Exhibition Opening

April 25th, 2012

apcu-exhibition-2012.jpgContinuity in Architecture is delighted to announce the opening of an important exhibition of twelve projects from the Erasmus Intensive Workshop held in Venice in Autumn 2011. The show features the work of post-graduate students from the CiA Unit of Manchester School of Architecture, collaborating with students and professors from Granada and Barcelona (Spain), Venice and Catania (Italy), and Oulo (Finland). The programme is in its third year and was established to explore the adaptation of archaeological sites for modern purposes. This year extraordinary sites of ancient civilisations in south-west Sicily - in Scicli, Syracuse, Paliké and Camarina - were the inspiration for dramatic design interventions in the landscape that redefined and reinterpreted place.The exhibition will be in the RIBA Hub, Cube Gallery on Portland Street from 26 April - 18 May 2012.

Keeping his head

February 14th, 2012

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Louis Hellman, cartoonist, at Scarpa’s Canova Plaster Cast Gallery, Possagno. Circa 1990.

Stair hack

January 22nd, 2012

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Steps up to the rampart. Castelvecchio, Verona. Architect: Carlo Scarpa

Redemption

November 1st, 2011

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Il Redentore from Zaterre.

venice-composite-web-1.jpgIn the spirit of the Collage City Unité/Uffizi comparison: Piazza San Marco transformed into Preston Bus Station.

Villa Romana del Casale

October 10th, 2011

Villa Romana del Casale

A model of the uncovered villa. Sicily.

Ortigia

September 24th, 2011

Ortigia, Duomo

The duomo at Ortigia (Syracuse, Sicily) is built in and around the complete structure of the Greek temple of Athena.

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Carlo Scarpa, Architect

aSZ Arquitectes in Barcelona

December 17th, 2010

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Elena Canovas of the University of Barcelona joined us in our teaching at the recent Architecture/Archaeology workshop at IUAV Venezia. She is a director at aSZ Arquitectes, Barcelona.

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Venetian Pile Driver

September 29th, 2010

On the Ponte dei Miracoli

September 23rd, 2010

On the Ponte dei Miracoli, Venice. Light; fragments of view; bridge as public space; the view and the viewer.

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Bachelor of Architecture Year 6 Projects 2009-2010

Following the students’ participation in the workshop Archaeology’s Places & Contemporary Uses the students chose sites in Venice for their major projects.

Slideshow of Year 6 Drawings and Models

Students: Peter Brown, Christopher Brown-Colbert, Sophie Dean, Rachel Galpin, Emma Gander, Nur Liyana Amer Hamzah, Marshal Han, Wan Nurul Huda, William Lau, Kurt Law, Luke McDonald, David Platt, Alex Pritchett, Nor Azua Ruslan, Holly Wells, Katie Wright, Aimi Shairah Zamani

Staff: Sally Stone, John Lee, Dominic Roberts, Laura Sanderson, Eamonn Canniffe

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Bachelor of Architecture Year 5 Projects 2009-2010

The Year 5 students also visited Venice and following various exploratory projects each produced a building on the theme of ‘Buildings for Home and Social Life’ on a restrictive site on the Campo S. Barnaba.

Slideshow of Year 5 Drawings and Models

Students: Germain Acemah, Umayr Azam, Seb Bayley-Loyn, Stephanie Chan, Lydia Cheung Yuk Wah, Jenny Cook, Thomas Cookson, Simon Davies, Seb Drayson, Michael Groves, Nicholas Gurney, Christina Kim, Wang Lang, Louise McKeown, Nicholas Mitchell, Farah Molotoo, Amy Pearce, David Richards, John Roberts, Josh Rollin, William Saville, Rachael Smith, Lawrence Somerville, Matthew Taylor, Jack Whatley

Staff: Sally Stone, John Lee, Dominic Roberts, Laura Sanderson, Gary Colleran, Neil Stevenson