Yet another exciting trip for the students here in Paris, France involved them staying a night in Couvent de la Tourette. This was an amazing opportunity for the students to experience the building and the spaces within. Its not everyday that people get to visit a building designed by Le Corbusier, but these students surely …
Last week, the students were able to experience a unique view on urban planning in the city of Grenoble. The workshop was held at the Institut D’Urbanisime et de Géographie Alpine. The students were tasked on the first day with coming up with a narrative or dialouge with a group that expounded upon the issues …
Its day three, and the students are about to embark on their journeys through Grenoble or in surrounding areas. The students will spend all day gathering information in the form of interviews, photography, videos, etc. What a day the students have ahead of them! Some of the students stop to take a photograph on …
After the long journeys of yesterday, the students gathered with their groups and compiled all of the information they obtained. With all the new and interesting information that the groups gathered, they were tasked with documenting their trek and information in a creative way. Each group was given a very large sheet of paper, and …
The students received an amazing opportunity to study hands on with earth brick design with Les Grands Ateliers. This workshop will grant the students a one of a kind experience pertaining to material study. The students will be working throughout the week to eventually have designed and built their own earth brick wall! The students …
The students have settled in and learned abut the material they will be handling. Now it is time to design. The students were tasked with thinking in different ways to design earth bricks based off different topics that were given. This is the start to a very interesting project. The students arrived at Les Grand …
Today is the day the students get to start mass producing their bricks for their wall. Leading up to this day, the students worked hard in designing their bricks, and furthermore the molds to create the bricks. They are in for a long day ahead. It is now morning at Les Grand Ateliers. Its time …
The students have now designed their bricks and created multiples of them. Now as they wait for the bricks to dry, they take on a day of learning the process of making and applying mortar to earth bricks. After a brief tutorial, the students set off to create arches using their newfound skill. The students …
As the students end the week, they are tasked to take their, now dried, bricks and construct a wall. Throughout the course of the workshop, they were only able to imagine the pattern of the wall. Using their skills they learned throughout the week, they were able to bring their ideas to reality. The students …
Members of the Paris Studio took advantage of the extend Thanksgiving break by traveling throughout Europe. Some of the places students visited include: Barcelona, Spain; Rome, Italy; Berlin, Germany; London, England; and spending some free time here in Paris. The much needed break serves as the last Green week(end) for students before the big push …