Architect Expo and ASA Forum 2011

On Tuesday February 8th, I suggest that we meet at the Architect Expo instead of Chula.  Next week will be the start of the Association of Siamese Architect Convention (Feb 8-13, 2011) at IMPACT Muangtong Tani. The event includes lectures, trade shows, exhibition for architects, designers and developers.This year, the dates are early; normally it is held in May.   I hear the weekend lectures are sold out but if you arrive early on the day of the event, there could be some possibility of unclaimed seats opening up. 

Please see the following links for more information.
http://www.architectexpo.net/index-eng.php

http://www.asaforum.org/

Research Outline

Y4 Students,

For next class:  incorporate questions and comments from peer review and thesis statement written comments to generate a outline of the research paper.  A research outline is a brief plan of what you are going to discuss in your term papers, including bulletin points, direct or indirect quotes, images, case studies,etc. It does not have to be in the form of complete sentences and is intended to be an organizational tool. Do not copy and paste text from any source (internet, books, etc.) without marking it as a direct quote.

OUTLINE:

I. Introductory Paragraph (Includes Thesis Statement)

a.

b.

c. etc

II. Supporting Information (Body of Paper)

III. Supporting Information (Body of Paper)

IV. Supporting Information (Body of Paper)

V. Conclusion Paragraph (what to do next)

VI. Bibliography/ References

Class Five: Feb 1 Tuesday
Questions to Problems, Drafting and Composition
Review outline of thesis statement & research

Class Six: Feb 4 Friday
Research Progress Report Due
Research paper; (2,000-3000 words) ten-page minimum including supporting diagrams, photographs, maps, and drawings

You will receive a preliminary grade and feedback on the research paper.  You will be able to resubmit the paper between Feb 9th-Mar 1st to replace the progress grading. The research paper counts as 15% of the final grade.  Student may submit the paper up to two times not including the progress report.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Aj. Kerrie

Thursday Desk Crit Order

Thursday Sign-Up List Jan 27th INDA Office Room 409
2:00 Pa
2:30 Win
3:00
3:30 Peach
4:00 Mint
4:30 Oom
5:00 Job
5:30 May

Y4 Tuesday Pinup/Friday class moved to Thursday

Hello,
I am going through your research statements right now and will be emailing back comments.  The full-time faculty had a week long seminar over University Games so I am behind in my email.  Here is the schedule for this week.

Tuesday Jan 25: 1-4:30 pm
Students present research in progress to group. Expect to give a 10 minute informal presentation and then 20 mins for class discussion, meaning you all will have to comment on each others work.  Projector will be available.

Wednesday Jan 26: 5pm Michael Croft "Askance: A Painter Looks Sideways at His Creative Practice".  Extra-credit for attending INDA lectures

Thursday Jan 27: 3:30-6:30pm INDA office (room 409) individual desk crits.  Oom and Job, I know you are working part-time so the meetings are later than normal. Let me know if you can make it to campus by 6:00pm. I have to leave by 7pm because of plans with out of town guests. There will be a sign-up list posted in class.

Time slots:
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30
6:00

Friday: No class

Best,
Aj. Kerrie

Submitting Research Statement

Please submit via email one paragraph statement of research interests and primary research sources (4 minimum) by Tuesday Jan 18th.

Schedule Update: We may or may not have class next Friday Jan 28th. Sorry for the inconvenience. The revised schedule is posted to the blog http://inday4social.blogspot.com/.  I am available to meet Tuesday evening Jan 18th starting at 6pm or feel free to email me any questions.

Class Friday Jan 14

Today's class will be moved because the room needs to be set up for testing tomorrow.  I will email you the new room number and post it on the door of room 405.

I would like to sit down with each of you for 20-30 mins to hear more about your research interests and what information you have found so far.  Keep in mind that the research for this design studio is not just written but can include photographs, diagrams, ads, video, mixed-media.  We now have a course blog http://inday4social.blogspot.com/, all course material will be uploaded here and you will be asked periodically to upload your work.  Please bookmark the page and become a follower.

If you are unsure of what issues you would like to investigate, TCDC has a book titled Thai Culture in Transition by William J. Klausner which might be helpful.

