This was a short course delivered every Tuesday for year 11 AS students 16-17 years old intending to pursue architecture at degree level. It consisted in a series of models based on real 3D architectural problems; the pebble based on the Aqua Tower, the modular design based on Brunelleschi's use of the cube, the basilica plan and elevation and the varities of dome.

1. architecture
TUESDAY 3:50
GI2

2. ARCHITECTURE SHORT COURSE
David Chandler
Try this link to Y.A.P. the young architects’ programme
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/

3. WEEK TOPIC ACTIVITY
1/2 post and lintel buildings;
creating the basics of the
classical orders. Examples for
the portfolio
drawing or model making to make
post and lintel structures
2/3 the wall and the arch.
Examples for the portfolio
drawing or model making to make
voussoirs and arches
3/4 The classical languages of
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
Examples for the portfolio
drawing or model making to make
IONIC volutes
5/6 Vaults; the dome, Examples for
the portfolio
Building domes
6/7 Barrel vaults and groin vaults.
Examples for the portfolio
Building vaults
8 Local architecture;
photography
Photography and drawing
9 Local architecture; viaduct Sketchup modelling
10 timber frames in Stockport and
Cheshire
Sketchup modelling
11/12/13 Steel frames Modelling an Aqua Tower
ARCHITECTURE SHORT COURSE David Chandler

4. Selected
student
projects
2006 - 2013

5. “pebble” project taking the
changing contours of a stone
to build floor plans; either
freestanding or embedded in
rectangular plans

11. Landscape
environment
projects

13. Basilica plan and elevation project using
acetate sheets

14. Cubic modular
project based on
Brunelleschi’s
Spedale degli
Innocenti 1419.

15. Annular vault project