Lectures Talks Comments by Antonino Saggio: May 2020

Thursday, May 28, 2020

20º Class: DataDataData Base: But, We Should Call IT "InfoBase" An Open-video-course by Antonino Saggio

A Paradigm Shift: The IT Revolution in Architecture

20º Class: DataDataData Base: But, We Should Call IT "InfoBase"

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Thursday, May 25, 2020

6:00 pm Rome

12:00 noon New York

9:00 am San Francisco

Once Again The Grid

BUT A NEW IDEAS ARRIVES

not just Quantities (as in the spreadsheet)

but but But Yes

FEATURES

If there are features

The Horizontal Lines becomes CONTAINERS of features and I Call Them

"RECORDS"

and the Vertical Lines Become

"FIELDS"

Both of them Are Virtually Infinitive

In reality

they are pertinent of what I need

The fields are container of INFORMATION they must we

Coventionally structured to be in a information word

But each vertical line can contai

textual

numemeric

raster

vector or 3d Infos

yjis open the way to selective QUERIES!and to another accessories invention of greates use for designer

GIS geographical Information Systems !

Assignment

Create a simple DATA BASE sof pertinent characteristics for you topic of Aniene Flows

Publish in your web site

Interesting books

MetaCity DataTown

by MVRDV

Local Code

by Nicholas De Monchaux

An Open-video-course by Antonino Saggio

professor Antonino Saggio

«Sapienza» University of Rome

School of Architecture - Dept. of Architecture and Design.

Previous Classes of This Course

Saggio's Home Site and Contact

Further Images Credits Links

Monday, May 25, 2020

19º Class: A New Thinking. The "What If?" Arrives An Open-video-course by Antonino Saggio

A Paradigm Shift: The IT Revolution in Architecture

19º Class: "A New Thinking. The 'What If?' Arrives"

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Thursday, May 25, 2020

6:00 pm Rome

12:00 noon New York

9:00 am San Francisco

Once Again The Grid

Values

More Values

A Great Jump!

Not only Values but also RESULTS

The RESULTS Are Characterized by .. FUNCTIONS

Results can Branch and the results become Values!

If a value changes alt the connected results change.

Here the two new arrivals in our world

A. "What If?" as a way of thinking

B. The "model" as a intrisically dynamic interpretation of the world

Assignment

Create a simple What if spreadsheet interpreting some actual conditions at CoronoVirus Time

Immagine the values, the relationship and test the mutations of certain values and conditions to understands what may Happen.

Learn if you want other functions of a spreadsheet /here we are talking of 5% of potentials)

Read the Story of Visi Calc

An Open-video-course by Antonino Saggio

professor Antonino Saggio

«Sapienza» University of Rome

School of Architecture - Dept. of Architecture and Design.

Previous Classes of This Course

Saggio's Home Site and Contact

Further Images Credits Links

Thursday, May 21, 2020

18º Class: "Frank ThreeD Gehry" An Open-video-course by Antonino Saggio

A Paradigm Shift: The IT Revolution in Architecture

18º Class: "Frank ThreeD Gehry"

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Thursday May 21 2020

6:00 pm Rome

12:00 noon New York

9:00 am San Francisco

1.Gehry: Assemblare/ to assemble

Casa Gehry, Santa Monica 1978

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Rauschenberg

CheapScape

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2. Gehry: Spaziare/ to create space

Piano ed edifici per la Loyola Law School, Los Angeles 1978-1991

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3. Gehry: Separare/ to cut

Centro commerciale, uffici e uuseo Edgemar, Santa Monica 1984-1988

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4. Gehry: Fondere/to melt

Museo e fabbrica della Vitra, Weil am Rhein, Germania 1987-1989

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5. Gehry: Slanciare / to slim

Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao Spagna 1991-1997

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6. Gehry: Liquefare/ to liquefy

Casa Lewis, Clevaland, Ohio 1989-1995

Readings
Antonino Saggio, Frank O. Gehry Architetture residuali, Testo&Immagine Torino 1997.
Bruce Lindsey, Digital Gehry Material Reistance Digital Construction, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2001

Link to Complete Class
Polis University
5 hours speech 200 images