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Cutting corner[s]
Thomas Wiesner
Bergen school of architecture, Bergen,Norway
Cutting corners[s]
Straightforward hand(s)-on explorations of space-body morpholo-
gies through theexhaustionofa particularspace / placeas thought
provoking, radical experiences, (mis)using simple analogue and
digital street-wise tools as design instruments to gauge the na-
ture(s) of potential states of resilience of reality and virtual.
Theworkshop intendstoprobeavarietyof resilienceconditions by
intensively exhausting a (one) particular corner space / place in
Antwerp. The activities will focus on radically uncovering more
acute states of awareness regarding morphologies and sociolo-
gies of bodies and space(s), via observations of events and hap-
penings and disruptions thereof/in.
The activities during the workshop will be intense, and focus on a
constant blend of direct actions and observations. Via apparently
‘simple’ analogue and digital paraphernalia used as radicalised de-
sign tools, a constant production of material is expected. Com-
prehensive realisations of the activities are expected at the end of
the workshop, in the formof an adhoc exhibition with on-line pres-
ence, communicating overlaps of virtual and real.
Materials/tools to be used during workshop:
- analogue: white paint, black markers, large paper rolls, paint
brushes
- digital: iPhone(s) with IOS11, ARKit apps or similar, laptops.
The workshop activities are expected to transcend usual academ-
ic/artistic boundaries, thus offering a possibility for radical ana-
logue/digital experimentations within constrained and focused
experimental boundaries set-ups.
—Thomas Wiesner *1956, is a Danish architect, visual artist and ed-
ucator based in Copenhagen. MA 1983 from the School of Architec-
ture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen,
Work at Henning Larsen Architects before establishing his own at-
elier parallel with various collaborative artisticendeavours.
Wiesner has educative practices at various Scandinavian and Eu-
ropeanarchitecture,art, theatreanddesign schools.W’s research
interest centres on oblique contemporary dwelling issues & over-
lookedquotidianmattersthrough the investigationofarchitectural
spatial / phenomenological conditions via simple analogue design
toolsand the latest available, handheld digital paraphernalia.
Wiesner has, since 2005, been investigating the nature of body /
space morphologies and haptic cognitions of inconspicuous archi-
tectural situations via extensive, micro-video recordings underthe
webmonikerof SamRenseiw.
Since 2010, Thomas Wiesner is professor in artistic approaches
and architectural design at the Architecture School in Bergen, Nor-
way.
Design and build for the cap
Julien Ineichen / Louis Mejean /
Diego Inglez de Souza
En Commun
With the capping of the ring road Antwerp is facing big challenges.
The ambition is to transform the ring froma barrieroutside the city
into a new mid-city metropolitan landscape, seducing citizens to
take the bike, bus or tram and make their city more resilient for
mobility pressure. To this end, the curator for the ring road cap in-
vited all inhabitants of Antwerp for a design-driven co-creative
process.
Apieceof alreadyexisting capon theA12 highway, nearthe Jan De
Voslei could be a testing ground. An abandoned park could be
transformed toevoke the bicycle-oriented landscapeof the future.
We want to involve the inhabitants of the social highrises along
the ringroad and on Jan De Voslei, who would be among the first
beneficiaries of the tremendous changes the ring road cap will
bring about. We want to increase their awareness of the issues at
stake and the chances for solutions for theircommunity needs.
Making design ideas more tangible during fun events, design ses-
sions and building campaigns can stimulate such awareness. We
think of this workshop as a deed of tactical urbanism, instigating
change and increasing the organisational capacity of the civil so-
ciety in appropriating government plans.
This workshop needs brave designers who wants to roll up their
sleeves and realize a fun bicycle oriented park together with chil-
dren, youngsters and other inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
—Julien Ineichen is co-founder of
En Commun,
an association of
practitioners who aim to provoke the citizen engagement in the
fabricof the city.
He spent the last 10 years in Recife looking for one dream: swim-
ming back in the Capibaribe, the main river of this tropical city
which is nowa days an open sewer.
He focuses his work on collaborative conception and bases his
practice on urban prototyping to implement trans-disciplinary pro-
jects.
—Louis Mejean is an architect who graduated from the ENSA-Mar-
seille in 2011. His involvement in the office
bauA
(Marseille) led him
to participate in different projects and competitions including for
publicequipments. Enriched by thisexperience, he started towork
as an independent. His curiosity led him to diversify his activities,
as working on mountain environment, collaborating on interna-
tional projects and workshops or taking part in architectural com-
petitions. Engaged in a research process to rethink his profession
asanarchitect, participatoryapproachesandsocialdimensionsof
architecture became the core of his activity through the associa-
tion
En Commun
in Lausanne (Switzerland) were he is now estab-
lished.
—Diego Inglez de Souza is an architect, urban planner and teacher
attheUniversidadeCatólicadePernambuco(UNICAP). Hewasthe
assistant curator of the 2013 architecture biennale of São Paulo,
and is the author of
Reconstruindo Cajueiro Seco: Arquitetura,
política social e cultura popular em Pernambuco, 1960–64 (2010)
in addition to many articles on architecture, social housing and ur-
ban history.
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