Friday, 6 March 2009

The Report: An Introduction

The main title of this module of study is Agile: architectures of the near future, and in particular the idea of ecology. This deals with concepts involving the production of structures and forms relating to the changes and development of the environment around us, allowing us to see and understand elements of our environment that we may not have before realised. By gaining this knowledge we are able to use it to redesign and add to the environment in a way that makes it more responsive. The explicit use of ecology as a focus highlights the importance of interactions with the environment in developing and understanding these concepts. The aim of the module as a whole is to introduce ideas relating to this area of study, and then to use the information to produce a final project which will demonstrate our understanding and develop a unique and interesting outcome. In this report the ideas and elements of this module will be discussed, along with the various projects that help to implement and experiment with these ideas.
In particular there are three sections of this module that will be covered. These are The Picnic: social ecology which is time based, The Field: human ecology which is space based, and The Territory: deep ecology which is based on Arch-OS concepts. The projects conducted for each of these sections were worked on throughout the sections. This allowed us to progress through each section and use the information gained to develop and improve our projects. By looking at these areas and concepts in detail this report will allow for a development of ideas for the final project, and ultimately a final project proposal based on this.

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