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Excursion James Stirling
Oxford and Cambridge
2011 · 07 · 08



James Stirling (1926-1992) was a British architect that has been controversial from his early career during the fifties until today.

His Leicester Engineering Building was the most debated work of architecture in the early sixties, his extension of the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart took that position in the late eighties. His work, labeled as "Brutalist", "Late-Modern" and "Post-Modern" still provokes both lyrical admiration and powerful disgust.

He unveiled the dormant memory of the ailing modern movement, gave it a new set of design paradigms, and rehabilitated the art of composition. Later, he anticipated the growing interest for typological repertoire and urban morphology in architecture.


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BIG JIM

With his flamboyant personality, he was an eccentric, a kind of animal that is a allowed by British tolerance. "Big Jim" preferred to have fun in life and architecture, while scholarly critics like Kenneth Frampton, Reyner Banham,Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman and Charles Jencks were scrutinizing his works and put it in the focus of the evolving whirliwind of architectural debate.

His oeuvre provoked several monographs, a biography and an enormous amount of comments in the professional press. Last year, interest in his work had been raised again, because of an exhibition of the Canadian Centre of Architecture (CCA) in Montreal accompanied by several publications (a.o. by Anthony Vidler) based on research of his archives that are being kept there. (The exhibition is to be seen in Tate Britain, London until 21 August 2011). The History Thesis Workshop therefore can depart from the "state of the art" research on this topic. It can bring us to the details and anomalities of his work, the emerging design principles or to the turmoil of the exploding "grand narratives" that took place during his lifetime.

Several themes will suggested to you in the beginning. Also lectures will guide you in the beginning to build a rich framework of reference. The thesis workshop will start in september 2011. Deadline (for validaton for next P 2) 20 november 2011.

EXCURSION

Before the start of the workshop, The Architecture Students Association ARGUS offers a 5-day excursion , from sundaymorning the 23rd till thursdayevening the 27th of October 2011. Connecting the major Stirling flagposts, it will circle around London without entering it, and it will include fine new towns, garden cities, landscape gardens, Arts and Crafts houses and musea that are on our path. Roughly cost estimation E 300,-. This includes: planeticket, car rental and petrol, hostels (oxford and cambridge), breakfast and entrance fees. Only dinner is not included.

The program is roughly:

Day 1: Delft, Eindhoven Airport,Stansted Airport, Stevenage New Town, Welwyn Garden City;

Day 2: Oxford, Florey Building, Leicester Engineering Building, Stowe Landscape Gardens (capability Brown);

Day 3. Haslemere Olivetti Training Centre, Guildford Grayfriars House (Voysey), Bexleyheath Red House (Phillip Webb, William Morris), Dulwich Art Gallery (John Soane);

Day 4: Cambridge, History Faculty, Norwich University of East Anglia (Dennis Lasdun), Sainsbury Wing of the Arts (Norman Foster)

Day 5: Cambridge, Stansted Airport, Eindhoven Airport Delft (arr. 7 p.m.)


THESIS WORKSHOP

Participation of this trip is of course highly recommended by Hans, but not obligatory, if you want to join the thesis workshop. Also it is possibl e to work on a thesis on the "other excentricities" that we will pass.
Important is that you are prepared to attend the extra lectures and that you like to enjoy working in a group and share knowledge, insight and fun with your fellow students in presentations and debates.

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Go the link www.supersaas.nl/form/Hans_van_Dijk/Stirling_Thesis.


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Excursion Venice Biennale
The past, the present, the future
2010 · 09 · 21



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With the excursion to Venice this November ARGUS will give you the opportunity to experience Venice in several ways. Off course Venice itself, with the remarkable Grand Canal and its Palazzi, is already well worth a visit. However, ARGUS wants to give this three day excursion a little extra. Each day we are going to experience Venice from a different perspective. 1 day the Past, 1 day the Present and 1 day the Future.

The Past ∙ Together with Hans van Dijk (History department) you will experience the city of Venice with all its historical buildings and beautiful sights.

The Present ∙ Both Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano have designed a museum in Venice, where the old buildings are combined with contemporary architecture. We will visit these museums and the project of OMA for the palazzo Fondacio dei Tedeschi.

The Future ∙ With the theme "People meet in Architecture", this year’s Biennale is a great exhibition and well worth a visit. With this 12th international Architecture Exhibition the debate refocuses on us, people in architecture, and so on the subjects sustainability, re-use and quality of life.

Practical ∙
Start – Return
6 november 15u - 9 november 23u
Who
Master students or other interested (limited places so apply quickly)
Travel
We will travel by plane from Dusseldorf Weeze. Transfer to the airport is provided.
Price
travel and stay: 175 euro

Interested? Please send an e-mail to the address mentioned on top of the page containing your name, phone number, MSc track or other education and we will get back to you ASAP!

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Revival of the Architecture Student Association
2010 · 09 · 14

ARGUS is the renewed student association for all MSc architecture students. Since 2006 the organization was barely active, until now. ARGUS is revived and will be there for all master students! >>> read more

The economic crisis, predictions about climate, energy, population growth, urbanization and the exodus of the countryside make it a turbulent and challenging time for us future architects. Again, there is room for ideals and the architect should focus more on the future. Durability, re-use and quality of life are the important subjects nowadays.

This requires a place for discussion, exchange of ideas and relevant information. Alongside our comprehensive education, there is no such place for us MSc architecture students. Therefore ARGUS is reinitiated and wants to satisfy this need, with your help, by organizing a series of in-depth activities, yet with a personal and informal approach. Activities may vary from masterclasses on location to stories told by architects about starting your own architecture firm from scratch.

The first activity has already been planned, as you can read in the article by Hans van Dijk: "an excursion to the Biennale of Venice". With the theme "People meet in Architecture", this year's Biennale is well worth a visit, because it refocuses on us, people in architecture, and so on the subjects sustainability, re-use and quality of life.

This year there will be more to hear from ARGUS. Are you interested to contribute or to join, please send us an email.
Are you curious about the excursion to the Biennale and Venice and do you want to go together with us? Please check the article down below!

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