New Concept Architect_MOVE

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The n e w concepto f the archi tectThe architect is going to be t he f ashion des igne r of

f ut ur e. Lea rn ing f rom Calvin Klein, t he a rc hi te ct w il l

concerned with dressing t he f ut u re , s pe cu la ti ng ,

anticipating coming events and holding up a mirror

th e world. The a rch i tec t' s p rac ti ce wi ll be organised

as a l imit less vi rtual s tudio, l ike Andy Warhol's Facto

scattered; a network of supe rs ta rs . Ne twork p rac ti ce

extends eXisting f or ms o f c o- op era ti on w it h c li en ts ,

i nvesto rs , u ser s and t ec hn ic al c on su lt an ts t o i nc lu dedesign engineers, finance people, management gur

process specialists, designers and stylists. The ne w

architectural ne twork s tud io is a hybrid m ix tu re o f

club, atelier, laboratory an d ca r p lan t, encourag ing

plug-in professionalism. As in contemporary manuf

tur ing, eff ic iency an d diversity, continuity and diffe

entiation ar e i nsepa rab le , w i th customised A ud is a n

Volkswagens roiling off t he s am e p ro du ct io n line.

Making use of new technologies, the network archi tec t

benefi t s f rom th e increased transferability of knowledg

The w ill to inve nt is fundamental, ensuring that th

ba si c value s of t he d i sc ipl i ne , ranging f ro m g eo m et r


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to materlallsatlon, a re a lw ay s e vo lv in g. B ec au se al l

experiments require proof of evidence, the exper imenta l

practice continually oscillates between th e abstract

world of I deas and th e physical world. New procedures

and new techniques ar e tested out in site-specific,

project-based experiments.

The actual design process of architecture will be l ikemaking a film: I nv is ib le r esea rch and bus ines s culmi

nating Into a short t ime of in tense act ion , when mixed

teams d ec id e h ow to f it ou t a ne w ci ty, a new airport.

Time Is on th e architect 's side. Th e correlative

approach to plan deve lopmen t makes us e of the

mapping of t ime to reveal relations In Informat ional

data an d logistics. Developing specif ic vlsualls lng

techniques , re- th lnklng virtual an d material organisa

tional s tr uctu re s , engag ing publ ic space, pUblic forces

an d t he p ub li c I ma gi na ti on , p ut s t he architect once

more at th e centre of hi s ow n world. New concepts of

control transform t he u nt en ab le p os it io n of master

bu il de r Int o a public scientist. As an expert on everyday

publ ic In fo rmat ion , th e architect collects Information

that Is potentially s t ruc tu r ing , co -o rd ina te s i t, t rans

fo rm s It an d offers I de as a nd Images fo r th e organi

s at io n o f p ub li c l ife In an endless, seamless system.

D ee p " 'a n

The new architect faces a new assignment. Increasing

involved as th e architect Is in th e r ea l is at io n o f

bridges, motorways an d urban revltalisatlon plan

alongside houses, offices an d publ ic bui ld ings , th e

t radi t ional procedures of practice ar e becoming

inadequate. Urban nodes and Infrastructure ar e sof th e most Important ques t ions facing a rch i tec tu re

at th e moment. In response, public network projec

are developed using a strategy we call Deep Planning

Throughout history, urban strategies have been relat

to social-polit ical strategies - from th e Neo-Platonic

Renaissance city, to the Haussmannisatlon of Paris

th e equal-potent ial s t ructure of th e grid an d Decon

s t ructiv ls t f ragmentat ion.

Equally politic is th e move fro m th e traditional int

pretation of t he u rb an p la nn in g p ro ce ss a s a shifti

around of volumes on a planar surface to a complet

new approach based on ne w techniques an d a ne w

c o- op er at iv e w o rk s tr at eg y. Using c o mb i na t io n s o f

digital techniques, an Integral approach t o p ro je ct

combin ing In f ra s t ruc ture , u rban ism an d various

grammes ha s been developed. This approach requi

th e extended overview o f the n etw ork to de tect cor

spondences and overlaps between the locations, part

and programmes Involved. The procedure of th e De


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Plan involves generating a situation-specific, dynamic,

organisational structure plan w it h t he aid of parameter

based techniques. The in-depth, interactive nature of

th e De ep P la n means that It Incorporates economics,

infras t ructure , programme and construction in t ime.

The method demonstrates where different topographical

a re as p ro du ce s ha re d v al ue s. As a result, relationsin st ead of t he optimisation o f i nd iv id ua l d at a form th e

parame te rs o f th e project, generating potentials that

no single, i ndiv idual In te res t could have engendered.

This approach is utilitarian In that it deals with real

economic an d public conditions, bu t this is crucially

an Interactive , operat ional utility. Needs ar e not m et

In a reactive way, bu t a re d ra wn together an d trans

formed, leading to re-negotia tions of th e relations

between t he par ti es . This approach endorses a specific

societal policy by centring on collective interests. A

s imple, opportun is t response to what Is be ing asked

programme or users has become redundant. Inste

the project emerges interactively. Structures emerging

In this way operate through l iving forces at physica

an d public levels; they ar e performance envelopes

They ar e In motion as long as t ho se fo rc es a re In

motion an d contain no hidden meaning Independen

of those forces.Deep Planning a lso Inc ludes an emerging articulat

of a polley of mobility and th e i nco rporat ion in to

architecture of aspects of duration and t ime. Th

aspect is rela te d to the d ec od in g o f p ub li c space

caused by Intensive cross-cultural rituals and comm

nication systems. The combined use o f a u to m at ed

design an d animation techniques enables a worki

method that integrates questions of user movemen

urban planning, construction an d t he p o te n ti al fo r

programme to develop a t c er ta in points in this w

New computational techniques make It poss ib le to

is impossible in a large-scale, m u lt i- c li e nt p ro je c t o f

conside rab le complex i ty. And a preconceived Idea

of urbanism preceding t h e s p ec if ic s of locat ion,

lay bare a mul tip li c ity o f exper iences and activate

this knowledge In new ways. When mapping move

ment patterns, t he t ime-p rogramme re la t ionship


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not compartmental lsed, but r ef lect s synchronous,

cont inuous t ime. Temporal conditions a re c onnec ted

to programmatic themes in a simulation of the non

segmented manner in which t ime flows in a real si

ation. Separate infrastructure l ayer s may be classifie

calculated an d tested individually, to be subsequently

i nt er wo ve n t o a ch ie ve b oth effec tive f lux and effectiv

interaction. The Deep Plan offers a new abstraction,

which, unl ike the reduc t ioni sm of an urbanism base

on Euclidean geometry, Is proli fera ting, unfolding a

generative, r e- ac ti va ti ng pub li c l if e in urban planning

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