New-territories

French + English Version ‘From Radicalism to Idiotcracy, From Y.F. to P.S.’ At cross-purposes As multipurpose as a Swiss army knife, shunted back and forth every which way between art and architecture, he is at once an alibi, a foil, a spiritual father, a defeated ideologue whose scars are an atonement (the deafness, whether real or feigned – we’ll come back to it later) and rather handy… a paper architect, an ideologue, the kind of brand that keeps on giving, still legitimized by the French establishment, that funny alter cocker Yona Friedman® with the slight Slavic accent that makes you smile, whose foibles everyone forgives, since they’re so charming and “inoffensive.” Yona Friedman® is perfectly adaptable… inflatable balloons to mimic the Spatial City,[1] floating cartons filed with salon-utopian political phraseology, pathetic and pathological. Has Friedman become, through no fault of his own, an icon for fakers, architects who reek of cheap – and lazy – political aesthetics?

spatial robots Robert Miles Kemp Miles Kemp is the founder and president of Variate Labs, in Los Angeles. With a unique background in architecture and user experience, his work focuses on creating new interactive experiences that excite, connect and engage people. Over the past 15 years, miles has designed more than 60 built structures around the globe, ranging from homes to skyscrapers, and created next-generation experiences for web, mobile, broadcast and other emerging interactive platforms. In 2009, Miles co-wrote, Interactive Architecture, published by Princeton Architectural Press, the first comprehensive view of the history, present-day and future of interactive space. Link to bio

New-Territories TRANSIT-CITY / URBAN & MOBILE THINK TANK Bureau | dailyCharrette L’édition 2009 du World Architecture Festival a eu lieu cette semaine à Barcelone. Cette année le thème portait sur la façon d’atteindre plus avec moins et la relation entre les villes et l’architecture. Les lauréats du festival ont été annoncées et nous voulons mettre en avant quatre des bâtiments achevés qui se distinguent par leur conception respectueuse de l’environnement et le développement durable. Lisez la suite pour voir tous ces bâtiments remarquables. Restaurant Tusen, Ramundberget, Sweden Construite à proximité d’une station de ski dans les montagnes Helags et Skars, ce restaurant est fait de billes de bouleau locales. Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre, South Africa Conçu par les architectes Peter Riche en Afrique du Sud, ce centre culturel, qui a remporté la catégorie culturelle, est située au confluent de deux rivières. The Pearl Academy of Fashion, Jaipur, India Unileverhaus, Hamburg, Germany Source: Deezen, Inhabitat

laboratories teaching (Research as Speculation) Francois Roche with R&Sie(n) is developing the research 'Uncertainties' since the "i've heard about" experiment, in Paris, in 2005, through 8 courses in Master Class and Cross Studio (U-Penn + Columbia in 2006 / Columbia in 2007 / Angewangde + Columbia in 2008 / USC + Columbia in 2009-10-11 / Upenn + Columbia in 2013). Francois Roche invited : Stephan Henrich (4 times-Upenn-Angewandte-USC...) and Ezio Blasetti (4 times Gsapp) and Devin Jerrigan (Upenn) in 2013, GwillJahn (RMIT) in 2012-13, SuQi (USC) in 2011, Miranda Romer (Gsapp) in 2011, David Pigram (Gsapp) in 2010, as Marc Fornes (4 times GSAPP), David Benjamin, Manfred Herman and Mat Staudt / Blog below on multiple cessions / Including Scenario+Script+Design Access to Material Expertise>>> Access to Robotic Expertise>>> (n)certainties -UPENN + GSAPP-Fall 2013 (n)certainties -GSAPP-Fall 2012 (n)certainties - RMIT-UTS - Spring 2012 (n)certainties - Columbia - Fall 2011 (n)certainties - Columbia - Fall 2010

AALU LANDSCAPE URBANISM California Academy Of Sciences // San Francisco // USA // Renzo California Academy of Sciences by architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop opened last week in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The museum, which contains an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum and research and educational facilities, features a ‘green’ roof and numerous sustainable features. One of the world’s most innovative museum building programs—a record-setting, sustainable new home for the California Academy of Sciences—is nearing completion in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The California Academy of Sciences is one of the world’s preeminent natural history museums and is an international leader in scientific research about the natural world. “Science is more influential and relevant to our daily lives than ever before, and natural history museums can and must deal head-on with the issues of the 21st century,” said Academy Executive Director Dr. Design Driven by Nature “Museums are not usually transparent,” says Piano.

Planetary ONE [Open Network Ecology] C.E.B. Reas « Scriptedbypurpose Process 6 (Image4 & 6) / 2005 C.E.B. Reas is an artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. He focuses on defining processes and translating them into images. Reas is an associate professor in the department of Design | Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles. The most important element of Process [#] is the text. The English text leaves many decisions open to be determined by a programmer. The hardware running this software Process is inconsequential. TI installation in Telic gallery / 2004 Aggregate layers of abstraction remove every trace of systemic complexity, revealing a living surface. Reas’s software and images are derived from short text instructions explaining processes which define networks. Process 4 / 2005 Process 7 (Software 1) is a software implementation of the Process 7 instructions: A rectangular surface filled with varying sizes of Element 1. I create two types of work. Form 1: Circle Form 2: Line Form 3: … Process 16 Implemented by C.E.B.

2009 January « Noumena Matt Culbreth is a splendid sponge. He is constantly listening to music and soaking the sound waves into his memory bank to invest into future remixology, currently under the moniker ‘Cave Manners‘. Groups like MSTRKRFT, Bloody Beetroots, Crookers, Justice, Fake Blood, Kissy Sellout, Para One, DLake, Boys Noize, Le Castlevania, Bag raiders, Chew Fu, and friend and mentor Blanche DuBoi$ influence his dance beats on both subconscious and more purposeful levels. It took him 3 months to complete his first EP using mostly Propellerheads’ Reason program and Audacity to cut vocal samples (Reason doesn’t have a sampler, which “is a huge detriment to remix production“. Continue reading

KRUYSMAN | PROTO LANDSCAPE URBANISM / CR BEAUTIFUL BUILDING REUSE: The Barn House in Belgium | Inhabitat photographs by Danica Kus Building reuse is often overshadowed by the long green shadow of new high performance architecture. But the intrinsic nature of repurposing and bringing second life to an otherwise discarded structure is a sustainable idea we can’t ignore, especially when it’s done as gracefully as this old barn redux in Belgium. Architect Rita Huys of Buro2 skillfully transformed this agricultural icon into a beautiful, modern dwelling known simply as The Barn House. photographs by Danica Kus The Barn House beams with clean, updated lines that emphasize the structure’s surrounding natural setting. With it’s fantastic fusion of old and modern ideas, The Barn House stands out among sustainable reuse building projects. + Buro2 Via Wallpaper