Project Context is an alternative [re]view of architectural education in 2011, challenging the gap between architectural education and professional practice.
They have chosen 21 drawings from this years graduates from Architecture Schools in the UK & Ireland to be viewed and discussed under the running theme of context:drawing by hand, drawing by computer.
The aim is to understand and establish connections between schools that are often considered as very seperate in identity, entities and even ‘styles’, through drawings and the role of the drawing in architecture.
- a showcase of drawings by the students from Context’s forum
- a series of events, discussions, talks
- a special sneak-preview of the upcoming Project Context book on the opening night which is to be released in October
- plus: a specially commissioned bookshelf designed by Mobile Studio
Each year thousands of Part 2 architecture students graduate from the 50 schools of architecture in the UK and Ireland.
Throughout their study, the work of these students takes place within the confines of their chosen school’s facility. Each school is like an island, inhabited by its students. And whilst there might be lively debate, differing approaches, or common themes occurring within a given school, it may often act as a closed system, a self-sufficient processing plant for aspiring architects. As a result, the similarities or differences between these schools often go unnoticed.
Guest speakers will present their own recent work and join into the wider debate. They include: R.A.R.A Redundant Architects Recreation Association, the architects behind the successful restoration of The Mill, What Now?, Mobile Studio and ZAP Architects.
The “Robots of Brixton” video below was created by one of the selected graduates, Kibwe Tavares (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL).