UEL Architecture show opens this week

Well done everyone, see you at the show.

spring on the marsh

On Drawing

Drawing is thinking. When you draw you think, when you draw a building you have to imagine the buildings existence and by fixing it on the paper you walk through its spaces. You imagine and define its structures, the materials and you can even fantasise about the emotional impact. All the things that make a building a building are outlined in this moment.

quote by Wolf D. Prix in A Film On Drawing by Borderline Architecture

upcoming events

Unit G will be taking part in the UEL Architecture Open Jury next Thursday and Friday. The two-day event is open to the public and encourages discussion between students, staff and guests, based around each unit's work in progress. An exhibition of work will be up in the individual unit studios. Tony Fretton will be giving a guest lecture on Thursday evening 6.30pm. All are welcome. (click on image to download flyer)

In addition, there are several upcoming lectures and events:
Jonathan Sergison (Sergison Bates) guest lecture at UEL, 5pm in the AVA, Thursday 2nd February. All welcome.
Emerging Architecture talks series at the RIBA, to accompany the current exhibition. These often sell out so book in advance.
Ecobuild at Excel, 20th - 22nd March. Register now for free tickets.


Some links of interest:

'Pavegen: generating energy from footsteps' - if anyone recognises the East London building in the link, let us know!

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) - information on the CIRIA website. (The SUDS Manual is available as a free download if you register with the site.)

Living Roofs - information about green and brown roofs

some rules and hints

food for thought from John Cage:

Study trip

Ruhr:



Key sites:

Landschaftspark and Zollverein are within Emscherpark
http://sustainablecities.dk/en/city-projects/cases/emscher-park-from-dereliction-to-scenic-landscapes

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord - http://en.landschaftspark.de/
Peter Latz website (change to English at bottom of page)
Gasometer Oberhausen - "Magic Places" exhibition

Zollverein - website
Ruhr Museum by OMA http://www.ruhrmuseum.de/
Zollverein School of Management and Design by SANAA - project architect's website

Essen
Aalto Theatre: website (in German)
Museum Folkwang by Chipperfield: museum website, AR article

Insel Hombroich - website (in German), Kulturkenner website (North Rhine-Westphalia events)
Siza and Finsterwalder pavilion: AR article


London places:

Site work

Enjoy your sites: observe and investigate, draw out and explore the qualities that interest you. Document these qualities through drawing and photography and allow the process of recording to further your investigations, as well as articulating your interests. Consider the whole site, beyond the boundaries of the site to neighbours and context, as well as selected details. Here are some images from site and drawings to inspire you:

student site studies from top: Campo San Polo by Charanpal Matharu, 3-point site study by Nenad Djordjevic, Venice site plan by Marios Aphram


Rail Networks, from Taking Measures Across the American Landscape by Corner and MacLean


Belavali House site plan by Studio Mumbai


San Giorgio photomontage by Enric Miralles



Merced River, Yosemite Valley photocollage and Still Life Blue Guitar composite polaroid, both by David Hockney


Polyptich: Off Waterloo Bridge, by Jon Spencer


The Avro 1 triplane being tested on Walthamstow Marshes, 1909


aerial photo of museum site showing previous waste incineration chimney, sewage filterbeds, railtracks and farmbuildings


derelict Warners building, Hawarden Road





details from top: wildflowers in rubble sacks, flood channel and reservoir bank, spider webs in oil drum litter bin at Douglas Eyre, detail of ground at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum, moss and lichen on Ferry Lane wall to train tracks and reservoirs

I recently came across some beautiful drawings by Perry Kupler:

Fast Twitch Site Plan by Perry Kulper