Neil Cooke // Project C + D - Wasted Opportunities?

Waste Transfer Station_Waste[d] Narratives - Legislation

...a thought

Green credentials....?

Whilst trying to relate back to the idea of scavenged materials I came across this article, which undermines the integrity of yet another glossy 'eco-vision'....

*edit* - Anyone else fancy trying this for the rest of the studio?

A Guide to Visiting Cities

guide by boris sieverts - maybe inspirational for other trips too...

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i've set up a document for the field trip brochure (see above).
here are the topics to research for it - some are long ones so involve only one topic, some are shorter/easier to research, so you'd be researching two (related) topics.

we need the following for each project, by 14/01/2010:
- title / year / architect or people involved / place / how to get there (only roughly) / website / phone number
- brief text about the project / no longer than 180words (1 page) or double that for 2-page projects. if you're unsure about what to write or have any questions about the project, pls ask me
- 1 or 2 pics in printable size (ca. 10cm x 10cm)
- maps if relevant (they might fold out of the brochure)
- drawings/sections if relevant or interesting
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the topics: (i'll change them to grey once someone has picked them)(please pick one by thur next week, 03/12)
1 - zeche zollverein & iba emscher park project (2pages) - JOSH

2 - design school at the zeche (SANAA)
visitor center (OMA) - HOISUN

3 - landschaftspark duisburg nord (2pages) - NEIL

4 - gasometer oberhausen
neviges pilgrims church (Gottfried Boehm) - GOOCH

5 - köln museum kolumba (Peter zumthor)
köln cathedral - RITCHIE

6 - museum island hombroich
langen foundation (tadao ando) - HOISUN

7 - museum küppersmühle duisburg (herzog&demeuron) - TIAN

8 - dutch reclaimed land - polders n glasshouses, kinderdijk etc - STEFAN

9 - rotterdam: city history, docklands conversion, las palmas project, hotel new york... (2pages)

10 - rotterdam schowburgplein (West8)
erasmus bridge (ben van berkel) - ADAM

11 - rotterdam NAI netherlands architecture institute (jo coenen)
(maybe find out what's on in feb/lectures?)
kunsthal (OMA/rem koolhaas) - AMY

12 - rotterdam cube houses - DANIEL
atelier van lieshout (blurb about)

13 - theo jansen / strandbeest - JEN


i also need a volunteer to compile the 15-odd brochures (cutting, stapling) - anyone??
speak soon.
cathrin
ps. you can write a german umlaut by pressing 'alt+u' and then the vowel - ü, ä, ö...

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hi everyone

(this is my first blog post ever so pls excuse if it looks funny)
(how do i fix this silly line spacing??)
here's a very outline itinerary for the trip:
sat 6th
6.59am (yes) - 10.03 London-Brussels. rental cars pick-up / drive to koeln, kolumba museum, cathedral, drink a few meters of beers, stay overnight in koeln

sun 7th
7am wake up to the sound of my military whistle... only joking. day for: zeche zollverein / gasometer oberhausen / landschaftspark nord

mon 8th/tue 9th
possibly more zeche zollverein or landschaftspark / museum island hombroich / pilgrims church in neviges / maybe wuppertal, maybe not

wed 10th
drive to rotterdam via eindhoven. theo jansen workshop / effenaar center (MVRDV) / glasshouses / kinderdijk polders / evening in rotterdam. got one or two friends who could give us a guided tour, both in rotterdam & polder area.

thur 11th
day in rotterdam - walk through city / docklands etc. / if anyone fancies a quick trip to amsterdam (1h on the train) that would be an option, if possibly stressful. drive to brussels. drop off cars. 20.17 - 21.33 Brussels - London
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rough draft of envisaged costs for the field trip (above) ... it's fairly conservative i'd say, and it's got an allowance for food in it (excl.booze!!), and admission fees etc.. so should roughly reflect the actual costs.
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and here's a list of questions for you:
1 are you happy with the costs? (note: my investigations resulted in the ferry rotterdam-hull costing £110 single, so i think we can ditch that idea, but feel free to do your own research)

2 are you happy with accommodation in hostels/large dorms (say up to 10 people)?

3 how many drivers are there? and do the drivers feel confident to drive up to 4people in their car, on german autobahns, on the right side of the road? I'm volunteering as a driver, too.

4 do you want to book the eurostar & rental cars separately, or shall we make a big kitty and book collectively? I personally think a centralised booking makes sense. if you agree, you'd have to pay a deposit next week. i suggest to book the hostels collectively too.

