After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand and become familiar with various tools of research, will be trained in analyzing surrounding context and developing urban concepts of building (buildings cluster) scale. The students will be equipped with extensive practical tools of architectural design in combination with structural aspect and usage of materials. Exciting speculative polemic will colligate all the aspects of the studio.
We live in a rapidly changing world: economically, climatically, politically, and culturally. Sometimes urban challenges change faster than concrete gets hard. It causes constant reconstruction and demolishing of recently built structurally strong buildings. It makes the construction industry one of the most ecologically dangerous industries, accountable for almost a half pollution on the planet.
We should learn how to design and build flexible everlasting buildings, which could resist most of future challenges without significant modifications. We try to find an alternative approach to design and construction of the buildings, which could improve ecological impact of construction industry.
HARDWARE / SOFTWARE: Impressive structures & Flexible infill. The design consists of two main parts: 1) everlasting structure (Hardware) and 2) flexible functional infill (Software). The Software of the building could be easily adjusted to host a new function, while the Hardware would remain untouched, addressing urban, architectural and aesthetical challenges. Exactly like in IT: to update an application there is no need to by a new computer.
In this studio we will combine very essential practical problem with rather independent conceptual approach. We aim to propose fresh alternative vision of the problem, but complete with realistic, well-grounded solution.
