Dip Unit 12 Yr 4: Anthony Ambrose, Laura Dewe Mathews, Louise Heaps, Candas Jennings, Lina Lahiri, Jessica Lawrence, Tobiah Samuel, Rafaelle Seth, Umut Yamac. Yr 5: Matthew Butcher, Charlie de Bono, Catherine Greig, Evelyn Hayes, Chee Kit Lai, Juliet Quintero, Rupert Scott, Ruth Silver, Max Dewdney, Tim Wray.
The Public Private House A recurring theme in architectural discourse states that the house is the origin and archetype of architecture, the manifestation of its most important attributes. Certain houses are both an official residence and a home, the representation of both a public and a private self. This year our project is to design such a house in London for a person or group with both a public and a private life. In accordance with the Mayor’s demand, outlined in The London Plan, for new housing to accommodate other social programmes, The Public Private House is doubled publicly and privately, coexisting with another function and other occupants. The Public Private House is a prototype for dense, urban living. Exploiting the fluctuations of architecture and nature, it creates a self-sufficient micro-city and hybrid ecology – natural and artificial – conducive to its survival and growth. In seasonal dialogue with its environment, it is a catalyst for change an architectural fertiliser in a specific part of London. Critics: Abi Abdolwahabi, Constance Lau.
Elizabeth Dow and Jonathan Hill
Clockwise from top left: Juliet Quintero, Charlie de Bono, Tim Wray, Matthew Butcher, Evelyn Hayes.