JUST A... MACHINE
Katarina Ambrosova Design studio project “Just a Monument� Tutor: Jonathan Robert Maj Faculty of Architecture KU Leuven 1.IMA SS 2017/2018
“Industry has played a notable role in the rise of cities, drawing migrants into urban areas with jobs and boosting the productivity of capital and labor (Michaels, Rauch, and Redding 2012). Urban areas, in turn, have provided a fertile environment for industry to grow, offering economies of scale, sizeable labor pool networks for sharing information, and access to a diverse array of input and service suppliers (Annez and Buckley, 2008).” - The role of industry in green cities, IFIP 2015 At a certain point, i got fascinated by the production process that keeps our economy and society alive, though it´s lately being pushed out of european cities, out of urban tissue, out of our view to keep the city panoramas “nice and clean”. Erasing it from our visual environment does not mean it loses its importance. Pushing industryto the outskirts, “hiding its ugliness” also certainly in order to supress the pollution and transportation might yet also be in a way seen as putting a soft satin utopian overlay over the very essentials of an active city. An old industrial harbor site in Gent we were given is undergoing changes due to a new residential masterplan - just as a lot of other post-industrial sites around the Europe at this very moment. Instead of adjusting to this new residential-trend mood, how about to take a look at the evolution of small scale production and how does technologyaffected society reflects onto it? Dealing with a topic of a “monument” - in this case an old industrial factory arose a lot of questions about past, presence and future scapes of our cities. What is the difference between being a monument and being monumental? Can an object itself be a monument? Isn´t structure just a reminder of a deeper notion that is actually socially valuable? Is industry monumental?
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Given site - current situation - Handelsdok, Gent, Belgium 1:2000
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flexible mixed-used strips and defined green spaces
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SMEs
housing
leisure
greenery and permeability trade
hotel
office
green strips
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overview
Š Daria Rath
Developement masterplan by OMA, extracts 7
Site photos - existing building, ex-Interbeton concrete factory, production terminated 2008-2010
PROGRAMME & REFERENCES
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019 gallery by Smoke&Dust, former welding factory Museum of moving practice Designmuseum GE
GRAPH XL (print) NU ARCHITECTUURATELIER
VICTORIA DELUXE sociaalartistieke werkplek
KLEIN BARNUM business theatre practice 2DEHANDSHOP antique furniture & staff
DOK
S U B U R B A N TEXTIELDRUK sieťotlač
SCOUTS en Gidsen Ten Berg
0x20 hackerspace
KOPERGIETERY art & theatre scene ?
DE CENTRALE cultural centrum concerts musicschool
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TIMELAB hobby machinery projects
“A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace or makerspace) is a communityoperated, often not for profit work space where people with common interests, often in computers, machining, technology, science, digital art or electronic art, can meet, socialize and collaborate. Hackerspaces are comparable to other community-operated spaces with similar aims and mechanisms such as Fab Lab, men’s sheds, and commercial for-profit companies such as TechShop.”
HEAVY PRODUCTION STORAGE
wood & metal construction
LIGHT PRODUCTION lasercut 3D print electrotech & hardware tools robotic lab
SERVER
DIGITAL PRODUCTION workspaces VR room
OFFICE
WORKSHOP / LECTURE ROOM
SHOWROOM sales
STORAGE construction material& tech components boards / plates / components / cables / tools...
LIGHT PRODUCTION lab & electrotech, hardware CNC / lasercut / 3D print / chip engraver / solderer / plotter...
OFFICES private community part administration / residence
DIGITAL PRODUCTION software developement & server & VR CNC / lasercut / 3D print / chip engraver / solderer / plotter...
HEAVIER CRAFT PRODUCTION wood & metal construction CNC / tablesaw / tabledrill / welding / grinder / hand craft tools...
SHOWROOM exhibition & education & sales lecture room / exhibition space / shop
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“DOK is also a platform for creation and a workplace for DOCD residents, who shape the terrain with their own activities and events related to culture, sports, art, socio-cultural, ecology and well-being.”
