Book Discussion

Book Discussion – Simulacra and Simulation (Jean Baudrillard) – Rezki DK and Regina Chandra

First order which the Simulacrum (plural word for Simulacra) represents the reality that it references, it act as a pure imitation. Second order of Simulacrum which it started to denatures the reality it origins from. Third order of Simulacrum which it started to appear as it were a different reality, a completely separate order as it loses its reference. A hyperreality. The session started with a quote from the book; “The simulacrum is never what hides the truth – it is the truth that hides the fact that there is none. The simulacrum is true.” – Ecclesiastes Some of the…

Book Discussion – Shape as Memory – Riswanda Setyo Addino

Shape as Memory written by Michael Layton was published in 2006. The author is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Rutgers University. In the same year, the book won the Presidential Young Investigatory Award for outstanding work in the field of cognitive science. In its time, this book has made a significant contribution to the multi-disciplinary research that began using computational techniques. Some of them are in the field of meteorology and geophysics to examine storm, mathematical, flight design, to art studies. This title is part of six other Leyton books centered on process-grammar: a method for describing…

Book Discussion – Eladio Dieste – Fakhriyyah Khairunnida’

In the 1950s, Uruguay has rapid growth economy which make people look for a new form of investment, investing in property is one of them. The demand of high rise and huge big project rise up. It is supported with a new law of condominium by the government. People are making their way toward private creative ownership. This condition leads the new transformation of architecture leaving the international style and modernism behind. Moreover, the education take a part in this change, the curriculum of architectural education in university emphasizes on technology and social science. Thus, the graduates from this era…

Book Discussion – Autopoiseis of Architecture

Autopoiesis is the autonomy of architecture itself; the way to (re)produce architecture within architecture through series of cognitive selection and selective decision-making. This term came from Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (1980) while studying about regenerative process in cellular system. These automation tendencies then were studied by Niklas Luhnmann in his 7 volumes writings about Social System Theory (1986-2000). Later it was researched by Patrik Schumacher on 2009, regarding its connection to recent concept of architecture. Autopoiesis of architectural communication should be understood as a phenomenon of perceptive interaction towards spatial boundaries, which later producing the new systems. As a…

Book Discussion – Elements of Semiology (Roland Barthes)

On 3 June 2017, we have held a book discussion on “Elements of Semiology”. The book was published on 1964 and written by Roland Barthes, a French bourgeois critic. As entitled, the book covered the primary elements of semiology, a field of study on sign. A sign is not specifically defined by Barthes in the book. However we know that a sign tells an existence of a thing. A sign can be studied through 3 instrumental substances: signifier, the matter which we can perceive; signified, the mental representation of a thing; and signification, the process of relating signifier and signified.…

Book Discussion – Of Grammatology (Jacques Derrida)

Grammatology is a scientific study on how to write and writing. The study tests the typology, analyzes an essat, and understands the relation between verbal and written expressions. In 1967, Jacques Derrida used the term for different uses in ‘Of Grammatology’. A writing is not only a reproduction of verbal expressions into symbols, but also inner interpretation and thinking that need to always be comprehended. ‘Of Grammatology’ is a response for structuralism linguistic, and some of Derrida’s critiques on previous thinkers, for instance: 1. Derrida on SaussureAccording to Derrida, western culture is heavily affected by Plato’s philosophy on “logos”. Logos…

Pilihan kelas OMAH Talks lainnya:

Mengajak anak-anak muda Indonesia yang bergerak di bidang arsitektur untuk berbagi kisah perjalanan di OMAH Library. Jalan menekuni arsitektur tidaklah mudah, banyak yang harus dipelajari, dari teori, praktik, hingga etika.

Perjalanan Mengenal Indonesia dalah sebuah kelas yang mengupas kisah penjelajahan-penjelajahan tentang arsitektur dan vernakularitas di Indonesia. Kelas ini merupakan hasil kerjasama dari Jaringan Arsip Arsitektur Indonesia bersama OMAH Library, dan penjelajah-penjelajah yang mengarungi belantara arsitektur di Indonesia.

This class tries to explore ways to fight for belief and love for architecture, starting from the discourse that everyone is unique and has their spesific problems, or “struggle for life”. Therefore, every individual innovates with strategies and tactics by contributing to the surrounding ecosystem.

Di dalam “Hermit of Architecture”, ada setidaknya 5 cara hermits yang dapat dipelajari yang diturunkan dari filosofi Nicomachean-Aristoteles, seperti Nous (kearifan intelektual), Techne (kearifan teknikal), Phronesis (kearifan taktikal), Episteme (wawasan pengetahuan), dan Sophia (kecintaan dan refleksi).

Contextual Method / Metode Kontekstual membahas desain dari sudut pandang latar konteks dan metode desain dari panelis-panelis yang memiliki pengalaman khusus yang telah mereka pupuk hingga sekarang.

Telah hadir empat pembicara dari beragam regional yang akan membagikan kisah maupun pemikiran mereka dalam berkecimpung dan berkreasi di platform literasi arsitektur.

Kelas Wacana Omah Library yang kedua setelah seri Do dan Don’t ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan stimulus wacana yang terjadi di dalam sisi pribadi, proses pembuatan karya dan sisi eksternal yang terjadi di dalam kota.

Agustinus Sutanto menarasikan metode desain arsitektur yang terbagi ke dalam 4 wilayah: Dunia Seni, Dunia Sains, Dunia Perilaku, dan Dunia Lingkungan.

OMAH Library mengadakan acara kelas Wacana Arsitektur “Do and Don’t” bersama tujuh narasumber terkait dengan filosofi, sejarah, teori, kritik, kurasi, cara bercerita, dan menulis.

Arsitektur perlu dimengerti dari sudut pandang epistemologi: yakni meletakkan bangunan bukan hanya sebagai sebuah bentuk fisik, tapi juga pengubah lingkungan yang berfungsi secara sosial, kultural dan ekonomi.

Membahas “Nusantara” bersama 11 narasumber dengan 11 sudut pandang berbeda: reposisi, kritisisme, teori, sejarah, kurasi, cerita, tulisan, rekonstruksi – budaya, ruang publik, filosofi dan refleksi.

Kelas ini akan membahas satu-persatu perjalanan arsitektur mulai dari modernism, postmodernism, regionalism hingga refleksi yang akan dibawakan oleh pembicara-pembicara yang tentunya seru dan menarik.

Setiap arsitek mengalami sisi – sisi yang melelahkan di dalam proses berkreasi. Ia terlibat di dalam kerja komunal ataupun kerja yang sendiri dan retrospektif. Ia akan dilatih untuk peka terhadang gambar yang berisikan ruang, bentuk dan tatanan.

Kelas ini akan membahas tentang perjalanan karir seorang Master Arsitektur di Indonesia dan dunia seperti Mies Van De Rohe hingga Y.B. Mangunwijaya yang memberikan pengaruh dalam perkembangan arsitektur.

Pembahasan mendalam tentang buku-buku karya Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Eladio Dieste, dan beberapa lainnya untuk memahami vista penulis serta diskursus yang mereka lahirkan.