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Research - Observe - Make

An Alternative Manual for Architectural Education
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Published/Copyright: 2015
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An inspiring compendium

In 2008, the Department of Art and Architecture at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts developed a new basis for the architecture curriculum. They created five research platforms: Analogue and Digital Production (ADP), Ecology Sustainability Conservation (ESC), History Theory Criticism (HTC), Geography Landscape Cities (GLC) and Construction Material Technology (CMT). The CMT platform is lead by Michelle Howard; who used the platform to explore the Research Observe Make (ROM) teaching studies.
The ROM publication documents this program of studies and also forms the basis for future development. It comprises, assembled in one volume, five complementary books, which can also be read individually. After an introduction and an exposé on theory, the "elemental", "spatial" and "material" projects are introduced. The last book documents workshops, lectures and experiments.
An inspiring compendium with numerous expert contributions and creative student projects.

  • Innovative approaches based on research-oriented student projects
  • Also a reference book for architectural design
  • With contributions by M. Howard, P. Bauer, H. Hempel, J. Käferhaus, C. Fröhlich, G. Dreger and B. Frass

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    Frontmatter

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    Table of contents

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    Preface Michelle Howard. Introducing Research – Observe – Make (ROM)

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  • Book + Research – Observe – Make + Reflect
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    The Development of Research – Observe – Make (ROM)

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    Michelle Howard
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    +1. Construction Material Technology (CMT) Konversationsreihe

    24
    Christian Fröhlich
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  • Book 1. Elemental Interactivity
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    ROM – Vorsprung durch Technik

    37
    Jochen Käferhaus
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  • 1.1 Elemental Interactivity I Building a Good Climate
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    Building a good climate. Studio description

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    1.1.1 Position vs disposition

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    Karlis Berzins
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    1.1.2 Moss Pavilion

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    Doris Scheicher
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    1.1.3 Bamboo Pavilion

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    Dawid Klich
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    1.1.4 Activating Schiller

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    Orit Theuer
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    1.1.5 Neglige

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    Fabian Liszt
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    1.1.6 Stacked Pavilion

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    Matiss Kaufmannis
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  • 1.2 Elemental Interactivity II. Gone with the Wind
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    Gone with the Wind. Studio description

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    1.2.1 Desislava Petkova and Matej Malenka The Beast

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    Desislava Petkova and Matej Malenka
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    1.2.2 The Wind Waves Instrument

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    David Rasner and Nikolaus Rach
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    1.2.3 Exhausted! – Recycling Unwanted Air

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    Ömer Pekin and Nikola Znaor
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    1.2.4 Two Frames. Perceiving Energy

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    Lukas Wulz and Daniel Niens
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  • 1.3 Elemental Interactivity III. On the Modifications of Clouds
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    On the Modifications of Clouds. Studio description

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    1.3.1 Hygrometer

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    Eva Herunter and Fabian Puttinger
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    1.3.2 110G

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    Lukas Debiasi, Anna Aichinger and Frank Ellenberger
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    1.3.3 Interpolation

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    Patrick Pregesbauer and Jiri Tomicek
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    1.3.4 Particles

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    Roxi Rieder, Anna Requat and Anna Valentiny
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  • Book 2. Spatial Interactivity
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    ROM – Das Einmaleins

    89
    Helmut Hempel
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  • 2.1 The Spatial Interactivity I. Building Fast – What Succeeds the Secession?
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    2.1.1 Haus 01

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    Marketa Brezovska
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    2.1.2 Simple and Strong

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    Robert Freudenberg
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    2.1.3 Pixellate

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    Franz Kropatschek
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  • 2.2 Spatial Interactivity II. Connecting Spaces
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    Connecting Spaces. Studio description

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    2.2.1 Connecting Cubes

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    Martin Denk
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    2.2.2 The Way

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    Perrine Montfort
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    2.2.3 Atrium House

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    Lukas Pazmandy
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    2.2.4 Vertical Town Square

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    Mechthild Weber
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  • 2.3 Spatial Interactivity III. The Audacity of Preservation
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    The Audacity of Preservation. BIG! BAD? MODERN

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    The Audacity of Preservation. Studio description

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    2.3.1 Grasping Character, Introducing Looseness

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    Laurenz Berger
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    2.3.2 Just Enough Light

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    Märtins Duselis
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    2.3.3 The Well-Tempered Environment of the University of Economics

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    Barbara Weber
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    2.3.4 Continuous Change

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    2.3.5 Modern Tourism

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    Peter Jakowitsch
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    2.3.6 Connecting Spaces

