Liverpool- Seoul X. Change- Static Gallery

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Student Competition

Morro Santa Teresa, an area of 87 hectares in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is knitted into the urban fabric of the city. At present, the area contains media installations, a social reintegration institution for young people, a home for elderly poor and a football sports center. It is an urban area subject to constant social tension due to these buildings, facilities and upper class residences being closely located to low income neighbourhoods.

The proximity to Guaíba Lake provides the site a physical and visual landmark, which makes it one of the most significant areas of the city of Porto Alegre. The view of the historic center of the city along with the rich landscape that opens up from the highest point of the area makes Morro Santa Teresa a strategic spot for formulating innovative proposals that take into consideration urban scales at the street, neighbourhood and city levels.

It is expected that the projects submitted for the International Student Competition will propose answers to the complex reality described above. For complete details please go to the competition’s website;

http://www.ifhp2010portoalegre.com.br/?p=studentcongress

Manchester School of Architecture Degree Show Highlights

Manchester School of Architecture degree show 2010

The MSA degree show spanned 3 floors of its resident building showcasing a large amount of work from 3rd, 5th and 6th years work.

MSA is a large school and the facilities it has access to are being used to exceptional standards.

The model making skills on display are superior to that of LJMU and LSA harnessing 3d printers and laser cutters to appropriate uses.

The briefs allocated to the students by MSA are also of great interest with projects placed in Naples, Venice, Liverpool, Manchester and many individually unique locations.

The use of hand drawings, and particularly to invention of drawing layouts was particularly refreshing.

Liverpool School of Architecture Degree Show Highlights

Liverpool School of Architecture degree show shows the work of 3rd year individual projects and joint projects by 6th years.

The difference in approach to design for the 6th years makes it difficult to compare the quality of individuals and somewhat reduces the palette of work to consider as a whole. Admirably the projects on display from the 6th year is of a very high quality with some very advanced model making skills but as the groups consist of 3 or 4 people it becomes as much a team work exercise, much closer to a practice based scenario. The 3rd year work was a little less poignant with many of the works not showing a sense of pride or discernment to be positioned in an exhibition.

LJMU Degree Show Highlights

A celebration of all the 3rd and 6th year projects from 2010.

This year saw some of the most experimental responses to a given brief, testament to the creatively free thinking approach the school has adopted in the new Art and Design Academy. This year saw projects inspired from the art of film, responses to the shortage of food in the years to come, a Masterplan for a new Edge Hill development, Urban Archaeology and an impressive parametric temporary exhibition to celebrate architecture and its placement in the community.