framing architectural exploration

The teaching of the architectural humanities at manchester school of architecture is characterised by a balance of traditional and innovative teaching and assessment methods developed from the research expertise of the staff. Since 2006 the medium of film has been used to broadcast undergraduate students’ experience and interpretation of the architectural and urban environment through the use of buildings as case studies. 

 

Following seminars on the history of recent architectural debates and their representation in different media, critical responses to architecture are developed in the time and space of a 5-minute film. These student contributions are Youtube films of buildings visited on study trips principally in major European cities. The 200 plus films so far submitted in this project are discussed at seminars within the cohort. Beyond this teaching function, though, the films continue to attract international interest so far having achieved well over a quarter of a million hits. These new methods of visualizing and presenting the connections of architecture and urbanism introduce the students to the exploratory culture of the post-graduate degree, a basis which is expanded upon in future research.


The limitations of the brevity of the film format are countered by the combination of media which can be composed in the film. Avoiding the seduction of complex editing for its own sake, combinations of film and still images, computer generated models, text, narration, the architect’s testimony or that of the end user and the careful choice of music together provide an augmented architectural experience. The opportunities presented by this mediated exploration include the foregrounding of the experience of architecture over the traditional hegemony of the scholarly text, the placing of the subject building in its context and, therefore, the overcoming of the isolation of the architectural object. 


Friday, 30 March 2007

Phillippe Starck: Restaurant Teatriz, Madrid


Venezuelan comment "Nice video! Well done... The food was a nice surprise, but the Zeñoras toilets, the cherry on the cake."
American comment "Well done. i was there ages ago. glad it has held up! one of the best bathrooms in the world!"
American comment "this restaurant was amazing to eat in. like traveling back and forward in time, simultaneously (if that makes any sense)"
Linked from the Spanish site http://www.gomadrid.com
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Harvey Lonsdale Elmes: St George's Hall, Liverpool


Linked from the video site http://u-tube.ws
Comment "good video, i could have said somthing about the minton tiles in the main hall"
British comment "Excellent building no wonder Prince Charles likes it.. I saw the door open the other day and thought Id sneak in. It turned out it is now open to the public and is really worth a visit"
Linked from the Liverpudlian site http://www.stgeorgeshall.eu
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Michael Wilford: British Embassy, Berlin

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Austin Smith Lord: F.A.C.T. Liverpool


Linked from the site http://www.skyscrapercity.com/
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Hans Scharoun: State Library, Berlin

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Monday, 5 March 2007

Steven Holl: Sarphatistraat, Amsterdam


Linked from the U.S. site http://ecoastarchreview.blogspot.com
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Richard Rogers: Barajas Airport, Madrid


Australian Comment "Nice video. I'm doing a study of the airport (and the design), and its good to get a feel for the place."
Linked from the Albanian forum http://archiedu.com/home/forum/
Linked from the Dutch site http://www.architectenweb.nl/
Linked from the Peruvian blog http://kleotisa.blogspot.com/
Greek comment "so nice!!! bravo madrid!!!"
Spanish comment "El mas bonito del mundo"
Guatemalan comment "Muy bonito, yo voy a viajar alla el 31 de octubre y soy de Guatemala. Mira mis videos son de el REAL MADRID... Q BUEN VIDEO!!!!"
Linked from the Polish site http://www.sztuka-architektury.pl
Filipino comment "this is a really nice creation form richard rogers. i just thought the dynamism of the airport wasn't there and that the lines were too horizontal for an airport."
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K.F.Schinkel: Schauspielhaus, Berlin


Linked from the Dutch site http://www.architectenweb.nl
Linked from the Greek site http://ghteytria.blogspot.com/
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Axel Schultes: The New Chancellory, Berlin

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Carl Gotthard Langhans: Brandenburg Gate, Berlin


German comment "nice video".
U.S."whos is the musical artist and name of song?"
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Balsanek and Polivka: Municipal House, Prague


Linked from the Czech site http://www.clixtv.cz
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