Video 1.2 in Contemporary Architecture
Link to the full course:
https://courses.buildacademy.com/courses/course-v1:Architecture+Build-Academy_Arch102+2016_T4/about
About the course:
This course features some of the most important topics of our time:
– Globalization and Critical Regionalism
– Tectonic Technology and Structure
– Critical Discourse and Architecture
– Surface, Materiality and Ornament
– Form, Sign and Sculpture
– Digital Design and Computation
– Sustainability and Resilience
– Social Design and Activism
Who is this course for?
If you are a beginner in the field of Architecture, this course will introduce you to the field and tell you what are the buildings that you can refer to and what are the ideas and theories that characterizes architecture today.
If you are a specialist in the field, this course will offer you further knowledge of buildings, architects and theories which you may not have explored this far.
Course structure:
The course will include weekly virtual meetings and opportunities for discussing the content with a broad international community. It consists of videos, discussions, quizzes and additional readings with references. There will also be opportunities for in-person meetings in New York and other cities around the world where you may find yourself.
About Build Academy:
Build Academy is a New York based online education platform providing specialized education and solutions for companies and professionals in the Building Industry.
Link to Build Academy:
https://buildacademy.com/
About the professors:
Ivan Shumkov:
Ivan Shumkov is a New York based architect, entrepreneur, professor, scholar and curator. He is a pioneer in online education and founder of the BUILD ACADEMY, providing professional education for the building industry. He graduated with masters degrees from ETSA Barcelona, University of Florence, and Harvard University GSD, as a Fulbright scholar. He earned his PhD in Architecture in 2009 at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Columbia University GSAPP, as fellow of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Dr. Shumkov has taught at NYU, Harvard University GSD, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Parsons the New School for Design, International University of Catalonia, and ETSA Barcelona. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Harvard Alumni Association 2011-14 and as founding president of Harvard Architectural and Urban Society Alumni 2008-14. Dr. Shumkov is a licensed architect in Spain and Italy and principal of ISA – Ivan Shumkov Architects, a company working in the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape and design with offices in New York. He has worked, lectured and exhibited his projects and research in Europe, Brazil, Colombia, China, and the USA.
Prof. Emanuela Giudice PhD:
Emanuela Giudice is a Turin based educator. She graduated in architecture and she holds a PhD at the Polytechnic of Turin with the thesis Lectures. Tools, methods and compositive applications in architecture between Whites and Grays. She focuses her research on the radical and post modern languages and their relationship with architecture and design. She collaborated with the Polytechnic of Turin and she has been lecturer at SIJU (Saint John International University) in architecture theory and criticism courses. She developed cultural and education projects related to architectural topics and she has been a broadcaster for the radio program “Les Bijoux Indiscrets”. Among her publications Paradossi dell’architettura. Intorno all’Eupalinos di Paul Valéry (Celid, Torino, 2011), “Gufram. Le matricole di massa in una fabbrica di design”, in M. Gausa (ed.), Rebel Matters. Radical Patterns, forthcoming. She involved both in academic research and in teaching at universities.
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very interesting as someone studying to be a landscape architect.