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A pamphlet which gathers and reconfigures the architectural think tank C-Lab's work over the past 6 years.
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138
Vo
lum
e 13
Richard Holbrooke is an architect. While he is frequentlycalled the ‘architect’ of the Dayton Peace Agreement,the title is not simply a metaphor. To negotiate an end tothe Bosnian War, Holbrooke acted as an architect, draw -ing on an understanding of spatial organization, large-scale planning, and architectural techniques to design anation. He employed urbanistic strategies, drafting thefuture political boundaries to incorporate multiple, oftenconflicting demands concerning access to trans por ta tionroutes, the distribution of infra struc tures, the locationsof resources and populations, and the physical manage -ment of urban centers. Just as importantly, Hol brookeorchestrated the space of the talks, using his spatialknowledge to design the relations of power of the nego -tiation. He led the warring parties from the site ana lysisof the existing Balkan territories, to the schematic designof the preconditions for nego ti ation, to the design devel -opment at the site of the talks in Dayton, to the con struc -tion drawings that mapped the future boundaries, andthrough the construction administration carried out byNATO to ensure that his design was executed. He workedthrough multiple scales of intervention, from the masterplan of the geo political divisions in Bosnia, to the com -position of the buildings at Dayton, to interior details likethe table at which the treaty was signed, asserting hisposition through spatial relationships and symbolic power.
Holbrooke’s activities in the field of architecturedemonstrate potentials that other architects mightchoose to explore. Peacemakers must become architectsin the process of negotiation, but architects alreadypossess the knowledge necessary to approach the mostcomplex and intractable conflicts. The world needsarchitects more than ever.
Rich
ard
Ho
lbro
oke
sha
kes h
an
ds w
ith
Se
rbia
n P
resid
en
t Slo
bo
da
n M
ilose
vic
RICHARD HOLBROOKE, ARCHITECT
by C-Lab
FrontlinesSerb controlledBosniak-Croat alliance controlled
Sarajevo
Gorazde
Croatia
Serbia
Montenegro
Frontlines immediately before Dayton, October 12, 1995
Pho
to R
EUTER
S
V13_FINAL.qxd:Opmaak 1 04-10-2007 18:50 Pagina 138
Theo BotschuijverStewart BrandRichard DoyleTodd GitlinDavid GreeneLloyd KahnAleksandra KasubaKevin Kelly Chip LordWiny MaasGeoff ManaughJohn MarkoffCyrus ModyJorge Otero-PailosJason PayneRoberta PriceFelicity ScottBrett SteeleJay StevensTony TetherEugene ThackerFred TurnerMcKenzie Warkand more...
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LUM
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YON
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TO
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Archis 2010 #2Per issue € 19.50 (nl, b, d, e, p) Volume is a project by Archis + amo + c-lab…
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na
and
Alp
in a
t R
ealit
y C
ontr
uct
ion
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pan
y on
mes
a ea
st o
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rroy
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ew M
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o, U
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ne
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erta
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ce, 2
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Jeffrey Inaba, Director
From its inception in 2005, C-Lab has relentlessly explored experimental forms of architectural communication.
Its mission as a research think tank is to generate new observations about cities and to develop informative, provocative channels to broadcast its findings. The lab’s work provides insights on the contemporary city through the lenses of architecture, the global economy, culture, and government. It gives context and overview to the dynamics of urbanization, describing complex exchanges and relationships in concise summarizations. It processes diverse types of information to reveal connections between organizations unaware of their common interests or shared risk. The lab organizes this knowledge into presentations that are crafted to communicate in accessible and immediately relevant terms. It addresses the concerns of decision makers from the public and private sectors, architects, arts and culture professionals, and urban development experts, bringing attention to architecture issues of public consequence. Reinventing the way architects portray ideas, the lab conveys its harvested intelligence through a range of formats, including widely acclaimed installations, urban plans, award-winning publications, video, and public events, using every occasion as a creative opportunity to design aesthetically resonating works. C-Lab gives form to content.
