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ConstructLab is the description of a collaborative construction practice working on both ephemeral and permanent projects. Unlike the conventional architectural process in which the architect designs and the builder builds, in constructLab, the project’s conception and construction are brought together. The designer builds and continues to design on site. The idea behind constructLab’s practice is also to rediscover a constructive intelligence in materials themselves, to design at the same time as we handle the material. In foreground are low-tech and simplicity. It is not about technical prowess, but rather finding a common sense approach whose building techniques can be appropriated and used by everyone.
Alexander Römer introduces ConstructLab
From its main port in Rotterdam, to its productive hinterlands of greenhouses and farms, the logic and relations that define the physical and social landscape of work and labor in the Netherlands are being redefined by machines, data and interfaces. Driven by efficiency, competitiveness and policies, the architectures of logistics, agriculture and horticulture, and the spatial organization of human and non-human labor are being reconceived. In his lecture, Marten Kuijpers, senior researcher at Het Nieuwe Instituut, reflects on these emerging architectures and urbanisms of automated labour, taking recent developments in the Dutch productive hinterlands as a departing point. As robots and smart systems take over the toil, working environments, the workers that populate them, and what they do, transform. Sharing space with the robots, cows and temporary workers become data, and their bodies are managed as abstract components of a larger system, which can be accessed from anywhere by logging on the cloud. Marten Kuijpers is an architect based in Rotterdam and senior researcher at Het Nieuwe Instituut, the Dutch institute of architecture, design, and digital culture. Marten was curator of several exhibitions at the institute, including Sicco Mansholt. His current research focuses on the implications of automation for the built environment, based on present-day case studies in the Netherlands and the Pearl River Delta region
Automated Landscapes
After adopting a vegan lifestyle, Erez Nevi Pana says other designers should follow in his footsteps to help solve the problems facing the world. In his work, he is questioning materials and „the atrocious reality of animals concocted within our objects“ – the promise of his exploration is the possibility of conscious and guilt-free vegan artefacts. Erez Nevi Pana is an explorer who uses design as a significant tool to investigate phenomena through material experimentation. Nevi Lana earned his BA in design from the Holon Institute of Technology and an MA from the Design Academy Eindhoven where his thesis focused on the recrystallization of salt. In 2015, Nevi Pana formed La Terrasse in Eindhoven as a platform for designers, artists, writers and thinkers to work closely together, share their thoughts on a central theme and realize their visions.
Vegan Design should Be Developed By Vegan Designers