Interdisciplinary
Projects: Urban Evolution |
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„The
city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the
lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings
of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the
lightning rods, the poles of the flags, every segment marked in
turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls.“ [Italo Calvino:
Invisible Cities] |
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| Urban Evolution performance fotos - Weimar Theaterplatz 29.01.2007 | |||||
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| Project | Urban
Evolution is the result of a study project at the Institute of European
Urban Studies of the Bauhaus University Weimar within the study
project seminar “Reflecting Masterplanning”. The Masterplan
for the development of the new center for Aspern in Vienna is the
starting point for this project. |
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| Content |
The study project was submitted as a print magazine featuring detailed
textual information and as a DVD video featuring an overview in
addition to the game performance conducted and filmed in public
space, the Theaterplatz in Weimar. |
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| Intention | Urban
Evolution addresses a number of questions These are in regard to
the meaning of the center and its development, the identity of place
and the lack thereof, and how to create the identity of place as
a quality of space. The intention of this study project is to address
these questions and provide answers to them. |
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| Method | The
urban space is the “theater stage” or “game board”
for a play or game. This “game“ is Urban Evolution.
The game players are developers, planners, designers, and citizens.
The game pieces are temporary buildings as a “fluidum”,
which are juxtaposed by permanent “urban artifacts”.
These permanent elements create a spatial definition for the “game
board” by acting as “anchors”. What is Urban Evolution?
It is a framework, a set of rules, a method. It is divided into
three subelements. |
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On
the game board, a succesion of temporary buildings takes place.
This succession is related to the necessity for functions and public
space of increasing dimensions related to the increase of population
according to the phasing. The methodic element of “Intermediate
Allocation” responds to this issue. |
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The
succession of temporary buildings is in accord with the phasing
of the Masterplan. Also, it uses the accelleration of developmental
speed throughout the phases to create “Condensation
of Time”, a sped-up version of the usual evolution
of cities in history which facilitates Urban Evolution. |
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| Furthermore, the succession of temporary buildings does not proceed without leaving traces. The leaving of traces is an intentional and important part of Urban Evolution since the traces and their superimposition create “Simulated Archaeology”. | |||||
| Urban Evolution and its three methodic steps are intended to create quality of space through the generation of a local history which is staged, yet artificial, but not simulated. It is the actual document of actual events taking place in the chosen location. | |||||
| Credits | URBAN
EVOLUTION Reflecting Masterplanning: Wien-Aspern Professor W. Christ: Urban Planning and Design Professor Dr. B. Nentwig: Construction Management and Economy Institute for European Urban Studies Bauhaus University Weimar Germany WS 2006-2007 Javier Barona R. - Mark X. Kammerbauer - K. Arne Löper |
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| Video | www.transarchitecture.org | mpeg | |||
| Press kit | www.transarchitecture.org | ||||
| Contact |
info@transarchitecture.org
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