Deleuzian Space : Smooth and Striated

1. Deleuzian Space : Smooth and Striated Jeff Clarke & FariaHamidzadeh| Design Theories | December 02, 2011

2. striated space striated space Smooth space Smooth space Smooth space sedentary space striated space nomad space sedentary space nomad space nomad space sedentary space the state apparatus war machine war machine the state apparatus war machine the state apparatus fabric felt felt fabric felt non-metric fabric non-metric non-metric logos metric logos logos primacy of the line metric metric primacy of the line primacy of the line nomos primacy of the point primacy of the point nomos primacy of the point nomos nomos minor science royal science minor science minor science royal science royal science optic haptic optic haptic optic haptic

3. The Technological Model • fabric: intertwining of vertical and horizontal elements delimited on at least one side; top and bottom • - Felt=anti-fabric; entanglement not intertwining. • Infinite, open and unlimited in every direction. No • top, bottom or center.

4. Crochet (but with center) • Patchwork: the quilt. Infinite, piece-by-piece ,construction in all directions. No center • Smooth=amorphous, non formal • Quilt: no top or bottom

5. The Musical Model Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor who defines smooth and striated space in the music. In a smooth space-time one occupies without counting while in a striated space-time one counts in order to occupy.

6. The Maritime Model -Mappings, grids and navigational tools allow the previously open nature of the sea to be measured and homogenized into quantitative, empirical units. -The smooth and striated space is like farmers and nomads, striated land and smooth ground. -The city is the force of striation that reimparts smooth space, puts it back into operation everywhere, on earth and in the other elements, outside but also inside itself.

7. Mathematical Model Bernhard Riemann coined the term “Multiplicity” by “Uprooting the multiple from its predicate state by making it a noun”

8. Metric Non Metric Striation of Magnitudes gallop trot walk Distance as a set of ordered differences are inseparable from a process of continuous variation

9. Henri Bergson further developed Riemann’s concept of multiplicity and introduced duration as a type of multiplicity.

10. Von Koch’s curve: more than a line, less than a surface Sierpenky’s sponge: more than a surface, less than a volume

11. The Physical Model “Geometry lies at the crossroads of a physics problem and the affairs of the state.”

12. Work Model - Striated Space Physical Social State Apparatus War machine Free Action Model - Smooth Space

13. Counter Demonstration Primitive Societies Regulation of a continuous variation through the law of the Nomos

14. State Apparatus (Striated Capital) and Primitive Societies (Smooth Capital) co-exist.

15. The Aesthetic Model: Nomad Art has three oppositions: close-range vision vs long-distance vision haptic space vs optic space the abstract line vs the concrete line

16. Close Range Vision vs. Long-distance Vision

17. Haptic Space Vs. Optical Space

18. Egyptian Pyramids Sagrada Famillia by Antoni Gaudi Abstract line vs Concrete line

19. OramanTakht is a nomad village that represents a balance of both smooth and striated spaces. The ancestors of Oraman people are nomads so they naturally preserve smooth space.

20. Japanese traditional house presents a clear idea of what successful smooth space might look like.

21. Questions: 1. Why should ‘we’ care about smooth and striated spaces? 2. As architects, if smooth space is something we strive to redeem in our cities and buildings, is it possible then to achieve a balance of smooth and striated in the contemporary city? Should balance between the smooth and striated serve as a primary ideal? 3. What is the primary determinant of space, either smooth or striated?