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80 404 Speculative Ideation: Hand Drawing as Explorative Medium in Architecture
Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies in architecture or landscape architecture (180 ECTS).
"Speculative Ideation..."
- adresses the capability of the student of architecture to think with and through drawing by hand.
- is practice-based
- sets out from the particular ´wants`and ´needs` of the participating student.
- encourages exploration and developement of strategies for personal meaning making by drawing.
"Speculative Ideation" contains three main components:
- Individual study
The participants choose a subject to pursue through the period of the course.
The subject to investigate and explore can be related to ongoing or earlier studio-courses, but this is not a requirement.
Notes on intentions and reflections over past work in the course will accompany the practical work serving to clarify guidelines and the revision of these.
- Individual exercises
Intend to invigorate foundational skills and knowledge and introduce new ones. These exercises draw upon analytical and intuitive approaches familiar to art and architecture.
Keywords: Materiality, gesture, composition and expression, formal analysis.
The exercises take place at the early stages and come to a halt approximately after one-third of the course period.
- Plenary talks & discussions
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- Knowledge:
Enhanced capabilities and awareness of hand drawing´s potential as a personal medium for speculation and ideation in architecture.
- Skills:
Encourages students to develope skills and practical know-how that are informed by the students´ personal ´wants` and ´needs` and adapted to the individual student´s particular workflow.
- General competence:
Develop the capability to think with and through drawing by hand.
Develop the awareness of drawing as a medium and an approach for personal meaning making.
- Excercises
Take place in the first phase of the course
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- In-depth study on individually selected topic/theme.
Run throughout the entire course period
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- Talks & discussions
Talks and subsequent discussions intend to cover best practice within architecture and art.
During the course students will be expected to present ongoing work and further give critique to work done by peers in the course
- Process/evaluation/feedback :
Individual tutoring, group- and plenary discussions
Intermediate presentations
- Formal evaluation
Final presentation with external sensor.
- Requirements to pass
80% presence on entire course is required to pass. In order to ensure sufficient progression, close collaboration with peer students and teacher in general requires presence from 9am to 4 pm throughout Tuesdays and the elective course week.
Presence is required at all presentations - intermediate and final.
Digital hand-in of selected work from the course-period.
Being practice-based and grounded on the individual needs of the students, literature concerning foundational and technical aspects of drawing and essays and articles concerning best practice within art and architecture is developed during the course.
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presence required | Required | 80% presence on entire course is required to pass. In order to ensure sufficient progression, close collaboration with peer students and teacher in general requires presence from 9am to 4 pm throughout Tuesdays and the elective course week |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe) | - | Pass / fail | Final presentation with external sensor . Requirements to pass 80% presence on entire course is required to pass. In order to ensure sufficient progression, close collaboration with peer students and teacher in general requires presence from 9am to 4 pm throughout Tuesdays and the elective course week. Presence is required at all presentations - intermediate and final. Digital hand-in of selected work from the course-period |
| Workload activity | Comment |
|---|---|
| Individual problem solving |