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People relate to places for all sorts of different reasons. If we want to capture their interest ... more People relate to places for all sorts of different reasons. If we want to capture their interest we need to understand the nature of those bonds.
Dearq, 2014
Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) fue el asistente principal de Le Corbusier en muchos d... more Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) fue el asistente principal de Le Corbusier en muchos de sus últimos proyectos (1887-1965). Para 2007, en el Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT), tuve conocimiento por primera vez de Jullian cuando Stanford Anderson, muy amablemente, me presentó a Ann Pendleton-Jullian. Por medio de ella conocí a Jullian. Nuestras breves comunicaciones y discusiones me introdujeron en una faceta del trabajo de Le Corbusier que aún se mantiene ampliamente inexplorada y que fue denominado por Jullian Potato Building typology. Este artículo es un breve esfuerzo para presentar el elemento "horizontal" en el trabajo de Le Corbusier y su significado al determinar los parámetros de la tipología que propuso.
What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still app... more What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still apply to modern day urban zones with sprawling edges? Is it possible to talk about countryside if one encounters similar densities there as in the city? Does the dispersal of the city also mean its dissolution? The above are some of the questions that were raised by Greyter Architects (2002) in their quest to determine the essence of contemporary city. Their study entitled ‘After-sprawl’ demonstrates that today urbanity is not based on the classic dichotomy of ‘city-countryside’, but defined by the state of ‘sprawl’ – the filling up of the landscape has now become the pattern of the settlement of ever greater expanses of western Europe. Similarly Rem Koolhas in his book entitled, ‘The great leap forward’ refers to ‘an urban free of urbanity’. This paper aims to review the above questions and concerns by
This paper questions the context and meaning of space or the spatial within the current archite... more This paper questions the context and meaning of space or the spatial within the current architectural and urban rhetoric as suggested by Vidler (2011) in his essay Transparency and Utopia: Constructing the void from Pascal to Foucault. As a case in point this paper further introduces the context of non-space as supposedly introduced by Le Corbusier in his Potato Building typology studies conducted during the early 1960s. In both the above instances the concept of enlightment space or a geometrical, rational gridded and above all transparent space is contrived and skewed to accommodate alternate determinates space in this instance, according to Vidler; no longer operates as an instrument of monumental construction but rather as an agent of monumental dissolution. Given the above definition, the paper critically evaluates the role of computational design within this spatial decomposition.
In this present article, we would like to postulate that the ‘generative’ design mechanism is int... more In this present article, we would like to postulate that the ‘generative’ design mechanism is intrinsically experiential within architectural and urban design sensibility. Our current research focuses on the critical analysis of the 17th century urban planning solutions as a set of formal structures and geometrical patterns that can provide the logic and future direction of the possible complete immersion of architectural forms within urban configurations.
What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still app... more What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still apply to modern day urban zones with sprawling edges? Is it possible to talk about countryside if one encounters similar densities there as in the city? Does the dispersal of the city also mean its dissolution? The above are some of the questions that were raised by Greyter Architects (2002) in their quest to determine the essence of contemporary city. Their study entitled ‘After-sprawl’ demonstrates that today urbanity is not based on the classic dichotomy of ‘city-countryside’, but defined by the state of ‘sprawl’ – the filling up of the landscape has now become the pattern of the settlement of ever greater expanses of western Europe. Similarly Rem Koolhas in his book entitled, ‘The great leap forward’ refers to ‘an urban free of urbanity’. This paper aims to review the above questions and concerns by by presenting a possible case study; the proposed typology that Le Corbusier and his ass...
Dearq
Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) was Le Corbusier's (1887-1965) primary assistant in ma... more Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) was Le Corbusier's (1887-1965) primary assistant in many of his later projects. I first became acquainted with Jullian in 2007 at MIT, when Stanford Anderson very kindly introduced me to Ann Pendleton-Jullian and through her I met Jullian. My brief correspondence and discussions with him led me to be introduced to a facet of Le Corbusier work that remains largely unexplored, and which Jullian termed the 'Potato Building typology'. This paper is an attempt to briefly present the 'horizontal' element in Le Corbusier's oeuvre and its significance in determining the parameters of this proposed typology.
Conservation Bulletin, 2010
We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under... more We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under-standing and appreciation of the history of places, but the relationship that people have with their environment is complex and personal.The psycho-logy of people's relationship ...
Conservation Bulletin, 2010
We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under... more We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under-standing and appreciation of the history of places, but the relationship that people have with their environment is complex and personal.The psycho-logy of people's relationship ...
