Prof Dr MCivEng, MArch, MBA Pintsch
Preliminary Remarks
Between Rural and Global, Manual, Conventional, and Industrial
Various institutions and organizations began working on housing (1) long ago, with representative architecture not being the primary concern, but rather conventional construction, without taking into consideration the traditional aspect.
Housing under extreme climatic and environmental conditions became the focus of the work, and the opportunity to work practically in other climatic zones (2) was very fruitful. The topic of The Concept of Systems in Construction Technology (3) included the identification of planning principles that fundamentally influence the construction process.
The following section covers traditional, conventional, and industrial housing concepts leading to a Charter of Lahore 2050.
Traditional Conventional-Industrial Housing
Between Rural and Global
Practical Experience - No Theory Without Practice!
With great gratitude for the opportunities offered by local NGOs, practical experience was gained in rural areas through projects in different countries. These included:
-TTTC (4) in Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka/ Pakistan,
-CAT (5) in Bamenda / Cameroon,
-TM (6) in Saboya / Colombia.
The purpose was to convert the knowledge gained in the practice to theory as a logical next step at universities by establishing institutes at educational institutions – combined with student visits to our projects, whereby students were also educated about the possibilities of adapted technology in rural areas.
These institutes include:
-IEC at BNU (7) in Lahore/Pakistan
-IAM at BUST (8) in Bamenda/Cameroon
-IdEpeT at UNSFL (9) in Leticia/Colombia.
The experiences and findings were shared in presentations and publications. The FPAC (9) in Lahore made important contributions via GreenMag and demonstrated a connection between rural manual and urban industrial construction techniques through posters.
Future construction will have to consider operating costs (internal and external), resources, environmental and user-friendliness, and define sustainability and the balance between economy, utility, and usability in the form of an individual environmental footprint. In doing so, the specific practices of the local must be respected within the global.
Architectural Monument
Tradition-Present-Future
LAHORE CHARTER 2050
The question of future construction in today's urban world – overpopulated, overbuilt, and with overburdened infrastructure – requires far-sighted, even ruthless, goals that go against conventional wisdom!
Politics and businesses should utilize their local opportunities; global cooperation must be limited in order to flourish!
The Earth is viewed globally, but it has regional peculiarities; therefore
-Climatic justice (using local means)
-Resource conservation (taking into account the specific characteristics of each region)
-Environmental friendliness (for landowners and residential users)
-User-friendliness (moderate flexibility and mobility for the population)
-must be the maxims of construction!
Present-day showmanship and luxury must take a back seat, aware that all such things will soon become
-Null and void
-nameless
-useless
and not even worth a footnote!
Contrary to prevailing opinion, humans are not infinitely resilient. The problems in megacities completely obscures this reality, and domination and power are the pseudo-goals!
Abbreviations
(1)AK Bautechnology, VDI Berlin
(2(Greece, Iceland, Pakistan, Cameroon, Colombia, BanglaDesh a.o.
(3)Institute for Technical Further Education, Berlin
(4)Technology, Transfer and Training Centre, Thatta Ghulamkha Dhiroka
(5)Centre of Appropriate Technology, Bamenda
(6)Tanto Meyor, Saboya
(7)Institute for Experimental Constructions/Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
(8)Institute for Alternative Methods/Bamenda University of Science and Technology, Bamenda
(9)Institute of Education for Work/National University, Leticia
In addition to the article, we are enclosing the following presentations from our students and colleagues.
Please address inquiries to Prof. Dr. Norbrt Pintsch/RUC: pdp33@hotmail.com
Bio-Molecular Structure
Highly Complex Natural Infrastructure
Highly Complex Technological Infrastructure
Poly Crystalline Structure
Poster AT + MH
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:20 AM,
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FPAC - NEWS
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
From SRF Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch / IPC
Once again, it's time for the users of the FPAC to inform about their activities.
This consists of taking care of young academics, especially in the area of language training, - and study visits inside the country, as well as abroad.
During study visits inside the country, the visits of the AFA (NGO) to TGD are particularly noteworthy, as well as the project support provided by the annual prize for PCH, while at the same time teaching the students about life in the rural areas.
