'Badeschiff' public swimming pool on the Spree River in Berlin.
James Staughton and Michael Roper have now commenced teaching their second annual Berlin / Melbourne architecture design studio at RMIT. Following the success of last year’s studio, ‘Latent Urbanism | Berlin’, this year they are focusing on the role of urban, agricultural and natural river systems in both Australia and Germany. The studio, called ‘Watershed: Rivers Wild / Rivers Tame’, explores how rivers have shaped our civilization, and how we, in turn, have shaped them. It considers rivers in their ecological and economic functions as well as their role in the mythological narrative of humankind. Specifically, the studio considers our various relationships with waterways, be they symbiotic, parasitic, competitive, dominant or servile, challenging students to propose new, more sustainable strategies for living with our rivers. As part of the studio, Michael will be taking the students to
ANCB in Berlin for three weeks in August / September to study the Spree River first hand.
Posted: July 22nd, 2011 | Filed under: Architecture, Education, Michael Roper | Comments Off
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