Welcome

Hello everybody,

Congratulations on making your off ers and welcome to Arcsoc!

We’ve put this guide together to give you a bit of a better idea of what to expect from the year ahead, and hopefully answer some of the questions you might have about it. All the info here has come straight from us students, and don’t hesitate to get in touch via facebook or email if there’s anything else you want to know. You can join the “Cambridge Architecture Freshers 2015-2016” group to keep up to date, and give the Arcsoc page a like while you’re at it!

Architecture at Cambridge takes relatively few students per year, but requires many studio hours per week, which results in a close-knit community within the subject: at the heart of this lies Arcsoc. We run all sorts of events and

programs throughout the year to expand our curriculum, help each other out a bit, and raise money for our summer exhibition in London every year. These include talks, life-drawing sessions, fi lm screenings, and some

Pavilion

Pavilion is Arcsoc’s brand new branch which creates temporary structures for public events in and around Cambridge. Be it a busker’s stage, underground life drawing cavern, or a soup kitchen with a contemporary twist, pavilion off ers the chance to realise a proposal at life scale.

Cabaret

Arcsoc is proud to call this event one of the biggest and best parties in Cambridge - invite all your friends! As in most of the Arcsoc run events the really exciting part is that you can actually get involved in organising it! The annual themes are quirky and imaginative, which makes the set design all the more exciting.

Talks

Arcsoc Talks invites architectural and design leaders to present their current work and practices. Speakers share insights into their design processes and projects, helping to provide students with a stronger understanding of professional work beyond Part 1.

Films

The weekly Arcsoc fi lms provide a diff erent perspective on architecture through a variety of short fi lms and movies to work alongside your course and inspire you for projects.

Life Drawing

Every Friday 7-9pm, life drawing sessions in the department are a good way to relax and exercise your drawing skills. infamous parties! We also have a few pavilion projects every year, whilst arcsoc radio and arcsoc shop (where you can buy materials at wholesale prices) enhance your studio experience.

We rely on input from all the students; our functions are always increasing and our committee is always expanding, so we hope you will enjoy getting involved and please let us know if you have any cool new ideas! In the meantime enjoy the rest of your summer and make sure to say hi at the freshers fair when you arrive.

See you in studio!

Kate

Arcsoc President

cfm39@cam.ac.uk