CITIES, PEOPLE AND PLACES WEEK 1

 Cities,People,Places Project

 Week 1

Before the trip on Friday you should all begin to start the following:

• At least 4 pages of research into 2 contemporary Architects (see the project brief below for names). Include background information and analysis of some specific buildings/projects. Discuss materials, aesthetics (form) and function. Include good reproductions of the Architect's work and take care over presentation.
• A selection of photos from the College Architecture, print contact sheets of your shoot and include the best shots printed out at A4 or A5 scale.
• At least one full page sustained careful pencil tonal drawing from your College photos (this should represent at least 3 hours work). Choose a complex composition that will challenge you.

For this project you will need for the trip on Friday 28th February :

• Digital Cameras (book one out at photography ) and Cameraphones (with plenty of battery and memory capacity, also USB download cables or card readers if you have them.

For the project  

• Memory sticks/online space for saving your photos, save on Google Drive
• Purchase online an A3 sketchbook 
• Drawing media - pencils, fineliners, biros, erasers etc.
• Printing/photocopying credit.