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Hyperbody Architecture Journal
by Linus Tan
10.02.12
13.02.12
14.02.12
14.02.12
16.02.12
Architectural Studies
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21.02.12
[10.02.2012] Site Visit (NDSM Werf) Dialogue
by Linus Tan
by Linus Tan
Mandy Haakmeester
Productieleidering Programmering, Stichting NDSM Werf
On a weekday visit to the Kunststad at the NDSM Werf, you may find many designers and artists hard at work, or none at all. However, in a cosy studio within the Kunststad, you will find Many Haakmeester, the festival organiser of NDSM Werf.
In a brief exchange of words, she explains that the absence of artists in the Kunststad is that many of the designers may be out in the city organising their exhibitions, putting on plays or just working on their own projects elsewhere. Most designers work at the Kunststad during their free time, developing new ideas or completing existing projects.
The greatest benefit of having a studio space in the Kunststad, she added, is the cheap rent. In addition, the big open spaces allow many of the artists to work and display their sculptures outside their studio, proving a glimpse to other creative agents on their project. This tends to spark inspiration in others or potentially a collaboration with other designers. Furthermore, the variety of creative agents within the Kunststad allows the designers to discuss and tap on the expertise of other tenants.
As for Mandy, she is in charge of organising festivals in the NDSM Werf, such as the Picnic Festival in September 2011 and the IJ Hall in February 2012, the largest flea market in the Netherlands. These festivals bring all kinds of people to NDSM Werf, exploring the creativity of the kunststad and simply enjoying the gathering in the big open space.
The next event will be the Queen's Birthday Festival, on 30 April 2012. Be sure to turn up in orange! Click here for the official page of NDSM Werf or here for the Facebook fanpage. Remember to check their prototag to follow their story!
Productieleidering Programmering, Stichting NDSM Werf
On a weekday visit to the Kunststad at the NDSM Werf, you may find many designers and artists hard at work, or none at all. However, in a cosy studio within the Kunststad, you will find Many Haakmeester, the festival organiser of NDSM Werf.
In a brief exchange of words, she explains that the absence of artists in the Kunststad is that many of the designers may be out in the city organising their exhibitions, putting on plays or just working on their own projects elsewhere. Most designers work at the Kunststad during their free time, developing new ideas or completing existing projects.
The greatest benefit of having a studio space in the Kunststad, she added, is the cheap rent. In addition, the big open spaces allow many of the artists to work and display their sculptures outside their studio, proving a glimpse to other creative agents on their project. This tends to spark inspiration in others or potentially a collaboration with other designers. Furthermore, the variety of creative agents within the Kunststad allows the designers to discuss and tap on the expertise of other tenants.
As for Mandy, she is in charge of organising festivals in the NDSM Werf, such as the Picnic Festival in September 2011 and the IJ Hall in February 2012, the largest flea market in the Netherlands. These festivals bring all kinds of people to NDSM Werf, exploring the creativity of the kunststad and simply enjoying the gathering in the big open space.
The next event will be the Queen's Birthday Festival, on 30 April 2012. Be sure to turn up in orange! Click here for the official page of NDSM Werf or here for the Facebook fanpage. Remember to check their prototag to follow their story!
Rick
Bar Attendant at Noorderlicht Cafe
One of the quaint buildings in the NDSM Werf is the Noorderlicht Cafe, a great place to grab a bite or just relax after a hard day at work. In here, the friendly staff attends to you with a smile that will brighten up your cold day.
Rick, a bar attendant who has been working in the Noorderlicht Cafe for a year, tells us about the delight in working at the NDSM Werf. Although it is taxing to work in the cafe, he gets to meet a lot of interesting artists and designers who regularly visits the Cafe during lunch time.
In addition, the Noorderlicht Cafe also organises small parties during certain nights, playing live music, screening films outside or having a camp fire to enjoy the outdoors. Not only does Noorderlicht Cafe prides itself on the food they serve, they also infuse a sense of creative and open culture to its customers, embracing the creativeness that is of the NDSM Werf.
Click here for the official page of Noorderlicht Cafe. Remember to check their prototag to follow their story!
Bar Attendant at Noorderlicht Cafe
One of the quaint buildings in the NDSM Werf is the Noorderlicht Cafe, a great place to grab a bite or just relax after a hard day at work. In here, the friendly staff attends to you with a smile that will brighten up your cold day.
Rick, a bar attendant who has been working in the Noorderlicht Cafe for a year, tells us about the delight in working at the NDSM Werf. Although it is taxing to work in the cafe, he gets to meet a lot of interesting artists and designers who regularly visits the Cafe during lunch time.
In addition, the Noorderlicht Cafe also organises small parties during certain nights, playing live music, screening films outside or having a camp fire to enjoy the outdoors. Not only does Noorderlicht Cafe prides itself on the food they serve, they also infuse a sense of creative and open culture to its customers, embracing the creativeness that is of the NDSM Werf.
Click here for the official page of Noorderlicht Cafe. Remember to check their prototag to follow their story!
[13.02.2012] Introduction to Distributed Systems
by Dr Stefan Dulman
Dr Stefan Dulman gave a short seminar about distributed systems in computer software. Some of the distribution systems he introduced were familiar to me, such as Cellular Automata, L-System (Lindenmayer System) and Particles System. These systems are very much Cantor Dust, Penrose Tiling, Sierpenski Triangle, Dragon Curve and Fractal Distribution.
The important question I find myself asking is how does all these relate to architecture? Although the examples he gave are interesting, such as the Healing Pools by Brian Knep or the Hyposurface by Jose Jurves, to me they are a subsection of architecture and not architecture itself. In my last semester studio at the University of Melbourne, I attempted to use the Fractal Distribution to direct my project, in both urban planning and architectural stages. However, I found it difficult to merge the systems with the construction practicality.
