NO WORKSHOP TOMORROW

Considering that other groups do not have afternoon lessons or workshops tomorow Fri 21st, and after consultation with The Boss of It All, we have decided to CANCEL the workshop tomorrow.
Nevertheless, I will be on-line most of the day, and if BEFORE 16:30 you send me an e-mail with a pdf of your work (keep it small, please, no bigger than 3 Mb per mail) I will get back to you during the afternoon.

Otherwise, as agreed, the deadline for this exercise is Thursday the 10th of January at 16:00.

Format:
- A1 panels in any number you think fitting, minimum three. Print in the highest possible quality. Use a light-semirigid base, minimum a 300gr paper, maximum a 5mm foam board.
- a disk with the panels in pdf and any relevant digital document (video, etc)

It is a good idea to include a first panel with research, first concepts, etc.

It is important to cover a wide range of scales, from the site plan to the microscale, but remember that if you have a large site, you don't have to define the whole thing down to the detail; make zooms of higher definition parts, keep larger scales schematic but eloquent.

If you do a model, remember that it is usually better to chose few good photos, manipulate and adjust them, and print them as large as they will stand. Chose meaningful photos that tell us something about your project. Even if you make seven hundred beautiful photos, choose a few and print them BIG.

Microscale

We are now doing a two week exercise, dealing with the smallest possible scale within your project.
You have to zoom in, and develop a small element of your project.
The choice will depend on the nature of your project. Today we have seen and decided some examples:

- Small public toilets in the park.
- A LED screen.
- A bench / cum roof-beam
- A lantern on the square.
- The DJ box.

It is desirable to choose or include something to sit on.
It is best to choose an autonomous element, preferably in the open air, or within a much larger space.

Make sure you tackle the materiality of your design; is it soft/hard/rough/heavy/light/shiny; include the users in your drawings; use a variety of tools/software: cad for precision, illustrator for clarity, models and photoshop for texture and feeling.

Next Thursday, you will join workshop T-41 in room 222, same schedule. It will be an in-house working session, so bring your materials (laptop, modelmaking gear, whatever you want to work with). You will be able to see how the fourth year students are dealing with microscale, and profs JLE Penelas and M Fonseca will provide feed-back (thanx!)

On Friday we will do on-line tuition. E-mail me your pdf (max 2Mb) before 16:00 to carlos.arroyo@uem.es .

This exercise will be handed in on Friday the 7th (which, as stated before, is no puente)
Format: A1

New document

Tomorrow, Friday the 16^th, everyone will bring their work to the workshop.

We will decide, one by one, what document (what part of the project, what kind of document, what format, scale, etc) to hand in next Thursday.

Thursday the 22^nd, you will hand in the document as decided.

Please Note

Friday the 7^th of December, there is NO PUENTE.
Following instructions from the head of studies, absences will be reported.

Viaje manhattan

Buenas noches.
Indagando por google, encontre ua especie de agencia de viajes que organiza viajes en grupo a manhattan.
Se q no es algo muy de fiar y lo mas seguro ( y costoso) seria ir a una agencia de viajes, pero por probar que no quede.
He rellenado una encuesta diciendo lo que nos interesaria (viaje en grupo, sin guia, 4-5 noches...)


Os adjunto la direcciòn por si quereis curiosear : http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Corner/3913/


http://www.geocities.com/newyorkknowhow/spanish.htm


Soy muy consciente de q no es algo q sea muy seguro, pero por probar suerte y ver q nos contestan... ya os comentare la respuesta¡

Thu 1st Nov, and Fri 2nd - PUENTE

Last Friday you were concerned about the holiday on Thursday, and many of you said that you would not be attending the workshop on Friday. You wanted a PUENTE :)
We agreed on the following:

- There will be no physical workshop on Friday; but,

- There will be e-tuition; therefore:

- You will send a pdf (or zip) by mail to carlos.arroyo@uem.es and I will reply with advice.

