How we Build

This studio is founded on the belief that an understanding of how things are made, of how materials are assembled, brings an intimate engagement with the problems and future possibilities of the real world. We think that architectural practice should combine critical thinking and direct making. This approach underpins the work of our practice, Assemble, and will inform the tactics and teaching of this studio.

Based here in Vienna, we will dissect the physical construction of the city - its skin and bones - in order to propose new approaches to the built environment. We will explore how different parts of the city have been made and how these methods and materials are a reflection of economic, political and social conditions, often hidden from the public experience of a place.

Through experimental drawing and publication, we will communicate these ideas to a broad public audience, revealing a different and exciting way of seeing and engaging with the city around us.

We will combine rigorous research and design with hands-on 1:1 prototyping and material exploration. Taking the clay that Vienna is built on as our starting point, we will develop a range of experimental material processes and collective building methods. We will explore how existing materials, infrastructure and people could be mobilized to create exciting new models of building.

Dates:

Workshop space (24/7) during the semester at the TVFA Halle

10.10.16  9:30 INTRO - TVFA

11.-12.10.16 Workshop TVFA

09.11.2016 Presentation AZW

10.-11.2016 Workshop TVFA

13.12.2016 Mid-Presentation

14.-15.12.2016 Workshop TVFA

17.01.2017 Final presentation AZW

18.01.2017 Outlook

Reviews will be offered every week at the workshop place at TVFA Halle

Supervision:

Lewis Jones, Assemble

Maria Lisogorskaya, Assemble

David Calas

Assistant

Clemens Horvath