International Workshop: Reading Faces, Reading Spaces 2
Component code / course code:
Semester: winter / summer
ECTS credits: 5
Lecture hours per week (SWS): 4
Lecturer: Prof. Luigiemanuele Amabile / Prof. Alberto Calderoni
Course language: English
Prerequisite: 2nd year students
Objectives (Learning Outcome): The goal is to unfold the autonomous and objective character of the architectural model (not just a scaled representation of reality, but as a world-maker of a given reality) and to structure a reading methodology useful for substantiating the design process. These models will not aim to mimic reality; instead, they will serve as exploratory tools for analyzing architectural space through established categories of spatial perception. The models will operate at various levels—both physical and conceptual—enabling students to investigate how space can be understood, experienced, and interpreted in specific ways. By focusing on perception and the sensory aspects of design, students will expand their architectural vocabulary and develop a more comprehensive approach to space, which they can apply in their architectural design studio projects.
Lecture topics (content): The workshop will take place from January 9th to January 15th 2025. At the beginning of the workshop, it will be necessary to have materials ready for the construction of physical models (cutter, grey and beige cardboard, set square, glue, ruler), as well as materials for hand drawing (pencil, tracing paper, white paper).
The first day will be dedicated to an introductory lecture and an on-site visit, during which live drawings will be developed to trace the constitutive and perceptual characteristics of the places that will be modeled. The following days will be dedicated to constructing one model each day, followed by a final discussion.
The last day will be reserved for setting up and holding a plenary discussion on the final presentation work.
Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.):
Examination: Different sketches, models at specific assigned scales (1:200, 1:50, 1:25, 1:5), presentations
Examination criteria: Quality of the presentation and the depiction, quality of the models (design, character,
materiality)
