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RIEAeuropa
RIEAeuropa is pleased to announce that it has assumed leadership of the school of architecture in Vico Morcote, Switzerland.
For the past fifteen years, this school served as the European campus of the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, building a solid educational record as SCI-Arc:Vico.
RIEAvico SPRING 99 SEMESTER PROGRAM
CHEAPSPACE
RIEAvico School of Architecture offers to advanced students and graduated architects an education leading to certificates accepted at major European universities, as well as graduate and undergraduate credits which are accepted at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. Lebbeus Woods is Academic Director of RIEAvico, and is the principal studio instructor. Ekkehard Rehfeld is Operations Director, and Martin Wagner is Administrative Director.
RIEAvico is a research-oriented school. This means that the goal of our program is to explore new or little-known aspects of architectural thought
and practice, in order to expand architecture's role in the changes dramatically and unpredictably affecting our world. We are keenly interested in applying knowledge to so-called real-world situations and problems, but are convinced that many of today's problems are unprecedented, and thus can only be addressed by questioning or putting aside comfortable, long-held assumptions about what architecture is and how it intervenes in the world. Architecture, as we see it, is first of all a field of thought and only then a field of action. We believe it is necessary today to invent architecture, in particular and in principle, from freshly turned conceptual ground, as though it were only now coming into existence.
CHEAPSPACE is the research topic for the Spring 1999 program, a thematic around which seminars and studios in design, theory, history and building technology will be organized. As in previous programs, the aim is to explore from different perspectives a set of difficult yet important issues confronting the practice of architecture today.
CHEAPSPACE addresses the need for new living space that is under-capitalized, in other words, conceived and constructed with a minimum of monetary investment.
On every continent, there are growing communities of people who do not have access to the financial resources available to those living comfortably within the boundaries of social convention and stability. Whether because of war, rapid social changes, endemic poverty, or political instability, these communities are left out of the relative prosperity enjoyed by mainstream society. Forced by circumstance to improvise, they often exhibit remarkable ingenuity in the construction of living space within the limited means available, and an admirable spirit in the face of awesome difficulties. At the same time, their favelas, squatter settlements, refugee camps, slums and spontaneously repaired, war-torn neighborhoods fall far short of their needs and even the minimum standards of human habitation, in terms ranging from the hygienic to the aesthetic.
Today, however, new people are being added to the list of the under-capitalized, and they come from every social class. They include industrial workers, managers, small business operators, teachers, and highly skilled technicians from every field, including advanced technologies, all of whom have been economically displaced by the turbulent, unpredictable processes of globalization. While they cannot be considered a community in the traditional sense, they nevertheless form social constituencies confronted with a need for new living space that they can no longer financially afford.
CHEAPSPACE recognizes the common problem of both communities and constituencies and proposes to analyze its causes and dynamics, as well as explore new ideas and techniques for the design and construction of under-capitalized living space that may contribute to new solutions. Our research will be presented as a monograph in the RIEA book series published by SringerVerlag WienNewYork.
RIEAvico introduces a new curriculum concept: sequential study. Design studios and seminars in theory, history, and architectonics will no longer run concurrently, competing for time and attention, but in sequence, one after another. As a result, we will be able to concentrate entirely on either a studio or seminar project for its duration of one, two, or three weeks. The overall sequence of these shorter and more intensive courses is designed to explore a single research topic in greater depth. While providing fully enrolled students with a balanced course of study, this innovative program offers to practicing architects wanting to extend their knowledge and capabilities, as well as students enrolled in schools elsewhere, to subscribe separately to the one, two, and three week design studios and seminars, according to their individual needs and goals.
SPRING 99 SEMESTER SCHEDULE
Jan 11 - Jan 15
Stefania Schindler-Brenna: ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE (Optional)
Jan 16 - Jan 17
Latest arrivals
Lebbeus Woods and Ekkehard Rehfeld: INTRODUCTION
Jan 18 - Jan 24
Lebbeus Woods: THEORY SEMINAR
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
Jan 25 - Jan 31
Klaar van der Lippe: DESIGN WORKSHOP
TRANSFORMING THE TRANSFORMED
Feb 1 - Feb 7
Michael Menser: HISTORY SEMINAR
SHAPING CONFLICT
Feb 8 - Feb 28
Lebbeus Woods DESIGN STUDIO
JUST BUILDING: REGGIO CALABRIA
(includes site visit)
Mar 1 - Mar 7
BREAK
Mar 8 - Mar 21
Ekkehard Rehfeld: DESIGN STUDIO
PARTISAN ARCHITECTURE
Mar 22 - Mar 28
Manuel Delanda: ARCHITECTONICS SEMINAR
SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS
Mar 29 - Apr 11
Jos Bosman: DESIGN STUDIO
Title to be announced
Apr 12 - Apr 18
Aleksandra Wagner: SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR
AGAINST SUBMISSION: The control of space and action
Apr 19 - May 7
Lebbeus Woods: DESIGN STUDIO
REBUILDING: SARAJEVO
(includes site visit)
Application Spring 99 Semester:
Apply via e-mail or mail. Include a curriculum vitae (resumé) and a selection of work samples and a statement about your interests in architecture and/or reasons for applying to RIEAvico.
State accommodation requirements!
The school building offers three double rooms, five single rooms and shared bathroom facilities rented for the semester at CHF 3.000,- (single) and CHF 2.500,- (double per person) including linen service and utilities.
Apartments and rooms can also be rented in Vico Morcote and neighboring towns at prices ranging from CHF 800,- to CHF 1.200,- per month. Tuition Fees:
Entire semester: CHF 11.000,-
Seminars: CHF 1.500,- per week
Accreditation agreement with SCI-Arc Los Angeles:
Postgraduate M Arch 3:
Graduated students (e.g. with European Diploma) study at RIEAvico for one semester, and are then accepted at SCI-Arc. Students complete one more semester and Thesis (Master of Architecture) at SCI-Arc.
Study Abroad Program 1:
Students screened by RIEAvico and with recommendation apply to SCI-Arc for Study Abroad program and begin studies at RIEAvico (for up to 2 terms). Students may then transfer to SCI-Arc with one (or two) terms advance standing to continue studies and apply for B Arch or M Arch degrees.
Study Abroad Program 2:
Continuing SCI-Arc students at vertical studio level (4B+ and 3GA+) apply for Study Abroad program and to RIEAvico and, if accepted, study for one term at RIEAvico to receive Vertical Studio credit on their SCI-Arc Transcript.
Students from other Universities will receive detailed certificates of study and assistance for obtaining accreditation from their school or professor.
Visit: www.riea.com
Call: +41-91-9961387
Fax: +41-91-9962421
Mail: rieavico@compuserve.com
RIEAvico, CH-6921 Vico Morcote, Switzerland
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