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Architecture & Territory
Studio Gentbrugse Meersen
MARG 34 - 2020|2021
Steven Geeraert - Bart Van Gassen
Bruno Notteboom
Architecture & Territory “... architects and urban designers have to take into account the material condition of a wider terri- tory. Architects have to make contact with the territory: they have to meas- ure, modify, redouble, situate and utilise the territory.” Vittorio Gregotti
Why to engage with the territory 1. To resist architectural extravaganza that is neglecting urbanity as a driver and is ne- glecting the other senses than the eye... 2. To resist too top down and too abstract urbanism and urban design that are neglecting context, specificity... 3. To resist “naturalized” ecological and landscape interventions that are neglecting the cutural component of the constructed landscape 4. To resist insensitive engineered spaces and structures that are neglecting the multidi- mensional character of space: social, cultural, ecological, ...
Studio Architecture & Territory forms part of the engagement Urban Cultures and is framed by the ADO Landscape, Ecology and Design.
“ The restored Aire river and its landscape are made vivid by sustaining the sense of tension between past and present forms, as if to resist the temptation to create a seamless new reality. The project affirms that landscape regeneration is a profound cultural act as well as an ecological process. The site’s natural and cultural histories are critically engaged – not as stylistic or formal references but as a source of meaning and identity, expressed through the sensuous material- ity of landscape.” Elissa Rosenberg on the river Aire Studio Architecture & Territory forms part of the engagement Urban Cultures and is framed by the ADO Landscape, Ecology and Design.
“… some landscape architects saw environmentalism and ecological concerns as cultural as much as
scientific concerns. These designers created designed landscapes that operated
as focusing lenses for knowing the natural world, that instigated aesthetic
experiences that reduced barriers between humans and the natural world,
and that functioned as physical catalysts for changing social rituals affect-
ing the natural world.” Elizabeth Meyer in The Post-Earth Day Conundrum: Translating Environ-
mental Values into Landscape Design
Studio Architecture & Territory forms part of the engagement Urban Cultures and is framed by
the ADO Landscape, Ecology and Design.
Studio Architecture & Territory
in three key points
sea ranch - lawrence halprin 2. Studio Architecture & Territory considers the (constructed) site – and not the program! – as the driver of the design. Every intervention starts from what is already there, on the site and in the larger territory: real and imaginary, material and immaterial, physical and social…
“The twentieth century landscapes (...) are not conceived of as theatrical
spaces, settings designed for “significant human action” - as in the Italian
and French examples (...) - but rather as a “surface on which to inscribe the
world”. And as inscribed surfaces, these landscapes employ terrain as a primary element of design.
They depend upon a sectional idea of layering, which transforms the notion of a unitary surface to multi-
ple, unseen surfaces.” Elissa Rosenberg in Topographic Imagination
2. Studio Architecture & Territory considers the (constructed) site – and not the program!
– as the driver of the design. Every intervention starts from what is already there, on the site
and in the larger territory: real and imaginary, material and immaterial, physical and social…
“Without underestimating the importance of functional analysis or program performance standards,
the landscape architectural reading of sites is not limited to quantities and capacities. Rather, it views
the land and public space as an expression of ancient culture, or as a pa-
limpsest that evidences all of the activities that contributed to the shaping
of that particular landscape and no other. Upon the tracks overlaid by the march of
time, site interpretation detects potentialities to be nurtured and passed on. The reading is thus that of
an inheritance and the eventual project a bequest.” Sébastien Marot in “The reclaiming of sites”, Reco-
vering Landscape, p50
2. Studio Architecture & Territory considers the (constructed) site – and not the program!
– as the driver of the design. Every intervention starts from what is already there, on the site
and in the larger territory: real and imaginary, material and immaterial, physical and social…3. Studio Architecture & Territory designs punctual and precise architectural interventions that can transform a given urbanized territory. The focus is thus not on the development of an over-all masterplan but on elementary interventions that initiate a sustainable transition of a given site.
“... a new hypothesis that enables us to take full responsibility of the landscape on the basis of its sig-
nifying contents and with a minimum of modifications thanks to an optimal figurative economy of in-
terventions. The preponderant presence of nature makes it easier to evaluate the effectiveness of hu-
man interventions: the first type of intervention in the environment coincided
with the desire to only bring about minimal changes in order to encoun-
ter as little resistance as possible; this modus operandi left only fragile
remnants that are, however, perfectly characteristic as they involved the
most essential options. But even when we are confronted with a heavily manipulated geo-
graphical space, the problem is always a question of locating the tender spot, the minimal operation.
Evidence of this can be found in the modification of the horizon and its highest points, the ground plan
of the main connecting axes and the dimensional and chromatic modulation of surfaces.”
