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Architecture: The Art of Seeing (18+)

Date

Hours

Tuesdays

Place

Kids’ Studio

10 sessions

90 min

The course offers an introduction to the history and basic concepts of architecture, and puts its evolution in a historical and social context, explaining how architecture has been affected by new social demands, advances in technology, and the discovery of new materials.

Participants will learn to “deconstruct” buildings, find out how architects can organize traffic in entire cities, and learn when and why skyscrapers came about. They will see how architecture has served the state and the church, what buildings architects design for themselves, and why the Shukhov Tower is so admired in the East.

Each class will be completed with a practical assignment encouraging participants to develop their own project: design a building of the future, assemble a Shukhov Tower model, or write an architect’s manifesto.

Class size: 25

Price: 13,000 RUB

10% discount on education events for GARAGE members

ABOUT THE TEACHERS

Anastasia Golovina

Anastasia Golovina is an architect, artist and teacher, specializing in pre-university education in architecture. Golovina graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 2002 and has been an architect at the Central Research and Restoration Project Workshop since 2003. She has taken part in the restoration of Kuzminki mansion in Moscow. In 2008 and 2009 Golovina was a lecturer at the Moscow Institute of Architecture’s School of Architectural Development.

Vladimir Yuzbashev

Vladimir Yuzbashev is an architect and teacher. He completed a Master’s program at the Moscow Architectural Institute in 2004, and has worked as a lecturer at its Department of Contemporary World Architecture, as well as at the British Higher School of Art and Design and the Moscow School of Architecture (MARCH). In 2004 he co-founded AK Reflection, an initiative under the Union of Moscow Architects, where he has organized a number of international exhibitions, seminars and actions exploring the latest developments in Moscow and international architecture. He is also the founder and chief architect at the Vladimir Yuzbashev studio established in 2009.

 

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Schedule

The language of architecture

The first class of the course is devoted to tectonics and the Vitruvian triad, and also looks at communication between the architect and the spectator and the architect and the client.

Date
Tuesday, October 9
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Empty space as an architectural medium. Creating spaces

When designing a building, architects do not only think about the construction of walls, columns and the roof, but also of the spaces inside. This is what the second class looks at.

Date
Tuesday, October 16
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Building manifestos: Designs that have changed the history of architecture

Every person has a different idea of beauty and so does every era. In this class, participants will learn about buildings that were designed as manifestos for architectural discoveries and new movements.

Date
Tuesday, October 23
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Architectural sightseeing: What architects have to say about popular tourist attractions

The fourth class focuses on some of the best-known architectural landmarks, which participants will discuss with the teachers.

Date
Tuesday, November 6
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Conquest of the sky. The history of skyscrapers from ancient pyramids to Moscow City

The fifth class tells the story of skyscrapers. Participant will learn about technology that allowed to construct buildings taller than ever before, see how the first high-rises looked, and think of how they reflected the struggle for power.

Date
Tuesday, November 13
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Designs for a different life: The evolution of luxury houses and the living spaces architects create for themselves

This class is devoted to homes architects choose to build for themselves. Participants will learn about the key trends in architecture of mansions and castles. 

Date
Tuesday, November 20
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Radical social architecture in the twentieth century (social housing, houses-communes, capsule houses, prefabs)

Participants will discuss twentieth century architectural innovation, the new challenges architects had to face and the ways they met them.

Date
Tuesday, November 27
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Thinking big: Houses for gods, leaders and big ideas

The class is devoted to the relations between power and architecture. Participants will learn how to make a building appear bigger, stronger, and more important.

Date
Tuesday, December 4
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

What we wanted to but could not build over the past five centuries

The class looks at the ambitious projects of the past that were never built.

Date
Tuesday, December 11
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

Contemporary architecture: What is happening in architecture today, and what to expect tomorrow

The final class offers an overview of contemporary architecture. Participants will learn about the latest trends in architecture, as well as materials and techniques contemporary architects use.

Date
Tuesday, December 18
Time
19:30–21:00
Place
Kids’ Studio

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