Ludger Hovestadt: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2020 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt |
| Field | Digital Architectonics |
| Address | Inst. f. Technologie in der Arch. ETH Zürich, HIB E 15 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 1 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| hovestadt@arch.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Architecture |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 051-1217-20L | Integrated Discipline CAAD (L.Hovestadt)   | 3 credits | 2U | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | This part of the curriculum addresses design work in different areas of architecture and urbanism and integrates the knowledge acquired in previous years. It involves the active participation of specialists from related disciplines (e.g. building structures, landscape architecture, history of art and architecture, monuments conservation etc.). | ||||
| Learning objective | Today architectural sketching without the employment of information technologies is only meaningful in exceptional cases. CAD plans, three-dimensional rendering, CNC model construction etc. are pervasive media for the development and presentation of architectural drafts. This elective course tries to follow questions on a new plateau: Which are the common traits of current design methods and modern information technologies and how can they symbiotically lead to a new architectural expressions in formal and constructional regard. Draft-accompanying, these questions are pursuit on a theoretical level, in order to be able to find its expression in the concrete draft. Ascertained technical applications are not ment to be of priority. | ||||
| Content | This part of the curriculum addresses design work in different areas of architecture and urbanism and integrates the knowledge acquired in previous years. It involves the active participation of specialists from related disciplines (e.g. building structures, landscape architecture, history of art and architecture, monuments conservation etc.). | ||||
| Lecture notes | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| Literature | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| 052-0605-00L | Mathematics and Programming I | 2 credits | 2V | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | An introduction to information technology for architects. It is not about the HOW, but rather about the WHAT, not about virtuosity when dealing with digital tools, but rather about understanding coding. Not about pragmatism, but rather about literacy. It forms the basis of digital architectonics, the art of joining, which needs to be cultivated with care, prudence and patience. | ||||
| Learning objective | Normally, one would expect this course to teach students how to draw architecture while using computers. This course does not because digital architectural models are not drawn, but encoded. In the current discussion about building information models (BIM), we see how blocked the situation can become when one draws architecture digitally. Today, digital models are a tedious 'minefield' with hundreds of gigabytes of data of all kinds. A digital model as code, however, is lightweight, compact and fast – a sparkling crystal, like poetry. That is why coding is the focus of this course. More specifically, students learn to read code and to value thinking in code. Learning active coding goes beyond the time-frame and should not be forced upon people. Thanks to digital awareness, students can quickly learn a wide variety of software using help available in the Internet, and competently use it according to their personal preferences. The aim of the course is for the students to develop as architects and to grow a digital personality. Specific reference is made to the history of architecture in conjunction with mathematics and philosophy. The essential tool of the trade is the lambda calculus in the implementation of Mathematica. The information technology interconnection of all digital media will be presented: text, image, graphic, model, animation, film, audio and the corresponding software. Current issues will be discussed: Internet, Internet of things, cryptography, privacy, big data, machine intelligence, building information models, responsive cities, smart homes, robotics, energy and logistics. Current and historical modelling processes will be worked on. | ||||
| Content | The Mechanics of Digital Introduction and overview on folding Calculus Text and numbers Lists and colours Pictures and films Cryptography and communication Rules and graphs Graphics and Animation 3D models Solid models Music and sound The Big Plenty Parsers Databases Machine intelligence Many images Many texts Many drawings Many models Smart buildings City and country On the Internet of Things A Digital Archaeology of Architecture The geometry of Euclid The architecture of the Greeks The arithmetic of Ptolemy The architecture of the middle ages The geometry of Descartes The architecture of the Renaissance The arithmetic of Lagrange The architecture of the Enlightenment The algebra of Boole The architecture of the classical period The theory of categories The architecture of the 20th century The Digital Architectural Model Architecture and poetry The perspective model The probabilistic model The crystal The hybrid The continuum The Oikos The model concept 1920 The model concept 1950 The model concept 1980 The model concept 2010 Brand and style | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Hybrid teaching: Groups (bubbles) of 24 students: Week 1: Bubbles 1-5 in HIL E3, 6-10 and 11 - 15 online in studio G41/G61; Week 2: Bubbles 6-10 in HIL E3, 11-15 and 1 - 5 online in studio G41/G61; Week 3: Bubbles 11-15 in HIL E3, 1-5 and 6 - 10 online in studio G41/G61. Week 4 = week 1. | ||||
| 052-0627-20L | CAAD Theory: Architecture and Philology ITA Pool Introduction Event: Information on courses offered by the Institute ITA: 7.9.20, 10-11 h, HIB Open Space. | 2 credits | 2G | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | "Architektur und Philologie" beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle von Sprache in der heutigen Architektur. Diese leidet unter der zunehmenden Flut an Bildern, die weitgehend bedeutungslos werden (weil generisch und unspezifisch in dem, was sie darstellen). Dagegen entstehen, wie schon in der Renaissance, auf neuer technischer Basis viele interessante vernakuläre Umgangssprachen. | ||||
