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LAUNCH OPEN SOURCEKNOWLEDGE SHARING
UNStudio launches open source knowledge sharing - Unique knowledge developed through
building practice is the new core value of a rchitecture.
BEYOND COLLABORATION TOWARDS CO-CREATION
In June this year UNStudio will launch the new organisation of its practice as an open-source
knowledge-based practice operating projects around four specialised Knowledge Platforms.
As part of the reorganisation of the studio a new interactive online knowledge platform will be
launched, aimed at facilitating the open exchange of knowledge, w ith the ultimate goal of
introducing and encouraging the expansion from a collaborative to a co-creative working model
for architecture.
Whilst the architect will continue to design his or her own projects, the practice of architecture
needs to adjust, to gather, edit and apply co-creative intelligence in order to create responsive
architecture that is more integral, more holistic, more responsible and more intelligent.
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Ben van Berkel: “From the outset at UNStudio we have continually reexamined and reevaluated
our practice, with the result that at certain key moments we have recognised the need for
extensive reorganisation. Now, once again, the challenging climate within the profession today
has in turn challenged us to take a close look and to rethink our organisational model with the
ultimate aim of improving our architecture and ensuring its relevance within contemporaryconditions. However, finding ourselves unable to locate a relevant model from within the
profession, we became fascinated by the new initiatives put in place by online start-up
companies - such as social networking firms - who have moved from an old economy to a far
more innovative economy which cele brates communication, open exchange and co-creation.
Believing that architecture can benefit greatly from adopting and adapting such an approach, in
recent years we have set about the reorganisation of our studio into an open knowledge-based
practice.”
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KNOWLEDGE PLATFORMS – AN INTERNAL MODEL
Since the founding of the practice, UNStudio has been developing knowledge as a result of
combining the design and building of projects with an active participation in architectural
theory. Following on a continued interest in geometry, digital production, material effects and
attainable design solutions, this communal knowledge led to the introduction of four distinct
Knowledge Pla tforms to the studio. Whilst the primary objective of our project teams is to
deliver the ‘result’ of architectural thinking (buildings, plans, designs), the objective of the
Knowledge Platforms is to distill knowledge from within the practice of architecture in order to
propel design thinking and innovation.
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UNStudio’s Knowledge Platforms have been developed into self-organised groups, operating as
cross-linked platforms within the studio. Instead of being organised as processes which run
parallel to the design work, the Knowledge Pla tforms form an integrated part of the practice.
Organising the Platform-project relationship in an interactive, non-linear manner allows us to
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effectively combine research with practice, cross-fertilise innovative solutions and discover new
approaches to architecture.
The dual goals of the Knowledge Platforms are facilitating the exchange of knowledge within
the studio and expanding UNStudio’s range of co-creation with our current and future
collaborators. Each Platform, within its specific topic—Sustainability, Organisation, Materia ls, or
Parametrics—is mandated to assemble our project knowledge and produce new knowledge
through internal initiatives and innovative external collaborations.
Caroline Bos: “Our primary goal with the introduction of the Knowledge Platforms is to improve
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our buildings though the creation of new dynamic ways of working and to develop expertise
through knowledge-based strategies and working models. People who join UNStudio can choose
a pla tform that they would like to participate in – and perhaps after a few years they will join 2
or 3 platforms – with the result that they can eventually become specialists in very specific areas
of design. In this way we can create highly concentrated knowledge exchange with individuals
within the company and thereby create more dynamics and more innovation in the creative
process of working with knowledge in design.”
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KNOWLEDGE SHARING - FROM NODES TO KNOWLEDGE, FROM NETWORK TO MESHWORK
Equally essential to developing UNStudio’s in-house knowledge however is the mutual value to
be gained by the exchange of ex pertise with external collaborators. Ben van Berkel: “It is
essential to continuously gather information and to make this knowledge available when
engaging in dialogues with other specialists with whom we collaborate, both within and outside
of the profession.”
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The recent expansion of the profession of architecture has meant that architectural
collaborations have now become increasingly wide and varied, encompassing both the sciences
and cultural fields. Similarly today’s climate calls for an architecture that is responsive to
environmental, political, social, cultural and economic requirements and as such there is call for
an architecture that contains all possible layers of knowledge.
In order to initiate and encourage this exchange of knowledge, in June this year UNStudio will
introduce a new interactive online platform that will share information about our current
research projects and the knowledge garnered from these, whilst actively inviting contributionsfrom collaborators and interested parties. The goal of the online Knowledge Platform is to create
a podium w here UNStudio can become more open w ith its expertise and thereby share
knowledge on a wider scale. In so doing it is our aim to encourage a co-creative approach to
architecture; one which intensifies knowledge and ultimately results in a more responsive
architecture born of innovation through co-creation.
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ARCHITECTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
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ONLINE KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM - THE FIRST STEP
UNStudio’s interactive online knowledge sharing platform is currently in the final design stages,
however in the meantime, we have updated and upgraded our research pages with new
information about current research projects generated by our four internal Knowledge Platforms.
Also integrated in the updated pages is a ‘contribution’ function, which allows readers to
actively participate a nd share their own references and related expertise, rate the usefulness of
information, find related knowledge and share posts on social networks.
In addition a ‘Platform Dialogue’ section has been added in which video content relaying
discussions and events carried out by UNStudio’s Knowledge Platforms can be viewed online.
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This week, Platform Dialogues form Il Salone del Mobile can be viewed on:
http://www.unstudio.com/research/platform-dialogues/furniture-fair-milan-2013
This Summer UNStudio’s online platform will expand to integrate a ‘MyPLATFORM’ function,
which will enable a personal, user-based archiving and sharing functionality and the possibilityto read extensive content offline.
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