INSIGHTS: FIXES, FLUXES, FUTURES

Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

1) will develop further their Architectural Design ability 2) will develop their Architectural Vision around the Challenges that Modern Metropolises face 3) will develop further their ability to formulate creative Architectural Proposals and solutions that address Multi-level Design Problems. 4) will develop further their ability on Social Design and Innovation. 5) will develop further their ability to design Innovative Proposals on Spaces and Infrastructures, that radically change the way in which specific Categories of Users and their needs are addressed. 6) will learn a specific methodology that includes: different stages of research and planning, individual and team work, interdisciplinary approaches and creative tools for analysis and synthesis coming from different fields of research.

fixes / fluxes / futures “Sometimes it’s important to find out what the city is - instead of what it was or what it should be.” - Rem Koolhaas — A city capable of accommodating us all — A Manifestation of Present Needs and Capabilities An Anthology of Probability At the same time: “Singular” and “Generic” Banal and Exotic Designed as well as Random Sphere and Labyrinth White, Black and Grey 24/7 and Emergent “Speculative” but also “As real as it gets”. Neither Utopian nor Dystopian // Only Real AND by definition Beautiful ///// In the architectural design studio fixes / fluxes / futures: -We will study existing Megacities, the discussions and proposals that have been developed for them by Architects, Geographers, Economists, Sociologists, Political Scientists etc. -We will examine (in groups) the opportunities and challenges that emerge for Society, Economy, Education, Welfare, Work, Environment, Traffic, Nutrition, Housing, Hospitality, Infrastructure, Politics, Public Space, Identity … -We will design absolutely realistic but radical architectural proposals for a city of ≈10,000,000 The studio fixes / fluxes / futures aims at designing and formulating creative proposals and solutions that address multi-level problems in which architectural thinking and its ability to address complex design problems plays a primary role. Through the use of mediums, tools, practices and methodologies, the studio aims at designing and organizing innovative proposals of spaces and infrastructures, experiences and services that radically change the way in which specific categories of users their needs, wishes and multiple behaviors associated with them, are addressed. In the studio a specific methodology is followed that will include: different stages of research and planning, individual and team work, interdisciplinary approaches and creative tools for analysis and synthesis coming from different fields of research. The participants will work collectively in larger groups during some stages of the course and individually or in groups of two in other stages. At the end of each stage there will be presentations and discussions. The results of the workshop will be presented in an exhibition. Professor: Apostolos Kalfopoulos Input: Konstantinos Stefanidis, Giannis Karabampas

Architectural Design, Social Innovation

14-07-2019