The work commences with an engagement with a number of characters imagined by the American architect and theorist John Hejduk. The list of characters below has come from an analysis of a number of Hejduk's texts and will serve as catalysts for the design work to come.
Hejduk's 9 Square design problem is also being employed, in the coming weeks, to add complexity to the process of identifying characteristics between architecture and identity. The coincidence between the idiosyncrasies of the characters and the formalism of the grid problem is intended to highlight the values of each, that in architectural terms there is always the need for the poetic to have a shape, however hylomorphic.
This studio will attempt, amongst many things, to resuscitate the coincidence between form and meaning in Hejduk's oeuvre.
The Characters are:
3 Sisters of Hamburg
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Anne - 3 Sisters of Hamburg
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Lavina – 3 Sisters of Hamburg
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Electra – 3 Sisters of Hamburg
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Riga
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The Town Detective
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Director of Medical Services
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Keeper of the Records of Rilke
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Crochet Woman
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Fire Chief
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Mayor/Cardinal
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Botanist
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Geneticist
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Sea Captain
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Fire Chief
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Anesthesiologist
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Bargeman and woman - barge
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Berlin Night Characters
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Customs inspector – receiving station
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Bridgeman – canal bridges/drawbridges
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Judges male/female – judgement hall
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Pit digger – pit of structures
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Clock operator – central clock
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Silent jurors – viewing boxes
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Trolley man – trolley car
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Park attendant/male – park of the angels
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Park attendant/female – park of the names of the angels
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Caretaker of objects – object field
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Caretaker of subjects – subject field
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Woodcutter – the woods
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Elephant trainer – elephant house
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Custodian of the hall of records – animal hall
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Consul – the consulates
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Lion trainer – lion trainer’s house & work space
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Dog trainer – dog trainer’s house & work space
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Horse trainer – horse trainer’s house and workspace
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Carpenter – house of the maker of wooden crosses
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Mason – mason’s house and brick yard
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Architect – street of the professions
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Nailwoman – nail store
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Windowman – outlet for windows
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Rivetman – house of rivets
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Warehouse man – warehouse of rejected details
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Factory man – factory of appropriated architectural elements
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Braque Gris Beckmann structures for…
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Dürer – Dürer’s structure
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Hopper – hopper’s structure
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Lightening man – place for the securing of lightening rods
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Architect engineer contractor – architect’s studio engineer’s office contractor’s room
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Uccello – Uccello & Breughal’s structures
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Still life painter – the still life
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Tower guard – a tower for Valencia
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Timeman – the building of time
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Curator of Japanese armor – museum of Japanese armor
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Curator of Teutonic armor – museum of Teutonic armor
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Supplier – storage space for prefabricated footings and foundations
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Listener – hall for grievances of people
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Examiner – waiting area of the examiner
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Grievance acceptor – a dark plum room
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Prosecutor – the place of trial
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Informer – structure to contain the guilty whispers of Prague
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Ingres/woman – the house of women
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Woman/landscape painter the landscape painter’s house
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Night watchman – end of night structure
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Child mother father – the family house
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Land/marksman – remaining tower
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Confessor – tower of revealed secrets
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Curator of the history of the moon and sun – museum for the history of the moon and sun
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Consular official – Chinese consulate
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Curator of general museum – general museum
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Bureau officer – bureau of listings
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Classroom monitor – classroom
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Teacher east/teacher west – the eastern wall
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Male/female – lecture hall for eastern studies
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Bellman –lecture hall/Prussian blue
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Keeper of the snakes – tower of the brazen snakes
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Superintendent – tower houses
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Historian – center for historical investigations
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Musician – bureau of sound notations
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Chapter priest – rural priest
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Officer – office of death certificates
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Communications ministry – communications minister
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Magistrate – office of the magistrate
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Angel watcher – angel catcher
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Record keeper – house of records
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Keeper of the angels – house of fans
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Botanist – house of the botanist
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Building department head – building department
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Curator of Japanese armor – museum of Japanese armor
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Cemetery caretaker - cemetery
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