PROJECT.
THE CITY IS COMPOSED OF MANY INDIVIDUAL HOUSES. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CITIES AND THEREFORE A VARIETY OF HOUSES. ON ONE HAND, THE TYPOLOGY OF A BUILDING IS DETERMINED BY THE LIFESTYLE OF THE INHABITANT AND HIS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. ON THE OTHER HAND BY THE URBAN CONTEXT SUCH AS BUILDING CULTURE, CLIMATE AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. THE PRIVATE HOUSE HAS A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OWNER AND THE CITY. OUT OF THE RESEARCH ABOUT THE URBAN PRIVATE LIVING CONDITION WE CAN FIND OUT THE LIVING AND THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF A CITY. THE URBAN DETACHED HOUSE IS A KEY TO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
PROGRAM.
EACH STUDENT PLANS AN URBAN DETACHED HOUSE ON A REAL SITE IN ONE OF 24 CITIES FOR A REAL CLIENT. IN A CLOSE DIALECTIC PROCESS THE STUDENT DESIGNS AN URBAN DETACHED HOUSE FOR HIS CLIENT. THE STUDENT HAS TO FIND OUT IN INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE CLIENT (FAMILY CONSTELLATION, LIFESTYLE, PROGRAM). IN A SECOND STEP THE PLANNING REGULATION OF THE SITE HAS TO BE WORKED OUT. EXAMPLES MIGHT BE THE PREVIOUS HOUSE ON THE SITE OR THE NEIGHBOUR SITE. THE STUDENTS HAVE TO ANALYZE THE STEREOTYPE OF THE URBAN DETACHED HOUSE IN EACH CITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE ON ARCHITECTURE.
RESEARCH.
DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS TWO ASPECTS ARE SUPERIMPOSED: THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE CLIENT AND THE CULTURAL, CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS OF THE SITE. THE STUDIO DISCUSSES DURING THIS TWO YEARS ABOUT THE FORM AND POSSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALITY IN URBAN HOUSING IN DIFFERENT CITIES, COUNTRIES AND CULTURES. THE RESEARCH SHOULD LEAD TO INTELLIGENT AND EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES. THE STUDIO WORKS ON A CATALOGUE OF URBAN DETACHED HOUSES IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. ALL THE PROJECTS ARE COMPARED AT THE END OF EACH SEMESTER TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES, POTENTIAL AND LIMITS IN EACH CITY.
STUDY 01. EUROPE.
EXPERTS.
AMSTERDAM – JACOB VAN RIJS (MVRDV)
BARCELONA – VICENTE GUALLART (GUALLART ARQUITECTES)
LONDON – FIONA RABY (DUNNE AND RABY)
LJUBLJANA – BOSTJAN VUGA (SADARVUGA)
PARIS – DAVID TROTTIN (PERIPHERIQUES)
SARAJEVO – ADNAN HARAMBASIC (A-LAB)
EXPERTS.
BEIJING – HIRONORI MATSUBARA (BEIJING MATSUBARA & ARCHITECTS)
SEOUL – YI JONG HO (MATAA ARCHITECTURE)
MELBOURNE – MARIKA NEUSTUPNY (NMBW ARCHITECTURE STUDIO)
TAIPEI – ROAN CHING-YUEH (SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY)
TOKYO – YOSHIHARU TSUKAMOTO (ATELIER BOW-WOW)
JOKJAKARTA – EKO PRAWARTO (EKO PRAWARTO ARCHITECTURE WORKHOP)
STUDY 03.
NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA.
EXPERTS.
LOS ANGELES – JEFFREY INABA (SCI ARC)
MEXICO CITY – FERNANDO DONIS (OMA)
MONTREAL – DAVIES HOWARD (ATELIER BIG CITY)
SAN JOSE – MAURICIO HERRERA-PALMA (SPACE VOICE)
SAO PAULO – FERNANDO DE MELLO FRANCO (MMBB ARQUITECTOS)
SANTIAGO – FABRIZIO GALLANTI (UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES) & JOSE GREGORIO BRUGNOLI (SPAM_ARQ ASOCIADOS)
STUDY 04.
ORIENT.
EXPERTS.
BEIRUT – RANA HADDAD (ABLU / AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT)
FÈS – AZIZA CHAOUNI (GSD HARVARD / KUOCHAOUNI DESIGN)
ISTANBUL – MEDINE ALTIOK (MOCA)
LAGOS – BUKKA RESEARCH: GILES OMEZI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUKKA), PAPA OMOTAYO (DIRECTOR BUKKA), TOSIN OSHINOWO (SENIOR RESEARCHER, "LAGOS FUTURE CITY PROGRAMME" BUKKA RESEARCH) & ADEMIDE ADELUSI-ADELUYI (EDITOR "LAGOS: HOW IT WORKS" AT AMO/OMA)
TEHERAN – SHARAHZAD DISCH (TRANSWISS BUSINESS CONTACT IRAN-SWITZERLAND)