Based on our discussions last class, here are a few book/reading recommendations:
Oom- Mechanical Brides by Ellen Lupton (TCDC)  I have a photocopy of part of the book
Peach- Harvard Guide to Shopping (on reserve in Architecture library and in main Chula library)
Job- Thai Culture in Transition, "Three Views of Thai Buddism" (TCDC)
Pa- Accessible architecture :age and disability-friendly planning and building in the 21st century /edited by Joachim Fischer and Philipp Meuser (TCDC) Nice graphics for an accessibility manual
Win- Studs, Gender Space Architecture "Clothes, Closets and disClosure" (KB)
Mint- Can Designers Improve Life in Non-Formal Cities?  Harvard Design Magazine (KB)
May- check out some of the other infrastructural and architectural projects on Urban Think Tank's website http://www.u-tt.com/home.html  and to help you categorize and organize Project ToolBox

Best,
Aj. Kerrie

Schedule Part One: Research

Class One: Jan 11 Tuesday
Find an interest in a broad subject area (class discussion)
Identify issues, define research interests
Readings:
Craft of Research Chapters 3-4 “From Topic to Questions”, “From Questions to Problems”
Expanding Architecture Preface & “Toward a Humane Environment: Sustainable Design and Social Justice”
Lefebvre, “The Everyday and Everydayness”
For Reference: Writing with Sources

Trading Women: Documentary Film (1hr 15 min)  Trading Women enters the worlds of brothel owners, trafficked girls, voluntary sex workers, corrupt police and anxious politicians. Filmed in Burma, China, Laos, and Thailand, this is the first film to follow the trade in women in all its complexity and to consider the impact of this 'far away' problem on the global community. Narrated by Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie, the documentary investigates the trade in minority girls and women from the hill tribes of Burma, Laos and China, into the Thai sex industry.


Class Two: Jan 14 Friday
Narrow interests to a plausible topic
From a broad topic to a narrow one,
Representation as research: mapping, analytical diagrams, photography, video, etc.
Narrowed Topic to Questions: Research to find answers to questions,
Submit via email one paragraph statement of interests and primary research sources (4 minimum)

Jan 17 University Games: meeting by appointment (Tuesday afternoon/evening TCDC)
Review status of research, answer questions

Class Three: Jan 25 Tuesday Pin up & Blog Post (peer review)
Question to its Significance and Sources Present research Questions to Problems

Class Four: Jan 28 Friday  TBA
Meetings by appointment either Jan 17, Jan 26 or possibly Jan 28
Review outline of thesis statement & research,1st draft

Class Five: Feb 1 Tuesday
Questions to Problems, Drafting and Composition
Review outline of thesis statement & research,1st draft, early site selection discussions

Class Six: Feb 4 Friday
Research Progress Report Due
Research paper; (2,000-3000 words) ten-page minimum including supporting diagrams, maps, and drawings

You will receive a preliminary grade and feedback on the research paper.  You will be able to resubmit the paper between Feb 9th-Mar 1st to replace the progress grading. The research paper counts as 15% of the final grade.  Student may submit the paper up to two times not including the progress report.

Semester Schedule

Student Manual

Revised January 2011
Note: Revisions have been made to the academic dishonesty, attendance and review policies. These rules and regulations apply to all courses at INDA.

Academic Dishonesty:
Student is expected to produce work on his/her own. Outside help or assistance from senior or friends from different year or program is prohibited. Depending on the extent of the help, student may receive no grade for the involved exercise or project. Using other people’s work (research or analysis) as yours is not dissimilar to copying during examination, student will receive an “F” for the course.

Attendance:
Attendance in class is mandatory. Essential course materials, discussions and assistance will be delivered during class/studio sessions. Excused absences are generally granted for documented personal medical reasons (obtain verification from student health center or on a physician's letterhead) or an extreme crisis in the immediate family (death or extreme illness - verify by means of death notice or physician's letterhead). A physician’s letter must always be accompanied by receipt from a hospital or clinic. Persons granted an  excused absence will be granted one class day for each day excused to make up work. Regardless, it is the responsibility of the individual student to notify the Course Coordinating Instructor.
Student missing more than 20% of attendance will not be entitled for the final exam/ presentation. This 20% is translated to roughly six absences. Student may not miss more than four sessions prior to the Midterm review.
All students are required to be at the studio by 1300 hours. If a student is more than 15 minutes late, leaves more than 15 minutes early or is missing from class more than 15 minutes for unexcused reasons, it will be considered a ‘strike’. Two ‘strikes’ constitutes one un-excused absence. Do not ask to be excused from class for any personal activities like family vacation, modeling contest, singing event or etc. You will not be excused.

Cell Phones:
Usage of cell phones is prohibited during class time. If your phone rings during class or you are seen using it, you will be ask to leave and marked as absent for that class.

Class Participation:
Students are expected to participate in all class exercises and activities. Failure to properly participate or slacking off will result in a deduction of your daily class participation grade.

Email:
Students are required to regularly check their email account, which some class materials/  information/schedules will be sent to. Please provide your course coordinator with your preferred email address. You will be responsible for all information and updates pertaining to the class sent to you via email.

