Educating architects
Spiller, Neil Ed.
Educating architects - London Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2014 - 352p.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 10
Paradoxical simultaneities: architectural education at the edge of the 21st century
Neil Spiller, University of Greenwich
Timing’s everything . . . or is it? 22
Sir Peter Cook, CRAB Studio
250 things an architect should know 32
Michael Sorkin, City College of New York
Alvin’s AA: a panorama 40
Peter L. Wilson, Bolles + Wilson
Architectural anti-realism: the AA school in 2013 50
Brett Steele, Architectural Association
A prime meridian 60
Nic Clear, University of Greenwich
Introduction to the department of architecture and landscape, university of Greenwich Diagramming 67 Mike Aling and Mark Garcia, University of Greenwich
BUILDING ARCHITECTURE LEARNING 73
Library and School of Architecture, Design and Construction, University of Greenwich
Heneghan Peng Architects
The architectural mixing desk of the surrealist city 78
Neil Spiller, University of Greenwich
Defining your own horizons : Unit 19 86
Neil Spiller, University of Greenwich
Convergence: architecture as integrated spatial design 92
Nic Clear, University of Greenwich
Design animated : Unit 15 102
Nic Clear, University of Greenwich
A user’s guide to the anthropocene( a short passage through a brief moment in time) 109
Simon Herron, University of Greenwich
The salon of lost content (the refuge of misfits) Unit 16 121
Simon Herron and Susanne Isa, University of Greenwich
Working the realities of landscape 128
Ed Wall, University of Greenwich
The digital generation 138
Bob Sheil, University College London
The imaginarium of urban futures 145
C. J. Lim, University College London
Audacious encounters 154
Nigel Coates
School of thought 166
Mark Morris, Cornell University
BUILDING ARCHITECTURE LEARNING 177
Milstein Hall, Cornell University OMA
BLENDscapes: a new era of transdisciplinary exchange in architecture 183
Evan Douglis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Instigations: reimagining better futures 190
Mohsen Mostafavi, Harvard Graduate School of Design
McCormick Tribune Campus Centre, Illinois Institute of Technology 200
OMA
Just about enough 205
Perry Kulper, University of Michigan
Some thoughts on pedagogy 212
Nanako Umemoto and Jesse Reiser, RUR Architecture
The education of breathing 220
Mark Wigley, Columbia University
The art and science of design at the Cooper Union 227
Anthony Vidler, Cooper Union
Wot got left out 236
Ben Nicholson, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
An experimental history, a history of the experiment: 1964–2013 242
Neil Denari, UCLA
Robotics in architecture 248
Greg Lynn, UCLA
What is SCI-Arc? 256
Eric Owen Moss, SCI-Arc Pretentious and incoherent thoughts on architecture – right now 264
Hernan Diaz Alonso, SCI-Arc
Building the Berlage: notes on a continuing educational project 271
Salomon Frausto, The Berlage
Three-year relationships 281
Klaus Bollinger and Reiner Zettl, University of Applied Arts Vienna
The question of questioning 288
Hani Rashid, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Hadid masterclass: a laboratory of design innovation 295
Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Kings, Queens and Broadways: two projects for a new University of Applied Arts Vienna 301
Wolfgang Tschapeller
Towards new aesthetics and new culture Kongjian Yu, Peking University 307
Kongjin yu, peking University
Implications of architectural education : Yesterday, today and tomorrow 315
Li Xiaodong, Tsinghua University
Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art and Design 321
Will Alsop, ALL Design
Making a difference: embedding academic research in practice 326
Mark Burry, RMIT University
Notes 336
Bibliography 340
Biographies 343
Directory 349
Picture credits 352
9780500343005
720.7 / SPI
Educating architects - London Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2014 - 352p.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 10
Paradoxical simultaneities: architectural education at the edge of the 21st century
Neil Spiller, University of Greenwich
Timing’s everything . . . or is it? 22
Sir Peter Cook, CRAB Studio
250 things an architect should know 32
Michael Sorkin, City College of New York
Alvin’s AA: a panorama 40
Peter L. Wilson, Bolles + Wilson
Architectural anti-realism: the AA school in 2013 50
Brett Steele, Architectural Association
A prime meridian 60
Nic Clear, University of Greenwich
Introduction to the department of architecture and landscape, university of Greenwich Diagramming 67 Mike Aling and Mark Garcia, University of Greenwich
BUILDING ARCHITECTURE LEARNING 73
Library and School of Architecture, Design and Construction, University of Greenwich
Heneghan Peng Architects
The architectural mixing desk of the surrealist city 78
Neil Spiller, University of Greenwich
Defining your own horizons : Unit 19 86
Neil Spiller, University of Greenwich
Convergence: architecture as integrated spatial design 92
Nic Clear, University of Greenwich
Design animated : Unit 15 102
Nic Clear, University of Greenwich
A user’s guide to the anthropocene( a short passage through a brief moment in time) 109
Simon Herron, University of Greenwich
The salon of lost content (the refuge of misfits) Unit 16 121
Simon Herron and Susanne Isa, University of Greenwich
Working the realities of landscape 128
Ed Wall, University of Greenwich
The digital generation 138
Bob Sheil, University College London
The imaginarium of urban futures 145
C. J. Lim, University College London
Audacious encounters 154
Nigel Coates
School of thought 166
Mark Morris, Cornell University
BUILDING ARCHITECTURE LEARNING 177
Milstein Hall, Cornell University OMA
BLENDscapes: a new era of transdisciplinary exchange in architecture 183
Evan Douglis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Instigations: reimagining better futures 190
Mohsen Mostafavi, Harvard Graduate School of Design
McCormick Tribune Campus Centre, Illinois Institute of Technology 200
OMA
Just about enough 205
Perry Kulper, University of Michigan
Some thoughts on pedagogy 212
Nanako Umemoto and Jesse Reiser, RUR Architecture
The education of breathing 220
Mark Wigley, Columbia University
The art and science of design at the Cooper Union 227
Anthony Vidler, Cooper Union
Wot got left out 236
Ben Nicholson, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
An experimental history, a history of the experiment: 1964–2013 242
Neil Denari, UCLA
Robotics in architecture 248
Greg Lynn, UCLA
What is SCI-Arc? 256
Eric Owen Moss, SCI-Arc Pretentious and incoherent thoughts on architecture – right now 264
Hernan Diaz Alonso, SCI-Arc
Building the Berlage: notes on a continuing educational project 271
Salomon Frausto, The Berlage
Three-year relationships 281
Klaus Bollinger and Reiner Zettl, University of Applied Arts Vienna
The question of questioning 288
Hani Rashid, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Hadid masterclass: a laboratory of design innovation 295
Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Kings, Queens and Broadways: two projects for a new University of Applied Arts Vienna 301
Wolfgang Tschapeller
Towards new aesthetics and new culture Kongjian Yu, Peking University 307
Kongjin yu, peking University
Implications of architectural education : Yesterday, today and tomorrow 315
Li Xiaodong, Tsinghua University
Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art and Design 321
Will Alsop, ALL Design
Making a difference: embedding academic research in practice 326
Mark Burry, RMIT University
Notes 336
Bibliography 340
Biographies 343
Directory 349
Picture credits 352
9780500343005
720.7 / SPI