Maximum file size 1Mb.

Deadline, Friday 2^nd November at 15:30.

Please focus on the definition of your projects – like panel 3 in the previous task. Work especially with sections. Please be very choosy with images; do not include seven hundred photos of your model or 3d; pick two or three, the most explicit ones. Include a good site plan; not a map of the USA with a red dot on NY – chose a scale that may help you see the relationship between your project and the surroundings.

A little more bureaucracy

Please make sure your name is included in the official list of members of this group:
ALVAREZ ARIAS
AMO MAESO Juan Carlos
AVILES MONTES Francisco Javier
COLA FERNANDEZ Adriana Carolina De
DIAZ RIVERA Luis
DOMINGUEZ DE LUNA Alvaro
FUENTES MORANTE Erik
GIL SANTOS Enrique
GOMEZ JIMENEZ Fernando
HERNANDEZ GARCIA Jorge
JUAN GONZALEZ DE CASTEJON Tomas De
LOPEZ MARTIN Miguel
MARTINEZ SALAS Lucia
MEGIAS GAMARRA Ana
MINGUEZ MARIN Belen
OUASS CHEMLAL Sara
PERAL MARTINEZ Rocio
PIZA GARCIA Tomas
QUESADA MENDIOLA Maria Jose
RIVA GAYARRE Borja De La
RODRIGUEZ CACERES Manuel
RODRIGUEZ LUTKINS Julia
RUIZ CALLE Iñigo
SANCHEZ GARRIDO Alfredo
SUNDBERG Christin Marie
VALLE LOPEZ Erika
YANES LOPEZ BRAVO Jesus
ZAYAS HEMINGWAY Fiona

Thu 25th

On Thursday the 25th there will be a general review of all the work done so far.
Every participant shall bring a minimum of three printed A3, portrait, plus an extra, as follows:
1- one A3 summarizing the previous research
2- one A3 summarizing the where, what, when and how questions
3- a minimum of one A3 defining the project
+ extra document (visualization, model, video... )

The list of members of this group will be updated and it will only include those complying with the above.

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See also the main blog for details of the new plans for a field study trip to NYC.
Please note that the deadline for registration is precisely Thursday the 25th.

hybrid studios

ocupacion nocturna

100%manhattan

Ocupación

Gradientes

Friday 5 Oct. Reminder

Friday 5 Oct:
The Friday workshop will be substituted by the “Audiovisual Architecture” film show, which is scheduled at the same time as the workshop. It is one of the events in the “Semana de la Arquitectura” (see programme here). It will be very useful for our course. So, go to see the films and not to the workshop, which is hereby cancelled.
Other activities in the programme are also interesting, especially: The guided visits to buildings in madrid, the MVRDV lecture, and the Mataderolab.
All events will be discussed in the workshop the following Thursday, so, don't forget to take notes of anything that may interest you.

project opportunities

Julia Rodriguez

Reactivando Manhattan

La idea es crear un nuevo mobiliario urbano temporal, que sera de distintas formas y caracteristicas, dependiendo del lugar donde este ubicado. Este mobiliario intentara dar solucion temporal al hospedaje de los "sin techos", falta de zonas de juegos para niños, acumulacion de basura en algunas zonas de transito e intentara reactivar zonas degradadas de la ciudad.

Film your own Movie!

L-vating

PROPOSAL

- Systems of housing/commerce/business more economic than the existing ones.

- Linear grouping along a N-S axis on the island border, especially on the West coast (a line permits continuity)

- Possibility of a pseudo reticulated intra-island enlargement whenever lots are available or the existing buildings are adapted.

- The search of a multi-directional dialogue among architecture, individual and city (the breaking of the limit through a space-programmatic continuity)

- Typology is considered a connection with city facilities (street, tram, bus, taxi, wifi, heating …)

- Recuperate the idea of “street” and “square” as public places of human scale and permanent activation with spatial-temporal programmes.

