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 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
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 objectives linked to the Festival organized by the ICUB, Institute of Culture of 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 classroom and thus reach a large audience.
Plan a work developed in a group, train the student in collective work.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 34-T - Ability to design, practice and develop basic and execution projects, sketches and blueprints.
- 35-T - Ability to conceive, put into practice and develop urban projects
- 36-T - Ability to plan, practice and develop construction management.
- 37 - Ability to develop functional programmes for buildings and urban spaces.
- 39-T - Ability to eliminate architectural barriers
- 40 - Ability to express architectural criticism.
- 43-T - Ability to produce safety, evacuation and protection plans for buildings.
- 44-T - Ability to produce civil works projects.
- 46 - Ability to apply urban planning ordinances and standards.
- 48 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the general theories of form, composition and architectural typologies
- 50 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the study methods for the processes of symbolization, practical functions and ergonomics.
- 52 - To acquire adequate knowlege of the environment, sustainability and the principles of conserving energy and environmental resources.
- 53 - To acquire adequate knowledge of architectural, urban development and landscaping traditions of Western culture, as well as their technical, climate, economic, social and ideological foundations
- 54 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the aesthetics, theory and history of Fine Arts and Applied Arts.
- 55 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the relationship between cultural patterns and the social responsibilities of the architect
- 56 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the principles of vernacular architecture
Learning outcomes of the subject
The student adapts to the development, consciously and autonomously, to the multiscale and multidisciplinary practice of the architectural project, in a complete studio.
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 becomes. The student offers a complete graphic and written explanation of the assembly, developing in all aspects and scales the ideas prior to the execution. They will communicate orally, jointly and individually, their 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 architecture and execution projects, sketches and avant-garde projects.
- Urban projects.
- Aspects affecting the management of works in architectural projects.
- Elaboration of functional programs of urban spaces.
- Architectural barriers.
- Architectural criticism of 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 patrons and social responsibilities of architecture in the architectural project.
At the root of these 11 sections are the learning outcomes to be demanded of students for the evaluation 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
As explained in the methodology, the subject is completely face-to-face. Attendance at the sessions is mandatory and is an essential requirement to pass the subject. Unjustified lack of attendance at more than 20% of the sessions will result in a transfer to the second call.
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, the 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