Movienight !!

mini-symposium

On Wednesday 4th of november Thomas Rau is organizing a mini-symposium about sustainable and healthy schools. This symposium is held in Nationaal Park de Hoge Veluwe, where also the Kröller-Möller museum is located. Maybe it's interesting for those who are fascinated by high schools (me :)), sustainabilty or those who already had the idea to go to the Kröller-Möller. 

More info: http://www.rau.nl/

Movienight !!

We have a plan to have a movie night at the faculty next thursday. We reserved a room (probably in the orange temple). Our plan is to show movies that are connected to architecture or connected to our themes. We start with the movie 'das experiment', but better suggestions are welcome. If the movie night is a success we plan to do it more often.

Hope to see you there

Explorations in the Fall

You have all received some 'datumprikker.nl' spam which invites you to give your possible dates for the big EXPLORATION # 9. Potential dates are from 11 - 16 october, 18 - 23 october, 25 - 30 october. After our meeting today we decided that the trip will be a series of explorative workshops in a journey (probably by borrowed cars!). This will mean we will stay within a certain radius of Delft. (A more faraway exploratory trip to Cyprus will be organized separately by Orcun, probably in November). In order to have a wide range of workshops, each day (and night) will be organized by a different group of people. These people will have to arrange transport, accommodation and workshop material within a budget of 30 euros per day. Our destinations are surprises.

Day 1 may have a theme of enclosure. (Toon and Benny have ideas for a jail in Veenhuizen, a visit to Westerbork or a monastery).

Day 2 may be themed around sensual perceptions. (Mike has some ideas for spending a day with the blind in undefined location).

Day 3 may be set in a more natural environment. (Erik and Joeri are interested to explore an activity involving local materials).

Day 4 may be exploring the urban. (Laura and Natalia will start exploring the topic).

Day 5 may involve an interchange with the university of Eindhoven, the Design Academy and the Dutch Design Week. (ask Eva!).

Of course everyone is welcome and very much invited to join any of the 'teams' that will be organizing the separate days. BLOG!
We will start the exploration excursion on a Sunday night from Delft and end ... in a surprising environment! The excursion group

1st proposal for small things within the dutch territories

Within the frame of "camera japan festival", this documentary will be projected, which is related to Eric's final project. If more people are interested, we could arrange to go all together.

Waiting for reactions!

Workshop back to basic

Hi guys,

This could be an interesting workshop to do at the excursion. (andy goldsworthy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TWBSMc47bw

See you all at 11!

Erik & Joeri

Architecture is a Fragile Enterprise - Kenneth Frampton interviewed

Hi all,

I found this interview of Kenneth Frampton and I thought that it was quite interesting, so I share it on the blog.

For the ones that are interested in exploring the boundaries between architecture, literature and visual arts, I found a book that is relevant. The link is from a portuguese site, but the review of the book is in english.

http://abarrigadeumarquitecto.blogspot.com/2009/08/beyond.html

TED - Idea's worth spreading

Heya guys,

Here's a great little site with loads of fascinating short lectures on thousands of different topics, many of them environmental:

www.ted.com

Jaron

Excursion Suggestion to İstanbul and Cyprus

Hi everybody,
After the meeting on Friday, we had a discussion and we were thinking that the already suggested destinations are very interesting but not fulfilling the needs and expectations of every student. Paris is a city that everybody can reach easily from here, while Iceland is a tempting destination that however might not help everybody. So, we came up with the idea of Istanbul and Cyprus (Nicosia).
Istanbul and Nicosia are two cities that can combine the urban and architectural demands of almost every student's project. Istanbul manages to combine eastern and western influences, providing a diversity of cultures, living habits and images, etc. On the other hand it is a metropole having the manifestations of a capital in many different ways.
In order to be more specific, we will provide links related to the fascinations, creating a map of "interests" for everybody in the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levent

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gecekondu_Istanbul.jpg

http://www.mimdap.org/w/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gecekondu39.jpg

http://www.mekder.org/

http://www.santralistanbul.org/

These are some indicative links of what someone can see and experience there. In Nicosia, however someone can see the division of a city, the difference of two cultures and the way they influenced the urban structure and experience the memory of the city dramatically.

http://www.prio.no/upload/Anita%20Bakshi.pdf

We calculated the cost of the flights and it is less than 200 euros from Amsterdam -Istanbul - Cyprus (return).
We can discuss it on Tuesday at the meeting. Until then, you can have a look and find what everybody finds interesting there.

