Units 10 & 85

Progression Assignment

London Metropolitan Universitythe cass, london metropolitan university takes its name from sir john cass (1948 – 1718).

cass, a wealthy alderman of the city, set up an independent school in aldgate. when he died in 1718, staining his quill feather with blood, his intention to leave the entire estate to education was upheld.

the sir john cass foundation was established and now touches upon education in and around the city of london at almost every level, ranking from primary education to postgraduate study and representing a historical microcosm of the development of English education over more than three centuries.

the red feather is a reminder of the institution’s historic city origins, legacy and enduring purpose in making creative education available to all.

London Met – Cass Interiorsinterior design ba (hons), interior design and decoration ba (hons), and interior architecture and design ba (hons) ”we had a brand new look to the studios – three completely new ones – bringing in ideas that asked for entrepreneurial and enterprising concepts realising activist scenarios in and around london and the east end, where the interiors had a larger agenda or community programme. we also looked at society in the future and how this would impact on our interior needs and aesthetics.” kaye newman, head of cass interiors

the exhibition will feature work from students taking undergraduate courses including animation, fashion, film, fine art, furniture, graphic design, illustration, interiors, jewellery and silversmithing, music technology, musical instruments, photography, product design and textile design, as well as extended degrees.

Degree shows

courses: there are three, three-year courses within cass interiors – interior design, interior design & decoration and interior architecture & design. these courses are defined because they are so broad and cover such different areas. one of the benefits of these courses is that it teaches confidence in the students’ career paths.

interior architecture & design is more city-based, and explores how the architecture relates to the city’s cultures and historical context – so is often traditional. in the first year the class is taught together as a group, making sure the students have made the right choices. students are encourages to use their own artwork in their work in order to project their own style and ideas – this helps to differentiate them and show their individual identities in their portfolios, to present how they communicate their ideas.

in the second year, there is work placement to gain contact with professional practices, and get a feel of work as an architect or interior designer. the students get 80 hours with a studio, elected by a teacher, in which they gain team-building skills. the teacher chooses the studio best suited for the individual student by considering whether the ambience of the studio is best for them. often 50% of students go back during the summer to carry out internships because their experiences were so successful.

due to the economy booming, interior design work is booming, and the london met course could possibly be one of the best out of the 50 courses showcasing at such degree shows as free range.

London Met – Cass Interiors

Degree shows

facilities: within the interiors department there are 3 studios (3,4 &5). while working in these studios on different projects, students use different methods of design such as computer softwares, sketching or drawing, and the students decide what methods they prefer using for future projects. students are encouraged to use a vast range of materials to widen their horizons – even ceramics and sewing – to add meaning and a connection with somebody. the different studios focus on developing concepts using their own techniques such as collage or 3d design.

materials: the students have a wide range of materials for creating their designs. students have access to woodmills, metal workshops, ceramic workshops, silversmithing and jewellry, laser cutters, digital facilities.

contact time: in the first year students get three, six hour session days a week where they are expected to be in, with a tutor. tutors see how you are progessing through email and in direct, always checking up on you.

after the course: with a 90% employment rate, students at the cass have easy access to external links and opportunities at the end of their three year courses. 3rd year students have their work mounted at degree shows, and instantly get recognition from employers, who come knowing what they’re looking for. after the 3rd year, alumni can come back to study for a masters degree, and a phd, as it is known that there is high competition for the best jobs, and london met work excels in this field (in the top 10 of the country). the career paths are great and often include international travel which is interesting because students meet loads of different people in different contexts.

London Met – Cass Interiors

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extended degrees in architecture and interior design, art and design, fashion, textiles, jewellery, product and furniture, and film, media and music“the foundation year at the cass continues to develop its strong identity as the starting point for many of our students and as an introduction to the wide range of creative practices from the architecture, art and design schools that make up the faculty.for the students on extended degrees the foundation year is a preparatory course ahead of joining one of the faculty’s ba courses; the students are often clear about the subject they intend to study at ba.” chi roberts, head of cass foundationThe exhibition will feature work from students taking undergraduate courses including Animation, Fashion, Film, Fine Art, Furniture, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interiors, Jewellery and Silversmithing, Music Technology, Musical Instruments, Photography, Product Design and Textile Design, as well as extended degrees.

