Michael Chadwick, one of my former tutors during my post graduated studies at RCA has recently contacted me offering the opportunity of teaching at the School of Architecture in the University of Brighton.
The course will be called 'Mediateque'. It will take the form of a workshop in which a series of different materials will be used with the intention of studying some of aspects of the early Russian Constructivist Theories. The course will be mainly focus to a group of architectural students from 1st and 2nd year degree. The starting date is January 2010.
The course will be called 'Mediateque'. It will take the form of a workshop in which a series of different materials will be used with the intention of studying some of aspects of the early Russian Constructivist Theories. The course will be mainly focus to a group of architectural students from 1st and 2nd year degree. The starting date is January 2010.
At this stage, I have been asked to supply an image which might represent the contents of the course as well as a brief description of the objectives and aims. Because I had to do this with a very short notice I opted for selecting one of the many photographs I took during my birthday's visit last month to the old Kent & East Sussex Railway, defined as 'the country's finest example of a rural light railway.' The line gently wends its way from Tenterden -"The Jewel of The Weald" for ten and a half miles, though the unspoilt countryside of the Rother Valley, to terminate in the shadow of the magnificent National Trust castle at Bodiam.
The image illustrates a closed ticket counter from Tertenden's train station. Even I found the capture being quite vague (without any apparent indication of the course aims) in the other hand, I also think that - for many reasons, graphically it makes a clear reference to the starting point of a journey. Firstly, because that is the place where the traveler obtain a fare, but also it is the relevant door that allows you to apply for new experiences. The fact this service is unattended refers to an element of surprise. A capture with a considerable grade of poetry but also, - I have to admit, with certain levels of frustration.
My main intention for the course is to present a workshop which would explore the following 6 materials in their own isolation.
Stage 1: Paper and Cardboard
Stage 2: Wood and Balsa
Stage 3: Wire and Perspex
Once the 3 initial sketch prototypes have been completed, then students will be asked to create a higher level of complexity model during the last 2 stages. The final requirement is to design a Hybrid.
Stage 4 & 5: To create a Hybrid with the above 6 materials; an additional item such as Resin or Latex will need to be included
The purpose of the Hybrid is to explore the tangibility of the chosen materials (identifying the properties in relation of how they work with each other) e.g. Students will be asked to study a series of architectural qualities such as:
Cohesion, Transparency, Elasticity, Separation, Volume, Light, Mass, Shadows
and many more
The image illustrates a closed ticket counter from Tertenden's train station. Even I found the capture being quite vague (without any apparent indication of the course aims) in the other hand, I also think that - for many reasons, graphically it makes a clear reference to the starting point of a journey. Firstly, because that is the place where the traveler obtain a fare, but also it is the relevant door that allows you to apply for new experiences. The fact this service is unattended refers to an element of surprise. A capture with a considerable grade of poetry but also, - I have to admit, with certain levels of frustration.
My main intention for the course is to present a workshop which would explore the following 6 materials in their own isolation.
Stage 1: Paper and Cardboard
Stage 2: Wood and Balsa
Stage 3: Wire and Perspex
Once the 3 initial sketch prototypes have been completed, then students will be asked to create a higher level of complexity model during the last 2 stages. The final requirement is to design a Hybrid.
Stage 4 & 5: To create a Hybrid with the above 6 materials; an additional item such as Resin or Latex will need to be included
The purpose of the Hybrid is to explore the tangibility of the chosen materials (identifying the properties in relation of how they work with each other) e.g. Students will be asked to study a series of architectural qualities such as:
Cohesion, Transparency, Elasticity, Separation, Volume, Light, Mass, Shadows
and many more
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