The Crit by Charles Doidge
The architectural crit, review or jury is a cornerstone of architectural education around the world. Students defend their ideas, drawings, and models in open forum before staff and fellow students. What academic staff see as healthy creative debate, students see as hostile confrontation, an ego-trip for staff and humiliation for them. This accessible and readable book, written by students and illustrated by telling cartoons, guides them through this academic minefield with creative humour. It provides practical advice based on experience of many recent students and draws on recent experimentation at Sheffield University and De Montfort University Leicester. The aim is twofold: first to suggest how to get the most out of the traditional experience and second, to describe ways in which this is being developed into an experience that will be more constructive and prepare future students to build more creative relationships with clients and users, and across the industry. While much has been written about the crit, review, or jury, little has been done to prepare students for it or to develop it in the light of changing professional attitudes and relationships. This book is a timely guide to a timeless experience in a changing profession.Jonathan Mosley is a practicing artist/architect and senior lecturer in the Department of Planning and Architecture at the University of the West of England. His collaborative studio with artist Sophie Warren produces events, constructions, exhibitions and publications that bring conceptual art processes to the exploration of architectural concerns. They are currently editing Beyond Utopia a multi-contributor book for Los Angeles and Berlin publisher Errant Bodies Press to be released in November 2011. Their work has been exhibited and published internationally.
Dr Rachel Sara is a senior lecturer in the Department of Planning and Architecture at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). She studied architecture to Doctoral level at the University of Sheffield, and has contributed to a range of academic architectural journals, books and conferences, including Field journal, JEBE, Transactions. She was contributed to various publications and co-wrote The Crit: An Architectural Student's Handbook (2000 and 2007 2nd edition) published by Elsevier. She is peer reviewer for a number of journals including Journal of Architecture, Urban Policy and Research, Gender Work and Organization, CEBE Transactions and Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780750647700 |
| ISBN 10 | 0750647701 |
| Title | The Crit |
| Author | Charles Doidge |
| Series | Seriously Useful Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 117 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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