Prospectus 2014-2015_01

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Introduction The Berlage is a laboratory where participants from all over the world research and design architectural and urban design projects for the twenty first century.


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In the second decade of the twenty-first century, global shifts of culture, economy, and geopolitical power structures continue to redefine the built environment on an unprecedented scale. The Berlage Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design program aims for a unique, international postgraduate education within this context. Building upon its legacy of international research, along with its excellent global network of alumni, students, practitioners, and scholars, the Berlage provides students with the knowledge and skills to enter more advanced levels of globally oriented architectural practice. Its mission is to create an environment to test and communicate models, insights, and principles from a global perspective, educating architects and urban designers as a global professionals engaged in reality-based research and design.

The practice of architecture and urban design has become increasingly global. On the one hand, the spread of professional skills and new technologies around the world has expanded the market for international design services. On the other hand, different regions around the world are dealing with similar questions such as urban sprawl, rapid urbanization, the consequences of aging, and the challenges of the middle class.

It is tempting to view architects and urban designers as members of a global, cosmopolitan culture that transcends national boundaries and identities. Drawings, technologies, clients, and workforces flow easily between continents and cultures. Yet designers still confront


with strong international profiles. At the basis of the program is the explorative nature of research and intellectual curiosity. The Berlage offers an international, one-and-a-half-year English-language postgraduate Master of Science-degree program in architecture and urban design, as well as complementary public programming of distinctive lectures, exhibitions, and other events. As a small-scale institution, the Berlages students work very closely with a distinguished network of scholars, professionals, and innovators. Studying at the Berlage, prepares students for a more international future. Students not only to learn how to understand the complexities of the contemporary built environment but they also learn how to operate and innovate within them.

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Salomon FraustoHead of Education

the sometimes intractable characteristics of local conditions. The organization of the construction industry varies widely from nation to nation, with profound consequences for building design. National and local governments continue to define specific legal frameworks with a large impact on building practice. And, significantly, value systems remain strongly bound to culture: particular social and cultural norms continue to effect dwelling patterns, models of collective and public space, and notions of privacy.

How can we learn from different cultures of building all over the globe? How can a designer perform within the clash of cosmopolitanism and localism? Which design strategies and research approaches allow for mediation between international and local conditions? How can a globally oriented designer engage with local mores and trades? Do practitioners who operate internationally have an ethical duty to assist in the transfer of new skills to local architects? These questions underscore the new reality of architectural practice: globalization affects every practitioner, even those practitioners who never leave their home nations.

The Berlage has created an educational program to meet the challenges of globally oriented practice by expanding the range of education architects receive and by redefining the methods, instruments, and approaches of research and design practice. Based in Delft, the Netherlands, the Berlage is situated within the heart of the Dutch architectural landscape, known for its innovative practices


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About the Berlage

HistoryOrganizationProgram Advisory CommitteeCollaborationsPublic ProgramMaster ClassesFieldworkPresentationsFacilities and ServicesAdmissions Procedure

To study at the Berlage is not only to learn how to understand the complexities of our contemporary built environment, but also how to operate and innovate within them.


COLLABORATIONS The Berlage collaborates with the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam; the Shenzhen Urban Border Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture 2013; and the New Institute in Rotterdam.

PUBLIC PROGRAM The public programming aims to stimulate the international debate on architecture and its related fields, and expresses the Berlages central commitment to engage with the world beyond its walls. It consists of outstanding public lectures and events as well as master classes and workshops with both established and emerging architects, artists, designers, and scholars. Recent lecturers include Emre Arolat, Charles Bessard, Petra Blaisse, Yung Ho Chang, Adriaan Geuze, Herman Hertzberger, Kengo Kuma, Sbastien Marot, Valerio Olgiati, Joan Ockman, Peter Wilson, Go Hasegawa, Patrick Healy, Daan Roosegaarde, Madelon Vriesendorp, Ma Yansong, and Jason Young. For the Fall of 2014-2015 The Berlage will present a series of public event exploring the dialog between thinking and making in architectural practice. From September 2014 to January 2015, leading and emerging architects and designers at the forefront of innovation will present their recent work. They will focus on how innovative forms of research influence their work. The series aims to stimulate and contribute to the international debate on the relationship between thinking and making in architectural practice, expressing the Berlages central commitment to link theory and practice.

