Sunday, November 30, 2008
Agli Amici del Blog lontani e vicini. Corsi on Line
A volte mi capita di trovare aficionados di questo blog in terre lontane (e anche un poco ostili). Mi dicono "oddio prof.. che belle quelle lezioni, che àncora!"
Ora volevo dire a queste persone che adesso parte un corso on line!!! che è gratis per molti. Può essere una bella occasione, inoltre... the course is in English and can be a real opportunity to be in a larger context. Keep in mind that if walk only in the staight path you will end up with nothing (a piece of paper, i.e. a diploma for under employment). You must search a little bit outside the staith path. Explore..
All the info from the the post below. >>>
Post Graduate Course - E Learning - Overview to IT Revolution in Architecture
Course Description
This course will offer a serious of introductory principles to the field of Information Technology Revolution in Architecture (see Book Series >>) . It is based on the new book by
Antonino Saggio
Introduction of IT Revolution in Architecture. Thoughts on a Paradigm Shift >>
The course will follow the key words used in different chapters of the book.
They are coming from the general field of study of increasing level of complexity:
1. Substances (First part. Questions of content)
2. Communication (First part. Questions of content)
3. City ((First part. Questions of content)
4. Landscape (First part. Questions of content)
5. Information ((Second part. Theoretical issues)
6. Time (Second part. Theoretical issues)
7. Space (Second part. Theoretical issues)
8. Model (Second part. Theoretical issues)
9. Reification (Second part. Theoretical issues)
10. Catalyst (Second part. Theoretical issues)
Scope of the module
It is to develop a "critical understanding" of the topic and to write a "Program of research" that can be suited to be presented and accepted for an official research grant, or a PhD dissertation.
After have read the entire book, participants start a process of dialogue with the professor that will help them to define a sub-area of research in this field.
Modality of Inscription
Students will enroll by reading the program offer by e-Archidoct.eu >> and following the procedure of registration. The course is free for all participants enrolled in one of these institutions (Barcelona Valles, Bucharest Ion Mincu, Copenhagen, Delft, Dublin DIT, Dublin UCD, London Bartlett, Lyon, Madrid ETSAM, Oslo, Rome Sapienza, Thessaloniki, Vadu, Warsaw, >> detail ).
To be enorlled in Saggio module students must be enrolled in the last year of a five year architectural program, or be enrolled in a graduate or PhD course. After have read the procedure by e-Archidoct.eu >> further explanations can be obtained by sending an email to the program secreteriat to the person of Laura Koniordou (email: lkoniord@arch.auth.gr)
DeadLine
Final ENROLLMENT of the course is fixed for Monday December 17, 2008.
For that day students enrolled should have already:
1. Have ordered and possibly already delivered at their address the Text Book Introduction of IT Revolution in Architecture. Thoughts on a Paradigm Shift. (Follow the link to order, use possibly a paypall account, >>)
2. Have read at least one of the book of the IT revolution series at their choice >> (books are available in School Libraries, book stores and can be orderd at amazon.com).
