STREETS OF BK CITY 15 IN EVERY ISSUE WE ASK ONE QUESTION TO PEOPLE WE MEET IN THE CORRIDORS OF BK CITY. THE QUESTION THIS TIME WAS:
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IN YOUR DESIGN STUDIO?
Anne van Hout, MSc3 Explorelab Before my current studio, I studied in Interiors, where two Belgian architects, Jan de Vylder and Jo Taillieu, were given the freedom to come up with the assignment for their students by themselves, without other teachers from the Interior chair. The project was very enjoyable, and it might be a good idea to have more external tutors being able to decide what and how they teach.
Aldrin van Loon, MSc 4 Materialisation The studios themselves were not lacking. The Bachelor however, was far too broad: everything was dealt with superficially. There wasn’t enough emphasis on acquiring knowledge about materials. This knowledge would’ve been valuable at the start of my Masters.
Joris L. Hogeweg-Lek, MSc2 Van Gezel tot Meester I think it’s important to rise above the design project you’re working on and go into the generic aspects of the design process with your tutors. In my previous studio, RMIT, but also before, there is a very strong focus on the assignment. We should also learn how to be designers, and not how to design one particular building that you’ll never get to design anyway.
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Francis Liesting, MSc4 Explore Lab The Why Factory was an incredibly positive experience. It was very theoretical and topical, very abstract. However, it was a bit of a shame that at the end of the studio we hadn’t come to a real design. The research should be applied towards creation within the studio.
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Cover illustration Schiphol Interchange Station, by Daniel van Kersbergen
Editorial Board Anne de Haij Wing (Yinjun Weng) Peter Smisek Ivan Thung Daphne Bakker
Contributors Machiel van Dorst Dominique Vermeulen Daniel van Kersbergen Michela Turrin
Samuel De Vries, MSc 1 Materialisation I really don’t know; I like my current studio. It’s less theory-based and more about really making things, and the essence of building. I enjoy it very much and it really drives my design quite well. I like a more hand-on approach, like making models and it’s been great so far. I chose it because I’ve been informed about how the studio is run, and I wouldn’t change a thing.
Patric Bedarf , MSc 4 Computational Architecture We are studying at a really well known faculty within a global academic market. Because that is the case, I’ve often had the feeling that the individual research of faculty members was valued over the education of the students. I’d like to find a nice balance between research and teaching.
Editorial Advice Board Marcello Soeleman Ania Molenda Robert Nottrot Linda de Vos Pierijn van der Putt
Print Drukkerij Tan Heck, Delft
Rick Zwerver, MSc 4 Hybrid Building Some teachers have their own businesses on the side. They are often more stressed than the teachers whose sole passion is to educate. The latter are far more engaging and will devote more time to their students. When teaching is their gig on the side, they’re often distracted by business calls while they’re supposed to be teaching. So, when at the faculty, they should focus on the students, not on their other job.
Revatui Pillai, MSc3 DSD Back in my school, we used to have group discussion among students. After the studio was over we used to criticize each other’s design. Here, only a small group of international students does this. In the past I did Hybrid buildings and RMIT, which I didn’t find intense like my current studio. Hybrid also promoted itself as having more of an urban approach, but when we got to the design I found it quite form based. They should clarify what they mean by urban, because I was expecting more strategies It was a disappointment.
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