HISTORY The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design builds on the legacy of the former Berlage Institute. The Berlage Institute was established in 1990 as an international study program for architects, urban designers, and landscape architects to promote excellence in architecture and urban design. In 2012, it became an independent entity based at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), where it changed its name to the Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, or the Berlage for short. During twenty-three years, the Berlage has created a body of more than 300 alumni from over 52 countries, creating a global network of knowledge and professional interaction.

ORGANIZATION The Berlage is a privately funded, small-scale institution that consists of a small permanent staff, and a large international network of architects and designers that teach, lecture, and contribute through shared publications, and exhibitions. This group of leading and emerging practitioners and scholars assures that the Berlage engages with the most recent developments in architectural practice and thinking.

PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Berlage defines both its educational and public programming in close consultation with its program advisory committee, which meets three times per year. Members include Tom Avermaete, Yung Ho Chang, Jean-Louis Cohen, Ellen van Loon, Michelle Provoost, and Daan Roosegaarde.


with local authorities and practitioners. In addition, students visit canonical and contemporary examples of architecture and urban design projects in Europe in the first term.

PRESENTATIONS Every project has at least two presentations in which students present there work to the public. In this way, students learn how to publicly state their ideas and learn how to present research work and work in progress to a professional audience. At the Berlage, we invite a wide range of architects, stakeholders, and critics to attend the presentations and reflect upon the work. This creates a unique atmosphere of critical reflection and cultural exchange between the students and the visiting architects, scholars and thinkers.

FACILITIES AND SERVICES Facilitated by the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, students will be able to profit from interaction with the TU Delfts community, facilities, and resources. In collaboration with the TU Delft, the Berlage assists its students with their visa application, in finding housing, contracting insurance, and opening a Dutch bank account. Furthermore, students can make use of the excellent libraries and model workshop facilities.

ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE For admission requirements and the application procedure, please check our website www.theberlage.nl. The application period for the 20142015 academic year starts 15 September 2013 and closes 1 July 2014. The tuition fee for 2014-2015 is set at 16.333 per academic year, thus 24.500 for all three terms.

MASTER CLASSES Twice a year, the Berlage organizes two intensive two-week master classes led by distinguished architects and professionals from related fields. One master class is organized around a design assignment; the other emphasizes a theoretical issue. During the two weeks, students work closely with the master, attend lectures related to the assignment, and participate in presentations, creating a high-intensity week of content and production. The master classes are open to a limited number of outside participants, including students and professionals. Previous masters include Dominique Perrault, Rem Koolhaas, Herman Hertzberger and Ole Bouman. For the 20132014 academic year, Madelon Vriesendorp and Sbastien Marot are invited as masters. The results of selected master classes maybe published and/or exhibited, as well as further developed for future study. The result of the fall 2012 master class, led by Herman Hertzberger, was published as a special insert to Volume magazine in spring 2013. The Berlage Fall master class will be led by Ben van Berkel and will take place from 13 to 20 November 2014. The master class will promote a design-driven discourse on the changing role of the architect in order to define new fields and conditions of work. This master class is open to a limited of external participants.

FIELDWORK Students take part in fieldwork that is integrated into the project curriculum during the first two terms. They broaden and expand their acquaintance with international practices, cultural institutions, and universities by attending workshops, seminars, lectures, and excursions organized by the Berlage in close association


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These public events are part of The Good Life, a three-year multiformat exploring the relationship of the built environment to collective pursuits, personal aspirations, and the contemporary world. Consisting of a series of design and research projects,

seminars, exhibitions, and public events, it aims to reveal and question howon different scales and in various cultural contextsarchitecture and urban design can contribute and enrich societal livelihood.

