Olga Felip Ordis, Albert Serra Juanola, Irene Sola, Jaume Farres & Catarina Brito
This unit uses Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities as its point of entry. Students start in the public realm and end in an individual perception, an invisible city. Calvino once said ‘we are approaching a crisis of urban life, and the Invisible Cities are a dream that springs from the heart of invisible cities’. The book is divided into 55 short descriptions of each city. Students will each choose a city description to read and gather images, texts, photos, quotes, songs, sketches, anything that will contribute to the formation of the idea of their allocated city. The next step will consist in examining how this city, which can be an alternative reality to any city, can be projected on London.
Unit 5 Brief – Cities from the Story
Unit 5 discussing their common format
Unit 5 installing their Interim Jury timeline on the ceiling of their space
Model studying patterns within the city
Henry’s mapping of online networks onto the space of the city
Irene sets out the structure of the timeline for the interim jury
Students working and sleeping in the space
Unit 5 in discussion
Jaume constructing the panorama
Unit 5 final storyboard – individual and collective