5 are there any people who have friends in any of the visited cities, i.e. somewhere they can stay instead of the hostel? let me know early enough if that's sth you want to do. anyone who needs to leave earlier/join later let me know too.

6 are you generally happy with the itinerary / amount of places visited (too many, too little?) etc.

7 anyone fancies researching possible funding for the trip?

8 will post a separate post about the brochure!

9 regarding that item 'boris sieverts tour' on the cost spreadsheet:
boris sieverts is the son of one of my old uni professors, thomas sieverts, a well-known german urban planner. boris, amongst other career meanders, developed a very unique approach to visiting places - through the backdoor if you want, cross country, choosing the opposite of obvious routes, involving climbs and other (semi-)risky activities. he always asks his tour guests to bring wellies, torches etc.. I've been in touch with him and he'd be up for taking us on one of his tours, I believe it could be a truly amazing experience. the ruhr area is kind of 'his' natural biotope, so he's the perfect expert for our wastelands tour. except he's expensive - works out at ca.55quid each, for a whole day. so you have to let me know how you feel about it. here's some blurb about him:
http://www.walkinginplace.org/weblog/archives/000031.html
"In his urban travel agency, Büro fur Städtereisen in Cologne, Boris Sieverts has been operating for the past five years as a walkers' guide for hikes which he organizes on the edges of cities. According to him, "the wild outskirts of large cities are one of the last adventures."
"The artist Boris Sieverts, son of the well-known urban planner Tom Sieverts, on the other hand, has been making it possible for years to experience certain elements of urban landscapes very directly in his Büro für Städtereisen. He takes groups on extensive tours through the outskirts and non-site zones of cities. To date these have been in the Ruhrgebiet, Cologne, Paris, Orleans and Rotterdam. In so doing, he aims to make it possible to experience a structural wealth that remains hidden from conventional view and attempts to communicate new aesthetic and emotional connotations. A typical situative and atmospheric reinterpretation was his "Park Deck Restaurant", realised during the architecture week plan03 in Cologne. He issued invitations to come to the top floor of a city-centre car-park to have grilled fish and cooled white wine during the summer weather. With a view of the surrounding houses, visitors enjoyed a light Mediterranean mood that transcended the tristesse that usually prevails in such places."
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ok!! I think that's all from myself. may I suggest, rather than getting back to us each individually, you talk through everything between yourselves, and write 1email in reply. would be good to book the eurostar tickets next week so let us know your replies by wednesday.
so long,

cathrin

Wasted potential vs. wasted time

Wasted Sun

The Sun is the source of all things. It plays an important role in the provision of three basic elements: oxygen, water and food, which human needs for living. Without the Sun, there is no life on earth.

Is it possible to store sunlight?

In a Hong Kong comedy film ‘From Beijing with Love’, solar torch was invented for a laugh. In order to turn on the solar torch, another torch was needed. Hence, if the light energy can be totally transferred, using two solar torches can then ‘store’ light. Therefore, with the help of solar devices transferring light, human may then be able to recreate 'the Sun' to produce the basic elements for living.

All is not wasted...… including facial hair!

Inspired by course-mate Av, I also started to grow a moustache (Mo) for Movemebr - an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer.

I would grow a moustache for a month from 25th Nov to 24th Dec, 2009. As my ‘facial hair hormone’ is not very strong, I do not have much hair on my face. It would be interesting not only to see how my thin moustache is going to be like after a month, but also how my moustache is not wasted and raises money for the fight against prostate cancer and depression in men.

To donate to my Mo, you can either:
a) Click this link http://uk.movember.com/mospace/504217/ and donate online using your credit card, debit card or PayPal account
b) Write a cheque payable to ‘The Prostate Cancer Charity - Movember’, referencing my Registration Number 504217 and mailing it to: Movember - The Prostate Cancer Charity, First Floor, Cambridge House, Cambridge Grove, London, W6 0LE.

Thank you very much!

For more information about Movember, please check http://uk.movember.com/about/

Day00 Shaved on 24th Nov, 2009
Day01 Nothing happened yet
Day02 Visually nothing happened but could feel with fingers
Day03 Growing extremely slow
Day04 Struggling
Day05 Still Struggling
Day06 Tiny Little Mo
Day07 Tiny Little Mo Still
Day08 Too Cold for MoMo
Day09 More Visible
Day10 My hair grows faster than my moustache
Day11 Moustache may stop growing
Day12 Does the Sun help?
Day13 Low dense moustache
Day14 Intermission
Day15 Do not care anymore
Day16 Flash helps to show the Mo
Day17 Halfway
Day18 No Mo
Day19 My eyebrows are not dense too
Day20 Ten days left to be wild and 'un-ding-able'
Day21 Proud of having no Mo
Day22 Mo likes my eyebrows
Day23 Even nasal hair grows longer than my Mo
Day24 Good/bad photography skills can hide Mo
Day25 Five days to go
Day26 Happy return to Scotland, with or without Mo
Day27 Mo smile
Day28
Day29 Preparing for Christmas
Day30 Last day on Christmas Eve

Project B//Wasted couture (II)

Project B//Wasted couture

Climate Change Animation

Dear All,

Just found this great animation on climate change which I thought might be interesting

Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.

References are here


George

Project B

Wasted Connections__The Agri-Tourist

Recyclage Deluxe

Jumping on the eco bandwagon. Should brands use green bling as marketing? Is the image below a better re-use, a Buddhist temple built using 1.5million recycled beer bottles!

Project B

5 things that influences my life

Blog labels, Bibliography and Projects

Hi all,

We have added a bibliography and posted all the project briefs up for you.

I have also added labels so that you can label your work individually. This will help us look back through each persons work later on so could you make sure you label your own work with your name. If work is shared label it with both people.

George

Neil Cooke // Project B - The Forms of Waste

Kitchenomics (k-spkt)
1. [used with a sing. verb] Ergonomics in the Kitchen. The applied scientific study of human movement within the spatial confines of kitchen typological design, for the intended outcome of observable productivity maximisation by reducing operator fatigue, discomfort along with space and time wastage.
Popular Neil Cooke Dictionary (Maverick edition, 2009)

...No Wasted Spice[s]

Investigating Pentonville prison

Project A - Lawrence Zeng

Neil Cooke // Project A - Knowledge not shared is knowledge wasted

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5 things which interest me ...

WALL-E

Maybe a little bit lighter than 'Darwin's Nightmare'

'In a distant, but not so unrealistic future, where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess.'

Imdb: Wall-E
Imdb: Darwin's Nightmare

Hi from Studio 12

Hey everybody this all looks fantastic. Is there any way that we could have a page on the blog to post up each project brief as we distribute them.

George

A insight into the mind of Tim...

project a: calling card >> background and influences

InfraNet Lab

Dear Studio12,

'InfraNet Lab is a research collective probing the spatial byproducts of contemporary resource logistics.'

InfraNet lab were the keynote speakers at this year student led theory forum on Ecology. Below is a link to their blog which hosts a whole range of different projects including sections on 'waste'. A very useful resource...

http://infranetlab.org/blog/

Josh Wilcox - 5 Themes/interests – See image for details

Social/ Urban Response

Key terms: duplicity, enhancing, intervention

Locality

Key Terms: Smithsons, context, ‘as found’, social, local

Occupation

Key terms: values, users, time, inhabitation

Education

Key Terms: Pedagogy, academia v practice v users?, conflict

Representation

Key terms: provocation v representation, ‘reality’, dialogue

Project_a: Visiting card

001 CallingCard_interpreting interests and background

Architectural production = output + waste

+ This diagram explores the relationship of waste and recycling in the context of my own interests in architecture.

I will be investigating 'waste' in the context of architectural/artistic production;

Architectural production = output + waste(ideas + energy + theories + blah blah...)

Project A: Background and Influences

Wasted Soul

I am a soul with a body, not a body with a soul.

The Universe houses the Earth

The Earth houses Architectures

Architecture houses Human Bodies

Human Body houses Soul

Is my soul wasted in my body?

Is my body wasted in the architecture?

Is architecture wasted on the Earth?

Is the Earth wasted in the Universe?

Is my soul wasted in the Universe?

Tried to touch my soul with paintings, watercolour and performances.

Things that influence me...

Visual representation: graphical experimentation, photographic image, analogue, printmaking, type, cartography styles, signage

Collections: hoarding, multiples, swarms, attributed meaning, assigned values, dispay, compulsion, flocks

Physical environment: exposure, solidity, mountains, unpredictability, rock climbing, quarried rock, timber grain, minerals, remoteness, exploration, activity, orientation

Craftsmanship: watches, old machinery, integrity, solidity, tooling, components, mechanisms, creative reuse, man-hours and invested time, assemblies

Being occupied: salvaging, rescuing things from skips, 99p auctions on eBay, fixing things, building bikes, rock climbing, exploration, photography

Project A: Amy Brown