studied suburban area to inject new activities and reconfigure the built environment, anticipating the growth of an elderly population and responding to higher environmental demands.<br />The different groups of international students proposed strategies to add new activities (campus, civic centers...), to subdivide or share the existing dwellings and gardens, to reconfigure collective spaces or to redefine the visual, physical and territorial borders at different scales.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Proximity</span>, social cohesion and sustainability were the main issue during all discussions.</div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-29747758727842366442011-05-25T19:23:00.006+02:002011-05-25T19:30:34.474+02:00EMPOWERING SUBURBIA: architectural strategies in Linden<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuVw6mlmbxP1_brcqXOdnRD3SWupcgF90ReEDC-oPkNgAEwQR9ewD_bWYrbz8RF4UeV46P9TAXLC6x3JnNHv0ESqoPHBmD9HV0VEaX23Zya_YsBVhamIpapmX2wqK1WyPwX-mstCXq8k_/s1600/Leming+Linden.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuVw6mlmbxP1_brcqXOdnRD3SWupcgF90ReEDC-oPkNgAEwQR9ewD_bWYrbz8RF4UeV46P9TAXLC6x3JnNHv0ESqoPHBmD9HV0VEaX23Zya_YsBVhamIpapmX2wqK1WyPwX-mstCXq8k_/s400/Leming+Linden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610706458632661138" border="0" /></a>The new task our Sint Lucas students are working on seeks to present architectural interventions, demonstrating coherence with the previously presented micro-urban strategies and solutions as how to empower the studied LINDEN suburban area to adapt to recent social, economic and environmental challenges, respecting as much the current composition of inhabitants and their future needs.<br />As many architectural interventions follow urban infill strategies or densification processes in suburban regios, these low dense landscapes are vitally renewed to obtain a more sustainable use of space.<br /><br />Objective<br /><br />The main goal of this latest task is to present “architectural sequences” within the Linden area that illustrate the impact and efficiency of the further developed micro- urban strategies. The architectural interventions should give an answer to the previously discussed problems and potentials for the selected pilot projects and prove coherence with the proposed model of proximity.<br /><br />Our students will upload their (final) presentations as a post on this blog.<br /></div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-5044244928942914492011-05-12T17:25:00.000+02:002011-05-13T22:45:00.950+02:00From Görku to Linden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7dwHys2-537DhqOAR5hFpax7Ck5fgG9yDuC0LVdKbT-z-A143ga_Meo9LVu-ZL7CHA4PQg_2vnhN7Z0lTZp1MeKhSumi_wlQvjcPtGtS2v3eYx5FjONUjYVEfePJ2RiO0APb_0p0rS8/s1600/presentation+Sint+Lucas.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7dwHys2-537DhqOAR5hFpax7Ck5fgG9yDuC0LVdKbT-z-A143ga_Meo9LVu-ZL7CHA4PQg_2vnhN7Z0lTZp1MeKhSumi_wlQvjcPtGtS2v3eYx5FjONUjYVEfePJ2RiO0APb_0p0rS8/s400/presentation+Sint+Lucas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605851182973543554" border="0" /></a>This week, our students returned from the workshop in Istanbul and again joined the local design studio as part of the International Master Program in Sint Lucas Brussels. These students, Klaas Dhaene, Hulda Sigmarsdottir and Madalina Cheregi, started the last studio session with a presentation of the workshop outcomes, as all students are supposed to build on these obtained results.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A critical reflection on proximity, that refers to the Istanbul experience on the Görku site, can now occur for the project on the Linden site: by the end of the month, all studio groups will present, besides a scenario for growth or transformation, an architectural translation to implement the underlying urban vision for the area.</div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-20114871984637170012011-04-08T15:49:00.010+02:002011-04-08T15:59:29.821+02:00Housing and Proximity: a bike trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn5y__oQInlW4ntx3yTPNim9wTRNDZBYIwtVZn2woYxdvs7swwewrQB3nK-V7abPNpRpmHOCF9TYP0HOQ58QRIjAw-kFJ6RxpM4AHdwgA8sY-n-8qUOfhRzZV5Y-rbJq-SjiqeADH1dpd/s1600/CIMG5171.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn5y__oQInlW4ntx3yTPNim9wTRNDZBYIwtVZn2woYxdvs7swwewrQB3nK-V7abPNpRpmHOCF9TYP0HOQ58QRIjAw-kFJ6RxpM4AHdwgA8sY-n-8qUOfhRzZV5Y-rbJq-SjiqeADH1dpd/s200/CIMG5171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593211501608843026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-T1mSj3DEqiwJRSYBACChdlmS1UO23rjg44_Zr_KVTBkhqXHqhROOejHouIrFXNtmUtYzfEDGDu5eNdDV-ComX7F_bQ3MCDwxexZRoFof3emYaCzQRLBYGiBTN9oSB95YaLQh9arBmcV/s1600/CIMG5168.