METEORA

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METEORA 03 – POWERS

Final Review Zoom Link Thursday, 17 December 10.00–17.30 Friday, 18 December 10.00–17.30

Guests: Curtis Roth, Damjan Jovanovic, Daniele Profeta, Daniel Köhler, Helen Palmer, Maya Alam, Momoyo Kaijima, Riccardo Villa, Vera Bühlmann

Hosted by: Ludger Hovestadt, Jorge Orozco, Adil Bokhari, Miro Roman

POWERS

VITRUVIUS, THE ARCHITECT AND THE PATRON

ARCHITECTURE GIVES POWER A FACE

NO CITY WITHOUT FACES

YOU AT TABLE WITH ELISABETH MURDOCH

WHO IS ABOUT TO TAKE OVER AN EMPIRE

TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF MEDIA

GIVING HER A PRESENCE

PRECISELY ALONG THE LINES

OF LEON BATTISTA ALBERT

LOCATION: PARIS, FACING NOTRE DAME

METEORA HAS A MOODBOARD OF 1000 BOOKS AND 1000 MOVIEs

METEORA IS ONLINE ON INSTAGRAM

METEORA PRESENTS WITH TEXT, IMAGES AND ANIMATIONS

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.

S3E1 on Text GIVE POWER A FACE

I AM SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH ELIZABETH MURDOCH AND LEON BATISTA ALBERTI OVERLOOKING NOTRE DAME.

WE ARE DISCUSSING ELIZABETH’S NEW PUBLIC IMAGE; HER BRAND, HER MEDIA EMPIRE, HER NEW ‘FACE’ IN PARIS.

WHAT IS THE NEW FACE OF ELIZABETH ABOUT? WHAT ARE ITS DRIVES, OBSESSIONS, COLOURS, ASPIRATIONS?

SHE CAN BE ANYONE SHE DESIRES!

conceptualising THE BRANd

articulating The talk

constituting a Face

TALK TO XENOTHEKA

WRITE TOGETHER WITH PROMINENT ARCHITECTS, PHILOSOPHERS AND SCIENTISTS.

WRITE BY TALKING TO MORE THAN 1000 BOOKS.

WRITE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S TERMS.

ARCHEOLOGY OF CONCEPTS

GLOBAL RITUALS

BRANDS

IS IT A THEATRE: A VILLA AND A CASTRUM,

OR A PERFORMANCE: A PALACE AND A GARDEN,

MAYBE A PLAY: A HOME AND A BRAND?

SPATIALISing THE CONCEPTS

TALKING TO THE CITY

ACCOMMODATing THE TALKS

TALK with ALBERTI&VITRUVIUS

LOCALITY, AREA, COMPARTITION

WALLS, ROOFS, OPENINGS

LINEAMENTS, ORNAMENT

FLAVOURS OF SPACES

LOCAL RITUALS

PALACES

S3E2 on images THE FACES(‘) SHOW

I AM SITTING AT A TABLE WITH ELISABETH MURDOCH AND LEON BATISTA ALBERTI IN A CAFÉ IN PARIS. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE NEW FACE THAT SHE WANTS TO SHOW TO THE CITY, AND HOW HER BUILDING IN FRONT OF NOTRE-DAME SHOULD BE REMODELED. THIS TIME, I COME WITH PLENTY OF IMAGES TO DISCUSS MY IDEAS VIA A CATALOG AND A MOVIE.

I SHOW A CATALOG OF ORNAMENTS FOR ELISABETH’S NEW BUILDING. I PRESENT WITH EXAMPLES HOW THE AREA, COMPARTITION, WALLS, ROOFS AND OPENINGS MAY LOOK LIKE. FROM THE CATALOG, THE FORMS OF THE BUILDING WILL BE ENGENDERED.

I ALSO SHOW A MOVIE OF LINEAMENTS FOR HER NEW FACE. I PRESENT WITH EXISTING SCENOGRAPHIES, OBJECTS/SUBJECTS, ACTIONS, SOUNDS AND TEXTS, WHY HER FACE AND BUILDING ARE RELEVANT TO PARIS AND THE WORLD. SHE WILL ENGENDER SENSE FROM THE MOVIE.

PANORAMAS OF CINEMA, A VIDÉOTHÈQUE AND SEARCH ENGINE WITH 2 THOUSAND HOURS OF MOVIES AND 2 MILLION IMAGES, WILL ASSIST ME.

s3e3 ON MODELS THE FACES PLAY

I construct an architectural project by putting into proportion that which is heard, and that which is seen. An

Approximation Demontablé made out of many possible renderings. 

It is a play with toys, games, and tools.

It is a play of textures, models, and scales.

It is a play shaped, assembled, and played.

I construct Scenes Locating the Ornaments.

I construct Scenes Constituting the Compartitions.

I construct Scenes Characterising the Area.