Architectural Design V-IX: Berlin: 52.52 N, 13.41 E (Charbonnet/Heiz)

Abstract

PATHFINDER 6 is dedicated to the timeless city of BERLIN: its intricate history, morphology, mythology… all canonical spatial parameters suggested by Lefebvre: political, sociological, anthropological, economical, temporal. Our interest will focus both on the banal and the sublime, on habits and exceptions, individual rites and social encounters.

Objective

Researching Contemporary Concepts & Curating multidisciplinary Sources; Articulating a discursive Argument; Mastering Visual Literacy & Storytelling, Image Mounting & Composing, Architectural Drafting & Projecting.

Content

“For me, a club is a big abstraction machine that constantly produces images. They are often on the edge of visibility, when the fog comes in and you look up at the ceiling and see the lights. There are flashes and shimmers of intangible things.” – W. Tillmans PATHFINDER 6 is dedicated to the timeless city of BERLIN: its intricate history, morphology, mythology… all canonical spatial parameters suggested by Lefebvre: political, sociological, anthropological, economical, temporal.* Our interest will focus both on the banal and the sublime, on habits and exceptions, individual rites and social encounters. As the ordinary interweaves thousands of beats, repetitive tunes and syncopated breaks, there can be no territoriality without its temporalities, may it be that of urbanisation, of experience, or of dreams. Critical considerations, interlaced with the lure of fiction, shall initiate alternate (hi)stories and cityscapes. In the design studio we will draft, mount, design, discuss, play… confront our perspectives onto contemporaneity and ultimately imagine audacious yet playful architectural and territorial fictions. A series of lectures, screenings and discussions will enrich our investigations. *see: Lefebvre, Henri. The Production of Space (1974) & Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life (1992). METHODOLOGY 1. Conduct a survey of Berlin: driven by an agent, an environment, and by your own desires, draw a field within the city considering its implications and problematics. 2. Depict the experience of the field through architectural notations. 3. After having identified a problematic, use your imagination and critical thinking, to design a potential solution. 4. Elaborate a coherent narrative supported by a curated selection of multidisciplinary sources.

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