Angaben zur Professur

Lehrstuhl 

Professur T. Emerson

Typ 

Professur für Architektur und Entwurf

Standort 

HIL

Webseite 

www.emerson.arch.ethz.ch

Assistierende 

Lucio Crignola, Sonja Flury, Boris Gusic, Larissa Müllner, Amy Perkins, Nemanja Zimonjic

Kontakt E-Mail 

gusic@arch.ethz.ch

Angaben zur Entwurfsklasse

Typ 

Entwurf III+IV

Thema 

The Great Interior

Beschreibung
des Entwurfs-programmes 

Outside the interior lies just another, larger, interior. An interior which contains all nature. Until recently, the story of the city has mainly favoured the centre. In the centre architecture found the place for political and artistic representation. The edge served as a place of defence and exclusion even without a wall. But the emergencies of climate change demand another solution. We shall go in search of utopias on the fringes of Zurich between the summit of the forest-covered Üetliberg and the remnants of Rotes Zürich at the base of the Garden City. Much of it is already there in communities and ecologies just far enough from sight to escape a defined form. It is not a park; it has neither its design or singularity. It is not a garden although it contains many. And it is certainly not a pre-existing nature although it is natural. It is not civic yet it is cultivated metropolitan space. The landscape of the edge could be seen as a great work of bricolage where multiple uses and environments have evolved loosely and informally. Fences, boundaries and architectures are structured within an accommodating nature. At the heart of bricolage lies the inventory of existing material and means. If the task is at the scale of an individual maker the inventory is ostensibly simple: materials and tools. When looking at the scale of territory, the architect’s inventory is the survey. We shall be looking at how construction defines the territory and conversely how the bigger conditions of landscape, topography, climate and collective human affairs determine the smallest actions of everyday life. We shall start where all of architecture began; in the garden, in our garden at Hönngerberg where we will design and build a new structure for the edge. Once built, the garden project could be seen as a primer for a larger investigation to find utopia on the edge of the city. We will ask you to develop a radical architecture based on the world that surrounds you. We shall see that beyond the edge is not outside, in fact it is just another inside, an interior which can be designed, constructed, inclusive and productive. In essence, natural.

Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte 

Entwurf, Konstruktion, Staedtebau, Landschaftsarchitektur, Modellbau, 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 project. Assimilate small, fragmentary observations into broad understanding of place, building, etc… Architectural design Design a small sized building incorporating external spaces and other supporting amenities. Use tight programmatic constraints as a creative stimulus for the spatial organisation of the building. Develop a tectonic strategy as central theme in design project. Use building design to demonstrate understanding of wider landscape. Use building design to propose new ways of inhabiting or experiencing wider landscape. Demonstrate ability to manipulate formal architectural language as an end in itself. Technical Develop method of analysis of a central material or construction thesis in term of environmental performance. Demonstrate understanding of principal structural, environmental and constructional performance. Representation Develop a deep understanding of the status and purpose of architectural representation: drawing, sketch, model, text, image... Develop critical ‘eye’ in photographic recording of place. Develop critical understanding of orthographic drawing: artefact versus data (including scale, line weight, surface, construction, …) Develop ability to make fast sketch models and complex presentation models with precise conceptual purpose. General skills 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. Evaluation The semester work will be graded as a whole after the final crit. The grade will reflect the the project presented in the final crit and overall progress during the semester. Grades will generally be given to the group unless either the students or the assistants have reported an imbalance and there is a clear distinction in the submitted work. There will be no arithmetic breakdown to the final grade. You will be given feedback on progress during the interim crits and in tutorials. Each student is responsible for recording feedback during crits. You are encouraged to ask a colleague to take notes during crits. 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).

LV-Nr. des Entwurfs 

052-0543-19

Zusätzliche integrierte Disziplin(en) 

Unterrichts-sprache 

Deutsch/Englisch

Arbeitsweise 

Nur Gruppenarbeit

Daten Zwischenkritiken 

29.10, 19.11./20.11

Datum Schlusskritik 

17.12. / 18.12.

Einführungs-veranstaltung 

17.09., 10:00, HIl F41

Zusätzliche Kosten 

CHF 200 (Schätzung, ohne allfällige Seminarwochenkosten)

Verfügbare Plätze 

Nach Bedarf

Plakat des Entwurfs-programmes 

Plakat ansehen (PDF Datei)

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