| Learning objective | Wir folgen dem Gedanken, dass Architektur gesprochen und nicht gezeichnet ist, und dem Sprechen grosszügig Raum gibt. Behandelt werden die rhetorischen und dialektischen Figuren, sowie literarische Formate in denen sich die Techniken und Umgangsformen einer Epochen jeweils manifestieren. Ferner werden die aktuellen Diskurse wie digital humanities, gender studies, Xenofeminismus, science and technology studies, Platform Kapitalismus, Objekt orientierte Philosophie, spekulativer oder magischer Realismus vorgestellt. | ||||
| Content | "Architektur und Philologie" beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle von Sprache in der heutigen Architektur. Diese leidet unter der zunehmenden Flut an Bildern, die weitgehend bedeutungslos werden (weil generisch und unspezifisch in dem, was sie darstellen). Dagegen entstehen, wie schon in der Renaissance, auf neuer technischer Basis viele interessante vernakuläre Umgangssprachen. Wir folgen dem Gedanken, dass Architektur gesprochen und nicht gezeichnet ist, und dem Sprechen grosszügig Raum gibt. Behandelt werden die rhetorischen und dialektischen Figuren, sowie literarische Formate in denen sich die Techniken und Umgangsformen einer Epochen jeweils manifestieren. Ferner werden die aktuellen Diskurse wie digital humanities, gender studies, Xenofeminismus, science and technology studies, Platform Kapitalismus, Objekt orientierte Philosophie, spekulativer oder magischer Realismus vorgestellt. prof.dr.l.hovestadt prof.dr.v.bühlmann | ||||
| Lecture notes | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| Literature | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| 052-0629-20L | CAAD Practice: Architecture and Mathematics ITA Pool Introduction Event: Information on courses offered by the Institute ITA: 7.9.20, 10-11 h, HIB Open Space | 2 credits | 2G | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | "Architecture and Mathematics" introduces an architectural approach to dealing with theorems. Cities and buildings are miniatures of the world. Mathematical theorems contain virtual views of the whole world. They are less of a world model than a virtual world view, against the background of which a specific place can be qualified communicatively. | ||||
| Learning objective | The lecture teaches fundamental figures of thought in mathematics, as an uncorrupted 'way' (methodology) to be able to open up the roles of nature, space, time and intellect through all times and cultures. | ||||
| Content | "Architecture and Mathematics" provides an introduction to architectonics in dealing with theorems. Cities and buildings are miniatures of the world. Mathematical theorems contain virtual views of the whole world. They are less a world model than a virtual world view, against the background of which a specific place can be qualified communicatively. The lecture teaches fundamental figures of thought in mathematics, as an uncorrupted 'way' (methodology) to be able to open up the roles of nature, space, time and intellect through all times and cultures. prof.dr.l.hovestadt prof.dr.e.zafiris | ||||
| Lecture notes | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| Literature | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| 052-0635-00L | Mathematical Thinking and Programming III | 2 credits | 2V | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | An introduction to information technology for architects. It is not about the HOW, but rather about the WHAT, not about virtuosity when dealing with digital tools, but rather about understanding coding. Not about pragmatism, but rather about literacy. It forms the basis of digital architectonics, the art of joining, which needs to be cultivated with care, prudence and patience. | ||||
| Learning objective | Normally, one would expect this course to teach students how to draw architecture while using computers. This course does not because digital architectural models are not drawn, but encoded. In the current discussion about building information models (BIM), we see how blocked the situation can become when one draws architecture digitally. Today, digital models are a tedious 'minefield' with hundreds of gigabytes of data of all kinds. A digital model as code, however, is lightweight, compact and fast – a sparkling crystal, like poetry. That is why coding is the focus of this course. More specifically, students learn to read code and to value thinking in code. Learning active coding goes beyond the time-frame and should not be forced upon people. Thanks to digital awareness, students can quickly learn a wide variety of software using help available in the Internet, and competently use it according to their personal preferences. The aim of the course is for the students to develop as architects and to grow a digital personality. Specific reference is made to the history of architecture in conjunction with mathematics and philosophy. The essential tool of the trade is the lambda calculus in the implementation of Mathematica. The information technology interconnection of all digital media will be presented: text, image, graphic, model, animation, film, audio and the corresponding software. Current issues will be discussed: Internet, Internet of things, cryptography, privacy, big data, machine intelligence, building information models, responsive cities, smart homes, robotics, energy and logistics. Current and historical modelling processes will be worked on. | ||||
