1.0 Climates Phase 01 Geodesic
Project 01// Exploratory Practice// CARC7002// CIND7002 1.1.1 Brief
We will be building a geodesic dome on the quad at UCA. The first project is a combination of group work, a live build project and also individual design outcomes. You will, as a team, and with other students, fabricate and assemble a large installation in the quad on the Canterbury campus of the university.
1.0.2 Requirements
You will be taking part in a full scale build project for UCA. The unversity has donated research funding for the progression of this project as it is considered exciting and interesting work to progress and the university would like to support interesting projects. As a student involved in the project, you will be taking part in 5 design charettes, on Mondays, which will deal with different challenges to the design of the build. You will be divided into three groups each group will investigate and organise the delivery of a particluar aspect of the build. The charettes will be supported by workshops, held on Thursdays. Two weeks, week 5 and week 7, you will be expected to be in studio/ on site in the workshop every day apart from those sessins for other units. Its an internse period and you will find yourself putting quite a lot of hours in. Its an important project for the second year and really does cement you as a team. In this sense its a really great learning curve for you to understand how to work with eachother on a large, complex and challening project. The focus of the project is to help you develop the professional skills of planning. mobilisation and delivery of a project with a multidiciplinary team, as you might be doing in a professional environment, develop skills in making for future use and for collaboration in other making projects. You will be dealing with the challenges expected and unexpected in the planning and building stages and enjoying the satisfaction (and relief!) of delivery. UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2017-18
1.0.3 Parameters
The general form of the pavillion is a geodesic dome which is a regular mathematical hemispheric lattice shell structure made from a series of slender elements with node connections. The dome is a partial globe and meets the floor flatly. Geodesic domes are rigid and distribute the stresses in the dome evenly throughout the construction, they are therefore very strong for their size. Whilst not inventing the structure, the name geodesic and the most famous designer of the domes was R. Buckminster Fuller, and American architect, theorist and inventor in the 1940’s and 50’s. Geodesic domes are characterised by their shape and regular structural construction, because of their simple construction (if complex planning) and their relatively low material requirements, they are an eco-friendly method of enclosure. Llyod Kahn, pioneer of the Whole Earth movement wrote Domebook 1 and Domebook 2, exploring the self-build possiblities of dome construction, although he also pointed out some of the limitations, such as the requirement of domes used as houses to conform to building codes, the spatial challenges of a round home and the potential for maintainance issues with a complex structure. Domes, however, continue to facinate, alongside inflatables as symbols of expressive and utopic architecture, associated with living in the landscape, self-sufficiency, alternate living and a joyful architecture. The dome will be both structural and an enclosure, using explorations in inflatable plastic spaces to create an interiority for the space, even of a temporary nature.
1.0.4 Outcomes
The ability to generate and present ideas for small scale temporary installation type projects responding closely to site and constraints of buildability and resources. The ability to plan and prepare appropriate drawings for the building of a 1:1 installation and also to appropriately record and present the as build outcome. The ability to plan and build a 1:1 scale installation that responds to material and contextual constraints and meets the needs of the brief and intended users. The ability to generate individual design responses which work with a wider installation to contribute to the presentation of the whole.
UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2017-18
1.0.5 Groups
Group 1: Structure: wood, withies, plywood Group 2: Enclosure: plastic, inflatables, puffy
jTimetable - CSA_UCA / MA Architecture and MA Interior Design 2017_18 - To be read in conjunction with the unit briefs and handbooks.
Group 3: Junctions: bolts, twine, plywood, CNC
1.0.4 Prog ramme Wk01
multistory Wk01
Wk01
timings activity
room
who
room
10:00 - 13:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
10:00 - 13:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
14/9 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
15/9 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
Foyer
14:00 - 17:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
Foyer
18/9 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Charette 1
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 15:00 Design Charette 1
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
20/9 Wed
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study 10:00 - 13:00 Workshop
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study 14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Design Tutors
22/9 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Site Visit/ London
Lucy Jones
Itinerary
14:00 - 17:00 Site Visit/ London
Lucy Jones
Itinerary
25/9 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Charette 2
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Supervision
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
26/9 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study 10:00 - 13:00 Research Seminar
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
28/9 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Workshop
Design Tutors
Itinerary
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
29/9 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
2/10 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Charette 3
Design Tutors
Foyer
14:00 - 17:00 Design Charette 3
4/10 Wed
10:00 - 13:00 Research Seminar
