University of Huddersfield Architecture year book 2014

2014 Architecture Year Book

Contents

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List of Staff

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Introduction

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A Few Words

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Master of Architecture

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Architecture / Architecture International BA(Hons)

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Architectural Technology

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Sustainable Architecture MSc

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Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Practice and Management in Architecture

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Research in Architecture

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Staff Dean of Art, Design and Architecture Professor Mike Kagioglou Head of Department of Architecture and 3D Design Professor Adrian Pitts Professors Professor Nicholas Temple, Professor Patricia Tzortzopoulos Fazenda Architectural Staff Gerard Bareham: M.Arch Architecture Course Leader Caterina Benincasa Jon Bush Hilary Chadwick Ray Elysee Sophia Emmanouil Adrian Evans: BA Architecture Course Leader Dr Yun Gao Dr Alexander Griffin Charles Hippisley-Cox: BSc Architectural Technology Course Leader Peter Hogg Carl Meddings: Subject Leader, Architecture Jon Moorhouse Richard Nicholls: MSc Sustainable Architecture Course Leader Derrie O’Sullivan: RIBA Part III Course Leader Vijay Taheem Contributing Practitioners Stuart Allinson: Atkins Architects Ian Catherall: Darnton EGS Architects Tom Dobson: PRP Architects Keith Hamilton: Stephenson ISA Studio Mike Heal: Mike Heal Structural Engineering Company Ian Hirst: Aedas Architects Siu Fai Lam: WHP Quantity Surveying Limited Daniel Kerr: Superhistory Helen Humphreys: Atkins Architects Mike Gardner: Aedas Architects Lee Holmes: Architecture 519 Matt Parkes: Atlas Industries David Smith: OCB Architecture Brian Smith: ARC Engineers

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Introduction This year’s Architecture Year Book once again celebrates the hard-won achievements of students completing degrees and diplomas in the architecture subject area and includes work from the programmes: Architecture/ Architecture International BA(Hons); Architectural Technology BSc(Hons); Master of Architecture/Architecture International and Diploma in Architecture/Architecture International. Students also study at postgraduate level on the Sustainable Architecture MSc, the Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice and Management, and for research degrees (MPhil and PHD). All contribute to the community spirit and ethos we try to foster at the University of Huddersfield with a history stretching back over 90 years.

You will see from the list of courses and also from the work shown, that our international links feature prominently, including in Europe and further afield. Students this year travelled on organised trips to undertake project work in: Vietnam; Barcelona and Amsterdam, as well as numerous locations throughout the UK. We are also very fortunate in attracting students from a variety of countries to study on our courses. Taken together this gives Huddersfield a unique position in terms of the breadth of understanding gained by our students, and also in the potential range of job opportunities and locations they can subsequently look towards in the future.

I would like to congratulate all our students and wish them every success in the next stage of their careers. Students of architecture develop many valuable skills: understanding of theoretical, historical and contextual issues; research into potential location and sites, and the opportunities for development; the analysis and solution of diverse and conflicting problems; and synthesis of ideas to produce high quality presentations which reference practical reality and its constraints including sustainability. These are skills worthy of any graduate, but when applied to produce buildings to meet complex occupant and locational requirements, and also the need to be aesthetically pleasing, show the outstanding value of these professions to our society.

This year also marks a new point in the history of the subject area at the University with planned expansions into teaching and research in other areas of the built environment: construction management, urban design, BIM (building information modelling), surveying and lean construction. We are also initiating a Centre for Disaster Resilience and we continue with other courses in the Department of Interior Design and Product Design. All of these developments will, in the future it is hoped, give other options for study, research and career progression aligned to architecture.

I would also thank all the staff of the department who have contributed to supporting students through their courses; not just the academic staff, but also the whole range of support staff who enable the processes of gaining knowledge and acquiring skills which lead to the outcomes documented in this book.

Professor Adrian Pitts Head of Department Architecture and 3D Design

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A Few Words Once again thanks go to Dr Yun Gao for organising this Year Book and to the West Yorkshire Society of Architects for their contribution and support. We would also like to acknowledge the good work that they do in the region in support of architecture and architectural education.

Every year we are impressed by the very high quality of the work of our graduates at all levels and this year is certainly no exception. The enormous range of work that students produce is only partially captured in this publication, but we believe that it shows design work that is of a very high quality, supported by engaged critical research and analysis, theoretically strong conceptual development, focussed and resolved technical resolution of material, structures and environments as well as extremely accomplished communication techniques through digital modelling and representation and highly developed manual drawing and model making skills.

The projects presented here are located around the world and represent a genuine passion for understanding the societies, communities and environments in which professional architects and architectural technologists operate.

At Huddersfield, the aim is to provide an environment in which students learn how to learn, in order to be fully prepared for the necessity of Continuing Professional Development and to be flexible and adaptive to the requirements of the constantly evolving professional workplace and the demands of an ever-changing world.

We wish this year’s graduates every success as they embark upon the next crucial stage of their careers.

Carl Meddings Subject Leader for Architecture

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Master of Architecture

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Master of Architecture

Our postgraduate course (RIBA Part 2) celebrates the diversity of a collective of individual students brought together by their shared passion for Architecture, and as such the Year Book represents a showcase of talent with project typologies evident throughout Europe and Internationally, demonstrating a diversity of propositions both evocative and provocative responding to pragmatic realities and theoretical positions.

Master of Architecture Year 1 students respond to an evolved programme exploring; advanced agendas, tectonics, sustainability, urban planning, and the professional business of contemporary Practice. Year 2 offers the opportunity and provides the support for students to make the course specific to their own agenda, selecting their bespoke dissertation topic, design thesis project typology and site, and as such develop their individual position within Architecture.

This transformative experience is fostered by all professional academic staff serving as personal tutors supplementing the course team, and enjoys the contribution into design studio and project reviews by leading practitioners. The final award is the Master of Architecture (RIBA Part 2).

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MArch 2 Soreen Billbas The Repository

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A discovery has been made in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Erbil (Kurdistan region of Iraq).

Thousands of lost books preserved by the famous Kurdish historian, Al-Mustawfi, were found hidden within the mound of the citadel by an excavation team in the year 2020.

Al-Mustawfi knew of the imminent invasion of the Mongolians, who had raised Baghdad to the ground that very year, and with little hope, decided to rescue the works.

The books deserve a library and thus the Repository for ancient Mesopotamian literature was born and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the earliest known work of literature, is returned from the British museum, to its country of origin.

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MArch 2 Guo Chen

Chongqing in China is a mountain city, which once had a very distinctive identity, but which has undergone massive redevelopment, such that the original character can be difficult to find.