London Met – Cass Foundation

Degree shows

course: the foundation course lasts one year, and is divided into three stages. The first stage is composed of 3 sections - 3 weeks of drawing studies, 3 weeks in 2D and 3 weeks in 3D. The course starts with everybody doing the same thing, I order to bring everyone together.

The second stage is very important – it is called transition studies. Projects are very open, and students use them to get out of their comfort zone, and try different things – this includes textiles, ceramics, building, fashion, fine art, film-making and more. Each project allows you to change direction, and get an idea of the area which interest you most.

The last stage is a ‘final entry’ project, where you choose an area to work in, and during 7 weeks create your own work book and build your final piece. The course includes lots of workshops, 4 modules – project (very open), technique (craft and craft school, different materials), CCS (Critical and Contextual study) and work book.

Degree showsLondon Met – Cass Foundation

facilities: students in the foundation course have access to all machinery and facilities as the university undergraduate courses – ranging from ceramics, to jewellery to film making.

materials: especially in the second stage there are lots of workshops which cater to specific disciplines such as interior design, and they stock a wide range of materials which would be needed for that specific discipline. the workshops often do one – seven day projects with the students.

contact time: like the undergraduate courses, the students have three, six hour days a week contact time with the teachers, and the rest of the week is independent work and research with access to the workshops during the days.

after a foundation year: most students stay at london met, although some go elsewhere in the country, or others stay within london. the intention is that the students stay to study a more specific course.

Degree showsLondon Met – Cass Foundation

3d design

generally requires core art courses in drawing, design and art history. some colleges offer concentrations in graphic design, animation, video game design, web design or illustration. these programs provide instruction in visual communication, multimedia, typography, 3-d imaging, digital photography, web animation and illustration.

students are often required to complete a senior thesis or capstone project in digital imaging and 3-d design. they also have the opportunity to develop a professional physical or web-based portfolio to use to market themselves in the workplace after graduation. completion of an internship is often a key component of the program, helping students to gain the work experience that employers highly value..

3-d design is a broad artistic field used for a variety of projects. possible careers include 3-d animator, 3-d graphic designer and web designer. many industries utilize 3-d design, and employment demand is expected to increase.

the job duties of a 3d design artist vary by specific career. for example, 3-d animators use computers and specialized software, such as maya and motionbuilder, to add movement to characters and objects. a 3-d graphic designer also uses specialized software, such as cinema 4d, to create life-like images. these images are used to promote brands and products, illustrate books and magazines or demonstrate a process, such as may be found in an online instruction manual. similarly, web designers incorporate 3-d imagery to web content to add utility and appeal. 3-d designers also work in the areas of medical and scientific imaging, engineering and broadcasting.

most careers in 3-d design require a bachelor's degree and knowledge of art and design principles. a bachelor of fine arts degree (bfa)

Art & Design Discpline

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frank gehry, born in 1929, studied at the university of southern california school of architecture, and moved in 1956 to enroll at the harvard graduate school of design.

after leaving harvard, frank gehry returned to california, making a name for himself with the launch of his "easy edges" cardboard furniture line. the easy edges pieces, crafted from layers of corrugated cardboard, sold between 1969 and 1973. still primarily interested in building rather than furniture design, gehry remodeled a home for his family in santa monica with the money earned from easy edges. gehry's avant-garde design caught the attention of the architectural world, ultimately launching his career to new heights. he began designing homes in southern california on a regular basis in the 1980s.

as gehry achieved celebrity status, his work took on a grander scale. his high-concept buildings, including the walt disney concert hall in los angeles, the dancing house in prague and the guggenheim museum building in bilbao, spain, have become tourist attractions in their own right. in 2011, unveiled his first skyscrapers, 8 spruce street in new york city, and the opus hong kong tower in china. he then went on to create more innovative buildings such as sydney’s dr chau chak wing.

gehry was one of a number of contemporary architects pursuing this style, which, for years, has been particularly visible in california. gehry is known for his choice of unusual materials as well as his architectural philosophy. his selection of materials such as corrugated metal lends some of gehry's designs an unfinished or even crude aesthetic. this consistent aesthetic has made gehry one of the most distinctive and easily recognizable designers of the recent past. critics of gehry’s work have charged, however, that his designs are not thoughtful of contextual concerns and frequently do not make the best use of valuable urban space. frank gehry is known for his professionalism and adherence to budgets, despite his complex and ambitious designs. a notable exception to this successful budgeting was the walt disney concert hall project, which exceeded the budget by over a hundred and seventy million dollars and resulted in a costly lawsuit.

