designlab: design processes through the v&a+riba architecture collections presentation

DesignLab: Design ProcessesThrough the V&A+RIBA Architecture

collections

Presentation

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Which brands have impact?

Logos can be powerful images that impact on our visual awareness.

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Which buildings have impact?

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Buildings too can have an impact over centuries

© Robert Elwall / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

© Joe/Low RIBA Library Photographs Collection

© Bernard Cox / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

© RIBA Library Photographs Collection

© Bernard Cox / RIBA Library Photographs Collection


Which is the oldest structure and which is the newest?

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Where do architects get their ideas and inspiration?

V&A+RIBA Architecture Gallery at the V&A

“The key is looking…looking, observing, seeing, imagining, inventing, creating.” Le Corbusier 1965

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30 St Mary Axe (‘The Gherkin’)

Can you sketch the Gherkin from memory?

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What inspired the design of this structure?

© Pawel Libera / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

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© V&A Images

Inspired by construction

© Pawel Libera / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

© V&A Images

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Sydney Opera House

Can you sketch the Sydney Opera House from memory?

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What inspired the design of this building?

© Danielle Tinero / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

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Inspired by shape

© Danielle Tinero / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

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Inspired by shape to develop an idea

© RIBA Library Drawings Collection

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Inspired by Sydney Opera House

© www.utilitydesign.co.uk

© Karim Dinoulis

© www.dentoncook.comAkino Tsuga

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How do architects turn their ideas into buildings?


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How do architects develop their ideas?

• first sketch idea• idea development model• sketchbook drawing• plan drawing• computer drawing• presentation drawing• presentation model

Match the descriptions with the pictures.

D © RIBA Library Drawings Collection E © V&A Images

B © V&A ImagesA © RIBA Library Drawings Collection

F © V&A ImagesC © V&A Images

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All images credited to the RIBA Library Photographs Collection or the RIBA Library Drawings

Collectionand many thousands more

can be accessed at www.ribapix.com

See www.vam.ac.uk/architecture for information about the V&A+RIBA Architecture Collections

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