Desk-crits:
During the studio hours, students must be at the desk and work while waiting to speak to the instructor. Do not waste time while waiting for your turn. The more work you present to your instructor, the more constructive input you will get in return. The use of computer during the studio hours, other than for studio work, is prohibited. If it is apparent to the instructor that the student is not working during the studio time, the instructor will make a note and marks will be taken off the final grade.

Grading Assessment:
A Excellent 4
B+ Very Good 3.5
B Good 3
C+ Fairly Good 2.5
C Fair 2
D+ Poor 1.5
D Very Poor 1
F Fail 0

Materials/Supplies: (First year studio)
• Supply list for each assignment will be handed out at the end of each class that is prior to the start of a new assignment.
• All efforts will be made to assign materials that are available at ‘Thong Eiang’, which is the local supplies shop at our faculty. However, Thong Eiang not having certain supplies or being out specific items serves as no excuses. Not having proper supplies equals to reduced class participation grade. • Failure to bring correct supplies would affects your final grade.
• Ask questions in advance if a supply listed is confusing or unclear.

Reviews: Midterm and Final review
Student is expected to have the work pin-up in the assigned room or area prior to the review time. For example, if the review time is at 10:00 am, this means that the presentation is ready to start by 10:00 am. Failing to present your project at the assigned time slot will result in an “F” for that project.
If you fail to show up for the review without notifying your instructor or your absence is unaccompanied by a physician’s letter, your grade for that particular review would be “F”. Minor illness such as headache or migraine doesn’t count. A physician’s letter must be of severe case – I.C.U. or operating room that requires several days of resting and recovering period. Furthermore, physician’s letter must be accommodated by a receipt (payment for the doctor visit) failure to produce the receipt will nullify the physician’s letter.

Studio Guidelines:
• Food and drinks are not allowed in the studio space. All open beverages must be left outside of the class.
•  Inform your instructor the first day of class if you have personal issues that might affect your performance.
• All persons and properties will be respected. This includes but is not limited to peers, student materials, classroom materials, teacher and teacher’s materials, etc. Respect the studio space and the space of others; clean up after yourself & leave the studio in good working order at all times. Persons found disrespecting/vandalizing any persons or anything will have a minimum 10 points removed from there university record per incident.

Studio Safety:
With all the tools and equipments you have, many of them are sharp objects that can easily inflict injury upon you when you don’t exercise precautionary measure. Used blades must be discarded at a designated area. Shoes must be worn at all time.

Submission:
Late work will not be accepted unless it qualifies as Excused (See: guidelines provided in Attendance). All assignments are due at the date and time indicated.
Late assignments will be downgraded one letter grade per day/time late.
Incomplete work is generally discouraged. Severe incompleteness will result in the down-grading of individual assignments based upon the degree of incompleteness. All assignments are due in completed form at the date and time indicated. (See also: Excused Absences)

Uniform:
Students are required to observe the proper university attire when showing up for class. T-shirt and/or sandals are not allowed. Violator will be dismissed from the class and will be marked as absent.

University Rules and Regulation:
Students are expected to follow all university requirements outlined in
Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Architecture Rules and Regulations guide book. Paying special attention to the following sections:
• Chulalongkorn University’s Principles of the Standard for the Polite Attire of Male and Female Students
• Chulalongkorn University’s Principles of the Standard on the Attire of Male and Female Students
• Chulalongkorn University’s Announcement on the Guidelines for the Conduct and Activity of the Students
• Chulalongkorn University’s Principles on Student’s Discipline

Studio Brief

Social Engagement in Architecture
Instructor: Kerrie Butts

A Call for Design Activism: The generalized passivity of everyday life “weighs more heavily on women who are sentenced to everyday life, on the working class, on employees who are not technocrats, on youth” (Lefebvre, The Everyday and Everydayness). Those on the margins of the social power structure as well as the physical margins are the most affected by the circumstances dictating the conditions of daily life. Architecture has seen an increased public discourse and professional commitment to the impact that creative and innovate design solutions can have in improving the daily lives of others in need.

Social Issues:
Gender and Space
Sexuality and/or Sex Industry
Human Rights and Minority Groups

Methodology: To avoid naïve solutions and generate meaningful architectural knowledge, students will engage in rigorous research about social issues relevant within contemporary Thailand or Southeast Asia. Students will develop more personal/distinctive approaches to the topic in question and may work individually or small groups (to be determined) in the class. Students may continue to work in their groups throughout the entire semester or develop individual design proposals after the midterm. Having identified the issue, each student(s) shall be able to formulate a clear and specific intention (or thesis statement) for the architectural design. For the architectural design proposal, students will select both the program and the site.

