052-0628-21L CAAD Theory: A House that Demands More From the Sunset (Hovestadt)
| Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | L. Hovestadt |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | ITA Pool information event on the offered courses: 10.2.2021, 10-11 h, ONLINE, VideoZoom Link: https://ethz.zoom.us/s/92856146358 |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 052-0628-21 G | CAAD Theory: A House that Demands More From the Sunset (Hovestadt)
 No course on 22.3. (seminar week), on 5.4. (Easter Holidays) as well as on public holidays and at the end of the semester (s. room reservations!) | 2 hrs |
| L. Hovestadt |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | “Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that I've always demanded more from the sunset. More spectacular colors when the sun hit the horizon. That's perhaps my only sin.” Joe, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I |
| Learning objective | In this course you will select a building and create a persona that both is and is not yourself. Through writing a text with the help of a library (Xenotheka) and Machine Intelligence (Ask.Alice search engine), you will mobilise that persona and set it to work in a space. From an ‘elsewhere’ to ‘anywhere’, we can animate spaces and make them talk; we can create a persona. |
| Content | Setting: House, Library and Me Play: If the walls could speak . . . what would they demand? We use space to create multiple personae, all with different tempers. A million chattering voices. Avatars, yes, but what could they do? The inside becomes the outside: the part becomes the whole. One little room becomes an everywhere. The creation of a space that is you. But how do we get them to talk? By mobilising multiple personae and setting them to work in a space. By creating an alter-ego from the perspective of an element. Like Captain Planet? Air - Earth - Fire - Water. A house characterised by four humours and four elements in balance. What is a house but a coded balance that shifts? ‘Even Bergsonian duration is in need of a runner’. Deleuze and Guattari’s conceptual personae include the Socrates of Plato, the Dionysus of Nietzsche, the Idiot of Nicholas of Cusa. But what if the concept is yourself? |
| Lecture notes | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch |
| Literature | http://www.caad.arch.ethz.ch |
| Prerequisites / Notice | ITA Pool information event on the offered courses: 10.2.2021, 10-11 h, ONLINE, VideoZoom Link: https://ethz.zoom.us/s/92856146358 |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 2 credits |
| Examiners | L. Hovestadt |
| Type | ungraded semester performance |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Additional information on mode of examination | Lehrsprache ist Englisch oder Deutsch. |
Learning materials
| Main link | Information |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General |  : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture Bachelor | Technology in Architecture | W |  |