After the groups session that we had last thursday, all the task should be clear now. In all cases, we would like to clarify some of the contents for the next issue that we are dealing with apart from the one we already said. It is very important that everybody understand the concept of a diagram before doing the task. Because of that reason, we will attach you some diagrams related or not with architecture to understand how they look like and which layer of information the have. (data, measures, relations, scales, ….)
So, for the next class, you should at least, try to have the general organization of the part of your infrastructure layer that you are developing. These mean to incorporate relations between nodes of the layer itself covering all range of scales and producing the minimum documents to explain the relations between all of them. It is better to have one really powerful, complete and complex diagram with everything that many with few information.
We will repeat also how the final distribution of groups is:
1. water network > Hemant Purohit, Rafael Gutierrez, Arnhildur Palmadottir, Vagia Pantou, Marcelo de la Riva, Anastasia Fragkoudi,
2. energy network > Uday Goswami, Ben Howard, Nazli Ilgit Yucel, Vasco Portugal, Evita Vlachopoulou, Ramon Velazquez
3. information network > Alexander Harris, Andrea Katsavra, Vladimir Samoukovic,
4. human transport network > Mariana Paz, Erik Thorson, Gabriele Pileri, Ifigenia Arvaniti.
5. logistic transport network > Ki Hoon Nam, Bianny Poueriet, Krystian Kwiecinski, Maria Papaloizou
6. garbage network > Eduardo Mayo, Renu Gupta, Vikrant Sharma, Enrique Mora, Sarkawt Noori
Other issues:
Everybody should upload in the blog the short description (A4) with the key questions in relation with the urban habitat. This will be very useful to the last part of the seminar and it is very important to be uploaded as soon as possible.
Vladimir Samoukovic, Gabriele Pileri, Krystian Kwiecinski y Eduardo Mayo > were not in class last thrusday. You should talk with your group as soon as possible in order to start working. If some of you are not coming again to class you should write us before, and send the documentation required before leaving.
We attached you the list of diagrams with some comments, we hope you find it useful as references:
Diagram attached 01: 01_spaceman&maket.jpg > Operative diagrams. Instructions that fix lines in the abstract machine of thought, genetic codes for production. It is like operating in a determined situation or a system left with its own possibilities. These diagrams are an old research done by Dani & Rodrigo that was trying to compare to different realities in the same structure. Data, relations, topological measures, links and connections, evaluation board, hybrids…
Diagram attached 02: 02_mvrdv.jpg > Relational diagrams. We must produce with other rules and systems. Structuring presents and physical support, while operative rules draw a field of force. In this case, the order is directed by a system, a circuit or path to which a material is submitted. energetic diagram Expo Hannover 2000 by MVRDV. Data, relations, topological, vectors, cycles…
Diagram attached 03: 03_railroad&ito.jpg > Structural diagrams. They are spatial organizations. Spaces that can be created, modified, visualizated, manipulated, not only by alterating volumens or drawings, but also with program clues, marks of past or future states. Maps of influence. Grapich timetable for soerabaja-djojakarta, Railroad line, java, 1937. and Toyo Ito, Mediathek in Sendai. Data, relations, vectors, structural systems, variable parameters,…
Diagram attached 04: 04_kahn&philadelphia.jpg > Diagrams of trayectory. Architecture can be created, modified, and visualized not only through the manipulation of space, programs or its own stable and constant materiality. Here the maps of movement made by the figure or the program create a place exclusively by marking directions. The support to move according to those vectors disappeared. Mid town traffic studies in Philadelphia USA 1952. Louis Kahn. Vectors, variable parameters, no geometry, fluxes…
Diagram attached 05: 05_matula.jpg > Synthetic diagrams. Diagrams are already synthetic in themselves, in that they can bring together tha largest quantity of possible data, without eliminating, reducing, or simplifying. They combine various temporal states showing their variability, numerous measurements or notes whose mean value contains information about all, in a generic way non-statistical. In this diagram you can see layers of data that are superimposed to result in a connected curve whose overall diagram can be compared with the standard. “Electrical resistivity of cooper, gold palladium and silver” 1979. R.A Matula. Gradients, data, relations, parameters, formulas, vectors…
In all cases these diagrams are only to understand the level of complexity required. Also, we hope to receive better example from you in the next class.