Esquisse 1and 2 Review

The location for our parity session on the 8th of April :  G03 – CLB2 (Time: 14.00-18.00)

Regards

Sanaz

Key text for lecture 5

Lecture 5

Six Myths in Contemporary Architecture

General References

Evans, R 1997, Translations from Drawing to Building and Other Essays, MIT Press, London.

Letherbabrow, D & Mosafavi, M. 2005, On Weathering: the life of buildings in time, Forth printing, Massachusetts.

Rowe, C & Slutzky, R 1997, Transparency. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel.

Ruan, X & Hogben, P 2007, Topophilia and Topophobia : reflections on twentieth-century human habitat, Routledge publishing , London.

Tuan, Y 1974, Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes and Values, Colombia University Press, New York.

Tuan, Y 2001, Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience, University of Minnesota Press, London.

Watkin, D 2001, Morality and Architecture Revisited, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Submission Folder Location

file://emustore.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Submit/ARCH7201-2011

Friday's studio question and answer- Message from Prof. X Ruan

Question:

Hi Xing,

I was wondering if it would be possible for you to post on the blog the expectations for Fridays crit? I am a little confused as to what exactly I need to base my critique on..  From the lecture I understood that I need to look into the social history of building, whether the building has been completely misunderstood by the inhabitants/observers, architect-client relationships, if building is understood now as purely object and if architect has instilled anything 'more' into it…. Am I on the right track?? Also does the building have to be pre-19^th Century, because I would like to use Federation Square?

Kind regards,

XXX

Xing’s reply:

Yes you are on the right track: you will need to look into the social history, the “social life”, of the selected building, which is one of the three that have critiqued on. In other words, this time you will undertake more than a formal analysis. As for the pre nineteenth-century case, it is my encouragement for people the look into a historical proposition for esquisse 2.

Hope this helps.

Xing

Lecture 4

Beyond Architecture

Key Texts

Codd, John (1990) “Making Distinctions: The Eye of the Beholder” in Harker, Richard et al (Ed) An Introduction to the Work of Pierre Bourdieu. Macmilian, London:132-159.

Foucault, Michel and Rabinow, Paul (1982, 1998) “Space, Knowledge and Power” in Hays, Michael (Ed) Architecture Theory since 1968. The MIT Press, Massachusetts: 428-439.

General Reference

Hirst, Paul (1993) “Foucault and Architecture”. AA Files, No. 26: 52-60.

Foucault, Michel (1975) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Vintage Books, New York.

Bourdieu, Pierre (1984) Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Polity Press, Cambridge.

Bennett, Tony and etc. (1999) Accounting for Tastes: Australian Everyday Cultures, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.   

Bourdieu, Pierre (1993) The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature. Polity Press, Cambirdge.

Jenkins, Richard (1992) Pierre Bourdieu. Routledge, London.

Stevens, Garry (1998) The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural Distinction, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

Gell, Alfred (1998) Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory, Clarendon Press, Oxford, New York.

Jean-Philippe showed me a book during the lecture break, which may be of some relevance:

Webster, Helena (2011), Bourdieu for Architects, London and New York: Routledge

Important Message re Studio Nominations

Dear All:

Further to our discussion before the lecture on Tuesday, we have decided to postpone the submission time and date to 9 am on Monday the 28^th March. In this way you will have the extra weekend to work on the two panels.

All my best,

Xing

Studio Nomination Requirements

Three preferred studios

From the 9 studios on offer, you are asked to nominate three in the order of your preference. Write one paragraph on each stating the reasons behind your choices. The limit is one A4 page write-up in font size 12, and single spacing, with no images.

Your drawings

On one A3 panel include your selected drawings of esquisse 1 (compulsory) and any other drawings from your previous studio projects that may support your studio program preference (optional). Plans and sections must be accompanied by a scale bar. Drawing titles and concise texts should be used to explain the projects. No copy-and-paste of other peoples’ designs is allowed on this panel.

Both sheets (one A4 and one A3) must be saved as one pdf document with the maximum file size of 2mb. The file name should be your full name followed by your student number. For example: JohnLittle_z1234567.pdf.

Failure to comply with the above requirements will result in our disregarding your preferences for your studio allocation.

Your studio nomination file must be placed in the submition folder on EmuStore by 9 am on 25 March.