Extending science

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Extending science

• Prof.dr.ir. Taeke M. de Jong
• TUDelft Faculty of Architecture
• Dep. Urbanism
• Chairs Technical Ecology Regional Design
• assignment methodology
• 2005-02-24

Imaginable
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Creativiteit volgensHerman Hertzberger

• Een eenvoudig recept voor creativiteit komt van
  architect Herman Hertzberger (1999, 2000, 2002)
• verbreek het cliché,
• verzamel veel beelden,
• plaats ze in een andere context en
• ga ze dan bewerken.

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Verbreek het cliché
Robert Delaunay (1913)
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Wijzig context (bijv. museum)
Marcel Duchamps (1917)
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Combineer, laat weg, bewerk
Pablo Picasso (1942)
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Referentiebeelden bewerken
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Verwerken in een compositie

• Verdelen (dividing)
• Geleden (articulating)
• Tailleren (tailoring)
• Detailleren (detailing)

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Verdelen, Geleden
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Tailleren, Detailleren
inpassen in context
componenten en aansluitdetails
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Compositie

• Componenten afbakenen, hun variatie en
  Karakteristieke details,
• Aansluitdetails tussen componenten,
• Cruciale details in de compositie,
• Markante details bepalen.

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10m
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30m
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100m
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Varying components
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Composition
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Larger scale as context (museum, movement)
Marcel Duchamps
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Limits of scope (object and context)Scale
paradox
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Unravelling scale
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social andphysical Contexts
Spatial object in
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Ways to study and researchurban, architectural
and technical design

• Prof.dr.ir. T. M. de Jong
• Dr. D.J.M. van der Voordt

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Context sensitivity of our design object
Preface by Rector Fokkema Within the range of a
technical university the object of design in
terms of (urban) architecture and technique is
the design subject that is amongst all others
most sensitive to context. The programme of
requirements is not only derived from an
economical and technical context, but also from
contexts hailing from political, cultural,
ecological en spatial considerations on many
levels of scale.
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Ways to Study and Researchurban, architectural
and technical design
Empirical research
extending science
Study by design
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Subtracting futures

• Field of problems Probable - Desirable
• Field of Aims Desirable - Probable

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Probable future
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Probable futures
There are more and less probable futures
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Probability core of classical science
s 68, 2s 95, 3s 99.7 chance
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Possible futures
Anything probable is per definition possible but
not everything possible is also probable. The
probable future could be predicted. The
improbable possibilities cannot be predicted you
only can explore them by design.
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Make probable by causes Make possible by
conditions
Not every condition is a cause, but every cause
is a condition for something to happen
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Unravelling condition and cause
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Desirable futures
Ir. Drs. Mr.
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Obvious and Impossible futures
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Field of problems, field of aims
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Undesired, improbable possibilities
Are they relevant as long as nobody wants them?
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Unexpected inventions
Yes
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Changing desires
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Domains of future
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Domainsin design science
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Ways to Study and Researchurban, architectural
and technical design

• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Naming and describing
• Design research and typology
• Evaluating
• Modelling
• Programming and optimising
• Technical Study 
• Design Study
• Study by design
• Epilogue

Empirical research
Study by design
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Operational study proposals

• y(x)
• landscape( villa)
• villa( landscape)
• villa( landscape( water system))
• urbanity( liveliness, choice)
• ( liveliness, choice)( density, variety)

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Operations (functions) y f(x)

• intuitive f(x) associated with x
• conditional f(x) possible by x
• set-theoretical f(x) part of x, encloses x,
  without x ...
• logical f(x) if x, not x ...
• mathematical f(x) xx , x2...
• causal f(x) caused by x
• temporal f(x) preceded, followed by x
• spatial(formal) f(x) near to, contiguous to,
  surrounded by x ...
• structural f(x) connected with x, seperated
  from x ...
• combinations a box of boards connected by
  nailsbox(boards, nails)

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Valid, Reliable
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Subtracting futures

• Field of problems Probable - Desirable
• Field of Aims Desirable - Probable

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Future impact