Architecturefrank gehry

one of his most famous buildings, the walt disney concert hall in los angeles, california, is known for it’s distinctive shape and features. having known that the building would be hosting grand orchestras and concerts, gehry especially designed it to reflect it’s inner function on the outside of the structure. the short, separated curls of sleek metallic surfaces suggest the captivating, exhilarating music from inside the building, reflecting the individual notes of a song, and the fluidity of the melody.

the use of the shiny metallic surface also represents the novelty of the music that would be playing inside – this is supported by the fact that gehry is known for his avant-garde approach.

it is also said that gehry was a fan of sailing, and that the distinctive shape of the building could represent sails, and therefore a movement – much like the previous idea of the fluidity of music.

frank gehry

Architecture

hadid studied mathematic at the american university of beirut before moving to london in 1972 to attend the architectural association school where she was awarded the diploma priwe in 1977. she became a partner of the office for metropolitan archiecture, taught at the aa, and later led her own studio at the aa until 1987. since then she held the kenzo tange and the sullivan professorship at such universities as harvard, illinois and chicago and many more honours around the world in different universities.

in addition, hadid was named an honorary member of the american academy of arts and letters and an honorary fellow of the american institute of architects. she was on the board of trustees of the architecture foundationthe italian national museum of the 21st century arts in rome, the london aquatics centre for the 2012 olympic games and the heydar aliyev centre in baku are built manifestos of hadid’s quest for complex, fluid space.

previous buildings such as the rosenthal centre for contemporary art in cincinnati and the guangzhou opera house in china have also been hailed as architecture that transforms our ideas of the future with new spatial concepts and dynamic, visionary forms.

Architecturezaha hadid

the multifunctional theatre ‘new century city art centre’ in chengdu, china seats up to 2,000 people, and caters to lyrical theatre and music events. the design aims to resolve the complexities of the programme, while combining spatial clarity with the design of a unique and iconic structure. the rippling geometry suggests a rolling landscape, inspired by the topography of the sichuan province. the building’s elongated design contrasts the vertical tower structures surrounding the site, to create a strong impression. its soaring aerodynamic shape and yin yang shape

evokes traditional chinese symbolism, to relate to the culture’s origins. the lowest part, the centre of the buildings, accommodates the main atrium. the head to the north accommodates all performance and art related areas, and the tail to the south hosts the conference centre and the exhibition centre.

the performance, arts and congress complex consolidate chengdu’s reputation as a cultural destination while providing a distinctive architectural image for the city. the architectural concept has been developed in response to articulate the client’s programme and the urban parameters. the nccac thereby forms a graceful, iconic landmark for the city of chengdu.

with its informal atmosphere and unrivalled views out across the landscaping, nccac is one of the city’s great social spaces as well as a regional cultural centre of international standing. geometrically, the shape has been derived by twisting a rectangular tube, creating three distinct areas.

zaha hadid

Architecture

Architecturegehry and hadid have many similarities and differences in

term of their style of architecture. while gehry works on the contrast of angular and curvilinear shapes, hadid focused on only cuvilinear shapes; she often based her projects on the environment around her, which is what makes her buildings so natural-looking, despite the ‘industrial’ choice of materials.gehry’s architecture is much more contemporary, as he explores the effect of contrasting shapes and forms within the structure. he also tends to personalize his buildings by creating them in reflection of one of his interests – sailing – instead of designing them around the designated site’s culture and background history like hadid.what makes hadid’s work so natural is the almost anatomical aspects of her work, such as the al wakrah stadium in qatar, which ressembles the moving muscles of a human body. the curving lines are also to do with the arab ‘dhou’ fishing boats of the coastal city. other buildings were designed to emerse from the landscape, and their curvy form often reflect the valleys or hills of the surrounding areas.

gehry’s building he designed for the sydney business school in 2015 is not based on something as elegant as the rolling hills of (zaha hadid building area in slide), but based on a brown paper bag. using such normal every day objects, gehry manages to find inspiration, and produce controversial pieces of architecture, which quite surprisingly always somehow suit the surrounding scenery.