The lab’s six years of output center around three operative obsessions – uncontrollable practices undertaken to intensify public and architectural debates: Bond, Harness, Leak.
This special edition presents a sampling of C-Lab projects through these trajectories, drawing connections and new relationships among the works themselves.
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Vo
lum
e 1
3
Richard Holbrooke is an architect. While he is frequentlycalled the ‘architect’ of the Dayton Peace Agreement,the title is not simply a metaphor. To negotiate an end tothe Bosnian War, Holbrooke acted as an architect, draw -ing on an understanding of spatial organization, large-scale planning, and architectural techniques to design anation. He employed urbanistic strategies, drafting thefuture political boundaries to incorporate multiple, oftenconflicting demands concerning access to trans por ta tionroutes, the distribution of infra struc tures, the locationsof resources and populations, and the physical manage -ment of urban centers. Just as importantly, Hol brookeorchestrated the space of the talks, using his spatialknowledge to design the relations of power of the nego -tiation. He led the warring parties from the site ana lysisof the existing Balkan territories, to the schematic designof the preconditions for nego ti ation, to the design devel -opment at the site of the talks in Dayton, to the con struc -tion drawings that mapped the future boundaries, andthrough the construction administration carried out byNATO to ensure that his design was executed. He workedthrough multiple scales of intervention, from the masterplan of the geo political divisions in Bosnia, to the com -position of the buildings at Dayton, to interior details likethe table at which the treaty was signed, asserting hisposition through spatial relationships and symbolic power.
Holbrooke’s activities in the field of architecturedemonstrate potentials that other architects mightchoose to explore. Peacemakers must become architectsin the process of negotiation, but architects alreadypossess the knowledge necessary to approach the mostcomplex and intractable conflicts. The world needsarchitects more than ever.
Ric
ha
rd H
olb
roo
ke s
ha
kes
ha
nd
s w
ith
S
erb
ian
Pre
sid
en
t Slo
bo
da
n M
ilose
vic
RICHARD HOLBROOKE, ARCHITECT
by C-Lab
FrontlinesSerb controlledBosniak-Croat alliance controlled
Sarajevo
Gorazde
Croatia
Serbia
Montenegro
Frontlines immediately before Dayton, October 12, 1995
Pho
to R
EUTE
RS
V13_FINAL.qxd:Opmaak 1 04-10-2007 18:50 Pagina 138
unfrienDly skies
By
c-laB
64–1
65–1
cr
is
is
cr
is
is
Filmmakers have given us memorable antagonists who single-handedly level large-scale devastation. Less
appreciated, however, are cinematographers’ skill at evoking systematic failure through
atmospheric devices: innocent and fluffy clouds part, darken, and hell fire descends. A quick inventory of
disaster film-skies reminds us that in the movies--and in real life--crisis may strike anytime.
EARTHQUAKE
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
JAWS
RED PLANET
DANTE’S PEAK
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
IRON MAN
AIRPORT
WATERWORLD
THX-1138
WAR OF THE WORLDS
SYRIANA
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ARMAGEDDON
WALL STREET
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
TWISTER
28 DAYS LATER
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
THE HAPPENING
BABEL
WALL-E
POSEIDON
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
THE PERFECT STORM
RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION
005018
Un
frie
nd
ly s
kies
A c
ompi
latio
n of
ski
es f
rom
cris
is s
cene
s in
Hol
lyw
ood
cata
stro
phe
mov
ies
show
s th
at c
inem
atic
cris
is c
an h
appe
n un
der
any
cond
ition
—
not
just
a d
ark,
loom
ing
sky.
[U
rba
n C
hina
Boo
tleg
]
Gu
mN
o m
atte
r ho
w f
ancy
a b
uild
ing
is, i
t w
ill st
ill ha
ve a
gum
pro
blem
. [V
olum
e 10
]
Ord
er C
ard
sR
esta
uran
t or
der
card
s, p
rese
ntin
g th
e m
ater
ial p
alet
te o
f th
e B
reue
r m
useu
m b
uild
ing.