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-T1mSj3DEqiwJRSYBACChdlmS1UO23rjg44_Zr_KVTBkhqXHqhROOejHouIrFXNtmUtYzfEDGDu5eNdDV-ComX7F_bQ3MCDwxexZRoFof3emYaCzQRLBYGiBTN9oSB95YaLQh9arBmcV/s200/CIMG5168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593211098632361026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Last week, as part of our "Designing Proximity: Urban Context" Learning Activity, we decided to cross the study area by bike. We started in the city of Leuven from where we cycled through the Linden suburbia, trying to map different scenarios of proximity. The tour illustrated the importance of Belgian or Flemish fiscal and social politics, favoring a wide-spread low dense landscape, based on individual home ownership.</div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-88210294717502071532011-03-25T11:10:00.005+01:002011-03-25T11:18:18.611+01:00What-would-happen-if experiments for Linden: Housing and ProximityThe selected study area in our design studio, the suburban area of Linden, at the Eastern part of the city of Leuven, is characterized by a residential low dense urban fabric, fragmenting the available natural environment.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The objective of our last task was to map a set of urban parameters that define models of proximity on the site, at different scales. The methodology for this exercise was to develop a series of “what-would-happen-if experiments”, questioning the limits and flexibility of the studied area. These experiments refer to plot size, plot and building orientation, distance regulation, territorial depth schemes, presence of overlap, barriers or gaps within the configuration of territories.<br />By doing so, each of the 9 groups came up with a series of design strategies, now to be further developed...<br /><br /><br />Group 1<br />Weronika Salach / David Barrero Gonzalez / Klaas Dhaene / Stephan Jud<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1M6MnbmH5Mc9MDDd8tDvP_1XjxzNQOWXnpkdJFCznZ9cBZ-EqjdFHJP3I9mzFmK6JH75Pdj9WU3GUFTr3ZQn8-celi3ZMBt_aZX66vOk4VEekOiRecEfbWsw3so0JCkq0jdiSrguwbz3/s1600/Image+group+1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1M6MnbmH5Mc9MDDd8tDvP_1XjxzNQOWXnpkdJFCznZ9cBZ-EqjdFHJP3I9mzFmK6JH75Pdj9WU3GUFTr3ZQn8-celi3ZMBt_aZX66vOk4VEekOiRecEfbWsw3so0JCkq0jdiSrguwbz3/s400/Image+group+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587959052772387586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">“In our scenarios, we examined in a first step the consequences of large changes in ground pric</span><span style="font-style: italic;">es (Scenarios A & B), and then in further steps the impacts of a loss of building regulations and the implementation of a different function.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We did our research in 3 different places which seem to be not that different from each other than we first concluded, being much more a continuously developed suburban settlement. By defining simple, clear rules, we examined what would happen if we change the parameters of living.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Most of the wor</span><span style="font-style: italic;">k was done on the scale of plots and by thinking about how to in-/ or decrease the density on the plots itself, although the existing buildings seem to be underused and could easily be converted to accommodate more inhabitants without building completely new ones.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">After having examined those four scenarios, it seems that we have to blend them together, especially as the implementation of a different function will change the mechanism of this suburban settlement. Also, we want to go further into the scale of houses itself, especially as they are mostly very solid and durable constructions which represent a certain value.”</span><br /><br /><br />Group 5.<br />Maria Elorriaga Los Huertos / Mariia Grachova / Katarzyna Juszczyszyn / Didem Zkizilcik<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">“We ba</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAznlwejQAviqrMTyCLEj0QjU7QBbDmvO4ldeuEH7wEHMIjX4gsNd5ES1qVRRh_WSIlCrl9GMJq80PIVE03HdyM-dGldDVHttTfMSBYhvFfjHtzH08cCu714M4lvlxCY1BRna2LIlb9K5/s1600/image+group+5.