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The n e w concepto f the archi tectThe architect is going to be t he f ashion des igne r of
f ut ur e. Lea rn ing f rom Calvin Klein, t he a rc hi te ct w il l
concerned with dressing t he f ut u re , s pe cu la ti ng ,
anticipating coming events and holding up a mirror
th e world. The a rch i tec t' s p rac ti ce wi ll be organised
as a l imit less vi rtual s tudio, l ike Andy Warhol's Facto
scattered; a network of supe rs ta rs . Ne twork p rac ti ce
extends eXisting f or ms o f c o- op era ti on w it h c li en ts ,
i nvesto rs , u ser s and t ec hn ic al c on su lt an ts t o i nc lu dedesign engineers, finance people, management gur
process specialists, designers and stylists. The ne w
architectural ne twork s tud io is a hybrid m ix tu re o f
club, atelier, laboratory an d ca r p lan t, encourag ing
plug-in professionalism. As in contemporary manuf
tur ing, eff ic iency an d diversity, continuity and diffe
entiation ar e i nsepa rab le , w i th customised A ud is a n
Volkswagens roiling off t he s am e p ro du ct io n line.
Making use of new technologies, the network archi tec t
benefi t s f rom th e increased transferability of knowledg
The w ill to inve nt is fundamental, ensuring that th
ba si c value s of t he d i sc ipl i ne , ranging f ro m g eo m et r
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to materlallsatlon, a re a lw ay s e vo lv in g. B ec au se al l
experiments require proof of evidence, the exper imenta l
practice continually oscillates between th e abstract
world of I deas and th e physical world. New procedures
and new techniques ar e tested out in site-specific,
project-based experiments.
The actual design process of architecture will be l ikemaking a film: I nv is ib le r esea rch and bus ines s culmi
nating Into a short t ime of in tense act ion , when mixed
teams d ec id e h ow to f it ou t a ne w ci ty, a new airport.
Time Is on th e architect 's side. Th e correlative
approach to plan deve lopmen t makes us e of the
mapping of t ime to reveal relations In Informat ional
data an d logistics. Developing specif ic vlsualls lng
techniques , re- th lnklng virtual an d material organisa
tional s tr uctu re s , engag ing publ ic space, pUblic forces
an d t he p ub li c I ma gi na ti on , p ut s t he architect once
more at th e centre of hi s ow n world. New concepts of
control transform t he u nt en ab le p os it io n of master
bu il de r Int o a public scientist. As an expert on everyday
publ ic In fo rmat ion , th e architect collects Information
that Is potentially s t ruc tu r ing , co -o rd ina te s i t, t rans
fo rm s It an d offers I de as a nd Images fo r th e organi
s at io n o f p ub li c l ife In an endless, seamless system.
D ee p " 'a n
The new architect faces a new assignment. Increasing
involved as th e architect Is in th e r ea l is at io n o f
bridges, motorways an d urban revltalisatlon plan
alongside houses, offices an d publ ic bui ld ings , th e
t radi t ional procedures of practice ar e becoming
inadequate. Urban nodes and Infrastructure ar e sof th e most Important ques t ions facing a rch i tec tu re
at th e moment. In response, public network projec
are developed using a strategy we call Deep Planning
Throughout history, urban strategies have been relat
to social-polit ical strategies - from th e Neo-Platonic
Renaissance city, to the Haussmannisatlon of Paris
th e equal-potent ial s t ructure of th e grid an d Decon
s t ructiv ls t f ragmentat ion.
Equally politic is th e move fro m th e traditional int
pretation of t he u rb an p la nn in g p ro ce ss a s a shifti
around of volumes on a planar surface to a complet
new approach based on ne w techniques an d a ne w
c o- op er at iv e w o rk s tr at eg y. Using c o mb i na t io n s o f
digital techniques, an Integral approach t o p ro je ct
combin ing In f ra s t ruc ture , u rban ism an d various
grammes ha s been developed. This approach requi
th e extended overview o f the n etw ork to de tect cor
spondences and overlaps between the locations, part
and programmes Involved. The procedure of th e De
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Plan involves generating a situation-specific, dynamic,
organisational structure plan w it h t he aid of parameter
based techniques. The in-depth, interactive nature of
th e De ep P la n means that It Incorporates economics,
infras t ructure , programme and construction in t ime.
The method demonstrates where different topographical
a re as p ro du ce s ha re d v al ue s. As a result, relationsin st ead of t he optimisation o f i nd iv id ua l d at a form th e
parame te rs o f th e project, generating potentials that
no single, i ndiv idual In te res t could have engendered.
This approach is utilitarian In that it deals with real
economic an d public conditions, bu t this is crucially
an Interactive , operat ional utility. Needs ar e not m et
In a reactive way, bu t a re d ra wn together an d trans
formed, leading to re-negotia tions of th e relations
between t he par ti es . This approach endorses a specific
societal policy by centring on collective interests. A
s imple, opportun is t response to what Is be ing asked
programme or users has become redundant. Inste
the project emerges interactively. Structures emerging
In this way operate through l iving forces at physica
an d public levels; they ar e performance envelopes
They ar e In motion as long as t ho se fo rc es a re In
motion an d contain no hidden meaning Independen
of those forces.Deep Planning a lso Inc ludes an emerging articulat
of a polley of mobility and th e i nco rporat ion in to
architecture of aspects of duration and t ime. Th
aspect is rela te d to the d ec od in g o f p ub li c space
caused by Intensive cross-cultural rituals and comm
nication systems. The combined use o f a u to m at ed
design an d animation techniques enables a worki
method that integrates questions of user movemen
urban planning, construction an d t he p o te n ti al fo r
programme to develop a t c er ta in points in this w
New computational techniques make It poss ib le to
is impossible in a large-scale, m u lt i- c li e nt p ro je c t o f
conside rab le complex i ty. And a preconceived Idea
of urbanism preceding t h e s p ec if ic s of locat ion,
lay bare a mul tip li c ity o f exper iences and activate
this knowledge In new ways. When mapping move
ment patterns, t he t ime-p rogramme re la t ionship
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not compartmental lsed, but r ef lect s synchronous,
cont inuous t ime. Temporal conditions a re c onnec ted
to programmatic themes in a simulation of the non
segmented manner in which t ime flows in a real si
ation. Separate infrastructure l ayer s may be classifie
calculated an d tested individually, to be subsequently
i nt er wo ve n t o a ch ie ve b oth effec tive f lux and effectiv
interaction. The Deep Plan offers a new abstraction,
which, unl ike the reduc t ioni sm of an urbanism base
on Euclidean geometry, Is proli fera ting, unfolding a
generative, r e- ac ti va ti ng pub li c l if e in urban planning