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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14J"SOCIAL CONDENSER" (1982)

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Ill] Patent for: "SocialCOndenser"

(19) I'ROGR."...lvfMAT1C I"AYERING l}POt\TVACANTTERRAL\ TO ENCOURAGE DYNAMICCOtXISTE~Cr OF ACTIVrm:s AND 10

GENERATFTilROUGH THrrR IN'J'ERFER!;NCl!,UNPRECENTED EVENTS.

(36) lrl\'cmor(~): '{em /(oolhaas,Elia Zen~helis

(:orrcspondclicc Address:Oi\IAIIOOMP.fES 55JOI I xn ROTTERDAMTEL: +3l(O) J() 411 1216

I'll) Initial APJ,licatioo ofC(lIl~{'pt: r!!..ttJ.t~kllJk!k.-rms~CE...

(54) Filed 1982

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T;lke th~ scclion of th~ typical skyscraperand pUI il on its side; now declare each floora differenl program; distriblltc recurrentobligatiolls IlInthcmarically across the sit~in intervals dictaled by nced: design one (01l1lor~) symbolic tlernents (1,2,3) toacknowledge "eternal" human valuesInstead of tre,lting "park" as the opposite oftIle cil)' a progranmwtic non-entity. thisapproach demonstrates thai tIle park cansustain progf<llll with sllperior easc.

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14]

"STRATEGY OF THE VOID I" (PLANNING) (1987)Patent number: 5. 143,723

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(21) Patent for "Strategyof the Void I" (planning)(29) ,,,mTHOD FOR PLA~NINC. CITYTIIROlJCTT i'llA)\'TP UL,\ Tl 0:'" OF TIl B UNBUT1..TANOTHEUTfOUT.

(J6) Invemor(s): Rem Koolhaas, Yn's Brllnicr,Xavecr de Ge}'ter, I\fikc GHyrr,

Corrcb]JondCIlCc Addrc;;sOMA.13001\'11'J tS 55JUll XB RUrn:RDAi\lTEl. 31 (0)10411 1216

(42) Initial Application:the newt,um ofMciull-ScJlart, FR,\NCE

\54J Filed 1987

(71) ABSTRACT

Given lhal pradically all we build today isdisappointing, we invest Ollr hopes in theunbuilt as the Lastsource of tbe sublime. Ifwe deploy in (he llllbuilt (4-15) the powersfonnerl)' applied to the buill, we can affordto treat the built a~ we formerly did nature,and mke it for granted (16).

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT"TIMED ERASURES" (1991)

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Patent NUllIber: 7.675.280

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21) Patent for "Timed Erasures"

(29) METIIOD OF PROSPECTIVEI'RESIWVATION BASEl) ON PREDICTEDLJFESI'ANS OF UIHHN FABRIC.

(36) Invcntor(s): Rem Kuulhaas, Winy l\1aa~

Corl'espondence ,\ddress0;\1'\BOO\II'.JES 553011 XB ROTI'EIWA,\IIIOU.ANOJI (fI)IO 411 1216

(.12) IllilialApplica\iul1 of Concept 1.3 Det"rlllJ'I~is FI~ANCE

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(71) ABSTRACT

;\dopting the h)'pothc~i~ that - contrary to theEgyptians. the Greeks, the Romans. the Inc(ls, theGoths. the Italians. rhe mdabolists - all buildingsnJllslructcd after 1950 {'ontain an cxpirm ion dme.the denth of architecture equals. potel\tially. therebirth of the city. A campaign of raling what isexpired (17) cOllld reveal, in every metropolis.vast 81ll0llilts of redundant llrban substance that.if removed. would offer central locations to eve!"new iterations of what I.he city can be.

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14J

"LOOP-TRICK" (1987)l'uh'lIt Numhe ..: 5, 241, MW

(21) Patent for "Loo\l.- Trick" (71) ABSTRACT

(29) SYSTE\I1 OF rNTERSECTTh'G RAMPSTHAT DESTOYS THE STATUS OF THE rNDI·VIDUAL FLOOR

Introducing all X of intersecting floors (!R, 20) illa two-story building creates it continuous surfacetll<H destroys the status of the individual floor,eliminates the notion of above and below (19).

