MIT CDD | Urban Network Analysis

4.162 | VID_Boston Harbor

Seeing Structure | Animated Internet Census 2012

Animated GIF world map of 24 hour relative average utilization of IPv4 addresses observed using ICMP ping requests.

Lateral Office | Classrooms: Clusters and Environments

MIT SA+P | Center for Advanced Urbanism

Thesis | Meta_ Redesigning Klafthmonos Square

An innovative proposal for a major square in Central Athens. The project connects the historical layers of the city and introduces an adaptive design with dynamic structural elements to address the complex problems of the contemporary metropolis.

Through the bleak landscape that has been shaped by the collapse of the economy, the city of Athens emerges in social and cultural crisis. The consequences of this phenomenon are reflected on the already discredited public space of the city, condemning it to a rampant degradation and desertification.

In this context, we choose to deal with the historic center of Athens, focusing on Klafthmonos Square, a non-indigestible area with occasional function, cut-off from the urban environment and unregistered to the collective memory of the city’s inhabitants. It is an empty "container" in the heart of Athens. The square is located at the point where three different historical layers of the city overlap: the topological layer upon which the ancient wall is traced, the organically developed layer of the old city, with reference to the St. Theodore Church and the layer of the neoclassical city, with reference to the buildings of the Neoclassical Trilogy.

The design’s central idea is the neoclassical layer’s detachment from the topology, a gesture which highlights and attributes vital space to the city’s layers. 

Two squares are formed in two different levels with clearly distinct geometrical characteristics and unconventional materials; wood and soil. The proposal also includes integration with Korai street, which is redesigned to give priority to pedestrians and to restore the continuity of the athenian public space.

Our intention is to create an action platform, a space that can potentially accommodate diverse activities. In order to achieve flexibility, mobile elements with mechanical properties are installed, introducing variability to the square. Furthermore, the inclusion of a Music Conservatory serves flexibility, since music is open to everyone, allows ad-hoc meetings, spontaneity and releases the public space from consumption and shop operating hours.

Through our intervention we envision a public space functioning all-day, open, with uninterrupted flows and continuous visibility, a counterpoint to the current conditions of the square and its surrounding area.

© 2012, Bisti Mar. / Saratsis Emm.

Lecture | Relation Networks_ Towards 'Design 2.0'

From the dawn of the digital network revolution until today, Architecture has entered a transition process. It seems that gradually, the conditions towards the rise of a new paradigm for design mature; ‘Design 2.0’ will be based on less static, more dynamic methods and rules, in order to connect with the ever-changing needs of the built environment and its users. In an effort to trace the direction of these changes, our ‘vehicle’ is the dynamics of music; music with elements of dialogue, improvisation, action and generative interactions. The theories that are ‘networked’ to support ‘Design 2.0’ come from a wide range of knowledge fields; systems logic, cybernetics, mathematics, biomimetics, artificial intelligence and chemistry. We shift from designing objects, to designing relations between parts within the framework of systems, not necessarily architectural. Through the scope of these approaches, the role of the Architect, the essence of creativity and the relation of Architecture with time is redefined. Quo Vadis?

© 2012, Saratsis Emm. / Tzortzis Ant.

Rethink Athens | International Architectural Competition

Apple | The Textbook. Reinvented for iPad

Renzo Piano | SNF Cultural Center

Athens is More | VID_ Teaser

Art06 | VID_ Untitled Symmetry

EPFL | Best of Architectural Design 2010-2011

Selection of the best work of students from the ENAC-EPFL Architecture Department.

Flickr Sets | Picturesque

Microsoft | Productivity Future Vision

Watch how future technology will help people make better use of their time, focus their attention, and strengthen relationships while getting things done at work, home, and on the go. [Release_ 2011/ Microsoft Office Labs]

Audi | Urban Future Competition

Jürgen Mayer H.

http://www.jmayerh.de/85-0-AWay.html

Bjarke Ingels Group
http://www.big.dk/projects/audi/

Everynone | Symmetry

Bjarke Ingels | 3 Warp-Speed Architecture Tales

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature -- they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy -- and creating stunning views.

Bjarke Ingels heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group which he founded in 2006.

Source_ TED Talks

XA Atelier | PRES_ Metatemple

© 2011, Saratsis Emm. / Seferlis Ant.

Carlo Ratti | Architecture that Senses and Responds

With his team at SENSEable City Lab, MIT's Carlo Ratti makes cool things by sensing the data we create. He pulls from passive data sets -- like the calls we make, the garbage we throw away -- to create surprising visualizations of city life. And he and his team create dazzling interactive environments from moving water and flying light, powered by simple gestures caught through sensors.

Carlo Ratti is a civil engineer and architect who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the SENSEable City Laboratory.

Source_ TEDTalks