THE INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PROGRAMMING
by Janka Docs
The school introduces students from three different background to a collaborative workshop that takes place in Little Britain, next to the historical St Bartholomew Church. The institute is divided into three key spaces: an archaeological excavation site which immerses visitors into an excavation of the old city, allowing the school to simultaneously conserve and exhibit the archaeology of the site while interpretively replicating its architecture. A tower in which newly discovered information is processed and navigated. The bulk of the programme is contained within a site-specific, part suspended building that is supported by a double height truss system. This part of the building is a modern take on the cloister typology, with a gallery auditorium, upper-story exhibition spaces, a view to the historical church and a stone workshop on the roof. The school works in close collaboration with semester 1’s Repository of Experiences where the found artifacts are exhibited and knowledge is disseminated.
