Graphics Education—Step 3: “Upgrade”

Abstract

The title word upgrade in brackets refers to some special extra educational programs activated at the School of Architettura e Società in connection with other Universities. They are basically targeted programs aiming to develop a specialized topic in the field of architecture. The here presented case is related to an Erasmus Intensive Program promoted and coordinated by the TU Kaiserslautern, on the topic Structural Architectures: Geometry Code and Design. Other partners have been ETH Zürich, San Pablo CEU Madrid, and the Politecnico di Milano. Some guest lecturers from Detmold University, TU Kaiserslautern, Politecnico di Milano, and AION architects enriched the program and supported students in practical activities. All the details about the approach, the teaching staff, the participants, and the projects can be found in the printed and online references listed below. A very synthetic selection of the work is shown in the poster published in this article.

Partners: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern—Cornelie Leopold (project coordinator), Andreas Kretzer; ETH Zürich—Benjamin Dillenburger (local coordinator), Hua Hao, Toni Kotnik; Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid—Mayka García-Hípola (local coordinator), Carlos Asensio-Wandosell, Covadonga Lorenzo Cueva; Politecnico di Milano—Luigi Cocchiarella (local coordinator), Fabrizio Leoni, Gennaro Postiglione.

A complete list of projects and students authors, as well as of invited speakers, teachers and students assistant, together with information about the IP Erasmus Programme, the Workshop and the related activities can be found in the printed [1, 2] and in the online publications [5]. On the day of the seminar, the work was presented in the poster session by the student Violeta Popova as IP participant.

Grafic composition by Luigi Cocchiarella.