BSc Unit 1 Yr 2: Victoria Bateman, Sheila Clarkson Valdivia, Helen Floate, Adam Holland, Christopher Lees, Janice Lee, Tia Randall, Chris Thompson, Natalie Tsui, Simon Walker, Bethany Wells. Yr 3: Sulawan Isvarphornchai, Keiichi Matsuda, Geraldine Ng Cheng Hin, Sanaa Shaikh, Laura Smith, Jemima Tatel.
Illuminations Architectural drawings do not merely render spatial concepts communicable, but also shape imagination. They set the necessary vocabulary and syntax for the conception and articulation of ideas and their limitations make some spaces not only difficult to draw but unimaginable. This year Unit 1 sought to capture architecture's hidden dimensions through 'illuminations': animation techniques that range beyond orthographic projection and merge the boundaries between drawing, modelling, film and collage. Such techniques corresponded to, and cultivated three main areas of exploration in the unit: light, duration and narrative as underlying subtexts for design. Unit 1 defined an architecture that detected, revealed and linked fragments of spatial narratives and provided a fertile ground for the production of new ones. Our studies and interventions spanned from everyday London to the extraordinary physical and mythical landscapes of Iceland.
Penelope Haralambidou and Eduardo Rosa
Top and bottom right: Adam Holland. Bottom left: Natalie Tsui.