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1 UBC SALA Introductory Workshop 2015 Culture: “the ideas, customs, skills, arts, etc. of a people or group that are transferred, communicated or passed along ... to succeeding generations.” Websters New World College Dictionary, 2004. INSIDEOUT (name only borrowed from the 2015 Pixar movie) is the idea of turning something inside-out—revealing the insides. What is SALA and the culture of SALA? What of this culture do we wish to share with the broader UBC community? The 2015 incoming SALA class will transform spaces adjacent to SALA-Lasserre for one evening to showcase SALA to the broader university community by turning the school inside out. Concurrently, this will be a SALA party to conclude the Introductory workshop and meet the faculty and students of the School. At present SALA is distributed across five buildings and a kilometer of distance and we typically share these buildings with others. The Frederick Lasserre building houses four major programs—SALA, the School of Community and Regional Planning, the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, and the School of Music. We share the MacMillan Building with the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and others in the Faculty of Applied Science. We share smaller spaces in the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability and the Ponderosa Annex. Only the Landscape Architecture Annex is ours. What happens inside our buildings and spaces is unknown to all but those who frequent the spaces and programs— we are not at all transparent. Our collective knowledge, values, creativity, craft, productivity and contributions are typically not shared with UBC. For this project, the aim is to turn out the culture of SALA and show a bit of who we are and what we do to the larger UBC community. At the same time it is an opportunity for our new students to become quickly acculturated and to provide a wonderful social opportunity to start the 2015 year. School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture University of British Columbia 2015 SALA Introductory Workshop Landscape Architecture Annex H. R. MacMillan Building, 1967, McCarter Nairn & Assoc. INSIDEOUT Revealing SALA to UBC Frederick Lasserre Building, 1962, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt

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Culture: “the ideas, customs, skills, arts, etc. of a people or group that are transferred, communicated or passed along ... to succeeding generations.” Websters New World College Dictionary, 2004.

INSIDEOUT (name only borrowed from the 2015 Pixar movie) is the idea of turning something inside-out—revealing the insides. What is SALA and the culture of SALA? What of this culture do we wish to share with the broader UBC community?

The 2015 incoming SALA class will transform spaces adjacent to SALA-Lasserre for one evening to showcase SALA to the broader university community by turning the school inside out. Concurrently, this will be a SALA party to conclude the Introductory workshop and meet the faculty and students of the School.

At present SALA is distributed across five buildings and a kilometer of distance and we typically share these buildings with others. The Frederick Lasserre building houses four major programs—SALA, the School of Community and Regional Planning, the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, and the School of Music. We share the MacMillan Building with the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and others in the Faculty of Applied Science. We share smaller spaces in the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability and the Ponderosa Annex. Only the Landscape Architecture Annex is ours.

What happens inside our buildings and spaces is unknown to all but those who frequent the spaces and programs— we are not at all transparent. Our collective knowledge, values, creativity, craft, productivity and contributions are typically not shared with UBC. For this project, the aim is to turn out the culture of SALA and show a bit of who we are and what we do to the larger UBC community. At the same time it is an opportunity for our new students to become quickly acculturated and to provide a wonderful social opportunity to start the 2015 year.

School of Architecture and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of British Columbia2015 SALA Introductory Workshop

Landscape Architecture Annex

H. R. MacMillan Building, 1967, McCarter Nairn & Assoc.

I N S I D EO U TRevealing SALA to UBC

Frederick Lasserre Building, 1962,Thompson, Berwick and Pratt

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This project will also contribute to a larger UBC initiative— campus animation. Campus and Community Planning is working toward making campus more vibrant by leveraging its public spaces, infrastructure, cultural and athletic assets to support the creation of a vibrant and sustainable campus community. They are enthusiastic about the potential for this project to provide a demonstration of INSIDEOUT for the larger campus community.

Objectives

Investigate—uncover SALA culture Design—transform/create space Critique—engage in constructive critique Collaborate—make something together Contribute—to the SALA community Animate—Lasserre vicinity outdoor spaces Socialize

THE “ASSIGNMENT”:Uncover SALA culture and turn it INSIDEOUT.

In doing so, transform an area of campus as a venue for a great party. Design spaces for eating and drinking, meeting new people, casual conversations.

Cause other people on the UBC campus to wonder about what SALA is, what we teach and learn, and what we create. (Give them clues through the design of the lights and spaces.)

Program(A program is the designers’ instructions.)

• Estimated population at the party: 150-175 people at any given time.

