Landform Systems: Surface as Performative Terrain Unit 1 Week 1 (09/07)

GSD 2241: Landscape Representation III Graduate School of Design Harvard University Fall 2011 Instructor: Andrea Hansen

how do surfaces

perform at the scale of the landscape?

Atlas of Novel Tectonics Reiser + Umemoto (2006)

Atlas of Novel Tectonics Reiser + Umemoto (2006)

are less concerned with what things look like and more concerned with what they can do.
[Material practices] - Stan Allen, Infrastructural Urbanism

Landform Systems: The Surface as Performative Terrain

01

Surface as Climatic Mediator How do gradations in the landform create climatic and hydrologic diversity?
StossLU: Riverside Park, New Bedford, MA (2003) FOA: La Gavia Park, Madrid, Spain (2003) Carlos Ferrater: Barcelona Botanical Garden (1989)

02

Surface as Infrastructural Mediator How does landform help to mediate between a site and complex infrastructural systems?
Weiss/Manfredi: Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA (2007) FOA: Yokohama Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan (2002)

03

Surface as Filtration Medium How can surfaces be subdivided and modulated to lter particulates, water, and activity?
JCFO: Downsview Park, Toronto (1999) JCFO and TEN Arquitectos: Busan Cinema Complex, Busan, Korea (2006)

04

Performative Surface Taxonomies How can performance typologies be classied to encourage proliferation?
Reiser + Umemoto: Atlas of Novel Tectonics (2006) FOA: Phylogenesis (2004) StossLU: Detroit Works (2010)

surface as

climatic mediator

01

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA StoSS Landscape Urbanism (2004)

Mapping the Potomac Basin

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Frame

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Catchments

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Marsh

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Pods

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Pedestrian Flows

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Program Surfaces

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Succession

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Succession

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Succession

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Succession

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Succession

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Succession

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

Riverside Park New Bedford, MA, StoSS landscape urbanism (2004)

02

Barcelona Botanical Garden Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain Carlos Ferrater Associates (1989-1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

Barcelona Botanical Garden Carlos Ferrater (1999)

03

La Gavia Park Madrid, Spain Foreign Office Architects (2003)

La Gavia Park Madrid, Spain, Foreign Office Architects, (2003)

La Gavia Park Madrid, Spain, Foreign Office Architects, (2003)

La Gavia Park Madrid, Spain, Foreign Office Architects, (2003)

La Gavia Park Madrid, Spain, Foreign Office Architects, (2003)

La Gavia Park Madrid, Spain, Foreign Office Architects, (2003)

surface as

infrastructural mediator

04

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, Washington Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, WA, Weiss/Manfredi (2007)

05

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, Foreign Office Architects (2002)

Yokohama Port Terminal Yokohama, Japan, FOA (2002)

surface as

ltration medium

06

Busan Cinema Complex Design Competition Busan, Korea James Corner Field Operations and Ten Arquitectos (2006)

Busan

AIRPORT CENTUM CITY

DOWNTOWN

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

SITE Site

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Site

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Site

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Layers

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Layers

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Layers

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Layers

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Layers

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Modeling

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Modeling

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Modeling

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Modeling

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Surface Modeling

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

Busan Cinema Complex Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, TEN arquitectos & Field Operations (2006)

07

Downsview Park Toronto, Canada James Corner Field Operations (1999)

Downsview Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada, James Corner Field Operations (1999)

Downsview Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada, James Corner Field Operations (1999)

Downsview Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada, James Corner Field Operations (1999)

Downsview Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada, James Corner Field Operations (1999)

performative surface

taxonomies

Atlas of Novel Tectonics Reiser + Umemoto (2006)

Atlas of Novel Tectonics Reiser + Umemoto (2006)

Phylogenesis (Book) Foreign Office Architects (2004)

Phylogenesis (Book) Foreign Office Architects (2004)

Phylogenesis (Book) Foreign Office Architects (2004)

Phylogenesis (Book) Foreign Office Architects (2004)

Phylogenesis (Book) Foreign Office Architects (2004)

Detroit Works StoSS LU (2010)

Detroit Works StoSS LU (2010)

Detroit Works StoSS LU (2010)

Detroit Works StoSS LU (2010)

Detroit Works StoSS LU (2010)

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