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Research Seminar
MA Studio G0.4
5/10 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Climates Pin-up
Foyer
14:00 - 17:00 Climates Pin-up
Foyer
9/10 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Charette 4
Foyer + Crit Room
14:00 - 17:00 Design Charette 4
10/10 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
11/10 Wed
10:00 - 13:00 Research Seminar
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 16:30 Research Seminar
MA Studio G0.4
13/10 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
16/10 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Charette 5
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Charette 5
17/10 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 Build prep
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Build prep
MA Studio G0.4
19/10 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Build prep
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Build prep
MA Studio G0.4
13/9 Wed
19/9 Tue multistory Wk01
Wk02
multistory Wk02
Wk03
21/9 Thu
27/9 Wed
3/10 Tue multistory Wk03
Wk04 Open
6/10 Fri
12/10 Thu Wk04
Wk05
multistory Wk05
timings activity
who
11/9 Mon 12/9 Tue
18/10 Wed 20/10 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Induction Workshop
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
Itinerary
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4 Design Tutors Lucy Jones
10:00 - 13:00 Workshop
MA Studio G0.4
Design Tutors
10:00 - 11:00 Intro: History and Theory 11-13 Library Quiet Room
History and Theory tutors
14:00 - 17:00 Induction Workshop
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
Lucy Jones
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4 Itinerary
MA Studio G0.4 Design Tutors
Itinerary MA Studio G0.4
Design Tutors
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4 MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4 Design Tutors
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Foyer + Crit Room
MA Studio G0.4 MA Studio G0.4 Design Tutors
MA Seminar + LQR 14:00 - 17:00 Research Seminar
10:00 - 13:00 Build prep
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Research Seminar
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4 MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Build prep
MA Studio G0.4
communication Introduction / Rhino Workshop 01 Wk06
23/10 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Study week - Self-directed study
14:00 - 17:00
10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 17:00
10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 17:00
26/10 Thu
10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 17:00
27/10 Fri
10:00 - 13:00
30/10 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Build
UCA Quad
14:00 - 17:00 Build
UCA Quad
31/10 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 Build
UCA Quad
14:00 - 17:00 Build
UCA Quad
2/11 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Build
UCA Quad
14:00 - 17:00 Build
UCA Quad
24/10 Tue
25/10 Wed Wk06
Wk07
multistory Wk07
1/11 Wed
14:00 - 17:00
10:00 - 13:00 Build
3/11 Fri
UCA Quad
12:00 Build Completion deadline
UCA Quad
14:00 - 17:00 Build
UCA Quad
17:00-20:00 Pavilion Opening event
UCA Quad
Open
Wk08
6/11 Mon 7/11 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 REVIEW
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
Key Dates: multistory
Wk08
8/11 Wed
10:00 - 13:00 History and Theory Seminar 1
9/11 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
10/11 Fri
Wk10
Wk10
Wk11
Wk11
multistory
Steven Dixon Smith + Ian Badger
Library Quiet Room
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Supervision
Wk13
Wk13
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Seminar
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study 14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Ross Cairns
17/11 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Workshop
Ross Cairns
Traklab
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Ross Cairns
Traklab
20/11 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Supervision
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Supervision
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
21/11 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study 14:00 - 16:00 Library seminars
Steven Dixon Smith + Ian Badger
Library Quiet Room
23/11 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
27/11 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Supervision
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
16/11 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Workshop
22/11 Wed 24/11 Fri
29/11 Wed 30/11 Thu 1/12 Fri
Traklab
10:00 - 13:00 History and Theory Seminar 3
MA Seminar
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
Wk14
Traklab
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Supervision
MA Seminar
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study 14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Ross Cairns
10:00 - 11:00 Workshop
Ross Cairns
Traklab
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Ross Cairns
Traklab
Design Tutors + Guests
Foyer + Crit Room
14:00 - 17:00
Design Tutors + Guests
Foyer + Crit Room
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
10:00 - 13:00 Workshop
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
Ross Cairns
10:00 - 13:00 History and Theory Seminar 6
Traklab
History and Theory tutor
MA Seminar
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
REVIEW
14:00 - 16:00 Library seminars
MA Studio G0.4 MA Studio G0.4 Traklab
MA Studio G0.4 Steven Dixon Smith + Ian Badger
Library Quiet Room
7/12 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
G Block Atrium
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
G Block Atrium
8/12 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
11/12 Mon
10:00 - 13:00 Design Supervision
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Supervision
Design Tutors
MA Studio G0.4
13/12 Wed
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Seminar
14:00 - 16:00 Library seminars
Steven Dixon Smith + Ian Badger
Library Quiet Room
14/12 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Design Supervision
MA Studio G0.4
Registry
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
