And I forgot to share a link that has to do with innovative ways to communicate information through graphs and images. Sometimes it has some very interesting graphs.

It is called "visual think map".

Hello everybody!

Sunday is close, and I suppose most of us are waiting for the dinner to test who is cooking well.:P Kidding of course! However, still the reactions were few on the blog - as far as I remember only eleven people reacted to the previous post. Only Joeri suggested to bring drinks and it won't be of course enough for everybody! So, let's see how we could also split the drinks between us, so as to be able to drink something while eating. Toon, there will be for sure two vegetarian dishes! (we thought of you!). We already have two desserts (Toon and Felicity). So far, Mike and Jan suggested to make a dutch soup, Anouk had said that she would make a salad (is that right?) and Willem today was thinking that pancakes would be a good idea. Greek mousaka will also be on the table and a greek vegetarian dish that still is not decided.
I am making the list, in order to make sure that food will be enough, desserts not more than the food and of course we have to see what we will do with the drinks!

See you all! (please react! :) )

Dear explorers,

This afternoon you all can fill out the days you can not join our enormously amusing, common workshop the Road Trip, to Holland. There’s a list on the BiG Orange Cave/Hill. Without filling out dates your participation will be set. Locations and content is top-secret. One think is for sure, each activity during this week is related towards all of us.

Regards,

On behalf of the Workshop Comity, EXPLORE LAB 9

movienight; A Stanley Kubrick film 'A Clockwork Orange'

Without arguing Tokyo, maybe a good alternative towards the upcoming movie night (next week):

A Stanley Kubrick film; A Clockwork Orange

The film’s central moral question, is the definition of “Goodness”. After aversion therapy, Alex behaves like a good member of society, but not by choice. His goodness is involuntary; he has become the titular clockwork orange organic on the outside, mechanical on the inside. In the prison, after witnessing the Technique in action in Alex, the chaplain criticizes it as false, arguing that true goodness must come from within. This leads to the theme of abusing liberties personal, governmental, civil by Alex, the Government, and the Dissidents manipulating him for their political ends. Concording with Kantian ethics, this critically portrays the “conservative” and “liberal” parties as equal, for using Alex as a means to their ends: the writer Frank Alexander a victim of Alex and gang wants revenge against Alex and sees him as a means of definitively turning the populace against the incumbent government and its new régime

Watch the trailer, and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2NXuQ5ako

Filmnight, THURSDAYnight!

If the Greeks give up on democracy, then who are the Dutch to judge it.. Tokyo it is! The trailer is very promising.
Thursday it is!

Koolhaas about architecture

This video is a lecture by Rem Koolhaas where he explains is way of dealing with architecture - something that goes really beyond the build artifact. I think this guy really is a forerunner when it comes to redefining our profession, especially when it comes to the role of architecture in the megapolis and the influence of global capitalism. The good thing about Koolhaas attitude towards it - in my opinion - is that he takes this condition as a given, not politically correct withdrawing himself from it, but trying to see what the possibilities are to intervene in it.
Well have a look for yourself and maybe we can later on have a discussion about it.

Hallo! I want to democratically suggest that we don 't vote for a film for next week but we just pick my suggestion :P

Have a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TUbDzB7m5U

Dinner reschedule

Hi guys, hope its not too annoying for you but I can't host the dinner this sunday, but next sunday the 11th, would be good instead, if it suits you all?

Sorry for the inconveniance,

Felicity

check, this, its free and too good to bee free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfHGVMODVVU

Hi guys!

CHECK IT OUT..

ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 2009

29-10-2009 until 1-11-2009

'fun' EXCURSION TIME!

http://www.affrblog.nl/lang/nl/program/

As I suppose everybody will see the post in the morning, so, Goodmorning!!
I just found an interesting article about architecture and computation and I share it here. It is called "zeros and ones".

Next filmnight, vote!

Next filmnight: Thursday October 1st! Be there! We'll start at 19.30, so you can go to the Bouwpub first (don't drink to much though, the orange stairs are quite steep...). The rules: clean up your mess, feel free to invite friends!

We have slightly democratized the process: you may now vote which film we are going to show. The film with most votes will be shown (if available). See the poll in the side bar on the blog.

Hi everybody!

Few days now we are discussing about planning a social event. Considering the fact that we don't know each other very well, a first event would rather be an international dinner where we can all get to know better our colleagues. International dinner means that whoever will cook has to make something traditional from his/her country and if there are people that don't feel like cooking, they can bring drinks. The dinner will take place at Felicity's house on 4th of October, at 19:00. It would be better to have some reactions at this post, so that we will have a list of people coming and foods/drinks.

We found that the dinner idea would help having some fun altogether in a different environment to the orange room. We can discuss in a relaxed way while eating and drinking and sharing our cultural backgrounds!.

See you all at the orange room! Waiting for your reactions as soon as possible.

Felicity and Eri

Toon, I think this video is relevant to your topic : Stewart Brand on squatter cities.
And this : Robert Neuwirth on our "shadow cities"

I saw a movie that is very interesting and I add a link to the trailer. It could be an option for a movienight.

The movie is called "My sister's keeper".

Bienale

I am planing to go to opening of this exhibition. It is at 17.00 i think.
Anybody who wants to join is welcome!

http://www.iabr.nl/EN/open_city/_news/parallel_cases.php

Filmnight, sequel!

After positive responses on yesterdays film event, we want a sequel! We can try to arrange it next week or the week after that, wednesday or thursday (sep 30/oct 1 or oct 6/7) at 7.30pm. We can't satisfy everyone, and we are also dependent on the Department. If you want influence, make yourself heard.

We'll decide tomorrow (friday) about the details and try to arrange it!

All of you can suggest movies here. So far, the following movies have been suggested. All of them are must-see classics, dimly related to architecture/science, and accessible, but not too popular.



I am Sam



Rear Window



2001, A Space Odyssey

Hi all!

I was searching on the internet to find material for my topic and I ran into a site that had a very nice project from Venice Biennale, called the "Koolhaas Houselife". The main point was to show that architectural "monuments" are completely different viewed from the people that use them. The lived space exceeds the designed one and it is shown in the movie. (http://www.koolhaashouselife.com/)

Venice Biennale of Architecture: Koolhaas Houselife

Cu all tomorrow at the movie!

Movienight!

IT'S ON!! It took quite some effort to organize this, we've been sent "from the closet to the wall" several times. But we managed to get permission and technical support to use the gigantic projection screen in the orange room! It hasn't been put to a serious test before, so let's hope the audio and projection quality are good. Bring your own drinks and popcorn, and a pillow for your own comfort. Feel free to invite friends. Screening starts at 19.30 sharp, because the building closes at ten.

updates

Aloha,

How's everybody('s projects) doing?
since I'm pretty isolated working on my history thesis and my (damn slow) internet connection is the only connection to what so ever, I hope to get some inspiration of you guys....
Since the blogging depends on feeds,
here is my feed for your brain....

some conclusions so far on the Bijlmer area....
-from the start, there where no typical 'city functions' planned in this area, in order to make the area dependent on the city center of Amsterdam. The origin of this decision is in the AUP(Berlage's extension plan for Amsterdam, 1935), where all the extensions focus on the center. After the war, the extensions become part of the reconstruction plan, and therefore bigger. This resulted in the bijlmerplan for 110000 inhabitants without any city functions, other than those reachable by car or train.

-another huge problem turned out to be the strong separation between living, working, recreation and infrastructure, which has his roots in the CIAM philosophy. The infrastructure should be a connecting element between the separated programme. The main infrastructure is elevated and therefore a huge BORDER in the plan.

more lateron....
please show me your progress....