Progression routesArchitectFinding work experience in architecture: at this stage, the majority of your work experience applications will be speculative. That means you’ll have to do all the work. First of all, do your research. Use the RIBA directory of RIBA-chartered practices to draw up a long list of practices (if you fancy looking for work experience abroad, they also have a directory of international practices).

Finding jobs in architecture: many websites such as RIBA are used to search online for available jobs in certain areas. On RIBA, employers post job availabilities on the forum, specifying what specific qualifications applicants need, to which people can apply.

Basic requirements: o A desire to develop themselves professionally o Passed RIBA Pt 3 examo Have excellent design skills and have experience in high-end residential

projectso An enthusiasm for both residential architecture and quality design solutionso An excellent command of English, both written and spoken IT and other competencies:o Ability to hand-draw and sketch to a decent standardo Good command of CAD (Concept 8 Architects work in AutoCAD and Rhinoceros)o Good command of office systems (Word, Excel) - essentialo Good presentation skills (Photoshop & In- design desirable)o Good modelling skills (Sketch-up and/or other 3D-modelling packages desirable)

The average annual wage of an architect in London is

around £35,000

Professional practice skills:o Ability to carry out duties of an Architect as set out in the RIBA’s Job Book or if not fully qualified at least close to this

standardo Excellent design skills, with the ability to explore and present thoughtful options for review and developmento Good detailing skills, with sound knowledge of building technologies, materials and how they are assembledo Sound knowledge of technical standards, regulatory frameworks and CDM / H&S requirementsEmployee duties and responsibilities in your average architecture firm: The practice has a growing workload of projects both in Central London and Surrey. The candidate would be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of one or more of these projects, reporting to an Associate Architect or Director. As a job runner there is a specific opportunity to see a major luxury new build house which is due on site shortly.  They will also be involved in an apartment scheme as well as various schemes at early design stages. Typical duties are set out below, but will vary from project to project.

Basic day-to-day tasks: o Concept and detail design worko Conditions surveys and historic building appraisalso Production of presentation material, o Technical development of projectso Delivery of production informationo Production of reports, drawings, schedules and specificationso Submission of planning and listed building applications, including writing heritage impact assessments and design and

access statementso Submission of building regulation applications, including coordination of technical materialo Site co-ordination and building contract administration

Progression routesArchitect

finding jobs and/or work experience in interior design: this website is amongst many which help applicants find suitable work opportunities. by researching your area of interest, you can find opportunities near you. employers post necessary skills and qualifications needed when applying to the specific job on the forum.

skills and qualifications needed:o good all-roundero excellent design and graphics skillso proven experience in design documentation – technical drawing and

interior package documentation for workplace fit outs, including joinery documentation experience, nbs spec familiarity, are required.

o 3 years minimum experience gained working within the uk on workplace projects

o relevant degree in interior design, interior architecture or architectureo experienced with autocad, sketch-up, rhino & adobe suite. revit

desirable.o self-motivated and focus to achieve project deadlines

Progression routesInterior Designer

employee duties and responsibilities in your average architecture firm: an interior and architectural practice with a large client base of blue chip and high profile clients in the commercial, hospitality, residential and entertainment sectors are looking for an interior designer to join their talented team.

basic day-to-day tasks: o liaising with clients confidentlyo working on the initial concept design to concept developmento doing detailing across a variety of projectso liaising with consultants and suppliers, through from concept to post-site operationso working closely with the project team, external consultants and supplierso delivering projects on to site

to apply it is essential to send both a cv and portfolio to your possible future employer.

Progression routesInterior Designer