In this project, I will attempt again to associate the site with a distribution system, and hopefully design my project around it, allowing whichever system to determine the emergent architecture.
by Dr Stefan Dulman
Dr Stefan Dulman gave a short seminar about distributed systems in computer software. Some of the distribution systems he introduced were familiar to me, such as Cellular Automata, L-System (Lindenmayer System) and Particles System. These systems are very much Cantor Dust, Penrose Tiling, Sierpenski Triangle, Dragon Curve and Fractal Distribution.
The important question I find myself asking is how does all these relate to architecture? Although the examples he gave are interesting, such as the Healing Pools by Brian Knep or the Hyposurface by Jose Jurves, to me they are a subsection of architecture and not architecture itself. In my last semester studio at the University of Melbourne, I attempted to use the Fractal Distribution to direct my project, in both urban planning and architectural stages. However, I found it difficult to merge the systems with the construction practicality.
In this project, I will attempt again to associate the site with a distribution system, and hopefully design my project around it, allowing whichever system to determine the emergent architecture.
Notes
Complex interaction only needs 1 simply rule
Spatial Computing = Interactive Environments + Collective Desire
Decentralized Systems: Simple rules leading to intricate emergent behavior
Complex interaction only needs 1 simply rule
Spatial Computing = Interactive Environments + Collective Desire
Decentralized Systems: Simple rules leading to intricate emergent behavior
[14.02.2012] Introduction to Rhino
by Sina Mostafavi and Gary Chang
by Sina Mostafavi and Gary Chang
Rhino Commands
Surface Experiment: Array || FlowAlongSurface
Mobius Strip Experiment: Twist || Bend || ExtractSurface || CageEdit || BoundingBox
Folding Experiment: FoldFace || Smash
Surface Analysis: Divide || SurfacePoint || CurvatureAnalysis
Surface Experiment: Array || FlowAlongSurface
Mobius Strip Experiment: Twist || Bend || ExtractSurface || CageEdit || BoundingBox
Folding Experiment: FoldFace || Smash
Surface Analysis: Divide || SurfacePoint || CurvatureAnalysis
[14.02.2012] To Build or not to Build
by Msc1 Hyperbody Colleague
Collectively, what we found lacking, and an opportunity to develop, is the connectiveness of NDSM Werf and its subjects. In almost everyone's presentation, there was the mention of the connectivity (or lack of) from the micro, that is the designers and artists within the area, to the macro, how NDSM seems disconnected to Amsterdam, or in some other cases, Amsterdam Noord. However, the hard-pressing question is how should NDSM Werf continue to develop?
At this point the class seemed to take two sides. One, to enhance the programs on site and two, to introduce more programs to the site. It was a long and arduous debate as to which direction the NDSM Werf should follow, with both sides arguing that a lack of more programs will cause the site to die out slowly and that an increase in programs will cause the site to lose its sense of identity, and die out as well.
In my opinion, the debate felt like the head of a coin saying it does not have a tail and vice versa. Both sides of the arguments are valid. Obviously, there is no way to safely determine which is the best direction NDSM Werf should follow. After all, it is the users and activities within the site that will determine the success of the place. For us architects, we can only try our best to predict what is best for the site and pursue the ideology.
Personally, I will try to introduce minimal new programs as I like the 'desoluteness' of the place. I find that to be the attraction of the place, that it is away and 'disconnected' from the city. It allows me to dissociate from the city and into my personal creative haven. I believe that the artists feels like that too, since they themselves also created walls within the kunststad to hide themselves in their own studio so that they can concentrate on their own projects.
If I brought in too many programs such as a supermarket, more cafes or even an institute, it may become more convenient for the artists at the kunststad but I sure won't like to have strangers to knock on my studio every hour and disturb me.
To build or not to build? Minimally and delicately.
by Msc1 Hyperbody Colleague
Collectively, what we found lacking, and an opportunity to develop, is the connectiveness of NDSM Werf and its subjects. In almost everyone's presentation, there was the mention of the connectivity (or lack of) from the micro, that is the designers and artists within the area, to the macro, how NDSM seems disconnected to Amsterdam, or in some other cases, Amsterdam Noord. However, the hard-pressing question is how should NDSM Werf continue to develop?
At this point the class seemed to take two sides. One, to enhance the programs on site and two, to introduce more programs to the site. It was a long and arduous debate as to which direction the NDSM Werf should follow, with both sides arguing that a lack of more programs will cause the site to die out slowly and that an increase in programs will cause the site to lose its sense of identity, and die out as well.
In my opinion, the debate felt like the head of a coin saying it does not have a tail and vice versa. Both sides of the arguments are valid. Obviously, there is no way to safely determine which is the best direction NDSM Werf should follow. After all, it is the users and activities within the site that will determine the success of the place. For us architects, we can only try our best to predict what is best for the site and pursue the ideology.
Personally, I will try to introduce minimal new programs as I like the 'desoluteness' of the place. I find that to be the attraction of the place, that it is away and 'disconnected' from the city. It allows me to dissociate from the city and into my personal creative haven. I believe that the artists feels like that too, since they themselves also created walls within the kunststad to hide themselves in their own studio so that they can concentrate on their own projects.
If I brought in too many programs such as a supermarket, more cafes or even an institute, it may become more convenient for the artists at the kunststad but I sure won't like to have strangers to knock on my studio every hour and disturb me.
To build or not to build? Minimally and delicately.
[16.02.2012] To Build or not to Build continued
by Linus Tan
Refer to NDSM Wharf, To Build or not to Build, Rules Establishment and System Design Theory.
by Linus Tan
Refer to NDSM Wharf, To Build or not to Build, Rules Establishment and System Design Theory.
