TO INTERPRET THE CONTEMPORANEOUS METROPOLIS: NOTES ON IGNÁSI SOLÁ-MORALES
Gonçalo Furtado
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* The legacy of Ignási Sola-Morales
The theory of architecture and urbanism faces the difficult task of struggling to make acknowledgeable the complexity of the modern city. In this sense, the legacy of the recently diseased history researcher and architecture theorist Ignási Sola-Morales arises as a sharp, generous and open perspective.
I clearly remember how the news that his heart yield in due to a stressful life strongly shook the architectural milieu.
Not expecting such a rigueur as that out coming from relatives and close relations, I dared, for three nights, having for company the motorway buzz, to organize a set of notes that the contact I had had with Solá-Morales writings personality granted me to take.
Besides an apparent sense of enigma, his work has the genuine capacity of describing the cartography and sharing the city in its contemporary complexity.
[...]
As this same article advances, we intend to show how the work of Ignási Sola Morales presents, in a generous, sharp and open way besides all the apparent enigma, the genuine capacity of cartographing and sharing the city in all its contemporaneous complexity."
3/8/09
3/5/09
Acronyms
List of the acronyms, in alphabetical order, that I have used in my texts
AA - Architectural Association
AI - Artificial Intelligence
A of K - Gordon Pask's expression: Architecture of Knowledge
C1- First Order Cybernetics
C2 - Sencond Order Cybernetics
CT - Gordon Pask's Conversation Theory
CP - Cedric Price
GP (or G) - Gordon Pask
IA - Gordon Pask's Interaction Theory
ICT - Information and Communication Thecnologies
IE for Information Environment
IS - Information Society
JN - Cedric Price's Japan Net
LP - Gordon Pask's expression: Language Protocolg
AA - Architectural Association
AI - Artificial Intelligence
A of K - Gordon Pask's expression: Architecture of Knowledge
C1- First Order Cybernetics
C2 - Sencond Order Cybernetics
CT - Gordon Pask's Conversation Theory
CP - Cedric Price
GP (or G) - Gordon Pask
IA - Gordon Pask's Interaction Theory
ICT - Information and Communication Thecnologies
IE for Information Environment
IS - Information Society
JN - Cedric Price's Japan Net
LP - Gordon Pask's expression: Language Protocolg
3/4/09
LECTURE AT TESLA
GONÇALO FURTADO's LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LONDON
ORGANIZED BY "TESLA-ART AND SCIENCE RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP"
Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing. University College of London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6 BT.
Wednesday, 11th of March, 5.00 to 6.00 pm
"Some Links between Infinite Scales and Primary Archival Research on Pask and Price.
Abstract: Art, Design and Architecture have all been affected and influenced by computer science and related fields, and this fact can act as the inspiration for a mutant generative environment. In this lecture, I will argue that the contemporary condition suggests the need for a dialogue between the infinitely large and small. The minute scale of the body-technology-space interface has become a critical question, and, on a larger scale, the dynamics of self-organizing systems has come to dominate our understanding of the meta-environment of the future. I will also provide a brief history of exchanges between architecture and the fields of computation and cybernetics, based on my books and primary archival research on the British mavericks Gordon Pask and Cedric Price".
BIO
Gonçalo Furtado is Professor Aux. of Architecture. He has written several books, including "Notes on the Space of Digital Technique" (2002), "Marcos Cruz: Unpredictable Flesh" (2004), "The Construction of the Critical Project" (2005), and the compilation "Architecture: Machine and Body" (with R.Braz, 2006). He has given lectures in the UK, USA, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Austria, Mexico, Poland and Germany. His PhD Dissertation provided a history of exchanges between architecture and the fields of cybernetics, systems research and computation. In particular, it focuses on the encounters of British professionals such as Gordon Pask and Cedric Price, and provides a complete account of the outstanding Generator and Japan Net projects. Furtado's paper "Gordon Pask: Exchanges between Cybernetics and Architecture and the Envisioning of the 'Informational Environment'", won "The Kybernetes Research Awards-Highly Commended Paper" at the last World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics’ International Colloquium.
ORGANIZED BY "TESLA-ART AND SCIENCE RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP"
Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing. University College of London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6 BT.
Wednesday, 11th of March, 5.00 to 6.00 pm
"Some Links between Infinite Scales and Primary Archival Research on Pask and Price.
Abstract: Art, Design and Architecture have all been affected and influenced by computer science and related fields, and this fact can act as the inspiration for a mutant generative environment. In this lecture, I will argue that the contemporary condition suggests the need for a dialogue between the infinitely large and small. The minute scale of the body-technology-space interface has become a critical question, and, on a larger scale, the dynamics of self-organizing systems has come to dominate our understanding of the meta-environment of the future. I will also provide a brief history of exchanges between architecture and the fields of computation and cybernetics, based on my books and primary archival research on the British mavericks Gordon Pask and Cedric Price".
