Making the invisible - visible - Bo
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2015-04-24 by BoPedersen
[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14298599182423634.jpg Upload a photo from your area, or the closest urban area, (the photo must be taken by you) and comment all the information that is visible in this photo. this picture is taken in Copenhagen from the train, close to the trainstation called ‘Nordhavn’ (the northern port), ‘Nordhavnen’ is not the real old port, but a port build around year 1900, as an enlargement of the copenhagen port. Also it contains a free-trading area. Today the industrial port has moved further out, and this area is being transformed into offices and very expensive and exclusive apartments, including Copenhagen's most expensive apartment just recently been released for sale. In addition, the area houses the new UN building in Copenhagen. The picture shows the water with water windmills, construction site, old port, the old port in the background at left, houses, elder buildings for commercial purpose, roads, train, and no people. 2 Identify and present two "invisible information" that can be extracted out of the visible information of this photo. In modern construction, it is very often seen that the people are being collected into special designed recreational areas, while the infrastructure, buildings and the expression is fore the pleasure to those who are on the move, and is not for staying. The recreational areas are for them who live there, and for them only. The spaces between the buildings, making it possible for people to see the water, which is central for this area. We are passing the area and go their if we have a purpose, but we do not hang out their because there is nothing there. the contrast between the old industrial harbor and the new modern is creating an added value for both the new and the old part, without the old, their would be no atmosphere, indicating that this is a port, but just a residential area next to the water, which in itself may be exclusive enough, but the story adds value and visibility that we are in a city that has large enough to have a closed port. 3 Select one of your choices from the previous question and describe how this invisible information can become knowledge and contribute to the planning of a more liveable urban space. By preserving evocative buildings that can be upgraded so it meets the setting in contemporary energy requirements, operational requirements and function, one can maintain atmosphere, value, people, and perhaps activities.