However, the ‘18 Steps’ community in the center of the city does still retain something of the original flavor. This proposal is for a mixed used tourist center and local market for both locals and tourists. Many people now come to ‘18 steps’ to appreciate the old city, which is why the project is for a ‘cultural and memory center’.

The flights of steps, which are very important for the identity of the community, create a vantage point for viewing the mountain architecture of Chongqing, and embody something of the spirit of Chongqing’s regional culture. There is something invisible behind the steps, which is the culture of the people and their life on the steps. This project tries to recapture and represent that life.

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MArch 2 Jennifer Evans NEST Centre

Life, a cycle of: Crisis – Stabilisation – Restoration.

It has been shown that emotions do not only influence our moods but also our physiological responses, thus affecting both mental capacities as well as physical processes, such as the body’s immune system. The key driver for this scheme and a personal aspiration of mine is to explore, through careful manipulation of aspects of architectural environments, ways to allow users to experience positive emotional responses to the architecture.

This building and gardens are a Community Respite Centre for Mental Health, which broadly aims to achieve ‘meaning’ that stimulates the healing process, to promote and enrich the social connections between patient and community, increase awareness of the phenomenology of psychology and by doing so, improve the general attitude people have towards mental health.

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MArch 2 Robert Howarth Hong Kong Urban farm

The concept as to the design of the project and it’s master plan has come from a deep and personal desire to see communities regenerated and site specific design applied to create an insertion that was good for the city and for the soul.

The master plan was inspired from an urban farm concept called ‘The Biospheric Foundation’. It utilizes cyclical processes to produce local organic food to be consumed by its surrounding community in a way that minimizes energy input for maximum produce output.

I used this process as the ‘event’ I was to design for.

The dragon, coming from a desire to work in balance with the site, was to dictate the master plan’s form and some of its main components. Its undulating body represents the separate phases of the master plan, ETFE panels for solar and wind shading/sheltering are inspired from a dragons protective scales, fins form the double-height floor plates of the urban farm etc. The design consideration can be taken and used as a catalyst anywhere else in the world to produce buildings that PROVIDE not TAKE.

NATURAL VENTILATION

WATER STORAGE TANK

EXHIBITION SPACE

CANOPY-WALK

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VIEWING TERRACE

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MArch 2 Aristea Katsogridaki House of Culture

The proposed building is a House of Culture. The site is situated in Rethymnon in the Isle of Crete.

Rethymnon is known as the “City of Arts and Letters�. It supports all expressions and culture gives great respect to traditions. The most representative cultural events such as the Renaissance Festival , Carnival, wine festival , musical performances and so on are made possible by the participation of several Cultural Associations operating in the city, showcasing all forms of art and expression.

The scheme incorporates a mix of uses. It has cultural, educational, recreational and historic character. It includes a cafe, an auditorium, exhibition space and classrooms. Well supervised and defensible outdoor spaces and routes create areas for social interaction and aid integration within the existing community and the fabric of the city.

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MArch 2 Aikaterini Liolia Volos Public Library & House of Arts, Volos, Greece

The site is located in a residential neighbourhood of Volos city, Greece. It is an area with a lack of green spaces, yet close to the city center and coastline. However, it is kept isolated from the commercial line of life of the city due to the fact it has stood abandoned and unused for many years.

The whole site area is masterplanned and houses the new Volos Public Library & House of Arts at its core, connecting the community, whilst also broadening access to culture through literature and arts.

Visitors are able to participate in creating pieces of art and exhibit them in the galleries provided.

The building opens its courtyard to the public, reconnecting and reinforcing the link between place and content and enhancing the notion of a public amenity.

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MArch 2 Marios Loulakakis Heraklion Leisure Centre

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The basic concept guideline is all about the combination of the old and new working in harmony. The position of the building is based on the intersected points which are created from the theoretical axis of the listed buildings (The Venetian Koules & the shipyard) which are based on the Cartesian system X-Y-Z. Another basic element that affected my design was the character of the site. The site is defined into two characters: at first the dynamic one, which is close to the sea and the second which has a static character. Water is addressed by the architects as a natural element which has a free and organic form which aids in creating a limitless and dynamic design.

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MArch 2 Lee Moss The Community Chambers of Justice to the Supreme People’s Court, Ho Chi Minh City Adjacent to the 150 year old French colonial People’s Court lays the Community Chambers of Justice to the Supreme People’s Court.

‘The laws of the emperor are less than the customs of the village’, refers to the autochthonous nature of traditional Vietnamese life, relating to a coherent argument that ‘informal dispute resolution’ is preferred over formal court hearings.

A building associated with law and justice, an integral ‘arm’ of the state dispensing judicial power and punishment, expresses the fact that disputes can be settled or fought in and out of court, narrating the judicial process as a trustworthy, humane and non-interrogating aid.

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MArch 2 Ngoc Bich Nguyen The Poetry Foundation Lausanne owes much of its cultural identity to the working class as recognised by the local mid-century poet Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. The former industrial district Le Flon is now the city’s cultural hub and characterises the modern day working class with farmers bringing their produce to bustling markets, and social clubs and bars housed in the former warehouse buildings.

The Poetry Foundation engages the district with an open air amphitheatre at street level. Within the building an expansive atrium with a spiralling staircase radiating upwards acts as a pivoting point for a succession of spaces, each progressively becoming more intimate with the library and reading pods conceived of as a public analogue to the private resident poet chamber surmounting the building.

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MArch 2 David Williams The Cawthorne Dairy Experience

This design examines the relationship between contemporary agricultural practices and architectural design though a concept project based on a dairy farm in rural Yorkshire. Research into current agricultural architecture was investigated and compared with retail and other industrial architectural projects and revealed what can be achieved when architectural design is practiced on contemporary agricultural buildings. The project aspirations were to create a building that is visually unique, extremely functional and blends in with its rural landscape through its form and material palette.

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MArch 2 James Rich Community Exchange Centre (CEC)

On the north coast of Kent the coastal town of Whitstable continues to fish Oysters, a tradition centuries old. The melancholy harbour is the heart of the town withstanding the ravages of time accompanied by the sinuous High Street.

The impetus of the CEC was to create a hub that responded to the rich heritage of the area and encourage communication through creative exchange.

The resulting design is a product of addressing the macro to the micro, the urban promenade, and the creation of a complex that reflects Whitstable’s past, celebrates the presence of its inhabitants, and inspires the future of this spirited coastal town.

