Manufactur(ing) Landscapes. From mass production to decentralized fabrication. PKU May 2015

A talk about the impact of digital fabrication in urban landscapes. Presented at Peking University on May 2015

Transcript

1. MANUFACTURING LANDSCAPES Javier Burón. School of Architecture, University of Limerick Graduate School of Landscape Architecture Peking University. May 2015
2. Manufactured Landscapes (2006) Edward Burtynsky MANUFACTURING LANDSCAPES From mass production to decentralized fabrication
3. The Imitation Game (2014) Morten Tyldum CENTRALIZED COMPUTING Cryptography in World War Two
4. WarGames (1983) John Badham NETWORK COMPUTING Personal computers and decentralized networks
5. eXistenZ (1999) David Cronenberg ULTIMATE DESURBANIZATION Cyberspace, Virtual Reality and the dot-com bubble
6. Telx New York Data Center NYC2 (2014) Telx PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE of cyberspace: servers, data lines and data centers
7. Telx New York Data Center NYC2 (2014) Telx Modern Times (1936) Charles Chaplin MANUFACTURING MINIATURIZATION The Third Industrial Revolution
8. Detroit tracing skylines (2013) Poor Boyz Productions MANUFACTURING RELOCALIZATION Labour costs are growing less and less important
9. Apple MacBook Pro (2013) Apple Inc · Journey of a Piece of Steel (2014) Xiaomi · Apple Watch (2015) Apple Inc. DESIGN = MANUFACTURING
10. Objectified (2009) Gary Hustwit DESIGN = MANUFACTURING
11. Blade Runner (1982) Ridley Scott
12. Genspace (2012) Coolhunting
13. FAB LAB LIMERICK Open access manufacturing facilities in Limerick City
14. Xarxa d'Ateneus de Fabricació de Barcelona (2015) Barcelona City Council FROM FAB LABS TO FAB CITIES Manufacturing spaces as the new social hubs