2014: Architecture + Spatial Design

Architecture & Spatial Design

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Sheheryar Ahmed

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martin

The Spatial Reasoning Experience / My project was created with the aim of deciphering my interpretation of space and was influenced by the theme of football. Being a subject that fascinates me, I have translated concepts of the mechanics of the sport into spatial interventions proposed for a park in Fulham. The form of these interventions and some concepts are created from football, but offer no direct link, as they are all based upon personal perception. With this proposal I am aiming to create a form of dynamic interaction. Additionally, the structures will attempt to attract more visitors to the areas they are placed within, which I have researched and found to be relatively secluded.

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Anna Balint

Progression – BA Interior and Spatial Design, Chelsea

Layers: The Urban Pandemonium / The drone of traffic, helicopters:sirens:construction draws each individual into an urban, acoustic trench. This chaos takes from each individual sounds intimate to our self-awareness: footsteps, breathing. Restoring the relationship between self:acoustic identity is the basis of the project.

Layered mapping as compositional analysis of sound directly informed my design. The three-layer walkway, pegged behind the alleyways of Oxford Street offers a journey for each urban nomad. The travel along the three layers, clad consecutively in gravel; limestone; metal reconnects people with their acoustic identity, while the circular ‘silent pockets’ draw them into uncanny pockets of urban noiselessness.

A Alicja Bedkowska

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Compact Living / My aim of this project was to take people out of the crowded cities they live in. I wanted to encourage them to spend their free time closer to nature. From the beginning, I intended my design to be a compact space, which at the same time would be simple and easily moveable. After a process of evaluation I have decided that I should reduce the size of my design. My final proposal would be a four meter squared cube. This would include a moveable section which would provide the design with more space. The shape and size of the design make it easy to transport, therefore allowing it to be sold internationally and used by consumers with ease.

A Hanna Blomquist Progression – BA Architecture

Flow in Spaces / An extended platform to make people interact with the River Thames and to create a new kind of movement down to the water at the City Hall, as a part of the well known landmark in London. Playing, sitting or standing areas to create a natural interaction where people can be private in public space. With different levels and stairs down to the waterside, so that people can use a new location and get a new spatial experience of the river with closed areas for protection from weather. The surfaces are in glass with a metal structure and will show and disappear in the changing tides four times a day.

A Annie Chan

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Young Hearts / Synthesising elements of a flowing design with a contemporary sensibility, this project for a large garden provides a setting for one of London’s most crucially known landmarks, The London Eye. The design is fused with the playground at Jubilee Garden on London’s Southbank, its site isolated from the usual London’s skyscrapers and its greenness surrounding which faces the strikingly beautiful river.

The project began with a basic low density bone structure, which was then fragmented into smaller volumes around a central landscape. Each fragment has a carefully framed view onto the surrounding river and environment.

This project is to recall all the elderlies’ young hearts, by creating a smooth lined design for a more comfortable visual look and elevating interactions among different generations at The Jubilee Garden.

A Azamat Chinaliev

Progression – BSc Architecture, University of Cardiff

The Roles Reversed / I have tested how far would I go with the polar programs in a single space.

I have depicted a compromise that is the separation of use over different time. I have designed a multifunctional structure, which is the library at day and a strip club at night. There are no walls in the structure. The white foam curves represent tarpaulin sheds and the metal rods represent beams in a scale of 1:40.

There are only ground level for users to borrow books from and watch the show, but dancers are being tightened all over the structure at night. You would need to be chosen to enter the library at a day, but you can choose who of the dancers would perform to you at night. I have chosen the front yard of British Library as a site for my proposal.

A Tiffany Wai Nam Chong

Progression – BSc Architecture, University College London (Bartlett School of Architecture)

Time, Space and Movement / Passage of time cannot simply be defined by the change in movement of the hands on our watch. My project explores the definition of time passage through human perception of time and movement relativity.

The concept of view framing is demonstrated with the design of overground space, inspired

by Peter Eisenman. While the structure that is connecting the flow from underground to overground imitates the non-linear quality of human movement.

