alignments and shared spaces
What is Reverse Metabolism?
The departure point of the metabolists is kept: the idea of certain parts of the building remaining in time while others change, get replaced.
Reverse metabolism is also about understanding the different rates of change in a building or part of city so if one part breaksdown, one doesn't have to destroy a whole every time one part breaks down just like the mebabolists' concern.
But only the methodology is in reverse.
Instead of proposing prefabricated and standardized living spaces, reverse metabolism suggests over customized personal space and deals with the potentials the battle between these personal spaces can create.
dictionary for metabolism
plug-in: metabolists propose standardized and pre-fabricated pods for living. these replacable pods are to be plugged into an overall stable structure.
mega-structure: the overall structure, the hard, inflexible layer of the metabolist building
capsule: mass-produced enclosed element in metabolist architecture
dictionary for reverse metabolism
plug-out: in reverse metabolism there's still a seperation between the stable and mutating parts of the building. instead of adding onto a structure, reverse metabolism is interested in removal of the unnecessary.
micro-structure: is the principle that allows the "seed" to grow in certain ways.
tissue: a shared ownership for surfaces in reverse metabolism
The departure point of the metabolists is kept: the idea of certain parts of the building remaining in time while others change, get replaced.
Reverse metabolism is also about understanding the different rates of change in a building or part of city so if one part breaksdown, one doesn't have to destroy a whole every time one part breaks down just like the mebabolists' concern.
But only the methodology is in reverse.
Instead of proposing prefabricated and standardized living spaces, reverse metabolism suggests over customized personal space and deals with the potentials the battle between these personal spaces can create.
dictionary for metabolism
plug-in: metabolists propose standardized and pre-fabricated pods for living. these replacable pods are to be plugged into an overall stable structure.
mega-structure: the overall structure, the hard, inflexible layer of the metabolist building
capsule: mass-produced enclosed element in metabolist architecture
plug-out: in reverse metabolism there's still a seperation between the stable and mutating parts of the building. instead of adding onto a structure, reverse metabolism is interested in removal of the unnecessary.
micro-structure: is the principle that allows the "seed" to grow in certain ways.
tissue: a shared ownership for surfaces in reverse metabolism
