Arno Brandlhuber: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2021

NameHerr Prof. Arno Brandlhuber
LehrgebietArchitektur und Entwurf
Adresse
Professur f. Architekt. u. Entwurf
ETH Zürich, HIL G 57.1
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telefon+41 44 633 04 28
E-Mailbrandlhuber@arch.ethz.ch
DepartementArchitektur
BeziehungOrdentlicher Professor

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
052-0518-21LTheorie und Praxis: Special Turn und Immaterieller Raum. Joseph Beuys contra René Descartes Information 2 KP2GC. Posthofen, A. Brandlhuber
KurzbeschreibungSowohl der Rationalismus des „radikalen Zweifels“ bei Rene´ Descartes als auch das „Ver-stehen“ im Beuysschen Sinne von „woanders-hin-stehen“ haben philosophisch-ästhetische Wurzeln und raumtheoretische und räumpraktische Konsequenzen. In Auseinandersetzung damit arbeiten die Studierenden an einer eigenen raumtheoretischen Position, wobei materielle und immaterielle Raumaspekte eine Rolle spielen.
LernzielDie Studierenden gewinnen Einsicht in das Spektrum erkenntnistheoretischer und wahrnehmungstheoretischer Theorien, lernen diese zu lesen und deren jeweilige Voraussetzungen zu analysieren und kritisieren. Aus dieser Arbeit entwickelt sich ein Objektbeziehungsmodell in progress, das der Eigenüberprüfung im Entwurfsprozess sowie der Beurteilung architektonischer Situationen im Allgemeinen und im Besonderen dient. Das Verfassen von "wissenschaftlichen Tagebüchern", in denen in freier Form die Inhalte des Kolloquiums mit der Alltagserfahrung der Studierenden zusammengedacht werden, schult das konzentrierte, ergebnisorientierte Denken im Allgemeinen wie auch in architektonischen Situationen. Die besondere Form der Schriftlichkeit des "wissenschaftlichen Tagebuchs" führt abstrakte Theorie mit dem Erleben der Studierenden zusammen und macht das Wissen auf eigene Art kreativ verfügbar.
InhaltSpecial Turn und Immaterieller Raum. Joseph Beuys „wie ich dem toten Hasen die Kunst erkläre“ kontra Rene‘ Descartes „Ich denke also bin ich“. Überlegungen und Übungen zur Ästhetik des Raumes.

Sowohl der Rationalismus des „radikalen Zweifels“ bei Rene´ Descartes, als auch etwa das „Ver-stehen“ im Beuysschen Sinne von „woanders-hin-stehen“ haben philosophisch-ästhetische Wurzeln und raumtheoretische und räumpraktische Konsequenzen. In Auseinandersetzung u.a. mit diesen gegensätzlichen Positionen, arbeiteten die SeminarteilnehmerInnen an einer eigenen raumtheoretischen Position. Dabei spielen sowohl materielle als auch
immaterielle Raumaspekte eine Rolle.
SkriptWird beim ersten Treffen ausgegeben.
LiteraturRene’Descartes, Meditationen, Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 2009; Volker Harland, Was ist Kunst? Werkstattgespräch mit Beuys, Urachhaus Verlag,
Stuttgart 2001; Harlan, Rappmann, Schata, Soziale Plastik – Materialien zu Joseph Beuys, Achberger Verlag, Achberg 1984.
052-1120-21LArchitectural Design V-IX: E.A.N.@M - Experiments on Architecture and Nature [at] Mäusebunker Information Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Please register (Link) only after the internal enrolment for the design classes (see Link).


Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 2nd April 2021, 24:00 h. This is the ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio!
14 KP16UA. Brandlhuber
KurzbeschreibungMäusebunker, the former animal testing laboratory in Berlin, survived its almost inevitable demolition, thanks to the joined forces of architects, politicians and citizens. Now that the building got a second chance the question is: What is the future of Mäusebunker?
Together we will answer this question by proposing an architectural design for re-using the iconic brutalist building.
Lernziel1. Gathering all building data regarding structure, building systems and biotope by establishing recurring meetings with our collaborators, working in three groups:
- Chair of Structural Design (Prof. Schwartz)
- Climate Engineering (Transsolar)
- Landscape and Nature (Sandra Bartoli)

The output of this phase will result in a ‘Mäusebunker Atlas‘ with three layers.