(36) Inventor(s): Rem Koolh:llIS, Fuminori Hoshino

Correspondence Address:OI'l'IABOOMPJES55]011 XU ROTTERDAi\131 (0)104111216

(42) Initiul AIII)licatioll: Kunsthal Huttcnl:lillTHE NETHERLANDS

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14J

"STRATEGY OF THE VOID II" (BUILDING) (1989)Palenj ~lImhcr 6,345, 780

(21) Patent for "Strategyof the Void II" (building)(29) METHOD FOR DEFlt\'lNr. ARUILDING THROUGH MANlPULATINGAHSE\'CES OF HUfLOlNG

(36) Invcntor(s): Rem Koolhalls, Art Zaaijer,Xaveer de Gcytcr, (;t'orgcs Heintz, Ht'ikcLohmann, nun Steiner, Alex 'Vall

Correspondence Address:O:\'IABOO,\'IPJES 55JOII XB ROTTI'.ROA/U31 (0)10 41 1 1216

(42) Initial Application:Ir.~s (;ran!lc Hjbliotheulic Paris rRA'iCE

(54) Filed: 19S9

(71) ABSTRACT

Instead of lahorIOlls!), creating dif(crence andimportance in II building thm consists of repeti-tive accoillodalion <lnd public space. the mostcommunal spaces can be created more easily.Because it is harder to construct than to takeaway. the most important spaces ill a buildingcan be creilted by elimination (21-24) riltherthan addition - by scooping uut foms from asulid block, like ice-cream.

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14J

"STACKED FREEDOMS" (1989)

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(71) ABSTRACT(21) Patent for: "StackedFreedoms" instead of accepting structural depth as a "lost" segment

of the section, it C<1n be expanded and turned into habit-able floors (26-29). The increasingly inhibiting legacy ofcumulative structure is transformed into a regime of altcr-!l<lting stl1lClUrnl ;'lbsence and presence.

(29) SYSTEM OF VIERENIWEL BKAMS THATALLOWS .FBEE OCCUl'ANCY 0.F ALTERNAT-ING FLOORS.

(36) Inl'<;;ntors: Rl'm Kuollmas, CCI,il Balmund, l-lrikcr .ohmann, Cl'orgcs IlcilJ1l, Alex W:lIL

Correspondence /\ddrcss'OI\'lA,8001\'\ P,IES 533011 XB ROTTEROAi\131 If) 411 1216

(42) Initial Application: Centf[ for ArtJ!.!!.d.J\1td!-,tTeJ'hno\o!(:y,Karlsruhe, r;r.Ri\'I~~

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT"INSIDE-OUT CITY" (1993)

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(36) Inventors: Rem Koolhll:iS, ChristopheCornubcrt, XaVeCl" de GeJ'ter, Ut:([~ITeijllC, l\hll'kllsRothlisbergt'l", Yushi lIcharll.

C(}lT~~pondenceAddress:OJIABOOM P.l ES 55JOII XB ROTTERDAM31 (0)10411 1216

(42) Initial Applicfltiotl:~l;Irarics Paris~

(54) Filed:. ... 1993

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Deforming tile noor nol in plan but in section(32-37) potentially turns the seeminglyinevitable separation of different floors into acontinuous experience. while ending at thesame time the regimes of spatial orthogonalitythat have dominated architeclllre. Yct. by com-bining this Ilew iJrchileclure with the tradition-al discipline of the structural grid. it can beimagim:d, supported. stacked instead of beingcondemned to a life as a blob; become (;om-munal instead of autarkic.

