Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Constuction of the Ephemeral Installation Llum BCN
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English,
Teaching staff
Introduction
The subject is part of the LLUMBCN festival that has been held in Barcelona since 2012 and in which the UIC has participated over the course of 8 years, winning three times.
The LlumBcn festival was initially developed in different courtyards of Ciutat Vella and since 2017 in the public space of Poblenou. More than 150,000 people visit it each year.
It is precisely the intervention in the public space, even more so, in an ephemeral way, that makes the challenge of this participation particularly interesting for the student.
The festival encompasses many different scales and disciplines, from the professional field to the participation of students from different schools and universities. It is in this, where 25 architecture and design schools and universities of Barcelona and Catalunya, make proposals in spaces allocated by the ICUB.
Pre-course requirements
Have passed all subjects up to the first three years of the degree.
Objectives
To bring the student closer to a real situation of the complete project process, from the first ideas to the construction, in this case, of an ephemeral installation related to light and public space in Barcelona.
Opportunity for the student to reflect and intervene in a public space with goals linked to the Festival organized by the ICUB, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, together with the curator Maria Güell, which make it possible to give visibility to the values of the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture outside the classrooms and thus reach a large audience.
Plan a work developed in a group, train the student in collective work.
Learning outcomes of the subject
The student will approach the development, consciously and independently, of the multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary practice of the architectural project, in a complete journey. This will allow you to understand your individual proposal within a collective vision of the whole. In this way, he will link his work and that of the group to an action with repercussions in the public space and the transformation that this brings about. The student will provide a complete graphic and written explanation of the assembly, developed in all aspects and scales from the ideas prior to execution. He will communicate orally, jointly and individually, his proposals, accompanied by the necessary resources for this purpose.
Syllabus
The previously specified objectives, in order to develop the skills mentioned, define the contents of this subject which are listed below:
- Basic and execution architectural projects, sketches and drafts.
- Urban projects.
- Aspects affecting the management of works in architectural projects.
- Elaboration of functional programs for urban spaces.
- Architectural barriers.
- The architectural criticism in the project.
- The incidence of the general history of architecture in the project.
- Symbolisation, practical functions and ergonomics in the architectural project.
- The architectural, urban and landscape traditions of Western culture: their technical, climatic, economic, social and ideological foundations applied to the architectural project.
- Impact on the architectural project of aesthetics, theory and history of fine arts and applied arts.
- Relationship between cultural patterns and social responsibilities of the architect in the architectural project.
At the root of these 11 sections are the learning outcomes to be demanded of students for the assessment of skills.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Fully face-to-face mode in the classroom, in the production workshop and on-site assembly.
It is about developing an architectural project until its completion, including the execution of the project itself by all the students taking the subject. Each year the location varies and it is for this reason that the project each year has different connotations and values to transmit, as well as constructive techniques to experiment.
We will start by thinking of the conceptual proposal, without scale, until we reach the 1:1 detail with the requirement not to exceed the budget given by the ICUB in the construction.
An internal competition is proposed, where each student or group of students will submit a proposal. They themselves, together with the tutors, choose the one that best responds to the location, the values they want to convey and the spectacularity of the intervention itself.
An exhaustive follow-up is carried out from September to February. Two deliveries are proposed, coinciding with those requested by the calendar proposed by the ICUB. The classes will be adapted to this calendar, in order to arrive with the highest possible quality.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The LLUMBCN Ephemeral Installation Construction evaluation
is carried out on the basis of two deliveries and participation in production and assembly:
Delivery 1. Week 3: The collective projects of proposals are evaluated, focusing on the references observed. its conceptual approach. Documentation that conveys these concepts:
- Conceptual memory
- References of projects with similar characteristics within or outside the framework of previous editions of the LLUM BCN festival.
- Documentation for the explanation of the projects by groups (from scale 1/500 to scale 1/20)
Delivery 2. Week 8: The graphic and written documentation of the Executive Project of the installation will be evaluated including the general criteria of structure, construction, sustainability, accessibility and relationship with the public space.
- Conceptual memory
- Documentation for the explanation of the collective project (from scale 1/500 to scale 1/1)
- Detailed assembly budget
- Execution calendar
Execution of the installation
- Involvement in assembly
- Monitoring of the festival
- Dismantling and recycling of the installation