Fun Palace is example that illustrated the Interaction and cybernetic system, which is able to change according to user’s need. Since the intension of the Place is to emphasis its adaptability, it makes me think about the material. What kind material is going to use on smart building? Concrete? Steel? Glass? Smart material? For the Fun Place is “using an unenclosed steel structure, fully serviced by travelling gantry cranes the building comprised a ‘kit of parts’: pre-fabricated walls, platforms, floors, stairs, and ceiling modules that could be moved and assembled by the cranes. (Glynn)” If an architecture which is aiming for its changeability and adaptability, I would image it will be moving fast in its changing stage in order to fit the need of user. When we talking in building scale, even in smaller scale, it will still bigger than Hylozoic Soil. Also from structure aspect.
- What will be the material that we can use in order to create the Fun Palace? A material is light weight but strong.
- If there is not such smart material yet, who is going to create it? Architects or engineers? If it is corroborated work, what is the role of architects in the creating process? Can we combine design with creation? If the nature of cybernetic system is about communication which will push architecture toward dematerialization, maybe the way for finding new material will be the role of architect.
“In performative architecture, the emphasis shifts from building’s appearances to processes of formation grounded in imagined performances, indeterminate patterns and dynamics of use, and poetics of spatial and temporal change. The role of architects and engineers is less to predict, pre-program or represent the building’s performances than it is to instigate, embed, diversify and multiply their effects in material and in time.” How will the performative architecture effect the social life? Since it is more flexible. How will the change of the role of architects effect our education interns of period and knowledge?
