The field trips to Istanbul and Caracas are required of all students in the studio. In Caracas our program is organized by the Regional Institute for Urban Studies with support from several other institutions. Students are expected to work in teams of two each. All students will work in both Istanbul and Caracas. As well, the preliminary site documentation and analysis will be complete by the entire studio for both sites.
Students are responsible for both programmatic inquiry and a formal spatial proposal.
As a final criteria, it is important that our work be able to engage public discourse on several levels, including engagement with the bodies politic of the cities involved. In this regard the work will be exhibited, and the form of communication must be considered as a part of the design project. Exhibition and discussion of the work will occur in Caracas under the auspices of the Regional Institute for Urban Studies, and in Istanbul in conjunction with the Habitat II Conference.