Post on 17-Dec-2015
Daniel J. Irving
3 PROJECTS: POSSIBILITIES & PITFALLS IN PROJECT-BASED
REAL-WORLD LEARNING
Unitec Research Symposium 2013
Rather than chase or drive success;Provide the platform that shapes the culture of
success.
Daniel J. Irving
Unitec Research Symposium 2013
3 PROJECTS: REAL-WORLD LEARNING
PROJECT 1 . Urban Design StudioPractice-based Mentoring
PROJECT 2 . Negotiated Study ‘Travel Abroad’The Firm, the Work, the Workshop
PROJECT 3 . Research by Design StudioResearch-based Study/Studio
Daniel J. Irving
Unitec Research Symposium 2013
PROJECT 1 . URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
PRACTICE-BASED MENTORING
Co-Teaching Urban Design Practitioner
Ian J. Vincent, Principal Urbanlogic
6 Auckland FirmsBoffa Miskell (LA/Arch)Wraight Associates
(LA)AECOM (UD/Eng) Brewer-Davidson
(Sustainable Arch) Auckland Council
(ProjManagemnt)Taupo City (UD)
Using Auckland Council RFP Template
Not a simplified Brief !!
2012 . Collaborative Studio (Unitec)Landscape Architecture (3rd Yr, Bachelors)Architecture (1st Yr, Masters)
2013 . Collaborative Studio (Unitec & AUT)Landscape Architecture (3rd Yr, Bachelors)Spatial Design (3rd Yr, Bachelors)
Daniel J. Irving
Unitec Research Symposium 2013
PROJECT 2 . NEGOTIATED STUDY ‘TRAVEL ABROAD’
THE FIRM, THE WORK, THE WORKSHOP
2 Recent Graduates in SupportEthan Reid, Principal
Changespace
Jamie Stronge, Principal Changespace
5 International FirmsLatz + Partners (LA)Topotek 1 (LA) Atlier-Loidl (LA)TGP (LA)BIG (Arch)
1 Institutional Partner (U of Wargeningen)
3-day Design Charrette
2013 . Nov 24 – Dec 22Germany
BerlinLübeckHamburgBremen
DenmarkCopenhagen
NetherlandsArnhemAmsterdam
Daniel J. Irving
Unitec Research Symposium 2013
PROJECT 3 . RESEARCH-BY-DESIGN STUDIO
RESEARCH-BASED STUDY/STUDIO2011 . Negotiated Study
2 x 4th Year students invited to engage research
2012 . Studio 2 (1st Yr)Unitec Environmental Sustainability
GrantPresentation to Auckland LibrariesCommission for Pt. Chev Community
Assessment
2013 . The Year of the Committee
2014 . Delivery of Report
What informs the Library of 2030?
Rather than chase technology;Provide the platform that shapes the culture of
information.
Imagine a library that was everywhere in your local community,
rather than shut up inside a single building.
Rethinking the space of Libraries
Kevin KellyCommunities of Contributors – Communities of Practice
Re-think passive reception of information
We are limited by our formal procedural processes - Professions, Accreditation, Reviews, Advisory, etc -
> limitations are invented internally (“blind fields”, e.g., workloads);
Rather than FOLLOW, we should aim to LEAD industry.
Let’s just take it slow so we can test things out…> slow is not a substitute for strategy.
Part-timers from practice don’t understand “our culture”…> experimentation...and MISTAKES…are part of learning
process; is “our culture” short-term or long-term?
> …and why is “our culture” that is so hard understand?
CONCLUSIONS & CONSIDERATIONS1. Structure vs. Flexibility
The myths to which we hold tightly
We need an ethic of volunteerism; We are, after all, a public service…
> Practice-based education is a business that provides a service.
Why isn’t government or institutional policy providing stronger leadership?…
> Education personal NOT an aggregate affair; Individual educators need to lead; Administration
should not.
Students “deserve”…> Students choose training to become profitable; Our
aim is to make them as profitable as we possibly can, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT new students.
2. Business vs. Service
CONCLUSIONS & CONSIDERATIONS
The myths to which we hold tightly
3. Practice vs. Academia
RESEACH GEARED TOWARDS INNOVATION (ACTIVE), LEADS PRACTICE
RESEARCH THAT “LOOKS AT STUFF” (PASSIVE) CANNOT LEAD PRACTICE
A mix is okay – 70/30? – What is the culture of our academic practice?
CONCLUSIONS & CONSIDERATIONS
The myths to which we hold tightly