The book divides architecture into four distinct elements: the hearth, the roof, the enclosure and the mound. Nevertheless, an amazing discussion with tons of people, some amazing professors as well as practicing architects and engineers.ĭuring this portion of the term we were also concurrently designing a lamp for the Building Technology course based on Semper’s Four Elements of Architecture: published in 1851, it is an attempt to explain the origins of architecture through the lens of anthropology. Again, while interesting, it was not so much at the ‘dwelling’ scale we all worked for this portion of the term and caused frustration among many of the students. This was mostly due to the large 60-person site model that filled much of the room. For the most part, it was an enjoyable discussion, but it largely centred on the urban design scheme again (similar to the first critique of the term).
For this portion, we had Brigitte Shim join us of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects as well as structural engineer David Bowick (Blackwell). So there are two things to learn here: 1) not everyone will always click with their design tutor or like the way they think and/or work, and 2) the design tutor has significant influence on both the design work as well as the moral of the group and students (particularly the moral bit).Ĭritique this time around also took an interesting turn. When I think back to the last month of Term One I remember I was having a hard time, and I wasn’t clicking with my design tutor at the time. Personally, I found Emanuel very useful, I learned a new way to work (thanks to him), and I also found many of the things he said ‘clicked’ with me. I also feel the need to point out another thing that became particularly evident at this point in the term. Given I worked very hard to get into architecture school and have truly given my life to architecture, I don’t think I need to explain I always search for the ‘things to take away’. This part of the term was interesting, and a divide started to happen between students (and I feel this always happens and always will at points in any good school). On one half were the students who realized they would learn as much as they could from this portion of the term and on the other half were the students who became frustrated with this section because their designs changed or they were unable to take anything constructive from the work and discussion – i.e. In many ways, Emanuel is a jack-of-all-trades type, and is a huge wealth of information and capable on many levels. Our studio group for this round received Emanuel Jannasch, who was also concurrently teaching us another course in Building Technology. In the second half of the term, we switch design tutors. Spread of drawing and analytical diagrams.