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"Cybernetics was defined by Wiener as 'the science of control and communication, in the animal and the machine' - in a word, as the art of steermanship, and it is to this aspect that the book will be addressed.[...] Cybernetics, too, is a "theory of machines", but it treats, not things, but ways of behaving. It does not ask "what is this thing?" but "what does it do?""
Ross Ashby, An Introduction to Cybernetics
0.0 Team
Please team up in groups of two people.
Our ongoing research into the nature of crochet will include the continuous testing and production of model variations. We will establish a matrix of crochet through which performance patterns for the physical model can be related to the algorithm employed in their production. We will test different expressions of hyperbolic geometry in crochet models.
These models and the generation of individual programs will be developed in continuous feedback with each other.
2.1 Retreat Terms
Informed by the realization of your retreat diagrams, develop a list of terms that describe activities and behaviors for your own retreat. You may assemble several lists of terms or phrases describing activities, items, scenarios, agents, forces, trajectories etc. Each list is consistent in itself regarding its category and modus (all transitive verbs or nouns or adjectives or phrases).
(words, arial 10pt, one sheet 8.5 x 11")
2.2 Retreat Program
Employing the generated list(s) of terms rewrite the Generic Program to become your own proposal for a retreat (words, arial 10pt, one sheet 8.5 x 11"). Include approximate sizes of all program parts.
2.3 Retreat Model
Employing the 3D stitch work that you develop in the Visual Studies Course, generate program stitches / loops that reflect ecology, size and organizational layout of your proposed retreat program.
(drawings and 3D models, Illustrator, Rhino, Maya, print outs 11x17", and on-screen (if animated))
2.4 Resources
Systems
http://www.esse.ou.edu/glossary_st.html
2.5 Generic Program
Assembly I 3000 sf
Assembly II 1000 sf
Outdoor Assembly I 3000 sf
Outdoor Assembly II 2000 sf
Consulting Rooms 5x 200 sf
Sauna 1000 sf
Treatment Rooms 5x 200 sf
Pool 5000 sf
Outdoor Pool 8000 sf
Kitchen 1000 sf
Dining/Activities 1000 sf
Outside Dining 2000 sf
Reception/Office 800 sf
Private Offices 5x 100 sf
Dorms 20x 200 sf
20x 200 sf
Baths/WC 20x 100 sf
Gardens / Nursery
Landscaping
2.6 Present:
Round-table discussion in studio on Monday 2007.09.17
Present all 3 parts of the assignment (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) in teams of two
2.7 Read:
'What is New', pages 1 - 6
in W. Ross Ashby "An Introduction to Cybernetics", John Wiley and Sons, New York 1963
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