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAznlwejQAviqrMTyCLEj0QjU7QBbDmvO4ldeuEH7wEHMIjX4gsNd5ES1qVRRh_WSIlCrl9GMJq80PIVE03HdyM-dGldDVHttTfMSBYhvFfjHtzH08cCu714M4lvlxCY1BRna2LIlb9K5/s400/image+group+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587959271602271826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">sed our work on 4 different experiments. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">What if the posi</span><span style="font-style: italic;">tion of houses would have been different?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">If there would appear the situation in the planning, that every 3 houses should share their garden. We thought it might be interesting for the neighbors to get to know each other better, and stimulate social cohesion. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">What would happen if the garden strategy would change?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We discovered the overall presence of “representative” front gardens in Linden. We thought that it would be interesting to look how the situation changes if we take the front garden away, and make the communal back garden for all the neighbors to work in (maybe a few hours on weekend)</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">What if there would be different street connections?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We thought that it is worth taking into account the influence of the street network at the citizens of Linden. Because they all use the most common crossroads and ways to get home. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We did experiment of how the situation will change if we make other crossroads and streets then “main” ones, changing hierarchy.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">What would happen if we create the common public space not in the center?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">This experiment is more like a possible conclusion to the general problem that we tried to solve in the previous experiments. As there are many retired people in Linden, we wanted them to have common spaces, that they can easily reach and meet with people from all neighborhood. Because the existing few places where they can meet now are the only ones in the center, which is quite far to rich for them without taking car.”</span><br /><br /><br />Group 8<br />Weronika Kowa / Smaranda-Madalina Cheregi / David Raquel / Guillaume Harache<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIg5inSqnr9Tz5LpGq6tpswgvzuOehYMFcJO_TkL3g6CjNABex7_GVx9I4pZL0DNT5udNtuQze3jpTU4Gn8ewtBkGGsEvRJeXwamqa0Wt0PsEq_rVRbA3jwgtbXfFmzOhyH-k8dDKzbNk/s1600/image+group+8.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIg5inSqnr9Tz5LpGq6tpswgvzuOehYMFcJO_TkL3g6CjNABex7_GVx9I4pZL0DNT5udNtuQze3jpTU4Gn8ewtBkGGsEvRJeXwamqa0Wt0PsEq_rVRbA3jwgtbXfFmzOhyH-k8dDKzbNk/s400/image+group+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587959452794045362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">“Our experiments were oriented towards the different ways in which people would share space built on the hypothesis that there were no more laws and regulations to confine private and individual areas.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">One scenario was the following: the government goes bankrupt and pulls away from any decision taking in the area; all documents regarding people’s private property are lost, houses being perceived as separate entities spread in the land. New property limits would be defined, according to a simple mathematical rule: merely dividing by 2 the distances between every 2 houses. The direction of this experiment is answering the following questions: what happens to the neighbor to neighbor relationship? Can we still speak about public space? </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We looked at 2 extreme possibilities: the ideal case in which the new land divisions would bring people together for making decisions regarding the shared spaces, versus the worst situation when everyone takes their own decisions, leading to a complete anarchy.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The other scenario was looking at the possibility of transforming the suburbia into an area served only by e-shopping; this new system for providing goods, together with the development of teleworking and ‘virtual’ jobs, might lead to the complete isolation of people; our question is: would there be still any need for sharing spaces?”</span><br /></div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-34057028240616191392011-03-14T10:11:00.008+01:002011-03-14T12:12:01.458+01:00Joint Meeting GHENT/BRUSSELS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyAnAkY_Jnxz7catlzKRhenoDWVvlSfBbojDTs3BGgQpTgsLRw4EMtFNXD-JNqAEKeiqSLnpc6Wo-IbimKJdJIjAKAhu1mzEc5l3sDJJUCCVtU3_mP6npWEY1idZZmpULbSuOKr3NCrjA/s1600/studentmeeting_GD_BXL.