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MArch 2 Joe Yardley Biobank Luzern: Alpine Species Gentic Archive

There exists a paradoxical condition at the heart of Switzerland, a dialectical relationship between the humble foundations that still permeate contemporary life and its ability to contribute through its unique character to the most starkly modern sciences.

It is the home of both the humble alpine farmer and the genetic engineer.

Biobank Luzern is a facility ahead of its time with architecture rooted in place. Situated in the medieval heartland of Switzerland, its purpose is to create a complete genetic archive of fragile alpine ecosystems and in so doing protect both unique montane environments and core notions of Swiss identity.

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MArch 2 Petros Zintilis The current situation of Gowanus area in Brooklyn has led to the proposal of a “Cinematic Animation and Effects Institute� specifically for graffiti artists. Located by the old historical Gowanus building (the former power station) currently known as the bad cave building due to its desolation, the institute is providing alternative ways for the graffiti artists to work using digital interactive surfaces. Turning pop art graffiti into a digital animated media serves as an aim to motivate artists to choose to use the digital interactive surfaces to draw their graffiti on, instead of building facades, fences, structures, underground stations or other properties. The whole idea of the institute is potentially considered as an enhanced alternative solution for the graffiti artists to convey their messages through the digital domain avoiding the need to illegally use other properties and also to support the artists to successfully communicate and therefore interpret their meanings. This is to be achieved with the ability of turning their meanings into stories through an animation / short film in which the artists can be explicit.

Questioning what is real and what is unreal, the route is providing observers with glimpses as a series of frames by provoking them to enter a mental state of an augmented reality as a result of the synthesis of the two arts.

In other words, the route sends tingles to the mental awareness and perception of the observer and is experienced through an evolving environment. It enhances the contextual resolution with fictional events that constitute an augmented walkway as a whole that leads to the building site.

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Architecture / Architecture International BA(Hons)

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Architecture / Architecture International BA(Hons) Central to the BA course, on both the ‘home’ and ‘international’ routes, is the idea that architecture makes a response to its context. This refers to the physical context of course, but more importantly to the cultural, historical, social and human contexts. The way that architecture responds tells a story, a narrative, through its rhythms, composition, its materials and the way it is put together. We can delight in the act of composing architecture at many levels, from the power of addressing a social/ political issue through built form, to the elegant and sophisticated juxtaposition of elements in a thoughtful detail.

The course provides a range of experiences to help students enjoy developing their skills and knowledge base. The dialogue with staff and with, importantly, their colleagues, takes place around the developing projects in the sketchbook or laptop, but continues on the site and the field trip. This year, our graduates have explored the highly urban environment of Bradford with its spectacular City Park; the rich and exciting culture of Liverpool, and the highly unfamiliar but dynamic, vibrant Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Their responses, belying intense depth of scholarship, are sometimes deceptively simple; honed ideas exhibiting a philosophical and considered, elegant restraint. Sometimes they are rich, complex and sophisticated celebrations of life. Whatever approach they take, at their core is a responsiveness, and indeed a responsibility, to their diverse, puzzling, difficult and delightful contexts.

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BA3 Sonia Anastasiadou HCMC Cultural Centre

The proposal design is situated on a tourist district in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The aim of the scheme is to create a cultural centre in order to stimulate tourists’ interest in Vietnamese culture. The concept is inspired by the character of the city, the different levels of the buildings and the rectangular form and the symmetrical appearance of the buildings. The centre will host a library, galleries related to the history of Vietnam; its festivals and religion. Also, tourists will have the opportunity to taste the traditional food and drink (coffee) of the city. At night, the building will be become a leisurely lounge bar. Concrete and glass are selected because they are the most commonly used materials in Vietnam. Louvers are incorporated in order overheating through solar gain.

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BA3 Christakis Antoniou Accommodation for Athletes

One of the most significant aspects of Liverpudlian culture is the passion for all aspects of sport. Mainly that interest comes from the two big football teams: Liverpool FC and Everton FC, but also from the several athletes who represent the UK in every competition of Olympic Games.

Capitalising on its urban context in the rapidly-developing residential precinct of Liverpool the aim of the building is to allow athletes from different sports to feel part of a community, with the option to socialise in shared leisure areas, train as a community in the different facilities but also offering privacy.

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BA3 James Norman Blundall Aeroponic Centre Vietnam’s agricultural civilization has seen a drastic tenfold reduction in farm numbers due to the workers migrating to the city in search of better prospects.

The flagship self-sufficient urban farm demonstrates the benefits gained by integration with architecture, formed by the local climate and weather conditions, the shape maximizes produce growth. Through incorporating Aeroponics into an exoskeleton structure, efficient food growth results in the one acre site growing the equivalent of 60 acres of traditional farmland. This gives the uninterrupted internals of the structure the opportunity to be elevated and used as a research centre, permitting natural plant development beneath.

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BA3 Katerina Petkova Borisova Contemporary Dance School in Liverpool

The motions and the nature of dancers are quite dynamic and vigorous. They can clearly express the emotions and feelings throughout the movements of their bodies. The common between the dance and architecture is the focus on the rhythm. If the motions of the dancers could leave a trial after them then gentle and curved lines would appear. The combination of the gentle curves of the dancers’ bodies and the flowing motions they perform with the angular and edgy traditional character of the site results in a dynamic and spacious form of the building façade.

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BA3 George Christodoulou Saigon Mineral and Thermal Bath Spa

For more than a thousand years Vietnamese culture has embraced the notion of mental and spiritual healing through the use of herbal baths. The proposed scheme is the creation of a Mineral and Thermal Bath Spa, specialising in the relaxation and healing.

The wellness centre provides an energising place for local people and visitors to engage in this unique cultural experience in district one of Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam.

Avoiding the hot weather and the noise of the area, the Saigon Mineral and Thermal Bath Spa provides a friendly environment and a new atmosphere for the people of the city.

The aroma pools, the waterfalls around the area and the smells of the herbs, gives the opportunity for visitors to achieve complete relaxation of the body and the soul.

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massage rooms

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reception thermal pool

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Scale 1:200

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BA3 Omar Etienne Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Centre The building is located in a densely populated urban area in the Ho Chi Minh City which is predominantly occupied by local residences within the crowded and narrow streets of District One. Surrounded mainly by shops and residential houses, this building is designed as a Children’s Centre. It aims to provide space for children to play and communicate with each other and to have access to specialist help to assist their development. This is important especially due to the high percentage of child disability in Vietnam. The concept of the building is to connect the space to nature to have access to natural lighting and ventilation as much as possible. The center will include specialist facilities to help children’s development.

