bartlett school of architecture 2010

presented here are the projects of year one students from the bartlett school or architecture in london. along with their work, the students also compiled a video documenting their academic experience of their first year. the program’s focus was to explore ‘ways of seeing’; understanding and interpreting objects/events/places and learning to look beyond the visible into the unseen and ‘absurd’ qualities of things. the importance of ‘character’ and personality was emphasized to students throughout the design process whether it concerned analysis, site interpretation or architectural vision.

‘knitting club’ by sam douek

sam douek’s project ‘knitting club’ started with an observation of knitting as a social activity. this project played with the notion of buildings as a fabric that accommodates different activities and spaces next to and on top of each other.

‘lily model’ by brook lin

brook lin’s project titled ‘lily’ plays with the idea of growing lilies on the roofs of buildings. the harvested flowers would be used for perfume making.

‘lily model’ by brook lin

‘lily’ drawing by brook lin sketch conceptualizing the process of growing lilies

‘sketch film’ by brook lin

another project by brook lin is ‘sketch film’ in which she created a spontaneous narrative with no script.

‘teabuilding’ by nicola czyz

‘tea house’ by nicola czyz’s is a building design that is intended to function as an automatic tea brewing machine – collecting and filtering the water.

‘teabuilding’ section by nicola czyz

‘madhouse’

hogarth’ s the rakes progress painting series was also one of the academic themes for the students. each received a painting whereby the students were asked to create their own interpretation.

‘the levee’

‘the heir’

‘the arrest’

‘the prison’

‘the arrest’

film documenting the whole experience of student’s first academic year