Studio 11
Continuity
Richard Stampton
Studio Description
Architecture is a cultural pursuit. To make successful architecture we must study and engage with the specific culture of the site. If we do this, the resulting architecture contributes back to the culture from which it was derived. This essential ‘continuity’ between a site’s culture and its architecture, and how that can be achieved, are the foci of this studio. The site for this studio is located on Phillip Island, a sensitive coastal environment under pressure from competing development interests..
Studio Outcomes
Sophisticated, critical, nuanced, and, most importantly, contextually relevant architectural proposals are the goal of this studio. Proposals are to illustrate a clear, bold and persuasive form of architectural and cultural continuity for a difficult and complex site. Such proposals are to be based upon a well thought through, thoroughly researched and articulated theoretical and historical position..
Studio Leader
Richard is the director of Richard Stampton Architects. Before establishing RSA, Richard worked with Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris, Bovis Lend Lease Europe in the U.A.E. and with Edmond & Corrigan and Shane Murray in Melbourne. Richard is studio leader at the Robin Boyd Foundation and University of Melbourne’s MSD, and has lead design studios and taught history and theory at R.M.I.T. University. Richard has lead Design Thesis studios at the MSD based on the Flinders Street Station design competition (2013) and Federation Square East (2015).
Reading & Reference
To be confirmed at ballot presentation. This studio requires a deal of reading in the introductory weeks. The amount of prescribed readings decreases as the studio progresses, and each student develops their own reading list and research trajectory. Research and precedent study is a big part of this studio.
TRAVEL: Week 1 | $25 approx.
ST1&2/11 Mondays 12:00-18:15 in MSD Room 237