Building is also a verb

Building is also a verb alan chandler

determining the ‘vague’ is a ‘live project’ what is required? case study: Port Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb alan chandler

determining the ‘vague’ is a ‘live project’ what is required? case study: Port Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb

architecture is about buildings?

Building is also a verb

architecture is about buildings? do the requirements of academia impact on the professionalism of architects, and what is the effect of architecture being ‘academic’?

Building is also a verb

“have the ability to….”, “understanding of” “theoretical concepts” “conceptualisation” these words and phrases attempt to negotiate the fact that no-one can comprehensively demonstrate everything………

Building is also a verb

“have the ability to….”, “understanding of” “theoretical concepts” “conceptualisation” whilst simultaneously registering that all these criteria are essential……

Building is also a verb

words like ‘experience’, ‘intuition’, ‘craft’, ‘make’ are not on the agenda

Building is also a verb

PLURALITY to discuss making as a requirement would impinge on the right to plurality

Building is also a verb

while the careful use of academic and intellectual wording allows for schools to ‘in principle’ balance the hand and the head, the lack of requirement to do so makes the ‘academicisation’ of architectural education that much easier/cheaper and more inevitable.

Building is also a verb

GA 2.2 – “…have the ability to evaluate and apply a comprehensive range of visual, oral and written media to test, analyse, critically appraise and explain design proposals”.

Building is also a verb

GA 2.2 – “…have the ability to evaluate and apply a comprehensive range of visual, oral and written media to test, analyse, critically appraise and explain design proposals”. an architecture of the eye and the word

Building is also a verb

‌crucially leaving open the origin and purpose of the work, and where and with whom the project engages

Building is also a verb

‌crucially leaving open the origin and purpose of the work, and where and with whom the project engages‌and sets in motion the potential for the design process itself to achieve complete self-referentiality

Building is also a verb

…crucially leaving open the origin and purpose of the work, and where and with whom the project engages…and sets in motion the potential for the design process itself to achieve complete self-referentiality “…better results were obtained when the problematics of site and user were omitted”

Building is also a verb

how important is the ‘control’ of meaning in architecture?

Building is also a verb

how important is the ‘control’ of meaning in architecture? ..where we limit variety – before we make decisions, or as part of making decisions?

Building is also a verb

…it operates contextually in a way that ideas simply cannot……

Building is also a verb

…it operates contextually in a way that ideas simply cannot…… …so does ‘building’ (verb) mean an inevitable loss of control?

Building is also a verb

a building starts its life controlled, a product of variety attenuation (planning policy, property prices, speculation and legislation),

Building is also a verb

a building starts its life controlled, a product of variety attenuation (planning policy, property prices, speculation and legislation), and of management (safety, budget, team, ego and information),

Building is also a verb

a building starts its life controlled, a product of variety attenuation (planning policy, property prices, speculation and legislation), and of management (safety, budget, team, ego and information), yet ultimately achieves complete vagueness in terms of how it is understood, used, adapted and absorbed into place

Building is also a verb

we can simulate the vagueness of a real building at the end of the portfolio, but it is illusory because the processing of variety is contrived

Building is also a verb

determining the ‘vague’ is a ‘live project’ what is required? case study: Port Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb

so do we just ‘build’?

Building is also a verb

so do we just ‘build’? …but really what is the value of getting covered in cement for a week when you supposedly have BIM?

Building is also a verb

so do we just ‘build’? ….why go through the charade of spending a month making a scarf joint that a decent carpenter could execute in half and hour?

Building is also a verb

so do we just ‘build’? ….it is labour in lieu of, not as well as, critical thinking

Building is also a verb

so do we just ‘build’? ….so is a ‘Live Project’ what is required?

Building is also a verb

so do we just ‘build’? ….so what is a ‘Live Project’?

Building is also a verb

….’live’ may simply mean engaging with external agencies

Building is also a verb

….’live’ may simply mean engaging with external agencies but the feasibility study does not complete the cycle…..

Building is also a verb

….’live’ may simply mean engaging with external agencies but the feasibility study does not complete the cycle…..drawing as an output remains untested by events, either during or after construction…..

Building is also a verb

….’live’ may simply mean engaging with external agencies but the feasibility study does not complete the cycle…..drawing as an output remains untested by events, either during or after construction…..drawings may precisely define ideas, but the accuracy of those ideas – their ability to be ‘right’ will never be known

Building is also a verb

necessity, negotiation and economy

Building is also a verb

determining the ‘vague’ is a ‘live project’ what is required? case study: Port Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb

determining the ‘vague’ is a ‘live project’ what is required? case study: Port Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb

determining the ‘vague’ is a ‘live project’ what is required? case study: Port Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb

the direct, unequivocal engagement of students with a building (noun) requires the parallel direct, unequivocal engagement with building (verb)

Building is also a verb

the direct, unequivocal determining the ‘vague’engagement of students with a building (noun) is a ‘live project’ requires the parallel whatdirect, is required? unequivocal engagement casebuilding with study: Port (verb) Harcourt case study: ‘Children’s Garden’ the point of hand-over is the point of the project

Building is also a verb alan chandler