Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies BSc Programme Director: Elizabeth Dow Architectural culture has never been exclusively produced by certified architects but now, more than ever, there are many other people working in related fields – film, media, curation, design and creative practice – who shape debates and ideas around architecture in significant ways. In bringing together architectural research with design and creative practice, Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies students are participating in these significant and complex debates. The greatest strength of the programme is its interdisciplinary nature. We encourage our students to navigate their studies in a focused manner, whilst choosing from a diverse range of modules from across UCL alongside their architectural studies. They develop a range of skills and build a unique knowledge-set tailored to their interests, empowering them to go on to apply themselves to careers such as journalism, art, design policy and activism, environmental and urban studies. The programme also serves to form a foundation for postgraduate study, with our current graduating cohort already having accepted places on Master’s programmes across the UK and abroad. This year, the programme has received an exchange student from the University of Toronto and three of our own students have travelled to study for a year at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and McGill University. Our study abroad placements continue to allow students to take advantage of the wider curricula offered by our partner institutions and experience different and exciting cultural approaches to their studies that not only inform their work, but also inspire and provoke a broader pedagogic debate amongst the whole programme. There are two specially tailored modules for Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies students at The Bartlett, ‘Design and Creative Practice’ and ‘Architectural Research’. Images from the resulting design projects and excerpt of work produced on this year’s ‘Architectural Research III’ essay-based module can be found on the following pages.
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Architectural Research tutors Edwina Attlee, Ruth Bernatek, Brent Carnell, Stylianos Giamarelos, Thandi Loewenson, Sophie Read, Caroline Rabourdin, David Roberts Design & Creative Practice tutors Kirsty Badenoch, Kevin Green, Tom Kendall, Chee-Kit Lai, Caroline Rabourdin, Freddy Tuppen, Gabriel Warshafsky, Michelle Young Computing for Design & Creative tutor Bill Hodgson Greening Cities tutor Blanche Cameron Programme Administrator Pani Fanai-Danesh Special thanks to our critics, workshop and seminar leaders: Vasilija Abramovic, Suifan Adey, Douglas Bevans, Alfonso Borragan, William Victor Camilleri, Nat Chard, Tom Dyckhoff, Oliver Evans, Holly Fisher, Steve Johnson, Marcy Kahan, Beth Kettle, Victor Mazon, Claire McAndrew, Sophie Page, Barbara Penner, Conrad Shawcross, Adam Shield, Emily Stone, Nathaniel Telemaque, Matt Tomkins, Sarah Wilkes, Tom Wilkinson, Oliver Wilton and The Story Garden