Open Building intensive with Prof. Sephen Kendall (Part 1)

Professor Stephen Kendall is a registered architect whose academic and research career spans more than 35 years. He has a professional degree from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters of Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD in Design Theory and Methods from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Kendall has taught architectural design and urban design studios, and courses in building technology and design theory at all levels of professional curricula in several universities in the US, as well as in Taiwan, Italy, Indonesia, South Africa, Japan and China. He has experience in guiding professional, post professional and PhD studies at US and several foreign universities.

For 2 Weeks we were privileged to have prof. Kendall with us for a 2 week intensive workshop on "Warm up exercises in Open Building." 

Really learnt a lot during prof. Kendall's visit, some of the highlights include:
- Applying the abstract concepts of open building through very practical, technical exercises.
- Open building is not an entirely new/foreign concept. The idea of change within a stable environment, allowing for different users and functions over time is somewhat already in practice through common retail and commercial projects.  
- Developing a growing understanding of open building terminology (in practice). Ie. Tissue model, Base Building and Infill. 

During Prof. Kendalls Visit we also engaged in a short exercise of transforming an existing hostel/row house using open building principles.