Foyer + Crit Room
14:00 - 17:00 REVIEW
Design Tutors
15/12 Fri
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
8/1 Mon
10/1 Wed
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
11:00 - 13:00 Design Supervision
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
10:00 - 13:00 Literature Review SUBMISSION 10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
Registry Staff
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
15/1 Mon
12:00 - 13:30 REVIEW
16/1 Tue
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
18/1 Thu
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
19/1 Fri
10:00 - 11:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 15:00 PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION
Design Tutors
Week 07: w/c 30/10/17 Build Week 10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
12/1 Fri
17/1 Wed
MA Studio G0.4
CHRISTMAS BREAK
Week 05: w/c 16/10/17: Build Prep
Wk02
MA Studio G0.4
MA Studio G0.4
5/12 Tue
11/1 Thu
Applicant
MA Studio G0.4
History and Theory tutor
10:00 - 13:00 REVIEW
9/1 Tue
Wk15
MA Studio G0.4
Design Tutors
16/10/17: Charette 05: Fabrication Wk01
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
Design Tutors
10:00 - 13:00 History and Theory Seminar 4
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
4/12 Mon
6/12 Wed
Ross Cairns
12/10/17: Workshop 03: Stability Applicant
MA Studio G0.4
History and Theory tutor
12/12 Tue
multistory
MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
10:00 - 13:00 History and Theory Seminar 2
09/10/17: Charette 04: Build sequence Open
MA Studio G0.4
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
05/10/17: Climates Pin-up, Inside/ Out Briefing Wk12
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
15/11 Wed
02/10/17: Charette 03: Full Scale Wk12
14:00 - 16:00 Library seminars
Design Tutors
28/09/17: Workshop 02: CNC multistory
MA Seminar
MA Studio G0.4
14/11 Tue
28/11 Tue
Open
Foyer + Crit Room
History and Theory tutor
10:00 - 13:00 Design Supervision
25/09/17: Charette 02: Elements Wk10
Design Tutors + Guests
13/11 Mon
22/09/17 London trip multistory
14:00 - 17:00 REVIEW
MA Studio G0.4
21/09/17: Workshop 01: Junctions multistory
Foyer + Crit Room
10:00 - 13:00 Self-directed study
18/09/17: Charette 01: Form Wk09
Design Tutors + Guests
MA Studio G0.4 MA Studio G0.4 Design Tutors
Foyer + Crit Room MA Studio G0.4
14:00 - 17:00 Self-directed study
MA Studio G0.4 MA Studio G0.4 Registry Staff
Registry
Completion: 12:00 03/11/17, opening event 17:00 - 20:00 Applicant/ Open Day Please ensure studio is tidy and welcoming to prospective new students!
Timetable correct at time of printing. Any changes will be notiďŹ ed via MyUCA. Students to check MyUCA daily. Please note that teaching day ending time is indicative.
UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2017-18
1.6 Assessment
Completion of the project will contribute to unit CARC7002/ CIND7002 Exploratory Practice. Assessment will be carried out at the point of portfolio submission on 19/01/2017 at 14:00 - 15:00.
Feedback will be verbal and written at formative stages and written at the summative stage for this project. 1.7 Duration
The project will run from the 18/09/2017 until the end of the semester on 19/01/2018.
1.9 Further Reading
Dessauce, M. (1999) The inflatable moment : pneumatics and protest in ’68. (s.l.): Princeton Architectural Press. Domebook 2. (1971) (s.l.): Pacific Domes. Gordon, A. (2008) Spaced out : radical environments of the psychedelic sixties. (s.l.): Rizzoli. Grossman, J. (2012) Drop City [electronic resource]. (s.l.): Kanopy Streaming. Herzog, T. (1976) Pneumatic structures : a handbook of inflatable architecture. (s.l.): Oxford University Press. Krausse, J. and Lichtenstein, C. (2000) R. Buckminster Fuller : Your Private Sky. (s.l.): Lars Muller Verlag,Switzerland,. Macy, C. (2003) Architecture and nature : creating the American landscape. (s.l.): (s.n.). Motro, R. (2003) Tensegrity [electronic resource] : structural systems for the future. (s.l.): Kogan Page Science. Smit, T. (2001) Eden. (s.l.): Bantam. Topham, S. (2002) Blowup : inflatable art, architecture, and design. (s.l.): Prestel. Trumbull, D. et al. (2008) Silent running [videorecording]. (s.l.): UCA. Van Loon, B. (1994) Geodesic domes. (s.l.): Tarquin.
1.10 Staff/Guests
The project will be run by Lucy Jones and assisted by Luke Jones, visiting design tutor, and Owain Caruana Davies, sessional design tutor. Technical support will be provided by Chris Settle and Ben Westacott when required. During the course of the unit we will be joined by key guests for crit reviews.
1.12 Lear ning Aims
The aims of this unit are to: A1 Enable you to locate your practice in relation to appropriate fields of research and develop your in-depth specialist understanding of these A2 Introduce and develop creative practice methodologies into a framework for planning future self-directed practice and theoretical enquiry A3 Introduce and develop specialist knowledge, technical skills and fabrication processes that facilitate the exploration of experimental approaches in your work A4 Develop your ability to critically appraise your own work and that of others through regular critiques and student forums A5 Support you in developing your project proposal providing a framework for the planning and implementation of your research within clear practical and theoretical parameters.
1.13 Lear ning Outcomes
On satisfactory completion of the unit you will be able to: LO1 Demonstrate specific knowledge of creative methodologies, critical theories and historical and contemporary precedents relevant to your design practice LO2 Identify potential areas for investigation, the formulation of clear research questions, and select and reflect upon appropriate strategies or methods of enquiry through creative practice LO3 Investigate research agendas via focused iterative testing and experimentation that has acquired advanced levels of conceptual, formal and technical skills LO4 Document your creative work as a critical methodological framework for on-going personal research agendas with clear coherent intellectual and practical aims LO5 Set goals, manage workloads and meet deadlines.
UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2017-18