The excursions abroad are intended to draw the academic youth to the other cultures and provide exposure, thereby also to deepen the understanding of their own experiences.
Another activity is the special contact with other projects - here the SRF of the FPAC pdp is an important help with extensive contacts in Cameroon, Colombia, Iceland, among others.
Media students have for some time enjoyed the privilege of visits to media and journalistic bodies in Central Europe, because the FPAC has many years of experience in arranging such visits of media students to Germany and training sessions at the Institute of Journalism.
The special contribution of FPAC towards professional training of young journalists in the country is reflected in the establishment of Institute of Journalism on 20th March 2019 at the Falettis Hotel in Lahore. Mr. Aamir Rafique, Secretary General of FPAC is also the chief executive of the Institute of Journalism, which is also supported by the German Press Federation (DPV).
The FPAC is also directly and indirectly involved in social media and also uses the medium of the blog, particularly: FBTC, SPARC, SPOCA, SPATH, SPAET, SEMOL, SUTOL with articles from the SRF on various Topics.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:23 AM,
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Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Sen Res Fellow FPAC Lahore, Think Tank IPC Wyoming ***
Communication (exchange and transfer of information) and information (dissemination of knowledge, also their interpretation) are essential for coexistence of people!
The matter is so complex that it is a miracle that genuine communication is possible at all!
Consider the communication in one language, then we know from our experience what potential of misunderstandings lurks there - and then the acoustic dimension: The sound makes the music!
If we then still remember that terms and meanings in one language are often not present or can have completely different meanings in another language, then communication is a miracle at all.
Thinking and language expression are conditioned through education and upbringing, - no one is liberated from it.
It also means clarifying individually our various prejudices.
A professional scribbler, say reporter, constantly dances on the tightrope, which as we know from the experience of life, is a process that can mean enduring disability, exclusion from everyday activities, and so on.
If one enjoys extreme liberty of decision making or authority, still; - nothing comes from nothing, the scribbler tries to report neutrally, but is not really independent from results of his work in the information market, as supplier of information and producer of information.
The scribbler has to think of his livelihood while reporting neutrally and still taking position on subjects - a magic piece.
Tolerance has to be trained, it is more than a challenge even for every single person. In Central Europe, Carl von Ossietzky (publisher of the Weltbuehne, Nobel Prize 1935) and Tucholsky (co-publisher of the Weltbuehne) experienced the "special" significance of writing in the thirties of the last century.
At that time, the distribution media were in comparison to the present times of rudimentary nature and the general public was involved only as a reader or listener.
In the technologically upgraded and digitized society of today, each one is a sender and at the same time receiver of information.
The processing possibilities here hide danger of falsification of facts with a wide distribution in real time. This can for some be pleasing in political and social processes but actually hides unimaginable potential for disruption for most.
Some aspects have been outlined and show the difficulties of being active in this area, to act diligently between responsibility and dependence, to function in information circles and communication forces and try not to perish, - an almost inhuman task that at the same time makes it clear how important are training challenges before an Institute of journalism.
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50 Jahre Pakistan des DPF,
60 Jahre Pakistan des DPF,
50 Jahre Deutsch-Pakistanisches Forum,
Herausgeber: Indus-River (Pakistan), Sanaga rive (Kamerun), Rio Magdalena (Kolumbien), Hekla, u.a.
Blogs: DGFK, SPARC, SPAET, SPOCA, SPATH, SEMOL, SUTOL
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:47 AM,
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FPAC
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Dr Norbert Pintsch with S A J Shirazi
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:37 AM,
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Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka, commonly called
Dolls Village, has special attraction for all those who are interested in architecture and those who are interested in traditional housing. Thanks to the long standing experiences of the TTTC with simple technology and mud housing, combined with the cooperation with SPARC in Lahore that the common perception about local and environment friendly materials has undergone a fundamental change. Through the initiative IEC@BNU and through the
FPAC Foundation, which publishes the quarterly magazine GREEN MAG, for the first time architecture students and professors have visited the project intentionally in order to acquaint themselves with the traditional mud architecture and how it exists in Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka. On their way to the village, between Lahore and Okara, the group also visited a Bio-Gas-Installation facility. Here are some images of the trip.
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