Stage 1
Explorations into the scale of the individual
STAGE LEADER Graeme Robertson STUDIO TUTORS Isabel Garriga Colin Glover Lee Ivett Ju Li Matt Loader Miranda Webster Students come into the School from a diverse range of starting points. There is a very healthy mix of cultural backgrounds, skills and previous Architectural experience. The common ground that they share is their enthusiasm and creative energy.
During the year the students are introduced to the
broad spectrum of understanding, skills and disciplines which they need to equip themselves as future Architects.
The theme of Stage 1 is Place; in the first term
students explore place at the scale of the individual, often with dimensional constraints on an interior volume and a simplified external context. In term 2, a small house has t raditionally been the vehicle to organise a simple building and engage with the notion of context and its depiction.
Term 3 projects at Cascais and Portencross
introduced a more dramatic, inspiring landscape within rich h istorical and social contexts. Further emphasis was put on the material and climatic qualities of place, while exploring the possibilities for creative engagement with a coastal site.
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