Bibliography and iconograpy

assignment 5

For the Bibliography and iconograpy just click here.
Or see the upper strip of the web-site, aligned with Home, Photo’s and so on.

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Reference images

assignment 6 till 12

Introduction
The professional fascination for these pictures lie’s in the one hand in the clarity and composition (Rossi) and in the other hand in the lightness and transparency (Piano).
Both strike my in there clarity and simplicity. Simplicity in a positive way, maybe best formulated in the term concentrated (strong) architecture.

Study landscape – final presentation

 I did this project together with Lucas Francken.

 

Oproep: beschrijf uw droomstad

In het kader van het cross-mediale project Eeuw van de stad vraagt de VPRO Gids lezers hun droomstad te beschrijven. Het Sandberg Instituut zal op basis van de beste bijdragen de VPRO Droomstad vorm geven.

Bron; vpro

Mijn inzending (zonder prijs helaas):

Stad van mijn verbeelding

“Als alles een verhaal is. Waarom een stad dan niet?” dacht de toerist terwijl hij over straat liep. In de reisgids stond de stad beschreven als ‘een pallet aan karakters aaneengeschakeld met gebieden van  hoge kwaliteit’. Wat meteen opviel als je de stad binnenliep was in ieder geval de chaos. Geen vervelende, onoverzichtelijke chaos. Niet meteen was duidelijk waarom. Meer de chaos die heerst tussen kinderen op een basisschoolplein tijdens de pauze.

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Study landscape – mid term presentation

Kaufhaus unter der Linden

REDESIGNING SCHINKEL

EcoPark Twente

Last January I participated in a masterclass organized by the Architectuur Centrum Twente: 52°18’ NB en 6°38’ OL Playtime. In a group with students from the Academie of Tilburg, the Saxionhogeschool in Enschede and the ArteZ AKI Enschede whey where ask to formalise a vision on a location near Almelo. (With the coördinades 52°18’ NB en 6°38’ OL) The intentions for the location was to create with recreation a place to by for the surroundings and the province.

Why came up with the idea for a EcoPark. It’s a combination between the exsiting industrial park XL, the ecologic and natural surroundings and the geographic location (between Germany and the Randstad). Eco in Ecopark stance for a sustainable environment. The lobby and research for this has in the world not yet a place for its own so why want to  facilitate that in Twente with a congress centre, a museum about the environment, a hotel in windmeals and a development centre for the University of Twente and companies.

The presentation in powerpoint you cane view here.
A pr-film from the province whey updated with our vision;

For a full description about the masterclass click on this link (its in Dutch): http://www.architectuurcentrumtwente.nl/projecten/2009/project2.php

Animation

assignment 3

For all my animations just click here.
Or see the upper strip of the web-site, aligned with Home, Photo’s and so on.

 

 

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Constructing from the negative

 

ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

Program architectural studies (AR1Ai031) seminar, fall 2008:

“An analysis always implies a choice. Analytical drawings extract the information relevant to present this idea. By analyzing buildings students will not only get a better understanding of how ideas can be translated into architecture. They will also get a broader understanding of how any built work represents a position in an architectural discourse and should always be considered in the context of the social and political situation. The seminar provides students with specific analytical tools and research methods. These start with a number of exercises and the building of a model, to be followed by a research with a specific theme of their own interest. These themes and tools can then also be empoyed by the student to look at his or her own project critically.”

Source; Study guide TU Delft

Critical review

Assignment 15

The website I reviewed is from my colleague Rick de Lange. www.r-lang.nl

First impression
A simple lay-out. The main lay-out exist of a white back-ground, whit-in a small strip with black as the basic color. In the strip; on the left, the title and the menu of the site are put. At the right a image – it’s not entirely clear whats on it. If you put your cursor on the image, it will change from color and texture. When you click trough the site this design of a strip with text and menu stays the same. Only one diverents, the images, supporting the text, appear under the strip. There is no introduction or personal note.

Visual
Visual the web-site is personal shaped, but not very strong. The menu on the left site changes from appearance, it’s gains a table look. The texts over-all are sometimes a bit small. The quality of the images are also not high and the choice for some images are curious. By clicking on some images they move over the text.

Contents
The level of the text is good, I liked the conceptional strong ideas by the designs. The chapters Iconagraphy and the Organogram are also interesting. The Graduation proposal was a bite casual and not very original.

Overall
I think that the web-site of Rik has potential but is to modest. In spite of his good ideas, he lack’s to give them, on the web-site, a finishing touch so the sell them self. The main remark is that the web-site, despite the personal lay-out, has a visual unprofessional look.