BIO
Gonçalo Furtado is Professor Aux. of Architecture. He has written several books, including "Notes on the Space of Digital Technique" (2002), "Marcos Cruz: Unpredictable Flesh" (2004), "The Construction of the Critical Project" (2005), and the compilation "Architecture: Machine and Body" (with R.Braz, 2006). He has given lectures in the UK, USA, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Austria, Mexico, Poland and Germany. His PhD Dissertation provided a history of exchanges between architecture and the fields of cybernetics, systems research and computation. In particular, it focuses on the encounters of British professionals such as Gordon Pask and Cedric Price, and provides a complete account of the outstanding Generator and Japan Net projects. Furtado's paper "Gordon Pask: Exchanges between Cybernetics and Architecture and the Envisioning of the 'Informational Environment'", won "The Kybernetes Research Awards-Highly Commended Paper" at the last World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics’ International Colloquium.
LAUNCH AT THE BARTLETT
GONÇALO FURTADO'S BOOKS LAUNCH AT THE BARTLETT
The Bartlett, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB.
Wednesday 11th of March, 7.30 to 8.30 pm
FURTADO, Gonçalo. "Generator and Beyond: Encounters of Cedric Price and John Frazer", Coimbra: Semear Palavras, Jan. 2008.
"Furtado´s thorough and committed investigative practice is an inspiration and a benchmark of excellence" (Roy Ascott, The Planetary Collegium)
"I must ... confess a vested interest in the subject of this book and its author ... As the years progressed my respect for Gonçalo increased as I observed his tenacity as a architectural researcher..." (Neil Spiller, Bartlett)
"... an important addition to recent scholarship on Price". (Suzanne Strum, Metropolis)
" ... impressed by the depth of his research, insight and commitment ... I fully support this book written by someone with Gonçalo´s knowledge of, and passion for, the project". (Nic Bailey, Former principle collaborator)
" ... timely and promises to unlock some of the mysteries of this work" (Howard Schubert, CCA)
"... a critical text as architecture awakes in the 21th century". (Ted Krueger, RPI)
FURTADO, Gonçalo, and PÓVOAS, Rui (eds.). "Cedric Price's Generator [...]", Porto: FAUP, Sept. 2008.
"This timely book highlights the Generator, and all Price's projects the Generator may indeed come to be regarded as his most significant proposition." (John and Julia Frazer).
* A bar will be run by the students. All invited!
** During the afternoon, Professor Furtado will give a lecture at UCL.
The Bartlett, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB.
Wednesday 11th of March, 7.30 to 8.30 pm
FURTADO, Gonçalo. "Generator and Beyond: Encounters of Cedric Price and John Frazer", Coimbra: Semear Palavras, Jan. 2008.
"Furtado´s thorough and committed investigative practice is an inspiration and a benchmark of excellence" (Roy Ascott, The Planetary Collegium)
"I must ... confess a vested interest in the subject of this book and its author ... As the years progressed my respect for Gonçalo increased as I observed his tenacity as a architectural researcher..." (Neil Spiller, Bartlett)
"... an important addition to recent scholarship on Price". (Suzanne Strum, Metropolis)
" ... impressed by the depth of his research, insight and commitment ... I fully support this book written by someone with Gonçalo´s knowledge of, and passion for, the project". (Nic Bailey, Former principle collaborator)
" ... timely and promises to unlock some of the mysteries of this work" (Howard Schubert, CCA)
"... a critical text as architecture awakes in the 21th century". (Ted Krueger, RPI)
FURTADO, Gonçalo, and PÓVOAS, Rui (eds.). "Cedric Price's Generator [...]", Porto: FAUP, Sept. 2008.
"This timely book highlights the Generator, and all Price's projects the Generator may indeed come to be regarded as his most significant proposition." (John and Julia Frazer).
* A bar will be run by the students. All invited!
** During the afternoon, Professor Furtado will give a lecture at UCL.
3/2/09
LIDERA
SUPERVISÂO DE PROJECTOS LIDERA
Tatiana Nunes (coord) et alts, “Análise computacional da qualidade funcional das áreas adjacentes aos Pólos Universitários (UP)”, Pré-Proposta-Projecto Lidera Nº65-UP [Supervisão de Gonçalo Furtado e Miguel Serra], Porto, 2008.
Disponível em: http://sitesrc.up.pt/lidera/65-Analise_qualidade_funcional.pdf, acedido 2009-03-02.
Manuel Lopes (Coord.) et alt, “Mobiliário Inteligente”, Pré-proposta-Projecto Lidera Nº67-UP [Supervisão de Gonçalo Furtado e José Pedro Sousa], Porto, 2008.
Disponível em: http://sitesrc.up.pt/lidera/67-Mobil_inteligente.pdf, acedido 2009-03-02.
Luís Caló (Coord.) et alt, “Oficina de Prototipagem Rápida: Concepção e manufactura assistida por computador de maquetes para arquitectura e design industrial” Pré-proposta-Projecto Lidera Nº68-UP [Supervisão de Gonçalo Furtado e José Pedro Sousa], Porto, 2008.
Disponível, http://sitesrc.up.pt/lidera/68-Prototipagem_rapida.pdf, acedido 2009-03-02.