| Content | The Mechanics of Digital Introduction and overview on folding Calculus Text and numbers Lists and colours Pictures and films Cryptography and communication Rules and graphs Graphics and Animation 3D models Solid models Music and sound The Big Plenty Parsers Databases Machine intelligence Many images Many texts Many drawings Many models Smart buildings City and country On the Internet of Things A Digital Archaeology of Architecture The geometry of Euclid The architecture of the Greeks The arithmetic of Ptolemy The architecture of the middle ages The geometry of Descartes The architecture of the Renaissance The arithmetic of Lagrange The architecture of the Enlightenment The algebra of Boole The architecture of the classical period The theory of categories The architecture of the 20th century The Digital Architectural Model Architecture and poetry The perspective model The probabilistic model The crystal The hybrid The continuum The Oikos The model concept 1920 The model concept 1950 The model concept 1980 The model concept 2010 Brand and style | ||||
| 052-1109-20L | Architectural Design V-IX: Meteora 03 - Powers (L. Hovestadt) Please register (www.mystudies.ethz.ch) only after the internal enrolment for the design classes (see http://www.einschreibung.arch.ethz.ch/design.php). Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 3rd November 2020, 24:00 h (valuation date) only. Ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio is 3.11.2020, 24:00 h. | 14 credits | 16U | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | This studio works on the idea that a substantial understanding of today's technology (internet of things, big data, machine intelligence ...) changes the perspective to architectural theory and will result in different architectural designs and building constructions. | ||||
| Learning objective | 1) Identification and understanding of the challenges of today's technologies; 2) techniques of working within the plenty of the internet; 3) a methodology to design digital architectures; 4) understanding of the shift from hard building construction to soft building applications, and 5) an understanding of the importance of becoming a literate digital persona in order to be an architect today. | ||||
| Content | meteora #1 natures meteora #2 arguments . meteora #3 powers vitruvius, the architect and the patron architecture gives power a face no city without faces you at table with elisabeth murdoch who is about to take over an empire talking about the power of media giving her a presence precisely along the lines of leon battista alberti location: paris, facing notre dame meteora has a moodboard of 1000 books and 1000 movies meteora is online on instagram meteora presents with text, images and animations | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Individual work only. No extra costs. | ||||
| 063-0731-20L | CAAD Theory (Thesis Elective) | 6 credits | 13A | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | Within three elective courses the students need to fulfill an elective work (seminar work). Elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the according elective course. | ||||
| Learning objective | Within three elective courses the students need to fulfill an elective work (seminar work). Elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the according elective course. | ||||
| Content | In this course an introduction to programming is given with the intention to understand programming as formulation of an intention which eventually yields architectural results. In addition, fundamental techniques are explained and as well as elements of graphics programming introduced. On the other hand, methods are also taught which permit ideas to be converted into viable programs. Although in the course the programming language C++ and a special programming environment is used, a large part of the learning can be used for other programming languages. | ||||
| Lecture notes | www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| Literature | www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| 063-0733-20L | CAAD Practice (Thesis Elective) | 6 credits | 13A | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | Within three elective courses the students need to fulfill an elective work (seminar work). Elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the according elective course. | ||||
| Learning objective | Within three elective courses the students need to fulfill an elective work (seminar work). Elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the according elective course. | ||||
| Content | The contents of these elective studies are expected to link to the subject matter of the attended course. | ||||
| Lecture notes | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| Literature | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| 064-0015-20L | PhD Colloquium Theory of Information Technology for Architects | 2 credits | 2K | L. Hovestadt | |
| Abstract | Information technology plays an increasingly important role in research. To meet this challenging development, it is not only important to acquire respective skills, but also to consider and understand information technology in what sets it apart from other gestalts of technics (like mechanics, dynamics, or thermodynamics). | ||||
| Learning objective | The aim of this colloquium is to counter an observable tendency, that proportional to the degree in which students master practical skills in computing, they increasingly submit uncritically, in their understanding and framing of problems, to the dictation of schemata and templates implemented by technical systems. | ||||
| Content | The starting point for this colloquium is to comprehend computing not in terms of skills, but as a literacy which we can experience emerging today. Like in the case of writing as well, computing cannot exhaustively be reduced to either logics, grammar, arithmetics, or analytics. Rather, computation, if comprehended as a literacy, relates to any of the established categories of learning and raises questions of an architectonic kind. This colloquium draws from the principal richness of cultural forms of knowing and learning and thematizes approaches to formulate a theoretical stance on information technology for architects which is driven by and resting on the actual reality of computability today. In this, it is complementary to those theory courses on technology offered by the historical disciplines at ETH. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | To benefit from this course, you should have a practical affinity to technics, as well as an abstract interest in information technology in its comprehensive cultural context. | ||||