- The creation of new typology: elevated squares, parks and streets, which can break the hieratic reticle of Manhattan implying a capacity of programmatical association among architectures, and an economy contrasted with the present situation ( the breaking of the introversion of the skyscraper)

- Optimize the relationship between architecture – environment to reduce energy consumption with the resulting economy it would imply. We could thus optimize the layout of any piece according to sunlight and vary their distance without modifying the city density (thanks to increasing the section uses in the new elevated streets and squares)

- Programmatical versatility planning a transformable, tuneable structure (giving the building a personality) and capable of associating on demand (apartment, loft, studio flat, work-shop, office…) Thus the permanent future activation of the area according to the city needs is guaranteed. The architecture as a dynamic element that adapts to the city and transforms it.

- The solving of speed intersection conflicts by means of stratification, achieving a spatial-temporal co-existence and the optimization of itinerary (contraction of the urban distortion net) Such stratification will never imply a disconnection among activities.

- Visual connection among levels and the layout of a series of spatial association elements (ramps, escalators, elevators, stairs…) which will induce to a spatial connection between layers and activities.

- The structure planned will enable a spatial continuity (vertical inside the buildings and horizontal between them) in levels of equivalent privacy (vertical privacy gradient) or equivalent/compatible programs (The breaking with the idea of containers of piled-up, independent boxes whenever it is possible)

Modificando el Manhattan percibido

NUEVA ESTRUCTURA DE PROPIEDAD : PROPERTYBOX

Tras analizar las diferentes estructuras de propiedad del Downtown de Manhattan y analizar las oportunidades de proyecto he pensado en generar una nueva estructura de propiedad que será un HIBRIDO de todas las estudiadas y a la que he denominado PROPERTYBOX. Así, se tratará de una estructura de propiedad a modo de caja que en su interior albergará diferentes topologías de propiedad segun el modelo familiar (familias, parejas, mayores, individuos de paso o de residencia temporal...) y cada uno de ellos seguirán las características de la estructura que más les convenga. Es simplemente un modelo que nos puede llevar a muchas soluciones diferentes de generar edificios de viviendas tan necesarios en el Downtown por la demanda que hay y la escasísisma oferta que existe.

Fiona Zayas Hemingway 20520818

New parkings areas

Se trata de localizar y actuar sobre los grandes centros de aparcamiento situados en el downtown, y rehabilitar esos espacios a menudo espacios degradados pero con una gran afluencia de personas, y darles un programa de ocio. Tiendas, restaurantes, bares, exposiciones, etc., además de darles zonas de uso público (plantas bajas y azoteas) para otras actividades como cantantes callejeros, exposiciones y zonas de descanso. Pero manteniendo el espacio de aparcamiento, con otros sistemas para no reducir las plazas de aparcamiento que quitamos para meter los nuevos espacios de ocio.

..leisure temple...adriana de cola

the idea is to create a atraction point in downtown manhattan on non-working hours, so we can take advantage of the zone not only on day time.the objective is to create a nocturnal center for all urban tribes concentrate outside downtown.

Reactivavión del Midtown

El objetivo es reactivar la zona denominada midtown, en Manhattan. Uno de los problemas que he encontrado es de espacio(que no hay)y el desuso de algunas zonas.Los lugares de oportunidad que he encontado han sido los parques y jardines de esta zona.A través de los estudios realizados sé cuándo cómo y con qué actividades se utilizan algunas zonas de manhattan en determinadas franjas horarias.La idea es crear una serie de "caja cambiante" ,cambiante de lugar y de programa,y utilizarla para reactivar estas zonas antes mencionadas e incluso poder llevar acabo esta idea en otros lugares...Todo esto y más se explican en las siguientes imagenes:

The subway.net

Despues de haber hecho un estudio al transporte publico mas utilizado en manhattan (subway).Hemos descubierto que existe una relacion entre lo que sucede arriba y abajo,esa relacion la podriamos llamar caos, caos de diferentes tipos de redes (viarias,flujos de gente,...)tambien hemos encontrado estaciones degradadas por su uso y por el paso de los años. Por todo ello pretendo seguir una linea de accion entre lo virtual y lo real. De esta forma, crear espacios intermedios que sirvan de union de estas redes y no de cruce. Puntos de encuentro y no de paso. Reactivar las relaciones humanas en estos espacios ya existentes. Hablamos de actualizar,reciclar y en definitiva, crear espacios que fomenten la interactuacion entre los propios usuarios.

