RADICAL ENCOUNTER

AIMS

Learning from the relationships between us and our urban environment students will conceive the program as an open framework, generating new radical scenarios in the city through architecture.

The aim of this workshop is to build upon what has been explored in the previous workshops.

METHOD

SEMINARS: Reflecting on the architectural program

and concept in architecture, understanding its relationship with the society, through talks with invited architects and artists.

EXERCISES: Unpacking the urban fabric. Reading the city as an ecosystem, identifying, understanding, and communicating (exchanging) the spatial and social dimension and qualities of

the communities (Human and non-human) around the globe.

OUTPUT: Communicating the idea/strategy through the production of an online showcase in form of a public exhibition. Each student will produce 10 images + a text of 200 words.

TECHNIQUE

  1. Montage technique (Reflecting).
  2. Story tale / max 200 words (Unpacking).
  3. Layered drawings / collage technique (Communicating).

STRENGTHS

– Develop architecture projects through design processes and conceptual work methods.

– Document an architectural project and present it orally and visually.

– Design a programme based on research and strategy.