urban birds_brief

Project: URBAN BIRDS 

Format: Drawings on A2/A0, Story Board, Model, 

Medium:   Pencil/ Ink Drawings, Selected Colours, Model

Dates:   MO 13Feb hand out, THU 16Feb crit; MO 20Feb crit,THU 23Feb pin up/ marking 10am. Late submissions will be marked FABS

Brief: 

In an age of migration and dissolving boundaries between the rural and the urban, you are asked to design and build a 1:1 shelter for city dwelling birds in Johannesburg.

You have to develop your design idea around 3 areas of research

• identify birds, their life and habits in your surrounding

• find and test suitable urban sites

• choose materials that allow you to produce the ‘house’ within one week and the birds to use it according to their needs.

Deliveries: 

Birds House 1:1

Drawings (section, plan, elevation) 1:10 – 1:1 (depending on size)

Documentation of house on site (photographs as story board)

Manual ‘how to…’ (can be combined with drawings or storyboard)

Aim: 

To design a small and intelligent architectural object within the larger context that is custom made for the the bird as client.

To develop an understanding of scale, from 1:1 to urban.

To translate the design  idea into a makeable and usable object that proves understanding of architectural detail. 

Evaluation: 

Idea, based on research findings  10%

Process/ Documentation  10%

Choice of site  10%

Originality and relevance of design  20%

Quality of Model  50%

Please note that all layers are interdependent. Marks will be deducted for incomplete projects.