ARK-E1502 - (L01) Arkkitehtuuristudio 1 D, 07.09.2020-14.12.2020
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The Architectural Principles and Theory studio course in autumn 2020 The Eye and the Icon examines the portrayal of architecture through photography. The studio studies the role architectural photography plays in defining how we interpret the building, how we perceive its meaning, and what aspects we attach to its character. The studio encourages critical thinking towards the relationship between architecture and media and questions whether our constant exposure to the canonised portrayal of buildings affects our capacity to create a fundamentally individual relationship with architecture. When looking at buildings, do we really look at architecture or are we just looking for evidence of the images we have already encountered in the media?
The students work with a pre-selected list of buildings in the Helsinki metropolitan area dating from 1980s–2000s (1 building / student). The studio work will begin with exploring original presentation material and publications available at the Museum of Finnish Architecture archives. The students will then make a new visual interpretation of their building and write an accompanying theoretical explanation for their viewpoint. The studio will result in an exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in December 2020 – January 2021.
THREE VISUAL TASKS
TASK 1 – Visual presentation of your given building, how it is interpreted and related to the ideals of the time period
TASK 2 – Your interpretation of the given building & ideas on how it could be shown in the final exhibition
TASK 3 – Visual final presentation for the exhibition
FOUR TEXTS
Four learning logs are written during the course, every log has a theme that is related to the course. The learning logs are reflective, personal texts, visual material such as sketches and photos may be added. All sources should be mentioned. The logs should be put into MyCourses by the given deadline. Length of each text 3000-5000 characters including spaces.
LEARNING LOG 1 – Essay on the given building and the images of it, analysing how it is originally presented.
LEARNING LOG 2 – Essay on the role of the image based on the given readings. Further information on MyCourses assignment.
LEARNING LOG 3 – Essay on your interpretation of the building (a shortened version of this text will be curated for the exhibition). Further information on MyCourses assignment.
LEARNING LOG 4 – Your impression of the course and what you have learnt
COURSE TIMETABLE
MONDAY 7.9 / Museum of Finnish Architecture (MFA), Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki
Presentation of the course (Jenni Reuter, Aalto University)
Presentation of all participants + why did I choose this course
Giving the visual task (Jenni)
Media communication (Ilona Hildén and Jemina Lindholm), MFA Communication plan
Presentation of the case studies (Petteri Kummala, MFA)
Introduction to the exhibition space and the exhibition design (Tuomas Siitonen (Aalto University))
Introduction to the reading and writing tasks (Anni Vartola, Aalto University)
Introduction to the use of the MFA Archives (Anna Autio)
Introduction to the use of the MFA Library (Suvi Juvonen)
Giving the case study buildings to the students
MONDAY 14.9 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/65537803004
Presentations of the buildings by the students (10 min/student, depending on amount of students)
Discussions on the theme
TUESDAY 15.9 / MYCOURSES
Deadline for Learning log 1 in Mycourses
MONDAY 21.9 / MFA
Presentations by the students of Task 1 (10 min/student, depending on amount of students)
Discussion on Task 1 and Learning log 1
Present from the MFA Petteri Kummala and Marja Rautaharju, from Aalto University Jenni Reuter, Tuomas Siitonen and Anni Vartola.
TUESDAY 22.9 / MYCOURSES
Deadline for Learning Log 2 in Mycourses
MONDAY 28.9 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/66826446253
Lecture by Tuomas Uusheimo ”Photographing architecture”
Discussions on Task 2, comments by Tuomas Uusheimo
FRIDAY 2.10 starting at 15.30 (meeting 15.20)
Visit to the K1 Gallery (part of the Finnish Museum of Photography), Pohjoisesplanadi 33 (in the Kämp Gallery), under the guidance of Jemina Lindholm and Kaura Raudaskoski (theme Queer+Crip)
MONDAY 5.10 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/63017794350
Lecture by Mika Savela “On Offness – Image Strategies in the Post-Archive”
Discussions on Learning log 2 (possibly also Task 2) with Anni Vartola and Mika Savela
MONDAY 12.10 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69326402779
Lecture by Marc Goodwin “Archmospheres: architectural atmospheres.”
Discussion on Task 2
MONDAY 19.10 / MFA
Presentations by the students of Task 2
MONDAY 26.10 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/65022699018
Lecture by Tuomas Siitonen “On exhibition design”
Discussions and decisions on the final exhibition format and Task 3
MONDAY 2.11 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64267332606
Lecture by Juha Ilonen
”Both Sides Now: Portraying a Community of Individuals of Urban Helsinki Architecture”
Discussions on Task 3
MONDAY 9.11 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64291239854
Lecture by Marjaana Kella ”Photography changes everything: Photographicality in contemporary art – and in my own practice.”
Discussions on Task 3
MONDAY 16.11 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64672855125
Lecture by Harri Laakso, ”On the architecture of contemporary photography”
Discussions on Task 3
TUESDAY 17.11 / MYCOURSES
Deadline for Learning log 3 in Mycourses
MONDAY 23.11 / ZOOM
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/63553561277
Finalising Task 3
Discussion and peer reviews on Learning log 3, Anni Vartola facilitator
FRIDAY 27.11 / MYCOURSES
Deadline for the exhibition text in Mycourses
MONDAY 30.11 / MFA
Deadline for Task 3, printing material etc.
MONDAY 7.12 / MFA
Finalising the exhibition
Final Critique with invited experts Pyry Kantonen and Mika Savela
THURSDAY 10.12 / MFA
Opening of the exhibition at MFA
FRIDAY 11.12 / MYCOURSES
Deadline for Learning log 4 in Mycourses