Anthony Boulanger (AY Architects) and Gabby Shawcross (Studio of Cinematic Architecture) and University of Westminster student teams won commissions in the Mayor of London’s ‘Wonder Series of Incredible Installations’ competition, for small works aimed at dressing up the city during the Olympic and Paralympic Games - ‘House of Flags,’ (AY Architects), ‘London Dresser,’ (SOCA), ‘Streetscape Carousels’ (Studio PUP) and ‘Aurora’ (Jamie Parson and Lemma Redda).
EXP Researchers Featured: Alessandro Ayuso, Andrei Martin, Andrew Yau, Anthony Boulanger, Cnstance Lau, Eric Guibert, Filip Visnjic, Gappy Shawcroee, Julia Dwyer, Kester Rattenbury, Nasser Golzari, Peer Barber, Sean Griffiths, Victoria Watson, Will McLean.
Two graduates of Westminster’s Master of Architecture (MArch) RIBA Part II course, Sebastian Kite and Will Laslett, showcased their solo exhibition Lichtspiel in Berlin and Rebecca Gregory, Emma McDowell and Eddie Blake (Class of 2012) designed and installed ‘Mirrors of Awareness’ as part of the 2012 London Festival of Architecture in collaboration with Metropolitan Workshop. Nina Shen-Poblete (DS14, 2012) was selected from twenty-five entries as one of six architecture graduates in BD’s Class of 2012. James Kirk (DS17, 2012) won the Lifelines competition for ‘Active Ageing and Intergenerational Dialogue through the Eyes of Architectural Students’ and Johnny Killock (also DS17, 2012) was awarded joint first prize in Designing for Adaptable Futures (DAF). He also became the first University of Westminster student to receive a prize at the United Nations, after coming 3rd in the individual category in the 2012 Integrated Communities: A Society for All Ages Student Design Competition.
For further information contact Dr Kester Rattenbury at: k.rattenbury@westminster.ac.uk