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Institute for Contemporary Art

    Architect:

    Steven Holl

    Location:

    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

    Planned as a signature noncollecting contemporary art museum city with an international reputation, located in a prominent corner location crossroads Belvidere Street and Broad Street, a central location in the lively artistic scene of Richmond

    Objectives:

    Exercise of introducing research in project theory
    Search of information in specialized sources, collection and selection of information
    Production of research texts and development of the capacity to work as a team
    Ability to interpret projects / works of architecture
    Ability to reflect and write and oral synthesis

    Methodology:

    Organization of working groups (max. 2 members of the same class).
    Election of an author to investigate.
    General search of the constructed work of this author.
    Election of a paradigmatic work of this author.
    Specific study of the work and the author (biographical data, the theoretical approach to works that precedes the chosen work.)
    Research on the project / work.

    Model by:

    Filipa and Joana