Architecture Studio Work: Tunisia Paris Italy Washington DC
Université Tunis Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Studio Years 1, 2 and 3
Over the course of four years I was invited by the most dynamic and enterprising founder and president of the University, Khaldoun Ben Taarit to revisit the design studios in the Department of Architecture with the goal of improving if not transforming the quality of the students’ work. What follows is a brief introduction to the workshops. Listed by studio year, the innovative studio exercises and examples of the excellent work prepared by these highly motivated students follow. This was all caccomplished under the direction of a talented group of American educators and practitioners working along side of a young and equally dedicated group of Tunisian studio critics..
The Design Workshops
The UTC School of Architecture is currently revisiting their design studio content and methodologies and has invited a team of distinguished American educators and architects to participate in three to four week long design studio/workshops intended to bring a fresh pedagogical approach to both the content and methodology informing the first and second year design studios.
The studio/workshops meet Monday through Friday each week at the beginning of the academic year when and where the professors will explore unique exercises in design developed for introductory and continuing students of architectural design. A team of distinguished American educators and architects have been invited to lead the studios alongside of their Tunisian counterparts. It is the intent of the proposed exercises to inform the development of future studios given at UTC during the following academic years .
The First Year Workshop Studios consists primarily of exercises focused on the exploration of an architectural vocabulary appropriate to both the unique culture and climate of the Tunisian landscape. It will at the same time develop an architectural language consistent with contemporary thought and discourse. The Second Year Workshop Studios will build upon such design strategies applying such lessons to modest architectural proposals at a variety of urban and architectural scales. The Third Year Workshops explored larger and ever more challenging urban, architectural and landscape issues. A final two week workshop proposing a memorial to the Arabic Spring was directed by architect, studio critic Travis Price, FAIA and gave fourth and fifth year students an opportunity to work with me and the visiting teams.
The Team:
The studio workshops are led by Professor Emeritus Stanley Ira Hallet, FAIA, former Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America and Former Studio Head, Paris, France. He is a published author and filmmaker, Fulbright Lecturer and winner of 12 AIA Design Awards. He is joined by Architect Richard Loosle, RA, founder of KUBE architecture, Washington, DC and distinguished design critic and winner of over 30 Design Awards. Other team members include Professor Emeritus Robert Dean Hermanson, Distinguished Professor of Architecture, published author and winner of 15 AIA Awards currently lecturing in Oxford, England and Architect George Martin, former head of Introductory Studios at The Catholic University of America and a published architect and recent winner of the French Gabriel Prize. More recently, the team has been joined by Cindy Nguyen, former director for The Catholic University of America, Paris Architecture Program and field studies instructor, currently working in Paris, France.
Paris Studio in London
Architecture and Fashion Design Project Boards by Erica Donnelly
The catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Foreign Studies Architectural Studios in Rome and Paris
During the years 1996 to 2016 Stanley Hallet headed undergraduate studios in Rome and graduate studios in Paris. The first years in Paris, the studio was housed in the offices of the distinguished architect Dominique Perrault, architect of Le Grande Bibliothèque nationale de France and then in the studios of Architecture Studio, architects for l’Institut du monde arabes in Paris, France and The European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France.
This was followed with 5 years of graduate studio from 2008 to 20015 in both the studios and residences of les Recollet located adjacent to the Gar du ‘Est ,in Paris France. Taking full advantage of studying and living in Europe, the graduate studios took full advantage of the lively cities of Rome and Paris and the inspiring towns of France.
Some of the special graduate themed studios are listed below:
Paris 2007 Architecture and The Moving Image: A Cinemateque
Paris 2008 Architecture and Wine: A Museum of Wine
Paris 2009 Architecture and Food: A French Culinary Institute
Paris 2010 Architecture and Housing: Building over the Railroad Tracks
Paris 2011 Architecture and the Baths: An Urban Retreat in Paris
Paris 2012 Architecture and Fashion Design
Paris 2013 Architecture and the Moving Image Take 2
Paris 2014 Architecture and Dance
Paris 2015 Architecture and Food A Culinary and Urban Farming Research Center
The catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Foreign Studies Architectural Studios in Rome and Paris
Stanley I. Hallet Architectural Sketchbook Award
To celebrate freehand drawing in a sketchbook on site, architect Darrel Rippeteau, FAIA has provided the seed funding of $20,000 for a new award at The Catholic University of America’s School of Architecture and Planning. The award is named after the Former Dean of the School, Professor Emeritus Stanley I. Hallet, FAIA, for over 25 years and though retired, is still very involved in education of young architects.
Darrel and Stanley’s desire is to emphasize the importance of sketching. They believe that the ability to sketch is integral in observing, reflecting and analyzing at many different scales accomplished with a quality and attention to both the freehand graphics employed as well as demonstrating an understanding of overall engineering, architectural, urban and landscape strategies employed in the places and buildings studied. This should be more than a single building and address design at many scales, from an object to urban design and landscape.
The award is for any CUA Scool of Architecture and Planning student who submits a sketchbook(s) that the student compiled while in the field. The final selection of sketchbook awards will be based upon the overall quality of the graphic medium employed as well as the depth and extent of the observations made.
Examples illustrated are drawn from studios lead by Stanley Ira Hallet, Eric J. Jenkins and Cindy Nguyen
Crough Center for Architectural Studies, School of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic nNiversity of America
The catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Architectural Studios in Wshington DC
From 1986 to 1996, Professor Emeritus Stanley Ira Hallet was the Associate Dean of the Department of Architecture and Planning and the first Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning when the school was formed in 1991. During his years as Dean he initiated a Graduate Studio called the Cultural and Sacred Studies Studio. Upon his return to the faculty he taught several other Graduate Studios exploring architecture and the moving Image., desugn build and the design of casinos in Las Vegas.
1997 CUA DC Design Build: mobile theater, dance and puppet stages for the Department of Theater at CUA 1998 AIA DC Design Merit Award