Q & A II

Just a quick question regarding the visual brief,

week 19. (Jan. 25)
visual brief (four graphic statements in separate sheets)
1. profile - characterise architects, who they are and what they do, based on your interest
- collage or drawing

Q. Are these architects specifically for the practice I am creating at the centre point site?

A. Yes, in the future. But for now, create characteristics generic based on statistics, research etc. and at the same time specific in relation to your scheme.

Q. So could they have different characteristics, to the ones normally found with everyday architects?

A. Yes.

I attached some examples below to encourage you to think out of the box.

Do not make up purely from your imagination but RESEARCH some facts about the profession from surveys, statistics from journals, RIBA website, books and HIGHLIGHT some factors you can relate to your homely conditions/activities. Make headlines/manifesto, express them visually such as collage images or (photomontage) drawings(like a propaganda poster or advertisement).

(Part III books can also help – Architect’s job book or similar from http://www.pedr.co.uk/6home.asp?menu=7&sortorder=0&area=main)

e.g. 1 architects are manipulating people’s way of living. Therefore they need to learn how people are living now by having as much contacts/exposure as possible.

You can quote an interview like “I really believe that architecture is not the goal but the tool – human life is what you want to maximize the potential for. And in many literal ways our prime source of inspiration is trying to observe how life in the city evolves, and how the framework that we create for it should adapt to this evolution.” (Bjarke Ingels, BIG, Icon journal 079, p040.)

e.g. 2 architects chasing clients 4 hours, marketing and socializing 4 hours, talking to people 4 hours and…design 4 hours – 16 hours a day!

e.g. 3 a creative/crazy animal obsessed with something new.

e.g. 4 dreaming what he can’t afford to….


2 programme - categorise programmes you provide based on 1 (what architects do)
- diagram of their activities and programmes

Q.This is similar to the first question, that the programme is specifically for my practice at the centre point site,e.g.Start work at 10:00 - Lunch at 12:00 - back to work at 14:00 - finish work at 15:30?

A. We want you to challenge a conventional everyday routine of an architect, characteristics tamed and stereotyped to the stable profession.

Visually present the types of spaces you need to support the characteristics you defined above. Relate them to the key concept/ activities you have dealt with in the first and second projects.