In Week 4, students are assigned to reimagine the previously studied artefacts into a spatial environment (along the assigned street): You will continue to undertake a desktop study to investigate and document aspects of the site: social, political, historical, geographical … Continue reading Week 4: Re-imagining the Artefact in the City
The City Centre Transformation Programme (CCTP) is a long-term vision to transform Newcastle City Centre via a series of impactful interventions on both major thoroughfares and … Continue reading Week 3: City Centre Transformation /Site Study
Revisit the chosen museum, and keep developing studies around the founded object. Great North Museum: Hancock/ Discovery Museum/ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and Other museums… The Souvenir Def. A thing that is kept as a reminder of a place, … Continue reading Week 2: The Souvenir
Find an Object: We will start the year with this prime project ‘Magical Objects in Museums’, which is set to explore ways of seeing, understanding and … Continue reading Week 1: Magical Objects in Museums
Guest Lecturer: Bika RebekModule Convenor: Dr. Jiayi Jin Before the internet and social media, architecture projects and the work of architects were viewed and documented differently. Similar to other professions like arts and fashion, the public’s understanding and exposure to … Continue reading Social Media, Activism and Contemporary Practice in Architecture
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Alison B. Hirsch, FAAR, is a landscape theorist, historian and designer. Both her design and written work focus on how understanding cultural practices and social histories and memories can (and should) contribute to the design of meaningful places. Alison was … Continue reading The Performative Landscape
The London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) is a network of over 1000 built environment professionals that are working together to put London on the path to a zero carbon future. The voluntary group is made up of developers, engineers, housing associations, … Continue reading London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI)
Over a period of twenty-five years Hélène Binet has photographed both contemporary and historical architecture. Her list of clients include architects Raoul Bunschoten, Caruso St John, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Studio Mumbai, Peter Zumthor and many others. While following the … Continue reading Architectural Photography: Composing Space
