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Studio in the Woods 2022

Studio in the Woods is an ongoing education and research project established in 2005. It was founded and is convened by Piers Taylor (Invisible Studio) with Kate Darby (Kate Darby Architects), Meredith Bowles (Mole Architects) and Gianni Botsford (Gianni Botsford Architects) as a vehicle to test ideas through making at 1:1, paying reverence to the overlooked and the nearby. Each year, Taylor, Darby, Bowles and Botsford have been joined by a number of other practitioners and academics in leading workshops with students over 3 or 4 days in summertime. Studio in the Woods has been highly influential in spawning a resurgence of interest in the idea of ‘making’ in an architectural context.

Studio in the Woods lands in a different environment each year, and has taken place in a number of different locations including the woodlands managed as part of the Invisible Studio Project, where Studio in the Woods started.  In 2018, Studio in the Woods decamped to the Wyre Forest and was hosted by the Wyre Community Land Trust as part of a strategy to explore future uses for the timber from the Wyre Forest.

In 2022, Studio in the Woods is taking place in Blanot near Cluny in Burgundy, France from 4pm on 30th June to 3pm on 3rd July and is co-curated by Andrew Todd. The fee is €350 and includes tuition, lectures, food provided by a renowned local chef, camping and all materials associated with the event. Travel is not included, and participants will need to bring their own camping equipment. Participants will work together in groups led by (usually) a pair of architects or makers, each exploring a different agenda, with various evening talks. Places are limited and participants are encouraged to register early. For more information on previous years’ events, see invisiblestudio.org/sitw

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Studio in the Woods est un projet de recherche et d’éducation permanent créé en 2005. Il a été fondé et est convoqué par Piers Taylor (Invisible Studio) avec Kate Darby (Kate Darby Architects), Meredith Bowles (Mole Architects) et Gianni Botsford (Gianni Botsford Architects) comme un véhicule pour tester des idées par le biais de la fabrication à 1:1, en respectant le délaissé et le proche. Chaque année, Taylor, Darby, Bowles et Botsford ont été rejoints par un certain nombre d’autres praticiens et universitaires pour diriger des ateliers avec des étudiants pendant 3 ou 4 jours en été. Studio in the Woods a eu une grande influence en suscitant un regain d’intérêt pour l’idée de “fabrication” dans un contexte architectural.

Studio in the Woods se déroule dans un environnement différent chaque année, et a eu lieu dans un certain nombre de lieux différents, y compris les bois gérés dans le cadre du Invisible Studio Project, où Studio in the Woods a débuté.  En 2018, Studio in the Woods a décampé dans la Wyre Forest et a été accueilli par le Wyre Community Land Trust dans le cadre d’une stratégie visant à explorer les utilisations futures du bois de la Wyre Forest.

En 2022, Studio in the Woods aura lieu dans le village de Blanot, près de Cluny en Bourgogne, en France, du 30 juin à 16 heures au 3 juillet à 15 heures, et sera co-dirigé et accueilli par Andrew Todd (Studio Andrew Todd), qui habite dans le village. Le forfait d’inscription de 350 € comprend les cours, les conférences, la restauration par les soins d’Amandine Ségut, une cheffe locale renommée (Two Dudes Brasserie est Restauarnt à Tournus), le camping et tout le matériel associé à l’événement. Les frais de voyage ne sont pas compris et les participants devront apporter leur propre matériel de camping. Les participants travailleront en groupes dirigés par (généralement) une paire d’architectes ou d’artisans-artistes, chacun explorant un programme différent, avec diverses conférences en soirée. Les places sont limitées et les participants sont invités à s’inscrire rapidement. Pour plus d’informations sur les événements des années précédentes, voir invisiblestudio.org/sitw.

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Studio in the Woods 2018

 

Studio in the Woods  – 2018

Studio in the Woods is an ongoing education and research project established in 2005. It was founded and is convened by Piers Taylor (Invisible Studio) with Kate Darby (Kate Darby Architects), Meredith Bowles (Mole) and Gianni Botsford (Gianni Botsford Architects) as a vehicle to test ideas through making at 1:1. Each year, Taylor, Darby, Bowles and Botsford have been joined by a number of other practitioners and academics in leading workshops with students over 3 or 4 days in summer time.

These workshop leaders include Barbara Kaucky and Susanne Tutsch (Erect Architecture) Je Ahn and Maria Smith (Studio Weave) Lee Ivett (Baxendale) Lynton Pepper (Architecture00) Shin Egashira (Architectural Association) Lina Gotmeh (Lina Gotmeh Architecture) Toby Lewis and Akos Juhasz (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios) Fergus Feilden (Feilden Fowles) Guan Lee (Grymsdyke Farm/Bartlett) Hannah Durham (Cullinan Studio) Charley Brentnall (Carpenter Oak) Zoe Berman (Berman Studio) Carolina Vasilikou (University of Reading) Tim Price (Price and Myers) and Jack Hawker (Momentum). Visiting critics are Niall McLaughlin, Robert Mull, Peter Clegg and Ted Cullinan.

Studio in the Woods is now part of the Global Free Unit Network which has a number of ‘classrooms’ globally where power is handed back to the student and learning can take place outside of the framework of conventional academic institutions.

Studio in the Woods lands in a different context each year, and has taken place in a number of different locations around the UK including the woodlands managed as part of the Invisible Studio Project, where Studio in the Woods started.  This year, Studio in the Woods decamped to the Wyre Forest and was hosted by the Wyre Community Land Trust with funding provided by the Guild of St George with additional funding from the Ruskin in Wyre HLF project as part of a strategy to explore future uses for the timber from the Wyre Forest.

The 2018 Studio in the Woods ran from 5-8 July, and the 6 groups with 60 students were:

  1. Kate Darby/Gianni Botsford who continued their theme of ‘constructed analysis’ regarding sunlight and daylight by mapping shadows around a group of buildings in the forest to determine strategies for the future placement of buildings.
  2. Lee Ivett/Je Ahn/Lynton Pepper/Tim Lucas who built an 18m cantilevered Belfast truss out of small section oak.
  3. Barbara Kaucky/Susanne Tutsch who designed an enclosure to allow sunlight into the forest floor to encourage biodiversity
  4. Guan Lee/Hannah Durham/Adam Holloway who constructed a series of musical ‘instruments’ including a robotic piano that played a series of sounds from the woodland through a giant timber speaker
  5. Meredith Bowles/Charley Brentnall/Piers Taylor who construced a ‘room for a tree’ from curved timber with no commercial value designed to provide an alternative reading of the tree canopy
  6. Shin Egashira/Zoe Berman who constructed a ‘nest’ from waste timber from the forest floor designed as a place of enclosure within the woodland.

See gallery of previous years Studio in the Woods HERE

Watch film of 2017 Studio in the Woods HERE

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