Jan De Vylder: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

Name Prof. Jan De Vylder
FieldArchitecture and Design
Address
Professur f. Architekt. u. Entwurf
ETH Zürich, HIL F 56
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-maildevylder@arch.ethz.ch
DepartmentArchitecture
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
052-1106-21LArchitectural Design V-IX: 3,3%, 33,3%, 333%. Re-Thinking-Re Re-Zu-rich (a.o. Prof. J. de Vylder) Information Restricted registration - show details
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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 credits16UJ. De Vylder
AbstractRE-Thinking-RE
Nevertheless, the RE-prefix. In all its newfound ambitions and its very first fragile exercises in recent decades. Yet a critical RE-considering is not wrong now, or early at all. To keep pace with the idea that RE-USE should be more and should be part of RE-attitude. So just to be more than physical RE-use and rather to be physical RE-attitude.
ObjectiveAll in all, one can say that the "Learning Objectives" – humble ambitions - and "Learning Outcomes" - possible answers - can be summarized by the next 3 expectations:

- As the studio explores the "Economy" of "Less Action" in the perspective of a better "Ecology of Life"; the "Research" attitude is to find "Realistic Realities" for RE-use - the "Alternative", RE-Thinking-RE gives RE-use a chance to be more than a "Tendency".

- Because the studio believes that it is not only a matter of project, but also a matter of "Urge", the pedagogical ambition is not only to make Architecture - the "Act" - but also to raise "the Architect" - the "Attitude Universum" as a "Carrousel" and as a "Journey".

- As the studio second life is the drawing and the model, the writing and the debate, the "Form" will be given to all unseen outcome when the "Method" of "Research" has no limit on the "Mix" of "Media" from analogue to digital.
ContentThe 3.33% 333% studio had its first run a while ago - let's call it the PILOT 33.3% studio 2018 - The results of that studio were not only inspiring but also thought-provoking.
What is the 3,33% 33,3% 333% studio about?
At a first glance, it seemed like just a numbers game. But it was clear that it means much more.

RE-
re-use re-store rest-ore re-pair
re-act re-cycle re-care re-accept
re-sumptions re-compress(ions)* re-economy*
re-love re-leave re-less re-confirm
re-silience re-vive re-live
re-veal un-re-vel
re-collage re-configurate
re-observe re-call re-read re-focus re-draw re-practice re-detail re-invent re-question
re-strategy re-confront re-venture

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RE-Thinking RE

Nevertheless, the RE-prefix. In all its newfound ambitions and its very first fragile exercises in recent decades. Yet a critical RE-Considering is not wrong now, or early at all. To keep pace with the idea that RE-Use should be more and should be part of RE-Attitude. So just to be more than physical RE-Use and rather to be physical RE-Attitude.

The 33.3% or RE- is the first possible critical variant of 100% act. The idea that a "Context" can be "Approached" rather by "Intervention - Economy - Ecology" - and that this could be good enough as a new standard.

In this 33.3% studio - semester or master studio - we will study this. The studio will explore the possibilities of a more restrained, humble but precise action. This is in many ways an attitude of economy of means. Less energy of action, of course, means less economy and ecology, but it could also require changing the attitude of use effectively today. This could also make it a question of ergonomics: how to "Use" the given context differently and yet act less.

How to find a new "Rich-Ness" in ZU-RICH. That is the question this "33.3% Semester Studio" will ask. And this for the next three spring semesters.
Prerequisites / NoticeIndividual work and group work, whereof 5 or more weeks of group work.
Mid-term crits: 9.3. / 13.4.
No extra costs.