In Amer’s Podcast I mentioned ‘metabolism’, an architecture movement with principles and perspective that might be applicable in my field of work (Innovation, Design and enterprise Design). Here’s some more information on that notion.
See, I get a lot of inspiration from architecture in my quest to better articulate the things I see, but also to possibly provide perspectives to solve challenges. I guess, it’s good to reexamine and to reframe understanding through the lens and principles of other disciplines.
In this case ‘metabolism’ answered my question on how to create a system that is built to growth, change and subsequent shrinkage without leaving the perception of devastation. The movement’s founders talk about their architectural principles in this way:
“What will be the final form? There is no fixed form in the ever developing world. We hope to create something which, even in destruction, will cause subsequent new creation. This “something” must be found in the form of the cities we are going to make- city constantly undergoing the process of metabolism”
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271006108_Metabolism_Reconsidered_Its_Role_in_the_Architectural_Context_of_the_World
That promise is of course a very interesting one. A notion that seems to be still very valid and even more current than in the 60s.
I interpret this quote like: we need to build things so that they are not set in stone, but built to change. Not just changeable like a tent, (location, transportation), but perhaps also like the metabolism members say, that a thing is open to change in function, volume and even existence. The latter means: we should be able to grind a thing down to the core elements and build something new out of it. Sustainable design and material ‘avant la lettre’!
Anyway, that’s the back story behind my contribution to the podcast.
Check out the episode of Amer’s Podcast where Ron Kersic, Amer Grgić and I discuss everything (well, almost): A fragment from the episode
Source of background image, the very interesting Hoog video channel with more background on the metabolism movement . This Hoog-video talks about metabolism half way through.
Metabolism in technology philosophy
