Int 12

Happening Architecture

INTER-12

The year’s work aimed to expand our understanding of an event as a physical manifestation capable of producing new modes of occupation and interaction. Students aimed to produce a series of provocative building proposals that could inform change in the city of Istanbul. We investigated happenings at various scales (from performance to festivals/exhibitions and expositions) and asked how audiences and users can inform the production of spaces within cities. 

1 Scavenger Hunt: defining actions in the city through the score 2 Event Taxonomy and Event Anatomy: event research and analysis

3 Travelogue: documenting stories/sites/spaces in Istanbul

4 Architectural Score: exploring relationships between time, community, context, structure and legacy

5 Representation: drawing and image-making to describe intent and event 

6 Proposal: create an architecture that supports an event 

7 Real-time Event: test the proposed event at 1:1 in the AA

8 Impressions: drawing to describe what it feels like

9 Vignettes: drawings to describe a user’s view

10 Mementos and Souvenirs: what survives the event?

How we did it

1 Workshops and talks: image-making, Rhino modelling, theory texts, 

representation, the score as design tool

2 Arup Foresight: workshop exploring the future 

3 Istanbul Technical University: collaboration and local knowledge

4 Portfolio: how do you describe the event and create a conversation?

5 Tutorial trips: visiting exhibitions as part of the tutorials

Themes

1 Time: using time as a key generator for architecture

2 Community: the project family tree of users, participants, audience and architects

3 Context: how context informs design

4 Structure: materiality and construction

5 Legacy: after the architect – our impact over time