Vittorio Gregotti in The Form of the Territory
3. Studio Architecture & Territory designs punctual and precise architectural interventions
that can transform a given urbanized territory. The focus is thus not on the development of
an over-all masterplan but on elementary interventions that initiate a sustainable transition of
a given site.“... I like the idea of discrete, tactical operations over the clumsy “total-
ity” of the master plan. I believe that the largest of territories can be irreducible restructured
through small, laconic interventions as opposed to the unbearable excess of everything - object, forms,
materials.” Georges Descombes in Shifting Sites: The Swiss Way, Geneva
3. Studio Architecture & Territory designs punctual and precise architectural interventions
that can transform a given urbanized territory. The focus is thus not on the development of
an over-all masterplan but on elementary interventions that initiate a sustainable transition of
a given site.4. Studio Architecture & Territory develops true “landscapes for living”. By improving spa- tial structures – water and ecological systems, public space, green infrastructure, neigbhour- hoods … – and by offering space for a re-imagination of social/cultural practices in the city.
“… the reality of the building consisted not in the four walls and the roof but inhered in the space
within, the space to be lived in.” Frank Lloyd Wright in An Organic Architecture, The Archi-
tecture of Democracy. (1939)
“ The product of the designer’s efforts and inspiration is not, finally, magnificent space and beautiful
enclosure, but the people who expand and grow and develop within it.” Garrett
Eckbo in Landscape for Living (1950)
4. Studio Architecture & Territory develops true “landscapes for living”. By improving spa-
tial structures – water and ecological systems, public space, green infrastructure, neigbhour-
hoods … – and by offering space for a re-imagination of social/cultural practices in the city.“To produce comprehensive “site-space” designs that will address human
needs and yet respect the constraints and opportunities of the processes
of nature.” Reuben M.Rainy in Garrett Eckbo’s Landscape for Living
“ …, by setting a site in motion or registering changes over time, landscape architects translated their
ecological environmental values into a new design language that was dynamic, fluctuating, and process
oriented. The open-ended nature of this work, not completed when construc-
tion was done but constantly modified by the flow of people and natural
processes through the site…” Elizabeth Meyer in The Post-Earth Day Conundrum: Translating
Environmental Values into Landscape Design
4. Studio Architecture & Territory develops true “landscapes for living”. By improving spa-
tial structures – water and ecological systems, public space, green infrastructure, neigbhour-
hoods … – and by offering space for a re-imagination of social/cultural practices in the city.“This is an aesthetic that celebrates motion and change, that encompasses dynamic processes, rather
than static objects, and that embraces multiple, rather than singular, visions. This is not a timeless aes-
thetic, but one that recognizes both the flow of passing time and the singularity of the moment in time,
that demands both continuity and revolution. This aesthetic engages all the senses,
not just sight, but sound, smell, touch and taste, as well. This aesthetic in-
cludes both the making of things and places and the sensing, using, and
contemplating of them.” Anne Whiston Spirn in “The Poetics of City and Nature: Towards a
New Aesthetic for Urban Design”
“Sensory experiences become integrated through the body (…) Every touching experience of architec-
ture is multi-sensory; qualities of space, matter and scale are measured equally
by the eye, ear, nose, skin, tongue, skeleton and muscle.” Juhani Pallasmaa in The
Eyes of the Skin
4. Studio Architecture & Territory develops true “landscapes for living”. By improving spa-
tial structures – water and ecological systems, public space, green infrastructure, neigbhour-
hoods … – and by offering space for a re-imagination of social/cultural practices in the city.Studio Architecture & Territory
MARG34 2020-2021
case Gentbrugse MeersenIn the studio we aim to develop site specific punctual architectural inter-
ventions for different sites covering the complete territory of the Gent-
brugse Meersen. Spatial configurations addressing human and non-human
actors and forces present on the site.Interventions related to organizing accessibility in the area for human and non-human agents Bijlmer Memorial - Georges Descombes and Herman Hertzberger
Interventions related to making certain areas inaccessible for people to im- prove ecological values - Parc Henri Matisse - Gilles Clement
Interventions related to experiencing unaccessible nature - Val de Bièvre - Alexandre Chemetoff
Improving ecological and civic infrastructure related to the watersystem. - Renaturalisation of the Aire - Georges Descombes
Accomodation to organise outdoor gatherings (in the personal or profes- sional sphere, for working and for teaching, sheltered or not). - Silent table Targu - Constantin Brancusi
Observatories to better perceive and understand the site, the nature, the people, the sky, the water and the soil... - Sun tunnels - Nancy Holt
Studio Architecture & Territory
MARG34 2020-2021
elements of the way we workGentbrugse Meersen
studio Bart, Steven, Bruno
Planning and output
Studio Architecture & Territory: MARG34 2020‐2021 case Gentbrugse Meersen
Phase 1 EXPLORING THE TERRITORY
Week wk01 wk02 wk03
Day Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday
Date 30 Septembre 7 Octobre 14 Octobre
STARTMEETING formal meeting IN BETWEEN REVIEW
introduction of the assignment
obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebook
introductory lectures
morning ON CAMPUS
ON SITE ON SITE
afternoon ON SITE
At these moments the output listed below is
obligatory!
