As Found : Learn to design sustainable and fragile interventions in the city
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The fragile essence of a place<\/b> \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
The aim of sustainable development is to create and maintain a prosperous social, economic and ecological system. Sustainable urban design and architecture also includes this different subjects and complexity. That is why this kind of projects not only have to endure time or have to take into account the efficiency of using resources such as land, water, building materials, power supply\u2026but also have to deal with the qualities of the environment. Understand the fragile essence of a place and learn about the relationship between the context and the architectural program\u00a0 can lead to\u00a0 a simple and obvious architectural project that fortifies the specific spot.\u00a0 The key to a conscious and coherent\u00a0 project is to provide added value to the environment by removing redundancy and add respectful contextual interventions.<\/p>\n
As Found stands for a sustainable project that respects the identity and complexity of a place and social environment and that fortifies this location on every layer. <\/b> Sustainability has to do with many elements, although in this design studio we will focus on the next subjects :<\/p>\n Site<\/b> Ghent, (within the \u201919th<\/sup> century belt\u2019) the city where the international students in this workshop will live for some months or a year is by excellence an area of research. On the one hand because in this way the students get the chance to learn about the city and on the other hand because an intense and frequent site research is possible without large displacements. On foot or bike they are asked to search a significant place where acting in redundancy is possible (without defined program). The attitude to be learned is that \u2018a thorough reading of a location\u2019 is necessary to achieve a good design. Analysis and design research on location is important. In the 3th week of the site research there is an appointment with the teachers on location. \u00a0 Program<\/b> The program has to do with the ability to go to the essence of a spatial intervention on the chosen site. Each location \u2018calls\u2019 for a specific interpretation and program.\u00a0 Reading and understanding the place in a profound way can lead to a\u00a0 sustainable project. An important exercise is the critical definition of the program<\/p>\n\n
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