Next steps

After reviewing all the lines of research, we shall now define our lines of action.

On Thursday 4 Oct, we shall see the line of action each one of you intends to develop. And you have to define it in terms of what, how, when and where, by posting an entry in the Blog.

Format:
1- a short text of around 150 words
2- a maximum of 3 images, 1024 x 768 pixels
Deadline:
Text and images must be posted in the blog before Wednesday at 22:00. On Thursday, we will review all proposals posted within the deadline.

Friday 5 Oct:
The Friday workshop will be substituted by the “Audiovisual Architecture” film show, which is scheduled at the same time as the workshop. It is one of the events in the “Semana de la Arquitectura” (see programme here). It will be very useful for our course. So, go to see the films and not to the workshop, which is hereby cancelled.
Other activities in the programme are also interesting, especially: The guided visits to buildings in madrid, the MVRDV lecture, and the Mataderolab.
All events will be discussed in the workshop the following Thursday.

What, how, where, when

After studying the Downtown area we have found that one of the main problems is the lack of space and the poor activities for children. We have decided to act in two ways: first, with hybrid family buildings. These will have common spaces for kids available all the year round.
The other way will consist in parasitize some spaces of the area to include other activities that don’t take place in the building and at the same time completes the neighbour’s life.
This second action will connect with the first one.
Small communities will be formed for the families of a same building and at the same time this communities will be interconnect using as link the zones of activity.

Ana Megias - Lucia Sanchez del Campo
AL3307

Lecture

jueves dia 4 a las 12.30
en el auditorio del edificio b
jacob van rijs de mvrdv
conferencia de apertura del curso académico de esaya

NYC planning dept. resources

Manhattan Community District 1 profile
Other NYC planning department resources

the median apartment rental price

http://www.newyorknabes.com/

Manhattan Neighbourhoods

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2006/11/23/39-manhattan-neighbourhoods-20/
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2006/09/24/10-manhattan-neighbourhoods/

SEARCHSPACES MANHATTAN

"SEARCHSCAPES: MANHATTAN" is an attempt to create a tridimensional map of Manhattan, using existing data from the web.The objective is to compare the city's "physical spaces" and "information spaces" (search results). This is an attempt to materialize information: to give it dimension and physicality.

http://www.searchscapes.net/

Interesting link

DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN AUTOCAD MAP

http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=WCPC20ND

Interesting link

For those interested in the sound of Manhattan...
Folk songs

A little bureaucracy

The beginning of the workshop has been hampered by a certain lack of definition in the student’s choice of group. Decisions have to be made now, for the workshop to continue at an adequate pace.
Members of this group must have a research line, properly described (in English) in the research lines comments page before Thursday the 20th at the beginning of our workshop session.
Research must be oriented towards a specific document, as discussed in the workshop. A well advanced draft of this document must be produced for discussion in the workshop this week, that is, Thursday 20th or Friday 21st, at the beginning of each session.
A list of members of this group will be prepared next Friday at 15:45 and it will only include those complying with the above.

Timetable

Thursdays
15:30 – 18:30 workshop - room 118
18:30 – 19:30 audiovisual communication seminar - room 117
Fridays
15:30 – 19:30 workshop - room 118

Launching event

All the participating ESAYA groups are invited to the launching event, with the projection of the film Manhattan by Woody Allen.