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyAnAkY_Jnxz7catlzKRhenoDWVvlSfBbojDTs3BGgQpTgsLRw4EMtFNXD-JNqAEKeiqSLnpc6Wo-IbimKJdJIjAKAhu1mzEc5l3sDJJUCCVtU3_mP6npWEY1idZZmpULbSuOKr3NCrjA/s400/studentmeeting_GD_BXL.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583863434294255650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Last Friday, the OIKODOMOS participants of WENK Sint Lucas Architecture School of both campus Ghent and Brussels met to exchange ideas about the following housing topics:<br />-Collective space<br />-Universal Design<br />-Compact City<br />-Proximity<br />-Urban Structure<br />The objective of the assignment was multiple: first, to define a general conceptual framework for the topic, second, to relate the topic to sites or projects that illustrate the importance and relevance of the discussed topic. Last, this excercise helped to critically review the mentioned topics, and suggest possible ways of applying them in housing projects.<br />To be continued...</div>Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-26359953979176844302011-01-05T20:13:00.000+01:002011-01-05T20:14:22.425+01:00Tk 9_Description<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">This is the final output of the design studio from the Learning Activity 18.<br />Each group presents minimum 4, maximum 6 A1 panels (landscape orientation) containing <br />the following: <br />-The general concept of the project: ageing and the library <br />-The reading and interpretation of the site and its proposed intervention(s) <br />-The spatial and programmatic lay-out of the building(s) (interior and outdoor spaces) <br />-The unique qualities of the site-specific intervention(s) <br />-The accessibility of the building(s) and its direct surroundings (relation to workshop outcomes)<br /><br />All the panels will be mounted in an evaluation exhibition formation in Sint-Lucas Gent on<br />January 12th 2011. </span>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-34589740021963270742011-01-05T20:11:00.001+01:002011-01-05T20:12:43.134+01:00Tk 6_Description<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">This task continues the design studio work and was submitted after the inetmediate review of November 10th.<br /><br />The students were asked to upload 2 din A1 landsape formate in pdf<br />containing:<br />a concept<br />an opinion<br />a mission statement<br />on the relation bewteen ageing and knowledge (lifelong learning, re-skilling)<br />The panels should investigate (contain the investigation) of the realtion between dwellings for an ageing population and knowledge....<br /><br />All information that is uploaded should be 'general' in the sence that it is not site-specific and can be understood by other students who are not working on the Waalse Krook or the topic but is usefull in the study of dwelling.<br /></span>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-64738377925141578942011-01-05T20:05:00.003+01:002011-01-05T20:10:51.516+01:00Tk 3_Description<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">Naming the Thing</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">This is the first task for the design studio in the first semester in Sint-Lucas School of Architecture.<br /><br />Using the information from the introduction lecture on the design studio and on the problematic of an ageing population, the students should express a personal stance, a statement, an opinion or a question on the topic of the design studio and/or the assignment.<br /><br />The result is one PDF din A3 landscape that should act as a first intuitive mission statement and guide for the next fourteen weeks. This statement can be a baseline, a slogan, a sketch, an image, a text, a collage...<br /><br />The task is performed and finalized during the design studio session of October 6.<br />The students work in teams of three and uploaded one A3 per team.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 72, 93); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">You'll find a description of the design studio topic and assignment in our previous posts. </span></div>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-40762849579477809302010-12-14T09:48:00.003+01:002010-12-14T09:59:55.047+01:00WORK IN PROGRESS: WAALSE KROOK<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsHkKDXoeF73zraj2QNo_nwNeGaMF-zicYB8SiNQC3lxH2CdHuaQxGZr_FcpGil9EwUylG8NQBg76VB5aP0Z1So4yf6mvFVOl6f7UEGMNDQYc0QYuHHnHjtLaSc6A1Dwe53U1hHvaifnf/s1600/oikodomos+example.