On
the
fron
t an
d ba
ck o
f th
e ca
rds,
the
mat
eria
ls o
f th
e co
rres
pond
ing
surf
aces
are
sho
wn.
Fro
nt o
n th
e fr
ont,
bac
k on
the
ba
ck. [
Sof
t O
pen
ing,
Whi
tney
Bie
nna
le]
9
089-104.INDD 905-10-2007 12:16:16
unfrienDly skies
By
c-laB
64–1
65–1
cr
is
is
cr
is
is
Filmmakers have given us memorable antagonists who single-handedly level large-scale devastation. Less
appreciated, however, are cinematographers’ skill at evoking systematic failure through
atmospheric devices: innocent and fluffy clouds part, darken, and hell fire descends. A quick inventory of
disaster film-skies reminds us that in the movies--and in real life--crisis may strike anytime.
EARTHQUAKE
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
JAWS
RED PLANET
DANTE’S PEAK
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
IRON MAN
AIRPORT
WATERWORLD
THX-1138
WAR OF THE WORLDS
SYRIANA
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ARMAGEDDON
WALL STREET
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
TWISTER
28 DAYS LATER
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
THE HAPPENING
BABEL
WALL-E
POSEIDON
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
THE PERFECT STORM
RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION
The archive is a site of espionage, a rich field of deep knowledge ripe for intelligence gathering. C-Lab finds pleasure in evidence collection and pattern recognition. By compiling related but discrete elements, unforeseen causations emerge, charging previously benign scraps of information with complicity in broader schemes. Arrangement transforms these pieces into narratives, unearthing hidden relationships that comprise urban conspiracies.Here, research is a two-way street. Extract to abstract; abstract to extract. Spies, like storytellers, dig deeper into the details of the matter in order to harness their constructive potential.
Harness
Do
no
r H
all,
Det
ail
DIY
po
wer
kit
Ass
embl
es a
nd a
naly
zes
the
attr
ibut
es, c
loth
es a
nd
acce
ssor
ies
used
as
refe
renc
es o
f po
wer
. Rea
s-se
mbl
e in
new
way
s to
cre
ate
new
pol
itica
l figu
res,
ne
eded
for
, or
crea
ted
by n
ew g
loba
l pol
itica
l ho
tspo
ts. [
Vol
ume
5]
Do
no
r H
all
Who
giv
es t
o th
e ar
ts?
Follo
w t
he m
oney
for
The
New
Mu-
seum
. It
turn
s ou
t m
ilitar
y bo
dies
, gov
ernm
ents
, priv
ate
foun
-da
tions
, med
ia c
ongl
omer
ates
, pop
ulis
t m
ovem
ents
: all
are
unite
d in
the
ir be
lief
in t
he p
ower
of
cultu
re a
nd im
plic
it de
sire
to
hav
e in
fluen
ce o
n it.
[R
esea
rch
Stu
dy, N
ew M
useu
m]
Kaz
akh
stan
It is
unl
ikel
y th
at y
ou w
ill go
to
Kaz
akhs
tan
any
time
soon
. With
mor
e pe
ople
leav
ing
than
com
ing,
K
azak
hsta
n br
oadc
asts
a g
olde
n ar
chite
ctur
al
self-
imag
e of
gre
at s
pace
with
gre
at d
etai
l vie
wed
fr
om g
reat
dis
tanc
e. A
des
ire f
or p
eopl
e an
d a
resi
gnat
ion
tow
ards
the
ir ab
senc
e is
the
cou
ntry
’s
urba
n do
gma.