The purpose of the design is not only to create a smooth transition from one level to another, but also to break through the existing limitation at Old Street Roundabout with the introduction of ‘Shared Space’. As a result, connection is established between one destination to another.

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Pengcheng Deng

Progression – BA Interior and Spatial Design, Chelsea

Memorable Entertainment / The purpose of my proposal is to create a memorable space at Primrose Hill so visitors can go there to have fun. To content the theme, this house was designed as a playful space and it also has an interesting form which is come from the classic cube patterns.

There are different joyful rooms in the cube house as well and those playful rooms can also impress visitors: /Cinema Room – This room is the main part of this building, and it like the secret cinema, so visitors won’t know what film is playing. /Pinhole House – The most interesting room in this building which can project the outside view on the wall of the black room. /Projector Room – This idea is from Anthony Mccall and uses the projector light and body to create the pure sculpture.

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Christina Garbi Progression – BSc Architecture, UCL

Utopia / Researching utopias, I developed my own vision of a Green City, a sustainable, low carbon-footprint, health-and-fitness-promoting Utopia. My Green City would be car-free, with cycling paths and interactive pavements replacing the roads. To promote exercise while walking, the pavements would have an elastic bouncy structure with polymer-like connected tiles in top of a rigid foundation.

Residential buildings would be green, promoting self-sufficiency through farming not only because of having large enough balconies for every apartment to accommodate a garden, but also because the exterior fencing would be an energy producing algae farm. I used the Barbican as the prototype site.

A Lisa Maria Gronevik

Progression – BA Architecture, The University of Brighton

Night and Day / The theme of this project focused on the differences between day and night, including lighting, movement and behaviour.

The final design concluded to be an installation, which aims to create a unique light experience during the day and night. Additionally, it works as a seating option for visitors to enjoy their food or just to relax.

The shape of the final design was inspired by the movement of the people that travel around or through Southbank.

Throughout the day, natural light shines onto the coloured Plexiglas, which results in beautiful shadows underneath of different colours and shapes. Additionally, on the triangle roofing, there are voltaic cells that generate electricity from the sun’s rays. This energy is used during the night to illuminate the structure at night.

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Peng He

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Ancient Metropolis / According to my understanding of architecture, it is the material form of civilisation. Architecture of a specific culture is the representation of that culture. In this project Ancient Metropolis, I sought inspiration by focusing on various elements of historical sites. This experience assisted me to make models based on the emotions and feelings the places had given me, and I developed these ideas into a final body device. Which re-creates the vibe of the ancient site, allowing individuals to immerse themselves into these spaces.

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Estela Maeda Hein

Progression – BA Interior and Spatial Design, Chelsea

Lighting and Mood / My project is based on my experience of the difference between the city lights in Nagoya and London. In Nagoya, fluorescent lighting is used which gives a blueish effect to the light but in London sodium vapour lighting is used which yields an orange effect. At first, I thought the difference was because of the climate or weather but later I realised a difference type of lighting is used. I became interested in how the colour of light can effect people and be used to create mood and atmosphere. I have researched the physiological effects colour and also the racial difference of eye structure. To explore the potential of coloured light I would like to make a cocoon chair within which coloured light would be used to create a comfortable and relaxing personal space.

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Ziyu Jiang Progression – BA Architecture, UCL

Memory and Regeneration / I believe that buildings have lives and theirs memories, unlike humans have brains to store memory. It is remembered by people and historical marks, what’s their experience and memory about the architecture can give a life to it. By capturing spatial change and the infinite flow of time. I strive to design a building that creates movement between the architecture itself and the viewers’ experience of interactions. Therefore, a sliding building within the main architecture creates movement along on the track according to a remotecontrolled desire. Also, there is a swimming pool under the bottom platform; it will be shown due to the weather condition and different time of the day. Memory Centre also as a Sport Club, locates on open field; it will be a modern welcoming place for public.

A Jay Jordan Progression – BA Architecture

Public Sanctuary / A contemporary metropolitan existence is a hectic one. Increasing population and urbanisation means that the individual will struggle to maintain consistent personal boundaries and space as they move through a public setting.

