Dip Unit 16 Yr 4: Kevin Bai, Karin Leung, Felix Li, Pernilla Ohrstedt, Ray Wang, Matthew Wilkinson, Vicky Wong. Yr 5: Charmaine Boh, Joanna Coleman, Benny Lee, Laura Stafford, James Stockdale, Duncan Thomas, Helena Van Lare. MArch: John Norman.
Ancient + Modern The aspirations of unit 16, like architecture itself, are a moving target, to explore and meet the evolving demands and needs of the 21st Century. Projects are not just illustrations of a theoretical position but also a reflection of the individual student’s character and experience. The unit demands formal and conceptual sophistication whilst remaining deeply suspicious of a consistency of STYLE. You will need observation and intuition as seemingly unrelated strands of thought and information can lead to unpredictable results. Use drawings and models as experimental tools. Technology is seen as a means not meaning. As for architecture and the architect, the unit is biased towards ‘learning about’ rather than learning ‘to be’. Think more like the ‘amateur’ as defined a hundred year ago in DJ Taylor’s recent book on sporting Corinthians, “’amateur’ was a compliment to someone who played a game simply for the love of it. A hundred years later, it is a by-word for cack-handed incompetence.” The future is the past in reverse. Vladimir Nabakov Mud sometimes gives the illusion of depth. Marshall McLuhan Purity is obscurity. Ogden Nash
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