A taxonomy of live projects and the ethical implications of the university as creative host to architectural agency

Burch, James; Sara, Rachel; Marco, Elena; Daniels, Sally

Abstract

The varied agendas of Universities (manifested in initiatives such as internships, knowledge transfer, outreach, marketing, and community engagement, alongside the continued agendas of research, assessed modules and qualifications) offer a range of different ways in which live projects can flourish. This paper begins to map a taxonomy of the ways in which live projects can work within (and indeed exploit) the range of initiatives that Universities, as institutions with a complex range of agendas, employ. The paper uses UWE Bristol’s live project work as an initial set of case studies and maps seven models of live project practice. These are drawn upon to ask whether it is the complexity of agendas itself that allow Live Projects to flourish in this institutional setting or the University’s position as a quasi-public agent, one step outside the commercial requirements of practice that allow it space to make unlikely things live. The case studies are analysed to understand the questions of professional ethics that the relationship between pedagogy, practice, university and client/user raised in each type of project. The open-ended taxonomy of live projects will be presented; and it is proposed that this taxonomy is debated and developed within the conference presentation.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Living and Learning
• Start Date: Sep 3, 2014
• End Date: Sep 5, 2014
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 29, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 21, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 233-234
• Keywords: architecture, universities
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/823460
• Publisher URL: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.441573!/file/aae_proceedings.pdf
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Living and Learning
• Contract Date: Feb 10, 2016