THE STUDY OF WISDOM IN NOWADAYS10.09.14

URBANIZATIONNOWADAYS SITUATION & MOVEMENT

THE STUDY OF “WISDOM” IN NOWADAYS

+ KEYWORDS : KNOWLEDGE VS WISDOM EPISTEMOLOGY VS ONTOLOGY FOLKLORE VS URBAN LORE

+ THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL

+ HYBRIDIZATION - TRADITIONAL HYBRID

+ SLOW MOVEMENT - SLOW FOOD - SLOW LIFE - SLOW ARCHITECTURE - CITTASLOW

URBANIZATIONNOWADAYS SITUATION & MOVEMENT

NOWADAYS SITUATION & MOVEMENT

Elementary scheme of the conversion of data into wisdomSource: Graphic by the author adapted from the one present in the article

“An Overview of Understanding” by N. Shedroff in the book Information Anxiety 2 by R.S. Wurman.

THE IMPORTANCE OF “WISDOM STUDIES”

“KNOWLEDGE” VS “WISDOM”STUDYING VS LEARNING

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”

Brian O’Driscoll

“KNOWLEDGE” VS “WISDOM”STUDYING VS LEARNING

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”

Brian O’Driscoll

“The secret of wisdom, power and knowledge is humility.”

Ernest Hemingway(1899-1961)

Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)

THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL

Role Model, Shigeru BanPaper Log House, 1995, Kobe, Japan

Role Model, Shigeru BanPaper Church, 1995, Kobe, Japan

Role Model, Shigeru BanPaper Church, 1995, Kobe, Japan

Role Model, Shigeru BanPaper Temporary Studio, 2004, Paris, France

HYBRIDIZATIONHybrid architecture is the result of the hybridization of three diverse natures

in one intervention (การแทรกแซง) : object-related nature, landscape-related nature and infrastructure-related nature.

Consequently, all architectural intervention is defined as hybrid

that is at once object, landscape and infrastructure.

Dr.Rita Pinto de Freitas

TRADITIONAL HYBRIDTam Dao, Vietnam

TRADITIONAL HYBRIDHoi An, Vietnam

TRADITIONAL HYBRIDHoi An, Vietnam

“ญาณวิทยา” และ “อภิปรัชญา”

“EPISTEMOLOGY” VS “ONTOLOGY”

“ญาณวิทยา” และ “อภิปรัชญา”

“EPISTEMOLOGY” VS “ONTOLOGY”

Aristotle First Philosophy Ontology (อภิปรัชญา)

Religions Mystics Meditation Eschatology (โลกาวินาศ) Descartes Metaphysics (อภิปรัชญา) Epistemology (ญาณวิทยา)

(ปรัชญาว่าด้วยความจริงในธรรมชาติ)

Synthesis: Meditations + First Philosophy = Epistemology

Descartes combines a religious (medieval) genre with an ancient philosophical discipline to

produce a new science of knowledge. The traditional striving for personal religious

salvation turns now into a personal striving for epistemological security.

René Descartes(1596-1650)

Galoleo discusses his discoveries with the church.Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

“FOLKLORE” VS “URBAN LORE”Jonas Balys VS Alan Dundes

URBAN CONTRASTManila, The Philippines

Cormorant Fishermen at DuskLi River, Guilin, China

MÉTRO BOULOT DODOURBAN LORE PARISIEN(NE)S

“WISDOM” TO BE “INTERVENTIONS”

“WISDOM” TO BE “INTERVENTIONS”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives.

It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

Charles Darwin(1809-1882)

BAMBOO BASKET BOAT OR “THUNG CHAI”HOI AN, VIETNAM

BAMBOO BASKET BOATHALONG BAY, VIETNAM

BAMBOO BASKET BOAT OR “THUNG CHAI”HOI AN, VIETNAM

BAMBOO BASKET BOATHALONG BAY, VIETNAM

SOLAR BOTTLEINVENTION

SOLAR BOTTLEINVENTION

SOLAR BOTTLEINVENTION

SOLAR BOTTLEINVENTION

SAMUI TRADITIONAL HOUSETRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE

SAMUI CONTEMPORARY HOUSEMODERN CONTEMPORARY LIFE STYLE

SAMUI TRADITIONAL HOUSETRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE

SAMUI HYBRID HOUSEADAPTATION

SAMUI HYBRID HOUSEADAPTATION

Ta đi Ôtô mini-skyscraper on a tricycleA Multi-Level Micro-Restaurant On The Back Of A Bike

Ta đi Ôtô mini-skyscraper on a tricycleA Multi-Level Micro-Restaurant On The Back Of A Bike

Ta đi Ôtô mini-skyscraper on a tricycleA Multi-Level Micro-Restaurant On The Back Of A Bike

Hand-Built Diorama of Hanoi Apartment Block by Nguyen Manh HungUrban Lore

Hand-Built Diorama of Hanoi Apartment Block by Nguyen Manh HungUrban Lore

Hand-Built Diorama of Hanoi Apartment Block by Nguyen Manh HungUrban Lore

EVOLUTION OF MOROCCAN HOUSEFROM DYNAMIC TO BE STATIC

TRADITIONAL MOROCCAN HOUSECARAVAN VILLAGE

WISDOM SYMBOLICMIRACLE OF OCTAGONS

OCTAGON IMPACTSWISDOM SYMBOLICMIRACLE OF OCTAGONS

SLOW MOVEMENT

SLOW FOOD MOVEMENTStop. Think. Eat. - Choose local producers / Opt for sustainable sources / Make a small change; it makes a difference.

SLOW ARCHITECTUREScandinavian modern and slow architecture

SLOW ARCHITECTUREScandinavian modern and slow architecture

CITTASLOW - http://www.cittaslow.org

Cittaslow is a movement founded in Italy in October 1999. The inspiration of Cittaslow was the slow food organization. Cittaslow’s goals include improving the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace,

especially in a city’s use of spaces and the flow of life and traffic through them. Cittaslow is part of a cultural trend known

as the Slow movement.