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Architectural Design IV: 333% (P)Re-Zu-Rich (De Vylder)
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:08:51
Abstract
In semester HS / IV, we'll continue the exercise started last semester. The generic houses that were studied in the first movement of last semester will offer the building materials for a new and collective project. An individual satellite will be projected in the public realm.
Objective
It is clear. As good as the whole realm is on track on Re-Word today, a critical moment must be ambitioned. But not just to be critical. But to give the idea of Re-Prefix a chance to go beyond the tendency and give a chance for a truly different Future of Attitude. And not just a Pragmatic Future, but a Future to Dream about. d-RE-AM. About.
Content
The 333% studio is a studio on the scale of the BA SEM III & IV expectations. At the same time, the 333% studio is part of a broader ambition shaped by the title 3.33% 33.3% 333%. In fact, these 3 sets of 3 numbers are 3 different studios but sharing the same interest 3 times. The interest of RE-USE. In the 33.3% and 3.33% studio - MA SEM I, II and III - the idea of economy, ecology and ergonomics is explored with a gesture of 3.33% or 33.3% of the normal 100% investment. A true belief in the under-explored capacity to really do less. Or said: needing less. The 333% studio takes the perspective across two semesters - HS / III and FS / IV. In semester HS / III, a simple exercise will explore the development of the same program in the two different contexts of NEW-USE and RE-USE. On a given free plot versus a given build plot, the same project will be designed. In the FS / IV semester, the same simple exercise will test the results of the previous semester on a subsequent change. Both projects from the previous semester will be challenged with a new program, twice each time. One can say: it is a matter of RE-USE - semester FS / IV - of the RE-USE and the NEW-USE - semester HS / III -. We introduce the word (P)RE-USE here since the NEW USE - semester HS / III - will still be tested in its first concept for its ability to be prepared for the next RE-USE. Likewise, the RE-USE project will be evaluated for its ability to change once more. We will talk about many more RE-PREFIX words. The RE-WORD - once started with the word RE-USE - is everywhere and always today. The RE-word is omnipresent and in many ways. Many RE-words have now been found and defined. And many more must and will be added. Never is it a play on words. Always it is another angle. Or to explore the idea more and more. And to discover yet another entrance. re-use re-store rest-ore re-pair re-act re-cycle re-care re-accept re-sumptions re-compress(ions)* re-economy* re-love re-leave re-less re-confirm re-silience re-vive re-live re-veal un-re-vel re-collage re-configurate re-observe re-call re-read re-focus re-draw re-practice re-detail re-invent re-question re-strategy re-confront re-venture re-re At all. We will find out together that in the end, taking into account all these RE-WORDS, it is and will be more a matter of RE-ATTITUDE. USE words in account. Attitudes must be changed. At all. RE-THINKING-RE is the alter ego of the 3.33% 33.3% 333% studios. If we are not critical, RE-ERA may only be a trend, but in fact it is and will always be an eternal URGE. The urge of u-R-g-E. It is clear. As good as the whole realm is on track on RE-WORD today, a CRITICAL moment must be ambitioned. But not just to be CRITICAL. But to give the idea of RE-PREFIX a chance to go beyond the tendency and give a chance for a truly different FUTURE of ATTITUDE. And not just a PRAGMATIC FUTURE, but a FUTURE to DREAM about. d-RE-AM. About.
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Lecture Notes
Movement 1DECONSTRUCTION – Group work - AnalogueNew SMALL PRACTICES are made. Every SMALL PRACTICE consists out of three students, all of which worked on a different context in Semester III.Each of the students will build down their ordinary house of semester III into a STOCKLIST and an EXPLODED AXO DRAWING.Every SMALL PRACTICE will be given one reference project to be deconstructed and poured into a STOCKLIST and an EXPLODED AXO as well.The chair of BUK will be our sparring partner during first movement.Intermediate crit 1 (15.03)STOCKLISTS and EXPLODED AXO DRAWINGS show the process of deconstruction.Movement 2COLLECTIVE HOUSE – Group work – 333% - AnalogueThe three sets of building materials of the ordinary houses will be combined to make one bigger house, a 300% house. 33% building materials of the given reference will be added to the mix. This all adds up to a generous 333%.The 333% project should house 21 beds, in whatever form; a multi-generational house, a youth-hostel, an orphanage, an elderly home, a detention center, …One of the unexplored contexts of last semester will be the site for this 333% project.PUBLIC FOLLY – Individual work – 3,33% - DigitalClose to the collective house, a public folly will be built. As a small satellite projected in the public realm. The folly shares the same DNA as the House, but is different. Where the House is collective, the Folly is public.The sites widen up. The 3,33% project no longer is situated within the borders of the given plot, but explores the public realm. A radius is offered to guide this exploration.Among other documents, the public folly will be represented by a digital drawing. Stijn Jonckheere will join the teaching team to introduce and teach a specific format of drawing digitally.Intermediate crit 2 (10.05 + 11.05)The second intermediate crit functions as the final crit for the 333% project. The group work ends here.Movement 3PUBLIC FOLLY – Individual work – 3,33% - DigitalThe three remaining weeks are reserved to work on the 3,33% project only. So only individual work remains.Stijn Jonckheere comes back for one more digital workshop session.Final crit (31.05 + 01.06)All three movements are on show, both DECONSTRUCTION, the COLLECTIVE HOUSE as the PUBLIC FOLLY.
Learning Materials (Links)
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General Information
- Language
- German (lecture), German (exercise), English (exercise)
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
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Konstruktion IV
Kurssprachen: Deutsch und Englisch.
Keine Lehrveranstaltungen am 23.3. (Seminarwoche), während den Osterferien, an Feiertagen sowie in den letzten 2 Wochen vor Semesterende (s. Raumbelegungen!).
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2 h weekly |
| exercise |
Konstruktion BUK IV
Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 22.3. (Seminarwoche).
Einführung: Datum folgt.
Abgaben / Schlussveranstaltung: Datum folgt.
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2 h weekly |
| exercise |
Architectural Design IV: 333% (P)Re-Zu-Rich (De Vylder)
No course 22./23.3. (seminar week).
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12 h weekly |