METEORA IS THE DESIGN STUDIO OF THE CHAIR OF DIGITAL ARCHITECTONICS [HOVESTADt] AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE OF ETH ZÜRICH. Meteora is never the same, she evolves, grows and changes constantly. She is a mirror of the state of work we do in our studio, and an infinite sum of its sediments. EXPLORE THE PLETHORA OF ITs CHARACTERS, DREAMS, AND VISIONS BELOW.

SEASON 5 - Engenderings

SEASON 5

METEORA 05 – Engenderings

STUDENTS: Jonathan Bitterli, Lukas Felleisen, Manuel Eichenberger , Ruby Hall, Christa Held, Johannes Hoppensack, German Kiyyan, Samuel Meury, Maëlle Odermatt, Anna Oexle, Timon Rajmon, Shota Shiratori, David Siegrist, Gion Tschümperlin, Wan Wai Lok (Justin)

TEACHING TEAM: LUDGER HOVESTADT, JORGE OROZCO, MIRO ROMAN, ADIL BOKHARI
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S5 RESOURCES:

S5E1
S5E2
S5E3
S5 REVIEWS
STORIES S5

FASHION, JOURNALISM, FEMINISM

'IF NATURE IS UNJUST,
CHANGE NATURE.'

About
freedom,
nature,
technology,
gender,
intellect.

What it is,
a HUMAN?

Gendered by nature
or engendered by ratio?

An architectonic
stageplay:

Coco Chanel (1918)
moves into
the Villa Lemoine of Rem Koolhaas (1998)
to discuss
the XENOFEMINIST MANIFESTO (2018)

METEORA #05 will use artifical intelligence
to write a text to explicate a precise position in today's world,
to create a spectrum of images to reflect this world
and design an architectural artefact which brings things into adequate proportions

This studio works on the idea that a substantial understanding of TODAYS TECHNOLOGY (INTERNET OF THINGS, BIG DATA, MACHINE INTELLIGENCE ...) changes the perspective to ARCHITECTURAL THEORY and will result in different ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS and building constructions.

GOALS

1) IDENTIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES OF TODAYS TECHNOLOGIES;
2) TECHNIQUES OF WORKING WITHIN THE PLENTY OF THE INTERNET;
3) A METHODOLOGY TO DESIGN DIGITAL ARCHITECTURES;
4) UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHIFT FROM HARD BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TO SOFT BUILDING APPLICATIONS, AND
5) AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BECOMING A LITERATE DIGITAL PERSONA IN ORDER TO BE AN ARCHITECT TODAY.

KICKOFF: September 21, 2021
10:00 HIB E 15