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INDiiA<\/strong>\u00a0 \/ z’ SHELL-ter <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Roche<\/span><\/a>\/ (Columbia GSAPP University) \/scenario<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ezio Blasetti<\/span><\/a> <\/span>\/ (UPenn, Gsapp & Pratt) \/computing<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stephan Henrich<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/strong>(Angewandte + USC guest) \/robotic<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Camille Lacadee <\/span><\/a><\/span>\/ <\/strong>(INDA Chulalongkorn University) \/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A reading room as experimental structure in Bangalore \/ Gokarna …………….scripting\/extracting\/ staggering\/scattering\/assembling\/roboting\/decaying — local Laterite stone on the quarry location<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ALL pictures….>>><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We will head down to south India, Karnataka, Gokarna, a fishermen coastal village where, tells the Ramayana, Ganesha disguised as a young boy tricked demon king Ravana on his way to (Sri) Lanka, and buried Shiva\u2019s Atma Linga (phallus)… Today the land still perspires its traditions, as \u00a0a significant birthplace to south-east asian ancient epics and artistic practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet the state of Karnataka is also home to the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore city, churning out 250 robots every year.<\/span>
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\"\"<\/a>The region is challenged today by new economies and modes of fabrication.This contemporary context is\u00a0precisely the site of an emerging geometry. On the rocky plateau above the village an unusual ambitious project slowly surfaces, and provides us with the occasion to embrace India\u2019s schizophrenic mind-set<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On the rocky plateau above the village an unusual project slowly surfaces, and provides us with the occasion to embrace India\u2019s schizophrenic mind-set :<\/span>
\nThe Study Circle Library, one man\u2019s life dedication to literature, religion and philosophy in the form of books, has recently opened its new housing, as part of Pandrata Cultural Centre, an international platform for performing arts, where are notably thought Bharata Natyam and Kathakali, two classical south indian dance forms, consisting of detailed gestures and precisely defined body movements…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

STUDIO OUTLINE & PROJECT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Housed in the Study Circle Library, our design studio will be informed by readings, enquiries, interviews, and film-making. Switching between computation and hand\/machine labour, we will develop and build an outdoor landscape-pavilion (20 m2) for reading books (indoor) of the library and performing arts (outdoor), from an on-going procedural experimentation with the local material, laterite <\/em><\/strong>– red porous soil, rich in iron and aluminium oxides, formed by decaying rocks weathered by tropical heat and centuries of heavy rain –<\/em>directly extracted from the site.<\/span><\/p>\n

As much as the assemblage, the extraction mode will be generative of\u00a0 “z’ Shell-Ter” : carving, cutting, piling, interlocking, dissolving,\u00a0 grinding,…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To optimise production and developp knowledge, the studio will work on:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

. Research (laterite expertise, know-how, political and cultural involvements, rituals, folklore and literature, extraction-transformation symbiosis)
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. Process – computation (logic of aggregation, scattering, staggering, stacking, with variable components, on Rhino Grasshopper and Python scripting)
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. Material experiment (prototyping, test of resisting and decay, strategy of construction, machinism and robotic developements))
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. Report (photography, recordings and film \/ stop motion during all the process of construction)<\/span><\/p>\n

The work days life will be balanced between computation and hands-on work in situ (local knowledge, memories and know-how knitted with global tooling, computation and machinism) as exogeneous-endogeneous apparatuses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A machine will be designed and produced to extract the Laterite with potential of water-jet creating a non repetitive component which is able to be re-introduced as a non-standard process to create the geometry of the experimental reading room. The knowledge of the cut will produce a specific \u201cagencements\u201d and assemblage able to renovate the traditional brick wall stereotype.<\/span><\/p>\n

A report of the construction and opening will be done by a movie of 15 mn, with documentary art director including titles with credits, sponsorships\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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This project (design, process, researches, documentation, construction, etc.) will entirely emerge from the collaborative work of our group, as a unique and engaged realization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blurring the limits between students and instructors, we will define together a strategy of co-responsibility and co-authorship. <\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

-JantarMantar, Delhi and Jaipur, India – Rock Garden, Chandigarh, India – Tarot Garden, Toscana, Italy – Park Guell, Barcelona, Spain -Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece -Site of Reversible Destiny – Yoro Park, Gifu, Japan -Michael Jackson\u2019s Neverland, Las Vegas-Desert de Retz, France-Labyrinths and other, England and USA<\/em>-Ellora cave temple, Maharastra, India<\/em>\u2026<\/em>etc.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Readings<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nThe Ramayana <\/em><\/span>
\nExcerpts from Michel Foucault\u2019s \u201cArchaeology of Knowledge\u201d<\/em><\/span>
\nExcerpts from Michael Rabiger\u2019s \u201cDirecting the documentary\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pictures<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The differents pictures in this post are from the (n)certainties course (Columbia+Angewandte+USC university)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

COURSE OFFERED<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Design Build & Design Construction for Communities <\/span>
\nGen-ed _Critical Thinking in Architecture (influences \/ researches \/ formal (in)quarry in the form of documentaries<\/span>)<\/p>\n

-Scripting – Rhino Grasshopper \/ computation meanings and protocols<\/span><\/p>\n

-Robotic logic-behavior-design<\/span><\/p>\n

-Building\/construction \/ robotic applied in low technologies situation<\/span><\/p>\n

-Each day the starting point will include an early yoga meditation class and end it with a (optional) sunset swim & surf at the beach nearby…<\/span><\/p>\n

Students<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

-10-15 selected students on CV from INDA (Bangkok)<\/span><\/p>\n

-15-20 selected students on CV from anywhere<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Global<\/strong><\/address>\n
25\/05 arrival in Gokarna
\n01\/06 symposium with guests
\n10\/06 mid-review followed by field-trip 01
\n22\/06 final review followed by field-trip 02
\n23\/06 opening ceremony and party
\n24\/06 cleaning day
\n25\/06 departure from Gokarna<\/span><\/address>\n
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Daily<\/strong><\/span>
\n07-08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 yoga meditation (optional)<\/span>
\n08-09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Internet session<\/span>
\n09-13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 morning work<\/span>
\n13-14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lunch break<\/span>
\n14-17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 afternoon work<\/span>
\n17-18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 teams presentation\/discussion<\/span>
\n18—-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sunset swim & surf<\/span><\/address>\n
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Early morning yoga meditation class + sunset swim & surf at Kudle beach<\/span><\/p>\n

Local\u00a0expeditions to the stone-cut temple complexes of Hampi and Anegundi (Monkey Kingdom Kishkindya from the Ramayana and birthplace of Hanuman) +\u00a0the sublime Jog Falls + other to be defined<\/span><\/p>\n

Workshop closing ceremony + party – \u00a0film screening of the documentaries and fictions produced, performance by indian artists and dancers in the Z’shll’TR…<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACCOMODATION<\/strong> \/ Namaste Yoga Farm – Gokarna Hilltop… \/<\/span>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.spiritualland.com\/accommodation<\/a> \/ <\/strong><\/p>\n

WORKPLACE<\/span><\/strong> \/ Study Circle Library – The Circles Cultural Centre… \/<\/span>\u00a0http:\/\/the-circles.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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