Online Courses and Seminars
International students are welcome!
via ZOOM
Lead: Thomas Kern Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Educator and Lecturer in Architecture
Individual Consulting Tutorials
Tailored to your needs and expectations.
Free initial consultation up to 30 minutes
Up to 1 hour tutorial
Tutorial fee £ 50
The consulting tutorial aims to support you on a specific topic of your choice .
This can relate to any aspects of studies in architecture, advice and guidance on knowledge and skill development, support on specific design projects, or coaching sessions to enhance your creativity and confidence.
The tutorials are scheduled by appointment and suitable for you.
A free introductory consultation gives you an opportunity to formulate and discuss your needs.
There are no further obligations; you can choose to book additional tutorials by the hour as needed.
Format
The online tutorials will be conducted live in person via ZOOM or Google Meet depending on your availability.
The tutorials aim to be application-focused practical and demonstration-led.
You will receive supporting materials such as relevant literature, readings and precedents.
Individual Compact Course
Tailored to your needs and expectations.
Free initial consultation up to 1hr
3 x scheduled, up to 1 hour online tutorials
Course fee £ 150
An ideal opportunity to expand your skills as a budding architect and designer based on a curriculum tailored to your personal needs, interests and expectations in a compact and focused form.
The tutorials are scheduled by appointment and suitable for you.
A free introductory consultation gives you an opportunity to discuss your interests, needs and aspirations.
If you decide to proceed this will serve as basis for a tailored syllabus and task setting.
The first tutorial introduces the seminar task, relevant theoretical and technical resources and methods.
The second tutorial will provide further guidance, practice and demonstrations. The feedback will support you to improve and refine the output.
The final tutorial we review the outcome and discuss your personal experience, providing feedback and advice for further development.
It is possible to extend the seminars or to transfer into the Extended Course.
Format
The online tutorials will be conducted live in person via ZOOM or Google Meet depending on your availability.
The practical and demonstration-led tutorials begins with a brief reflection and discussion of relevant theories, resources and methods.
Tasks will be practical and creative, using primarily analogue techniques and manual skills, based on your personal abilities and preference.
Individual Extended Course
Tailored to your needs and expectations.
Free initial consultation up to 1 hour
12 x scheduled, up to 1 hour online tutorials
Course fee £ 500
A comprehensive course is offering you with the opportunity to significantly expand your skills as a budding architect and designer and to expand your portfolio.
Based on a curriculum tailored to your personal needs, interests and expectations you will engage in a series of tasks and small projects which will cover a wider range of practical skills and applied theoretical knowledge.
The tutorials are scheduled by appointment and suitable for you.
A free introductory consultation gives you an opportunity to discuss your interests, needs and aspirations.
If you decide to proceed this will serve as basis for a tailored syllabus and task setting.
Introductory tutorials introduce the seminar task and provide relevant theoretical and technical resources and methods.
Follow-up tutorials will provide further guidance, practice and demonstrations. The feedback will support you to improve and refine the output.
The final tutorial we review the course outcomes, discussing your personal experience on the course. You will receive detailed feedback, advice for further development and course certificate.
Format
The online tutorials will be conducted live in person via ZOOM or Google Meet depending on your availability.
The practical and demonstration-led tutorial begins with a brief reflection and discussion of relevant theories, resources and methods.
Tasks will be practical and creative, using primarily analogue techniques and manual skills, based on your personal abilities and preference.
The twelve planned tutorials should take place over a period of four to five weeks.
If you are looking for an exciting and stimulating experience on a relevant, specific topic without making any further commitments, these seminars are a good opportunity. The seminars require a minimum of 3 participants and are limited to 7 participants. The small group size guarantees personal engagement and contact time. There is no risk as in case the seminar does not take place you will be fully refunded. Seminar structure: Topic introduction and discussion, exchanging personal views and experiences. Task introduction, practical engagement in spontaneous design with demonstration by the course leader.
Creativity Unleashed
Friday 19th July 14.00 - 17.00 (UK time)
£ 50
7 PLACES
Creativity is applied imagination.
Being creative means creating, bringing the invisible and unknown to life.
Spontaneity and playfulness, overcoming design blocks. The threshold is the first stroke on a blank sketchbook page to bring into being something whose form and purpose we do not yet know.
It takes shape without prejudice, without knowing the purpose. This is where it comes to light and it makes sense. Spontaneous design, the transformation from doodle to striking design concept.
Planets, universes, islands
Clock spring inspired landscapes.
A ceramic material image by the German artist Ursula Dethleffs.
Inherently Sustainable
Friday 26th July 14.00 - 17.00 (UK time)
£ 50
7 Places
Ecology and sustainability as inspiration and not as an afterthought or technical addition.
Sustainability through design requires a rethinking of the design process. The seminar practices the development of a sustainable design strategy, an ethical concept, beyond the technological possibilities.
For inspiration, we will reflect on the principles once inherent in vernacular architecture.
Local architecture has all the characteristics of sustainability. A replica of a Bronze Age Celtic building.
Ethereal Spaces
Friday 2nd August 14.00 - 17.00 (UK time)
£ 50
7 places
Designing for the unseen, unknown:
soothing, healing and inspiring. Architecture serves and accompanies all aspects of human needs.
In this seminar engage with design beyond the mundane and functional. We take inspiration from exceptional and mind-changing spaces we personally experienced.
A deep thought, a poem, a piece of music can trigger the metamorphosis into a built form, an ethereal space.
Some of the most extraordinary spaces were designed during the so-called brutalist period. Extraordinary spatial experience: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.