Image supplied by Leong Yew, Third Year Architecture student
For students who would like to learn more about Architecture and Design and are in Years 10, 11 or 12 this summer school is designed just for them. Over four days students will be introduced to the fundamental aspects of Architecture or a design related career.
The Architecture and Design Summer School is run by a team of experts from the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning who have many years experience teaching and working in the industry.
The range of hands-on activities will cover different fields of learning in architectural education such as design and multi-media presentations (including Photoshop and digital photography, drawing and architectural graphics, life drawing and model making). The course will be coordinated by Lindy Joubert and presenters include: Angie Morgan, Jack Lewis, Alex Selenitsch, Jina Zheng, Angie Brett, Richard Blight and Rhiannon Slatter.
Date: 14 to 17 December, 2009. The Summer School will run from 9:30am- 5:00pm each day.
Cost: $450 which covers all materials and lunches.
Registration: To register, interested students should contact Paul Whytcross at the Environments and Design Student Centre on (03) 8344 0436 or email: pauljw@unimelb.edu.au
Registration closes Friday November 27 2009.
Accommodation: Attendees from interstate or rural Victoria have the opportunity to stay on-campus at Newman College for an additional cost of $60 per night (includes breakfast). A staff member will accompany the students at all times and stay overnight at Newman College to supervise.
Program
- Day One (Monday) – Bring Life into Drawing
In the morning, Lindy Joubert will present students with a variety of techniques in drawing through observation of the constructed and natural world. Angie Morgan introduces basic lifedrawing in the afternoon session, with emphasis on line, composition and tone to convey the human figure and using charcoal as the medium. - Day Two (Tuesday) – Architectural Drawing and Designing with Models
Spatial thinking, drawing and 3D techniques will be presented in an exciting day of constructed drawing and innovative model making.In the morning session, Jack Lewis will teach the essential drawing methods for communicating visual information and architectural ideas to clients. In the afternoon session, Alex Selenitsch will explain how to safely construct models. During the studio session students will be shown how to creatively solve 3D problems using materials such as paper and cardboard.
- Day Three (Wednesday) – Photoshop and Architectural Presentations
Photoshop – Jina Zheng will familiarise beginners with the basics of Photoshop. Students will be introduced to photo editing techniques and by the end of the session will be able to produce digital artwork.Architectural Presentations – Peter Edgeley will teach the art of architectural presentations using drawings and photography to generate creative ideas in architecture, planning and urban design. Peter is one of Australia’s leading architectural artist.
- Day Four (Thursday) – Architectural Design
Angie Brett will provide an insight into the experiences of a group of architecture students who travelled to an African community to design a health, education, cultural and vocational training centre. The students aim was to help achieve the poverty alleviating objectives of the United Nations Millennium Development goals. Richard Blight who works on hospitals and cultural centres will present on how he arrives at creative solutions and will demonstrate how to design and communicate effectively.