Model of Chiswick Villa by George Rome Innes COURSE HANDBOOK URBAN DESIGN: ANCIENT WITH MODERN SPRING 2017 1
Teaching Institution Tutor Chelsea College of Arts George Rome Innes COURSE OUTLINE This module will take place outside college, in the city. You will see great buildings, important interiors and unique treasures. Each session s visit will be recorded in your diary, as photographs, sketches and notes. Consider how the buildings we see were constructed with the technology of their time, consider the use of materials. Look at the processes used in making furniture and smaller artefacts. Think of who used the buildings, who uses them now and why? How do you feel modern and ancient work together in each case? AIMS This course will provide you with: A conducive learning environment with a variety of learning situations and content Acquaintance with a representative range of ideas and examples from European Art History A variety of study methods ranging from group lectures and visits to a solo project. OUTCOMES On completing the module you should be able to demonstrate: An understanding of the history and development of western design and art from its roots in Africa, through to the early nineteenth century in Europe. How this knowledge enables a critical assessment of modern additions to existing historic buildings. LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS Visits to museums, galleries and historic buildings Group discussions Library study Photography & sketching Annotated visual project ASSESSMENT Final project (100%) PROJECT Critical Commentary Choose two buildings, one you consider to be successful and one you consider to be unsuccessful, the choice and opinions are yours. Where appropriate look at planning, circulation, lighting and ambience. Concentrate on details, junctions where one material meets another. Look at the suitability of materials. This is to be presented on A4 sheets (one sided) as a visual commentary with annotated illustrations. Each page should be headed with the name of the building, date built and the architect or designer. Your project should be presented to the group on the final day. 2
SCHEDULE WEEK ONE Wednesday 11 th January 2017 Meet CLG13 City of Westminster - Chelsea College to Trafalgar Square Historic: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, National Gallery & NPG. Modern: National Gallery: Sainsbury Wing by Venturi & Scott Brown. New Entrance by Jeremy Dixon & Ed Jones. National Portrait Gallery: Insertion of new entrance hall, galleries and restaurant by Jeremy Dixon & Ed Jones. WEEK TWO Wednesday 18 th January 2017 The Classical Past - British Museum Historic: Egypt, Greece & Rome. The Enlightenment and the history of the Museum. Modern: The Great Court & the Sainsbury Exhibition Gallery. WEEK THREE Tuesday 24 th January 2017 City of London - Tower of London to St Paul s ending at Tate Modern A walk encompassing the history of the city from 41AD to the present day. Historic: St Paul s Cathedral the Great Model. Modern: Bracken House, reconfiguring by Michael Hopkins; and Tate Modern. Wednesday 25 th January 2017 The East End - Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Dennis Severs House & Geffrye Museum Historic: History of English interiors at the Geffrye Museum. Social history on the streets of Spitalfields ending at Dennis Severs House. Modern: Refurbishment and extension to the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Redevelopment of Spitalfields Market. WEEK FOUR Wednesday 1 st February 2017 The Renaissance - Victoria & Albert Museum Historic: Renaissance architecture, sculpture & furniture. Modern: Gallery design in particular the work by Eva Jirikna. Historic: National Gallery: Renaissance painting & the restored high Victorian Galleries. WEEK FIVE Wednesday 8 th February 2017 The English Renaissance - Banqueting House and Greenwich by river Historic: Inigo Jones introducing Palladian architecture to England. Hawksmoor & Wren: English Baroque. The Meridian. Modern: Well-designed visitor facilities added to the National Maritime Museum. WEEK SIX Wednesday 15 th February 2017 The Exotic East - Victoria & Albert Museum. Historic: Looking at the Cultures of China, Japan, India and Islam. Chinatown & Berwick Street Modern: Eva Jiricna s jewellery gallery 3
WEEK SEVEN Wednesday 22 nd February 2017 Tudor & Baroque - Hampton Court Palace Historic: This visit is largely historic, showing the Palace as it would have been during various periods from the time of Cardinal Wolsey through to Christopher Wren s work for William & Mary and later Georgian interiors. Modern: We will look at the excellent restorations carried out after the fire of 1986 and the display of Mantegna s masterpiece, the Triumph of Caesar. Wednesday 1 st March 2017 Roman & Georgian England - City of Bath Historic: Roman Baths, the Abbey Church & Pump Room. Town Planning and detail in the City of Bath by the two John Woods. Modern: The Roman Baths have been newly and brilliantly displayed. Holburn Museum WEEK EIGHT Wednesday 8 th March 2017 Georgian & Victorian - Kenwood House, St Pancras & Kings Cross Stations Historic: Kenwood House, concentrating on the work of Robert Adam. King s Cross & St Pancras: great Victorian engineering and flamboyant Victorian architecture. Modern: Magnificent upgrading of the two stations and restoration of St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. WEEK NINE Tuesday 14 th March 2017 High Georgian - Sir John Soane s Museum & Somerset House Historic: High Georgian architecture and interior design from the three greatest masters of the period Adam, Chambers & Soane. Modern: At Somerset House, interesting basement redesign by Sam Lloyd and other elegant modern interiors. At Sir John Soane s Museum, the complete restoration of the Model Room and Private apartments WEEK TEN - Wednesday 12 th April 2017 A324 Crit and final presentation TUTOR George Rome Innes has an MA Art History by Research from Birkbeck College, University of London, has studied Medicine and Architecture and so has a wide knowledge base. He has carried out research, restoration work and made architectural exhibits for the Victoria & Albert Museum, Sir John Soane s Museum and the RIBA Drawings Collection, the Courtauld Institute and Westminster Cathedral in London, the Bodleian and Ashmoleum in Oxford, Kings College Cambridge and the National Trust. He teaches History of Art and Design, orthographic drawing and architectural model making at Chelsea College of Arts and at the London College of Communication. He also regularly conducts Architectural and Interior Design tours for the Short Course Unit of University of the Arts London at Chelsea and Camberwell, and has taken students on Art History tours to Italy. 4
BIBLIOGRAPHY To Read: Gombrich, E.H., The Story of Art (has been translated into 30 languages) Summerson, John, The Classical Language of Architecture Murray, Linda and Murray, Peter, Art of the Renaissance To dip into: Palladio, Andrea, The Four Books of Architecture (Dover Books) Summerson, John, Georgian London Summerson, John, Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 The Bible (King James version 1611) Matthew is the most readable gospel and Revelations is essential and exciting Reference: Fletcher, Sir Bannister, The History of Architecture Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England: London 1: City of London London 2: South London 3: North West London 4: North London 5: East and Docklands London 6: Westminster Wittkower, Rudolf, Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750 Gombrich, E.H., Art and Illusion 5