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BA3 Viviana Fulfuc Tînh Nhân Alternative Wellbeing Centre

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Ho Chi Minh City is overcrowded with over 7 million inhabitants and over-polluted by their five million motorbikes. This unhealthy environment weakens the people, so I created a sanctuary of privacy, tranquility and relaxation; like a breath of fresh air .The building rises as a sanctuary in the middle of the chaos, as its thick walls act as barrier against the hectic lifestyle. The building’s program is built around relaxation techniques for a body and mind.

The aim was to deliver a functional, aesthetic and sustainable building, in the manner of the contemporary construction techniques, mixed with the vernacular design strategies. By taking into consideration the warm climate and the nature of the area, the design for the Tinh Nahn Alternative Wellbeing Centre makes the best of natural ventilation and shading strategies, in order to produce a low-carbon building in the hot climate conditions.

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BA3 Rachel Elizabeth Glover Ben Thanh Backpackers The Ben Thanh Backpackers and CafĂŠ, Ho Chi Minh aims to create an open communal space which celebrates the act of travelling, socialising and seeing the world first hand. The primary drivers for this building were to create a relaxing yet social environment in which visitors can interact, yet still have their own space. This social aspect of travelling is apparent as communal spaces are located on each floor. The main drivers for this design were the natural growth of the city and the creation of a green space in which visitors can escape the urban environment of Ho Chi Minh.

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BA3 Mark David Hambly The Art Gallery/Bar

In order to design a building suitable for the Ropewalk area of Liverpool and the evolving of the place, an Art Gallery is proposed for the corner of Kent Street and Duke Street. The site is perfect as it sits opposite a set of abandoned buildings running down Duke Street, which could be readily utilised as artists’ studios.

The Art Gallery/Bar is a place where exhibitions can be held for local artists to show off their work and to socialise with other artists and members of the public, who can view artwork and then go to the top floor where the bar is located to relax and mingle.

Liverpool is a world renowned port, famous for its trade with the Americas .The Ropewalk is an historical dockside warehousing area, named after the trading of rope for the shipping industry, which inspired the nautical theme of the building.

In 1950, just after WW2, shipping containers were invented and started being used for transporting goods. This revolutionised the shipping industry, which meant that the shipping of goods around the world became far more efficient and cost effective (a container can easily be loaded by one man). The shipping container had a profound affect leading to unemployment and a decade of industrial strife in Liverpool and heralding the advent of mass production, consumerism and subsequently globalisation. The idea of re-using these shipping containers for art purposes commemorates a time that was a turning point in Liverpool’s history. The design also marks a departure from consumerism in the 21st century by recycling the concept of the container.

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BA3 Daniel Higham Memorial Museum

The future development of Ho Chi Minh gives an opportunity to re-imagine the very heart of the city. Existing plans incorporate a pedestrianised realm at ground level and new subterranean railway terminal. This proposed memorial, focusing on the American war, forms a link between the two and offering an opportunity to arrive and traverse through this powerful aspect of Vietnam’s recent past. The building strives to provoke an emotional response to this period.

Challenging the notion that ‘exhibits’ provoke reaction, the museum provides a deeply emotive environment that ‘itself’ stimulates response, intentionally exploring notions of the tangible and the void as expressions of memory and loss.

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BA3 Daiana Andreea Ionescu Yin and Yang Culinary School The Yin and Yang Culinary School project addresses the contemporary issues facing people and the planet. In relation to people the design makes a bold statement to alert people to the unbalanced alimentation problem, by offering them new YIN and YANG theories on cooking healthy food. The motto of the School is: “Change your FOOD, change your BRAIN, change your LIFE.” The position is that all mental and physical problem start with an unhealthy diet. The design considers also the needs of the planet, by protecting it. The footprint of the building is small in order to preserve the ecosystems from the site, also the design incorporates a lot of ecological features like: vegetation tower, purifying air system, green algae panels, water collector and re-use system, solar panels, solar smart glass, dynamic façade, natural ventilation. The building is trying to achieve zero energy in order to be sustainable and not affect the biosphere.

The concept of the building is based on yin and yang balance, from which the form is driven, but it can also be visible in the interior design. The project’s program incorporates four areas: TEACHING, which is the main one; CULTURE, CONSULTING, which includes two nutritionist consulting rooms. And the last one LEISURE, which includes one cafe area, and two restaurants, one of them being more interactive by having for each table a chef that cooks in front of the guests. The Culinary School will help promote the Vietnamese cuisine and will increase the economy of the area by attracting more and more tourists because the alimentation problem is an urgent one that needs to be promoted and resolved.

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BA3 Elena Alexandra Ionescu New Health Centre

The New Health Centre addresses the aspect of poverty in Vietnam. The centre aims to improve the low number of health facilities, by creating a health center based on alternative medicine which has the objective to help as many people as possible through different types of cost effective therapies. The design takes into account the polluted environment of the city by implementing sustainable features. The external skin acts as a protective skin against pollutants which are neutralised due to the titanium dioxide coating, allowing the inside environment to remain clean and proper for a health facility.

The vegetation and the bamboo wood used for the interior design helps maintain and recycle the polluted air by creating a fresh and relaxing ambiance.

Part of this strategy also takes into consideration the changing of the urban grid. In the past the buildings had private courtyards, but in the present the grid has changed dramatically due to the intensive increase of population in urban space. The solution was to create a different urban pattern which both enlarges the urban space and helps to ventilate the building. “Architecture as an urban oasis� reflects the idea behind the Health Center design. A space dedicated to people should be a peaceful place where you can find balance and equilibrium necessary for a healthy mind and body.

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BA3 Catalina Elena Ionita Cultural Heritage Centre

The concept of this Cultural Heritage Centre is the direct response to the colourful Vietnamese culture. The inspiration came from their actual customs and traditions, from their everyday life.

The contrasting lifestyles of the people tell the story of the building as it intimates the differences between the poor and the rich, the traditional and the contemporary. It is about a mixture of opposite forces that in essence have a common origin. The centre will house studios, exhibition spaces and foyers where visitors and locals can experience the Vietnamese Folklore and traditions, art, music and cuisine. It will portray the image of the country with its artistic values and meanings and it will offer spaces for the visitors to stay and learn about the people and their way of life.

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BA3 Revekka Kosiefta

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The project is located in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, an attractive city with a long history. The vision is to create a building where artists from all over the world can be accommodated. The idea is that these artists can be inspired by visiting Vietnam and so create fantastic work. The building, which comprises 10 apartments with their own private studios, also offers conference facilities and places where people can present and complete their own projects, such as exhibition halls, a coffee shop and a restaurant.

