Workshops
Workshops at Drawing Matter are an important part of our programme and offer students and practitioners a unique opportunity to engage closely with our collection of architectural drawings. Our workshops activate the collection through observation, discussion, and practical exercises.
We always collaborate closely with tutors and practitioners tailoring each session to specific pedagogical briefs or research interests, and encourage rich conversations between participants with divergent voices and backgrounds.
Over the last ten years, workshops have focused on drawing typologies and different uses of drawing in the design process—such as surveys, sketchbooks, working, construction, and presentation drawings—as well as images that address specific aspects of a research or design brief, from cities, staircases, and exhibitions, to public housing.
Workshops can take place for a half day, full day, or over several days across a week or entire semester. We are open for workshops on weekdays, anytime between 10am and 5pm. We charge a fee based on duration and student attendance for workshops.
Contact workshops@drawingmatter.org to discuss organising a workshop. For research visits relating to the Drawing Matter Collection please contact collection@drawingmatter.org.
The team at Drawing Matter has been learning from students, tutors and practitioners who have joined us for workshops in a variety of formats over the two years since we moved to London.
Antwerp International School, Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), Architecture Foundation, ARCSOC, Blackheath Architecture Society, Birmingham City University, Cake, Cardiff University, Central Saint Martins (UAL), Chelsea College of Arts (UAL), Courtauld Institute of Art, David Chipperfield Architects, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Est (ENSA Paris-Est), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), ETH Zurich, Farrell Centre, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (Basel), Fribourg School of Engineering and Architecture (HEIA-FR), Georgian Society, Gibson Thornley, Hooke Park (AA), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), King’s College London, Kingston University, KU Leuven, Leeds Beckett University, London Metropolitan University, London School of Architecture (LSA), London School of Economics (LSE), London South Bank University (LSBU), Loughborough University, Mendelsohn Society, Metropolitan Workshop, New York University (NYU), New Architecture Writers, Northeastern University, Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), Oxford Brookes University, Piercy&Company, Princeton University, Purcell, Ravensbourne University London, Regent’s University London, Retrouvius, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität (RPTU), Royal College of Art (RCA), Royal Danish Academy (KADK), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Sergison Bates, Sixteen3, Spike Island, Syracuse University, The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Tom Stuart-Smith, Trinity College Dublin, TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Wien, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, University for the Creative Arts Canterbury (UCA), University of Adelaide, University of Cambridge, University of Coimbra, University of Limerick School of Architecture (SAUL), University of Lisbon, University of Manchester, University of Porto, University of St. Gallen, University of Westminster, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Victorian Society, Webb Yates, Witherford Watson Mann, Yale University, Zaha Hadid Foundation.
References
Catalogue of drawings used in previous workshops
Workshop feedback from North Eastern University
Quantum Collecting
Register Podcast
Superurbanism Podcast
Drawing Exercises
In the Archive
Parataxis
Archives, or Ardor
Conjunction and Incongruity
Urban Form
Design Starts: Loughborough School of Architecture at Shatwell Farm
S.A.U.L. 4th Year: De Rerum Natura / In the Manner Of
Adaptations: A Teaching Studio at Cornell