Understanding this, I have moved towards offering a comfortable ‘static moment’ or ‘pause point’ in amongst the chaos; through means of an architectural intervention.

Initially aiming to identify the physical characteristics of a private space (a room, a home) and translate/emulate them, I have since discovered that it is not foremost an appeal to our physical senses that will make a place comfortable, but rather, its placement in a specific context. (Around Oxford circus, giving a man a 3 meter buffer zone from others is practically a luxury).

Studying Proxemics, and recognizing what I came to call ‘Absent’ and ‘Active’ areas on the densely populated high street, I found that there were consistently people up against the facades of the stores, seeking refuge from the main flow of pedestrians. Using this as a basis, drawing on research, and further experimentation with form is what brought me to my final proposal.

A Dmitry Khalzev Progression – BA Architecture, University of Greenwich

Remember the Forgotten / Let me introduce my project, dear viewer. My project is about the redevelopment of forgotten spaces in Greenwich Borough. When I was for the first time in the river embankment in East London, I made a trip by bike in Dartford and was surprised about the possibilities for redevelopment and the future of this area.

I started to think what is possible to make for regeneration. In London there is not so much free space, so I started to make my project on the water space, to make the abandoned Docklands area for people.

My proposal is a floating platform on a jetty with 2 spaces – the ground floor will be a public space with a shared book library and a co-working space-shared office in a 1st floor. I imagine how it could make a community in this area and help people to work and spend their time with pleasure and develop this area.

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Hilal Koztepe Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Perception of Space / In this project my aim is to show a space within a space by observing how we see certain spaces and how we interact with them. I wanted to create a space that can be used for many activities and uses. I have been inspired by the film Inception where they really play within the space they are in. Peoples interactions would change instantly where they can portray different activities. From this I wanted to combine the ideas together to create a place where people can interact in different ways.

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Ronald Lam

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Space Colony / This space colony accommodates 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 people.

Designing this was a huge undertaking so a basic understanding in physics was beneficial to bring a sense of realism and function to this proposed structure. I had simplified the task to a more manageable standard by primarily focusing on the entertainment space/community space in the shape of a cylinder, central within the five rings. The five rings rotate around the static cylinder to create artificial gravity. In the community space everyone and everything is subject to microgravity.

The white threads indicated the transportation network via mass handle escalators and the water spheres are for leisure diving/ swimming.

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Keun Lee

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Regulation in Irregularity / The theme of my project is Regulation in Irregularity. It started from an idea that I want to break down stereotypes. Most people usually think that the fragments of broken object are irregular, but I think this is a kind of stereotyping. I believed they would have regularity and tried to find this regularity through the project. I broke various objects and found intersections in the shapes of broken fragments.

On this basis, I designed a space in Central Saint Martins, because, I thought the message that I want to communicate is necessary for an art school, for they require creative thinking in every moment. The overall appearance of the model looks like a collapsed structure, but geometric shapes are making harmony in a space.

A Rachel Lee

Progression – BSc Architecture, University College London

Multi-sensory Spaces / The architectural design process often involves an overwhelming amount of visualisation techniques and very little consideration of the actual human body and sensory system. While it is more than reasonable to design with a visual appreciation in mind, interaction with the built environment is an experience that should involve the entire body and sensory system.

Therefore, in this project, through exploring the relationship between senses and spatial experience, my aim is to create a space that is capable of bringing pleasure to more than the eyes of the inhabitants.

The structure designed is an installation space that allows audience to experience different cities in the world without the hassle of traveling. The form, inspired by the world map and music visualisation, on the inside, provides different personal spaces with sounds and scents that will bring you to different places on earth, thereby, creating a spatial experience through senses other than the visual.

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Revan Jiaming Li Progression – BA Architecture, Central Saint Martins

Division of Water / The passion and curiosity toward the ocean gave birth to this idea. I wanted to offer more than just the experience of seeing, but feeling, hearing and even the memory of the gained experience. You arrive to this aquarium island just outside of London on a boat, and every corner of this place will try to talk to you, to embrace you by its atmosphere.

