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ARCHITECTURE ALTERNATIVES

Irene Aldea Álvarez Juan Arredondo Moreno David Jabbour Díaz Begoña López-Cediel García-Serrano Álvaro Molina Rollano

Jobs directly related to architecture degree include:

- Architect

- Architectural technologist

- Interior and spatial designer

Jobs where architecture degree would be useful include:

- Building survevor - Commercial/residential survevor - Higher education lecturer - Historic buildings - Inspector/conservation officer - Landscape architect - Planning and development

survevor - Production designer - Theatre/television/film - Structural engineer - Town planner

12% OF SPANISH ARCHITECTS EMIGRATED

1959 – 8% of all working Americans had a bachelors degree

1980 – 17% of all working Americans had a bachelors degree

2000 – 25% of all working Americans had a bachelors degree

2010 – 30% of all working Americans had a bachelors degree

Masters graduates from US architecture schools as a proportion of all graduates. Source: National Center for Education Statistics.

1965-1990

25% of american architecture students

graduated with a master

2010

40% of american architecture students

graduated with a master

No. of architects per million capita in the USA. Source: Decennial census, U.S. Census Bureau.

1850 17 architects per million

1960 166 arquitects per million

2000 Almost 700 architects per million

SKILLS DEVELOPED: - Imaginative and creative thinking skills - Ability to analyse and critically assess problems - Ability to see the big picture as well as giving

attention to the smallest details

- Ability to communicate effectively - Understanding of history, cultural and

environmental concerns - Lateral thinking skills to solve complex problems

Anshuman Prasad

Tino Schaedler Charlie and the Chocolate factory

Joseph Kosinski Oblivion

Fashion

Shelter

Geometry

Space & volume

Wrapping

Print

Draping

Folding

Weaving

FURNITURE IN ARCHITECTURE

“a chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.

That is why Chippendale is famous”

Mies Van Der Rohe

MODERN FURNITURE 19th CENTURY PRESENT

DECORATIVE ARTS VISUALLY HEAVY

MODERN ARTS VISUALLY LIGHT

VS

FUNCTIONALISM

ACCESIBLE

MASS-PRODUCED DESIGN

AFFORDABLE

INDUSTRIAL

FUNCTIONALITY

INFLUENCES

LE STIJL BAUHAUS DEUTSCHER WERKBUND

NEW MATERIALS

• Steel

• Glass

• Molded plywood

Eames Lounge Chair Wood

EXAMPLES

Gerrit Rietveld's Red-Blue Armchair Marcel Breuer's Wassily Chair

Le Corbusier Chaise Longue Eileen Gray side table

Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chair Noguchi coffee table

• WALTER GROPIUS 1883-1969

• LILLY REICH 1885-1974

• MIES VAN DER ROHE 1886-1969

• EILEEN GRAY 1878-1976

• LE CORBUSIER 1887-1965

• MARCEL BREUER 1902-1981

CURRENT FURNITURE

ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

LIQUID GLACIAL TABLE MESA TABLE

CURRENT FURNITURE

Graphic Design

De stijl

Theo Van Doesburg

Bauhaus