“Hackerspace Gent (0x20) is a hackerspace in the wonderful city of Ghent, Belgium. It is a physical space run by a group of people dedicated to various aspects of constructive & creative tinkering. The hacker culture is a subculture of individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming the limitations of current technologies to achieve novel and clever outcomes. The culture consists of, but is not limited to: computing, networking, programming, music, gaming, electronics, lock picking, woodworking, robotics, science fiction...”
“Public wood & metal workshop. Regular courses, lectures, membership & free use of the facilities and machinery.”
“Creates uniquely engaging opportunities for youth and their communities to shape the design of their cities. Working with our partners and clients, we develop inspiring curricula, transformative youth design leadership programs, innovative participatory community design tools”
References - programme
References - programme 13
Grindbakken by Rotor, Ghent
Expo Kotrijk by Office, Grindbakken by Rotor, Kaple cestou by Vojtěch Kolář 15
extruded mesh
resin bound gravel
concrete / asphalt
steel
glass
thermowood planks
Materials
PROJECT
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workbench
chip engraver
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welding
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plotter
3D print
lasercut
lasercut
tabledrill handtools / screwdivers, hammers, measures,paints...
welding
tablesaw
cnc
table, handdrills
grinder table, handsaws, hacksaws
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Elevations - east, west
Elevations - south, north 25
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PROJECT EVOLUTION extracts
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Mood studies 31
Fåborg-Midtfyn (Denmark), 2014, Bath in the Port. (by Urban Agency) Aftermath of a spatial municipality reform from 2007. Faaborg has a population of just over seven thousand and a port in the fjord, Faaborg Havn, where ferries depart for near islands. Industrial and mercantile activity continues in the port although, nowadays, it also has leisure character. New public baths were built on a hand-shaped platform. Two building cover the public facilities (dressing rooms, storage and a café). Sauna included! The intervention represents a change of attitude towards city port areas. With deindustrialisation and obsolescence of their installations, many urban ports are losing their mercantile and productive nature and taking on a purely recreational dimension. This reconquest of such zones for leisure purposes usually entails the creation of exclusive, excluding spaces, as occurs with luxury marinas, inaccessible and representing a highly unsustainable model .
Copenhagen Harbor Bath - Isand Brygge (Denmark),2003 (by PLOT = BIG + JDS) Copenhagen’s harbour is in the midst of a transformation from an industrial port and traffic junction to being the cultural and social centre of the city. The Harbour Bath has been instrumental in this evolution. It extends the adjacent park over the water. It offers an urban harbour landscape with dry-docks, piers, boat ramps, cliffs, playgrounds and pontoons. As a terraced landscape, the Harbour Bath completes the transition from land to water. People go there in the way that people go to the beach rather than the indoor swimming baths. Not necessarily to exercise, but primarily to socialize, play and enjoy the sun. The land should also be geared towards a more accommodating and generous environment. The Harbour Bath is free of charge
Redevelopment of the Old Port, Marseille - France, 2013 (by MDP, Foster + Partners, TANGRAM, INGEROP, AIK AIK)
Harbor references
Harbor bath & decomposition ideas 33
Concrete batching research
TRANSPORTBAND
SAND/GRAVEL ELEVATOR
MIX CEMENT ELEVATOR? WEIGHING
TRANSPORT
GRAVEL/SAND BINS
EXPORT
AGGREGATE DELIVERY
CEMENT SILOS
STORAGE OF LIQUIDS
CEMENT DELIVERY
Concrete batching research 35
MONUMENT? DECAY? TECHNOLOGY?
USE
PRESERVATION
BINS STORAGE
TRANSPORT HELIX
SILOS STORAGE
LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE
HUMAN CORRIDORS
Exposure ideas - Gordon Matta Clark vs. Interbeton factory
Workshop ~ Products for the surroundings ~ banks.... sscreen
sto storage
platform
tio i facilities - reception, s.. cloakroom, toilets... facilities workshop
Workshop ~ Products for the surroundings ~ banks....
storage
ce e exterior exhibition space
exhibition in open space
facilities workshop storage exhibition in open space
Scale study 37
intro gate storage
production
exhibition sales
Testing solutions 39
Testing solutions
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Final volumetric study 43
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