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BA3 Desislava Ivanova Kushelieva Liverpool Spa Centre

Liverpool Spa Centre is a project about relaxation and meditation. It is situated in Ropewalks, Liverpool. The area has always benefitted from being closely situated to the city centre and the docks. Water has always been very important for the city and the area. Once it was a major source of living, now - transformed into a tourist attraction.

The site is situated on the corner of Kent Street and Duke Street, which is one of the most important pedestrian routes in Liverpool, since it connects ‘Liverpool One’ to the Waterfront. The design is inspired by the real sense of calmness and harmony that the Waterfront and its surroundings seem to have. Ropewalks itself is an area characterised by long narrow steets. Brick and slate pitched roofs dominate the majority of the architectural palette of the area. Having a transparent building on Duke Steet will bring a new dynamic to the place.

The main aim for this project is to provide both tourists and local people a quiet place to go during lunch break or at the weekend.

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BA3 Andreas Loizou LAC APARTMENTS HOTEL

The idea is to create a hotel for both short and long stay guests. It will have one and two bedroom apartments, rather than typical hotel rooms, which makes it an ideal choice for people who will stay in Liverpool for longer period of time.

The idea is to give a sense of homeliness, rather than transience.

In order to respond to the context, the building outline echoes the surrounding buildings and follows the existing buildings’ rhythm, height and proportions.

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BA3 Georgia Loizou An architectural office

An architectural office which consists of five stories, which of three of them are double height with mezzanine. The project is designed to accommodate 170 staff in an open, transparent and technologically advanced building that would promote integrated team working. The design also had to provide the practice with a distinctive and visible profile in Liverpool, as well as a high quality, uplifting and, above all, sustainable working environment. This last point formed a key driver throughout the design process, from the selection of a city-centre site through to the specification of internal finishes. The project offers a very different idiom to the typical speculative or corporate office building, while simultaneously delivering all the efficiency and best practice required from today’s commercial market.

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BA3 Kalliopi Mastrantonaki Media library

The proposed building is a media library located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. The aim is to show how technology can enhance the education and the development of the country.

Visitors can spent time in the building, researching, learning and relaxing whilst exploring the new word of technology.

The design of the exterior responds to the buildings in the surrounding area. The facades consist of geometrical shapes, Two parallel concrete walls follow the lines of the site and a series of rectangular boxes form a kind of metal skeleton.

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BA3 Mark Mayhew Dance Space

The aim of this project was to create a building which allows people to take up dance classes in a dedicated environment whilst also enabling them to demonstrate and celebrate their performances. Focus has been drawn to light quality, sound quality and ventilation as these aspects have a primary link to dance and to the site’s contextual factors. My concept was to achieve a definition between the practice and performance elements of dance. Different areas of the building are designed to reflect their intention, with a clear separation of public and private spaces which governs the circulation and interaction of people across the site. The journey from rough, conceptual dance piece to polished, finished performance is reflected in the expression of the architecture in relation to the materials and geometry of the varying spaces.

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BA3 Oscar Manterfield Architecture in Growing City

Architecture in the growing city, with its demand for space, has to have a practical purpose. The project proposes rentable, flexible spaces in the heart of the city that have maximum rental duration of a month. Usage could be both dynamic and diverse; from University exhibitions to interactive craft tables.

In juxtaposition to the adjacent water pool, a number of monolithic towers are placed in a grid format, angled at 23° to create a maze-inspired circulation. The towers contain different experiences – from art pieces to light.

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BA3 Emma Victoria Newport Café and Travellers Haunt

The primary design intention of the Café and Traveller’s Haunt, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, is the creation of an oasis in the vibrant city environment. By situating the haunt away from the backpackers’ area a sense of exclusivity is gained. The Internet café creates a lifeline for guests to communicate with family and friends at home.

Key to the design is the notion of vertical and horizontal growth within cities and the belief that countries cannot reach their full potential without adequate technological development. This has been identified as an area in which Vietnam is somewhat lacking compared to its neighboring economies.

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Although coffee is a major aspect of Vietnam there is not a designated venue about it. The area of District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, where the proposed site exists, is one of the most tourist populated areas in the city. A museum designated for coffee in the heart of the city will not only create a venue that celebrates the coffee but also act as an attraction and information center for tourists as well as coffee enthusiasts.

The museum will exhibit the process of coffee production, from cultivation to brewing as well as the importance of coffee in Vietnam and how the coffee production has developed over the years.

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BA3 Dimitrios Panagiotopoulos

The Philosophy behind this design idea is based on the notion of hope; that each one of us can have a second chance in life. For that reason homeless people of Liverpool need support to try once again for a better present that can lead to a better future for them and for all of us.

The bee is a symbol of life and, according to the scientist Albert Einstein, much of life would not exist without bees “if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man�. For that reason part of design of this building based upon honeycomb.

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BA3 Laurentiu Marian Popa Art Education Centre

The project is an Art Education Centre and it is located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The intention behind the design was to create an art oasis in the middle of a hectic and chaotic city.

The building has three different sections depending on their function: Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Accommodation. One of the most important features is the courtyard which opens to a park but is protected from the busy street. The design was mainly influenced by environmental issues such as sunlight and natural ventilation but also by circulation and space functions. The building has a certain order and rhythm which comes from the relationship between the structure and the shading devices.

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BA3 Lyubomira Popova The Arts and Crafts of Vietnam

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The venue will give the unique opportunity for the visitors of Ho Chi Minh city to get to know and get involved in the production of some of the iconic Vietnamese goods. Vietnam is a country rich in culture, arts and craftsmanship.

There are traditional items with cultural value being sold (literally) on every corner all around the country. However, in order to experience the authentic production by an expert craftsman one has to travel all around the country, as the production of the different goods is scattered in a number of small villages which makes it almost impossible to visit them all in one visit to this magnificent country. The idea behind the concept is to create a venue which is a unique blend of Vietnam’s most prominent traditional crafts which has brought it fame for its high quality of crafting.

Visitors will get the opportunity to get involved in the craftsmanship of goods, supervised by professionals and given patterns to guide their process. As traditional crafts are performed in villages, people work in open or semi-open spaces, mostly due to their deeply rooted relationship with nature. The design was inspired by the most iconic Vietnamese item – the conical hat. The slanted bamboo canes that resemble the distinctive shape also act as a shading device for the south and west facades of the building, which are vulnerable to direct sunlight.

