Dip Unit 11 Yr 4: Nisrine Ahmad, Dana Al Sharif, Moyez Alwani, Charlie Hearn, Peter Moerland, Ka Chun Pun, Stefanie Surjo, Areti Theofanopoulou, Sophia Thomson, Chi Man Charis Tsang, Alison Victor, Stefan Rutzinger. Yr 5: Yvonne Gibbs, Wynford Rhys Gilley, Pablo Gil Martinez, David Head, Ewan Stone.
Brazilian Tropicalia This year’s field trip focused on two amazing cities, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. Brazil’s culture and races are mixed, coalescing to form that which is ultimately and authentically Brazilian, as reflected in the music, dance and visual cultures – a rich, exotic and colourful mixture that is infused with optimism – a Brazilian 'tropicalia'. In shedding the twentieth century mythical role of objectivity in architecture, we take interest in the liberation of our profession from years of having a conscience concerning aesthetics. Surely aesthetics can go well with ethics, contrary to modernist propaganda? Unit 11 is interested in a contemporary architecture that is exuberant and intense. We are interested in depicting and arousing emotion, in hyper-visual imagery, in a multi-layered depth of soft edges.
Yael Reisner and Malca Mizrahi