–—exercises
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–—selection First, there will be a selection of some paradigmatic buildings of the recent history of architecture, including some classic Olympic master pieces. The aim is to analyze the functioning of these artifacts: how its structure works, how its enclosure performs, the appropiateness of the materials... The research will start from the AA library and the students will work with photocopies, sketches, schemes... Second, the unit will be split into 3/4 teams. Each team will work with around 10 buildings and then we will prepare an internal presentation.
–—transformation During this period, we´ll study what are the operations to adapt a building to the human scale. We will pay attention to how structure changes, what is the interaction with the body, what has happened with the enclosure, what is the expression of the former materials... We will define transformers : Buildings mutated body machines. The transformed building will work as an expanded suit, adding new physical properties to our anatomy trough its use, defining new Olympic superheroes. We will produce first small models (toy scale) made of paper or cardboard. 3 small models per team.
–—production We´ll select one model per team. Each team will produce 1 final mockup. A version of the former model at 1:1 scale. This artifact will be what we call a simulated machinery : a fake representation of a real body machine. The pieces will work as low-tech special effects, not demonstrating its real efficiency, but expressing all the information developed in the unit. The main materials of the mockups will be foam, cardboard, printed papers...
–—comunication The 3/4 final mockups will be presented during the final jury, staging a reduced gym. Each piece will be accompanied by a catalogue, a printed document (exercise chart) to explain its use, construction/assembly and image.