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We’re looking forward to a new year of fabulous Unit 11 students, and to taking LIMIT STATE out to the Mediterranean edge of Marseille and the French Riviera. Our field trip will bring us among wetlands, ports, firebreaks, industrial landscapes (including the ITER nuclear Fusion project), and the settlements that live alongside them.

Term 1, Strange Acts of Observation, asks how we see and understand places shaped by environmental change. Term 2, For Worlds Already in Progress, turns towards repair as a source of architectural invention.

Paul Virilio’s “original accident” reminds us that every technology brings the possibility of its own failure. Rob Holmes’s ‘The Problem with Solutions’ (from @places_journal)gives us another useful prompt: how can design respond to troubled landscapes without assuming that one neat fix will settle everything? Finally, a strong nod towards Ballard’s SuperCannes. We’ll investigate through fieldwork, drawings, models and architectural proposals. Expect curious observations, serious questions and plenty of architecture! @unit11bartlett @bartlettarchucl

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