In this essay, five early prebim examples of mvrdv s work will serve to explain the firms concept of a datascape, and to show, stepbystep, how such datascapes can be condensed into successful designs. To understand the nature of datascapes, there is perhaps no purer example than mvrdvs 1999 project metacitydatatown. Wilhelmus winy maas born 1959 in schijndel is a dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist. Rotterdam, 1999 isbn 978906450587 4 metacitydatatown ed. Mar 02, 2020 other architecture books by winy maas mvrdv. Due to the continuously expanding communication and the huge amount of interrelationships, the whole world turns from the. The installation travelled all over the world, berlin, glasgow, johannesburg and many more places.
Mvrdv first published a manifesto of its work and ideas in farmax 1998, followed by metacitydatatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002, 5 minutes city 2003, km3 2005, spacefighter 2007 and skycar city 2007, the vertical village with the why factory, 2012 and the firms first monograph of built works mvrdv buildings 20, with an updated edition published in 2015. But metacitydatatown was also a serious investigation. I did not view the original metacitydatatown installations, which were exhibited at the stroom center for the visual arts in the hague, the netherlands, in 1998 and 1999, so i cant tell you how true a representation the book is of the videos. Metacitydatatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002, 5 minutes city 2003, km3 2005, which contains pig city and more recently spacefighter 2007 and skycar city 2007, the latter two will be exhibited at the 2008 biennale of venice. Description of project by mvrdv mvrdv have, with the tianjin urban planning and design institute tupdi, designed tianjin binhai library as part of a larger plan to provide a cultural district for the city.
I did not view the original metacitydatatown installations, which were exhibited at the stroom center for. Its a game of cause and effect,playing with different urban models that have been applied on different cities around the world and at the same time with the. Metacitydatatown 010 publishers, rotterdam, 1999 reading mvrdv nai publishers, rotterdam, 2003 spacefighter the evolutionary city game actar, barcelona, 2005 km3 excursions on capacities actar, barcelona, 2006 skycar city actar, barcelona, 2008 mvrdv agendas on. Mvrdv then gained international critical renown with the dutch pavilion for the. Vertical village exhibition by mvrdv and the why factory. Lopera di mvrdv puo considerarsi lemblema di quel significativo giro di boa realizzato dallarchitettura olandese nellultimo decennio dello scorso secolo, che ha dato lavvio a una radicale trasformazione del paese. Mvrdv developed a toolbox of ideas as part of the resilient by design bay area challenge citydoctors who recycle buildings we see ourselves as city doctors, helping municipalities all over the world to change public spaces, reinvigorate disused buildings and revive neighborhoods. Review of metacity datatown technology and society book. Metacity datatown 010 publishers, rotterdam, 1999 reading mvrdv nai publishers, rotterdam, 2003 spacefighter the evolutionary city game actar, barcelona, 2005 km3 excursions on capacities actar, barcelona, 2006 skycar city actar, barcelona, 2008 mvrdv agendas on urbanism equal books, seoul, 2012. Mvrdv is a rotterdam, netherlandsbased architecture and urban design practice founded in 1993. Nov 21, 2016 metacitydatatown is based on the video installation of the same title produced by mvrdv for the stroom, centre for the visual arts, the hague, and exhibited from 12 december 1998 through february 1999. Mvrdv enable cities and landscapes to develop towards a. Mvrdv first published a manifesto of its work and ideas in farmax 1998, followed by metacitydatatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002, 5 minutes city 2003, km3 2005, spacefighter 2007 and skycar city 2007, and more recently the vertical village with the why factory, 2012 and the firms first monograph of built. Metacity datatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002 and 5 minutes city 2003.
An attempt to understand the contemporary city at a moment when gl. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Exhibitions that transformed architecture architect magazine. In metacitydatatown, rectangular pieces of farmland come floating through the air in a kind of apocalyptic storm, only to land in a neat grid that indicates the different uses for which the land is intendedareas for chicken farms are indicated by enormous eggs and much smaller ch ickens. Its a methodology that is best understood not from the varied manifestations of mvrdvs architecture, butfrom its steady production of brickthick polemical books, including farmax, metacitydatatown, and km3. Nov 18, 2009 mvrdv first published a cross section of these study results in farmax 1998, followed by a. Metacitydatatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002, 5. Mvrdvs second book, shows a city that is described only by data. In this 1999 short film, mvrdv addresses the transformations created in cities by the. Mvrdv first published a cross section of these study results in farmax 1998, followed by a. This publication examines the context of mvrdv s researchbased thinking and radical design strategies.
