architecture short course ppt
DESCRIPTION
This was a short course delivered every Tuesday for year 11 AS students 16-17 years old intending to pursue architecture at degree level. It consisted in a series of models based on real 3D architectural problems; the pebble based on the Aqua Tower, the modular design based on Brunelleschi's use of the cube, the basilica plan and elevation and the varities of dome.TRANSCRIPT
architecture
TUESDAY 3:50GI2
ARCHITECTURE SHORT COURSE David Chandler
Try this link to Y.A.P. the young architects’ programmehttp://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/
WEEK TOPIC ACTIVITY
1/2 post and lintel buildings; creating the basics of the classical orders. Examples for the portfolio
drawing or model making to make post and lintel structures
2/3 the wall and the arch. Examples for the portfolio
drawing or model making to make voussoirs and arches
3/4 The classical languages of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. Examples for the portfolio
drawing or model making to make IONIC volutes
5/6 Vaults; the dome, Examples for the portfolio
Building domes
6/7 Barrel vaults and groin vaults. Examples for the portfolio
Building vaults
8 Local architecture; photography
Photography and drawing
9 Local architecture; viaduct Sketchup modelling
10 timber frames in Stockport and Cheshire
Sketchup modelling
11/12/13 Steel frames Modelling an Aqua Tower
ARCHITECTURE SHORT COURSE David Chandler
Selected student projects2006 - 2013
“pebble” project taking the changing contours of a stone to build floor plans; either freestanding or embedded in rectangular plans
Landscape environment projects
Basilica plan and elevation project using acetate sheets
Cubic modular project based on Brunelleschi’sSpedale degli Innocenti 1419.
Annular vault project