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ARCH20003 MODERN ARCHITECTURE: MOMO TO POMO SM2 2024

ASSESSMENT TASK 2: WHAT TO DO WITH MODERNIST BUILDINGS

Marks: Marked out of 100 

Weight: 40% of the total marks for the subject 

Due Date: Thursday 29th August, 2024  (see timing details below) 

The idea of Modern Architecture is often understood as an architecture that self-consciously responds to the conditions of modernity, in other words, an architecture that is particular and proper to the modern age. This design research project asks you to think about what makes architecture modern in the twentieth century and whether it has maintained its currency in the twenty-first century.  

Imagine a near-term future in the twenty-first century. It will inevitably entail increasing urbanisation and the greater need of housing and amenity for growing numbers of people, worldwide. This will be against a backdrop of changing economic, environmental and energy conditions demanding new high performing buildings.  But what do we do with legacies of our built environments, much of which was created in the twentieth century?  That includes many seminal buildings of the Modern Movement, built in the period between the First and Second War Wars.  They are buildings conceived, designed and built in very different political, social, economic, environmental and energy contexts. So, what do we let go? What do we choose to keep, and how? How might we keep the “Modern” modern? 

The Objective 

For this assignment – worth 40% of the final grade for the subject – each student is allocated a modernist building (hypothetically) slated for demolition.  The task is to historicise the building and use that historical understanding of it to argue for an alternative future for it. The work is to be presented as an exhibition-quality visual and written argument. 

Assignment Instructions 

Each student will be allocated a building to work on. The first step is to undertake research to historicise the building.  This means examining its historical significance in relation to the following five lenses: 

· Architect. Who designed the building?  Are they a significant, or possibly an overlooked figure in twentieth-century architecture? Either way, why are they important?  Why and how is, or might their work be important in the twenty-first century? 

· Movement.  The Modern Movement is not monolithic, rather it comprises many strands of experiment and response in a wide variety of geographic and cultural contexts.  What strand of the Modern Movement is the building associated with?  What conceptual ideas informed its the design? What design attributes of that movement are evident in the building?  Consider planning, spatial arrangement, form, construction, materials, aesthetics etc. as relevant to the design. 

· Context. Where is the building located?  Consider the region, city, neighbourhood etc.  When was it built? Identify any important political, economic, social parameters for its design and production.   

· Program. What was it designed for and how has it been used throughout its life to the present day? Has its purpose and physical form. been changed over time? 

· Historiography. Has the building been influential in the history of modern architecture and how we understand the idea of Modern Architecture today? 

With a multi-faceted understanding of the building’s historical and architectural context and importance you are to propose a new future for it, relative to its past.  Conclude by speculating on a future for the building. Propose a new ACTIVE program that you think fits with its past and its historical and architectural significance today.  It might be similar or very different from its original program. Consider approaches to dealing with its physical fabric etc.  These might range from careful conservation of existing fabric through to various interventions to deal with the ‘new’ social, environmental, and energy context of the building. If your building is in a ruinous or highly altered state, or is contentious is some other way, consider if it should be reconstructed physically, digitally or remembered in some other way.  Are there any contentious aspects of its original production or use over-time that might be addressed through some form. of reparative response? You are not expected to ‘design’ a new program for the building, rather, you should speculate on a new future using a combination of visual media and written description. This should demonstrate reasoning consistent with your historical interpretation of the building.   

Present your work as an exhibition-quality panel, comprising a mix of archival drawings, photographs and text.  All visual material should be traceable to original collections or sources (i.e. do not use images from Google, Pinterest, Blogs etc. which don’t provide information about the image’s original source). For more information about evaluating sources and images see the ABP Study and Research Guide https://unimelb.libguides.com/abp/evaluating#s-lg-box-20454746Links to an external site. .  You are encouraged to use techniques such as layering, collage etc. to highlight attributes of the building and/or its future.  Also give careful consideration to the selection and layout of all images, texts, fonts etc. to support your analysis and speculation. It is important that you work with original, traceable images and that you DO NOT USE GENERATIVE AI for visual or written work in this assignment. 

Your research based on the above questions should inform. the identification, selection and presentation of relevant visual material in the panel. You are being assessed on your ability to curate a narrative about how and on what terms your selected building is modern and a possible future for it in the twenty-first century.  

The visual media is to be complemented by an interpretative text (no more than 800 words, 14 pt font) to be situated on the poster and concisely communicating the building’s importance in terms of its architect, movement, program, context historiography, and its speculative future. Please use a minimum of 6 scholarly sources, including credible online and printed books, book chapters and journal articles and excluding unverified online sources such as blogs. If you are unsure about how to evaluate the credibility of a source, please visit the ABP Study and Research Guide: https://unimelb.libguides.com/abp/evaluatingLinks to an external site. 

Please note that images and image sources DO NOT count as bibliographical material. 

Submission Requirements 

There are two parts to this assignment’s submission: 

· A2 Portrait (i.e. vertical format), single-sided graphic poster incorporating selected images and text (strict maximum of 800 words). 

The poster is to be submitted to Canvas as a PDF file by 12pm Thursday 29th August (end of week 6).  The text must be saved in a readable format, and it will be scanned by plagiarism and AI detection software.  

· Upload to the assignment Padlet 

The poster is also to be uploaded to the MoMo to PoMo Padlet gallery by 5pm Friday 30th August.  In the week 7 tutorial, all students are required to present their posters and engage in an exercise interlinking panels across the Padlet gallery. 

All posters are to strictly comply with the following content and formatting requirements: 

A2 Panel Content 

Format: 

All panels are to be designed as A2 portrait (i.e. vertical) format. Although they will be submitted digitally, they should be conceived and developed as physical objects intended for exhibition, for example, at MSDx Summer 2024. 

· Your name and student number (provided discretely in the bottom left-hand corner of the poster) 

Text 

· Name of project, architect, country, date of design/construction. (Eg: Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, Le Corbusier, 1928) 

· Maximum of 800 words, 14pt font.   

Assessment Criteria 

This assessment task is worth 40% of the subject.  Assessment will be based on the material uploaded to Canvas in relation to the following evenly weighted assessment criteria: 

· Extent to which the submission demonstrates the ability to describe and discuss sources, theories and design (link to SILO1 & 3) 

· Extent to the submission demonstrates the ability to identify and appraise ideas in buildings, texts, images and drawings (link to SILO2 & 3)  

· Extent to which the submission effectively communicates ideas and attributes of modernist architecture using visual and written means targeting general audiences. (Link to SILO4) 

 Criteria will be assessed using this rubric.