Thinking Through Making 2024

Thinking Through Making Week takes place in the first week of semester 2 for Stage 3 BA Architecture students and is an opportunity to produce a conceptual detail made piece exploring the themes of the students' projects. Material forms the core of architecture’s practice - be it the material of construction or that of the drawing board or digital interface, the way making inflects thinking underlies the production of architecture. Thinking Through Making Week invites students to produce an explorative model that embodies the material and tectonic qualities of emerging design projects. Throughout the week students explore the possibilities of a chosen material or selection of material(s); the potentials of technologies; and the viability of particular systems or structures through acts of making. These explorations are pertinent to current design projects, helping drive designs forward and open up new possibilities for their realisation and ultimate refinement. The week should be approached with an open mind, allowing students to be experimental in the choice of material, the processes of making, whilst embracing both success and failure as a productive experience.