MILITANT
SHIFT
DAUNTING
ANALOGICAL
OVER-ENGINEERED
TASK
AWE
28.7.11
27.7.11
WK01 :: 15 IMAGES
SPACE STATION REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150224858691719&comments
SAND CRAWLER
ALL TERRAIN ARPOURED TRANSPORT
http://www.creativecloseup.com/16-awesome-star-wars-papercraft-models
ROBOTLAB
http://www.edith-russ-haus.de/no_cache/en/events/events/archive.html?tx_kdvzerhapplications_pi7%5Bevent%5D=317&tx_kdvzerhapplications_pi7%5Baction%5D=eventshow&tx_kdvzerhapplications_pi7%5Bcontroller%5D=event
THEO JANSEN
http://www.artificial.dk/articles/theojansen.htm
THEO JANSEN
http://jenniferpainter.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-do-we-put-value-on-art-what-is-art.html
THEO JANSEN
http://jenniferpainter.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-do-we-put-value-on-art-what-is-art.html
RUBE GOLDBERG
http://blog.mises.org/3519/rube-goldberg-he-did-exist/
GARRYS MOD RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE
HERO OF ALEXANDRIA
http://tao-dnd.blogspot.com/2009/08/monotheism_26.html
HANS PETER WORNDL
http://collectingclouds.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/w-e-e-k-f-i-v-e-hans-peter-worndl/
HOBERMAN ARCH
http://www.ladesigntech.org/newsletter_071211.html
ROLLING BRIDGE
http://wallpaperszz.blogspot.com/2011/06/9-worlds-most-wonderful-pedestrian.html
CONCRETE CANVAS
http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/concretecanvas.html
MAKERBOT
WK01 :: 150 WORDS
MACHINES EXISTED BEFORE MECHANISATION. HERO OF ALEXANDRIA'S MACHINES WERE INEFFICIENT; THEIR PRIME PURPOSE WAS TO IMPRESS THE OBSERVER. VITRUVIUS DID NOT WRITE ABOUT MACHINES IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFICIENCY IN DE ARCHITECTURA. PRIOR TO THINKING ABOUT OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY THE ARCHITECT'S FOCUS WAS ON GEOMETRY AND PROPORTION, "WHAT HAS BEEN DONE HAS BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO GEOMETRY". IT WAS THE MILITARY WHO ATTACHED THE NOTION OF EFFICIENCY TO THE MACHINE THROUGH NECESSITY, AS A RESULT OF LIMITED RESOURCES. GALILAO, IN DISCORSI, REALISED "MANY DEVICES WHICH SUCCEED ON A SMALL SCALE DO NOT WORK ON A LARGE SCALE". THIS SHIFTED THE ARCHAIC DOCTRINE - THE ANALOGICAL METHOD OF IDEA OVER MATTER - TO THE NOTION THAT THE FORM OF A PRODUCT WAS DETERMINED BY THE MATERIALITY AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ITS COMPONENTS. THE FUCTIONALISTS / MODERNISTS CREATED BUILDINGS AS MACHINES, WITH LITTLE REGARD TO THE BUILDINGS' OCCUPANTS. TODAY, WE REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIMENTING ARCHITECTURAL MECHANISATION BY ADDRESSING HUMAN OPERATIONS AND EFFORTS. A DAUNTING PROPOSITION
WK01 :: GRAPHICAL IMAGE AND WORD
RUBE GOLDBERG:
HERO OF ALEXANDRIA:
"UNRELATED IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY"
The Machine in Architectural Thinking
"A DELIBERATELY OVER-ENGINEERED MACHINE THAT PERFORMS A VERY SIMPLE TASK IN A COMPLEX FASHION, USUALLY IN A CHAIN REACTION...TAKES A SIMPLE TASK AND MAKES IT EXTRAORDINARILY COMPLICATED."
http://www.dailyrosetta.com/rube-goldberg-the-ways-google-celebration/238.htmlHERO OF ALEXANDRIA:
"UNRELATED IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY"
The Machine in Architectural Thinking
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