All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted

The Berlage public events fall 2014

4.9 THE GOOD LIFE 12.9 THE FUTURE OF

ARCHITECTURE IS IN THE PAST 18.9 PATIENT (RE)SEARCH

26.9 TO BE DETERMINED 9.10 RECENT PROJECTS 24.10

BIOGRAPHICAL CONSTRUCT 13.11 PROJECTED LIVING 14.11

THE PUBLIC = THE SPACE IN BETWEEN 28.11 MOMENTARY

MANIFESTO FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

12.12 OH, LA BELLE VIE 8.1 SOURCE MATERIAL

4.9 NANNE DE RU12.9 GILLES PERRAUDIN

18.9 KENNETH FRAMPTON26.9 JING LUI

9.10 MANUEL AIRES MATEUS24.10 PASCAL FLAMMER13.11 BEN VAN BERKEL*14.11 RIANNE MAKKINK

28.11 HEDWIG HEINSMAN12.12 JEAN & LUC LARNAUDIE

8.1 DAVID VAN SEVEREN

The Berlage public events fall 2014

The Berlage will present a series of public events exploring the dialog between thinking and making in architectural practice. From September 2014 to January 2015, leading and emerging architects and designers at the forefront of innovation will present

their recent work. They will focus on how innovative forms of research influence their work. The series aims to stimulate and contribute to the international debate on the relationship between thinking and making in architectural practice, expressing the

Berlages central commitment to link theory and practice.

* The Berlages fall design master class, entitled Architecture without ArchitectsArchitects without Architecture?, will be led by Ben van Berkel and will take place from 13 to 21 November 2014. It will promote a design-driven discourse on

the changing role of the architect in order to define new fields and conditions of work. This master class is open to a limited number of external participants.

For more information on these events, along with program updates, please visit www.theberlage.nl/events

Focus

Cross-culturalism as a principalEngagement with realityAlternative forms of practiceResponsiveness to current developmentsFocus on social sustainabilityLeading and emerging designers

The Berlage activates the cross-cultural character of its students, tutors, and invited guests to introduce the next level of debate and reflection on architecture, urbanism and its related fields.


related to or completely outside of the field of architecture. However, recent changes in building production, as well as current economic conditions, have accelerated the need for emerging professionals to move beyond traditional architectural and urban design practice. Hence, the Berlage points not just to the possibility but also to the real necessity of exploring how architecture is played out in a multiplicity of settings, offering new opportunities for architects and other spatial designers.

The Berlage defines its program according to the following six foci:

1. CROSS-CULTURALISM AS A CONDITION OF PRACTICE AND AS AN EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLE The Berlage is cross-cultural in two ways: First, the educational curriculum is developed to qualify designers able to operate in an international and, thus, cross-cultural field. This implies developing specific tools, instruments, and approaches that allow designers to act across cultural borders. Second, the Berlage uses the cross-cultural character of its student and tutor population to introduce a different level of debate and reflection within education. Tutors and especially students are asked to bring the experience of their local cultural conditions to the program, such that the development of new architectural tools, instruments, and approaches are immediately discussed and evaluated within a broader cultural framework.

The Berlage meets the challenges of globally oriented practice by expanding the range of education architects receive and by redefining the methods, instruments, and approaches of research and design practice. Its program focuses intensively on how architects and urban designers practice in a globalized world, concentrating on the complex development of the built environment within different contexts.

The Berlage uses the cross-cultural character of its students, tutors, and invited guests to introduce a different level of debate and reflection on architecture and its related fields. Its population is asked to bring the experience of their local cultural conditions to the program, such that the development of new architectural tools, instruments, and approaches are immediately discussed and evaluated within a broader cultural framework.

