materials
a3 paper – 10 sheets
pencils: h, hb, b, 4b
eraser
masking tape
straight edge
keep reading texts and check out sorkin's local code
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Project 1a+b
Compare the different streetscapes you mapped critically in terms of
- sizes
- accessibility
- timetable (when is it used most, when least, by whom)
- context (build form framing the streetscape – height, proximity to sidewalk)
- programme (commerce, offices, residential, educational…)
- formal- informal business
- sidewalk and street: materials and quality
- public furniture (what is there, how is it used, does it work)
- safety
- greenery
- maintenance (is it clean, do street lights have light bulbs)
- public – private spaces
- actors and agents (who is paying for the construction, who was responsible for the planning, who takes care of the maintenance, who is using it, are there care takers like security guards, electronic supervision, cameras, patrols)
Point out positive and negative qualities. Use text and illustrations.
Use Michael Sorkin’s Local Code as inspiration and draw up a Street Code for Johannesburg. Consider it as a toolkit that planners/ urban designers/ architects can use as a guideline to design the infrastructure/ spatial backdrop for good streelife. Use text and illustrations.
Week 26
Mo 3 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Crit
Tue 4 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Presentation-Hand In
Thu 6 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Feedback/ Hand Out
- sizes
- accessibility
- timetable (when is it used most, when least, by whom)
- context (build form framing the streetscape – height, proximity to sidewalk)
- programme (commerce, offices, residential, educational…)
- formal- informal business
- sidewalk and street: materials and quality
- public furniture (what is there, how is it used, does it work)
- safety
- greenery
- maintenance (is it clean, do street lights have light bulbs)
- public – private spaces
- actors and agents (who is paying for the construction, who was responsible for the planning, who takes care of the maintenance, who is using it, are there care takers like security guards, electronic supervision, cameras, patrols)
Point out positive and negative qualities. Use text and illustrations.
Use Michael Sorkin’s Local Code as inspiration and draw up a Street Code for Johannesburg. Consider it as a toolkit that planners/ urban designers/ architects can use as a guideline to design the infrastructure/ spatial backdrop for good streelife. Use text and illustrations.
Week 26
Mo 3 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Crit
Tue 4 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Presentation-Hand In
Thu 6 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Feedback/ Hand Out
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
ref: logica
http://www.thenewtown.nl/article.php?id_article=15
http://www.maxwan.com/project/158/type/txt/
LOGICA
HOOGVLIET, 2001
Hoogvliet is a post-war satellite city of Rotterdam presently undergoing a large-scale restructuring process. The International Building Exhibition (IBT) is a project which over the next ten years will guide the transformation of Hoogvliet. IBT commissioned Maxwan to develop the logics of Hoogvliet in order to counterbalance the current ad-hoc and fragmented changes that have characterized the restructuring of the city. The office was asked to find consistency in the new Hoogvliet without frustrating and interfering existing planning processes.The starting point of 'Logica' is the observation that every pleasing city has a certain logic to it, a structure and character which make it recognizable and distinctive. Clear decisions about these properties need to be taken in order to build a strong foundation for future development, decisions dealing with preservation, reinforcement or change. Choosing and designing a limited set of strong characteristics, and maintaining them for a longer period, will help to improve the spatial quality and consistency of Hoogvliet. In effect, the result of 'Logica' is not a typical master plan but a framework that organizes decision making.
Credits:
program 8'000 new homes
client IBC Hoogvliet
country Netherlands
city Hoogvliet
scale L
site area 24ha
partner in charge
Rients Dijkstra
team leader
Milica Topalovic
team
Nuno Garcia, Shinobu Hashimoto, Harm te Velde
http://www.maxwan.com/project/158/type/txt/
LOGICA
HOOGVLIET, 2001
Hoogvliet is a post-war satellite city of Rotterdam presently undergoing a large-scale restructuring process. The International Building Exhibition (IBT) is a project which over the next ten years will guide the transformation of Hoogvliet. IBT commissioned Maxwan to develop the logics of Hoogvliet in order to counterbalance the current ad-hoc and fragmented changes that have characterized the restructuring of the city. The office was asked to find consistency in the new Hoogvliet without frustrating and interfering existing planning processes.The starting point of 'Logica' is the observation that every pleasing city has a certain logic to it, a structure and character which make it recognizable and distinctive. Clear decisions about these properties need to be taken in order to build a strong foundation for future development, decisions dealing with preservation, reinforcement or change. Choosing and designing a limited set of strong characteristics, and maintaining them for a longer period, will help to improve the spatial quality and consistency of Hoogvliet. In effect, the result of 'Logica' is not a typical master plan but a framework that organizes decision making.
Credits:
program 8'000 new homes
client IBC Hoogvliet
country Netherlands
city Hoogvliet
scale L
site area 24ha
partner in charge
Rients Dijkstra
team leader
Milica Topalovic
team
Nuno Garcia, Shinobu Hashimoto, Harm te Velde
Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
draw the walk 1a -- sub|urban sections
groups
a. ameshoff mawabo + gontse
b. nelson mandela bridge eugene + siphiwe
c. old train station abdul + ofentse
d. metro mall jarred + mitchell
a. ameshoff mawabo + gontse
b. nelson mandela bridge eugene + siphiwe
c. old train station abdul + ofentse
d. metro mall jarred + mitchell
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