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We are honoured that our piece Sixteen was selected and exhibited in the architecture room of this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, beautifully curated by Peter Barber. In response to the exhibition theme ‘Making is Thinking’, we contributed a section of a large ceramic surface that we produced collectively while living and working in Grymsdyke Farm for one week last year. The work captures our shared interest in earth materials, time expression, and embodied and collaborative architectural design. The original surface measures 2.5mx2.5m and is an assemblage of 256 ceramic tiles, all drawn and glazed with the specialist support of ceramicist Jessie Lee. The project was conceived and supervised by our tutors Yeoryia Manolopoulou and Thomas Parker. Authored by: Ceren Erten, Zhongliang Huang (Abe), Matt King, Rebecca Lim, Desire Lubwama, Polina Morova, Karin Kei Nagano, Vilius Petraitis, Anton Joshua Schwingen, Kaye Song, Negar Taatizadeh, Ella Thorns, Alexander Venditti, Tia-Angelie Vijh, Janet Vutcheva, Qingyuan Rubin Zhou.

Many thanks to Guan Lee, Director of Grymsdyke Farm; Jessie Lee, Ceramicist; and Nigel Tucker, Workshop Manager. @grymsdykefarm @peterbarber12 @royalacademyarts @architecture_ra

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Alexander Venditti (@a__venditti )

Y5: A Point in Time

The Point cinema multiplex, an iconic building located in the heart of Central Milton Keynes, has been slated for demolition. Rather than accepting a tabula rasa restart, an alternate future inspired by the building’s cinematic history is proposed where the site is transformed into an open-air film set.

Through temporary, light, and modular structures and materials, and a selective retention of existing elements, the project provides only the framework atop which sets are built and torn down. The oscillating states of demolition and reconstruction strip back the veil of cinema presented to the public, showing the ugly side of it all: the unseen, personified by the mix of unfinished and permanent materials
and structures. From pre-production, to active filming, to post-production, the public is immersed in the world of cinema-making, though never shown the polished final product.

The project addresses the question of how architecture can be decommissioned. In aiming to act in both a state of ruin and usability, the building stays true to itself in function and in symbolism, aiming to fill the gap of cultural identity in Milton Keynes via a former city symbol.

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Decommissioning architecture: celebrating the life of a building condemned for demolition. ⁠
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An architecture of erasure.

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All of the students’ models this term sat together.

A proud moment looking at and celebrating all of our work after yesterday’s pin(/blue tack/masking tape)-up.

And even more excited for what is coming next!

This Year’s Students: @abr0131 @a__venditti @anton_js_ @cerenllerten @desirel.arch @ellathorns_arch @vutchevajanet.arc @kaye.song @karinkeinagano @matt_king_architecture @negartaatizadeh @_polinamorova @rebeccalimynn @qrz_.1 @tia_vijh @vilius.pt

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"The project explores making through subtraction, focusing on the act of erasure as a design move. ⁠
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"Based on experiences and observations while drawing on site in Milton Keynes, the project begins by creating a toolbox of drawing actions that can be translated to building actions. These tools can be reordered, layered, and curated to create a new order."

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Follow along the Unit 17 end of Term Review on our stories today!

The presentation begins speaking in collaboration about our project ‘Adapt’ x @grymsdykefarm and how we came to perform our conversational piece in the landscape.

Then we will move into our individual work from our final few weeks, taking conclusions from our previous ensemble explorations in the context of ‘In-Between’.

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Unit 17 ‘Adapt’ x @grymsdykefarm

Constructing a bell tower from a found piece of timber, the rope was mounted into the sky where it unravelled to splay across the land.

Over the week at @grymsdykefarm each quartet designed instruments to construct spaces and movements with the unravelled rope. Meanwhile collaborating as 16 on the tower framework, designing and making how the rope was held and shared out.

By the end of day 5, the rope was raised as everyone assembled to enact the extended space together. This happened in a reflected room from where the design was first conceived inside, marked into the grass.

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Unit 17 ‘Adapt’ x @grymsdykefarm

As the finale of our collaborative project, all 16 students lived and worked together on the farm; designing a drawing on the land with the found materials available.

Converging the projects from 16, to 8, to 4, together we each brought our own interpretation of our design processes. Unthreading and reimagining the spatial and social possibilities of the rope as we rebound it together again.

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Adapt - 16 students, 16 initial prompts, 4 weeks.

The project evolved from the individual’s first reaction to a prompt, merging to a duo, then again as a quartet, and finally as a whole: 1, 2, 4, 16.

Building up to a final land drawing as we lived and made together at @grymsdykefarm.

We will be sharing more in the coming week.

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