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Unliveable Berlin Studio (ABPL90297)
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Unliveable Berlin is a University of Melbourne design studio, organised and run by Michael Roper (Director, Architecture Architecture). This studio will take a group of masters students from architecture, landscape and urban design to the ANCB Metropolitan Laboratory in Berlin where they will explore and develop ideas for experimental housing projects.
STUDIO THEME: A CITY IN TRANSITION
Berlin has undergone several periods of trauma and transformation. Growing out of two world wars, living through three decades of east-west division followed by re-unification, rebuilding and more recent bankruptcy, Berlin is riddled with the scars of its history. Politically caught between socialism and capitalism; physically, between the destruction of war and urban regrowth; culturally, between division and unity; this is a city coming to terms with its physical and cultural territories, revelling in the uncertainty of its future.
STUDIO THEME: DESIGNING FOR INCLUSION
Berlin has a history of social exclusion and ideological seclusion. In this context we ask, how does a city express its hostilities and how, as architects, can we foster cities of inclusion? With Berlin as our lab rat, we will consider what it means to accommodate the excluded, and to redress cultural hostilities through architecture and urban thinking.
STUDIO THEME: A VISION FOR HOUSING
Berlin is the heartland of Baugruppen, a model for housing that empowers ordinary citizens to design and finance their own apartment buildings. In Melbourne, the Nightingale movement is a revolution in housing inspired by Baugruppen. Students will have the opportunity to study and visit the Baugruppen projects, along with Berlin’s other experimental housing movements from the 1950s (Hansaviertel) and 1980s (IBA).
STUDIO OUTCOMES: GLOBAL THINKERS
Stripped of well-worn reference points, the travelling studio encourages students to see with fresh eyes. They come to sense a city’s unconscious – its undercurrents – developing instincts for the manifold cultural forces that drive a place. Through the travelling studio, we aim to foster broad, global-thinking problem solvers, versed in the physical mechanisms (infrastructural, geographical) and cultural forces (political and social) that underpin urban life.
ANCB: A METROPOLITAN LABORATORY
ANCB is the headquarters for an extensive international network of institutions and universities, supporting research and knowledge transfer in an environment where architects, planners, economists, philosophers, scientists, artists, engineers and ecologists come together to tackle the issues facing globalised urban environments. At ANCB, students will engage with a range of academics, researchers and specialists relevant to the themes of the studio.
COSTS
Students will be expected to cover the costs of their flights, accommodation and living expenses as well as any additional activities undertaken in Berlin. Students may wish to apply for Global Mobility Fund sponsorship. Approximate costs are as follows:
Flights: $3,000
Accommodation: $1,000 - shared accommodation
Living expenses (meals and incidentals): $1,500
CREDIT
Master of Architecture students can use this subject to replace ABPL90142 Master of Architecture Studio C, ABPL90143 Master of Architecture Studio D or ABPL90115 Master of Architecture Studio E OR to count toward either the Architecture elective or Multidisciplinary elective component of their course.
Master of Urban Design students can use this subject to count towards the elective component of their course.
Master of Landscape Architecture students can use this subject to count towards the Landscape Architecture elective or Multidisciplinary elective component of their course.
Please note: 2019 Travelling period is between Monday 12th – Friday 23rd August.
Intended learning outcomes
- To provide students with an experience in international collaboration
- To encourage students to identify and engage critically with specific cultural practices, industrial contexts and socio-technical traditions
- To stimulate systematic/creative thinking and problem solving within students through their experiences of how local issues govern planning, design and construction processes in a particular location
Generic skills
- Interdisciplinary teamwork
- Understanding and navigating social and cultural difference
- Knowledge transfer
- Organisational collaboration
- Managing risk
Last updated: 12 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into a degree at the Melbourne School of Design.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 12 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 100 hours of work demonstrating design output that may include physical models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches.
| Mid semester | 30% |
A jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 240 hours of work building on work developed throughout the semester demonstrating design output that may include physical models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses and sketches.
| End of semester | 70% |
Last updated: 12 April 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
Not available in 2023
Time commitment details
340 hours
Additional delivery details
Quota: 12
This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. You will be notified in writing by Stop 1 if you are selected.
Selection criteria:
Please submit a 150 word statement explaining why you are interested in the studio and what you want to get out of it, along with a 5 page folio containing samples of your design projects. Applications should be submitted to Michael Roper at mr@archarch.com.au, by Monday 13th May.
Last updated: 12 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
Studio travel weeks: August 19 – August 30
- Links to additional information
Last updated: 12 April 2024