RMB 7.1 – Design studio 1A

Recommended Prerequisites

N/A

Teaching Methods

Workshop, Design Studio, Lecture, Seminar
Mid-term crits: presentations of architectural model (1) + design assignments (3) 

Final presentation (jury)

Learning Outcomes

To develop the ability …

- to analyze architectural, cultural and societal coherence when designing for sustainable use and reuse of historical buildings

- to use (exploratory) research to gain valuable insights into the characteristics of modernism specifically related to the discipline of interior architecture

- to use appropriate research techniques for collecting data or for constructing empirical evidence

- to analyze and assess different contextual influences and situations to the benefit of a project

- to present the concept of a project critically, both orally and written

- to develop strategies for learning and researching independently

- to work in interdisciplinary teams, benefitting from cross-fertilization

- to search for, select, consult and interpret relevant sources in relation to exploring a specific research focus

- to use appropriate research techniques for collecting data or for constructing empirical evidence

- to use visualization techniques.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Modernism influenced Belgian architecture from the 1920s-1970s. Currently modernist housing is subject of reuse, conversion, reallocation – or demolition. Architects and interior architects are as a result increasingly confronted with the architectural heritage of modernism. New living patterns and new quality standards often require radical interventions. From a heritage perspective, (interior)architects play an important role in recognizing and acknowledging the characteristic qualities of modernism. This studio develops knowledge deriving from modernism, focusing on its origins, underlying vision, ideology, principles and properties. Three different themes (plan libre versus raumplan / materialization and color / equipment and techniques) are addressed in three different assignments. Each theme contributes to insights into modernism and is introduced by a lecture and followed by individual design assignments. The outcomes are presented, discussed and evaluated in a group of peers.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Workshop, Design Studio, Lecture, Seminar. Mid-term crits: presentations of architectural model (1) + design assignments (3) Final presentation (jury).: 100.0%

Bibliography

Risselada, M.(1989) Raumplan versus Plan Libre: Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier,1919-1930. Rizzoli Rüegg, Arthur(1997) Le Corbusier. Polychromie Architecturale. Color Keyboards from 1931 and 1959. Birkhäuser
Le Corbusier. Architectural Polychromy.In: Komossa, S. et al.(2009) Colour in contemporary architecture: projects/essays/calender/manifestoes.(pp 372-386) SUN.
Loos, A. Het principe van de bekleding. In Komossa, S. et al.(2009) Colour in contemporary architecture: projects/essays/calender/manifestoes (pp 350-354). SUN.
Overy, P.(2008) Light, air and openness. Modern architecture between the wars. Thames & Hudson.
Giedion, S.(1947). Mechaniza on takes command, O.U.P.
De Vos, E. & Storgaard, E.(2018) Teaching re-use strategies for modernist buildings: a case study handbook for a joint European Master in Architecture. Joelho: journal of architectural culture, 187-201
Colomina, B. & Wigley, M(2020) The Bacterial Clients of Modern Architecture. Docomomo Journal: Cure and care (62), 6-17