2. Consolidating the research to define a pre-scheme that brings together and translates the data during a collective workshop. The output of this phase will result in a common ‘Mäusebunker Masterplan’.

3. Individually designing the diferent zones of the pre- scheme, implementing the spatial and programmatic requirements of our users (E.A.N. @M).

Communicating the design and arguments through video, based on the accompanying seminar Access to Tools. Using techniques from scenography and filmmaking, such as green screen, model to film, etc. This will help us communicate the designs to the broader audience in a compressed and self-explanatory manner.

The semester will conclude with the final reviews. Each presentation will include a one-minute video pitching the proposal and will be streamed on our TV channel station+.
InhaltMäusebunker, the former animal testing laboratory in Berlin, survived its almost inevitable demolition, thanks to the joined forces of architects, politicians and citizens. Now that the building got a second chance the question is: What is the future of Mäusebunker?

Together we will answer this question by proposing an architectural design for re-using the iconic brutalist building.

The sixties were a decade of technological thriving – first man on Moon versus gloomy scientific achievement which had been used in the Vietnam War. The social and environmental implications of these novel technologies were still unknown at that time.

The estrangement of people from technological progress and change, led a group of artists and engineers to establish an organisation: E.A.T. (Experiments on Art and Technology). They aimed at facilitating the direct collaboration between artists and engineers, set within the industrial environment, in which the technology was being developed. Together, they were speculating about the impact of such collaborations on industries, technology and individuals itself.

At the same time, the Mäusebunker, one of Europe ́s biggest animal testing facilities was designed and built and reflected the common understanding of human—non- human relations at that time. Its high hygiene and security standards made the building inaccessible to the public, which created a certain myth of what was happening behind closed walls, doors, holes and tubes. Soon after its opening, the first protests against the institution began to form, but it took a long time before it eventually closed in 2020 and was declared to be demolished.

Why? Because a re-use of the typology seemed both uneconomical and unrealistic. Thus, the city did not want to impose the high costs on its citizens. Alternatively to its intended demolition, we will transform the building architecturally and ideologically. Therefore, we will develop a spatial strategy for the existing building to become a laboratory for architecture, art and research on multi- species cohabitation.


Cohabitation:
Today, the current environmental and biodiversity crisis has transformed our ecosystem fundamentally. The collaboration between humans and non-humans is the only alternative for all of us – planetary – to survive: we must not only co-exist but co-operate. This is what we mean by cohabitation, an idea that has been explored in the previous design studios:

‘Housing the Non-Human 01’ focused on decentring humans from the design process, and developing new design strategies of spatial production for multispecies cohabitation.
‘Housing the Non-Human 02’ pushed the topic further, rethinking the balance between the built and the natural environment by intervening on an existing built structure in order to allow for multi-species cohabitation.

‘On Housing the Non-Human 03’ will go beyond scenarios and speculations. For our architectural design we want to recapture the spirit — interdisciplinary & collaboratively — of E.A.T. and develop an architectural project for our fictional cultural organization: E.A.N. @M (Experiments on Architecture and Nature [at] Mäusebunker).
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesIndividual work and group work, whereof 3-4 weeks of group work.
Mid-term crits: 30.3., 4./5.5.
No extra costs.
063-0522-21LMaking TV: The Show Production (Thesis Elective) Information 6 KP13AA. Brandlhuber
KurzbeschreibungSelf dependent thesis under the supervision of the tutor. It serves to continue the discussion with the themes of the elective course. The subject of the elective thesis is tied to the correspondent elective subject.
LernzielThe elective gives students the opportunity to expand their knowledge in the area of making TV - show production.
InhaltThe subject of the elective thesis is tied to the correspondent elective subject.
Free thesis is only possible after consultation with the tutor and has to be well prepared by the student (statement, catalogue of questions).
 
SkriptThe necessary learning material is chosen individually by the professor and the student, as part of the research carried out at the beginning of the course.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesApplicants must have done at least one semester (design class) with the chair (Studio Arno Brandlhuber) in order to be able to work with the medium of video. Ideally the topic of the Thesis Elective is a direct or related one to the individual semester project.