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsHkKDXoeF73zraj2QNo_nwNeGaMF-zicYB8SiNQC3lxH2CdHuaQxGZr_FcpGil9EwUylG8NQBg76VB5aP0Z1So4yf6mvFVOl6f7UEGMNDQYc0QYuHHnHjtLaSc6A1Dwe53U1hHvaifnf/s320/oikodomos+example.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550459448210703426" border="0" /></a><br />WAALSE KROOK<br />The library and the ageing // the ageing and the library, two mirror studio’s<br /><br />Students are now fully developing their projects: they focus on:<br /><br />-the rethinking of the contemporary library (knowledge) function within the project<br />-the rethinking of contemporary domicile projects for an ageing population, to avoid social isolation and stimulate productivity<br />-the spatial qualities of the proposed intervention (building)<br />-the proposed added value of the project within the city<br />-the coherent translation of a conceptual idea into a site-specific urban project<br /><br />The final presentation is scheduled for January 12th.<br />To be continued...<br />(image, previous presentation by K. Milakova, G. Dopchie & R. Galtès)<br /><img src="file:///Users/scheerlinck/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" />Kris Scheerlinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188577561727350539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-91165516261959541102010-11-23T17:05:00.004+01:002010-11-23T17:12:17.296+01:00Councilor Department of Welfare and a local television station came to visit the D.M.S.C. workshop today.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAwEOcCY7xMG3IxwIoh6EKHR2qMZh7iVdbp5XAu1DFFSHwSLTmbyO2LK7gFwzuFlyQ439lfVKdgxL4ILyTcoAsN9qThMtW5OOPFQVLCFE7zXyzGA0zJF55GyI7qALZhJf1YzowP6dpZM/s1600/DSC_4352.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAwEOcCY7xMG3IxwIoh6EKHR2qMZh7iVdbp5XAu1DFFSHwSLTmbyO2LK7gFwzuFlyQ439lfVKdgxL4ILyTcoAsN9qThMtW5OOPFQVLCFE7zXyzGA0zJF55GyI7qALZhJf1YzowP6dpZM/s320/DSC_4352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542777361525790658" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">from left to right: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">Marc Dujardin (Sint-Lucas), Neelke Vernaillen (Municipality), Guy Renebeau (Councilor), Ivo (Blindleague), Herman Caulier (Blindleague), Dag Boutsen (Head of Department Sint-Lucas), Karin Samson (Blindleague)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">photo: Sam De Praeter<br /></span><div><br /></div></div>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-59163265433754814762010-11-22T15:39:00.002+01:002010-11-22T15:48:12.865+01:00D.M.S.C. workshop, Universal Design for AC Gent Zuid<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At this moment the students are talking part in the "Designing the Multi-Sensorial City Workshop". (D.M.S.C.)</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The D.M.S.C. workshop starts on the 15th of November and runs until the 24th. The general theme is that of Universal Design and reconnecting designers with (impaired) end-users.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Students will(re)design the spaces of an administrative complex of the City of Gent. They will be looking at the spatial design of the front, mid and back office organisation in a universal designerly way.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The partners for this workshop are the blindleague, wheelchair users and the municipality of Gent. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I will report on this event later in the Blog...</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p></div>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-84074996538586468192010-11-22T15:36:00.003+01:002010-11-22T15:38:31.998+01:00In full effect...<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">Our winter semester 2010-2011 design studio is in full effect and running since September 29.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">So let me report on what we have done so far and how:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">Students meet and work in weekly design studio sessions in the Sint-Lucas school of architecture. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">The oikodomos project in the first semester of 2010/2011 is integrated in the International Design Studio in Gent. 61 international students (coming from Finland to South Africa, Japan to Portugal)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">We have enrolled 18 of them in the oikodomos project, in 6 teams of three students.