ARCHITECTURE AGAINST DEATH'THE FUTURE'

INTRODUCTION

For todays presentation we will be discussing architects and designers who are currently involved in the development and movement of sustainability of our environment.

For the main topic, we will be discussing two main Architects, who are currently involved in a Project called Reversible Destiny:

Madeline Gins
Shusaku Arakawa

REVERSIBLE DESTINY PROJECT

Reversible Destiny began in 1963. They believed they could achieve immortality through architecture by designing houses, residential flats and outdoor areas with a multitude of crazy abstract shapes, colours and textures.

Each building is meant to change your state of mind in a certain way and keep the occupants on-guard by preventing them from being too comfortable in their daily-lifestyle. This helps prevent the occupiers from slouching around and being lazy, making you feel more youthful and energetic.

The Bioscleve house is the first architectural project of the destiny foundation in the US.

The project took 8 years for the final outcome to be shown. In 2008 the houses were open and the selling price would be over $2 million.

Since 1963 both artist and architects Madeline and Arakawa collaborated their work in order to produce this piece of architecture that defines the meaning or art and architecture.

THE BIOSCLEVE HOUSE - NEW YORK

These apartments were designed from 2000-2008 which attracted visitors all over the world.

The building was created in the western suburbs of Tokyo.

Both Artists spent a large amount of time researching the design of the apartments so when people live there they would be living everyday within and surrounded by art.

- Colours- Memory of Hellen

THE DESTINY HOUSE - JAPAN

REVIEWS

Albert"Knocking into counters and other jutting surfaces is hazardous enough in my own standard, straight-lines house. I imagine any benefit from moving in 'unexpected ways' would be paid for by unexpected injuries. It would be a fun house to live in while young, but complete torture when older."Paula"Totally love it and think it's great in terms of stimulating exercise and active thinking. Would love to live there for a month. I'm sure it would trigger a lot of creative thinking."

Amy M"I think that extending our lifespan is very good for the environment. If the humans live longer, then we would blatantly see the long term consequences of our actions, rather than just caring about what's convenient in the short term.

I think it's also healthy for us collectively to embrace ridiculous or insane ideas... it makes life much more interesting."

Alex"How do these homes even pass building regulations? ADA in the U.S. would make this building illegal unless it is were a private residence. But, those laws are there for good reason. I'm sure a talented architect could make a stimulating building that meets those laws."

SOURCE: http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/reversible-destiny-house-by-arakawa-and-gins.html

DESIGN AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTIY

Places like the Reversible loft residency however, help social responsibility. Suburban, overcrowded areas like Tokyo and New York need places where they can go and live in a different frame of mind for a short-while.

Using their colourful artistic style of architecture and bizarre living space arrangement is mainly made up of two key factors: Biotopology

Procedural/Body architecture

The art-science of Biotopology, (is) the one that would have its practitioners stay attentive to all that generally goes not automatically get focused on

GINS AND ARAKAWA, MAKING DYING ILLEGAL, P.60

Movements and the sited awareness they modulate and that enfolds them mediate architecture; responding to tactically posed surrounds, joining forces with them, actions complete the architectural procedures that put (the) procedural into procedural architecture.

GINS AND ARAKAWA, OFFICAL WEBSITE

PODCAST

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/04/03/garden/20080403_DESTINY_FEATURE.html

CONCLUSION

These buildings aren't built for everyone. They seem very impractical for people who have a busy lifestyle or is disabled for example. It's expensive to design and build these places therefore its not ecologically sustainable for the future and the environment.

But it is still important to look at things like doing something different and apply it into our daily lifestyle somehow because we need to prevent ourselves from sitting around all day doing nothing, making the same habits we unconsciously make on a daily basis which we all supposedly claim to be normal.

The Reversible Destiny foundation is still going from this day. They're currently working on projects for future housing complexes, residences and parks. They plan to collaborate with practitioners who study experimental biology, neuroscience, quantum physics and medicine in the near future.

Maybe one day, in the future, architects and designers like Arakawa and Gins will somehow manage to apply something alike to our normal lifestyle which everyone in the world can adapt to.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LEVY, ANDREW (April 6, 2008) PA, Biotopology With No Annual Fee [accessed 06/03/2012]

http://www.oncontemporaries.org/1/levyONarakawaandgins.pdf

YOUTUBE (July 2, 2008) $2 Million house 'staves off death' , online videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ppyREetnk

ALTER, LLOYD (April 3, 2008) Reversible Destiny House by Arakawa and Gins, online articlehttp://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/reversible-destiny-house-by-arakawa-and-gins.html

ROOF BOOKS (2008) NY, Gins and Arakawa, Making dying illegal

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/reversible-destiny-house-by-arakawa-and-gins.html

REVERSIBLE DESTINY (2008) Official websitehttp://www.reversibledestiny.org/abrf.php

NEW YORK TIMES (March 3 2008) Zahra Sethna, Newspaper article http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/garden/03destiny.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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