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Use hands to think better.

In this course, we're not just going to tell you what the architect does, we're going to show it to you. You're going to actually do, on a small scale, the work that an architect does.What the architect does is to have a certain vision about how things might be better. We're going to give you an introduction to that mindset and to that way of working. The study of architecture really engages all your skills. You learn how to work in teams, you learn how to communicate. You learn how to think critically and analytically. You develop all of your creative skills in the study of architecture. In this first module we are going to do three things. We're going to dispel some of the myths about what you need in order to be an architect. We're also going to talk about what an architect does and doesn't do. Then we're going to work on a short design exercise that begins to stretch your muscles to get you going on the design process.

Making architecture offers a unique insight into the mind and work of an Architect, starting with the basics of the profession and culminating with the production of a scaled site model. The course should act as ideal preparation for those interested in undertaking an undergraduate degree in Architecture, although its flexible, intriguing and enjoyable content makes it accessible for all those looking to increase their knowledge in the field. Delivered primarily by Professors from the IE School of Architecture and design in Segovia (Spain), the course begins by examining the mind-set of an Architect - asking how they think and what they do to train their creative minds, moving on to using inspiration from the environment to stimulate design ideas. Finally, the course concludes by looking at some of the more technical aspects of Architecture - such as composition, form, space and hierarchy - and stressing the importance of creating a story that helps define your design. This fascinating content is delivered principally from the stunning design studio at the IE school of Architecture and features external videos from a few beautiful locations in the city of Segovia. Finally, it includes interviews from Pritzker Prize executive director - and Dean of the school of Architecture and design at IE - Martha Thorne, with a number of award winning practising architects such as Sarah Wigglesworth and Cristoph Ingenhoven.

Impartido por:

Nenad Katic
Professor
Manuel Perez Romero
Professor
David Jeffrey Goodman
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture

Transcripción

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We've already talked about how architecture is complex because we

need to constantly collaborate with so many different disciplines and

different professionals.

But, it's not only that we need to coordinate many people.

But architects usually need to coordinate a great number of ideas at the same time.

And as we know from everyday life, whenever we have so

many things to remember we're much better at writing all of them down,

then trying to hold everything in our head.

And that's true for designers and even more,

designers not only we don't only try to write down and sketch our ideas, but

we want to do that in such way that we can easily re-arrange and shuffle these ideas.

That's why, you'll often see designers using things like Post-it notes.

Things like Post-it notes are really practical because you just write down some

concepts and you move them around literally.

And just by having all these concepts visually in front of you on the table

help you just make some new connections, which is the essence of creative thinking.

The reason why this works is because seeing things is much

easier than remembering or imagining them.

That's why by sketching or writing things down we move things out

of our head on paper, so that we can take this cognitive effort off of brain and

use this extra brain power to actually think about what we do with these ideas.

The reason why this works is because seeing and reading things

is much easier for our brains than trying to imagine or remember things.

That's why by sketching or writing things down, we take those concepts

out of our brains, so that we can dedicate this extra brain power for

creative thinking, for actually thinking what do we do about this concept.

And that's especially true for architecture and

design because these are very visual mediums and

it's very, very difficult to imagine forms and visuals in our head.

You can for example, you can really never, no matter how hard you try,

you can never imagine an entire building.

You can only have either a very general idea of what the building might look like

or you can have a specific idea about some details, but

you can never get exactly the big picture in the detail.

And that's why you need to offload and make it easy for

your brain by sketching things down.

That's also one of the reasons why you often see that designers and

architects draw well.

It's not because we were born with a talent,

it's just that we really needed to draw very much so that we could think better.

So, don't worry if your sketches don't look well.

Most of us we started with just stick figures and that's fine

because your sketches, sure, it's not important for the sketches to look good.

What's really important is that they're focused and

they explain to yourself and to other people your idea and

what exactly is the concept that you tried to communicate.

So, at this moment, just remember that as a designer,

you really want to use your hands to help you think better.

And in fact this is the reason why in this course we will ask you to do some things,

because it's only by doing the design that you can learn about design.

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