[V
olum
e 13
]
HOLBROOKE CHRISTOPHER
BILDT IVANOV
NEVILLE-JONES
BLOT
ISCHINGER
MILOSEVICIZETBEGOVIC
TUDJMAN
9.50
Press Photo
HOLBROOKE CHRISTOPHER
BILDT IVANOV
NEVILLE-JONES
BLOT
ISCHINGER
MILOSEVICIZETBEGOVIC
TUDJMAN
9.50
Press Photo
HOLBROOKE CHRISTOPHER
BILDT IVANOV
NEVILLE-JONES
BLOT
ISCHINGER
MILOSEVICIZETBEGOVIC
TUDJMAN
9.50
Press Photo
138
Vo
lum
e 1
3
Richard Holbrooke is an architect. While he is frequentlycalled the ‘architect’ of the Dayton Peace Agreement,the title is not simply a metaphor. To negotiate an end tothe Bosnian War, Holbrooke acted as an architect, draw -ing on an understanding of spatial organization, large-scale planning, and architectural techniques to design anation. He employed urbanistic strategies, drafting thefuture political boundaries to incorporate multiple, oftenconflicting demands concerning access to trans por ta tionroutes, the distribution of infra struc tures, the locationsof resources and populations, and the physical manage -ment of urban centers. Just as importantly, Hol brookeorchestrated the space of the talks, using his spatialknowledge to design the relations of power of the nego -tiation. He led the warring parties from the site ana lysisof the existing Balkan territories, to the schematic designof the preconditions for nego ti ation, to the design devel -opment at the site of the talks in Dayton, to the con struc -tion drawings that mapped the future boundaries, andthrough the construction administration carried out byNATO to ensure that his design was executed. He workedthrough multiple scales of intervention, from the masterplan of the geo political divisions in Bosnia, to the com -position of the buildings at Dayton, to interior details likethe table at which the treaty was signed, asserting hisposition through spatial relationships and symbolic power.
Holbrooke’s activities in the field of architecturedemonstrate potentials that other architects mightchoose to explore. Peacemakers must become architectsin the process of negotiation, but architects alreadypossess the knowledge necessary to approach the mostcomplex and intractable conflicts. The world needsarchitects more than ever.
Ric
ha
rd H
olb
roo
ke s
ha
kes
ha
nd
s w
ith
S
erb
ian
Pre
sid
en
t Slo
bo
da
n M
ilose
vic
RICHARD HOLBROOKE, ARCHITECT
by C-Lab
FrontlinesSerb controlledBosniak-Croat alliance controlled
Sarajevo
Gorazde
Croatia
Serbia
Montenegro
Frontlines immediately before Dayton, October 12, 1995
Pho
to R
EUTE
RS
V13_FINAL.qxd:Opmaak 1 04-10-2007 18:50 Pagina 138
Architect
DK
NY
Tab
leIn
stea
d of
the
cla
ssic
rou
nd g
ala
tabl
es, a
fixe
d di
agra
m
of s
ocia
l int
erac
tion,
or
mor
e de
moc
ratic
long
tab
les
with
th
eir
awkw
ard
layo
ut a
nd li
mite
d gu
est
com
mun
icat
ion,
th
is s
ettin
g m
axim
izes
the
num
ber
of p
ositi
ons
of
inte
ract
ion,
and
the
reby
incr
ease
s ca
sual
con
vers
atio
n.
[Don
na K
aran
Urb
an Z
en F
ound
atio
n: A
Ta
le O
f Tw
o S
yste
ms]
Z-T
op
Six
ty li
near
fee
t of
req
uire
d ta
ble
surf
ace
is c
ompr
esse
d in
to t
hirt
y-fiv
e fe
et o
f av
aila
ble
floor
spa
ce b
y de
sign
ing
a Z-
shap
e ta
ble.
