Grunnkurs

2011

GK3 House
Course code	GK3A1
Department	Institute of Architecture
Professor in charge	Professor Bente Kleven
Additional staff	Associate Professor Marius Nygaard Professor Einar Dahle
Prerequisities	Mandatory for all 3rd semester architecture students.
Instruction language	Norwegian
Max no. of students	65
ECTS credits	18

Course description

The theme of the studio will be urban housing and public buildings. The brief for the project will reflect current social needs and an understanding of the place where the site is located. The sites for the projects will be in and around the centre of Oslo.

Learning outcomes

The overall objective of the second year is INTEGRATION of the diverse subject areas which constitute the main components of architectural design and building, into coherent and interesting building designs. Second year aims to teach both basic knowledge in design, technology, sustainability and professional subjects, and to ensure that students learn how to integrate this knowledge into their building designs.

Contents and teaching methods

The focus of year is on technology and professionalism. This focus will be delivered principally through progressively more complex studio tasks focusing on building for human occupation and supported by taught courses.

In each task we will aim to deal with the full complexity of an architectural commission.

a.The third semester will focus on urban dwelling as a response to social trends and place, and thus it would be a continuation of the habitation theme initiated in the second semester.

b.The fourth semester will use a small public building in an urban setting as the main studio task.

c.The focus on the context of the building (social and site conditions) would link second year with Urbanism’s fifth semester.

d.The second year will be organized on the basis of one big studio unit of approx. 50 students, which can be devided in smaller studios for workshops and smaller assignments.

There will be two studio projects, both dealing with the subject of urban housing. The first project will be shorter and used as means to introduce students into the subject of urban housing. The second project will be the main task of the semester, the one in which students will have to demonstrate their ability both to develop a good architectural design solution and to integrate the knowledge imparted in the taught courses.

Interspersed into the semester will be a series of support activities such as talks, workshops, visits, etc. whose aim is to inform different aspects of the task at hand.

The predominant form of teaching will be one-to-one studio tutorials.

Beside the studio teaching, there will be lecture series of a more theoretical nature called “Architectural Practice”, as well as a separate course on “Structures and Construction”.

Exams and assessment methods

The main objective of this year is INTEGRATION of the diverse knowledge which goes into the design and making of a building.

Thus all assessments will not only measure the knowledge in each subject area, but also how the student integrates that knowledge into their building designs.

The predominant assessment of studio work will be based on the architectural quality of the building (approx. 60%). However this assessment will also take into account the extent to which the student integrated those knowledge areas taught in other courses (approx. 40%).

The course is assessed subject to an A-F grade scale. E is the poorest pass mark, subject to the Regulations for Master's degree programmes at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, § 6-14.

Literature

Recommended reading:

Adjaye, D., & Allison, P. (2006). David Adjaye: making public buildings : specificity, customization, imbrication. London: Thames & Hudson.

Albjerg, N., Dahl, T., & Friis Møller, W. (2008). Klima og arkitektur. [København]: Kunstakademiets Arkitektskoles Forlag.

Álvarez, M. (2006). Spain architects: housing. Barcelona: Manel Padura.

Bell, J. (2006). 21st century house. London: Laurence King Publ.

Berg, H. B. (2007). Forbilder: statens arkitektur-, bymiljø- og byggeskikkpriser 25 år. Oslo: Husbanken.

Brantenberg, T. (1996). Sosial boligbygging i Europa 1335-1985: fra slaveby til haveby : europeiske arbeiderboliger i et arkitektonisk perspektiv. Oslo: Ad notam Gyldendal.

Brantenberg, T. (1996). Sosial boligbygging i Norge 1740-1990: fra arbeiderbolig til husbankhus. Oslo: Ad notam Gyldendal.

Buisson, E., & Billard, T. (2004). The presence of the case study houses. Basel: Birkhäuser.

Dahl, T. (2003). Facaden: teori og praksis. [København]: Kunstakademiets Arkitektskoles Forlag

Decker, J., & Chiei, C. (2005). Quonset hut: metal living for a modern age. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.