Tatiana Nunes (coord) et alts, “Análise computacional da qualidade funcional das áreas adjacentes aos Pólos Universitários (UP)”, Pré-Proposta-Projecto Lidera Nº65-UP [Supervisão de Gonçalo Furtado e Miguel Serra], Porto, 2008.
Disponível em: http://sitesrc.up.pt/lidera/65-Analise_qualidade_funcional.pdf, acedido 2009-03-02.
Manuel Lopes (Coord.) et alt, “Mobiliário Inteligente”, Pré-proposta-Projecto Lidera Nº67-UP [Supervisão de Gonçalo Furtado e José Pedro Sousa], Porto, 2008.
Disponível em: http://sitesrc.up.pt/lidera/67-Mobil_inteligente.pdf, acedido 2009-03-02.
Luís Caló (Coord.) et alt, “Oficina de Prototipagem Rápida: Concepção e manufactura assistida por computador de maquetes para arquitectura e design industrial” Pré-proposta-Projecto Lidera Nº68-UP [Supervisão de Gonçalo Furtado e José Pedro Sousa], Porto, 2008.
Disponível, http://sitesrc.up.pt/lidera/68-Prototipagem_rapida.pdf, acedido 2009-03-02.
2/28/09
... ESPAÇO URBANO
Gonçalo Furtado, “Estruturação e suportes da produção de espaço urbano”, in: Dédalo, Nº5 [Centripetação], Fevereiro 2009, p. 112-127
2/24/09
Architecture at IJUP 2009
Paralell Oral Sessions VI
A1 - Architecture
Manuel Estêvão Dias Ferreira, “Norma e Desvio no Desenho do Projecto: A Hipótese de uma Retórica da Imagem na Arquitectura”
A.Lei Oliveira and G. Furtado, “Portuguese Architectural Publications: Spaces of Contamination and (Re)procution”
Marta Oliveira, “The Relationship Between Architecture and Scenography”
A.S.F. Santos, “The Artistic Intervention as a Way of Questioning Experiences of Living in Public Space”
Catarina Marques and Rui Ramos, “Lilong: The Architectural Style of Shangai, a Reference for Contemporary Architecture”
Pedro Levi Bismarck, “Spacing ZYX 24: Ethos, Aletheia, Porous, Poiesis”
POSTERS
(25th-27th February 2009)
Eugénio Cardoso and Gonçalo Furtado, “Architecture in Portuguese Culture Space
Analysing the Contribution of Eduardo Prado Coelho”
L. Moreira, “Structures of Project and Architecture Profession”
G. Sepúlveda, “The Diagram: Current Uses and Potential for a Generative Process”
J. P. Tenreiro, “The ODAM group”
Bruno Peixoto and Rui Ramos, “Ways for an Architectural Practice: Os Grandes Armazéns Nascimento in Oporto”
Sílvia Ramos, “Ideas, plans and urban projects.Cordoaria,Porto”
A. Martins, D. Pacheco, E. Vieira, G. Alizzi, I. Sousa, J. Coelho, “MELGAÇO - defesa e morfologia urbana”
Tatiana Nunes Trindade, Gonçalo M Furtado C Lopes and Miguel Serra, “Spatial and Functional Analysis of a UP’S Faculty and its Surrounding Área: A Space Syntax approach”
L.Pereira, “AGORA 4D:Urban Simulation and Public Participation
based on Virtual Environments and Web 2.0”
A1 - Architecture
Manuel Estêvão Dias Ferreira, “Norma e Desvio no Desenho do Projecto: A Hipótese de uma Retórica da Imagem na Arquitectura”
A.Lei Oliveira and G. Furtado, “Portuguese Architectural Publications: Spaces of Contamination and (Re)procution”
Marta Oliveira, “The Relationship Between Architecture and Scenography”
A.S.F. Santos, “The Artistic Intervention as a Way of Questioning Experiences of Living in Public Space”
Catarina Marques and Rui Ramos, “Lilong: The Architectural Style of Shangai, a Reference for Contemporary Architecture”
Pedro Levi Bismarck, “Spacing ZYX 24: Ethos, Aletheia, Porous, Poiesis”
POSTERS
(25th-27th February 2009)
Eugénio Cardoso and Gonçalo Furtado, “Architecture in Portuguese Culture Space
Analysing the Contribution of Eduardo Prado Coelho”
L. Moreira, “Structures of Project and Architecture Profession”
G. Sepúlveda, “The Diagram: Current Uses and Potential for a Generative Process”
J. P. Tenreiro, “The ODAM group”
Bruno Peixoto and Rui Ramos, “Ways for an Architectural Practice: Os Grandes Armazéns Nascimento in Oporto”
Sílvia Ramos, “Ideas, plans and urban projects.Cordoaria,Porto”
A. Martins, D. Pacheco, E. Vieira, G. Alizzi, I. Sousa, J. Coelho, “MELGAÇO - defesa e morfologia urbana”
Tatiana Nunes Trindade, Gonçalo M Furtado C Lopes and Miguel Serra, “Spatial and Functional Analysis of a UP’S Faculty and its Surrounding Área: A Space Syntax approach”
L.Pereira, “AGORA 4D:Urban Simulation and Public Participation
based on Virtual Environments and Web 2.0”
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