BSc Architecture Unit 2
The Term 2 project synthesised the requirements of the Vision 2020 plan: a legitimate interest in sustainable energy, industry and culture that can create new building ecologies and ‘soft’ adaptive infrastructures along the East River waterfront.
Year 3 Qidan Chen, Melanie Cheng, Qiuling Guan, Anthony Williams, Ka Yu (Jamie) Wong, Shou-Hang (Tim) Wu, Tung Ning (Vincent) Yeung
The Bartlett School of Architecture 2013
Coming back from the field trip, the students proposed a building project that established new models for living and working in the metropolis of the future. They were asked to create an imaginative urban plan, a ‘vision’ of their site that summarised their utopian agenda and formed the necessary substructure to develop the project in further detail.
Year 2 Yin Fung Jacky Chan, Yvonne Cheng, Clare Dallimore, Rufus Edmondson, Alexandra Edwards, George Proud, Hei Man (Belle) Tung, Park Hin Yeung
Third year students worked on programmes for complex and technologically sound buildings which were well integrated into the urban, social and natural environment. Second year students pursued a more exploratory approach to building design, paying close attention to conceptual clarity and spatial organisation. Unit 2 encouraged the use of various cutting-edge design techniques: 3D-modelling, Ecotect analysis, reverse engineering, Rhino scripting, plug-ins, rendering, laser-cutting, rapid-prototyping and CNC milling. These techniques allowed students to proliferate their abilities in architectural design and representation, resulting in ‘newtopian’ architectures for the future. Thanks to all our guests for their wit and wisdom: Johan Berglund, Andrew Best, Dan Bucsescu at the Pratt Institute, Harry Bucknell, William Firebrace, Timo Haedrich, Steven Johnson, Ekaterini Maria Konidari, Krasimir Krastev, John Ward Regan at NYU, Luis Reis, Yael Reisner, John L. Veikos, Mersiha Veledar at Cooper Union, Barry Wark and Martin West.
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