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January 17, 2013

NCR-08 [Architecture]: Adhocracy Architecture, An Obituary

More Adhocracy projects with instructions: Virus Plug, Open Urban, The Retired City, TOKİ Dwellers, How to Set up a Popup Restaurant

Virus Plug In by Makerlab

The Virus Plug-in is an object that will use a public structure as its own. It will grow around itself, almost self-replicating, and will give a new sense and value to its location, one decided by citizens.
We hope that by introducing objects to the street and telling people how they can be made, we initiate a viral action, were people feel able, allowed and encouraged by their peers to hack the public space. This is not, in itself, the change. The change depends very much on the willingness of people to get involved. It is not an action to impose a new concept—it is designed to invite reflection. And if just one person is inspired to do something, whatever that might be, we will have succeeded in spreading this virus.
Allowing for different interpretations of what a virus plug-in might look like, thus showing people a wider spectrum of what is possible, meant that we had to find a common language that unifies the project and help people connect the different plug-ins, sparking their curiosity.

Instructions
1. Take pictures of the public structure that you want to use for the plug in.
2. Upload pictures to 123D. Catch to make a 3D scan of the structure. If you have an I-Phone you can upload directly as you take the pictures.
3. Import the file to a 3D modeling program. You can use free software like Sketch Up, or any other surface modeling program.
4. Model your plug in around it. In this way you will have an almost perfect fit. But still have to deal with how it will be connect to it!
5. Import your 3D model to 123Make, and select interlocking slices.
6. Save files and Laser cut them.
7. Put it together.
8. Place it in the public space.
Click here for more information


Open Urban

Inspired by the idea that an informed population is a fundamental basis for sensitive and responsible development in an emergent metropolis, the Open Urban online platform uses Istanbul as a testing ground, plotting diverse development related information on a map generated from open source data, giving ongoing and future projects a geographic representation that is both legible to local residents and open to their feedback.

Instructions
Go to www.openurban.com and create and account. Now you can:
1. Map new projects: inform others about a new development in your neighborhood. You can add data, write a description, and locate the project on the map.
2. Update the news: edit project descriptions with new information cited from newspapers or other sources, or just simply give a link to a relevant website.
3. Visualize the project: upload plans, renderings or other images of a project.
4. Document a construction site: If you see something new happening in town, you can add photos of construction or billboards, even if you don’t know what exactly the project is.
5. Share your opinions: discuss the project with others in the commentary, and build a community of support for or opposition to a project.
6. Share your ideas: Propose written or visual alternatives to the project.


The Retired City. Walking the Landscapes of Fugacity by Pau Faus

Movement affects the way we relate to our urban surroundings. Many parts of the city seem to be alien and blurry when observed fast from the car or the train. But when walked, those distant areas usually become closer than we expected. We need to create our own maps of where we live. Maps not made by external and fleeting interpretations, but from our untransferable and unquestionable experience.

Instructions
1. Go to the nearest train station (get some take-away food and a bottle of water on your way).
2. Get in the first suburban train that goes out of city. Stay close to a window and observe your trip.
3. Whenever the city begins to fade and becomes unknown to you, wait one more train station and then get off (this should be minimum 25 minutes after you took the train).
4. Now walk all the way back to the starting train station inside the city. Choose the path that you wish.
5. If it gets dark, find a local place to sleep or keep on walking during the night.
6. Once you reach the starting point. Compare these two ways of travelling and observing the city.
Note. I recommend this exercise to be done on working days (not week-end) and in small groups (between 2 and 5 persons).


TOKİ Dwellers, Boğaçhan Dündaralp / Lale Ceylan / İpek Kay

TOKİ Dwellers the Survival Manual is focused on the relationship between TOKI blocks residential settings -which are highly unqualified, disjunctive and dominated by supervision- and TOKI dwellers who lost their social interaction and communication environments where they could be a part of, transform into individually or together according to their needs and demands. This manual is not a tool to produce solutions for users’ needs. Furthermore, it is a open source manual which is oriented by the question of how to generate required grounds for solving together.

Instructions
Create a layout that has got dimensional standards which makes it easy to multiply by photocopy or via internet. The layout must be distributable, collectable, open to anonimus participations and productions.
In the layout which you designed, specify main headings and questions that have got blanks that can be filled with writings and drawings.
Question (refers to demands), Where?, What can be done?, How can be done?
Leave this form in ‘common’ places where it can be shared and avaiblable easily.
Set or create a medium or a communication space where these forms can be clustered and volunteer participation can be generated. For example, it can be a board or a blog page…
Try to make simpler as you can, so that the manual/design, that you have created, can become an open source tool which can improve itself as mediator by being anonymous.,
Click here to download TOKI Dwellers the Survival Manual:


How to Set up a Popup Restaurant, Ravintolapaiva

Instructions
1. Start with the planning: Coffee and cakes at the docks, treats from the trunk of a van, a six-course dinner in your living room—what does your own ideal restaurant look and taste like? The more fun the concept, the more happy customers it will attract. Quirkiness is not, however, the main aim—just try to think of a restaurant that you personally would love. Location is key. In the summertime, favorite spots have included parks, courtyards and street corners. In the winter, Restaurant Day lovers have gathered in homes, offices and other indoor spaces.
2. Reach your customers: When you have picked a place and planned the menu, sign up your restaurant for our listings. Come up with a snappy name that sums up your concept, decide on opening hours, and fill in other details (you can also edit these later). Your own social media channels (e.g. a Facebook event) will help spread the word further. Please note that all restaurants with a clearly commercial, political or religious aim, or restaurants linked to existing commercial brands, or advertising a commercial space or a business, will be removed from the service.
3. Be prepared for action: Ask your friends to help out, you will most likely need a hand. Running a restaurant is hard work (even for a day). Working with a team is more efficient, and also more fun. Reserve enough time for preparing your food, have sufficient cold or hot storage space where needed, and plan in advance for possible surprises. Are you able to keep the food hot for enough time? Try to be realistic with the amount of people you are able to serve. It is also good to have a weather plan.
4. Share your experience: Restaurant Day is based on spontaneity and volunteering. If you have questions regarding running a restaurant, we suggest you strike up a conversation on the Restaurant Day Facebook page, which is followed by other restaurant keepers. There you will find up to date information, and we encourage everyone to share their experiences. Please note that this website serves solely to gather and share information on listed restaurants. As a restaurant keeper, you are personally responsible for all actions related to running your one-day restaurant.

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  1. By clumsy ninja hack on iphone

    October 7, 2014 6:06 PM

    Today, I went to the beach with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year
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    it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this
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  2. By کارادایی

    February 10, 2015 2:10 PM

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