• Create an ambience and display the lights. Use the lights and other props to help to create spaces throughout the site.

• Create multiple options for eating, drinking, socializing. (We have pre-ordered some rented tables and chairs.)

• UBC liquor control: requires that the area where we will serve and drink alcoholic beverages must be fenced off. (See

on the site plan.) Also, create an entry to the party venue.• Create a location for food. Caterers will provide food. People

must be able to find it and access it, and move out of the way.• Contribute to the class playlist and designate a place for the

sound system.• Engage the public area on Main Mall.

• Possibly—the broken sculpture may be fenced off for safety.

PRECEDENTS Top: 2013 Diner en Blanc, Vancouver (wevancouver.com)Above: Les Boules Roses, Claude Cormier et Associés, 2011-2015

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Teams

This is a major event to plan. The class will be divided into big teams and sub-teams to plan and install the party and space. TAs will be big team leaders and will coordinate inter-team relationships.

Operations(Big teams will take on an operation—see the schematic map below for the assigned territories. A large-scale printed site plan will be used for coordinating the assignments.)

• SERVE (food & drink)• SOCIALIZE (seating, standing areas)• RETREAT (quiet edges)• Secure/ENTER (fence & entry)• ANIMATE 1 (a public area outside the fence near Lasserre)• ANIMATE 2 (a public area outside the fence at the courtyard)

Supplies

Each big team will be provided with six pieces of 10-foot 2x2”s (for a total of 36 pieces), as well as a roll of white polyester fabric (the total supply of 120m will be divided according to each group’s needs). These materials should be used creatively to accomplish your planned operation. Additional materials, furniture etc. should be coordinated with the instructors and TAs.

PRECEDENTS Top: Pergola by Claude Cormier & Associés Above: Project Urban Fabric at the Wall Centre, 2014 by BCSLA

Lasserre Building

MusicBuilding Main

Mall

Memorial Road

Belkin Art Gallery

Frederic Wood Theatre

Retreat

Socialize

fence

Serve Enter Animate 2

Animate 1

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Schedule:

08/25 Tue Project intro: project gets underway/teams formed

08/26 Wed—09/03 ThuLamp project: the lights are designed and produced

09/01 Tue, afternoon Group pin-up: review of “operations” proposals, with scale models/mock-ups placed on group site map

09/03 Thu, evening Group review: lighting review (& dry run)

09/0411am—start of party: set-up, installations7:30—10 pm: INSIDEOUT Party

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“Designers are by nature optimistic and confident people. They believe that no matter what the problem a better design solution can almost always be found and they are the best ones to find it. In their search for a better way of doing things, designers do not work in a cultural vacuum, but are barometers of social, political, and economic change. While they might be inspired by the design successes of the past they work in the present and are limited by the technologies, materials, processes, tastes, and fashions of their own era. ... Never underestimate the fact that designers always enjoy a good design challenge, and the humble lamp–like the chair–is something that has specific functional constraints, and yet can be interpreted in a plethora of ways: from a highly rational scientific standpoint to a much more artistic and emotional approach, from task lights to light sculptures.”Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Five Maestros of Lighting Design: George Carwadine, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti and Ingo Maurer, 2013.

“I love lighting because it’s relatively easy. ... A kid could make a light. There’s so much freedom in it, it’s not like you need a specific training. And it’s fun, it’s spontaneous and there’s no right or wrong way to do it.” Lindsey Adelman, “Lighting design in New York is like Dutch design in the nineties,” Dezeen, 2015.

Summary

The goal of this design exercise is to invent a custom-made luminaire that will be placed and displayed in the context of the final party. The aim is explore a set of concepts relevant to all design practice, such as function, materiality, scale, site and atmosphere, while finding a way to integrate an individual lamp in a collaborative setting.

Students are encouraged to consider different ways to diffuse or direct light. Think of reflected light, projected lights, incidental light. The light could create a soft glow from a single source or be arranged in a field. Each lamp should retain its autonomous impact but also add to the entire atmosphere of the event. Think of it as a group exhibition.

I N S I D EO U TLamp Project

James Turrell, Afrum (White), 1966

Zack Snyder, Batman v Superman, 2016

Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglionil, Arco Floor Lamp, 1961

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Kengo Kuma and Associates, Oribe Teahouse, 2005.