3. Have created their own blog (few moments.. use for example http://www.blogger.com/)
4. Have a Skype account >> in order to do teleconferencing
5. Have send the following information to professor Antonino Saggio email (Antonino.Saggio@uniroma1.it) as a secondary private information by 10.00 am Monday December 15, 2008. Subject of the email: enrollement to Saggio Module
Name:
LastName:
Email:
Blog:
Skype:
School of enrollment:
Permanent Address:
Phone (possibly Mobile with country prefix for example for Italy + 39.....):
NB
Please send all complete information, in one only complete email!. Consider that all information are indispensable. For example without the skypename you cannot be at the skype conference, without your own blog you canot make the exercise without the text book "nothing" can happen in the following steps eccetera
First Conference of Introduction of the course via Skype at
18.00 hrs ROME TIME of Tuesday December 16, 2008. At this first conference details will be given the overall structure will be made and further steps will be decided
Skype ninosa3. In order to be in the conference YOU MUST have sent your Skype name the day Before in the previous email
FIRST Meeting Tuesday december 16, 2008 18:00
people enrolled:
Anders.Hermund@karch.dk http://pharnen.blogspot.com/ Denmark
Vanina.ballini@gmail.com http://vaninaballini.blogspot.com Italy
Antonino.diraimo@nitrosaggio.net http://antoninodiraimo.blogspot.com/ Italy
Pigivangeli@gmail.com http://tispigistoblog.blogspot.com/ Greece
Cristian.farinella@gmail.com http://gluemarket.blogspot.com/ Italy
Nazareno Tiberi: naza.tibe@gmail.com http://nazarenotiberi.blogspot.com/ Italy
Rosettaangelini@nitrosaggio.net http://www.rosettaangelinicomese.blogspot.com/ Assistant Italy
(lucian Narcis) Narcisteodorescu@yahoo.com http://narcisteodorescu.blogspot.com Romania
lorenagreco@libero.it http://gluemarket.blogspot.com/ Italy
mariano.fatica@gmail.com http://mariano-timeforblog.blogspot.com/ Italy
(Dragan Rares) raresv.dragan@gmail.com http://emergentrealityinurbanpublicspaces.blogspot.com/
Skype: raresv.dragan
lorenzaciprari@hotmail.it http://lorenzaciprari.blogspot.com/
Listen The first meeting in MP3
Things To do for next meeting
Friday January 9, 2009 be on line at 17:20 lesson start at 18:00
1. Order immediately the book. It is explained above. You Must have it in English! Takes time..Order it immediately
2. Enroll offically with the e.archdoc system. Many good things may happen!
3. While waiting ofr the book to arrive, read or read a book of the IT series >>>
4. Write a short Book review in your blog
5. Create in your blog a post marke "E.archdoc saggio Module" tend to have there all the relevant information
(naturally you can create other posts but start with this one)
6. Navigate the other persons blog. each person NOT in the Italian team MUSTt have a partner in the italian group. Find your partner with private negotiation. You can have more than one.
WHEN THE BOOK IS ARRIVED
7. read the book entirerly
8. Write a review in the blog
9. Pick a Chapter that seems to fulfill most your interest
10. Find an extra product (cinema, music, movie, literature...other that can be associated with the chapter from your point of view)
11. read a book in the IT Rev book series that is related to the chapter
12. Find a projects of yours (one already done) and interrogate it from the point of view of the chapter
13. Find another bibliographical material, not in the book series, but belonging to area of Architecture and IT. Typically a book, a monograohic issue of a magazine that refers to that chapter topic
if you don not understand. Re listen The audio. or email the other persons or skype to them. Use the Blog! Cultivate it as a little garden! It is your main way to talk to the other.
See you at the meeting whch as musch as you can...ideally all the above mentioned points
09/gen/09, alle ore 20:21, antonino.saggio/nitrosaggio.net ha scritto:
Meeting Friday 9 happened the second meeting.
Pigi, Crhistian and Lorena, Rosetta, Antonino, Lucian, Mariano reported
Rares, Lucius, Lorenza, Vanina were also present
Anders has a collegue at his place.
Nazareno, Doina where missing. Maria dropped.
Next two meeting are scheduled
Tuesday March 10 at 17, 20 ...18:00 start
Tuesday March 24 at 17, 20...18,00 start
At tthe meeting of March 10
the following people will do a formal 10 minutes presentation:
Anders.Hermund@karch.dk http://pharnen.blogspot.com/ Denmark
Pigivangeli@gmail.com http://tispigistoblog.blogspot.com/ Greece
(lucian Narcis) Narcisteodorescu@yahoo.comhttp://narcisteodorescu.blogspot.com Romania
(Dragan Rares) raresv.dragan@gmail.comhttp://emergentrealityinurbanpublicspaces.blogspot.com/
At the meeting Tuesday March 24 these person will present
Cristian.farinella@gmail.com http://gluemarket.blogspot.com/ Italy
Nazareno Tiberi: naza.tibe@gmail.comhttp://nazarenotiberi.blogspot.com/ Italy
Rosettaangelini@nitrosaggio.nethttp://www.rosettaangelinicomese.blogspot.com/ Assistant Italy
Lorenagreco@libero.it http://gluemarket.blogspot.com/ Italy
mariano.fatica@gmail.com http://mariano-timeforblog.blogspot.com/Italy
lorenzaciprari@hotmail.it http://lorenzaciprari.blogspot.com/
Vanina.ballini@gmail.com http://vaninaballini.blogspot.com Italy
PRE REQUISTE of The Presentation
1. Write a short Book review in your blog of "Introduction of IT Revolution in Arhitecture"
2 Create in your blog a post marke "E.archdoc saggio Module" tend to have there all the relevant information
(naturally you can create other posts but start with this one)
3. Navigate the other persons blog. each person NOT in the Italian team MUSTt have a partner in the italian group. Find your partner with private negotiation. You can have more than one.