The mysterious atmosphere is created by four thematic sections – The Dock, The Gatehouse, The Bridge and The Palace. There is a designated route, but every section has its own space and story to take you on a journey, you may also make up your own adventure.

A Eni Maj Progression – BA Architecture, AA

Symbolically Speaking / The Dandi-Biscus Communal Garden: inspired by the behavioural responses to climate changes shown by the Dandelion and Hibiscus Flowers. Both flowers open their petals during the day, increasing their surface area for maximum sunlight absorption, and close during the night preventing water loss through stomata. On a microscopic level their surfaces are uneven and waxy to withstand harsh weather. The intention of my design was not to look like the flowers, but for its structure to behave like them – this is biomimetics; solving architectural and material issues refined by 3.8 billion years of natural evolution. I want to promote the importance of stewardship and serenity within the busy urban environment of Waterloo Southbank – attracting a wider range of users to the site.

A Emma Nabridnyj Progression – Employment

Unexpected Spaces / For my Unit 7 final project I wanted to explore the principles of a space that make inhabiting it an experience that effects our emotions; an atmosphere that is unexpected.

I love how architecturally, through manipulation of exterior and interior, we can be shocked by unexpected surroundings which influence our experience. For this project I wanted to focus on the common and expected characteristics of a room such as, walls, ceilings, floors, windows and doors. I manipulated these attributes within a geometric white cube, then placing these cubes in an unexpected environment.

A Jason Ngai

Progression – Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Subterranean / Building upwards and filling cities with skyscrapers is what most people believe architects do. I want to explore the space below and allow people to experience the different atmosphere the underground portrays. My theme is called Subterranean.

The architecture underground takes the form of an ants nest, featuring its efficiency in terms of traveling. There are four main structures, each with its own cinema located on the bottom floor and restaurant on the first few levels. Both these facilities will be designed to allow the visitors to experience the claustrophobic and cold atmosphere.

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Joel Otobo

Progression – BA Architecture, Arts University Bournemouth

Life Submerged / My project was about finding a way to create a space below water level which can be inhabited by people.

I experimented with and created underwater forms with themes suited to the movement of water e.g. flow, current and life, whilst thinking of which ones would be possible to make if it were in real life. The intended purpose of this space would simply be for luxury and the experience given would be similar to that of a view from a park bench except the view would be of both underwater and the surface of the water. This space would be welcome to all ages, which I decided due to the fact of my design location being in a residential area.

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Matthew Rooney

Progression – BA Architecture, Newcastle University

Architecture for Nomadism / The focus of my project has been how architecture can support a nomadic life. The solution, I found through experimentation and research lies in pneumatics.

My proposal is the city of nomads, comprising of a mass of interconnecting inflated pods supported high above the ground by collapsible elevations. The city moves by trucks, each pod stemming from the base of a trailer thus allowing the structure to entirely pack away for transportation. Set within the narrative of a dystopian future the members of this nomadic society wander the earth seeking the basic necessities for survival.

They live a life of eternal movement, a fluid existence with no boundaries.

Home goes wherever the city goes.

A Edmund Savory

Progression – BA Architecture, University of Sheffield

Here and Nowhere Else / Based on the Roman belief of ‘genius loci’, that indicates, today, of a place that has an unmistakable atmosphere, a character that permeates the site, leaving an unforgettable presence. With the chosen area of investigation, London Docklands and East India, becoming increasingly jaded by cultural and International conformity, I viewed it as an area in critical need of the concept of the genius loci being reinvented.

This led me to a unique, and sitespecific architectural intervention that detects, reveals and responds to disappearing or forgotten characteristics of the site and develops alternative mythologies, highlighting what is here and nowhere else.

A Donjeta Sejdiu Progression – BA Architecture, Kingston University

Psychology and Natural Light / My project begun by exploring Natural Light and how the lack or excess of it affects us. Subsequently I selected a site (a section of a pathway between Putney and Hammersmith Bridge) flooded with natural light and experimented with various ways of manipulating light through processes like filtrating and reflecting. Whilst observing my site I noticed that the majority of people walked past this area. My design aims to highlight this area by having various viewing platforms at different heights, the space is designed to accommodate both those who wish to just walk around and take in the views and those who want to stay longer.