A r
educ
tion
in t
he d
ista
nce
betw
een
dine
rs, i
nfor
mal
dis
cuss
ion
area
s ta
ke s
hape
and
enc
oura
ge g
reat
er
amou
nts
of in
tera
ctio
n. [
Pa
rk A
venu
e A
rmor
y, A
rchi
tect
ure
for
Hum
anit
y]
Architecture for Humanity Event at the Armory, using Z-Top Table
Ho
lbro
oke
Co
nfe
ren
ce T
able
A c
usto
m t
able
sea
ting
nine
peo
ple
stra
tegi
cally
rem
oved
the
com
bata
nt
part
ies
from
the
neg
otia
tions
. Ins
tead
, a n
arro
w s
elec
tion
of c
hose
n pa
rtie
s w
ere
kept
in, a
sser
ting
the
pow
er o
f th
e N
ATO
cou
ntrie
s w
hile
min
imiz
ing
the
natio
nal i
dent
ities
of
the
Bal
kan
dipl
omat
s. [
Vol
ume
13]
Donna Karan Urban Zen Foundation: A Tale Of Two Systems Event, Using DKNY Table
141
Vo
lum
e 1
3 In diplomacy, details matter. During the 1968 peace talkswith the North Vietnamese, we had famously wasted morethan two months arguing [with Hanoi] over the shape of the negotiating table, while the war continued.
Richard Holbrooke, To End A War
Dayton Conference Table
Contact Group + E.U. Flags
Press Photo OP
2.50 ft
HOLBROOKE CHRISTOPHER
BILDTIVANOV
NEVILLE-JONES
BLOT
ISCHINGER
MILOSEVICIZETBEGOVIC
TUDJMAN
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC RICHARD HOLBROOKE LOBODAN MILOSEVIC JACQUES BLOT PAULINE NEVILLE-JONES WOLFGANG ISCHINGERCARL BILDT IGOR IVANOVFRANJO TUDJMAN WARREN CHRISTOPHER
9.50 ft
ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC
V13_FINAL.qxd:Opmaak 1 04-10-2007 18:50 Pagina 141
Holbrooke Conference Table
Z-Top
DKNY Table
8888
THE
PLA
NFi
ll th
e La
ke /
Vie
ws
FOREST
ARABLE
PROPOSED URBAN
CONCENTRATED URBAN
T H E E G G
F E D E R A T I O N O F B O Z N I A& H E R Z E G O V I N A
R E P U B L I K A S R P S K A
Sarajevo
Mostar
Zenica
Banja Luka
BAS GRAHOVO
DUVNO
MEDUGORJE
KONJIC
TESLIC
DOBOJBIJELJINA
PRIJEDOR
KIJUC
FOCA
VISEGRAD
Tuzla
C L A R K C O R R I D O
R
D I S T R I K T
Architect Wo
rld
Of
Giv
ing
Gift
s fo
rm t
he f
ound
atio
n of
all
kind
s of
hum
an in
tera
ctio
n. In
stea
d of
rea
chin
g m
axim
um
pers
onal
wea
lth, g
ivin
g is
a p
ower
ful a
ct t
hat
affec
ts b
oth
reci
pien
t an
d th
e gr
eate
r co
mm
unity
, con
trib
utin
g to
an
envi
ronm
ent
of p
ositi
ve g
loba
l cha
nge.
[W
orld
Of
Giv
ing,
La
rs M
ülle
r P
ublis
hers
]
Th
e D
ayto
n A
gre
emen
t M
apIn
ord
er t
o so
lve
the
Bal
kan
disa
gree
men
ts, R
icha
rd H
olbr
ooke
dre
w a
line
. ‘T
he E
gg’ a
nd
the
‘Cla
rk C
orrid
or’ w
ere
a re
sult
of t
hat
line,
giv
ing
the
coun
trie
s a
49-5
1 pe
rcen
t di
visi
on.
