MOVING TOWARDS GRADUATION

GREEN LIGHT: RELATIONAL URBANISM PROJECTS PRESENTATION

On Monday 16th the students of Relational Urbanism Studio presented their work for green light approval in the Berlage Institute.

PATRICK SCHUMACHER LECTURE AND CONTRIBUTION TO RELATIONAL URBANISM STUDIO

The Autopoiesis of Architecture and Societal Function of Architecture was the title of  the lecture given by Patrick Schumacher in the Berlage as invitation from the Relational Urbanism Studio. In the lecture Patrick outlined the case made in his latest publication The Autopoiesis of Architecture, of the disciplinary autonomy of architecture when considered as a system of communication. During the debate that followed, further remarks opened  by Vedran Mimica and Eduardo Rico amongst others explored the implications of the statement both in its relations to engineering and other social spheres.

Patrick also participated in a short review of the work of the students (pictures with Eduardo Rico and Vedran Mimica) where specific aspects of the course methodology and approach to a relational understanding of the city were discussed in the context of his intervention.

IHS-BERLAGE WORKSHOP: URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT & POLICY

On May 6th, the students of Relational Urbanism at the Berlage and the Institute for Housing and Urban Development (IHS http://www.ihs.nl/) under the direction of Carlos Morales, worked in a combined session as part of the collaboration between the two institutions on the study of regional proposals for the outskirts of Istanbul.

During this workshop, the IHS group introduced the economic models and that have been developed for the specific context of Istanbul. Both courses have been working in the same site, sharing information and clues as to what the negotiation tools and strategies might be in the context of Anravutkoy.