{"id":153,"date":"2021-01-02T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T10:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/?p=153"},"modified":"2021-01-04T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:27:02","slug":"gustave-curtil-architecture-machine-machine-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/2021\/01\/02\/gustave-curtil-architecture-machine-machine-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustave Curtil &#8216;An Architectural Interpretation of a Machine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Humans are the inventor of the machine. The machine is an asset to humans. As an operation for humans and operated by humans. Nowadays machines are becoming more and more self-controlling and humans become otiose. Machine learning is extant.<\/p>\n<p>Machines take in place. Do they need space? Architecture for machines? Architecture for no-body?<\/p>\n<p>What is the role of humans? Are they an actor or an observer in the machine landscape? A movement from the original goal of the machine as a tool towards the machine as goal as such?<\/p>\n<p>Humans are the inventor of architecture. Architecture as an asset to humans. Building a roof, as protection for wind and coldness, for sun and rain. A safe and comforting space.<\/p>\n<p>Do building blocks form a building? Do arche-types form architecture?<\/p>\n<p>Architectures consist of several forms and functions. A space where people come together, a symbol of wealth, a tool to connect landscapes, sheltering for material,\u2026 It creates space with a function.<\/p>\n<p>What is the line between sculpture and architecture? Architecture without function? A movement from the original goal of the architecture as a tool towards the architecture as goal as such?<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, and by over-conceptualizing a still image of a machine from \u2018Whose Utopia\u2019 by Cao Fei, I created an architectural landscape.<\/p>\n<p>One minute site<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O2aVJ57P2hA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O2aVJ57P2hA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project presentation<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/496819895?app_id=122963\" width=\"496\" height=\"368\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen title=\"Presentation video\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Autonomous film<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/496812441?app_id=122963\" width=\"496\" height=\"368\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen title=\"An Architectural Interpretation of a Machine\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Project book<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1lLnA-QACLBGVKyrzbIAvVNT0TiVhBrPi?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1lLnA-QACLBGVKyrzbIAvVNT0TiVhBrPi?usp=sharing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Zoom-Kantoor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Zoom-Kantoor.png\" alt=\"gustave_zoom-kantoor\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Z-R-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-155\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Z-R-2.png\" alt=\"gustave_z-r-2\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Rijhuizen-2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Rijhuizen-2-2.png\" alt=\"gustave_rijhuizen-2-2\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Schermafbeelding-2021-01-04-om-10.25.58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Schermafbeelding-2021-01-04-om-10.25.58.png\" alt=\"gustave_schermafbeelding-2021-01-04-om-10-25-58\" width=\"3348\" height=\"2484\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Schermafbeelding-2021-01-04-om-10.24.33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2021\/01\/Gustave_Schermafbeelding-2021-01-04-om-10.24.33.png\" alt=\"gustave_schermafbeelding-2021-01-04-om-10-24-33\" width=\"3348\" height=\"2484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans are the inventor of the machine. The machine is an asset to humans. As an operation for humans and operated by humans. Nowadays machines are becoming more and more self-controlling and humans become otiose. Machine learning is extant. Machines take in place. Do they need space? Architecture for machines? Architecture for no-body? What is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/drawing-architecture-ii-situational-sites-procedural-worlds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}