Knotting Knots
with:
Ae:g
#worldweaving #environment #making #knots #Experimental architecture
Threading, twisting, and knotting in the creation of linear fibres could potentially be seen as the predecessors of building blocks. According to Gottfried Semper in the Theory of Dressing, the origin of making can be seen in the creation of knots.
We will re-examine this notion of architecture through a contemporary lens and ask ourselves, How does architecture evolve if the original knot changes? Especially in times of transient environments and their ongoing state of crisis.
The workshop will delve into the fascinating world of joining things together. We will creatively explore its immense potential by understanding knotting as a crucial architectural practice. The workshop will emphasize knotting as an integral part of space construction. Knotting is not merely a technique but a fundamental aspect of creating and interacting with space. Knotting is not just about connecting materials but about weaving together ideas, cultures, and experiences. We will work on knotting as a technique within the creation of new material hybrids for building elements. We will investigate the theories of knotting and its world-weaving potential—world weaving, in that sense, becomes a new tool for making. We will think of a world not built out of blocks anymore but rather out of knots.
Ae:g is interested in the complex relationships between living beings, objects, and processes around us in space. By taking the resulting practices, habits, and rituals as the starting point of an exploration in space.
We are searching for refined ecological, metropolitan, and usable distinctions – enriching the spatial identities of sites. We enjoy places of authenticity. We celebrate the expressive abilities of constructions and the slight nuances of doing things differently. By nurturing social interaction, our endeavours seek to react to both a collective, a human, and a non-human scale. Imagining the perspectives of others to redefine spaces of the domestic and the wild. We understand architecture as a result of moulded grounds, waterflooded surfaces, condensed atmospheric volumes and illuminated shades. To us, advocating for experimentation and exploration, liberty in construction primarily entails consistently challenging one’s own beliefs. As a gleeful act of poetic imagination, we aspire to craft spaces and venues of tranquility, modesty, and wonder, contributing to a good life.
Christina Ehrmann studied art and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL)/London. University assistant in studio díazmoreno garcíagrinda at the IoA Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts (die Angewandte) Vienna/Austria.
Christopher Gruber trained as a carpenter, studied art and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL)/London. University assistant in studio díazmoreno garcíagrinda at the IoA Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts (die Angewandte) Vienna/Austria.
https://atelierehrmanngruber.com
︎MEDIA: Graphics/Drawings/Models
︎LOCATION: Main location
︎TEACHING LANGUAGE: English
︎WHAT TO BRING: Laptops, camera, sketching tools
︎REQUIREMENTS: Open minded, interested in making things, graphic skills
︎MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 5