The Berlage is embedded in a reality-based frame of reference, as represented by the public authorities, cultural institutions, and private entities, with which students directly communicate and debate at different moments of their education. This commitment to reality prompts a different type of reflection, speculation, and understanding of todays architectural and urban challenges.

The Berlage prepares graduates for innovative career paths. Due to the broad education and generalist practice of an architect, individuals with an architectural education regularly pursue careers


4. RESPONSIVENESS TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS The Berlage is characterized by high degree of responsiveness to current developments. Each year, the curriculum is organized according to a set of defined themes. These themes are determined in response to current issues and developments in the discipline. In general, the aim of the curriculum is to address supra disciplinary knowledge, by relating institutional research ambitions to other disciplines (economy, sociology, ecology, etc.); and sub-disciplinary knowledge, by focusing on specific aspects of architectural and urban design production (planning, organization, representation, typology, etc.). The curriculum includes lectures, seminars, master classes and reviews by specialists, and fieldwork, all of which contribute to a deeper understanding of the themes at hand and help young professionals respond to the challenge of contemporary economic and environmental crises.

5. FOCUS ON SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Sustainability and ecology are at the crux of contemporary architectural discourse and urban political rhetoric. The Berlage aims to move away from a traditionally dominant image of sustainability and will instead focus on how to analyze the built environment, lifestyles, and life choices as populations age, grow, and become increasingly embroiled in a global society. It will focus on an integrated design approach to create new models for a more sustainable global future. Design principles will then be deployed and articulated into concrete urban and architectural settings.

2. ENGAGEMENT WITH REALITY The Berlage is embedded in a reality-based frame of reference, as represented by the public authorities, cultural institutions, and private entities, with which students directly communicate and debate at different moments of their education. This commitment to reality prompts a different type of reflection, speculation, and understanding of todays architectural and urban challenges. Students engage with stakeholders and other professionals to study reality-based conditions and projects, broadening and expanding their acquaintance with international practices,cultural institutions, and universities. They also interact with a team composed of public authorities, research organizations, corporations, real estate developers, and municipal planners, as well as scholars and professionals.

3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE The Berlage aims to prepare graduates for innovative career paths. Due to the broad education and generalist practice of an architect, individuals with an architectural education regularly pursue careers related to or completely outside of the field of architecture. However, recent changes in building production, as well as current economic conditions, have accelerated the need for emerging professionals to move beyond traditional architectural and urban design practice. Hence, the Berlage points not just to the possibility but also to the real necessity of exploring how architecture is played out in a multiplicity of settings, offering new opportunities for architects and urban designers.


The goal is to ground a more structural debate on the impact of societal and economic forces on architecture and urban planning and simultaneously measure the social and cultural aspects of the proposed organizational principles.

6. LEADING AND EMERGING DESIGNERS AND SCHOLARS The Berlages educational model depends upon an in-depth, collaborative, and experimental laboratory setting, characterized by guidance and exchange with a teaching staff composed of leading and emerging designers and researchers. Leading and emerging practitioners and scholars are invited to act as visiting tutors and guest lecturers. This group of visitors assures that the Berlage engages with the most recent developments in architectural practice and thinking. Simultaneously the Berlage solicits continuous and consistent involvement from members of the academic staff within the TU Delfts Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

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Curriculum Structure

Term 1: Cultures, Methods, and InstrumentsTerm 2: Societies, Environments, and EconomiesTerm 3: Final ThesisProjectsTheory SeminarsMaster Classes

Guided and inspired by a global network of designers, practitioners, scholars and experts, participants engage in intensive collaborations to research and design the built environment that shapes the contemporary world.


TERM 2: SOCIETIES, ENVIRONMENTS, AND ECONOMIES Students focus on societal, environmental, and economic determinants related to contemporary architecture and urban design, building on the knowledge gained in term 1. Within select architectural and urban contexts, they develop advanced research methods, design tools, and theoretical approaches.