Graduation proposal – Building underneath the ground

Assignment 14

For my graduation I want to research the tension in and the possibilities for building underneath the ground.

In a society where city’s are everyday more important, the possibilities for upgrading the density off these city’s need to by researched.  If you take Holland for example; the rural population here is shrinking. Research shows  that people are moving to places where there is work, culture and provisions. To summarize; the move to a dynamic living environment. Beside that the city’s are expending in size to answer the demand, they are looking for solutions to condense the city centers. They do this by efficient use of building area’s; yousing skyscrapers and utilize the free and less build area’s. But the question I ask my self is why not think in 4D? Why not trying to go under the ground? Why stop by the surface if there is a treasure of promises under the ground? Whey do it already whit parking-places and metro’s, why not explore the potential more?

Name underground building and the first tensions mentioned are: light, aer and possibly height differences. This are plausible arguments to take in consideration. It means also that not every building type is suitable for building under the ground. In construction therms questions rice about water management, isolation, strength and so on. All to research by designing a building under the ground.

To make my proposal concrete, a good research subject would by a project in therms of the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. The function, fairs and congresses, are perfect for under the ground because the need no natural light. The Jaarbeurs also take a lot off square meters from the centre of Utrecht and offer just a one dimensional use. If it’s possible to put theme under the ground you create room for dwelling, parks and offices.

Sources
De Pers; http://www.depers.nl/cultuur/166796/Alles-onder-de-grond.html
Algemeen Dagblad; http://www.ad.nl/groenehart/article1999240.ece
Dutch centre (network) for building underground;  http://www.cob.nl/
The Jaarbeurs Utrecht; http://www.jaarbeursutrecht.nl/default.aspx?TaalID=2

CONTENTS (Click for saved Studyproposal – notepad)

library, part 2, pre-master tu delft

Assignment 1 & 2

 

3th Floor

Situation 3D

Organisation library

ground-plan in context

Maquette

Concept maquette – slow routing

Concept maquette – fast routing

The Loop

view Molukkenstraat

view Javaplein

 

The Loop

Neighborhood library with 50 starter houses on the Javaplein, heart of Amsterdam-East. Building as an urban accelerator.

Vision
A accelerator by decelerate; The neighborhood must especially get a spot where people come together and meet. A meeting-place you can however only create if you seduce people to slow down. Rest in the everyday, urban hectic. I interpret the design assignment therefore as a paradox.

Urbanism: Assume the existing relevance. The Javastraat and 1st of Swindenstraat have both their own dynamics. The proposal is to link the streets and extend to the Flevopark. Because of this arises a street exceeding consistency. At the same time it ensured the anchoring of the Java square in the district.

Urban context
The most important additive to the urban context are the two squares. The first is the Javaplein that passes into my building and service the entry of the library. The other one is for the entry of the apartments. The two squares are framed whit gateways. The most important and largest gateway has been situated at the Javaplein side. The Second has been situated at the Molukkenstraat. The gateway of the apartments has the same language as the gateways of the Javaplein, such as the altitude, but is more intimate.

The library himself has been designed as a loop (no end). Thereby there is continuity in the design symbolic for timelessness, a theme that every library contains. The entrance of the library is on the corner of the Javaplein and the Molukkenstraat and is also the reading-cafe where it’s possible to organize readings and exhibitions.

Concept library
The concept for the division of the library contains two routes. The first is the public and fast route, clear vision is important. The route runs at the street side and has a clear (open) relation with the surroundings.

The second route is the concentration and slow route. This route character’s itself by quiet study and reading places. By this route you go on adventure trough the library; these have been subdivided by different altitudes, walking bridge, podia and stairs.
The book cupboard is the separation between the two routes.

Because of the enormous overpressure of the gateways (+/- 40m) I have chosen to overstrain the construction whit a bridge construction. They define also the façade.

Organogram design process

Assignment 4

 

I have experienced that my working method if as followed to reflect. (See diagram working method (part of) design.

 

 

An explanation:

It begins with stipulating the `problem’. The problem is a (part) question of the design, or whatever you must determine, to obtain a design (solution).

‘Leave to rest’ means that you withdraw yourself from the process. It is important that thereby the work lies to rest to settle. This can be a couple hour or a couple days, depending on the state of mind.

From that follows that you’re critically study the process. Step; ‘To reflect on’. This means that you search for the depth in the project. Questions which can rise are; Am I studying the right problem? Did I overlook something? How did I come at/ to this problem? Are there similar, reference problems? What will I exactly examine? How did an another one this?

