“Whatever time and space mean,
place and occasion mean more.”
Aldo Van Eyck
The purpose of this project is to design your own 1:1 moment in the city. Working in groups the project will consist of 3 experiments. Keep in mind that this is an area undergoing change. Get to know about it through your experiments.
Exp 1/ Social engagement with the city
Each group will be given a starting point. From there draw a long section and engage with your site within your section. Explore if to draw a section in a circle, square, line or in zig zag through the site. Cut through buildings, streets and public realm. Participate in cultural /local activity in your section. This can be anything from gossip chats, to more formal events. Compare scenes in Earls Court to the scene in Cinema Paradiso and use techniques developed in P01. Draw propositional ideas from your experiences. Use film as analytical tool
Exp 2/ Material engagement with the city
Develop your propositional ideas at 1:1 with film as a key design tool. Also develop a material exploration at 1:1 as part of your analysis of the site and your 1:1 proposal. Explore the cultural and connotational potential of material. Make and test ideas. Prepare for your intervention by inviting people, get permissions from council or police if this is necessary. Map your hurdles as well as successes.
Exp 3/ Social & Material relationships
Host your 1:1 intervention. Film the intervention, draw the intervention. Take some stunning photos of it. Critically reflect on the material and social relationships. Post intervention conclude the project individually by drawing your own territory of interest/drawn manifesto which will act as a starting point for your work in the final project. Consider site, interventions, social layers and material interests. What is your civic aspiration for the site?
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