Brochure Minor Architecture

Architecture Minor Architecture

Minor Architecture 30 EC

Enjoying the profession Studio Amsterdam works on the basis of enjoyment and curiosity, adapting the customary steps in a design process, such as analysing the programme of requirements. It is enormously inspiring to learn from the work of others and also to look at other fields within the arts. During the Minor, you will look at how you can work on the basis of an image, a certain material and the inspiration of the city. Research, analysis, conceptualisation, production and presentation merge seamlessly within a design process that may seem chaotic, but is an attractive way of creating architecture. We walk through the city, visit architects and artists, invite people to talk about their fascinations and we learn about the most distinctive places and buildings in the city.

Creating During the Minor in Architecture, you will work a lot with scale models and photography.

What happens when you simply begin and let the material speak for itself? By working with an open mind based on the characteristics of well-known materials, such as cardboard, wood or brick, you will arrive at designs that you would never have been able to conceive before. Through creating and building, you will examine the possibilities of materials and spaces. That does not mean that factors such as the location, the construction and the details are not important, but architecture becomes so much more interesting if you do not conceive exactly what has to happen in advance. Architecture is not a case of filling in the blanks.

Studio Amsterdam teaches how to search for the unknown, work on the basis of your intuition and discover happy accidents. The local environment, the city, the water and the many great architects and artists in the city form the point of departure for this.

Communicating Architecture tells a story. By communicating, discussing and presenting your work, you will reflect on your work and learn how to further refine your work. Architects make use of all kinds of means of communication: drawings, scale models, computer animations, photos, texts etc. Which way of communicating works best in order to present your plan convincingly?

We can learn a lot from the advertising world in this field. You will learn how to communicate your plan in an unambiguous and clear message.

Admission requirements Dutch HBO Bachelor’s in Architecture or equivalent study programme. Your home institution must be affiliated with the Dutch organisation Kies op Maat. For more information see Kiesopmaat.nl.

Course dates The Minor starts in the first week of September 2015 and ends with a final presentation in January 2016.

Registration procedure Admission and assessment of suitability for the Minor occurs on the basis of a so-called ‘start portfolio’. This is a compactly designed document in which you show what your ideas are with regard to city and landscape. Indicate clearly in a letter of motivation why you want to do this Minor. One condition for starting the Minor is that the student submits a learning agreement in triplicate, which is also signed by the exam committee.

Academie van Bouwkunst Waterlooplein 211-213 1011 PG Amsterdam

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