ObsessiOn: 2012

Thursday, 2 August 2012

[W4_2nd Aug]

Section perspective collage

District community - whole barter place

Thursday, 26 July 2012

[W5 26th July] Bartering Community Strategy

Premise

1. People in Athens do not use Money anymore.

2. Barter Network ( including all non-monetary exchange, such as sharing and swapping)is the main way of economy of Athens.

3. Minimum individual space getting decrease thanks to the change of the concept of ownership.

Bartering Community Strategy

1. Neighbor Group

small community (2-30 people) share some space, such as kitchen and room

and barter the surplus space.

2. Block Group

Abandoned place barter for the benefit of the block community or can change into open space

Sharing Strategy

Making Open Space in a Block

connecting bartering space

3. District Group

Gathering abandoned place and manipulate it for the benefit of the people in the district.

1) Whole Barter - Large quantity Bartering e.g. potato revolution, Smithfield

2) Manufacturing - Company or Union

3) Open Space - Green space or temporary bartering event.

Athens' districts

4. City Group

In order to get some products, such as oil, which cannot get in Greek, international trade is needed. Instead of using currency, Athens can barter the sightseeing right of Acropolis and old for a set period. The goods are limited infrastructure or something for the public goods.

Tutorial Comment : 1. GOOD !!!
                                2. [1&2_ neighbor and Block Grouop] Manupulating the bldgs and blocks by using
                                     skill bartering
                                3. [3_ District Group] Don't need to be change whole blocks. It is also possible to keep
                                    some existing bldgs, which can create diverse activities and bartering.
                                4. Divided Final outcome

- technical drawing/diagrma : to explain system

- Collage & Modeling : to express how happen in city.

Saturday, 21 July 2012

W6_20 July Moving Polykatoikia

Barter Map

The one problem of barter is hard to fine someone who have goods that I want to exchange. However, thanks to the Internet, people can easily advertise their goods and get information. 'BARTER MAP' application help people fine goods and let us know the roots that people can barter their goods.

Moving Polykatoika

Barter network can change the conventional concept of 'ownership' which is based on 'surplus'. 'Surplus' also base on the capitalism. ( I will mention about this issue later)

After barter network is setttled down, people start to barter space, and individual space is getting decreas, and barter network occupy the remain space. By using 'barter map', pop-up space for barter is increased rather than fixed space. To keep the change, the Polykatoikia also have to be changed.

Tutorial comment : Barter is exchange. It is not move.

Sunday, 15 July 2012

[W8_7 July] Term3 Mid Crit

Develpment of Barter Network

The Products Bartering already happend in Greece and ‘potato revolution’ also happen without support of the State, but just happend in the public space or spacious place such as stadium. The next stemp of the Bartering is the Skill Barter Network which can barer knowledge, labor and experience, and occupying the abandoned place which can use for bartering. Finally, bartering the permanent or semipermanent value such as tools and space is the last step which can help more people to participate the bartering system and more diverse goods
and method can be bartered.

Typology of Athens Road Hierachy

It is widely accepted that the road is the blood vassel of the city; there for the main road named ‘arterial road ‘. The most basic step of understanding of the city is understaing the road system this is because accessibility, transportation, density and flaw of movemnt can be found through the road system. In this project, which is needed to make a rule to make place for bartering depend on the type of goods, quantity and user; therefore the Road Hieracy can be the basic element to make the guideline for the barter network. Gerani has not only the best accessibility in the athens but also diverse road hieracy. Hence , it can be the ideal place to make the guide line.

Block & Polykatoikia

Due to the urban planning policy of the Greece government policy and capitalism system , the grid pattern and the Polykatoikia ( typical building of Greece) spreaded rapidly throughout the whole Athens after the War. The small open sapce in the block are created due to the Architecture regulation (the building-to-land ratio); however, the space usucally do not use or illegal buidlings are made. In polykatoikia, there are some basic genotypes such as stoa, balcony and set-back are, and 4 kinds of polykatoikia are categorized depend on the genotypes. The charateristics that I mentioned are important elements to make guide line as well.

Guidelines

Depend on the element - road hierachy, open space in and out side of the block, side walk, arcade, genotypes of polikatoikia and 4 kind of polikatoikia-, the guide line is dedsiged. 10 types are categorized and each have their appropriate type of goods , programs, and role which can vitalized the Bartering System in Athens.

Practical Barter Network

1.Primary Barter Network_PRODUCTS

Products bartering is the most basic but most complex type as the whole process can be used the other kind of bartering. Each process has type, scale and place depend on the guideline

2. Secondary Barter Network_SKILLS
The Skill Bartering can be the starting point for Homeless or unemployed people who do not have money or stuff which can barter. Ex-experience people can barter their own skill or experience to get food; eventhough homeless who do not have any skill also can get daily necessities by bartering using their simple labor.

3. Tertiary Barter Network_TOOLS / SPACE
Space can have diverse functions. For example, a private room in upperfloor can use for not only tutorial space for skill bartering but also pop-up terrace cafe during daytime when owner working.

Truck Barter Network

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

[W10_21 June] Track Bartering & Road Hierachy

Track Bartering

Space can barter by using the track which can move both vertical and horizontal TRACK,

and which can link all the building in a block.

Road Hierachy in Athens

Tutorial Comments

Track is too simplify the bartering network. Complex network or relation should be explained.
Road hierachy is not useful to explain the urban scale bartering. How the conventional market can be changed in the system?
e.g. how some goods can barter in urban scale, block scale and 1:1 scale?
How people can modify or change the block or building (polycatoikio)

[W11_14. June] Connection of Bartering space & Program

Bartering Space Connection

: The connection between Bartering space can motivate and help people to join the bartring system.

Connection 1

The out-side stairs in the stoa (side work in Ground floor) can connect to 1F directly. And building btween Local Street (less than 10m) can connect by bridge.

Connection 2

Rooftop also can use place for not only bartering but also link the space.

Bartering Program

Depend on the goods, the program should be desinged and located.

Energy Bartering

goods : electricity

location : ground floor (small size)

other function : bike parking area

requirements : bikes, generators, lobor

attandance : owner of bike , simple loborer, owner of bike generator, owner of space

Truck Bartering

goods : crops

location : conner of block (easy access from Connector street or sub arterial road)

other function : pop up restaurant

requirements : lobor, unload tool,

attandance : farmer, labborer, customer

Tutorial Comments

considering urban scale bartering network
what is difference between abandon place and private place ( for barter)? ( e.g. catagorize the program - abandon place : production, private place for bartering : exchange or service)
how to present? - style