7. Be enrolled officially in the earchdoc module
Content of The presentation
Organize freely your presentation utilizing the following material
8. The book review in the blog
9. A Chapter that seems to fulfill most your interest
10. An extra product (cinema, music, movie, literature...other that can be associated with the chapter from your point of view)
11. A book in the IT Rev book series that is related to your chosen chapter
12. Find a projects of yours (one already done) and interrogate it from the point of view of the chapter
13. Find another bibliographical material, not in the book series, but belonging to area of Architecture and IT. Typically a book, a monograohic issue of a magazine that refers to that chapter topic
The presentation will start to define YOUR areas of Interest. This area of interest comes through the critical study of the above material.
Give a TITLE of your area of interest. And a possible explanatory subtitle.
It is clear that:
a. You have received and read the book
b. All the material of the presentation is in YOUR BLOG that is at the same time your instrument of work and your PRESENTATION medium!!
Anders.Hermund@karch.dk http://pharnen.blogspot.com/ Denmark
Pigivangeli@gmail.com http://tispigistoblog.blogspot.com/ Greece
(lucian Narcis) Narcisteodorescu@yahoo.comhttp://narcisteodorescu.blogspot.com Romania
(Dragan Rares) raresv.dragan@gmail.comhttp://emergentrealityinurbanpublicspaces.blogspot.com/
At the meeting Tuesday March 24 these person will present
Cristian.farinella@gmail.com http://gluemarket.blogspot.com/ Italy
Nazareno Tiberi: naza.tibe@gmail.comhttp://nazarenotiberi.blogspot.com/ Italy
Rosettaangelini@nitrosaggio.nethttp://www.rosettaangelinicomese.blogspot.com/ Assistant Italy
Lorenagreco@libero.it http://gluemarket.blogspot.com/ Italy
mariano.fatica@gmail.com http://mariano-timeforblog.blogspot.com/Italy
lorenzaciprari@hotmail.it http://lorenzaciprari.blogspot.com/
Vanina.ballini@gmail.com http://vaninaballini.blogspot.com Italy
PRE REQUISTE of The Presentation
1. Write a short Book review in your blog of "Introduction of IT Revolution in Arhitecture"
2 Create in your blog a post marke "E.archdoc saggio Module" tend to have there all the relevant information
(naturally you can create other posts but start with this one)
3. Navigate the other persons blog. each person NOT in the Italian team MUSTt have a partner in the italian group. Find your partner with private negotiation. You can have more than one.
7. Be enrolled officially in the earchdoc module
Content of The presentation
Organize freely your presentation utilizing the following material
8. The book review in the blog
9. A Chapter that seems to fulfill most your interest
10. An extra product (cinema, music, movie, literature...other that can be associated with the chapter from your point of view)
11. A book in the IT Rev book series that is related to your chosen chapter
12. Find a projects of yours (one already done) and interrogate it from the point of view of the chapter
13. Find another bibliographical material, not in the book series, but belonging to area of Architecture and IT. Typically a book, a monograohic issue of a magazine that refers to that chapter topic
The presentation will start to define YOUR areas of Interest. This area of interest comes through the critical study of the above material.
Give a TITLE of your area of interest. And a possible explanatory subtitle.
It is clear that:
a. You have received and read the book
b. All the material of the presentation is in YOUR BLOG that is at the same time your instrument of work and your PRESENTATION medium!!
