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They then correlated the information in order to understand it better and put it to use in their own project. Students were encouraged to share information and compare interpretations of the site. They surveyed the land, trees and surrounding buildings; used light and sound meters; mapped the type and frequency of activity in the park; […]

Architects are particularly familiar with the possibilities inherent in the existence of multiple solutions and the absence of one right answer. You can talk about beauty on a large scale. Despite the random element that this introduces to the process of site analysis, the activity of the participants, who then visit and observe the places […]

CHORA has also developed a planning tool called ‘Urban Gallery’. In order to understand a site, its context and what defines it as a place, CHORA has developed an original methodology called ‘Urban Curation’. The economically viable and sustainable proposals for the 50-hectare site will form the basis of the master plan that will be […]

Occasionally, through its location, resources or cultural significance, a site provokes a project to come into being. Our shared human reaction to a place is created by the dynamic of the physical site and its cultural context. The exercise provides a check and balance mechanism to commit the designer to, and make them more aware […]

Procrastination at this stage is a sign that an idea is either fundamentally flawed, or still in such a stage of watery ambiguity that the task of putting pen to paper to solve it seems daunting. Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez on different uses of the site: A solution to the spontaneous weather changes that can occur […]

The park itself should function as a free public open space and contain infrastructure/set design/landscaping to support performances. Each designer was to choose the identity of the actor and the inaugural Shakespeare play to be performed there. Students were encouraged to challenge the restrictions in the project brief, as shown below: A space to sell […]

This approach is valuable for students tackling a studio-design project without an easily definable client. below right: This brief was developed as the result of a consultation workshop with pupils at Sussex Road School. The designer mapped the narrative of the play on to the site to develop the brief. It is, however, also very […]

Julian Lewis [Rainham Riverside] has come out of the process of hairy drawing, amongst other things, and that’s the only reason why this project includes the river and the industrial buildings and the river walk. Dann Jessen I think that’s got to do with our interest in public situations. The drawings need to be able […]

We wanted to show our proposals but also see if children would like to play with sand, which we proposed as an alternative to rubber safety surfaces. They’re not just about ‘tell us about what you think’ or ‘what’s wrong here?’ We try to make them an early one-to-one testing of what the place could […]

We are setting ourselves in the position to understand everybody’s agenda and then we bring forward proposals that hopefully can be negotiated between a number of different parties. Judith Losing There’s a moment where we come up with a concept that we think answers all of the problems that are there. The children were playing […]