Ad Hoc Conditions

An investigation into developing an architectural design methodology based on the intellectual properties of adhocism and bricolage where the program of the columbarium and the historical location figured as testing grounds. By using the parts at hand an architectural myth was designed creating a narrative by using culture, history and context.

In a broader perspective the notion of adhocism proved to represent the city of Vilnius and the Lithuanian people as a whole. Therefore the research into adhocism within architecture and society became the theoretical framework supporting both the research and the design phase of the graduation project. This resulted in the main question whether if adhocism can provide a modus operandi for architectural design without becoming a mimicking of stylist aesthetics? So a way for architecture to go beyond the conventions within architecture.\nThe project outline allowed me to work towards a product being a valuable addition to the city of Vilnius as well as an opportunity to create a methodology by which could be designed and could be further elaborated on in future projects to come. This was the process was of as much value as the end result.\nIn General the project has resulted in an unconventional, unexpected and conceptual design for a columbarium without trying to mimic the adhocist stylist aesthetics which could be criticized as being an as large as possible accumulation of contrasting parts. By making throughout the process sometimes illogical leaps, by for example adding the concrete core to the amorphous shell, new potential is created which deviates the heading of the process and so prolongs a clear heading towards an endpoint. Its relevance to the social context is found in the way it re-uses places that are nominated to be demolished because of their historic and most of the time political connotation. Furthermore it tries to show a way in which life and death once again form an intrinsic part of the city as a whole.