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"DISCONNECT" {1994}Patent" Number: 9,765.233

(2\) Patent for: "Disconnect"

(29) METHOD OF DEFINING A THE-ATER BY STRICT SEPARATION OF ITSCOMPONEI\TS

(36) Inventor (s): Rem Koolhaas

Correspondence Address'Ol\1A, I-IEER Bo.KEL\VI<~G 1493032 AD RO'ITEIWAc\1TEL: + 31(0) 1024382UO

(42) initialApplic(ltion: Cardiff Hay Onera HOlise

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The two parts that are usually combined in 11 theaterinto a single whole (stage and Huditorium \vrapped inpublic space) arc separated (3g, 39) to enable both toperform their designaLed tasks as efficiently as possi-ble.The slage becomes a utilitarian illusion-factory: theauditorium a conlimlOus consumption belt that beginsas stairs (42), turns into foyer. becomes stalls, warps up(41) to meet the factory - the :,lagc opening their onlyinterface - (Inc!turns back on itself as ceiling, to end asbalcony.

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(29) SYSTEM f'A TRANSP()RTA'A ROOM TO CRE..ABLE: HOUSE

(36) Invcntor(s): R.e.

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT"EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE" (1994)

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Palent Number: 9.745, 214

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Patent for "EverywhereNowhere" .

(71) ABSTRACT

By piercing a vertical shaft through a multilevel ard)jtectllre lIndinstalling a moving platform that can engagcwilh ,my levd (43, 44, 45),the stability of domestic architecture is overturned by an element of realinstability thar, as it offers new scenarios to inhabitants. also changesthe architecture of the S!OlctUfC.

(29) SYSTEM FOR TRk'lSFORMINGA TRANSPORTATION DEVICE INTOA ROOM TO CREATE A CHANGE-ABLE HOUSE

(J6) [nVCn1or(s): Rem Koolhaas

Correspondence Address:0'\1A, !lEER IlOKF.L\VEG 1493032 An ROTTERDAMTEL: + J I(0) 102438200

(42) initiaiApplication: Maison a Bordeaux,FRANCE

(54) Filrd: 1994

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT"VARIABLE-SPEED MUSEUM" (1995)

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Patent ;\lumber: 10,365, ,\40

l2D. Patent for:"Variable-SpeedMuseum"

(71) ABSTRACT

'['he museum experience insists on a dictatorial parade 011 footpast artifacts that are supposed to trigger individual revela-tion. The simultaneous applications of many technologies ofmechanical transport (47-53) vastly cxtcnd~ the rcpettoire ofpotential movement, multiplies lhe circumstances of theatavistic encounter in the museum. and transcends the type'scentury-old limitations_

(29) llSE OF MI<:CIIANICAL TRANSPORT TO NIULTTPLY,OIVERSIJ<Y, ANI) INDlVll)UALIZE lHOVEI\1ENT TUIUHJGHA .\1USEU~l BUILDING.

(36) Inventor:;: Rem Koulhmls, Floris Alkemadc.

Correspondence Address:OMA, ImER nOKELWEG 1493032 AD ROTTERDAMTEL: + 31(0) J02438200

(42) lnitial Application: The Tate GlIlien' Lundon ilK

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14J

"INERTNESS MODIFIED" (1997)

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(36) lnvenlor(s): Dan Wooll

Correspondence Address:OM A, J-mERHOKELWEG 1493032 All ROTTIUlOAMTEL: + 31 (0) 10243R200

(42) Initial Application: IJnjwnal HOllurhllllk. California USA

(54) Fil d 1997

(71) ABSTRACT

Nuw that hui [dings have b;:comc "ague,ILconunodations to enable whoever to dowhatever with anybody, in ways that do notpreclude other uses in thc immincnt fumre,their universality may bc modifi<:d byshafts of specificity (54-57) that create, <lIevery horizontal section, idcntical momentsof difference and uniqueness.

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(21) Patent for "Tall &Slender"(29) ARR.ANGEIHEJ\T OF Mll'fUALLYSIJPPOIHIVE TOWIO:RS TO REACH 1'.r.\VITF,IGlfTS WITHOUT WIOF, BASE.

