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THE BEGINNING PART III 2013—2016 ARCHIP B THE www.archip.eu PART III PART E GINNING 2013—2016 The school is developing greatly in scale, in complexity, and in scope. This year, we have more studios; more students; more advanced curricula; and we have more success! We have begun international projects with Dessau and Bergen. We have exchanged visits and visions, and we will collaborate next year on a joint project. We have always based our urban studios in the reality of Prague’s urban development. This year, specifically, our attention was given to Karlín’s expanded cultural spaces, namely, its riverfront at Přístav 18600 and the unused urban spaces within the former Kasárna building. We have experienced the complexities involved with realizing the 1:1 construction of our winning projects from the In(Cube)ator competition. Yet, finally, 2 of the winning ‘cubes’ will be built in Prague, while the ‘3:2’ staircase project will be built in the olympic village at Lipno. We are preparing the international summer workshop with international guests, including Victoria Garriga from Fundación Miralles and Jakub Cigler from Jakub Cigler architekti, which will include the participation of 20 students from a school in Shanghai, China among others. And we have organized an extra week of orientation for our students to get to know each other, and to encounter – probably for the first time – people from unknown, new places in the world. We continue with the Global AD studio, which is crowned this year with an experimental pavilion, “Distorted Horizon”. And we continue to foster our role within the cultural, educational and social life of Prague 7- as well as to further our cooperation with the City of Prague. We salute Design Disco, for its activities and its successes! We are always happy to hear from our alumni, for their surprise visits, and for their desire – as is ours – to be in touch, even after graduation. We wish all our students, and our dear Graduates especially, great success and satisfaction! Thank you and Congratulations! Regina Loukotová Rector ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE IN PRAGUE / ARCHIP The plan to found a truly international school of architecture in Prague originated around architects Martin Roubík (1949–2008) and Regina Loukotová. ARCHIP started in the academic year 2011/2012. It is the only college of architecture in Central Europe to offer a complete 3-year Bachelor programme and a 2-year Master’s programme in Architecture and Urbanism – in English. The concept of teaching is based on putting architecture in the context of other disciplines. Previously neglected fields such as landscape design, urbanism, public space development or monument conservation are also studied. The college promotes the use of architectural models, teamwork, presentation skills and debate. The study programme is supported by many other activities, international contacts, events and public lectures, tours and summer workshops. ARCHIP benefits from being situated in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. This location offers students the opportunity to study and live in an environment whose architecture and urbanism have evolved for over a thousand years; from Romanesque architecture to modern and contemporary buildings. Prague is reputed to be one of the most magnificent cities in the world, with a historical town centre that has been on UNESCO’s list of cultural heritage sites since 1992. ARCHIP started its operation in 2011 in Veletržní Palace, a modernist landmark from the interwar period. From 2012, ARCHIP’s premises have been based in the Kartografie Praha building in Prague 7, adjacent to the Letná Orchards, close to the city centre. The two buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries originally housed a printing workshop. Recently renovated, the premises have kept their industrial character – and provide an inspirational design environment. ARCHIP is a private college, accredited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. The first 20 bachelors from the 2013/14 class graduated in June 2014. And the first year of the school’s accredited Master’s programme began in in the 2015/16 academic year. All together ARCHIP has more than 50 students in total, coming from 32 different countries. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN The organisation of the Architectural Design (AD) studio at Archip follows the principles of the ‘Vertical studio’ model. The Vertical studio is organised by combining students of different years into a single studio. Within the Vertical studio, all years cooperate on a single site and program, yet their scale, scope and aims are different. A series of introductory projects initiate and familiarise the first year students with the school, the city, the neighbourhood, and their colleagues. These projects are called ‘Piece of Prague’, ‘MySpace’, and ‘Team Building’. The final, 6th term is dedicated to the Bachelor project. In the first year, students explore the fundamentals of form, tectonics, drawing, scale, geometry, model-making, and the abstraction of spatial concepts. In the second year, students analyze and develop a formal language of architecture. In the third year, students articulate the integration of systems and layers in a developed architectural project. Briefs cover different scales and types of problems and are constantly changing. There have been small buildings and dwellings, large buildings with public uses, reconstructions of interiors, as well as landscaping of public space. Each studio is under the direction of a different pair of studio leaders. After each semester, students switch studios, and are therefore exposed to the full range of practices and design thinking specific to each studio. For their final semester, third year students are allowed to select the studio of their choice. For one term, students also work in teams. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIOS – TUTORS 2015/2016: Bachelor’s: NASADIL STUDIO – Pavel Nasadil (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Petra Fialová (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul Delave (US) Master’s: NASADIL STUDIO – Pavel Nasadil (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ) 2014/2015: PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Klára Doleželová (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul DeLave (US) 2013/2014: PALAŠČÁK STUDIO – Michal Palaščák (CZ), Klára Doleželová (CZ) SCHINDLER STUDIO – Jan Schindler (CZ), Elan Fessler (US) WERTIG STUDIO – Jaroslav Wertig (CZ), Paul DeLave (US) AD 1 / INTRODUCTORY TASKS PIECE OF PRAGUE Piece of Prague asks students to explore the city through a set of drawings on one A1 sheet. They should make a section through the city and tell a story about the place, showing it in plan and elevation. It is an exercise to connect the human experience of time and space within a physical environment within the city, and to represent this in basic architectural drawings. MY SPACE My Space asks students to explore the main studio hall and to build a model. This task has the dual purpose of providing each student an opportunity to express their personality and of promoting, on the second week of school, an intimate connection between each student and the main studio hall. The site is located physically within the studio space, so students can imagine themselves living as they wish within the space of the school. Since all projects share this common setting, the qualities and differences between students can be easily discussed. winter term 2015/2016 winter term 2013/2014 winter term 2015/2016 TEAM BUILDING Team Building is a group project located around the neighbourhood of the school. Students are to make drawings, models and a presentation. There is always a social and cultural dimension to this project, and it also helps to familiarise the students with the area around the school. They begin to cooperate with others and to investigate important places within the near context and they propose improvements to the public space. This year’s project was Light(er-than-water)House, a floating cultural space on the river. winter term 2015/2016 winter term 2013/2014 ARCHITECTURAL DEsign 1–5 KYJE LINK terraced urban HOUSING IN prague 14 Each studio was responsible for two rows of terraced houses within a larger master plan designed by Schindler Seko Architects. The projects from all studios were collected and presented within a large, common model at 1:50 scale. This project explored the potential for high-density townhouses within the picturesque area of Kyje, outside the city center, in Prague 14. This building type was chosen as a good form of urban housing, due to its high density and efficient use of land, as well as the degree of privacy and distinction that is afforded to each individual house. Students designed dwellings according to the demands of three real clients, each with a markedly different lifestyle and family situation. There was a house for a family, a house for a recluse and a house for a young and social athlete. The 3rd year students designed two houses with a shared garden, while the 1st year students designed a single house for themselves or their families. winter term 2013/2014 ART KAMPUS THE kampa museum EXTENSION Students proposed changes to the buildings and the neighbourhood of the Kampa Museum, situated in the historical core of Prague, directly on the bank of the Vltava river. The institution, settled in the historical building of Sova’s Mills, is a gallery of modern art that presents collections of two important 20th century fine artists (František Kupka and Otto Gutfreund), owns several other collections and also organizes short-term exhibitions. The academic project was prepared in close collaboration with the museum and the brief reflected its real problems, especially a lack of space and necessary flood protection. An important part was also the landscape and public space design and response to the unique historical context.