Week 7-10
The large advertising billboards within our cities could be redesigned to be occupied behind by greenhouses, affordable apartments and community facilities. This is proposed by Tomiris … Continue reading Week 7-10
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Week 5 Interim Review
Date: 25th October Location: SUB 201 External Crit: Dr Nadia Bertolino Please pin up before 12:30 and put your artefact(s) / models / sketchbook/ progress drawings … Continue reading Week 5 Interim Review
Week 4: Re-imagining the Artefact in the City
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
Week 3: City Centre Transformation /Site Study
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
Week 2: The Souvenir
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
Week 1: Magical Objects in Museums
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
Social Media, Activism and Contemporary Practice in Architecture
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
Semester 2 – Planning and Development Briefs
A Strategic Narrative
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The Performative Landscape
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
Architecture: MArch Studio at Northumbria University 