See you tomorrow then at the meeting,

Orcun and Eri

excursions within the dutch borders :)

hallo!
This is my e-mail: ebosmi@gmail.com

where you can all send me one or two places-spots-buildings-museums e.t.c. that you wanted to visit but have not found the time to do it up to now.

As soon as I have a number of replies, I will make a map so that we can be organised.

Paper model

For the people who have some problems with making a model, and for the ones who love the models given by the repro, I have a solution. Just go to this link and instal the program pepakura. It is a small program to make models with. Just import a 3d model (sketchup or dwg) into the program and it will make a foldout included glue strokes of that model. Now you can make models like this:

Something else!

I was talking with Erik by lunch about a group of French light artist which I couldn't keep from you all. Just check the link and check the videos. It’s brilliant.

Interesting exibition

Specially for issues on informality:
http://www.stroom.nl/

Workshop proposal: Behind bars

In Veenendaal, the north of the Netherlands, there is a prison called De Rode Pannen. This prison was one of the few high security prisons in Holland. It has been closed for over one year, but is still preserved in its current condition as a prison that can be used if extra capacity is needed.

I have asked the maintainer of the building for the possibility to spend a night in prison. If this is feasible (I hope to know this by next week) we can give the workshop more content by an introduction lecture and visiting a prison which is still used. This might be possible in e.g. Breda, Rotterdam or Arnhem. We can organize the last part of the workshop in any case; spending a day/night in prison (without a conviction of course) would be the ultimate goal.

The idea behind the workshop proposal is to get a broader view on social themes of daily life which take place beyond what is visible to us. Although it barely relates to any of our themes directly, we could organize some activities/small assignments that will help you understand social issues. This activity might change your perception on space in relation to society, and would be something that you will probably never have access to again.

How to Become 100% Dutch: Visit a windmill with me.

This afternoon we talked about the excursions. Well, after biking back to Rotterdam I got lost a bit and eventually I was biking through Schiedam. There I saw these beautiful and very tall windmills, I actually had never seen them before. It reminded me of the discussion that we had this afternoon, saying that in many cases you don’t know your own country that well. And suddenly I realized myself that I never visited a windmill! How stupid! I am this guy who lives six meter under sea level in Rotterdam and still I have never visited a windmill! I have to admit that I am not very nationalistic but never having visited a windmill makes me feel a miserable citizen of Holland. Maybe I should make a pilgrimage to Kinderdijk on wooden shoes and sacrifice some tulips. However, I think that’s a bit too much, I will improve my Dutch citizenship by visiting a windmill without pilgrimage. I am thinking about going to Schiedam because they look rather impressive. Maybe the windmill in Delft is also open for visitors. I think it would be great to see the mechanism inside the windmill; to see how it works. If anyone want to come with me: that would be very nice. (Actually a windmill is a very good example of the modernistic dictum “Form Follows Function” – maybe that’s why functionalism was such a successful movement in the Netherlands…)

ps: For everybody interested: my personal blog is named amongmiracles.blogspot.com. Here you can find all kind of stuff I am reading, ideas, and eventually sketches and images.

Workshop Criteria

Hi all,
please all post your criteria(derived form your fascination?) for the workshop(s), so the proposals can be fitted to them.
REPLY THEM TO THIS POST, so we keep track.
if your criteria are specific for a certain workshop, please metion this aswell.

one other(not really unimportant) point:
SIGN your blog contributions,
so other people know eachothers opinions and can reply, it makes the blogging think a lot easier....

thanks,
Joeri

Road Trip

Hi all!

