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Originallydevelopedinlinguistics,thestructuralistapproachwasintroducedasascientificmethodinanthropologyandotherhumansciencesinthe1950sandlater.Inthe1960sand70sthedoublecategoryofprimaryandsecondarystructure(langueandparole)thatisessentialtoStructuralism,inwhichtheprimarystructure’ssystemofrulesdetermineshowthesecondaryelementsareplacedinrelationtooneanother,alsoadvancedtoaleadingideologyinthefieldofarchitectureandurbanplanning.FromitsdevelopmentinHollandandwithintheTeam10circleofarchitects,Structuralisminarchitecturequicklyspreadworldwide.Almostalltheutopianmovementsofthe1960scanberelatedtoStructuralism,andinretrospectmanyresearchprojectsandtheoreticalapproachesfromthisperiodcanbecharacterizedasstructuralist.Althoughinitiallyaimedatdevelopingmorehumaneenvironmentalstructuresformasssociety,Structuralisminarchitecturewasneverabletoliberateitselffromthetaintofserialityandmonotony.Thebuiltexampleswereperceivedasinhumane,astheyoftenfailedintermsofpracticaluse.ThelackofindividualityandthedeterminismoftheprimarystructurebroughtStructural-ismthereproachofanti-humanism.Inthelate1970sitlostitsappealasaleadingideologyinarchitecture.

Sincetheearly1990swehavebeenwitnessingarevivalofstructuralisttendenciesinarchitecture.Inaparalleldevelop-ment,interestintheutopianaspectsofthestructuralistcurrentsofthe1960shasalsoincreased.WhereastheStruc-turalismofthe1970sencounteredlimitsincomplexitythatwereinsurmountableatthetime,todaythereismuchtosuggestthatthereturntothisapparentlyunfinishedprojectiscausallyconnectedtoinformationtechnology,whichhasopenedupnewpossibilitiesfordealingwithcomplexity.ThereistalkofNeo-Structuralismwithadigitalimprint.Thisdiffersinseveralcriticalpointsfromtheprecursorofthe1960s.The

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Contact/RegistrationMunichUniversityofAppliedSciencesDepartmentofArchitectureKarlstrasse6D-80333MünchenTel+498912652625Fax+498912652630structuralism@hm.edu

IncooperationwithARCH+InstitutGTAETHZurichProfessurCAADETHZurichTUDelft

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InternationalSymposium19-21Nov2009

STRUCTURALISMinArchitecture&UrbanismRELOADED

new,computer-aidedtoolsleadlogicallytonewapproachesanddifferentresults.Weareconfrontedwithanenormousincreaseofcomplexityintheprimarystructures:awayfromsimplegridstocomplex,irregularstructures,withalgorithmicdesignfarexceedingthehorizonsoftheoldStructuralism.Thequestionarisesastowhetherprimaryandsecondarystruc-turesshouldbeunderstoodtodayasbeinginastateofcom-plexinteractionswithoneanotherwhichcouldbedescribedthroughalgorithms.

Thisfurtherdevelopmentandthecurrentinterestindesignmethodsbasedonrules(ARCH+189)makesstructuralismtodayoneofthemostproductiveandcomprehensiveap-proachesfortheorganisationanddesignofthebuilten-vironment.Atthesametimeitprovidesthesystemicandmeta-theoreticalbackgroundforalldisciplinesinvolvedintheproductionofspace.Initsdigitalreappearancehowever,structuralismoftenshowsanaïve,technocraticbeliefinprogressandfeasibilityin-as-muchasitclaimstobeabletosolvethedemandsforindividuationinamasssocietysolelybynumericalmethodsofplanningandproductiontechnol-ogy.Today’sdigitalStructuralismwillprobablyonlybeabletobringusclosertothesolutionofthestillunresolvedissueofhousingamasssocietywhilesimultaneouslyrespectingman’sindividualityifthereisalsoautopiansynthesisofallrelevantaspects,includingpsychological,socialandsocio-political.Thequestionofthesustainabilityofthestructuralistapproachinthefuturewillprobablyboildowntowhetheritshumaniza-tion(itsindividuation)willbesoughtwithinthesystem(i.e.inthecourseofperfectingthenumerical-technologicalmasteryofthecomplexities),orwhethersystem-independentelementscanbedrawnuponforsolvingtheproblem.