Successful completion of Saggio module with the required formal presentation are:
Dragan Rares
Cristian Farinella
Antonino Di Raimo
Rosetta Angelini
Lorena Greco
Mariano Fatica
Rosetta Angelini
Lorena Greco
Mariano Fatica
Lorenza Ciprari
Vanina Ballini
Vanina Ballini
Students not mentioned did not give a formal presentation which was considered by the teacher at the required standard or did not give any formal presentation
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
John Allen Book Launch 3 December at October Gallery
John Allen belongs to the great and noble tradition of Transcendentalism, the tradition of Ralph Waldo Emerson, of R. Buckminster Fuller and Frank Lloyd Wright. His whole existence, his studies, work, and interests are moved by a few fundamental principles. In John Allen, these principles share an organic, total ecologic structure that intimately combines land, nature, air and art with philosophy, theater and spiritual aspirations. The particularity of his work and life is that this combination has brought amazing results on the highest levels of achievement in science and engineering such as Biosphere 2. He has also realized small but extremely vital projects such the October Gallery in London, the Synergia Ranch in Santa Fe and the vessel Heraclitus that has been cruising the world since 1975. John Allen's stature is that of a Nobel prizewinner. For the reader of this book, there unfolds an unforgettable, stimulating and fascinating account of freedom and the possibility of human creation when it is nourished by profound reason.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
PROF, L'HA VISTO QUESTO?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35116498452#/group.php?gid=35347037997&ref=mf
credo che avrà molto successo!
a presto
Antonia
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Geodestic Dome, Synergia ranch, New Mexico
Nella settimana dall'1all'8 ottobre 2010 la cupola è stata ridipinta integralmente con una pittura acrilica per difenderla dagli agenti atmosferici (Santa Fe è ad una altitudine di 2132 Metri sul livello del mare e l'inverno è ovviamente rigidissimo qui), ma anche per difenderla da una serie di imprevisti che si sono succeduti negli anni. L'opera di ripittura ha previsto il lavaggio dell'intera superficie e il passaggio di due strati di pittura. Il lavoro è stato compiuto - dopo avere coperto tutte le superfici e gli infissi - senza ponteggi ma solo con scale e con l'ausilio ovviamente di lunghe aste telescopiche. Alcune fase finali sono state compiute camminando nella parte superiore della cupola. Il lavoro è stato compiuto integralmente da Marie, Fredy, Robyn, Warren, Rio, Corinna, Martino, Dugan, Ingrid e Patty (nella foto che festeggia). Naturalmente queste cose si fanno solo per la Storia.
La Dome (cupola) è stata costruita nei primi anni Settanta quando il ranch era ancora poco edificato e si era appena cominciato a pensare al recupero ambientale e alle sue future attività. Ho parlato circa un'ora con l'ingegnere William "Freddy" Dempster ed un numero di fatti importanti sono emersi. La prima domanda che gli ho fatto è se Richard Buckminster Fuller avesse visto o supervisionato la cupola. Mi ha risposto di no, (anche se successivamente ha avuto rapporti) ma che al tempo esistevano una serie di libri che spiegavano come costruirne una. In effetti successivamente a questa conversazione ho scoperto un documento che diceva che Bucky ha incontrato il gruppo, che ha concesso il diritto di costruire la cupola in base al suo brevetto e che anche ha contribuoto ad affrontare i temi dell'acustica cfr. pages 24-25 from the book "Theather of all Possibilities", edition Poetry, London 1980). Dempster mi ha dato come prima informazione il costo: circa 1000 dollari del tempo (inclusa la tela di copertura). Cioè circa 4000 dollari di oggi! Naturalmente in origine la cupola non aveva pavimento: era su terra battuta ricoperta poi con tappeti, con una modalità indiana.
Freddy mi ha spiegato innanzitutto come è stata costruita. Le fondazioni si facevano in maniera puntiforme con dei cilindri di cemento che entravano nel terreno per circa un metro. Sul cilindro di fondazione con un sistema abbastanza semplice di bulloni si ancora il nodo di uno dei triangoli che formano il primo anelo della cupola geodetica.
Ora come si dovrebbe sapere la cupola geodetica è un'approssimazione di una sfera. Naturalmente l'approssimazione può avere un diverso grado di precisione o aderenza alla curvilinearità della sfera, ma l'approssimazione "non può essere troppo alta" perché se ci si avvicina troppo alla forma sferica ideale, i vari triangoli non formano più l'angolo rigido necessario alla stabilità dell'insieme trovandosi quasi sulla stessa giacitura orizzontale.
