Kas Oosterhuis Polynuclear Landscape Nederlands, 1998, (2'35'') polynuclear landscape - intuition and logic - 2 actors - actor 1 = grid of 320 estates - actor 2 = continuous development trajectories - the 2 actors are palaying the interactive game of intuition and logic in the polynuclear landscape of almere east - estates - smallest unit 10 ha - 1 estate 125x875m2 - total # estates 320 - working space polynuclear landscape 5x7km2 - 20% private _ 80% open for public - grid of estates forms database - database becomes design instrument - users manipulate parameters trajectories - polynuclear sketches form genetic material - 3d displacement - sketch#1 displaces flexible skin of landscape into series of hills - closed ground balance - volume lakes constitute volume hills - sketch#2 displaces nonstop park - sketch#3 displaces dynamic street lights crystallization - 1 estate maximum 1000m3 - building allowed immersed into hills - maximum volume building equals volume hills - hills displace retail prices of estates - ripples in the landscape become economic fields of tension - syrupy crystallization process of folded earth - synthetic fusion of games - few strong rules generate endless variation - after 25 years almere has survived 1st shockwave - hills have absorbed all sorts of metropolitan activities - polynuclear landscape has been both intensified and extensified - almere 2023 is preparing for 2nd shockwave.