Program

1. RESEARCH a lighting precedent that exemplifies an approach relevant to the assignment, including but not limited to: materiality, assembly, scale, relationship to site (if any), relationship to user/audience, performance and duration. Prepare a brief (2-3 minute) presentation to share with your group with digital images and basic information on the designer, materials and fabrication, historical and cultural context.Precedent discussion: 08/26 Wednesday

2. IDENTIFY instances of your group’s assigned site condition in the Event area. Within your group, discuss the possibilities of how this condition might be addressed in the light design, through considering the ways scale (large vs. small), seriality (singular vs. multiple), or existing elements of the site (materiality, function etc.) inform the condition. You may find it helpful to research further precedents as a group.Group site analysis: 08/26 Wednesday

3. Working in pairs, SELECT a lighting type from the list provided, as well as an appropriate instance of your site condition to guide your design. Locate your chosen area and mark it on the map to coordinate amongst all groups. Be sure to utilize all scales within the Event area, and consider the final impact that your light can have on its own, but also in a group setting.Idea presentation: 08/28 Friday

4. DESIGN and CONSTRUCT your own light fixture. Use your various existing skills, as well as the tools that you learn about in the media workshops, to sketch, plan and build the luminaire. Do not hesitate to experiment and take risks—the assignment is as much about the iterative process of conceiving and materializing a design, than it is about a final product. In-progress pin-up: 09/01 Tuesday

5. INSTALL the light fixture in your identified site. Work collaboratively in the sub-groups to best utilize the entire Event space. There will be an informal REVIEW of the work once it is installed. Be prepared to present your work in front of a small group.Installation and review: 09/03 Thursday 8pm

6. PARTY

Site conditions:“FIELD/CLUSTER”“OVER/UNDER”“HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL”“OPEN/CLOSED”“ON THE EDGE”“IN-BETWEEN”

Lighting typology:“PENDANT”“POLE/BOLLARD”“RECESSED/CONCEALED”“PROJECTOR”“REFLECTOR”“DIFFUSER/SHADE”“SCREEN/SIGN”“PERFORMANCE—TIME”“PERFORMANCE—KINETIC”“SCULPTURE”[WILDCARD]

Alfredo Jaar, The Aesthetics of Resistance, 2005.

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Notes and Resources

Light sourcesYou are encouraged to be inventive with regards to the light source for your luminaire. The only constraint is that you will not have access to electric power, and your light should not present a fire hazard (i.e. no candles!). Light sources to consider include, but are not limited to: flashlights, bike lights, LED tea lights and other battery powered devices, fluorescent materials, solar pow-ered lights...

Materials and techniqueThe materials and fabrication techniques you select should be informed by your site condition and lamp typology, and in turn contribute to your overall concept. Consider how different materials react to and interact with light, in terms of reflection, opacity/transparency, colour etc. Be inventive and resourceful in your use of materials—your might utilize ‘raw’ materials such as paper, fabric or wood; ‘ready-made’ elements purchased from a store; recycled materials; or a combination of these. Likewise, there are a range of construction techniques to consider such as folding, draping, cutting, casting, assembling, as well as the various workshop tools and fabrication technologies available at SALA.

WeatherAs the assignment culminates in an outdoor installation, be sure to consider the possibility of different weather conditions in your design. The lights should withstand moisture and rain for the duration of their display.

Supplies (not all-inclusive)Dressew Supply (337 W Hastings St) fabricsDesserres Art Supplies (1431 W Broadway)Opus Art Supplies (207 W Hastings St and 1360 Johnston Street)Associated Plastics (1104 Franklin St) polycarbonate, including free recyclingCoe Lumber (3485 W Broadway)Home Hardware (4459 W 10th Ave)Home Depot (2388 Cambie St)Superior Dollar Store (3287 W Broadway)

Studio cultureFor some of you, this exercise will be the first experience of working in a studio setting. Be present, be prepared and be ready to participate during the work sessions, pin-ups and dis-cussions. Collaboration and feedback to/from your colleagues constitute important aspects of the learning environment and studio culture.

Schedule:

08/25 Tue Project intro: groups + site conditions assigned

08/26 Wed Precedent research + site strategy: discussion in groups; pairs and lamp types confirmed

08/28 Fri Idea workshop: group pin-ups and desk crits

09/01 Tue Design development: group discussions and desk crits

09/03 ThuProduction 6:00 pm—lights finished and installed8:00 pm— review + walk-around with invited guests

Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project, 2003.

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Lasserre Building

MusicBuilding Main

Mall

Memorial Road

Belkin Art Gallery

Frederic Wood Theatre

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