(Stad)ium: Typological Archipelago
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(STAD)IUM: TYPOLOGICAL ARCHIPELAGOARCH 6127 RESEARCH SEMINAR
Dogma, Field of Walls, 2012 Prefix: Stad- (place, city, town) The stadium is a paradoxical type that is economically private but socially public. By redefining the passive stadium as an active typological archipelago, architects empower themselves by creating an urban phenomena. ‘The word type presents less the image of a thing to copy or imitate completely than the idea of an element which ought itself to serve as a rule for the model.’ – Quatremère de Quincy, “Type” in Encyclopédie Méthodique, vol. 3, trans. Samir Younés, reprinted in The Historical Dictionary of Architecture of Quatremère de Quincy (London: Papadakis Publisher, 2000) WHY?
1. O.M. Ungers, Berlin: A Green Archipelago
2. Herzog & de Meuron, Stamford Bridge Stadium 3. Grafton Architects, University Campus UTEC LimaThe stadium ‘type’ has often been driven by economic private forces into an icon, though it is also a public venue established on political and social grounds. Building identity is independent of its function as argued by Rossi, through a typological discourse the architect can empower his role through abstration and mapping, which could directly confront the fragmented urban context with autonomy. The discourse of type as an idea and a model can be traced back to Piranesi, Durand and Quatremere. The type as a projective instrument through mapping, has been diagnostic in identifying the idea of the city and projecting new grounds for architectural experimentation, according to Vidler. In Ungers’ Berlin Archipelago, Aureli argued typological mapping could reflect the individuality of the urban artifact/archipelago and criticize the infinite nature of urbanization. Christopher Lee has been looking at the serial operation on political urban types like the city wall, in his teaching and works, where typological reasoning could allow the emergence of ‘deeper and richer structure of typicalities’. In Moussavi’s book the typological changes of stadiums from 1927 to 2012 are traced and analyzed, as a reference. The stadium, as typological archipelago, could be redefined upon its coupling of part/whole, tiered levels, place of arriving/gathering, interiority/exteriority, wall/entry, etc. WHAT?
1. Wulihe Stadium, China, 2007 2. Mandela National Stadium, UgandaThe extreme speed and scale of urbanization in emerging developing countries, have been driven by efficiency and speed, with no relevance to the Western discourse of organization and planning in a typological approach. A possible design object shall be a new ‘stadium’ to presuppose the distinctive urban character in the demolished Wulihe stadium. The site shall be in close proximity to the urban context so the forces that drive typological changes can be studied through projective mapping. The ‘stadium’ shall be of the same size as the previous one, though the typological configuration could allow change in size, form, material. In Rossi’s Architecture of the City, the city is ‘essentially political and administrative and not residential’. Programs shall be aimed to resolve new political, social and urban demands, e.g. gathering spaces, learning institutions, recreational facilities, etc. Phasing shall be considered to explore new typologies of form and use. HOW?
Jamie Lilley, Bartlett Unit 21, 2015; Atelier Bow Wow, Sectional perspective; Tyler Hopf, superNODEMapping is firstly used to identify the problem, then adaptive model prototypes are made to assess the influence, finally performative effects are applied as a form of mediation. BIBLIOGRAPHYTheory: Historical/Contemporary
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