Prof. Jader Tolja, (Domus Academy, Italy), Dr. Rena Czaplinska-Archer (Australia) Prof. Veronika Kotradyova (FA STU Slovakia), Nattawa Kamklai, (Thailand) – all members of Body Conscious Design.
And meeting Prof. Galen Cranz (Berkeley USA), the founder of Body Conscious Design during her visit to Sydney in August 2011.
Key Note Speaker at the Conference Healthy Houses Bratislava May 2011
Abstract:
“Going home/Body thinking
I have been and still am a seeker,
But I have given up asking questions to the stars and books;
I have begun to listen to the teachings
My blood whispers to me”
~ Herman Hesse
Green and sustainable design talks about the protection of natural resources, about designing in harmony with nature. We are nature too. Before we start designing we study and observe the natural and built environment. We must not forget to engage our senses and learn to listen with our bodies as well.
“We need to think with sensations in our muscles”
~ Albert Einstein.
The way we practice architecture today is increasingly based on a virtual reality of computer screen images, which leads us away from a bodily experience. In his book Eyes of the Skin, Juhani Pallasmaa warns that “human behavior and construction have become dangerously detached from their ecological context” and wants us to reawaken our sensory awareness and reignite our architectural design intuition.
This drawing weekend is an opportunity to live and draw in the dramatic landscape of Riversdale while supported by Glenn Murcutt’s architecture. We will draw inspiration on what is around us. The gentle placement of the building and the way it embodies the principles of sustainable design will become our ‘life model’. Living on site and early morning movement sessions will relax our bodies, engage our senses and deepen the kinetic experience of the site.
We will be practicing the art of Seeing through Drawing. This practice is useful for beginners as well as experienced artists. Drawing and sketching allows us to spend time, to get in touch with what we are looking at. Through drawing we can start to see and understand what we are seeing. The building reveals itself in the process.
We have all been drawing long before we have learned to read and write. Drawing helps to communicate without words, to visualize ideas, to think, it connects us with our creativity. It is a fundamental human skill, yet it is often neglected and we forget how liberating, easy and pleasurable it can be.
This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects
5-7th November 2010
2 day residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska in Wollombi Hunter Valley
We often draw with a fixed idea of what we want, we try to be accurate but we miss what is really there—the rhythms, the tones, the harmonies, the very life of a thing. In this workshop, for architects, students and artists at any level of experience, we will explore how to see past what the mind thinks it knows.
Drawing with charcoal, ink and water in a safe and relaxed atmosphere will allow us to rediscover the natural wisdom of the body, drop the thinking mind with its preconceived ideas, and reclaim and deepen our drawing skills. Daily awareness through movement exercises will help us to loosen up, and awaken our senses. We will focus on what is around us and draw the inspiration from human figure and from Wollombi landscape.
Click here to download the a flyer for the Drawing Weekend.
These drawing classes will take the participants on a journey of discovery which will focus on awakening the creative spirit, opening your eyes and refreshing and recharging your drawing talents. Whether you drew before or not these classes are open to all and the results will pleasantly surprise you. Sensory awareness and dynamic drawing exercises are guaranteed to awaken our ability to see and draw and to develop your talent further. Quick sketches, big format slow drawings, gesture studies in charcoal and ink. We will focus on what is around us and draw the inspiration from human figure and from Sydney landscape.
$110 for a series of 5 Classes.
Click here to download pdf flyer.
This drawing weekend is an opportunity to live and draw in the dramatic landscape of Riversdale while supported by the calmness of Glenn Murcutt’s architecture. The building and the way it embodies the principles of sustainable design will become our focus and our ‘life model’.
We will be practicing the art of Seeing through Drawing.
This practice is useful for beginners as well as experienced artists. It is a fundamental skill for architects. Drawing and sketching allows us to spend time, to get in touch with what we are looking at. Through drawing we can start to see, feel and understand what we are seeing. The building reveals itself in the process.
“I learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen” F.Frankc
This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects
Rena is a practicing architect who teaches design and drawing at the Architecture Faculty of Sydney University and conducts popular weekend drawing workshops. Her teaching method called Embodying Vision integrates sketching mindfulness and movement.
Time for Drawing 2 day residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska in Wollombi, Hunter Valley
Drawing in Hunter Valley away from noises and ties of everyday life will be relaxing and allow time and space for reconnecting and remembering our creative selves. We will work from life models who move to music exploring the nature of seeing through drawing and movement. Simple movement sessions will follow Anna Halprin’s deep understanding of awakening creativity through movement, while drawing with charcoal ink and water in a safe and relaxed atmosphere will allow us to rediscover the natural wisdom of the body, drop the thinking mind with its preconceived ideas and reclaim and deepen our drawing skills. We can all draw if we can only learn to open our eyes, relax and actually see, hear and feel what is in front of us.
This workshop is for architects, architecture students and anybody else who feels moved to draw.
Learning to draw – Learning to feel – Learning to see
Rena is a practicing architect who teaches design and drawing at the Architecture Faculty of Sydney University and conducts popular drawing workshops. Her teaching method called Embodying Vision integrates sketching mindfulness and movement.
This workshop will attract CPD credits: 5 Formal Points for architects
We will work from life models who move to music. Drawing with charcoal, ink and water in a safe and relaxed atmosphere will allow us to drop the thinking mind with its preconceived ideas, and reclaim and deepen our drawing skills. We can all draw if we can only learn to open our eyes, relax and actually see, hear and feel what is in front of us. Open class is for everybody who feels moved to draw.
Click here to download flyer
Rena is a practicing architect who teaches design and drawing at the Architecture Faculty of Sydney University and conducts popular drawing workshops. Her teaching method called Embodying Vision integrates sketching mindfulness and movement.
Drawing Workshop October 22nd, 2011