Week5DesignPrac/ces&Paradigms

“JustRe‐DoIt:Tac/calFormlessnessandEverydayConsump/on”

JamerHunt

• “…theeverydayasaconceptemergeswithmodernity.”(Hunt,59)

Thedynamicof“theeveryday”

•  Theeverydayisalwayschangingandislinkedto/me.

•  Everydayrealityisfilledwithplacesandthingsthattrytocontrolour/meandourexperiences.

“Theeveryday,thenis,ananxiousoscilla/onbetweenthegravita/onalpullsofstasisandchange.”(Hunt,60)

StrategiesandTac/csareourresponsestotheeveryday

•  Strategiesare“waysofseizingspace…techniquesoftheempowered.”

•  Tac/csare“simplewaysofconstruc/ngalterna/ves.”

•  Hunt,60‐62.

Space/Time

•  “Spacetakesontheappearanceofimmutabletruththroughstrategies…con/nualactsofseizure.“Hunt,61.(Theseactstrytomi/gateagainsttheerosionof/me.)

•  Tac/cs“reintroduce”/meintospace.

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Strategy(Sit,butdon’tmovethisbench.)

Strategy(Don’tcrossthisborder.)

Strategiesareinflexible

Tac/c:aconstructedalterna/ve

Strategy:controllingphysical/socialspace

Tac/c:improvisa/on

Strategy:control

Tac/casStrategyTimesSquareTKTS

JohnChoiandTaiRopiha,2008

•  “…cultureisadialec+calprocess:itisacon/nualprocessoffreezingandfixingfluidrela/ons(callthesestrategies);itisalsothereconfigura/onordismantlingofthoserela/onsthroughtac/cs…”(Hunt,62)

Formaltac/cPut‐in‐CupsPa_ernonChain‐linkfenceMateoPintó,CarolinaCisneros,CarlosJ.GómezdeLlarena

Informaltac/c:dogleashhookedtorailing

Designers’tac/cs

Salkim (Cluster) Bookshelves, 2005, Alper Böler and Omer Unal

NEXTArchitects:Me,MyselfandYou,2000Tabletennisfence,Sharefence,Bicyclefence

HeyChair…beabookshelfMaartenBaas,2009