4.0 In-habitat
30/05/19 - 03/09/19
Brief
Your year masters here at UCA will cumulate in a final built work which can be virtual or analogue, but is a developed spatial work which is installed in a location around the school which is agreed between the staff and students according to the opportunities and requirements of the project. These installations form the basis of the final examination, internally and externally and are ambitious works which require careful planning and execution. The installations then form part of The UCA MA Summer Show which opens at the end of the course after the internal and external examination process, alongside the other MA courses across the school and is open for a week.
Requirements
Your proposal must be space-making in some way which incudes 1:1 fabrication and extends beyond object and product/furniture to deal with space. What is crucial here is you are working towards presenting your work in an exhibition which is open to the public and forms the most important part of your assessment. So think about what you would like to present in a ‘gallery’ type space and, if your work does not immediately conform to this, how you might solve these challenges of presentation. You will also be showing some of your work on paper in frames, so you can consider what these images might be. You need to maintain your documentation blog recording your experimentation and research. This is alongside the usual portfolio submission and a consise design report and film, which will present your work in a precise and easily understood way.
Outcomes
You will develop your ability to design and deliver a full scale project through the planning and fabrication stage. Your practical work is expected to demonstrate innovation and a high level of skill and execution that directly relates to a student’s research concerns. A coherent relationship between a sophisticated and on-going theoretical enquiry and a well-realised spatial intervention is expected, culminating in professional standard individual contributions to the MA Graduation show, supported by drawn professional level outputs to exhibit alongside your built work.
Rose Leonardi, Transitional Spaces, UCA, 2018
UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2018-19