After this you will get started and produce a lot. Marquis, sketches, etc. First try outs, trying everything, ugly marquis, everything can. This will demand a big commitment.

Eventually you take distance and leave your work to rest. This distance is necessary to criticize your own work. `To reflect on’ now contents that you work present to others. What do they find of your arguments, choices? This phase helps focusing. It becomes from this point concreter.

During the process several steps back are conceivable. Depending on the progress at determine the problem you can return a step. It is possible that producing also has several stages. (See the arrows)

Conceptual way of thinking

Assignment 13

Keywords: Context, Art, Clarity, Future, Design,  History, Comcept.

In the book Eeuwige Schoonheid of E.H. Gombrich I encountered the next passage; “Dit streven naar helderheid blijkt niet alleen uit de geschilderde illustraties, maar ook uit een reliëfwerk als het gedeelte van een bronzen deur die kort na 1000 voor een kerk te Hildesheim in Duitsland besteld was, afb. 108. Wij zien God de Vader, na de Zondeval, op Adam en Eva toetreden. Op dit reliëf staat niets dat niet tot het verhaal behoort. Maar door deze concentratie op de hoofdzaken, waardoor de figuren duidelijk tegen de gladde achtegrond komen te staan, kunnen we als het ware ‘lezen’ wat hun gebaren zeggen: God wijst op Adam, Adam op Eva en Eva op de slang op de grond. De onderscheiding van de schuld en de oorsprong van het kwade zijn zo krachtig uitgedrukt, dat wij graag vergeten dat de proporties van de gestalten niet juist zijn en de lichamen niet mooi.” Page 167.

This passage stands in the chapter De westerse kunst in de smeltkroes, Europa, zesde tot elfde eeuw, and tells, summarized, about art and their purpose in the middle ages. Also a cited on the same page, pope Gregorius the great; schilderingen voor de ongeletterde hetzelfde kunnen uitrichten wat het schrift doet voor hen die kunnen lezen.” The meaning off this quote is that the art can by used to telling a tale.

With the text from the book Eeuwige Schoonheid I see a relation with design tasks. To design you can interpret as telling a tale. The design is a form, such as book, in which the tale of the context, the history, the user and the future comes together. At every design task constantly lay’s the task to search the concept (the tale) of your design. And there by aiming and strive for clarity and concentration on the main points.

Eeuwige schoonheid, E.H. Gombrich, blz, 167, afbeelding 108 (Fragment of bronze door Hildesheim church, Germany)

Method & Analysis – Renzo Piano

Assignment 7

 

Analysis of existing buildings.

This course contains describing the design process in four steps: seeing, recognizing, transforming, producing.

The student is able to develop his knowledge of the programmatic, architectural and typological characteristics of the assignment through study of relevant precedents.

Source: Digital Study Guide Information, Method en Analysis, blackboard TU Delft.

 

We choose Renzo Piano as architect from which we study the repertory. Whey thoke two opposite buildings from his repertory: Kansai Airport and Tjibaou Cultural Centre. This buildings we analyse and compar throw introducing them with photo’s, studying trough models and drawings to understand them on a organisation, programmes and conceptional level.

Whe came to the conclusion that Renzo Piano is a Humanistic architect and important instruments/ themes in his work are Genius Loci and Transparency. The argumentation for or thesis is summarized above in a A1 presentation pallet (Dutch, click on it to enlarge it).

library, part 1, pre-master tu delft

This is the presentation for the end of block 1. The project is located in Amsterdam, Indische buurt. My concept for the library is that I want to create a environment where its possible to meet each other. That’s why I needed to slow down the people and extract them from the hectic urban surrounding to give theme a chance in meeting each other. The library is there for located in the wings of the building (floor 4 and 5). The form of the building comes from it’s relation with the urban context and history.

Kindergarten, pre-master TU Delft

My design of the building has a strong connection whit his urban surroudings. Located on the campus of the university it is because of its (lack) of massa floating in its context. That’s why I gave it a boundary in the form of a circle housing a music centre. The kindergarten on its self is formal in the volumes for the different rooms but a-formal in its organization centre around a central hall. The music centre and the kindergarten give together an interesting tension.

The following images are a presentation of the work from the project. You see a A1 pallet presentation of the building, a compilation of the urban analyze and research, a 3D drawing of the music centre and some photo’s of the maquette.

Hello world!

This is the first post on my site www.SimonScheepens.nl. The start of my avanture on the internet. Feel welcome and i hope it will be a interactive journey.