slicesthroughspace: Rich soil

Monday, March 26, 2012

Rich soil

Industry, automobiles, and impermeable concrete and asphalt surfaces combine to negatively impact upon the air and water quality, while climate change serves to exacerbate the urban heat island effect through global warming. Intense competition for land decreases green space, and there is a subsequent spiritual disconnect from agricultural roots and the natural world.

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SLICES THROUGH SPACE

SLICES THROUGH SPACE is a studio run at Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism during spring 2012 by Gisle Løkken & Magdalena Haggärde.

The 7 weeks studio will introduce alternative methods for planning and architecture that open for discussions about planning language, hierarchies, participation and relevance. Through literature studies and exploratory research and rethinking we will gain new knowledge that enables us to approach a concrete situation in the city for a profound understanding of the context. We want to use the blog to communicate the learning and collect the findings from the process, and also for the students to present their work as a continuous process. The studio does not demand fixed scenarios or fancy images, but will expect curiosity and an open-minded effort from the students to learn, and to experience and express knowledge that is not obvious - and that has to be carefully investigated to be operative for the planning process.