Title: Common School for Design
Context: Universities’ strike in the UK, lack of collaboration and facilities at school (RCA), a global pandemic and its impacts on education.
Challenge: Which desirable design school could we envision?
Realization: March 2020.
Related project:
Beyond RCA︎︎︎
The Misplaced︎︎︎
Context: Universities’ strike in the UK, lack of collaboration and facilities at school (RCA), a global pandemic and its impacts on education.
Challenge: Which desirable design school could we envision?
Realization: March 2020.
Related project:
Beyond RCA︎︎︎
The Misplaced︎︎︎
Description:
Improving exchanges and collaboration at school has always been one of my main concern. The development of this speculative project is the result of different elements:
- UK universities’ staff members’ strike
- RCA students’ protest
- Covid-19, the escape from school
- Beyond RCA project
Far from school and experimenting new learning systems, I started to explore what is a design school, its role and what we should expect from it.
Thus, I propose here the draft for an alternative educative systems.
Improving exchanges and collaboration at school has always been one of my main concern. The development of this speculative project is the result of different elements:
- UK universities’ staff members’ strike
- RCA students’ protest
- Covid-19, the escape from school
- Beyond RCA project
Far from school and experimenting new learning systems, I started to explore what is a design school, its role and what we should expect from it.
Thus, I propose here the draft for an alternative educative systems.
Context overview:
To be more resilient, the school shouldn’t be base only on its place but on its community.
Each person has an expertize, knowledge and relationships to share. This can brings places, tools, projects, ideas, challenges, exhange and much more!
To be more resilient, the school shouldn’t be base only on its place but on its community.
Each person has an expertize, knowledge and relationships to share. This can brings places, tools, projects, ideas, challenges, exhange and much more!
The Common School for Design:
The 3rd pillars of the school are: students, tutors and partners. Each of them has its own role but everybody is exchanging, which means learning.
The 3rd pillars of the school are: students, tutors and partners. Each of them has its own role but everybody is exchanging, which means learning.
Previous context and research:
In February 2020, universities’ staff started to take actions against new mesures taken by the governement putting in danger their job, status and working conditions. UCU taken actions here︎︎︎
In addition to the strike lead by teachers and staff members, students started to question their own conditions. A long mail exchange between students has shown that within each RCA schools, each program we where facing issues severely impacting our studies. This may concern the state of our building, our teaching conditions, international status or overcrowded workshops.
Because of the unsuccess of the previous protest, I decided to organized 2 days later a workshop for students from the Kensington campus (flyer on the right).
The workshop aimed to provide a space for discussion but above all providing context and tools to draft solutions, especially ones that can lead as students.
In February 2020, universities’ staff started to take actions against new mesures taken by the governement putting in danger their job, status and working conditions. UCU taken actions here︎︎︎
In addition to the strike lead by teachers and staff members, students started to question their own conditions. A long mail exchange between students has shown that within each RCA schools, each program we where facing issues severely impacting our studies. This may concern the state of our building, our teaching conditions, international status or overcrowded workshops.
Because of the unsuccess of the previous protest, I decided to organized 2 days later a workshop for students from the Kensington campus (flyer on the right).
The workshop aimed to provide a space for discussion but above all providing context and tools to draft solutions, especially ones that can lead as students.
Workshop:
The workshop was organized in 4 tables of discussions:
- Spaces and facilities
- Tutors, visiting lecturers and teaching conditions
- Technical ressources and workshops
- International stodents and scholarships
Each tables was covered of paper with two section to fill: issues/solutions.
The workshop was organized in 4 tables of discussions:
- Spaces and facilities
- Tutors, visiting lecturers and teaching conditions
- Technical ressources and workshops
- International stodents and scholarships
Each tables was covered of paper with two section to fill: issues/solutions.
Equipment provided:
- 4 tables of work.
- Printed documents about scholarships, space management, new Battersea building purposes, college structure, UCU letter, SU works...
- Personal experience box.
- Contact list.
- A paper wall to write on it the main solutions founded according to the axe administration lead/ student lead.
- Paper, pen, post-it, tape.
- (beers at the bar next door)
Welcome letter:
Members’ attachement and roles:
CSFD box:
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Research manual:
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Origami (how to fold):
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