Thomas Gravanis / © Culture TripGreek temple, made of stone Lifted directly from a design class discussion forum, these are my responses to the following questions provided by my tutor. "Material is endless. Take a stone: you can saw it grind it drill into it split it or polish it- it will become a different … Continue reading Discussion Forum: Stone is More Stone Than Before
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Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 3
STEM -> STEAM CHOO CHOO. ALL ABOARD THE STEAM TRAIN. It is well-known that the Arts have been constantly undervalued by most educational institutions and society at large. Instead, STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths - have dominated in funding and facility allocation. This has resulted in tension between university faculties, barriers in … Continue reading Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 3
Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 2
Serving Diversity The Albert Barracks Wall was built around the beginnings of Auckland, constructed by Maori against the possibility of a Maori attack that never came. The city developed, the remains of the wall absorbed by the country’s first university, unaddressed, and the space remains in a strange limbo between the past and present. Today … Continue reading Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 2
Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 1
Harnessing the Unpleasant: Can boredom and anxiety be useful? The elusiveness of the creative process has long confounded us and, while many pedagogies have tried to formalise it, the spark of an idea and the experimentation that follows is often a highly individual, unpredictable process. Psychologists Robert M. Yekes and John D. Dodson conducted research … Continue reading Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 1
Discussion Forum: Forensic Architecture, and Walking Through Walls
The topic of this discussion forum was Eyal Weizman's 'Forensic Architecture' - a research firm dedicated to using architectural reconstruction as formal evidence in investigations against human rights violations across the world. We specifically focused on their work amidst the conflict between Israel and Palestine - the resources we responded to are below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybwJaCeeA9o Eyal … Continue reading Discussion Forum: Forensic Architecture, and Walking Through Walls
What is a Good Learning/Teaching Environment?
It is likely that you have spent some time in a classroom, and are in possession of several ginger-toned nostalgic memories, washed out like a time machine-dried photograph: rows and rows of identical desks, hours spent writing away, and a teacher convincing you all with varying success that their subject Matters. Some remember the whole … Continue reading What is a Good Learning/Teaching Environment?
Discussion Forum: Learning Environments Part 3
Lifted directly from a class discussion forum regarding the nature of learning spaces. The bolded questions are those posed by our tutor, and the resource prompts provided are also include here. The following responses both answer these questions and points posed by classmates (Part 3). What sort of environment would you want for learning HTC237? [This … Continue reading Discussion Forum: Learning Environments Part 3
Discussion Forum: Learning Environments Part 2
Lifted directly from a class discussion forum regarding the nature of learning spaces. The bolded questions are those posed by our tutor, and the resource prompts provided are also include here. The following responses both answer these questions and points posed by classmates (Part 2). What sort of model would you want for your own … Continue reading Discussion Forum: Learning Environments Part 2
Discussion Forum: Learning Environments Part 1
Lifted directly from a class discussion forum regarding the nature of learning spaces. The bolded questions are those posed by our tutor, and the resource prompts provided are also included. The following responses both answer these questions and points posed by classmates (Part 1). Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv_6FwMBzD8 Montessori Primary School https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/103557339/how-modern-learning-environments-work-and-what-parents-options-are https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/design/the-classroom-of-the-future-is-nothing-like-you-remember-from-school/news-story/4439a8453a110a4bd2854837c21e722e What are some important … Continue reading Discussion Forum: Learning Environments Part 1
Discussion Forum: A Ramble on Glass in Classrooms
Lifted directly from a discussion forum with my architectural design class on the topic 'Life lessons and learning environments', these are some brief anecdotes and interesting resources about the use of glass in classrooms. "On the topic of glass in classrooms: The newest classrooms blocks at school were specifically made with large glass windows, that … Continue reading Discussion Forum: A Ramble on Glass in Classrooms
'What is a Wall?' & Other Questions 