OUTPUT 1
Propose three sites to work on. With a site map UPDATE OUTPUT 1
and site pictures
OUTPUT 2
Select the research questions you are interested in UPDATE OUTPUT 2
to develop on these sites.
OUTPUT 3
Select for each site a reference project that can give
UPDATE OUTPUT 3
a first idea of what you will develop. And make a
first sketch for each site
Studio Architecture & Territory: MARG34 2020‐2021 case Gentbrugse Meersen
Phase 2 DESIGN EXPERIMENTS
Week wk04 wk05 wk06 wk07 wk08
Day Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday
Date 21 Octobre 28 Octobre ?11 Novembre? 18 Novembre 25 Novembre
formal meeting informal meeting formal meeting informal meeting IN BETWEEN REVIEW
obligatory post on facebook free to share questions, reflections on facebook obligatory post on facebook free to share questions, reflections on facebook
obligatory post on facebook
before the session before the session
ON CAMPUS ON CAMPUS
ON SITE ON SITE ON SITE
At these moments the output listed below is Time to ask questions, to share reflection on texts, At these moments the output listed below is Time to ask questions, to share reflection on texts, We will invite external reviewers
obligatory! observations of your walks, first ideas and sketches…. obligatory! observations of your walks, first ideas and sketches…. for extra feedback at this moment
OUTPUT 4.
A sketch with the definition of different territories
in your areas of intervention: open or closed
landscapes, wet or dry, accessible or inacessible…
>>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 4 >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 4
(scale 1/1000)
OUTPUT 5.
For each site of intervention a plan presented as a
juxtaposition of two plans: a plan of the existing
situation and a plan with the intervention >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 5 >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 5
superposed on the existing situation (scale 1/200 tofirst sketch for each site
Studio Architecture & Territory: MARG34 2020‐2021 case Gentbrugse Meersen
Phase 2 DESIGN EXPERIMENTS
Week wk04 wk05 wk06 wk07 wk08
Day Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday
Date 21 Octobre 28 Octobre ?11 Novembre? 18 Novembre 25 Novembre
formal meeting informal meeting formal meeting informal meeting IN BETWEEN REVIEW
obligatory post on facebook free to share questions, reflections on facebook obligatory post on facebook free to share questions, reflections on facebook
obligatory post on facebook
before the session before the session
ON CAMPUS ON CAMPUS
ON SITE ON SITE ON SITE
At these moments the output listed below is Time to ask questions, to share reflection on texts, At these moments the output listed below is Time to ask questions, to share reflection on texts, We will invite external reviewers
obligatory! observations of your walks, first ideas and sketches…. obligatory! observations of your walks, first ideas and sketches…. for extra feedback at this moment
OUTPUT 4.
A sketch with the definition of different territories
in your areas of intervention: open or closed
landscapes, wet or dry, accessible or inacessible…
>>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 4 >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 4
(scale 1/1000)
OUTPUT 5.
For each site of intervention a plan presented as a
juxtaposition of two plans: a plan of the existing
situation and a plan with the intervention >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 5 >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 5
superposed on the existing situation (scale 1/200 to
1/100).
OUTPUT 6.
For each site of interevention a section presented as
a juxtaposition of two sections: a section of the
existing situation and a section with the >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 6 >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 6
intervention superposed on the existing situation
(scale 1/200 to 1/100).
OUTPUT 7.
Design experiments on the different sites of
intervention using montages, sketches, models
(different scales) … and link this experiments to the
>>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 7 >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 7
research questions posed in the first phase.
OUTPUT 8.
First draft narrative (max 400 words) explaining the
reasoning behind the choice of the site and the
choice of the type of intervention(s). In this
narrative you explore the relation between >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 8
architecture and territory and the relations in the
triangle design‐people‐ecology. This narrative is
illustrated by 3 to 5 key reference images.
Studio Architecture & Territory: MARG34 2020‐2021 case Gentbrugse Meersen
Phase 3 DETAILED DESIGN
Week wk09 wk10 wk11 wk12
Day Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday
Date 2 Decembre 9 Decembre 16 Decembre 13 January
formal meeting formal meeting formal meeting FINAL REVIEW
obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebookillustrated by 3 to 5 key reference images.