Be the first to ask a question about metacitydatatown. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Oct 08, 2011 vertical village exhibition by mvrdv and the why factory. A principal of the rotterdam firm mvrdv, winy maas is trained as a landscape architect, architect, and planner. Jul 06, 2009 metacity datatown mvrdv in 1999 published a proposal for the future city, describing the city based on dutch statistics for the existing situation and the forecast for the future. It is a city that wants to be described by information. At the end of the 1990s it took the spotlight with the vpro building in hilversum and the wozocos special residential buildings in amsterdam. Metacitydatatown is based on the video installation of the same title produced for the stroom center for the visual arts. Jun 08, 2008 but metacity datatown was also a serious investigation. A city that knows no given topography, no prescribed ideology, no representation, no context. Crowded house mvrdv architecture the new york times. I can, however, say that the book draws the reader in immediately. Mvrdv project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
Metacitydatatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002 and 5 minutes city 2003. Metacity datatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002, 5 minutes city 2003, km3 2005, and more. Mvrdv completes book mountain and library quarter the. Metacitydatatown is based on the video installation of the same title produced by mvrdv for the stroom, centre for the visual arts, the hague, and exhibited from 12 december 1998 through february 1999. Vertical village exhibition by mvrdv and the why factory dezeen. Mvrdv used dutch statistics as they claim that the netherlands seems as a dream land for economy, culture, production, etc. Ebook reading mvrdv as pdf download portable document format. Mvrdv reveals design to preserve and revive aldo van eycks office complex in amsterdam, uber signs as tenant 12022020 winy maas at tumo yerevan on architecture and education 10022020 winy maas at the iacc lectures series 201920, barcelona 03022020 mvrdv selected by the port of thessaloniki to revitalise the waterfront 23012020. A city that wants to be explored only as information and the agenda it provokes for architecture and urbanism. Maas characterizes it as practical and dialectical, rather than aesthetic, which he derides as architectural hairdressing.
The office first published a cross section of these study results in farmax 1998, followed by a. In this essay, five early prebim examples of mvrdvs work will serve to explain the firms concept of a datascape, and to show, stepbystep, how such datascapes can be condensed into successful designs. The video installation was the second part of the project metacity that was conceived by jan van grunsven. It is still used by gnome flashback, a session for gnome 3 that provides a similar user experience to the gnome 2. Metacity datatown is based on the video installation of the same title produced by mvrdv for the stroom, centre for the visual arts, the hague, and exhibited from 12 december 1998 through february 1999. I did not view the original metacity datatown installations, which were exhibited at the stroom center for the visual arts in the hague, the netherlands, in 1998 and 1999, so i cant tell you how true a representation the book is of the videos. Metacity datatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker 2002, 5 minutes city 2003, km3 2005, which contains pig city and more recently spacefighter 2007 and skycar city 2007, the latter two will be exhibited at the 2008 biennale of venice. Metacitydatatown 1999, costa iberica 2000, regionmaker. Metacity datatown has also been documented in a video installation which has been shown in glasgow. An attempt to understand the contemporary city at a moment when globalisation has exploded its scale beyond our grasp. Mvrdv at vpro by mvrdv actar publishers, barcelona. Abandoning topography,ideology, representation, and context, the authors resort to pure data to discover what agenda for architecture and urbanism a numerical approach could provoke.
Mvrdv is a global operating architecture and urbanism office with a progressive ideal engaged in solving global issues. Metacity datatown mvrdv in 1999 published a proposal for the future city, describing the city based on dutch statistics for the existing situation and the forecast for the future. A selective bibliography compiled by aileen smith, november 2007 this bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to winy maas mvrdv. The first part of the book discusses the metacity, which is the endgame of the current trend toward urban expansion. Those books held within the aa library are indicated with a shelfmark. Unlike their landmark prewar counterparts, which pelkonen argues focused more on completed work, exhibitions in the second half of the century increasingly challenged the established orthodoxy and heralded new frontiers and avenues of research. Jul 07, 2007 it uses a method of shaping space through complex amounts of data that accompany contemporary building and design processes. The firms experimental research projects on density, using a method of shaping space through complex amounts of data, have resulted in the publication farmax, the traveling exhibition metacity datatown, and pig city and costa iberica. This publication examines the context of mvrdvs researchbased thinking and radical design strategies. To understand the nature of datascapes, there is perhaps no purer example than mvrdv s 1999 project metacity datatown.
This project lays on the edge between data visualization and urban planning, and attempts to provoke new architecture and urbanism thought, through the manipulation of data in a spatial manner. Above all, i liked this book because of the architectural lab goal that achieved, essentially its an urban excercise based and this is what makes it interestingon real extrapolated data extracted from diverse cities of dutchland. The firms experimental research projects on density, using a method of shaping space through complex amounts of data, have resulted in the publication farmax, the traveling exhibition metacitydatatown, and pig city and costa iberica. Urbanisms, worlding practices and the theory of planning. In this 1999 short film, mvrdv addresses the transformations created in cities by the everexpanding communications networks and the immeasurable web of interrelationships they generate. It uses a method of shaping space through complex amounts of data that accompany contemporary building and design processes. The world has shed the anachronism global village and is transforming into the more advanced state of the metacity, wrote the dutch architectural company.
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