For the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial – A School of Schools, conceptual designer and director Alexandre Humbert has directed a series of films that build upon the idea of Lifelong Learning, The last version of the video can be accessed here. Lifelong Learning, is a parallel project commissioned for the Biennial. During the Biennial, we documented the evolution of the outcomes and ourselves. The …
Docendo Discimus Instrumantae @ 4th Istanbul Design Biennial
How can we redevelop the workshop to transcend its tempo-spatial boundaries in the decentralised age of online learning and the make-it-yourself movement? Docendo Discimus Instrumantae – meaning by teaching, we learn – proposes a workshop in which an international network of contributors share their experiences on robotic fabrication processes through online instructionSets. instructionSets are an experimental protocol for sharing digital …
Design As Learning: A School Of Schools Reader
The article has been originally published as part of the book ‘Design As Learning: A School Of Schools Reader’, Published by Valiz and the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, 2019. ISBN: 978-9-49-209560-2 From the introduction of the book: Why do design? What is design for? In a world of dwindling natural resources, exhausted social and political systems, and an overload …
Docendo Discimus* Instrumantae
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.162, July 2018. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. We have been critical of the architectural education regarding digital fabrication for so long and it is time we offer our resolution on the subject. The theme of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial – …
designEducationFabrication
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.159, May 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. We are certain El Lissitzky would include our beloved “orange” if he were to compose his auto portrait in 2018. In an interview conducted by Demet Mutman, Derya Yorgancıoğlu and Mehmet Saner of the …
Design, Develop and Build with Robots!
Integrating design fabrication and fabrication design transforms the architect into an interdisciplinary actor. A new production paradigm emerges as the explorative analog world of design by making and the highly precise digital fabrication merge. Aslıhan Demirtaş will be joining us to discuss the reinterpretation of craftsmanship and architectural production through professional collaborations and educational practices, Kamil Kaptan to share his experience …