Angaben zur Professur

Lehrstuhl 

Professur T. Emerson

Typ 

Professur für Architektur und Entwurf

Standort 

HIL

Webseite 

www.emerson.arch.ethz.ch

Assistierende 

Lucio Crignola, Lorenza Donati, Sonja Flury, Michelle Geilinger, Boris Gusic, Amy Perkins

Kontakt E-Mail 

donati@arch.ethz.ch

Angaben zur Entwurfsklasse

Typ 

Entwurf V-IX

Thema 

The Good Life

Beschreibung
des Entwurfs-programmes 

Spring is coming. Trim the hedge. Prune the tree. Mow the lawn. Put the skis back in the basement and the car in the garage. The sun will shine, maybe too much for comfort. Irrigation is ready. Build a conservatory. Convert the spare bedroom. WFH. Open plan kitchen. Peloton. The house remains home, safe and sound. For now… More than half of residential buildings in Switzerland - by number - are single-family houses. The single-family house is the least environmentally efficient settlement yet remains the aspiration of many. Excessive energy-use per capita from the house and the private transport that sustains it are just part of the widening gap between societal objectives and individual emancipation, and freedom. To many, the single private house represents the good life. To liberal urbanites, it represents the banality and wastefulness of the suburbs, which perhaps explains the lack of critical attention in architectural discourse. In fact, architects have condescended the suburb for decades, ever since 1933, when CIAM declared that it was “a kind of scum churning against the walls of the city”. And it is in part due to this deep-rooted snobbery that the single-family house developed its own design codes mixing a cocktail of real estate value and aspirational taste away from the gaze of academic architecture. Yet, beyond the superficial cliches of dull conformity, the suburban single-family house has and continues to represent a great opportunity to radically reappraise the architectural, economic and ecological contracts embedded in society and nature. This semester, we shall stay near Zurich and redesign a normal single-family house. We shall search for the typical, not the exception, as this is where we can make a new reality. We shall explore how architectural reinvention can turn the house into a regenerative social and environmental type. The aims are social, spatial and natural. The means will be modest, circular, non-extractive and confined to what we find around us which of course includes the climate, the economy, the law and all the non-human species oblivious to property boundaries, but sensitive to appropriate habitat. The single-family house cannot be understood without the garden, which like the architecture it hosts, will be reimagined for new climates and ecologies.

Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte 

Entwurf, Konstruktion, Landschaftsarchitektur, Handwerk, Visualisierungen

Lernziele 

Analysis Undertake several types of research simultaneously including: -Qualitative site/building analysis (photographic, drawing) -Systematic analysis (inventory of uses, material history, social history, etc…) -Technical analysis (geology, climate, ecology) -Interpret and synthesise information above into a concise and ongoing knowledge base for the design of a project. -Assimilate small, fragmentary observations into broad understanding of place, building, etc… Design -Formulate a spatial concept for a project, demonstrating an understanding of the difference between spatial and programmatic decisions. -Demonstrate an ability to design interior and exterior spaces, as well as the space around a building. -Consider and understand the relationship and impact of a design on a wider landscape. -Develop an integrated and relevant structural, constructional and environmental concept for the project -Demonstrate understanding of the technical performance of a project. Representation -Develop a critical eye in photographic recording of both place and work. -Develop ability to make fast sketch models and complex presentation models with precise conceptual purpose. -Develop an understanding of the status and purpose of different kinds of representation, and deploy them effectively -Use detailed drawings and models to illustrate the constructional concept of a project Communication -Demonstrate ability to work, learn and communicate as a whole studio, in small groups and individually. -Demonstrate high level of technical and critical standard in 2D CAD drafting. -Develop ability to assimilate a broad range of working practices. -Be able to clearly and concisely describe a concept, working practice, and outcome. Evaluation The semester work will be graded as a whole after the final crit. The grade will reflect the project presented in the final crit and overall progress during the semester. The final grade will include individual project work and contribution to group work in the Garden. Grades are given to individuals and not to pairs or groups. There will be no arithmetic breakdown to the final grade. You will be given feedback on progress during the interim crits and in tutorials. Questions regarding individual progress can be raised in tutorials. Written warning will be sent to students at risk of failing (however the absence of such letter is not a guarantee of a pass). Each student is responsible for recording feedback during crits and you are encouraged to ask a colleague to take notes during for you.

LV-Nr. des Entwurfs 

052-1116-23

Zusätzliche integrierte Disziplin(en) 

Unterrichts-sprache 

English

Arbeitsweise 

Nur Gruppenarbeit

Daten Zwischenkritiken 

15.03 / 03.05 / 31.05

Datum Schlusskritik 

30.05 / 31.05

Einführungs-veranstaltung 

22nd Feb 2022, 10am F65.1

Zusätzliche Kosten 

CHF 200 (Schätzung, ohne allfällige Seminarwochenkosten)

Verfügbare Plätze 

24

Plakat des Entwurfs-programmes 

Plakat ansehen (PDF Datei)

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