1. introduction
city as experience
perception, interpretation, representation
intention
– to pay attention, to observe, to notice, to document
- to analyze, to interpret
- to intervene, with coherence and awareness of consequences
subject
- urban space
- void, built, network, singularity,whole
aspects
– denotative
characteristics, features
explicit relating (language, scale, image)
frame, environment
- connotative
what is typical, what is subjectively specific
implicit relating (message, impression, opinion)
ex.
manipulating the perception - georges rousse
involvement, transformation – office of subversive architecture
observation, testimony – povestind bucurestiul
appropriation, interpretation – philippe petit
documentation, representation – dziga vertov, moscova, riga, kiev
living the city, interdependence, becoming one with the city – paul auster
walking the city – walter benjamin on getting lost
2. streets
dimensions, functions, use, transformation, importance
- infrastructure
- public space
- community space (neighbourhoods, belonging)
- commercial space
- social space
- political space (demonstrations)
- cultural space (manifestos, events)
- spiritual space (pilgrimage)
- space of communication (artistic interventions, grafittis)
ex.
- turning las vegas sidewalks private
- stalker. laboratorio urbano
- osservatorio nomade
- situationists: guy debord, psychogeography
bibliography
- the street
- banksy
- francesco carreri. walkscapes, walking as an
aesthetic practice
- ernest pignon ernest.
- rebecca solnit. wonderlust, a history of walking
- weegee. the naked city
3. public space
typologies – plazas, passages, streets, buildings, parcs
role
- users
- use
administration/management
- safety
- accesibility – mobility, schedule
- flow/ circulation
- exploitation
- atraction
- entertainment
presence, influence
- quotidian
- culture (institutionalized, main stream, rezistance)
- expression
- attitude
- art
appropriation
ex.
josé plecnik - ljubliana
savorengo ker
bibliography
- rem koolhaas. delirious new york, coney island
- weegee. the naked city
filmography
buster keaton. coney island
application
space -place
4. interstitial / liminal spaces
typologies, segregation, use, users
- residual spaces
- metabolized spaces
- restricted spaces
- no man‘s land
- rehabilitated spaces
statute, state, transformation, culture, experience
- memorial
- anarchy, punk, underground
- poaching the quotidian
bibliography
- hakim bey. temporary autonomous zones, ontological
anarchy, poetic terrorism
- michel de certeau. l'invention du quotidien
- gilles deleuze. mille plateaux
- kevin dunn. city farm
- andrei pandele.
- urban flotsam
- rebecca solnit. a field guide to getting lost
filmography
la notte, michelangelo antonioni
application
bucharest and its screening
5. mobility
typologies
- random
- quotidian
- public
- private
accessibility
- routes
- schedules
zoning
- quarters
- interest points
hybrid buildings
exchange zones (park n ride, terminals)
- hierarchy
hub and spoke
impact
- economical, administrative, social, cultural
interaction
traffic space
local, metropolitan, global level
application
city entrances, the connection to the highways, the belt
western railway knot
analysis of interconnections by means of sections
6. infrastructure
town planning
– gray energy (electricity, heating, gas, water, cleaning plants, sewage, landfills, alimentation)
- production (agriculture, industry)
- transport
- sustaining and maintaining of the city
administrative
– norms, rules, safety,control
- municipality
- police
bibliography
michel foucault. surveiller et punir
panopticon
filmography
metropolis, fritz lang
7. geography of the city
natural and anthropic elements
- water – infrastructure of mobility, tourism, entertainment, energy
- height level differences - hills, terasses
- forests, parks
presence, manipulation, exploitation
ex.
lacul morii
magurele
dealul mitropoliei
aplication
bucharest and its screening
8. city matter
- pavements
- urban front
- urban furnishing
- lighting
- sound
- colours
synergy
consequences, interpretation, image
- ambiance
- atmosphere
- attraction
- merchandising, consumption
- use
ex.
burle marx
west8
le flon, lausanne
bibliography
- philippe rahm. physiological architecture
- mirco zarneti. sense of the city
filmography
lisbon story
crossing the bridge, the sounds of istanbul
application
attractive spaces vs aggressive spaces
9. city identity
- landmarks
- images
- adverts
- publicizing
- artifacts
- memorabilia
- collections
perception, appropriation, value, use
- orientation
- access
- kitsch
- palimpsest of urban culture
bibliography
- rem koolhaas. delirious new york
- madelon vriesendorp. the world of madelon vriesendorp
filmography
amsterdam global village
10. city as generator of behaviours, stories, cultures
- expression
- reactions, feed-back
- memory
- the environment - users relationship
bibliography
- rem koolhaas, elia zenghelis,
madelon vriesendorp, zoe zenghelis. exodus, the
voluntary prisoners of architecture
- edgar allan poe. man of the crowd
- charles baudelaire. le peintre de la vie moderne
- le flâneurisme
- orhan pamuk. istanbul
- ara güler. istanbul
filmography
dark city
sin city
cidade de deus, fernando meireilles, 2002
wings of desire, wim wenders
playtime, jacques tati
