Out of Practice

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1. Ralph Erskine, 1958. 2. Architect Osvald Almqvist. 3. Stora Sjöfallet., Point cloud study,. 4. Superdrawing, Rikke Winther and Sindri Sigurdsson, studio project, 2018. 5. Machine Architecture, Max Spett, studio diploma project, 2018. 5.

Teachers: Anders Berensson, Malin Heyman

Studio Theme What are the elements that constitute architectural practice today, and how do we practice becoming practitioners? Out of Practice sets out to take a few close looks at an entangled contemporary architectural practice by isolating selected aspects for study in order to discern their potentials and pitfalls. Out of Practice argues first, that the tools and methods used in architectural practice have significant effects on the resulting architectures as well as on the consequences of their production, and second, that past and present structures of power are embedded within these tools and methods. By attentively and playfully using, discussing and attempting to challenge them, we hope to slowly start untangling our understanding of what agency we have as practitioners. By working an embodied perspective into all experiments as well as working out our imagination, we will practice making ourselves aware of our own points of view and exercise our empathy. Stock Check / Room Specifications

Teaching Methodology Projects will be short and focused over the course of the academic year. By isolating one fundamental aspect/method of practice at a time and providing frameworks for how our work oscillates between production and reflection, we aim to improve our command over each method as well as deepen our understanding of histories and effects that may otherwise be overlooked. On the topic of each method, we will learn both from a representative from within architectural/building practice and a guest from another field where the same method is significantly between projects, we intend for different abilities, inclinations and previous experience within the student group to come to light at different points of the year. Project 1 Taking Measures / Site Survey After revisiting processes for how land is surveyed, we will propose priorities for what and how to measure through the production of drawings to scale and 1:1 drawing on site.

Room for Whom / Project Description We reflect on speculative project descriptions by composing our own science fiction manuscripts to be acted out on site in 1:1 using bodies and props.

Project 2 Shoot, the Picture! / Collage Architecture imagines futures. In this project we imagine through collaging images and visualizing in detail 1:1.

applied. As both deliverables and manner of working will vary The contemporary production of buildings is to a significant degree a matter of combining readymade products. We will study the architect as shopper and use room specifications as our tool.

Project 3 What’s the Matter? / Building System Through work in groups constructing a (very) small building, we study a common building system in all its parts and functions by first building according to standard and then reconstruct.

Reviewing the Reference / Architectural Review Considering what aspects of architecture are habitually reviewed as well as used as reference, we look for variety in perspective through the production of written reviews on existing architectures.

Project 4 Schooling Tooling / Modelling Curious about the effects modelling tools have on architectural production, we apply both traditional and recent methods to the making of models and mock-ups.

Hold Your Own / Your Choice Students individually make their own choice for an aspect of architectural practice to study, as well as decide on format for output.

Anders Berensson AB is an architect educated at Chalmers University of technology and KTH. AB has worked at OMA, co-founded visionsdivision and is currently director of Anders Berensson Architects. AB is a lecturer at KTH School of Architecture and has previously taught KTH Master Studio, Full Scale Studio. Malin Heyman MH is an architect educated at KTH, the Cooper Union in New York and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. After ten years of working as an architect at Petra Gipp arkitektur, MH co-founded the practice AT - HH. MH is a lecturer at KTH School of Architecture and has previously taught first year and master level design studios.