Wednesday 6 February 2008

project 3/ the story telling project









the delightful world of fairy tales/ any story can be educational/ especially those which excite ones imagination/ imagination/ entrance to a world that exists as a state of mind/ world/ space

alice's adventures in wonderland/ nonsense?/ try to convince a child about it/ try to convince me/ have you been convinced?/ "after all, everybody's mad here"/ said the mad man with the hat

volkswagen/ people's vehicle/ transporter/ hippy past/ sex/ drugs/ rock/ 'n' roll/ no reminiscent of its past/ no pop-up components/ no beds/ no refrigerator/ camp as a matter of attitude/ activism does not necessarily include physical action

movable components/ not telescopic/ not fold able/ space should be user related/ space should host events

"red is not a colour"/ "red is a concept"/ Bernard Tschumi

room for storage/ space to think/ room/ space/ not equal/ not the same

pedagogue/ inspiration/ mentor/ friend/ enemy/ stranger/ educators

political/ social/ action is necessary/ sustainability of resources/ not only the environmental/ people are resources/ thoughts are resources/ support

“project 3/ trailer school/ ...


...design an educational facility/ vw transporter van/ produce a manual/ conversion/ use/ deployment/ occupation/ crit on 7th february/ 2008”

"semester 2/ introduction/ ...

...look for a new studio place/ public point of exchange/ taking the Architecture studio out in the public realm/ peripatetic”

behold the public point of exchange/ addition of comments is welcome/ very welcome/ comment on anything/ negative comments are much appreciated/ positive should be better thought of/ as always

a priori


Architecture/ often constrained in frames/ art can be a frame/ responsibility/ sustainability/ need for ecological propositions

aesthetics/ proportion/ complete enjoyment of all five senses/ discovery of the sixth/ seventh/ art masterpiece is left to the audience to decide/ decision might take time/ architecture starts now/ yesterday/ it is not art/ will I ever be forgiven for this?

architecture student/ university study must become a risk/ constant testing/ free choice of the media/ free choice of the source of information/ output should be formed by a variety of influences/ academic air is a necessity


fresh start/ not innocent


“no space without an event”/ architectural dictum/ since forever/ warped/ misinterpretation/ often exaggerated when applied in space/ needs comprehension of the event/ overstep the architectural ego/ complicated acrobatics lead to unfortunate spatial assumptions/ oftentimes celebrated

phrase reversal/ not a game/ words always play/ even if the order is changed/ just like the event/ it makes the space/ it is not determined by it