To help prepare you for the course and immerse yourself in current issues and thinking please engage with some of the following content:
Reading:
Wainwright, O. (2020) ‘The barefoot architect: I was a starchitect for 36 years. Now I’m atoning’, The Guardian, 1 April.
Mossin, M., Stilling, S., Chevalier, T.B, and Hau, I (2020) An Architecture Guide to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Volume 2 Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy.
Ching, F.D.K. and Ching, F. (2023) Architecture: Form, Space, and Order. 4th edn. John Wiley & Sons. Enjoy the great architectural drawings and sketches and familiarise yourself with some key terms and buildings. You do not need read the whole book!
Listening:
Open City podcast: Open City is dedicated to making the urban landscape more open, accessible and equitable. The show is hosted by rising stars in architectural criticism, planning and public engagement, and features interviews/discussions with leading experts from across architecture and design, as well as artists, academics, policy makers and journalists.
Dezeen podcast: Dezeen has teamed up with design software brand SketchUp to launch a podcast series called Climate Salon, exploring the future of architecture and interior design in relation to the climate.
Scaffold The Architecture Foundation podcast: A fortnightly podcast series featuring interviews with architects, artists and designers. The podcast, produced by Matthew Blunderfield, takes a closer look at contemporary design culture through long-form conversations with both emerging and established voices.
Watching:
TED Talks: In these TED Talks, some of the world's greatest designers share their creative process.
The B1M: Huge collection of current and recent constructions across the world. Find out about how some of the most complex and exciting buildings were built, hearing different voices in the construction industry.
Never too Small: Never Too Small is a video channel dedicated to small footprint design and living; featuring award-winning designers and their tiny/micro apartments, studios and self-contained projects.
The Architect’s Series: A series of short documentaries with different architects, discussing their work and practice. This includes architects from around the world, so offers great insight into different methodologies and thinking.