Personally I really like the idea of the road trip! When we decide to go for a road trip I would like to invite you to go to the Wadden Sea, which is added to Unesco's World Heritage List last June. When the water is low, you'll be able to walk from Noord-Holland to Texel (the first Wadden Island). It may be a nice starting or ending point for the trip.

Have a nice weekend and see you all next week!

diving trip

Scuba Diving in swimming pool in Breda.
A small introduction to the diving sport. The sport that allows you to breath underwater and could show you a whole new world you could not see before. We will gather at the train station Breda or Breda - Prinsenbeek I’ll have to check this. Then we will go by car to the swimming pool. The instructor will tell us what we can expect when we go in the water. After this we will do some small exercises outside, in and underwater. These are really the fundamental things you would need to know when you would go diving outside. (like how to built up you equipment, getting ready to go into the water, clearing your mask etc. ) Finally we can swim around so you can get the real feeling of weightlessness.
The equipment that we have to rend and possibly your train ticket will be the only costs. (I’ll will come back to you as soon as possible when I know anything about the price.) The only thing you’d have to bring is your bathing sued, a towel and a lot enthusiasm.

Excursion ideas from Sigrún

Excursion:

First proposal:

Iceland:

Accommodation would be provided in Nýp in the country side, in Reykjavík, I would try to accommodate everybody somewhere, don’t as yet know where but could prob be arranged. If not hotels and youthhostels range from 12 euro in a dormitory.

Ticket from London, is about 200 e, from Copenhagen 230 (with icelandexpress airline which I think is the cheapest www.icelandexpress.is)

This could mean we could stop either in Copenhagen or in London for a while.

Second proposal

Paris:

Paris is a good choice because it could have exhibitions/buildings appeal to a diverse group such as us!

http://www.citechaillot.fr/?langue=us

http://www.citechaillot.fr/exposition/museum/museum_exhibitions.php?id=80

30 Apr 2009 - 22 Nov 2009

LE GRAND PARI(S)

The consultation process was launched at the beginning of 2008 and is being overseen by a steering committee made up of representatives of the State, the City of Paris, the Île-de-France Regional Authority and the Île-de-France Mayoral Association, with the support of a scientific committee of 23 qualified figures led by architect Paul Chemetov and geographer Michel Lussault. President Sarkozy appointed the minister of Culture and Communication to coordinate the consultation process.

Since June 2008, each team has been working to complete the two components of the consultation: “the 21st century post-Kyoto metropolis” and “the present and future analysis of the Paris agglomeration”.

From 29 April to 22 November 2009, the “Le Grand Pari de l’agglomeration parisienne” exhibition will present the results of the consultation.

The proposals of the ten multidisciplinary teams – selected as part of the consultation and working in partnership with architects and urban planners – will be presented at Musée de la Cité :

- Sir Richard Rogers, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners/London School

of Economics /Arup team

- Yves Lion, Groupe Descartes team

- Djamel Klouche, AUC team

- Christian de Portzamparc, Atelier Christian de Portzamparc team

- Antoine Grumbach, Agence Grumbach and associates team

- Jean Nouvel, representative of the Ateliers Jean Nouvel/

Michel Cantal-Dupart /Jean-Marie Duthilleul team

- Bernardo Secchi and Poal Vigano, Studio 09 team

- Finn Geipel, LIN team

- Roland Castro, Ateliers Castro/Denissof/Casi team

- Winy Maas, MVRDV team

An exhibition presenting ten scenarios for the Paris metropolis

For the first time, Musée de la Cité welcomes the ten visions of the future of greater Paris to its collection of casts of French monuments. The exhibition design by 2004 NAJA (Nouveaux albums de la Jeune architecture) award winner Jean-Christophe Quinton presents ten contemporary installations in a historical itinerary, giving each team the freedom to make the most of their space to present their proposal. This approach gives rise to ten different ways of presenting ten research and deve¬lopment strategies.

