{"id":6611,"date":"2019-09-20T17:27:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/?page_id=6611"},"modified":"2019-09-20T17:27:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:27:47","slug":"ba-unit-2-shop-shop-value-exchange-what-is-architecture-worth-sean-mcalister-pravin-ghosh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/ba-unit-2-shop-shop-value-exchange-what-is-architecture-worth-sean-mcalister-pravin-ghosh\/","title":{"rendered":"BA Unit 2: Shop Shop: Value, Exchange: What is architecture worth? Se\u00e1n McAlister &amp; Pravin Ghosh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/Unit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6612\" width=\"596\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/Unit2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/Unit2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption>Amazon Warehouse, Rugely, Ben Roberts, 2013 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Unit 2 we are going back to a quintessential, modern-day, value-setting typology: the Shop Shop. This year we will explore what makes us who we are, what we desire, and what we think it\u2019s all worth giving up for. We\u2019re going to design an audacious architecture where things, products, ideas, people and nothing are exchanged, sold and remade. Welcome to Shop Shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes! You can expect to be exploring the world of the Hostel, the News\nRoom, the Drug Deal, the Shop Counter, the Factory, the Football Stand, the\nParliament Bench, the Confession Box, the Crematorium, the Temple, the Arms\nDeal, the Traffic Light AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of these situations are temples of exchange, of value assignment,\nof gambler and of survival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Unit 2 we are going back to a quintessential, modern-day, value-setting typology: the Shop Shop. This year we will explore what makes us who we are, what we desire, and what we think it\u2019s all worth giving up for. We\u2019re going to design an audacious architecture where things, products, ideas, people and nothing are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6611","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}