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">For more information on the course and the school check the website of the Sint-Lucas Master of Architecture at: http://www.architectuur.sintlucas.wenk.be/index.php?id=3228 </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">The overall task consist in the design of a Hybrid Building containing dwellings and a contemporary interpretation of a library. Half of the teams work on a hybrid where the surface of dwellings is higher then the surface allocated to the library, the other half work on the opposite.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">The site, called Waalse Krook, is located in the historical centre of Gent.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">Site photo:</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVgP74eAlUMHkSOs8sHIXTlCxpmvjhmV6lqItXOC19-EPqo85UYTZEWEzJPRYRGYiuHGLUXOZKKq0aSfV2_NB__nrQlap6ZIXNNA1pTs48yFMfGWxir_wgBvkaC7ECYCHMr4SL0lR3fo/s320/ma1ar%2528intl%2529introductie+DS1011-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542383256941851394" /></p>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-81273924179085375742010-11-22T15:33:00.001+01:002010-11-22T15:35:53.857+01:00Context of the Design studio: The Libray and the Ageing/The Ageing and the Library, two Mirror Studios<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26hwzdlTmhRs50fHIoxaoh0Up8NnnhwBlcXY465DAUu8TgOqDaNi0dhA3r_4xac_v09WbOzf-2d46NUGWe10_Z4mI16jnQ7Vud6CBJe-U9LGbnqyhrOKtezjXIAmwu6caR5xxCKu2T_w/s1600/ma1ar%2528intl%2529introductie+DS1011-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26hwzdlTmhRs50fHIoxaoh0Up8NnnhwBlcXY465DAUu8TgOqDaNi0dhA3r_4xac_v09WbOzf-2d46NUGWe10_Z4mI16jnQ7Vud6CBJe-U9LGbnqyhrOKtezjXIAmwu6caR5xxCKu2T_w/s320/ma1ar%2528intl%2529introductie+DS1011-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542382493514144338" /></a>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-8491660385512515392010-11-16T15:35:00.001+01:002010-11-16T15:37:22.328+01:00The library and the ageing //ageing and the library, two mirror studios<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Hi Welcome on our oikodomos design studio blog!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">The overall theme of the design studio is: User Oriented Planning and Design and Social Sustainability</span><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">There are four items that constitute the context of this design studio: The innovation competition of the City of Gent, OIKODOMOS 2, the problematic of an ageing population and the D.M.S.C. workshop (designing the multi-sensorial city).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Title of the design studio is: The library and the ageing//the ageing and the library.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Students will investigate the (spatial) (geopolitical) effects of an ageing population and develop a contemporary theory/philosophy on alternative formats for collective living and then express this theory architectural.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; ">The design studio aims at investigating in a designerly way the relation between an ageing population and knowledge (re-skilling and lifelong learning, the library) in an urban context.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; ">Students will design a hybrid project containing dwellings for an ageing population and a library//a library and dwellings for an ageing population.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; ">The site is an inner city zone: Waalse Krook in Gent (BE)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; ">The D.M.S.C. workshop starts on the 15th of November and runs until the 24th. The general theme is that of Universal Design and reconnecting designers with (impaired) end-users. Students will (re)design the ground floor of an administrative complex of the City of Gent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" mce_style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; ">The design studio runs for 14 weeks and starts 29th of September.</span></p></span>tomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766530518920968970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918485989460965602.post-36081600359046448092010-10-20T17:18:00.002+02:002010-10-20T17:18:58.793+02:00YOUR ACTIVITYPlease describe here your courses which will be part of OIKODOMOS 2010-2011Leandro Madrazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499547758166221415noreply@blogger.com0