This studio looks at the practice of design, with aim taking ideas to reality. Design is essentially a sum of its details - we explore how these details work together to make a meaningful architecture.
The idea is to find the underlying functional and design intent, and design process, through the details of buildings. The articulation of ideas into drawings, developed, communicated and then made is the art of building well.
Starting through observing, deconstructing and documenting an existing building, students will understand design intentions, and the sometimes concealed interactions of structure, materials and services.
The studio design problem focuses on creating a small scale institution. Students will develop the design from concept to execution, concluding with construction drawings and large scale part models. In parallel, they will study details of ongoing construction sites and learn about real-life execution of design intent.
Founded on their learning from the deconstruction of an existing building, they will develop an architectural design from concept to working drawings- through the sequence, they will learn the importance of required elements at various scales, how to develop appropriate details, and to represent your ideas through drawings and model making.
