052-1110-21L Architectural Design V-IX: Meteora #04 Alienations (L. Hovestadt)
| Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | L. Hovestadt |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | 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 2nd April 2021, 24:00 h. This is the ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio! |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | |||||||
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| 052-1110-21 U | Architectural Design V-IX: Meteora #04 Alienations (L. Hovestadt)
 Permission from lecturers required for all students.
No course 23./24.3. (seminar week), on 6./7.4.(Easter Holiday) as well as on public holidays (s. room reservations). | 16 hrs |
| L. Hovestadt |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This studio works on the idea that a substantial understanding of todays technology (internet of things, big data, machine intelligence...) changes the perspective to architectural theory and will result in different architectural designs and building constructions. |
| Objective | 1) Identification and understanding of the challenges of todays 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 #04 ALIENATIONS in the time of corona, sitting at home, connected with the world. we feel like laughing. sitting at the edge of the world. we start thinking. an alien building of the last century (ludwig wittgenstein house, vienna, 1928) meets an alien figure of today's media (lenny belardo aka jude law by paolo sorrentino, 2016) you look at me and I look at you. I'm the world, I'm the world, the world in a box. METEORA #04 is an architectonic exercise on our cultural heritage and its challenges of today. white noise, beautiful white noise. in a room without a roof i'm staring at the ceiling. METEORA #04 will use artificial intelligence to write a text to explicate a precise position in today's world, to create a spectrum of images to reflect this world and design an architectural artefact which brings things into adequate proportions in the plentiful noise of today lenny will help us to talk about the world today, and ludwig will help us to make detailed architectonic arguments. |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Individual work only. Mid term crits: Dates will follow. No extra costs! |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 14 credits |
| Examiners | L. Hovestadt |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Additional information on mode of examination | Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 2nd April 2021, 24:00 h. This is the ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio! |
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 lecturersPermission from lecturers required for all students |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture Bachelor | Architectural Design (from 5. Semester on) | W |  |