Friday 7th Sept. at 16:00 in room C 222

Unit T33 will meet after the film, in our room (118), to discuss research tasks.

Research lines

Today we are debating possible lines of research to launch the project. Each student will post a comment describing an option. (click on the "comments" link, below these lines on the right)

ESAYA outline

The Downtown 2010 - Manhattan research within ESAYA is outlined in the following document:
click here

downtown 2010 data

The following documents are available for download:

Downtown Alliance annual report for 2006. This document contains an introduction into what the Downtown Alliance does, and features graphs and data.
click here

Retail Location Guide for Lower Manhattan. A 2007 document that has more current data about downtown than the annual report.
click here

Residential and Hotel Sites in Lower Manhattan (2010). A map that shows all the hotel and residential sites projected for downtown in 2010.
click here

downtown 2010 framework

This workshop is a part of the Downtown 2010 - Manhattan research project, run by Downtown Alliance, Laureate International Universities and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; it is a part of Phase 1, as in the following framework:

A major challenge that downtown New York is facing in order to continue attracting residents and businesses is to reverse the lack of vitality during the late hours of the day and the weekends.

Downtown New York is the historical financial heart of Manhattan, and its geographic characteristics provide the potential of becoming a dynamic center of life in New York City. The history behind some of the buildings, the waterfront, and the particular urban layout are some of the factors that can be intensified to reach the final goal.

The goal of Downtown 2010 is to inspire committed action towards the vision of generating a true transformation of the downtown that enriches the life of New Yorkers and the urbanism for the generations to come.

An international competition is targeted as the best way to make this vision a reality. The final results would be the creation of powerful and homogeneous vitality during all hours of the day, week and year, extracting all the potential offered by the district.

As any type of transformation in the urbanism of a city, it is required the support of the Population and Private and Public institutions. In order to reach to all of these layers of the society, the process will be divided in three phases:

Phase 1: Exposition about Strategic proposals coming from Outstanding International Universities. The main goal is to generate discussion and momentum in the media and the citizenship. This momentum will help to get economical and political support from public and private organizations. The proposals should be based on creativity, relationship with the economical factors, recommendations from the Downtown Alliance and comments from other possible developers involved.

Phase 2: Creation of a multidisciplinary committee, including the organizations involved in Phase 1 and incorporating other public institutions, art centers and Developers. The committee will generate a realistic and attractive scope for the competition basing it on the feedback obtained from Phase 1.

Phase 3: International Competition. The proposal should create a minor impact on the current buildings and functions of the district, but should provide a huge added value.

sharing space framework

This workshop is a part of the sharing space research project, run by carlos arroyo. A variety of environments have been studied so far, including Madrid, Tokio, Bogota and Vienna, through a series of workshops and courses.

Informing our study of URBAN STRUCTURE AND WAYS OF LIFE we may define a privacy gradient to frame the infinite intermediate situations between public and private.
Between the public square and the bedroom, there is a whole array of examples that question the traditional divide, the black and white conception of public and private.

This leads us to the study of

SHARING SPACE

Public square – temporarily privatized public space with no contract – benches on the street – licensed occupation – open-air cafés – kiosks – advertising – privately-owned public access space – shopping centres with piazzas and streets – the tube – accessible spaces with admission reserves – open shops – self-service – closed shops – shops with a bell – public buildings and services – libraries – publicly-owned restricted access space – pay-to-enter accessible space – residences – urban communities – gated communities with shops and services – co-ownership – shared systems – shared leisure – swimming-pools – tennis – crèche – portal – media – virtual space – shared flats– grouped units – clans– families – friends – symbiosis – internet – wikipaedias – from the bedroom to cyberspace and back again.

This spectrum of intermediate situations covers almost everything, and yet, it is little studied. We still operate under the false impression of the radical separation between private and public.
The aim of this exercise is to verbalise, visualise, get to know these places as they are now, and to create a set of tools to control and design shared space in future projects.