Aart Wijnen
De twee Snoeken automatisering
Abstract of the presentation
De Twee Snoeken has played a role in bridging stakeholders’s interests in building since 1988. Software requires a language to describe objects. Constructors and architects have problems understanding each other, so how to expect communication with suppliers and their ICT databases or legal input of civil servants, or even worse: with citizens ? Aart wijnen will present the “Language of the city” project, which was a daring attempt to capture the notion of people’s experiences with streets, neighbourhoods and squares in towns into a ontology of citizen architecture. The reason was the fact that e-participation and democratic procedures concerning building and architecture in old towns became a neightmare for all stakeholders involved. So They sent 250 people out on the streets of s’Hertogenbosch, armed with camera’s and a notepad, to describe what impression one got in neighbourhood A and square C. All thousands of pictures and descriptive words have been linguistically processed and analysed into one short list of terms, the start of the layman’s taxonomy for what a town feels like. This Ontology could be the language for decision processes around city renewal and renovation and it is subject to discussion among Europe’s walled towns. They hope that in the future citizen input is understandable for architects, constructors, suppliers and civil servants. The notion of preserving Cultural heritage is more than saying “no” to all changes that might threaten the historical sights of those towns. This initiative is called the DNA language of the city and could be a guideline for design and architecture.
Bio:
Aart Wijnen graduated as Architect and Urban designer at the University of Eindhoven. He worked for several years as architect at De Twee Snoeken, a Leading architect company in s”Hertogenbosch. He became interested in ICT support for contructors and architects while working there. Together with Paul van Pelt he bcame founder and owner of De Twee Snoeken Automatisering. They becae architects of the Dutch standards for several expert systems in construction software.They are aso responsible for the standardisation around building objects and taxonimies in the supply chain of Dutch construction. This is the National initiative called “the digital house” Aart is involved in the walled towns project, an initiative to seek the best way to preserve Europe’s cultural heritage in Urban environments.
Events: Evolving standards