A Method for Cannibalist Architecture
(2024) AAHM10 20241Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- To read, to grasp, to copy, to erase, to revive, to modulate, to distort, to re-create , to saturate, to reproduce, to grow, to devour, to eat, to multiply, to protect, the essence , the fragments, a story, materiality, to unbuild , to enhance, to (im)materialise, to shape, to expand, to explore.
We encounter today a lack of identity in architecture, no style, no language, pure impulsive and senseless design decision. As well as a need for building endless structures as symbol of power with no other intention and understanding of the human scale (e.g. shopping malls).
Therefore exploring a new method for designing may give us a chance to see things differently, more critically. To create a culture of “not building” to achieve... (More) - To read, to grasp, to copy, to erase, to revive, to modulate, to distort, to re-create , to saturate, to reproduce, to grow, to devour, to eat, to multiply, to protect, the essence , the fragments, a story, materiality, to unbuild , to enhance, to (im)materialise, to shape, to expand, to explore.
We encounter today a lack of identity in architecture, no style, no language, pure impulsive and senseless design decision. As well as a need for building endless structures as symbol of power with no other intention and understanding of the human scale (e.g. shopping malls).
Therefore exploring a new method for designing may give us a chance to see things differently, more critically. To create a culture of “not building” to achieve grandiosity. A culture of using what’s there and a culture of devouring history and spitting out something new. A Method for Cannibalist Architecture.
The aim of this project is to show how new unpredicted spaces can be created when a ruin is devoured, its traces comprehended and a new independent extension built, assembling its own elements. A new being is born, grown out of the leftovers of another forgotten one. The ritual of eating the remains of another subject and inheriting its strengths . Fragments becomes relics and digested into a new language. A new experience is created, taking nature as an inspiration and working with light, shades, shapes and repetition. The cohabitation of what’s dead and what’s alive. A Method for Cannibalist Architecture. (Less)
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- author
- Suzan Moi, Pedro LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- AAHM10 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9175464
- date added to LUP
- 2024-09-26 11:22:12
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We encounter today a lack of identity in architecture, no style, no language, pure impulsive and senseless design decision. As well as a need for building endless structures as symbol of power with no other intention and understanding of the human scale (e.g. shopping malls).
Therefore exploring a new method for designing may give us a chance to see things differently, more critically. To create a culture of “not building” to achieve grandiosity. A culture of using what’s there and a culture of devouring history and spitting out something new. A Method for Cannibalist Architecture.
The aim of this project is to show how new unpredicted spaces can be created when a ruin is devoured, its traces comprehended and a new independent extension built, assembling its own elements. A new being is born, grown out of the leftovers of another forgotten one. The ritual of eating the remains of another subject and inheriting its strengths . Fragments becomes relics and digested into a new language. A new experience is created, taking nature as an inspiration and working with light, shades, shapes and repetition. The cohabitation of what’s dead and what’s alive. A Method for Cannibalist Architecture.}},
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