Aspetto fondamentale della costruzione naturalmente è rappresentato dai nodi. Che sono fatti non certo con il famoso nodo geodetico, ma bensì in maniera estremamente semplice ed economica.
Si tagliano in fatti delle tubature metalliche della dimensione del nodo. All'interno di questo elemento cilindrico arrivano le aste naturalmente tagliate ad angolo. Freddy mi ha spiegato del sistema di tenerle strette una all'altra e Marie "Flash" Harding mi ha spiegato anche che le aste erano avvolte dal nastro isolante da pacchi per tenerle ancora più strette insieme.
Le aste di legno, "naturalmente", non venivano da un negozio, ma provenivano da edifci abbandonati e poi tagliati in loco a misura. L'attrezzattura di un tavolo da taglio, una sega elettrica e un sistema primitivo di impalcatura era- più o meno - la dotazione di cantiere.
Si tagliano in fatti delle tubature metalliche della dimensione del nodo. All'interno di questo elemento cilindrico arrivano le aste naturalmente tagliate ad angolo. Freddy mi ha spiegato del sistema di tenerle strette una all'altra e Marie "Flash" Harding mi ha spiegato anche che le aste erano avvolte dal nastro isolante da pacchi per tenerle ancora più strette insieme.
Le aste di legno, "naturalmente", non venivano da un negozio, ma provenivano da edifci abbandonati e poi tagliati in loco a misura. L'attrezzattura di un tavolo da taglio, una sega elettrica e un sistema primitivo di impalcatura era- più o meno - la dotazione di cantiere.
Quando la struttura è stata finita, si è messa la tela che occhiellata e sovrapposta a scaglie provvedeva un discreto isolamento dal sole e dalla pioggia. Negli anni Novanta la cupola ha avuta una aggiunta all'entrata, una serie di skylight e soprattutto è stata rivestita con una schiuma cementizia.
Questa l'avventura della costruzione, che è arrichita da un bel dettaglio proto-informatico: Freddy ha calcolato la struttura e cioè le diverse dimensioni delle assi e il loro angolo, scrivendo un programma in Fortran (era stato programmatore per 4 anni a Berklely). Il programma che aveva scritto era realizzato su schede perforate che poi messe in una macchina che le leggeva forniva finalmente i risultati. Per scrivere il programma e calcolarne i risultati ha dovuto "pregare" la locale università di "concedergli" l'accesso al computer.
Morale: un gruppo di uomini liberi, giovani e forse anche relativamente sereni, costruiscono una cupola geodetica con le loro mani e con i lori soldi. La tecnologia serve per liberare e per fare qualcosa, veramente. La cupola è ancora in piedi e accoglie i convegni di Synergia ranch.
Deu foto del nodo in una situazione a-tipica (da cui si capisce esattamente come è fatto) e tipica
Note tecniche
The diameter of the dome is 50 feet, 28 feet high. (15.2 m diameter, 8.5 m high)
The struts vary in length from 4.95 feet to 6.54 feet (1.5 m to 2 m) depending on their position in the geometry. There are 9 different strut lengths, plus some special struts surrounding the doorways.
Total cost in 1970 for materials was around $1000, mostly for the canvas, but we were able to get the struts from salvage of old buildings and didn't have to pay for them.
Are you thinking of building a dome ? There are many details and exact measurements that have to be done just right.
Freddy
William "Freddy" Dempster è l'ingegnere che ha supervisionato, progettato, calcolato e costruitola Dome con amici e compagni al Synergia ranch nei pressi di Santa nel New Mexico.
Al Synergia ranch si svolgono convegni e periodi di studio organizzati dall'Istituto di Ecotechnics fondato da John Allen
nel frattempo ho trovato una foto storica dI Dempster e "Bucky" Fuller. L'epoca è successiva e si riferisce ai tempi degli studi preparatori per la costruzione di Biosphere 2, ma questa è un'altra storia.
La foto è di Marie Allen
Friday, November 07, 2008
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