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This project is the result of a very short Workshop with Peter Macapia in 2007 at the ESA. The subject was the transformation of a simple geometric object by the context. We decided to work on the entrance to Paris by train, so the project is situated near to the "Gare de l'Est", where a few months after the workshop the TGV est would arrive. So creating a moving entrance into Paris seemed an interesting interpretation of the subject.         
This essayistic short film shows the existing dystopia of dormitory towns and shopping malls.
Cast in alphabetical order: architecture, infrastructure, featuring: signs and publicity. All the while reflecting on urban developement and tomorrow's architecture, the images unravel desolate everyday life surrounded by nothing but small homes and malls. They dig into a world where man has traded his social life in for consumption and has lost his ground to cars and garbage.
A waste collection center extension
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This project is about upgrading a normal waste deposit center to a place where social interactions are possible. It all came from an experience where I was throwing away my old bicycle, and suddenly a guy asked me if he could get it, fix it and give it to his children. Well why not? In the contemporary society, we throw away what is no longer of use to us. There is another option than immediately considering those things as waste. African and South-American countries teach us, that with a bit of imagination and work, these objects can be fixed or used for another application.       This was a joint project concerning two different subjects: Urbanism and Informatics. The subject for urbanism was analysing the new cities created around Paris, more specifically Chessy Val d'Europe next to "Disneyworld Paris". The informatic's subject was about including programmation and scripting into the architectural project process.  |