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Critical Subjects: Architecture & Design Winter School
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About the Winter School (see images)
mantownhuman hosted Critical Subjects, Architecture & Design Winter School on 17-18 November at The Kowalsky Gallery, Great Sutton Street, London EC1.
Critical Subjects was a unique opportunity for 26 of the keenest students in the country (representing 22 universities) to engage in a series of intellectual architectural design challenges facilitated by leading names in the field. Effectively a group of architecture students from across the UK were held in a windowless, airless basement for 24 hours of relentless hard work... and seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Over the course of a day and a half, we explored topics such visionary architecture, social criticism, historical-thinking and provided an open dialogue on classic texts and film, as well as sessions on the art of design and the role of expertise.
The day began with a short introduction where the students got to know each other, followed by debates and discussions culminating with a live project brief announced at 21:00pm. This design project had to be completed by 08:30 the following morning. Here, the students were required to defend - rather than justify - their work using the armoury of argumentative styles and ideas garnered over the previous 24 hours.
The results and testimonials from the mantownhuman Architecture & Design Winter School are as follows:
Design Prize:
Mary Denman (1st year) and Francis Field (3rd year) for their Rapid Prototyping Floating House Dispenser
Merit Prizes:
Rowan Morrice (Robert Gordon, Aberdeen) wins a European trip to write an article for Blueprint magazine;
Runners up: Andrew Ng (Dundee); Josh Broomer (Mackintosh/Glasgow); Simhika Rao (Edinburgh) and Sarah Shuttleworth (Newcastle)
However, the standard and quality of participation - by everyone - was consistently excellent. Each student deserves high praise and we are very grateful to each and every one of the participants (see Brochure for a full list of names).
mantownhuman's Winter School ambition was to present students with ideas, not mere skills.
Critical Subjects was sponsored by Eckersley O'Callaghan Structural Design and produced in partnership with Blueprint and DACS. Click here to learn more about our partners.
  
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