(36) lnvclltor(s): Rem Koolhaas,Yo Yamagata

Correspondence Address:OMA, IIEER nOKELWEC 1493032 AD ROT'fERI)AMTEL: + 31(0) 102438200

(42) Initial Application:IIvpcrhuilrlin" B;mkok THAI! AND_

(54) Filed: 1996

(7J) ABSTRACT

The stability or ever-Ialler lOwers ishongll! al tbe expense of increasing theirfootpl"ints, either in the tnlditiollai formof the pyramid, or as a larger and largertube. But a composite stability can beestablished with members (Sg, 59) thar.on their own could never achieve thoseheights; coupling them at regular inter-vals creates stability without fatness.

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(54) Patent for "BentSkyscraper"(54) ~IETIIOD OF AVOIDING Tilt: I~OLAT(O.'" OFI'Ilt: TlI.J.\OITIONAI, mGlt RISE BY T[;Ri'~ING FOt;llSEG~I.:NTSINTOA LOOP

(76) Inventors: I{em KOfIllwas, Ole Sdlren'lI,Shohci ShigclIlutsu, F~rnando Donis, Ahlin FOllnmx

Correspondence Atldrcss:O;\IA. m::EH BOKELWEG 1493032 AI) ROTTERDAMTI(L: + 31 (0) 10243R200

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(23) ABSTRACTBy breaking (GO) the traditional towt:r thHl merelygo(:s up and down at four points, a loop of buildingcall he generated that unites and confronts (61,62) itspopulation in a single who!eand cements a coherenceof dements. isolating and ~eparating them ..

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT [14]

"CAKE-TIN ARCHITECTURE" (2002)PlItcnt ~umbcr: Il, 428, 187

(21) Patent for "Cake-TinArchitecture"(29) ACCO;\10DATION or THE JH~SlJ)L!ALS 011ADOi\HNA"<T PROGRAM IN A NOL·VL.:tLE CUISINE1\10LO

(36) illVcntors: Rem Koolhaas, Ole Sdu;en:ll, Sholl.:iShigellllllsu. Fernllildo Donis, Alain F'ouruu.\

Cllfn.:spondcncc Address:O1'.1A, HERR BOKELWEG 1493032 AD ROTTERDAMTF:L: + 31(f}) lU24JX2UO

(42) luithll Applkation: Tvee BciHn" CHINA

(54) Filcd:., , 2002

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Ry collecting all the c01llr<ldiclory demands or acomplex program without allempling: 10 resolve themand casting [hemin a totally arbilrllTy,pJelL~ing form.charm Glil be generaled UII a big ~cale frumheterogeneous deIllent~.

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UNIVERSAL MODERNIZATION PATENT"THE END OF THE ROAD" (2003)

Patent Kumber: 12, J75, 276

(54) Patent for "The End of theRoad"(54) ACTIVATION OF nm CEYfRAL BUSTh"ESSDISTRICT ARCHET\'I'~: BY .f:lTll ER CONCENTRATINGOR Ol1'FLiSING TITECORESOVERA SIXCLE URnASCARPF:T

(76) Inventors' Rem Koolhaas, 1\1a Qing~'un,Fcrllundo Donis

Correspondence Address:OM A, IIEER nOKELWEG 1493032 AD ROTTERDAMTEL: + 31(0) 10243820U

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(23) ABSTRACTTake the distributed cores of the typical CentralBusiness District (Pig.l); lower the buildillgs anddisrribute the cores even further so that they crea\e afield C0nctition of pervasive insulation (Fig.2) orconsolidate them in a single mega core (Fig.3), so thatthe same urban area can support two lillles (heprogram in typologies that both promoteinterdependence instead of crcating the clusters ofstand-alone enlities - the so-called skyscraper - ofthetypical enD

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The Phaeton

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A 246 kW (33!J HPJ VB engine that generates 1::10Nm. A 309 kW (420 HP) \11,112engine that accelerales to 100 kph in6.1 seconds. A 230 kW (31.3HP) VlO TDI<»engine th<lt makes [he Phaeton the most powerful diesel saloon in the ',,",arid.And the slipstream unimportant.