People relate to places for all sorts of different reasons. If we want to capture their interest ... more People relate to places for all sorts of different reasons. If we want to capture their interest we need to understand the nature of those bonds.
Dearq, 2014
Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) fue el asistente principal de Le Corbusier en muchos d... more Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) fue el asistente principal de Le Corbusier en muchos de sus últimos proyectos (1887-1965). Para 2007, en el Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT), tuve conocimiento por primera vez de Jullian cuando Stanford Anderson, muy amablemente, me presentó a Ann Pendleton-Jullian. Por medio de ella conocí a Jullian. Nuestras breves comunicaciones y discusiones me introdujeron en una faceta del trabajo de Le Corbusier que aún se mantiene ampliamente inexplorada y que fue denominado por Jullian Potato Building typology. Este artículo es un breve esfuerzo para presentar el elemento "horizontal" en el trabajo de Le Corbusier y su significado al determinar los parámetros de la tipología que propuso.
What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still app... more What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still apply to modern day urban zones with sprawling edges? Is it possible to talk about countryside if one encounters similar densities there as in the city? Does the dispersal of the city also mean its dissolution? The above are some of the questions that were raised by Greyter Architects (2002) in their quest to determine the essence of contemporary city. Their study entitled ‘After-sprawl’ demonstrates that today urbanity is not based on the classic dichotomy of ‘city-countryside’, but defined by the state of ‘sprawl’ – the filling up of the landscape has now become the pattern of the settlement of ever greater expanses of western Europe. Similarly Rem Koolhas in his book entitled, ‘The great leap forward’ refers to ‘an urban free of urbanity’. This paper aims to review the above questions and concerns by
This paper questions the context and meaning of space or the spatial within the current archite... more This paper questions the context and meaning of space or the spatial within the current architectural and urban rhetoric as suggested by Vidler (2011) in his essay Transparency and Utopia: Constructing the void from Pascal to Foucault. As a case in point this paper further introduces the context of non-space as supposedly introduced by Le Corbusier in his Potato Building typology studies conducted during the early 1960s. In both the above instances the concept of enlightment space or a geometrical, rational gridded and above all transparent space is contrived and skewed to accommodate alternate determinates space in this instance, according to Vidler; no longer operates as an instrument of monumental construction but rather as an agent of monumental dissolution. Given the above definition, the paper critically evaluates the role of computational design within this spatial decomposition.
In this present article, we would like to postulate that the ‘generative’ design mechanism is int... more In this present article, we would like to postulate that the ‘generative’ design mechanism is intrinsically experiential within architectural and urban design sensibility. Our current research focuses on the critical analysis of the 17th century urban planning solutions as a set of formal structures and geometrical patterns that can provide the logic and future direction of the possible complete immersion of architectural forms within urban configurations.
What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still app... more What is the form and meaning of the contemporary city? Does the designation of the city still apply to modern day urban zones with sprawling edges? Is it possible to talk about countryside if one encounters similar densities there as in the city? Does the dispersal of the city also mean its dissolution? The above are some of the questions that were raised by Greyter Architects (2002) in their quest to determine the essence of contemporary city. Their study entitled ‘After-sprawl’ demonstrates that today urbanity is not based on the classic dichotomy of ‘city-countryside’, but defined by the state of ‘sprawl’ – the filling up of the landscape has now become the pattern of the settlement of ever greater expanses of western Europe. Similarly Rem Koolhas in his book entitled, ‘The great leap forward’ refers to ‘an urban free of urbanity’. This paper aims to review the above questions and concerns by by presenting a possible case study; the proposed typology that Le Corbusier and his ass...
Dearq
Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) was Le Corbusier's (1887-1965) primary assistant in ma... more Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente (1931-2008) was Le Corbusier's (1887-1965) primary assistant in many of his later projects. I first became acquainted with Jullian in 2007 at MIT, when Stanford Anderson very kindly introduced me to Ann Pendleton-Jullian and through her I met Jullian. My brief correspondence and discussions with him led me to be introduced to a facet of Le Corbusier work that remains largely unexplored, and which Jullian termed the 'Potato Building typology'. This paper is an attempt to briefly present the 'horizontal' element in Le Corbusier's oeuvre and its significance in determining the parameters of this proposed typology.
Conservation Bulletin, 2010
We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under... more We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under-standing and appreciation of the history of places, but the relationship that people have with their environment is complex and personal.The psycho-logy of people's relationship ...
Conservation Bulletin, 2010
We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under... more We have explored the political and cultural context within which we might encourage greater under-standing and appreciation of the history of places, but the relationship that people have with their environment is complex and personal.The psycho-logy of people's relationship ...