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BA3 Madalina Mihaela Savulescu The Fitness and Wellness Centre

The concept of the Fitness and Wellness Centre was inspired by the movement of the dancers who use the building. As the movements are vertical and horizontal, the building is composed of vertical and horizontal volumes that interlock and generate interesting areas. The vertical volume that splits the horizontal lines contains the staircase which represents vertical movement. The horizontal lines emphasise the connection with the adjacent building on the Duke Street. The spatial arrangement focuses on the main workout spaces that are all orientated to the south in order to benefit from natural light. The ground floor is occupied by public and administrative spaces (cafe, shop offices).

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BA3 Antonio Nicolae Serban Music centre

This music centre has as a narrative of performance and appreciation of the beauty of music. The overall atmosphere of the place suggests musical sound, resonance and vibrancy. The environmental strategies, circulation and routes define the entire design and intimate an overall journey of discovery. Urban patterns and street development form the initial strategy, which is resolved into an architecture that is highly influenced by the environment. The climate is modified by the form of the interior, which creates a sustainable and permanent response to the context.

The philosophy of the place is one of meditation and reflection on the joy of music and life: a place where both locals and visitors can go to experience this powerful aspect of Vietnamese culture.

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BA3 Marian-Razvan Stancescu SPA 2S building

This is the SPA 2S building. Located within a context of blazing heat and surrounded by high density architecture, the structure represents a climate accustomed machine to be in. Its orientation and design expression carefully respond to the extremely important wind directions and surrounding architecture, creating an ambient which is as pleasant for the occupants, as economical for the owners and pleasant for the neighbours.

The design is strategically considering the wider context and thus becomes part of the existing hierarchy, but makes its own statement by expressing a very smooth transition between the low height buildings and the higher ones.

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BA3 Raluca Ecaterina Stefanescu Artist Colony and Art Gallery The Artist Colony and Art Gallery was envisioned as a place for censored artists and quality art. In a place where state-sanctioned art or cheap souvenirs prevail, an underground art world does exist, and the colony provides a place where controversial and radical artists can find safe haven to live, work, socialise, organise events, and express themselves freely.

Theoretically, the building comes from the concept of transgression and explores the notions of transparency and enclosure, exposure and concealment, individual and community.

Broken down into three sections, with underground studios, a transitional space for exhibitions and performances, and workshops and an art shop, the building presents a procession, a narrative, and focuses on a central atrium in main building - an ambiguous, intermediary zone of maximum activity and energy. It is an Asian philosophy translated into an architectural language.

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BA3 Lucy Victoria Tindall Khmer Museum and Cultural Centre The Khmer museum and cultural centre encompasses all aspects of the Khmer way of life, both previous and current, uncovering the hidden past of Saigon, which was previously a Khmer seaport known as Prey Nokor. The Khmer were in control of the area until the 17th century when the Vietnamese annexed the land and forced them out. The Museum highlights the link with the Mekong Delta and present Saigon, becoming a bridge to encourage tourists to visit the Khmer Krom who reside in the Mekong Delta.

Khmer buildings and culture have influenced the building design.

The wall panels take patterns from Pagoda layouts and traditional textiles.

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BA3 Aleksandra Kaloyanova Traykova An Arts and Crafts Centre One of the main features of the chosen site in Ho Chi Minh City is the narrow alleyway around the back, which contains a small Taoist temple that creates a truly unique atmosphere. The design, which has been inspired

by Vietnamese culture and religion, respects that uniqueness and strives to build upon it. The people that live here are very close and the family and the community are always placed before the individual. Taoism teaches people to live in harmony and be close to nature; to live simple but full lives.

The design aspires to incorporate this philosophy – a simple and practical design, which is harmonious, natural and open.

The aim of the project is to create a welcoming space where traditional Vietnamese art and crafts can be taught and practiced. The main features of the building are the bamboo clad façade, which is both a shading device and decoration, the two courtyard/light wells, that help with the natural cross ventilation and allow for more daylight to enter the building and the small green area at the back, creating a new public space and connecting the centre with the alleyways and the temple.

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BA3 Cristian Tudose Bradford Centenary Theatre Park

Looking at the curvature of the site, I wanted to integrate somehow my design into the designated area. Bradford has a rich industrial background and having in mind the need for green spaces in the busy city areas, my design emerges from the site, merging the landscape with the building. The proposed design is basically made out of two buildings, the theatre cafĂŠ/ bar and the theatre building with the workshops.

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BA3 Rahul Naran Velji Colour Life Primary School

Following a detailed urban analysis of part of District One in Ho Chi Minh City, a brown field site was identified for development. The intention was to respond to local architecture, the needs of local people and use sustainable, local and familiar technology.

On the site there already existed a rather run down primary school and next to the school was an abandoned empty site. This was an opportunity to provide a bigger school with more facilities and a more learner-friendly atmosphere, by creating a quiet internal oasis and separating the heart of the school form the busy traffic route to one side.

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BA3 Alexandra Ioana Zainescu GROWING EARTH-A link between food and multi-cultures The growing dome is an idea which arose from a desire to create a relaxing multicultural space at the heart of a cluttered city. The building is, in essence, a greenhouse, that establishes an event that revolves around the growing of various vegetables and fruits originally from different cultures.

The ‘’Growing Earth’’ is a link between food and the multitude of cultures from around the world. It is an oasis in the busy city that provides people with a different atmosphere, to enjoy fresh food growing right in the areas they choose to go. The levels are divided by continent and each contains the vegetables or fruits from that specific place.

The design of the building is intended to resemble our planet Earth, which is nourished by water and is constantly growing and changing.

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BA3 Nathanael Watt

This project addresses a forgotten space in Ho Chi Minh City’s retail district. The concept is a mixed used serviced apartment block that comprises of a restaurant on the ground floor and apartments on the floors above. The apartments are themselves serviced by a reception lobby, conference room, library, gym, and underground car park.

The design concept came from the rhythm and hierarchy in Vietnam’s architecture. The buildings of different heights and patchwork facades are expressive in decoration and ornamentation, in response to Chinese and French influences. The design responds to local architecture by playing with protruding shapes and materiality in the facade.

User comfort and satisfaction was achieved through the exploration of environmental technologies such as living walls and natural ventilation.

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Architectural Technology

The vision of the course team is to develop design talent and skills for the “technology-driven” creation and maintenance of buildings that need to be exciting, efficient and sustainable. Architectural Technology is an ideal course leading to a dynamic and fulfilling career for those who are creative, practically minded and with a vision for the future. Full accreditation by CIAT enables students to become Chartered Architectural Technologists within a few years of graduation.

The attractive combination of logic-based design and state-ofthe-art CAD skills are exactly what is required as the construction industry recovers.