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Thursday19Nov09

13.00 Registration14.00 Introduction ProfDrTomášValena(HMMunich) Section1 StructuralismandArchitecture14.40 RuthBaumeister/ProfDrHermanvanBergeijk DiscoveryoftheDrivingForcesbehindDutchStructuralism ProfDrJoaquínMedinaWarmburg Forum1962: WachstumsstrukturenundGeschichtsmaschinen ProfDrTomAvermaete FromDeepStructuretoSpatialPractice: Team10,StructuralistAttitudes andtheInfluenceofAnthropology15.50 Coffeebreak16.20 DrMichaelHecker Structurel/Structural PrinzipienundMerkmaleder“strukturalistischen” StrömungkybernetischerPrägunginWestdeutschland ProfDrAndriGerber (neo-)Structuralismand(neo-)Marxism?17.10 Keynote ProfDrGeorgesTeyssot(Québec) TheEthnographicParadigm,Revisited17.40 Roundtablewithspeakersofthesection1 Chair:BernhardLanger(ETHZurich) Specialguest:ArnulfLüchinger(DenHaag)

Friday20Nov09

8.30 Registration Section2 TheHeroicStructuralism9.00 Keynote ProfDrKoosBosma(VUAmsterdam) StructuralisminArchitecture: PatternsforaCivilSociety ortheCharmsofSerialityandDeviation?9.30 InderbirSinghRiar Habitat67orStructuralismRedux DrAsseelAl-Ragam ExplorationsinMat-Building:KuwaitUrbanCritique AnneKockelkorn VerstädterungvonArchitektur: FreieUniversitätBerlin1963-197910.40 Coffeebreak11.10 ProfDrCatherineBlain „Thecityasacombinatory“ FrenchStructuralismofAtelierdeMontrouge1967-1972 CorneliaRegineEscher DerMega-Strukturalismus derGrouped’étuded’architecturemobile MarkusStempl DerstrukturalistischeAnsatzunddieRaumstadt SchwebendeStädtefüreineglobalisierteGesellschaft 1958-197412.20 Lunch13.30 AndrejHrausky StructuralisminSlovenia DrErsiIoannidou StructuralismandMetabolism BernhardLanger DenkeninStrukturen: EkisticsundderObjektivitätsanspruchinderArchitektur14.40 Roundtablewithspeakersofthesection2 Chair:DirkvandenHeuvel(TUDelft) Specialguest:ProfDorisThut(HMMunich)15.30 Coffeebreak Publiclectures StructuralismReloaded?16.00 ProfDrHermanHertzberger(Amsterdam) OpenSystems ProfWinyMaas(MVRDVRotterdam) Pixelpower ProfDrJörgGleiter(FUBozen) struktural,material,digital ZumstrukturalistischenDenkeninderArchitektur18.30 Roundtablewiththespeakers Chair:NikolausKuhnert(ARCH+)

Saturday21Nov09

8.30 Registration Section3 Neo–StructuralismwithaDigitalCharacter9.00 Keynote FabianScheurer(Zurich) AlgorithmicDesign-WerkzeugoderWeltbild?9.30 DrReinhardKönig GenerativePlanungsmethoden ausstrukturalistischerPerspektive ProfUweBrederlau ParametrischeEntwurfsprozesseimStädtebau ThomasWortmann StrukturalismusRecoded10.40 Coffeebreak11.10 HeikeMatcha Massenvielfalt: IndividualitätdurchparametrischeTypologien SteffenLemmerzahl/BenjaminDillenburger Architektur-Automat- HäuseralsgebauteKosten-NutzenAnalyse Oder:derblindeArchitekt NielsNötzel/RüdigerKarzel EvolutionaryStructuralism DrMichaelDürfeld OrnamentalerStrukturalismus VomRhythmuszurEvolution alsZukunftdesStrukturalismus12.50 Lunch14.00 ProfBerndKniess/ProfChristopherDell Struktur,Diagram,reversefunctionalism ÜberlegungenzueinerUniversitätderNachbarschaften WalterStelzhammer „HimmelüberFünfhaus“ StrukturalismusundTeppichbebauungenausheutigerSicht PeterHaimerl DynamischesPlanen15.10 Roundtablewithspeakersofthesection3 Chair:DrdesGeorgVrachliotis(ETHZurich)16.00 Coffeebreak

Saturday21Nov09

Plenum Structuralism–aCriticalLookAhead16.30 DrStefanHajek StrukturalismusReloaded DerVersucheinesAusblicksaufdasScheitern GernotWeckherlin LehrenausMissverständnissen: DiekreativeAdaptionneuerWissensfelderbeimEntwerfen StrukturalismusundEntwurfsmethodenheute DrToniKotnik Algorithmicdesign:Strukturalismusreloaded?17.40 PlenumwithspeakersoftheSymposiums Chair:NikolausKuhnert(ARCH+)

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