In order to substantially reduce embodied carbon, our designs will adopt the following hierarchy:.
I assisted in sketching workshops, tutorials, formal reviews as well as crits and certain presentations for year 1 undergraduate architecture and interior architecture students.As a result of my experience, I have on two occasions since graduating been asked to help out at crits as part of the panel.
I really enjoy the experience and am very grateful to be given the opportunity to attend.Even though I am there to help the students, I don't think it is only about them benefiting from the experience.I believe it is hugely important for architects to stay involved in architectural education, not only in order to help tutor the next generation of architects, but also to take inspiration, ideas and thought processes from student work back into real world practice.
At University we are encouraged to create provoking, abstract, sensitive, conceptual and sometimes impossible design briefs and projects, testing the limits of the designer and the possibilities of architecture; skills that should never be forgotten.. BW: What and who does a crit typically involve?.M: A crit involves the students individually presenting their design work project to a panel of critics.
The panel is typically made up of their tutors, visiting tutors from either the same university or another one, external academics, recent graduates and other external people working in or somehow involved in design, architecture or the built environment.
The student pins up all their printed sheets on the wall and is then given a set amount of time to explain their work, the design process, the inspiration and their proposal, which is then followed by feedback by the panel and a critical discussion on how to push the project forward and improve it.. BW: What areas are assessed?.The Platform construction ecosystem - beyond standard components.
This is where we start to see how we get to an open and transparent marketplace..The diagram below is one we often use to explain Platform construction.
In the centre are the physical elements: superstructure, envelope, fit out and MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing).Surrounding these are the supporting activities and tools which inform and leverage the physical components: spatial analysis, digital tools, and delivery.. ‘Spatial Analysis’.
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