The unit is underpinned by a stimulating and nurturing studio environment where we foster a strong collaborative ethos. We encourage students to be experimental, creative and independent designers, each with their own unique architectural voice.
Year 2: Chiara Barrett, Leo Boscherini, Katie Cunningham, Tom James, Daniel Scoulding, Nicholas Warner, Anthony Williams, Laura Elizabeth Young Year 3: Nichola Czyz, Joseph Dejardin, Matthew Lucraft, Samuel Storr McGill, Anna Lisa McSweeney, Harriet Middleton-Baker, Angeline Wee
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We would like to thank our critics: Alessandro Ayuso, Laura Allen, Kyle Buchanan, Luke Chandresinghe, Emma Cheatle, Kate Davies, Richard Difford, Professor Murray Fraser, Professor Stephen Gage, Tom Ebdon, David Garcia, Ruairi Glynn, John Goodbun, Spencer Guy, Professor Christine Hawley, Damjan Iliev, Professor Jonathan Hill, Alex Holloway, Johan Hybschmann, Luke Jones, Jan Kattein, Julian Krüger, Hugh McEwen , Will McLean, Ana Monrabal-Cook, Alexandros Mykoniatis, Tim Norman, Caireen O’Hagan-Houx, Frosso Pimenides, Dr Sophia Psarra, Charlotte Reynolds, Sarah Shafiei, Tim Sloan, Catrina Stewart, Matthias Suchert and Dr Victoria Watson.
B Sc Arch Un i t 1
In November we visited Iceland where students deployed their speculative devices. We immersed ourselves in Icelandic culture and developed a critical understanding of the Icelandic psyche. The second project entitled ‘Phenomena’ was sited in or nearby Reykjavík. Guided by the intuitive findings of the first project and personal observations in situ, students designed public buildings that respond to socioeconomic needs of Iceland’s inhabitants, are fuelled by site specific phenomena and develop a critical attitude to the environment. The aim was to develop architectural prototypes that not only contemplate current economic and cultural shifts but which are also inspired by the otherworldly, such as the mythic world of the Sagas or the strange natural phenomena of the Aurora Borealis. We harnessed the latent forces from within the island and used them to conjure new atmospheres; we invented new homemade political landscapes and conceived new ways of living, a ‘groundswell’ of architectural ideas.