Bot
h th
e le
ngth
of
the
line
and
Hol
broo
ke’s
insi
sten
ce o
n its
pro
visi
onal
nat
ure
has
crea
ted
grea
ter
inte
rdep
ende
nce
betw
een
the
Fede
ratio
n an
d th
e R
S. [
Vol
ume
13]
Ch
eng
du
Cre
scen
tFo
r C
heng
du t
o re
tain
its
stat
us a
s a
mod
ern-
day
‘gar
den
city
’, de
velo
pmen
t m
ust
be
chan
nele
d an
d co
ntai
ned
so t
hat
gree
n sp
ace
can
be p
rese
rved
. In
a fo
rmal
mov
e th
at
is r
ealis
tic, i
f no
t pr
agm
atic
, the
Che
ngdu
cre
scen
t is
pro
pose
d as
a s
trat
egic
agr
icul
ture
re
serv
e th
at w
ill lim
it th
e ci
ty’s
exp
ansi
on t
owar
d its
for
este
d la
nds
to t
he w
est
and
secu
re
the
long
-ter
m v
iabi
lity
of f
arm
ing
in t
he c
ity. [
Che
ngdu
Bie
nnal
e]
Sae
man
geu
m U
rban
Pla
nA
pro
pose
d ci
ty e
quiv
alen
t to
sev
en M
anha
ttan
s in
a d
efici
ent
3-ki
lom
eter
sea
dik
e. In
stea
d of
dec
reas
ing
the
deve
lopm
ent
plan
due
to
lack
of
pollu
tion
filtr
atio
n, e
xten
sive
urb
aniz
atio
n in
crea
ses
the
area
of
dev
elop
men
t an
d en
viro
nmen
tal i
mpr
ovem
ent.
[F
ill T
he L
ake]
Chengdu CrescentThe Dayton Agreement Map
A source of unbound inspiration is the work of the late Richard Holbrooke who is perhaps best known as the ‘Architect’ of the Dayton Peace Accords. As the US special envoy to the Balkans, Holbrooke crafted an intricate environment that facilitated the successful negotiation of an end to Bosnian War. He employed urbanistic strategies, drafting the future political boundaries to incorporate multiple, often conflicting, demands concerning access to transportation routes, the distribution of infrastructure, the locations of resources and populations, and the physical management of urban centers. Just as importantly, Holbrooke orchestrated the space of the talks, using his spatial knowledge to design the relations of power among the negotiating parties. He worked through multiple scales of intervention, from the master plan of the geopolitical divisions in Bosnia, to the composition of the buildings at Dayton’s Wright Air Base, to interior details such as the table at which the treaty was signed, asserting his position through spatial relationships and symbolic power. C-Lab too believes in architecture at all scales and seeks to find effective vehicles to shape the built environment and space of geo-politics ranging from regional plans and visions for cities to urban furniture.
LeakLeaks infiltrate. They cause chronic disruption in the everyday streams of consciousness. In urban planning there is the idea that you have to let go of some things – to accept small leaks – to retain control of others. The line between risk management and loss of mental control is fine. Speculation is not an idle waste, as it’s meant to seep in and trickle into discourse through informational osmosis. Leakage allows subversive thoughts to infiltrate normative situations or dormant ideas, planting the status quo with pools of doubt that may ultimately bear elegant mongrel thoughts. Here, a slow subterranean stream flows below the currents of global transmissions. Knowledge is spread and debates are spurred, which like all leaks, can’t be traced back to their original source.
Big
Lea
ksC
reat
e an
infr
astr
uctu
re o
f sm
all l
eaks
to
avoi
d a
big
leak
. Bui
ldin
g le
aks,
in
form
atio
n le
aks,
pol
lutio
n an
d ra
dioa
ctiv
e le
aks:
all
pron
e to
mas
sive
fai
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or im
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veal
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cien
t de
sign
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THEURBANCONSPIRACY
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Trauma
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
P O S T WA
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U R B A N R E C
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G L O B A L I Z A T I O N
Tras
hU
nder
stan
ding
soc
iety
by
unde
rsta
ndin
g its
tra
sh. A
red
esig
ned
tras
hcan
ce
lebr
ates
sub
urba
n tr
ash
cultu
re a
nd d
escr
ibes
the
use
, dis
posa
l, an
d m
anag
emen
t of
the
thi
ngs
we
thro
w a
way
. [W
orld
s A
way
: New
Sub
ur-
ba
n La
ndsc
ap
es, W
alk
er A
rt C
ente
r]
Alib
i Isl
and
The
isla
nd in
the
sun
app
ears
as
an id
eal
geta
way
des
tinat
ion.
But
upo
n cl
oser
in
spec
tion,
the
isol
atio
n fo
rces
a lo
ne s
ocie
ty
to d
eal w
ith g
loba
l war
min
g an
d en
ergy
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ply.
