CONCRETE JUNGLE THESIS

THE CONCRETE JUNGLE A COLLECTION OF NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE WORKS NATE SANDERCOCK SPRING 2018 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN

01: PRECEDENT ANALYSIS

MVRDV : HANNOVER 2000 PAVILION : A REFUGE

02: SPECULATIVE NARRATIVE

CONCRETE JUNGLE : POST HUMAN ENVIRONMENTALISM

ARCH 611 : SPRING 2018 NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN

INSTRUCTORS: CRUZ GARCIA AND NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI THE PROJECT EXPLORES THROUGH NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE THE LEGACY, CHALLENGES, POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS OF ICONIC PROJECTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY AVANT-GARDE IN THE WAKE OF ECOLOGICAL AND CLIMATIC CHALLENGES FACING THE WORLD TODAY. IN A WORLD OF PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, THE PROJECT CHALLENGES THE CENTRAL ROLE OF HUMANS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL THINKING, AND PROPOSES SCENARIOS IN WHICH OTHER SPECIES REIGN SUPREME. IN THIS NARRATIVE, A SERIES OF CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL PROJECTS JOIN SEMINAL VISIONS BY ARATA ISOZAKI, IVAN LEONIDOV, EL LISSITZKY, GEORGI KRUTIKOV, AND LAZAR KHIDEKEL IN ORDER TO REDRAW NEW WORLD ORDERS, AND RETHINK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, CLIMATE AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

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MVRDV : HANNOVER 2000 PAVILION : A REFUGE THE HANNOVER PAVILION WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A SHOWCASE OF CREATING SPACE, SEEKING TO CELEBRATE THE BALANCE OF MAN, NATURE, AND THE MACHINE. THE SPACE SERVED ITS PURPOSE BUT WAS QUICKLY ABANDONED, A RELIC OF AN ARCHITECTURAL IDEALISM, FORGOTTEN BY MAN. THOUGH ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE BALANCE OF MAN AND NATURE, THE MACHINE HAS BEEN RECLAIMED

BY NATURE – IN MANY FORMS. DUE TO MAN HARVESTING THE SUN AND LEAVING, THE EARTH HAS FROZEN OVER, WITH ITS ORIGINAL ANIMAL INHABITANTS SEEKING A NEW HOME. THE PAVILION – A FORMER SPECTACLE OF MAN – IS NOW RECLAIMED BY ANIMALS FROM LIZARDS TO ZEBRA, AND MONKEYS TO FISH WHO WILL LIVE ON IN ITS SHELTER FAR BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL INHABITANTS.

ARCH 611 : SPRING 2018 NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN

INSTRUCTORS: CRUZ GARCIA AND NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI THE ANTHROPOCENE, THAT ULTIMATE CONQUEST OF HUMANKIND OVER ITS ENVIRONMENT, MAKES THE TECHNOLOGICAL UTOPIA OF THE CUBO-FUTURIST “VICTORY OVER THE SUN” MORE THAN A JUST A FANTASTIC DREAM. THE AFOREMENTIONED OPERA, IN WHICH HUMANS HARVEST THE SUN WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY REVEALS NOT ONLY THE HOPE OF TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, BUT THE GREATER IMPACT OF HUMANS IN EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH. IN A DETERIORATING WORLD ARCHITECTURE ROLE IS CRUCIAL. VICTORIES OVER THE SUN EXPLORES THROUGH NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE STORIES OF ARCHITECTURES IN RADICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY, EDUCATION, LANDSCAPE AND THE COSMOS.

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CONCRETE JUNGLE : POST HUMAN ENVIRONMENTALISM THE TREE HAS LONG BEEN A CRUCIAL PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM AND MAN’S SURVIVAL ON EARTH. THIS ARCHITECTURAL MACHINE SEEKS TO GIVE BACK TO TREES IN THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY POSSIBLE BY GIVING THEM AN EARLY RETIREMENT. THE CONCRETE JUNGLE REPLICATES THE PROCESSES AND EFFECTS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF A TREE IN A FOREST. THIS THE FINAL WORK OF HUMANKIND TO CONTROL, BUT GIVE BACK TO THE PLANET THAT GAVE THEM LIFE. THE MACHINE, REPRESENTED ARCHITECTURALLY THROUGH DRAWING, IMAGE MAKING, AND FILM, TAKES ITS SHAPE THROUGH ICONOGRAPHY OF THE PARTS OF A TREE AND PURE ELEMENTAL FORMS. EACH PART OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS GIVES THE BUILDING LIFE IN A SIMPLE MATERIALITY. FILTERS, WATER STORAGE, AND SOLAR COLLECTION IDEALIZE THE TREE THROUGH BIOMIMICRY, BUILT IN AN ELEMENT OF SHARP BOLOGICAL AND HUMAN - CREATED CONTRAST.

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