BUOYANCY CASE1 WORKSHOP
EASA "a,pa,ti<--->ja"
Cortanovci, Serbia
y=2020.
The BUOYANCY Case1 workshop took place on the Međeš lake in Čortanovci, during a one-week summer school of architecture
"a, pa, ti<------>ja", organized by EASA:Serbia. This event, amid the global health crisis, acted as a distant (yet connected) counterpoint of the EASA: Apathy residence in Estonia.1The workshop itself was intended as a fluid event without a predetermined future, ie as one in a series of experiments with the spatial phenomena. In methodological terms, its first act was conceived as researching, recording, and mapping the connections between invisible physical forces and the physical medium (ie fluid and object) into the physical structure.
Therefore, this workshop aims to question the immeasurability and endlessness of the open space (water surface), by the act of scaling it through the new physical structure.
scale = balloon : lake
Concept - buoyancy
To understand the principle of the workshop you have to imagine Archimedes and Newton at a lake. The first teaches us that when you put an object into water it displaces the water and that the amount or weight of displaced water is equal to the upward force that the water applies to it. The second teaches us that this happens due to the force that the object has with which it enters the fluid, naturally, affected by gravity. This phenomenon that the water pushed the object upwards is called buoyancy (also known as the buoyant force). Dense objects whose weight is greater than the upward buoyant force will sink and vice versa
Objectives, task & materials
By exploring the buoyancy of the lake, the main purpose of this workshop is to reveal and hidden character between the steady water and the object, in other words, to explore two natures. This is not a quest for a total design or a predetermined scenario, on the contrary, the participants will create the storyline as the dive into the depths of the buoyance phenomena. Moreover, the only predefined principles are the buoyant force and the materials available. This will therefore create an algorithm of variables that will determine the performance of the intervention. Through the process of investigating the water conditions in the realms of physics and semantic experience, participants will develop a design methodology that explores one of the many combinations between force (water) and object (weight).
50 Balloons, 500m polypropylene rope, 20 bricks, reed
Process
During the 2 days of the workshop, a special reflection was made on the importance of the creative and cognitive process, creating a dynamic and open collective between participants, organizers, and tutors. The only inputs of this process were the topic, site, and materials selected by the tutors, while the physical appearance of the final structure was the result of collective work, discussions, research, and numerous prototypes and 1: 1 case studies.
Outcome
The outcome of the workshop is reflected on several levels. In the physical sense, the installation is manifested as a dynamic floating structure, anchored at one end. It is subject to the flow of wind and water, and thus materializes these invisible forces of nature. In a theoretical way, it encourages additional thinking and understanding of the topics of mapping and scaling. Finally, on a semantic scale, it emphasizes and gives importance to a specific spatial polygon, its appearance invites users to interact with it, and despite its transient nature, it continues to live in the user's mental maps.
structure
interaction
Tutors: Miloš Jokić, Nikola Abramović
Participants: Ana Vučeta, Ana Šabanović, Boban Živanović, Jovana Stakić, Marko Brkić, Nađa Ranitović, Natalija Bogdanović, Sofija Spaić Šejla Župljanin
Text: Miloš Jokić, Nikola Gjorgjievski
Photos: Boban Živanović, Nađa Ranitović, Nikola Abramović
disassemble of the structure