This year’s final projects have been designed for a specific site on St Andrew’s Road currently used as a car park next to the Huddersfield canal.

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BSc AT Mike Griffiths Huddersfield Centre for Specialist Craft Training The brief for this project is to provide a state-of-the-art technical college in the centre of Huddersfield dedicated to specialist craft skills.

The building is driven by the careful choice of materials and components to reflect the commitment towards a sustainable future. The materials compliment the context and will help enhance the site on St Andrews Road to the south east of the town centre.

The complex includes workshops, a reception, café, and residential/ student accommodation in the form of four ‘boathouses’.

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BSc AT Matthew S Carter A New Home for the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre The design aims to create two buildings using the latest technologies to expand and house 3M’s new state-of-the-art facilities. This pair of buildings will systematically divide the laboratory spaces from a suite of complimentary offices inter-connected by a glazed link.

Well established building techniques and cutting-edge technology are combined for ease and speed of construction.

The new 3M Buckley Innovation Centre will provide a unique environment for all occupants and with its orientation and clever landscaping will make urban areas functional, attractive, and sustainable.

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BSc AT Zahid Chaudhry St Andrews Student Village On first impression, the development incorporates a classic chequered design to create an individual and modern exterior. Using three focal colours, the design is simplistic, distinct and engaging.

Metsec will be used for the portal frame of the structure due to the materials being 94% sustainable. Every building is fitted with a lightweight moss green roof, solar panels and LED lighting resulting in an ecologically efficient and sustainable design.

Smart technology is deployed to maximise the efficiency of the under-floor heating. Careful detailing ensures that the scheme would achieve an excellent BREEAM. There are communal areas both inside and outside the buildings. The unique outer communal domes provide shelter and an element of privacy whilst still creating a feeling of being outdoors.

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BSc AT Ahtsham Ellahi Huddersfield Transport Hub This futuristic vision anticipates a transport hub forming part of a network around Huddersfield and connecting to the wider railway network across the region. This particular terminal is to be based at St Andrews Road immediately to the South East of the inner ring road and will be linked to the main train and bus stations.

Being a sustainable transport system, the buildings adopt a technology-driven strategy to conserve and generate energy. The technology explored includes; ground source heat pumps, solar PV panels and rain-water harvesting system. The buildings could even be carbon-neutral and even make a small contribution towards the energy that drives the transport system.

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BSc AT Ismail Haruna St Andrews Business Centre This development capitalises on being close to the centre of Huddersfield and maximises the full potential of the canal as theme for re-generating the south east of the town.

Urban Design considerations enables the building to create an interesting space between the site and the adjacent stone mills. Pedestrian access to the site at the North West corner will present spectacular views of a new urban space making the building an attractive place to “do business�.

The careful selection of materials and building systems will ensure a rapid construction phase and energy efficient performance for the building users. A flexible plan form anticipates future changes in expectations and will increase the life-span of the building as part of a responsible sustainabilitydriven strategy.

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BSc AT Joshua Lancaster Kirklees Rugby Academy

This project explores the possibility of Huddersfield providing a world-class training and support facility for the sport of Rugby in advance of the 2015 World Cup. The complex contains a sports hall, exercise rooms, video theatres as well as the appropriate medical and therapy-related spaces.

Well-tried construction methods combined with a modern approach to sustainability will lead to a cost-effective building that will meet the requirements of the building users along with the expectations of BREEAM and other environmental assessment methods.

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BSc AT Justina Lipinska A Residential Development for the Heart of Huddersfield

The Residential Complex is composed of small to medium-sized buildings that make up a larger complex across the large car park on St Andrews Road.

The buildings are arranged to create a courtyard which operates as a communal space for the residents of the complex. Between each building there are pathways that provide a connection between each of the components of the complex, as well as to the external roads. The distribution of apartments among the many buildings allows a wide range of views enhancing the importance of the human scale among the structures.

The main building consists of apartments varying between two or three bedrooms, a living room and dining space, a kitchen and a bathroom. The organisation of the apartments allows for direct access to the central staircase and the lift. The complex also utilises ecological principles both in terms of passive and embedded technology.

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BSc AT Marc Logan A New Architecture School for Huddersfield In response to the need for a brand new architecture school, this design boldly addresses the triangular site immediately south of the current Queen Street Studio. Sustainability, practicality and build-ability lie at the heart of this proposal.

A logical flow of spaces from reception to studios provides clarity for the building users. The proposal includes an independent “crit” space for the viewing and evaluation of students’ projects.

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BSc AT Saad Mirza Rethinking Urban Living This project breathes new life into the derelict car park on St Andrews Road. By re-colonising the site for housing, the heart of Huddersfield can start to re-embrace the pleasure of urban living.

Exploiting excellent views along the canal and a glimpses of Castle Hill, each apartment is positioned to maximise a combination of passive solar gain with uplifting glimpses of both urban and rural scenes.

Speed of construction and tried-and-tested technology and durability of materials are design generators for this development to enable efficiency whilst also addressing ecological principles.

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BSc AT Dan Nordon Stone Water: Re-thinking the Student Experience With extensive competition from recently completed student accommodation within the area, the aim of this scheme is to create a contemporary student complex that stands out from all the others.

The scheme aims to be visually striking whilst appealing to international and post graduate students choosing to live within a quieter environment. Using a carefully selected combination of building materials enables the complex to complement and enhance the immediate context. The combination of a profound commitment to sustainability and applied technology enables Stone Water to become a model for all future student halls of residence.

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BSc AT Sarah O’Neill St Andrews Road, Self-Build Eco Homes

With this design scheme, an old car park is opened up to help bring back more housing into Huddersfield. Located near the town centre and University it is an ideal place to create more space for people to live. By including a park for people to meet and a community centre helps revive a traditional sense of sharing and belonging .

Established construction technology is deployed to enable self-build and encourage efficiencies with regard to the speed of construction.

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BSc AT James Orchard Canal Heritage and Interpretation Centre for St Andrews Road When thinking of what type of building to create to fill the St Andrews site I researched into the type of buildings Huddersfield already has and what is missing. Huddersfield has a couple of museums but nothing relating to the age of the canals and the prosperity they brought town.

This scheme is driven by Environmental Science with a large glass faรงade to the South making full use of the natural light and passive solar gain. The building is protected from overheating with carefully positioned louvers blocking the sun. Interior Floors are also set back from the wall to allow a natural stack effect allowing natural ventilation and cooling.

