The Architecture of the future will need to combine the old and the new into a single anomylous organism of the new urban fabric to better suit the changing functional requirements of the city.
Architecture can be adaptable in that it designed to serve noparticular function,and therefore all functions at once. By utilizing the existing,and adding the new on or in between,we can create new spaces. This willcreate a new urban language for a new range of requirements.
Architecture must be adaptable. Anomylous architecture is the answer; with no set functional requirements. If it is not designed for any specific function it can be adapted for any more easily. The new can be creativley incorporated into the existing city. This willcreate new spaces that previously did not exist. The interweaving of the two parts will give a new face and vitality to the urban fabric. This willin turn produce a new urban language and identity. This language will be able to adapt as easily as the buildings to their changing functions. The city and its parts-both old and new- will now read as one single organism.
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are you after anomalous architecture? [ie. as a general condition of architecture itself?] [as something that might be defined in the metapolis dictionary of advanced architecture?] can you clarify what you mean by this...?
this proposition reminds me of mies' interest in "universal space"... this open-ended, ambiguously defined space where program can "slide" as space does.
in any case, the premise is a promising one... although, there is a bit of vagueness in what you are saying... ie. when you write about its incorporation into the city (how do you imagine it interacts w/ the city? how is it created? etc.)
so, in this way, i think the notion of "putty" architecture is compelling.
ultimately, there is something suggested by your comments that makes me think of architecture (or architectural operations) as host-parasite. where both are mutually dependent: ie. shark and remora. and, of course, we can think of lebbeus woods architecture proposals in that vein.
what is interesting re. this is that not only can it operate w/in the parameters of what an "anomalous architecture" might be but also it takes 2 different systems (existing/new) and converts them into a new condition.
which seems to be something that you've been interested all along... no?
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