Requirements:
-Regularly scheduled contributions and discussions on the studio blog
-Research paper; ten-page minimum including supporting diagrams, maps, and drawings
-Midterm presentation of research, site selection and program development
-Architectural scale design proposal (minimum: must contain a bathroom, maximum 5,000 sq meters of enclosed space)

1. Course Number 2541312
2. Course Credits 6
3. Course Title Architectural Design V (ARCH DSGN V)
4. Department Architecture (International Program)
Faculty Architecture
5. Semester Second
6. Academic Year 2011
7. Instructor Ajarn Kerrie Butts (kerriebutts@gmail.com)
8. Condition
8.1 Prerequisite 25411411 Architectural Design IV (ARCH DSGN IV)
9. Course Status Studio
10. Curriculum Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design
11. Degree Undergraduate Student
12. Number of class hour / week (2 x 3.5 hours) Tuesday/Friday 13:00-16:30
13. Course Description
Innovation and integration of architectural design; interdisciplinary coordination; selection of problems and topics of the students’ and instructor’s interest; capability to carry out research and advanced application of knowledge.
14. Course Outline

14.1. Practical Objectives: Upon completion of this course, each student shall be able
-to conduct thorough and comprehensive research
-to analyze/question/challenge conventional architectural programs
-to establish specific intention(s) for the project
-to derive at clear conceptual framework(s)
-to undergo a rigorous/critical design process
-to produce a complete set of final representations for his/her project according to the studio’s topic of investigation (theme of the studio); for the final presentation, each student shall be required to produce architectural plan, section, and elevation drawings at 1:200 (or at larger scales) + architectural model(s).

14.2. Learning Content 
Social Engagement in Architecture
This studio requires students to take a proactive role in pursuing and defining their own interests and
topics of investigation. Students will research contemporary social issues and reframe a problem within the Southeast Asian regional context related to changing patterns in the human environment in global and local scales. Students will present a thesis paper detailing their research. Finally, students will propose an architectural scale design intervention to address the problem. Social issues address may include one of the following:

Gender: Definition
“Gender” refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given
society considers appropriate for men and women.
“Sex” refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Potential Issues:
Home and Housing, Gender-based/domestic violence, Transgender: blurring traditional roles, Health issues, Safety and Public Space, Media and Advertising, Consumption/Shopping

Sexuality: Definition
Human sexuality is how people experience the erotic and express themselves as sexual beings;
the awareness of themselves as males or females; the capacity they have for erotic experiences
and responses. The sociocultural aspect examines influences on and from social norms, including
the effects of politics and the mass media.
Potential Issues:
Sex Industry (male or female), Education/ Medical Services, Gay Space, Sex Tourism: eastern and western views, Sex in Advertising and Media

Minority: Definition
A minority is a sociological group that does not make up a politically dominant voting majority of the total population of a given society. A sociological minority is not necessarily a numerical minority — it may include any group that is subnormal with respect to a dominant group in terms of social status, education, employment, wealth and political power.
Potential Issues: Narrow interests to a plausible topic
Racial or ethnic, Political, Age (youth, teens, elderly), Disabled (handicapped, blind, etc), Religious (non-Buddhist, Christian, Muslim,etc)

Program Examples: Social change and the blurring of gender roles justify the investigation of the changing image of home and of the family ideal. Education can function as a means of empowerment and creating self-identity. Medical services or other shared resources can make a meaningful impact within a community.

14.3. Class activities / Method The studio is an important place to your design/architectural education. It promotes a culture of sharing ideas, skills, viewpoints and experiences. As an anomaly within the university environment, design studio is known for its intense focus on learning by doing as a collective of individuals. See attached studio manual for rules and class policies.

14.4. Communication Tools
General requirements for assignments are as follow:
a. drawings: hand drawn sketches, plans, sections, and elevations
b. physical models: existing site precise description / working models / presentation models
c. Computer drawings and digital models

14.5 Evaluation/Grading Breakdown
Blog Posts 15%
Research Report 15%
Midterm Presentation 25%
Final Presentation 30%
Portfolio/CD Submission 5%
Attendance 10 %

15. Bibliography / Reading list
Reference Books available:
Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism edit by Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford (TCDC)
Design Like You Give a Damn. Edited by Architecture for Humanity (TCDC)
The Craft of Research. By Waye Booth, Gregory Colomb and Joseph Williams.
Architecture of the Everyday. Edited by Steven Harris and Deborah Berke
­­Gender Space Architecture. Edited by Jane Rendell, Barbara Penner and Iain Borden
Sexuality and Space. Edited by Beatriz Colomina
Stud: Architectures of Masculinity. Edited by Joel Sanders
Can Designers Improve Life in Non-Formal Cities? Harvard Design Magazine.
Links:
http://architectureforhumanity.org/
http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/smallscalebigchange/