[D
omus
: 914
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Learning From VeniceAcknowledge the uncontrollable dimensions of planning. Venice is all about controlling water, both in the macro-engineering of the Venice lagoon and in localized efforts to save buildings. Instead, isolate areas to save and let the rest of it go. [Perspecta 41]
Urb
an R
ecovery T
imelin
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he five stages of grief based upon Mw
alimu Im
ara’s diagram of the
Kubler-R
oss model overlaid onto the frequency of the term
‘city’ in G
oogle Books archive. [V
olume 29]
Make BelieveThe most convincing explanations have a clear narrative arc. Like children’s stories, all real world circumstances follow familiar storylines, based on Gustav Freytag’s form structures, from a problem’s point of origin to its ultimate resolution, making public narratives less definitive ‘happily ever after’ tales. [Volume 20]
Urban Recovery Timeline
Th
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rban
Co
nsp
irac
yS
enio
r ci
tizen
s ha
ve b
een
plot
ting
to t
ake
over
m
anki
nd. R
aise
d in
the
aft
erm
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of W
orld
W
ar 2
and
com
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of a
ge d
urin
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e pa
rano
ia
of t
he C
old
War
, the
y re
acte
d to
the
hos
tile
batt
les
for
pow
er b
y ba
ndin
g to
geth
er b
ehin
d a
purp
ose
that
has
bee
n hi
ding
in p
lain
sig
ht
for
deca
des
— t
he r
esha
ping
of
publ
ic s
pace
s w
ithin
the
city
. [V
olum
e 29
]
Once upon a time, in a far away land, there was beautiful palace
surrounded by elaborate gardens. The gardens contained all the flora
and fauna of the kingdom.
One day, the King received an encyclopedia of his kingdom as a gift
from a neighboring ruler. The book was perfectly complete, so much
so that it contained one thing the King had never heard of, let alone
seen – an Ostrich, a gigantic bird that cannot fly, but could run faster
than a lion. It looked and sounded so strange that the King nearly
thought it was a lie, but he knew his neighbor was wise.
THETECHNOSTRICH
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C-Lab
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BondA concept generator in a surrealist mode, Bond is a key operation in C-Lab’s work. In a paranoiac cum ecstatic gambit, fresh ideas are tied together to achieve unknown pleasures, turning one-night conceptual stands into relationships with meaningful connections. Drawing parallels between seemingly unrelated phenomena bares alternative strategies, forms, points of view. Bringing instant legibility to these connections through an economy of means pries open new spaces for intervention; new grounds for initiating projects.
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op
y C
hai
rR
athe
r th
an d
esig
ning
a s
leek
cha
ir, a
gen
eric
pl
astic
cha
ir is
pro
vide
d w
ith a
hig
hly
cust
omiz
ed
piec
e of
uph
olst
erin
g, e
stab
lishi
ng a
com
posi
tion
sim
ulta
neou
sly
enha
ncin
g an
d qu
estio
ning
the
giv
en.
[Sof
t O
pen
ing,
Whi
tney
Bie
nnia
l]
AcknowledgementsC-Lab gratefully thanks Mark Wigley, the faculty at Columbia University’s GSAPP, and C-Lab Advisors Barry Bergdoll, John S. Johnson, Jiang Jun, Lewis H. Lapham for their generous intellectual support.
Th
e Te
chn
ost
rich
A d
ipty
c of
tec
hnol
ogy
and
natu
re in
a f
airy
tale
of
two
ostr
iche
s.
One
, a r
egul
ar o
stric
h, t
he o
ther
, a r
obo-
bird
. Onl
y a
new
bre
ed,
the
tech
nost
rich,
a h
ybrid
cyb
org,
can
res
pond
to
the
dow
nsid
es o
f bo
th p
oles
— t
he d
ange
rs o
f th
e th
e m
isus
e of
tec
hnol
ogy
and
the
disa
dvan
tage
s of
tec
hnop
hobi
a. [
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ume
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