laba manifest - ENAC | School of Architecture, Civil and ...
laba manifest - ENAC | School of Architecture, Civil and ... laba manifest - ENAC | School of Architecture, Civil and ...
Current Sea of opportunities In the 2011/12 academic year, laba`s investigation on ocean territories led to the Barents Sea, north of Norway, in collaboration with the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Student groups developed five Territorial Constitutions for the Barents Sea and went on to develop thirteen architectural projects exercising the articles of the constitutions within the topic “Exploring Infrastructure- Living and Working in the Barents Sea”. A 10-day workshop to the Barents region took place between the two project phases. CH16M2048 We will be studying a hypothetical Switzerland in 2048 with 16 million inhabitants. It is clear that this increase in population will put enormous pressure on the existing urban, suburban and rural areas. We believe that simply continuing today’s planning policies and practices for the next 40 years is not an appropriate response, given the scale of the predicted changes. It seems to us, that a more radical reevaluation and proposal is needed. CH16M2048 will thus be raising fundamental questions about how our territory is planned and how it develops. laba manifest - june 2012 3
Methodology overview laba teaching Over the last 6 years, laba has developed a specific studio methodology. Each year, an urban research laboratory location, which exemplifies a critical and widespread urban issue, is selected. Each culturally specific location contributes to the data-base for a comparative investigation of planning systems across the world. The laba methodology takes students through design scales ranging from the territorial to the architectural, and introduces them to parallel fields of expertise which greatly influence the urban morphology of the given context. Equipped with this knowledge, students establish what we call an “Urban Constitution”. This document serves as a roadmap for long term urban development. laba’s portfolio includes the development of particular skills required to work in this way - the application of GIS systems to urban design, architectural field-work and trans-disciplinary input from invited experts backed up by specific urban research projects. In this way, the laboratory aims to enable the architect to arrive at specific local solutions for global tasks and to strengthen his position within the urban debate. Based on this road map, students continue to work on a smaller scale, focusing on the actual spatial form that the urban constitution would take. Projects will range from specific urban design proposals to complex buildings. These projects act as a proof of concept for the Urban Constitution. Students share their work through frequent public presentations in order to become proficient in this crucial skill. The collaboration with a partner institution connected to the given study area allows both groups to be exposed to a different cultural and academic approach. An annual publication exhibits the results of the studio. laba manifest - june 2012 4
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Methodology overview<br />
<strong>laba</strong> teaching<br />
Over the last 6 years, <strong>laba</strong> has developed a specific studio methodology.<br />
Each year, an urban research laboratory location, which exemplifies a critical<br />
<strong>and</strong> widespread urban issue, is selected. Each culturally specific location<br />
contributes to the data-base for a comparative investigation <strong>of</strong> planning<br />
systems across the world.<br />
The <strong>laba</strong> methodology takes students through design scales ranging from<br />
the territorial to the architectural, <strong>and</strong> introduces them to parallel fields <strong>of</strong><br />
expertise which greatly influence the urban morphology <strong>of</strong> the given context.<br />
Equipped with this knowledge, students establish what we call an “Urban<br />
Constitution”. This document serves as a roadmap for long term urban<br />
development.<br />
<strong>laba</strong>’s portfolio includes the development <strong>of</strong> particular skills required to work<br />
in this way - the application <strong>of</strong> GIS systems to urban design, architectural<br />
field-work <strong>and</strong> trans-disciplinary input from invited experts backed up by<br />
specific urban research projects. In this way, the laboratory aims to enable the<br />
architect to arrive at specific local solutions for global tasks <strong>and</strong> to strengthen<br />
his position within the urban debate.<br />
Based on this road map, students continue to work on a smaller scale, focusing<br />
on the actual spatial form that the urban constitution would take. Projects<br />
will range from specific urban design proposals to complex buildings. These<br />
projects act as a pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> concept for the Urban Constitution.<br />
Students share their work through frequent public presentations in order to<br />
become pr<strong>of</strong>icient in this crucial skill.<br />
The collaboration with a partner institution connected to the given study<br />
area allows both groups to be exposed to a different cultural <strong>and</strong> academic<br />
approach.<br />
An annual publication exhibits the results <strong>of</strong> the studio.<br />
<strong>laba</strong> <strong>manifest</strong> - june 2012 4
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