1.0 Climates Phase 01 Geodesic
Project 01// Exploratory Practice// CARC7002// CIND7002 1.1.1 Brief
We will be building a geodesic dome on the quad at UCA. The first project is a combination of group work, a live build project and also individual design outcomes. You will, as a team, and with other students, fabricate and assemble a large installation in the quad on the Canterbury campus of the university.
1.0.2 Requirements
You will be taking part in a full scale build project for UCA. The unversity has donated research funding for the progression of this project as it is considered exciting and interesting work to progress and the university would like to support interesting projects. As a student involved in the project, you will be taking part in 5 design charettes, on Mondays, which will deal with different challenges to the design of the build. You will be divided into three groups each group will investigate and organise the delivery of a particluar aspect of the build. The charettes will be supported by workshops, held on Thursdays. Two weeks, week 5 and week 7, you will be expected to be in studio/ on site in the workshop every day apart from those sessins for other units. Its an internse period and you will find yourself putting quite a lot of hours in. Its an important project for the second year and really does cement you as a team. In this sense its a really great learning curve for you to understand how to work with eachother on a large, complex and challening project. The focus of the project is to help you develop the professional skills of planning. mobilisation and delivery of a project with a multidiciplinary team, as you might be doing in a professional environment, develop skills in making for future use and for collaboration in other making projects. You will be dealing with the challenges expected and unexpected in the planning and building stages and enjoying the satisfaction (and relief!) of delivery. UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2017-18