    138
    Miriam Pollak
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    2.3.7 Lonely Platforms

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    Maximilian Weidacher
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  • 2.4 Spatial Interactivity IV. The Efficiency of Looseness
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    The Efficiency of Looseness. Studio description

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    2.4.1 Vertical Looseness

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    2.4.2 On Air

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    2.4.3 Cutting Transitions

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    Christoph Edler
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    2.4.4 Undesired Solitude

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    Jana Sipulova
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    2.4.5 Loose Hub

    154
    Elisabeth Zeininger
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  • Book 3. Material Interactivity
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    ROM – Eine Abrechnung

    157
    Peter Bauer
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  • 3.1 Material Interactivity I. Landscape Una[Bridge]d
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    Landscape Una[Bridge]d. Studio description

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    3.1.1 Mind the Gaps

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    Teresa Traunsteiner
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    3.1.2 Detour

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    Martin Radner
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    3.1.3 The Nature and Technology Trail

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    Sebastian Bauer
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  • 3.2 Material Interactivity II. Water, Aggregate, Cement and a Container
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    Water, Aggregate, Cement and a Container. Studio description

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    3.2.1 Eleven Vaults

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    3.2.2 Topographic

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    3.2.3 Templar Landscape

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    David Spang
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    3.2.4 Hidden Innards

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    Ralph Steffek
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    3.2.5 Cones of Light and Shade

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    Michael Hansen
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  • 3.3 Material Interactivity III. There is a Light that Never Goes Out
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    There is a Light that Never Goes Out. Studio description

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    3.3.1 Body, Brain and Light. A project for people with epilepsy

    190
    Fabian Liszt
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    3.3.2 Retrospect and Prospect. A project for people with dementia

    193
    Ben Grabherr
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    3.3.3 Light Movement Number 1. A project for people with Cystic Fibrosis

    194
    Sureya Miller
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  • Book 4. Workshops, Lectures and Experiments
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    ROM – Modellbau ist Denken

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    Benedikt Frass and Günther Dreger
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  • 4.1 Workshops & Short Projects
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    4.1.1 Glass I: Seeing Through the Transparency Myth

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    Michelle Howard and Scott Chaseling
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    4.1.2 Glass II: There is a Light that Never Goes Out

    208
    Rike Scholle and Eduard Deubzer
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    4.1.3 The Good Climate Workshop

    210
    Michelle Howard
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    4.1.4 The Acoustics Workshop

    214
    Renz van Luxemburg
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    4.1.5 The Concrete Workshop

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    Michelle Howard
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    4.1.6 The Architecture of Small Spaces Workshop

    219
    Michelle Howard and Lisa Schmidt-Colinet
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  • 4.2 Lectures and Experiments in Shaping Material
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    4.2.1 Folding Concrete

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    Blerim Kurtishi
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    4.2.2 Controlling Deformation

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    Christiane Hütter
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    4.2.3 An Experiment with a Stretch Wrapping Film

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    Camilla Struklec
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    4.2.4 Destroyed Trees

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    Felix Rebers
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    4.2.5 Inflatable Formwork for Organic Solid Shapes

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    Jurgis Gecys
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    4.2.6 Cuir Bouilli

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    4.2.7 Smocking Structures

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    4.2.8 Sugar Landscape

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    4.2.9 Concrete from Scratch

    230
    Max Müller and Max Weidacher
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  • 4.3 Lectures and Experiments In Observation
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    4.3.1 144 Hours in a Train

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    Terezia Greskova
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    4.3.2 Daily Dust Diary

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    Anna Csefalvay
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    4.3.3 Analysis Type II

    236
    Bastian Vollert
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    4.3.4 It’s a Noisy Day

    237
    Teresa Traunsteiner
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  • 4.4 Lecture Series
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    4.4.1 Materialising Ideas in an Age of Digital Production

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    4.4.2 Our Concrete Ideas

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    4.4.3 The Practice of Research

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  • Appendix
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    Contributors

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    Commentators

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    Sponsors

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    Imprint

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eBook published on:
March 10, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9783035604238
Hardcover published on:
January 29, 2015
Hardcover ISBN:
9783035604177
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
256
Illustrations:
350
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035604238
eBook ISBN: 9783035604238
Hardcover ISBN: 9783035604177
Keywords for this book
Architecture; Design; Students Work; Interactvity; Space; Material; Workshop; Michelle
Audience(s) for this book
Architects, students and teachers of architecture and art
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