TERM 3: FINAL THESIS Synthesizing the knowledge gained in the previous two terms, students culminate their education by producing an individual research- and design-based thesis project under a defined thematic framework. They are encouraged to reflect, speculate, and develop alternative models and new insights on todays architectural and urban challenges. Students conduct independent research, under the supervision of an advisor, learning to position themselves at the intersection of theory and practice. Recent thesis advisors include Ido Avissar, Ole Bouman, Olaf Gipser, Freek Persyn, and Marc Schoonderbeek.

Study is conducted in an in-depth collaborative and experimental setting, characterized by guidance and exchange with leading and emerging practitioners and scholars. Students participate in design- and research-based projects, theory seminars, fieldwork, and master classes. Students are expected to be eager to research, and better understand, the contemporary built environment; while, at the same time, transform their research into clear design proposals. Moreover, as most projects involve reality-based stakeholders, the mastering of communication skillsincluding spoken and written word, as well as through drawings, images, models, and video. The program is aimed at students who seek an intense educational setting in which to improve and sharpen their scholarly and research skills, as well as critical thinking abilities. The one- and-a-half yearlong, English-language program is structured into the following three thematic terms:

TERM 1: CULTURES, METHODS, AND INSTRUMENTS Students are introduced to methods of advanced critical thinking and research, to historical and contemporary design instruments, and to emerging digital technologies and platforms. Students engage in a broad range of methods, tools, and topics, examining the relationship between architectural thought and practice to different cultures and contexts. Intelligent communication is developed as a tool for learning, research, and design, exploring how experimental mediums may frame academic work for engagement with a broader public audience.


Recent courses taught at the Berlage include the following:

PROJECTS Ecological Modernity: The City as Matrix of Urban Biotopes, taught by Olaf Gipser and Gary Freeman; Fence, Trade, Desire, Happiness: Shenzhen from Necessity to Destination, taught by Sanne van den Breemer and Don Murphy; From CIAM to Cyberspace: Architecture and the Community, taught by Laura Baird and Reinier de Graaf; Knowledge Spaces: Envisioning the Future of Architecture of Knowledge Creation, taught by Dietmar Leyk and Giorgio Ponzo; Taksim Square: The Animist City, taught by Ido Avissar and Marcus Kempers with Emre Arolat; The Nile Metropolitan Delta, taught by Pier Paolo Tamburelli, and Oliver Thill with Diederik de Koning

THEORY SEMINARS Los Angeles: 72 Suburbs in Search of a City, taught by Jean-Louis Cohen; Infrastructure Things, taught by Filip Geerts; Introduction to Apparatus and Affect of Architecture, taught by Sang Lee; Architecture in the Age of Digital Production, taught by Henriette Brier and Lara Schrijver

MASTER CLASSES Open Structures, led by Herman Hertzberger with Tom Avermaete and Dirk van den Heuvel; Reimagining the Guangdong Float Glass Factory: From Background to Foreground, led by Ole Bouman with Jorn Konijn; The Idol Tower, led by Madelon Vriesendorp with Filip Geerts, Mark Pimlott, and Sylvia Libedinsky. Environment, Time and Architecture led by Sbastien Marot

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Year 1 (40 weeks) Year 2 (20 weeks)Term 1: Cultures, Methods, and Instruments (30 ECTS)

Term 2: Societies, Environments, and Economies (30 ECTS)

Term 3: Final Thesis (30 ECTS)

Project (12 ECTS) Project (12 ECTS)

Thesis Project (30 ECTS)

Theory Seminar (6 ECTS) Theory Seminar (6 ECTS)

Postgraduate Research Colloquium (8 ECTS)

Thesis Preparation Lectures (4 ECTS)

Thesis Preparation Seminar (4 ECTS)

Design Master Class (4 ECTS) Theory Master Class (4 ECTS)

The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban DesignFaculty of Architecture and the Built EnvironmentDelft University of TechnologyJulianalaan 134Room BG.OOST.6002628 BL DelftThe Netherlands

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