The Why Factory, TU Delft
18 - 29 April 2010
led by Winy Maas, Alexander Sverdlov, Ulf Hackauf, Felix Madrazo and Jeronimo Mejia
The Why Factory is an chair and thinktank led by Winny Maas at TU Delft. It concentrates on the production of models and visualizations for Future Cities. The research on the Future City is undertaken through the interactive composition of three strategies; namely speculating on possible theoretical models in the model city program, making counter proposals for existing cities and storing knowledge through a evolutionary gaming programs. The Why Factory runs independent research projects, PhD programmes, master studios, postgraduate studios, master classes, debates and workshops.
This workshop at ANCB, titled the Future of the Past, aims to brainstorm possible future scenarios in a complex urban setting using innovative representation means. Berlin provides a multilayered fabric which reveals a its historic depth but provides flexibility for urban innovation. Students research the past of different sites in Berlin and project possible future scenarios along a timeline. The analysis is from bird's eye views, an angle that provides an overview yet preserves the human urban perception. Outcomes should reveal specifics the sites in Berlin and generic concepts on the Future CIty.
Dahlemdorf
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Neslihan Parmaksizoglu And Timur Karimullin
2010 Today
2060 University Village
2110 Historical Protection
2160 Climate Change
2210 Desert
2260 Destruction By The Desert
2310 Oasis
2360 Science Center
2410 Water Production
2460 Water Corporation
2510 Domination Of The Corporation
2560 Liberation
2610 Aqua-Village
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Kuba Skalimowski And Riemer Postma
2010 The Destination For Shopping In The City
2060 Shopping Culture Flourishes In The Area
2110 The Economy Based On Shopping Collapses
2160 The Climate Change Makes Africa Uninhabitable - Refugees Invade Berlin
2210 Food Becomes Scarce, Social Division Emerges
2260 Food Is A Luxury - Produced And Sold By The Rich
2310 The Rich Versus The Poor - Conflict Grows
2360 Riots Shake The City!
2410 New Technology Introduced For Food Production – Tensions Dissolve
2460 The City Slowly Recovers From The Crisis
2510 The Growth Continues
2560 New Way Of Transportation Prompts A New City Grid
2610 Tropical Climate Spreads To Berlin
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Gretha Kuurstra And Eliot Rosenberg
2010 Today
2060 Marzahn Megamall
2110 New Highways Attract More Shoppers
2160 Ikea Takes Over Entire Complex
2210 Urban Centre Created
2260 Residential Quarter Formed
2310 Avenues Swallowed By Complex
2360 High Density Housing Built
2410 Residential Expansion Outside Complex
2460 Social Problems
2510 Security Wall Built
2560 Red Light District Formed
2610 Booming Tourism Industry
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Sijme Van Jaarsveld And Johannes Drechsler
2010 Financial Crisis
2060 Gentrification Along Riverside, Housing Extending Towards Sky
2110 Enormous Growth People, More Housing Needed
2160 Growth Commercial/Leisure Activities Along Friedrichstrasse
2210 Friedrischstrasse 2.0 Created
2260 Pollution / Poison On Groundlevel
2310 (Rich) People Move Up
2360 Farming On Top: New Resources. Favelas At Ground Level.
2410 Less Resources / Food > War.
2460 Start Solution For Neutralising The Pollution
2510 Start Using Nature To Serve And Protect The Society
2560 Bring More Nature In
2610 Nature Covers Most Oft The City
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Yushang Zhang And Maarten Filius
2010 Today
2060 Decrease The Level Of The Land
2110 River Bank Replaced By More Leisure, Resulting In Parks
2160 Water Lever Goes Down And Beaches Form A Pedestrian System
2210 Hotels Are Build On The Place Of The Parks
2260 Surrounding Density Increase
2310 New Layer Develops Both Upwards And Downwards
2360 Another New Layer Is Added
2410 The Museum Island Has Become A Museum Valley
2460 A New Pedestrian System Inside Is Created
2510 The Pedestrian Is Covered By Plants
2560 All The Old Museums Are Lifted To Set The Ground Free To Be A Park
2610 Another New City Layer Is Connected With It
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Jan Michael Twilfer And Rajiu Sewtahal
2010 Today
2060 City Gets Densified
2110 New Housing Structure Over Nikolai Viertel
2160 Old Buildings Disappear And Water Moves In
2210 1000 Years Berlin / Temporary Tribune Structure
2260 Preserved/Plastified Church Area
2310 Nikolai Viertel Becomes An Island
2360 Leisure Moves In
2410 Beach Island
2460 New Structure, Leisure On Top
2510 Support Structure Gets Demolished / Hovering Buildings
2560 Snowball Church Area / New Preservation Dome
2610 Snowball Church Area / Controlled Weather Dome
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Karel Van Der Kaaij And Alfred Ho
2010 Today
2060 Sony Centers Gains Power – New Financial District Established
2110 Financial Segregation Begins – Shift In Climate Difficult For Poor
2160 Financial Fortress Becomes Independent City – Poverty Devastates Berlin
2210 Financial Fortress Under Attack! – Deteriorating Climate Sparks Riots
2260 Fortress Destroyed – Survivors Settle In Rubble Of Basement Foundation
2310 Inverted City – Climate Drives City Downwards
2360 Berlin Expands Beneath Old Infrastructure– Climate Research Commences
2410 Previous Population Reached – Experimentation On Surface Gives Hope
2460 First Structure On Surface – Government Reconstructs Potsdamerplatz
2510 Surface Available To Public – Amusement Park Built
2560 Citizens Adjust To Sunlight – Surface Altered To Let In Light
2610 Mysterious Liquid Flushes Out Citizens – Residence Return To The Surface
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Eduard Lepp And Christy Sze
2010 Governmental District
2060 Berlin Becomes EU Capital
2110 Corruption Leads To Bankruptcy
2160 Privatization Of Government
2210 Reichstag Becomes New Ideal For High Quality Residential Buildings
2260 Technology As New Life Style
2310 Technocrats Rule The Country
2360 Revolution Against Technocratic Elite
2410 Uprising Of New Spirituality
2460 Take-Over Of New Religion
2510 Collapse Of Religious System
2560 Way Towards Apatheism
2610 Equilibrium
Images: All Students
Storyline Editing: Sebastian Haufe
2060 Economic Miracle: New Highrise Offices Are Built
2110 Refurbished Houses And More High-Rise Offices
2160 The Water Level Rises. People Start Squatting The Offices
2210 A Dike Is Built
2260 The Dike Becomes A Housing Project
2310 New Infrastructure Between Dike And Squatted Offices
2360 The Dike Breaks And The Area Is Flooded
2410 A New Transportation System Links The Inhabitant Buildings Of Berlin
2460 New Plants For Food Are Growing On The Sea And On Floating Platforms
2510 Saltwater Gets Turned Into Freshwater / New Floating Buildings Constructed
2560 The New Structure Starts To Overgrow The Old
2610 A New Land Is Formed. People Inhabit The Salt Mountain