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Jiesoo Shin

Progression – BA Architecture: Spaces and Objects, Central Saint Martins

Imagination: Through The Eyes of a Child / “I feel stressed all the time.” This is what majority of the workers said how they feel on their working days based in the area, Bank. This proposal aims to give a break to the busy Bank streets full of people in suits. By allowing them to play like a child through activities such as climbing, sliding and crawling, they remind themselves of their fragments of childhood memories and leave the outside world far behind just for this moment.

To communicate this idea further in terms of the design, the saturated colour of the interior and its unexpected angles and openings suggest the escapism from the daily lives. Thus, they leave this place with creativity, imaginations and adventures.

A Joey Shu

Progression – BA Interior and Spatial Design, Chelsea

Lights, Shadows and Transparency / The aim of my project is to apply lights, shadows and transparency into my chosen site. I have picked The Royal Festival Hall as my designated site. The main reason of choosing this place is that I think the area lacks of colour. In order to create different shades of colour, I have used primary colours to overlap each other to create secondary colours.

The shape of my design also matches with the structure of The Hayward Gallery, which is right next to the site. The whole area will look more complete and neat.

My general design idea is a response to Olafur Eliasson’s rainbow panorama structure on top a building with different shades of transparent colours in 360 degrees.

A Janice Tai (Yee Teng)

Progression – BA Architecture, University of Westminster

To Love Beauty Is To See Light / Envision living without light. What kind of experience would seeing be?

Light is one of the most important elements in our lives, the primary resource through which we engage with space. Without light, our ways of living would be entirely transformed and be so awfully limited. I was deeply inspired by this very relationship between light and human behaviour. Therefore, I took the opportunity to explore the idea further.

The intention of this space is to create a relaxed spatial experience by bringing life to the deserted parts of The Brighton West Pier coastline.

During the day, people can take a break from the overwhelming city life and admire the scenery. The structure is then free to be adapted to hold parties and festivals at night.

A Wing Kit, Tong Progression – FdA Interior Design, Chelsea

Communication / The purpose of my proposal is to create a space where it would allow people to create more conversations at Caledonian Park. Nowadays, most people communicate through texting or phone calls, and that reduces the chances of people meeting from face to face. I want to create a fun space where people can meet up, relax, and maybe have a picnic, a place to enjoy each other’s accompany. I chose Caledonian Park for my site as it has a very quiet and peaceful atmosphere, almost as if it’s the back garden of London.

A Gigi Wong

Progression – BA Architecture, University of Newcastle

Ride Space and the City / Ride space and the city is a project where the proposal is to build a ski dome in Hong Kong, at the same time acting as a bridge that joins Causeway Bay and Hung Hom. The purpose of this is to make snowboarding and skiing possible in the city. Inspired by the currently proposed projects by Bjarke Ingels Group and CEBRA’s project in Denmark, I created this proposal in a similar way to be applied in Hong Kong. As a city, Hong Kong is very lively and within it lives many snowboarders. As part of the snowboarding community in Hong Kong, I see it as my responsibility to propose a project of my own, that would grant mine and many other snowboarder’s dream.

A Hyun Sik (Kevin) Yoon

Progression – BSc Architecture, University College London (Bartlett School of Architecture)

Camouflage: The Hidden Dimension / The project investigates behaviour of camouflaging personality in public space and suggests possible plan of removing attraction with an idea of deleting centre points.

The proposed location is at Muriwai Beach, New Zealand, near Auckland region, where difference in-between low and high tide is dramatic. More than 30 huge pipelines holding the structure bring a partially see-through view, which enables it to blend with the background environment. The structure constantly adapts to the nature, enabling unique form of circulation, created by the repetition of the tide. Due to these interesting environmental mimicry behaviours, the building may represent its surroundings in terms of its natural changes.