VARIATIONS does not try to fix the "problems" of the site but identifies the remoteness and the degree of specialization of the shipyard as the most important feature-lines for a further design proposal. A possible project-brief demands the design of a new research and leisure water centre in the RDM dock, generically described as RDM Public Bath.
VARIATIONS does not try to fix the "problems" of the site but identifies the remoteness and the degree of specialization of the shipyard as the most important feature-lines for a further design proposal. A possible project-brief demands the design of a new research and leisure water centre in the RDM dock, generically described as RDM Public Bath.
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==Connections==
==Connections==
[[project29:frontpage|The Digital Gardener]], [[project02:frontpage|Babel Tower]], [[project15:frontpage|Lusthof]]
[[project29:frontpage|The Digital Gardener]], [[project02:frontpage|Babel Tower]], [[project15:frontpage|Lusthof]]
VARIATIONS looks at the assignment as an opportunity to design a process that defines objects as belonging to classes and families. According to variation principles, every stage of the design becomes a physical entity that learns from predecessors and informs new iterations. The design is then able to evolve and ultimately behave as part of a redefined family(the totality of projects).
VARIATIONS has multiple personalities. It's ambitions are those of becoming the floating version of a successful Public Square during the day, an island-hotspot for clubbing in Rotterdam during the night and a floating sculpture where people voluntarily remain captive during each travelling cycle.The "changing" sequence becomes important and a transition space is created.
Public Bath-Variations takes advantage of the research and building facilities available inside RDM Dock in terms of ship and submarine building technologies.
The client of the Public Bath Project is described as the result of a public-private partnership between the Public Authority for Sport and Leisure in Rotterdam and RDM Innovation Dock(comprising entities with know-how in ship-building and underwater construction&research).
VARIATIONS does not try to fix the "problems" of the site but identifies the remoteness and the degree of specialization of the shipyard as the most important feature-lines for a further design proposal. A possible project-brief demands the design of a new research and leisure water centre in the RDM dock, generically described as RDM Public Bath.
