Constructivist Art, Design and Architecture

This is a unique and very interesting studio style course that blends history, theory and practice of Constructivist Art, Design and Architecture.

• An Introduction to Constructivism

• Methods and Materials

• Constructivist Artists, Designers and Architects

• Office Mini Sculpture Project

• Vladimir Tatlin 1885-1953

• Rendering of Shapes and Forms Project

• Close Packing Theory Project

• From Planes to Forms and Volumes Project

• Creating Forms by Manipulation Project

• Addition of Forms Project

• Naum Gabo 1890 – 1977

• Leonardo’s Bridge

• Antoine Pevsner 1884-1962

• Plaster of Paris molding project, transformation

• László Moholy-Nagy 1895 – 1946

• Parabolas and Hyperboloids

• Parabolas and Hyperboloid Project

• Vladimir Shukhov

• Thin Shell Structures

• I teach lecture courses and studios as I wish they would have been taught to me. Much of the graphic material in my lectures is taken or generated first hand directly by me on site. I teach to learn. I teach subjects as I wish they were taught to me. The Mission Statement. Education is a tool for the improvement of successive generations. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

  This course is designed under the premise that humans should be taught in a way that is modeled after the educational patterns of evolution.

  The design, development and application of educational systems based on the educational principles of evolution generates a philosophy and methodology of education in synchrony with the evolutionary education system that is firmly and deeply rooted in each of us.

  Education for evolution is an educational system designed to help propel humans forward in the natural course of evolution. The purpose of education for evolution is to enhance and strengthen the natural evolutionary process of humans through the mechanism of education. The means to achieve this objective is the design of a curricula based on the same educational techniques and strategies used by natural evolution, enhanced and guided by the application of conscious educational decisions.