Studio Architecture & Territory: MARG34 2020‐2021 case Gentbrugse Meersen
Phase 3 DETAILED DESIGN
Week wk09 wk10 wk11 wk12
Day Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday
Date 2 Decembre 9 Decembre 16 Decembre 13 January
formal meeting formal meeting formal meeting FINAL REVIEW
obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebook obligatory post on facebook
ON CAMPUS ON CAMPUS
ON CAMPUS ONLINE
At these moments the output listed below is At these moments the output listed below is At these moments the output listed below is
obligatory! obligatory! obligatory!
OUTPUT 4.
A drawing with the definition of different territories
in your areas of intervention: open or closed
landscapes, wet or dry, accessible or inacessible… >>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 4 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 4
Illustrated with reference images and projects (scale
1/1000)
OUTPUT 5.
For each site of intervention a plan presented as a
juxtaposition of two plans: a plan of the existing
UPDATE OUTPUT 5 UPDATE OUTPUT 5 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 5
situation and a plan with the intervention
superposed on the existing situation (scale 1/200 to
1/100).
OUTPUT 6.
For each site of interevention a series of sections
presented as a juxtaposition of two sections: a
UPDATE OUTPUT 6 UPDATE OUTPUT 6 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 6
section of the existing situation and a section with
the intervention superposed on the existing
situation (scale 1/200 to 1/100).
>>>>> >>>>> OUTPUT 8.
Final draft of the narrative (max 1200 words).
FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 8
OUTPUT 9.
Make a diagram for each intervention expressing
the relation between the intervention and the
territory and a diagram expressing the triangle
>>>>> UPDATE OUTPUT 9 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 9
design‐people‐ ecology.
OUTPUT 10.
Make a modal for each intervention (scale 1/100 to UPDATE OUTPUT 10 UPDATE OUTPUT 10 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 10
1/20).
OUTPUT 11.
Make a Tableau vivant for each intervention. A
tableau vivant is a perspectival section (cfr. BOW
UPDATE OUTPUT 11 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 11
WOW) expressing the relation between the
physical/spatial topography and the – public and
intimate ‐ life of people, plants and animals.
OUTPUT 12.
The architectural detail expresses the material
UPDATE OUTPUT 12 FINAL VERSION OUTPUT 12
culture of a project. In plans, sections and material
renderings (scale 1/20 to 1/50).Studio Architecture & Territory
MARG34 2020-2021
international referencesSPEELPLEIN, AMSTERDAM | Aldo Van Eyck SPORTCOMPLEX, BELLINZONA | Aurelio Galfetti FLOWER PAVILION, MALMO | Sigurd Lewerentz PROMENADE, LJUBLJANA| Joze Plecnik PARC LANCY, GENEVE | Georges Descombes MALLEGUIRA, EVORA | Alvaro Siza
PLATFORM, BRUGGE | Atelier BOW WOW STADSHAL, GENT | M.J. Van Hee en Robbrecht en SERPENTINE | Peter Zumthor
Daem
HD 400, Gent | Ann Veronica Janssens VOIE SUISSE | Georges Descombes PARK DUISBURG NOORD | Peter LatzBegeleiders studio Bart Van Gassen en Steven Geeraert
Bart Van Gassen (KUL/Tractebel) instagram spatialdesigntractebel
TUINEN VAN STENE, OOSTENDE | Bart Van Gassen GENTBRUGSE MEERSEN, GENT | Bart Van Gassen IGLO, ANTWERPEN | Bart Van Gassen voor Tractebel
CONCLUSION:voor
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Tractebel voor Tractebel
STIEMERVALLEI, GENK | Bart Van Gassen voor Trac- KORTRIJK WEIDE| Bart Van Gassen voor Tractebel ZEEHELDENPLEIN, OOSTENDE| Bart Van Gassen
tebel voor TractebelReferenties Steven Geeraert (KUL/Maarch) www.maarch.eu
SPOORNOORD, ANTWERPEN | Steven Geeraert voor BEGELEIDING HEMELWATERPLANNEN | Steven OPEN OPROEP WEVELGEM | Steven Geeraert voor
Secchi/Vigano Geeraert voor MAARCH MAARCH
PM800 Post Metabolic City | Steven Geeraert voor OVER DE RING ANTWERPEN | Steven Geeraert voor THEATERPLEIN, ANTWERPEN| Steven Geeraert voor
MAARCH MAARCH Secchi/Viganocore team
Architecture & Territory
Landscape, Ecology & Design
bart.vangassen@kuleuven.be
steven.geeraert@kuleuven.be
bruno.notteboom@kuleuven.be
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