Year 1 Architecture Students get their hands dirty

This week the year 1 architecture students have been highly productive in the casting suite. They are getting their hand dirty (and also in most cases their hair, face, shoes, entire workshop!) and learning about the making processes. They have been working with Rob Britt this week, our talented and supportive workshop technician. Students are considering architectural composition, architectonic language, and even structures through how they are considering the suspension of the models within a frame. The cubes are already taking on a life of their own and students are taking pride and ownership of their work driven by the process of making. We can’t wait to start cutting these beauties up to reveal whats inside!!

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The volume models get placed within a casting cube!
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The lads ready to make a mess
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Daft punk !
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Seems like someones trying to get out!
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Just nine of 50!
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A very well crafted example of the volumetric model suspended within a frame.
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Doras drawing of the parts of her model.

If you go down to the woods today!

Year 2 Architecture students undertook a live brief in the Chambers Woods today. The first site visit included an excellent  walk about by Wally Grice, the beat manager from the Forestry Commission. Wally wants students to make a response to site, so an excellent opportunity to for students to think about how to use locally sourced materials in innovative ways, considering how to grapple with environmental, social and economic sustainability. Keep an eye on here to see updates on this project and other live projects happening in Year 2!

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