MArch Urban Design Students 2008–2009: V. Agrafioti, P. Askoy, Z. Azizi, X. Bao, A. Boldina, M. Bora, F. Bowden, E. Chliova, P. Christian, R. Collin, J. Crawford,N. Erfanian,X.Fan, T. Fourazan, X. Georgiou, Y. Golubeva, A. Gomez, S. Hadi, Y. He, S. Houghton, C. Hung, R. Jagzip, V. Jackevicius, O. Kamal, D. Kefalos, C. Lal, A. Lauzis, L. Liakou, R. Loughnane, J. Lu, F. McDermott, Y. Nakamura, S. Papafotiou, T. Pearson, F. Perchet, I. Pothou, L. Qin, P. Sahota, P. Sendra, R. Sewani, S. Shi, H. Shibayama, D. Shipukhina, M. Skrupskelis, C. Thermou, C. Tolidou, S. Ven, Q. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Wang, C. Wu, M. Yateem, Z. Zhu
Urban Mutations The site this year was London. The few projects included here offer a hint of the diversity of responses. Many focus on environmental sustainability, with an emphasis on the risk of flooding, leading to urban developments connected to bridges, islands, floating communities and various kinds of retreat strategies. In terms of intellectual ambition and aesthetics, there were two novelties: projects engaged with the poetic, metaphysical and historical dimensions of urban design, and a surprising influx of heroic neo-Constructivist schemes proposed by a growing contingent of Russian students. The increase in student numbers is accompanied by a corresponding widening of their geographic and cultural background, contributing to the diversity of the work in terms of designs and political agendas.
Programme Director: Colin Fournier Tutors: Peter Besley, Jason Coleman, Robert Dye, Yuri Gerrits, Philip Gumuchdjian , Stina HĂśkby, Daniel Horner, Jonathan Kendall, Adam Lubinsky, Edouard Moreau, Graciela Moreno, Denise Murray, Fabian Neuhaus