An exhibition introduced by a major public debate:

“Le Grand Pari(s): à la recherche de nouveaux équilibres”

All the teams consulted will gather at La Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine on 17 March 2009, along with external figures, for a day-long public debate in the great hall of Théâtre national de Chaillot. The teams will be invited to compare their proposals in areas like the environment, economics, social balances and mobility. Actors from other major “metropolitan projects” (Greater London, Greater Madrid, Greater Berlin, etc.) will be invited to share their experiences.

Exhibition presented with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Communication/Department of Architecture and Heritage, and the City of Paris.

On 17 September 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy marked the inauguration of La Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine by stating his wish for international consultation on a «new comprehensive development project for Greater Paris» which would bring together the professional expertise of ten architecture and urban planning agencies.

Other exhibitions include:

Exposition d'Art Urbain

Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

10 Urban Artists on show at the Galerie Anne Vignial. Closed Monday.Tuesday-Friday 14:00-19:30. Saturday and Sunday 11:00-19:30. 53 rue Charlot (Arr 3) Tel: 01 48 87 01 00. Metro: Arts et Métiers.

Metropolis

Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat From: Monday, August 24, 2009 To: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Exibition of Michael Wolf's recent series: Architecture of Density and the later Transparent City. Wolf was a Hong Kong based photo-journalist for many years, and Architecture of Density was his first major art project. Metropolis is a reflection on the architecture of the modern city and on its oppressive influence on the lives of its inhabitants. La Galerie Particulière, 16 rue du Perche, (Arr 3) Metro: St-Sébastien - Froissart.

elles@centrepompidou

Every Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat From: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 To: Monday, May 24, 2010

Women artists in the collections of the Centre Pompidou. For the first time in the world, a museum will be displaying the feminine side of its own collections. This new presentation of the Centre Pompidou's collections will be entirely given over to the women artists from the 20th century to the present day.The programming cuts across disciplines to take a deeper look at the place occupied by women in the culture of the last century, from literature to history of thought, from dance to cinema. Centre Pompidou Place Georges Pompidou, ( Arr 4) Tel:01 44 78 12 33. Métro : Rambuteau, Wednesday until Monday, 11.00 am to 21:00, late evening ( exhibitions only) onThursday until 23:00.

@rt Outsiders: Art and the Environment

Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat From: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 To: Sunday, October 11, 2009

Annual modern art festival, @rt Outsiders, The festival explores issues relating to nature, science and technology. This year, the theme is Extreme Environments, both inhabitable and uninhabitable. Maison Européenne de la Photographie,5-7 rue de Fourcy (Arr 4) Metro: St-Paul or Pont-Marie.

Art@Outsiders

Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat From: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 To: Sunday, October 11, 2009

For the last 10 years the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, exhibits the works of tomorrow’s digital talent. This year, ten artists, worked on the subjects of waste, how to manage shortages and creation under difficult contexts. Not just artistic projects, but sustainable. . Maison Européenne de la Photographie 5/7 rue de Fourcy (Arr 4) Métro: Saint-Paul. Hour: 11:00 to 20:00. tel: 01 44 78 75 00

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Born in the Streets - Graffiti

Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat From: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 To: Sunday, November 29, 2009

Devoted to graffiti and street art, the exhibition Born in the Streets—Graffiti will bring to light the extraordinary expansion of an artistic movement that developed in the streets of New York in the early 1970s to rapidly become a world-wide phenomenon. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain 261, boulevard Raspail, (Arr 14) Tel: 01 42 18 56 50 – Métro : Raspail, Tuesday to Sunday, 11.00 am to 20:00, late evening on Tuesday until 22.00 pm

Avant-Apres

Every day

A new kind of cultural institution and the biggest architectural centre in the world. The opening exhibition is called Avant-Apres, the conscience of time. It aims to show modern architecture where it is most positive, where it has transformed its environment, where it has integrated perfectly into its context (whether topographical or historical), where it has made mankind's life easier, more pleasant and more interesting. Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine Palais de Chaillot - 1, place du Trocadéro (Arr 16) Metro:Trocadéro