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BSc AT Adam Ramsden Photovoltaics Research and Development Institute The St Andrews Road site to the south east of Huddersfield Centre provides an ideal location for this research centre dedicated to the development of photovoltaic technologies.

The building is based around sustainable principles including the reduction of embodied energy, eco-friendly construction methods and a clever combination of both passive and “smart” forms of solar-technology.

The materials are responsibly sourced and are all potentially re-cyclable. The complex exceeds the expectations of the current building regulations and it is anticipated that it would achieve a BREEAM “excellent” rating.

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BSc AT Joe Swannick Bio-Park: An Ecological Research Facility Designed to help re-generate the semi-industrial area to the south east of the Huddersfield Inner Ring Road, this building is to house a research community affiliated to the University.

The choice of materials reflects the nature of the research and where possible an ecologically sensitive strategy has been adopted in both specification and implementation.

Low-energy design with an emphasis on passive systems has led to this proposal achieving an “excellent� BREEAM rating.

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Sustainable Architecture MSc Our Sustainable Architecture MSc had its first intake of students in September 1999 and is now a well established course in this area.

The course produces graduates who are able to apply their learning in a wide variety of practice situations and further the gradual but steady shift towards more sustainable buildings.

The teaching relates strongly to buildings as these, along with industry and transport, are the UK’s key consumers of energy and materials. However, it aims to keep sight of the urban context in which buildings exist - as part of a neighbourhood, village, town or city and ultimately the world.

The course is very practical in nature, looking at case studies critically and identifying those concepts which work well and also identifying those that fail either on economic, environmental or on practical grounds. In all cases the need to consider sustainable architecture as a holistic process is emphasised.

The aim of this wastes pathway is to equip graduates with the knowledge required of a specialist in sustainable architecture. To this end it addresses four main themes; energy use in buildings, material and resource consumption, global environmental impacts and the health and comfort of building occupants. These themes are considered in relation to their application in examples of sustainable buildings found in both the UK and overseas.

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MSc sustainable Architecture The text below describes the final projects carried out by students on the MSc in Sustainable Architecture course.

Toby Dahunsi Daylight in Offices This project investigated the prevalence of daylight enhancement strategies in new office buildings. The project began by identifying all of the possible strategies for enhancing the amount of daylight available for office illumination. The effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of each method were discussed. Following this four case studies of office buildings in which a daylighting strategy was highlighted as a feature were analysed. This analysis was to ascertain the degree to which the strategies to enhance natural lighting had been incorporated. The research is to identify the frequency of adoption of each technique used in order to assess if there is a common palette of daylight enhancing methods in standard usage.

Kazumi Nakano Condensation Risk and Natural Construction Materials For sustainability the use of natural materials is encouraged in construction. The reasons primarily including the facts that they are of low embodied energy and renewable. For example, using sheep’s wool for insulation is sustainable as it requires little fossil fuel energy for collection and processing and regrows afresh each year. Other advantages include the thermal performance of such materials with sheep’s wool insulation having a good resistance to heat flow. Unfortunately being natural they are also impacted upon by moisture. This project focussed on the use of straw bales in construction and the effects of moisture on them and in particular how this effect may vary when constructed in different world climatic zones and as climate change takes place.

Long Cheng Comfort in Buildings Comfort in buildings is often associated primarily with thermal comfort this however is often extended to include visual and acoustic comfort too. This research aims to extend the idea of what represents ‘comfort’ in a dwelling further by investigating those aspects which are often overlooked.

These issues include the cost of living in the home, the feeling of security, the space available and also the materials and finishes that surround the occupant. The research was carried out in relation to housing in China but the concepts could be applied to housing throughout the world.

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Claire Margarita Amam Nwaneri Reduction in School lighting Energy Use Places of education tend to be high consumers of electricity for lighting. This is because a good visual environment is an important element for reading and other learning activities. It is also the case that classrooms can be deep spaces where daylight is not readily available throughout the space. This research project will look at the potential for lighting electricity reductions arising from new lighting technologies. Comparisons will be made between educational space electricity consumption for lighting before and after retrofit with energy saving lamps and controls.

Qingyun Yu Use of Traditional Construction Materials in China Rapid urbanisation following the economic development of a country is accompanied by the need to accommodate the urban population and hence causes a rapid growth in the supply of housing. This rapid growth does require a quick production of properties and often results in a loss of traditional features. These could for example be loss of community, loss of local facilities or loss of communal space. This research project will focus on the replacement of traditional construction materials with those which are more readily and speedily mass produced and assembled. Comparison will be made with the use of materials in traditional buildings in Yunnan province in the southern part of China.

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Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Practice and Management in Architecture The Part 3 course and examination is the final part of the Master of Architecture degree. It is rather different to the part 1 and part 2 work undertaken at the University, examples of which are found in this Year Book. Students who successfully complete the course and examination gain exemption from the ‘RIBA Part 3 Examination’ and the procedure is recognised by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) as a qualifying examination for professional registration.

The application of skill and knowledge at a professional level in the practice of architecture in today’s society is the central focus of the course. The course aims to ensure that students have the necessary practical experience and theoretical knowledge. Essential components of the course include: professionalism, clients and user needs in the context of architectural practice; legal frameworks and processes in architecture; practice management and business administration; building procurement and the management of construction.

Students are employed in practice during this phase and maintain regular contact with the University at three-monthly intervals. They undertake personal study and attend a week long intensive course consisting of lectures, presentations, workshops, group work and analysis of practice based problems.

Students are advised upon the preparation for the examination including a case study, CV and career evaluation. They are also visited in their practice and supported towards the examination in conjunction with student’s office mentor.

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Research in Architecture

For almost two decades, the Department of Architecture has been engaged in research that emphasises sustainable design in the urban and rural context that is responsive to local cultures, particularly in developing countries. This research not only supported teaching practice relative to the International Degree in Architecture, but also produced postgraduate students who have worked on a range of subjects investigating the development of built environment and promoting the sustainability in countries such as China, Algeria, Indonesia, Libya, Iraq and Canada.

These studies have explored how the paradigm has shifted to sustainability regarding the relationship between architecture and the environment, and have reflected the tension between two sets of demands: the need to accommodate tradition and the desire to be modern. The research subjects aim to tackle the complexities of today’s world and to promote sustainability in order to improve urban and rural life. Some research students work in various universities and practices in different countries. They have created a sustained and forward thinking partnership which will in the long term influence the urban and built environment wherever they work.

From next academic year we will also expand significantly our postgraduate portfolio with a number of new courses in the built environment field and associated research into lean construction, building information modelling, urban design, construction management, surveying, and disaster resilience.

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