Design Fictions | Online Workshop | English | Asia-Pacific
Description:
“I hold that the interaction between cotton and fire belongs on the same footing as human interaction with both cotton and fire.” - Graham Harman
What does a city look like when non-humans hold the same footing as humans? What kinds of repurposing occurs, how do the machines see the urban landscape and how will they interface with it? What does space look like when it is inhabited by entities both with singular and multiplicitous bodies?
This workshop examines the post-human city through the work of Graham Harman, Benjamin Bratton and other similar thinkers. The workshop investigates the physical logics, informational and energy infrastructure, and systems of enclosure that continue to accommodate the human while expanding the notion of inhabitant to include the machinic phyla. Participants will borrow representational techniques from concept design to quickly render their propositions and proposals.
This workshop will be a combination of presentations, design critiques, and Photoshop tutorials that culminate in visions of the post-anthropocentric city.
Cover image by Simon Stalenhag. Sample images by Mykhailo Ponomarenko & BlueTwelve Studio.
Key Words:
post-anthropocene,post-human,built-environment AI,photoshop
Required Skills:
Basic Photoshop
Required Software:
Adobe Photoshop & discord
Required Hardware:
Anything that runs Photoshop & discord with a microphone & speakers / headphones
Maximum number of participating students:
12
What does a city look like when non-humans hold the same footing as humans? What kinds of repurposing occurs, how do the machines see the urban landscape and how will they interface with it? What does space look like when it is inhabited by entities both with singular and multiplicitous bodies?
This workshop examines the post-human city through the work of Graham Harman, Benjamin Bratton and other similar thinkers. The workshop investigates the physical logics, informational and energy infrastructure, and systems of enclosure that continue to accommodate the human while expanding the notion of inhabitant to include the machinic phyla. Participants will borrow representational techniques from concept design to quickly render their propositions and proposals.
This workshop will be a combination of presentations, design critiques, and Photoshop tutorials that culminate in visions of the post-anthropocentric city.
Cover image by Simon Stalenhag. Sample images by Mykhailo Ponomarenko & BlueTwelve Studio.
Schedule:
Jun 28 - Jul 2
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Day 1 / Jun 28
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Day 2 / Jun 29
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Day 3 / Jun 30
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Day 4 / Jul 1
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Day 5 / Jul 2
Instructors:
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Alexander Webb School of Architecture, University of New Mexico,Associate Professor of Emergent Technology, Stamm Professor of Advanced Design and Construction PracticesAlexander Webb is the Associate Professor of Emergent Technology and the Stamm Professor of Advanced Design and Construction Practices at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico. Alex currently studies as a PhD candidate at the European Graduate School in Digital Design Theory. Alex has collaborated with and worked for firms such as Marmol + Radziner, Patterns, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Xefirotarch, Jones Partners Architects, and Gensler. Alex holds a Masters of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, a Bachelors of Arts from Colorado College, and has also studied architecture and design at the Berlage Institute and Columbia University.