Studio BA6 (Assemble)
AR-302(r) / 10 credits
Teacher(s): Perkins Amy Faith, Lisogorskaya Maria, Binning James Donald Morley
Language: English
Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.
Remark: Inscription faite par la section
Summary
This year we will be focusing on timber; its physical material qualities, the infrastructure of skill, labour and technology around its contemporary and historical uses. We will take a critical look at the politics of its production, distribution, and use as a sustainable building material.
Content
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Design spaces, structures, models, drawings, prototypes, buildings
- Assemble materials
- Formulate ideas, analysis, intention, questions
- Explore timber as a building material, skills, design iterations, materials
- Realize complete assignments, complete models, drawings and 1-1 prototypes
Transversal skills
- Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
- Give feedback (critique) in an appropriate fashion.
- Take responsibility for environmental impacts of her/ his actions and decisions.
- Take feedback (critique) and respond in an appropriate manner.
Teaching methods
We will be teaching through a range of methods, which merge practical skills and critical thinking about architecture and spatial design. We have prepared a series of Assignments and workshops which cover these.
Material understanding : At the begining of the semester each student group work with one part of a tree to make a material or an object, gaining an intimate understanding of the historical and contemporary uses for each part of the tree.
Place : An exploratory walk through a multi use forest will provide the spatial, social, cultural and political context for the material experiments.
Precedent Study : Large scale models of timber precedents will allow for the connection between culture, place, and construction to be investigated.
Translation : The concepts explored during the place, precedent and material tests will be developed into design proposals in groups of two, situating the methods learned within a swiss context.
Final Exhibition : All of the work will be curated into a final group exhibition of the research and proposals. Guests and advisors from the semester will be invited back to comment on the studio's work as a whole.
Supervision
Office hours | No |
Assistants | Yes |
In the programs
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Studio BA6 (Assemble)
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 4 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Studio BA6 (Assemble)
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 4 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Studio BA6 (Assemble)
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 4 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Studio BA6 (Assemble)
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 4 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
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