Level 6 Portfolio 2021/22

Level 6 Portfolio 2021 | 2022 Architecture + Urban Planning University of Dundee

CONTENTS

Selected works Page 4 Level6

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Class lists Page 118

Studio (Left & Right) Emilia Chegini Y5 2

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Material & Form Finlay McCallum Y2 4

1845eden - Section Rebekka Dick Y4 5

Workshop Shengke Lim Y1 6

Remove and Reuse - Model Chung Yan Chan Y4 7

Schminke House Archie Grassie Y1 8

Tea House Alexander Ritchie Y2 9

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Pompidou Center Morgan Lisk Y3 12

The Lighthouse Shane Docherty Y3 13

Chapel of St Ignacius Anna Matthaei Y1 14

Clay Studio Laura Andrade Y1 15

Pavilion Structures Andra Tai Y1 16

Circulation Render Josie Strachan Y2 17

Part Elevations Valantina Yousif Y3 18

Site Plan Archie Read Y3 19

Between Thinking and Making: Tactility of Space Drew Rumgay, Riccardo Mantegazza, Costin Dragu and James Hutt Y3 20

Crawford Facade: Isometric Nejc Petric Y2 21

A Room of Intermission Jia Hui Lin Y3 22

Material & Form Morgan Oxer Y2 23

Market of Social Exchange Section Adam Wadler Y3 24

Strata: The Decks Sean O Tiarnaigh Y4 25

Entrance Hall Alberto Ortiz Y3 26

Parti & Render Selina Sode Y2 27

Making Room for Water Saoirse Stenhouse, Stuart Waitt, Andrew Mckay Y4 28

The Social Gateway Joe Jacob Y5 29

Thom’s Place Ben Fraser Y3 30

Urban Typologies for the Unhoused Freddie Walkden, Remy Mcleod, Mitchell Harvey Y4 31

Illustrating Spaces Jenny Mitchell Y3 32

Roof Top Jia Hui Lin Y3 33

Brockholes Analysis Finlay McCallum Y2 34

Activity Conjunction Shubing Qiu Y4 35

Outdoor Education Centre Plan Julia Smolińska Y2 36

Abstract Site Response Regina Franca Y2 37

The Tin City Lorna Scanlan Y5 38

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The Edge of Action - Chamber Section Ailie Maconochie Y4 40

The Stacks Section Sketch Maya Barnes Y3 41

BioPhilic Design Joanna Laing Y3 42

Retrofitting Resilience Saoirse Stenhouse Y4 43

Upgraded Spine Marcus Myles Y5 44

Retrospective Retrofit Evan McColl Y5 45

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Edge of Education - Rewilding Martyna Przybolewska Y4 47

Tea House Anna Szczerba Y2 48

Subsistance and Garden Yavor Nedelchev Y4 49

The Regenration of Abandoned Life

To re-examine, to redesign, to rebuild, to reuse and to revitalize abandoned spaces where life has left them empty. Architecture is a ‘physical phenomenon and social undertaking’ implying the duality of its significance. It is therefore imminent to understand where architecture has failed society. Spaces such as parking lots, abandoned factories and old buildings are prime examples of such an occurrence. A simple mind looks at such spaces in a modern way and erases them from the urban fabric, just for them to be replaced by proposals lacking history, culture and understanding. Such an approach might address the physical phenomenon that is architecture, but it neglects to understand the social side. A more sustainable way to approach these situations is to identify ‘how spaces can be reconfigured to sustain different modalities of intimacy, desire, and domesticity.’ The proposed way to reach this sophistication is to design a new ‘collection of micro spaces,’ that aim to fulfil the societal need of ‘culture making’. To then create such rich spaces, it is important to utilize old buildings and abandoned sites which helps us ‘look to simple, smallscale, low-tech, low-cost, human-centred, gentle solutions.’

Beyond the obvious tactical smart urban design moves, the successful contemporary city is designed around the surrender to the continuous growth of cities and an understanding of the importance of cultural identity. Such a ‘true urban quality comes from accommodating density and diversity of building types and uses in the same place.’ The suggestive proposal of this thesis therefore aims to utilize the redesign of abandoned spaces to address issues of urban growth, cultural identity, and the regeneration of abandoned life by using an honest approach towards the relationship between architectural and human scale, the walkability of cities and the implementation of mixed-use programs into the restoration of the existing urban fabric.

Lucie Lange Y5 50

Urban Design Model Morgan Lisk Y3 51

Brewing Mechanism Craig McCracken Y5 52

Retrospective Retrofit Evan McColl Y5 53

Material & Form Selina Sode Y2 54

Aberdeen’s Post Covid Market Robbie Lyall Y3 55

Central Courtyard Yu Mei Y5 56

URBAN MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Intergenerational Housing

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Perspective Site Plan Jia Hui Lin Y3 57

Cultivating Holisti-City - Section Jack Wright Y4 58

A City without objects Kamen Rusev Y5 59

Adas T-Shirt Design Hannah Baillie Year Out 60

Here or Nowhere//Arborescence Remy Mcleod Y4 61

Clearwater - Render Andrew Mowatt Y4 62

Strata: The Decks Sean O Tiarnaigh Y4 63

Material & Form Miara Sajid Y2 64

We Come with Stories Kenzie Harrison Y4 65

Mitigating the Death of the Multi

The Macro Micro group research mapped house deprivation within Dundee Inner City and highlighted the necessity for an architectural intervention on the Hilltown Multi’s which ranks within the top 10% deprivation decile (Macro Micro, 2021). This thesis explores how to upgrade the declining social housing multi-typology to accommodate a diversity of contemporary user needs and ultimately provide a better alternative to demolition.

When the Multi’s were first introduced to Dundee in the 1960’s, they were seen as a desirable place to live, synonymous with fresh air, light and modern facilities. They boasted views across the city and their compact footprint allowed for larger rooms, outdoor green space, and affordability. Sixty years on, they have deteriorated, and their reputation has mutated into undesirable low-cost housing.

Resulting in the local authority turning to demolition, with only 11 of 44 multi’s remaining standing.

Following Lacations and Vassal’s motto of “Never demolish, never remove or replace, always add, transform, and reuse!” (Lacaton & Vassal, Pritzker Prize 2021). This thesis explores ‘deep retrofitting’ as a vehicle to upgrade the four existing Hilltown Multi’s, through the lens of housing inequality and climate literacy. It considers the need to diversify the occupancy by providing a range of housing types and residency with adjustments to the organisation and layout of the blocks to improve the prospects of developing social sustainability.

There is a particular interest in how these spatial configurations may affect the energy efficiency of the building and mitigate factors of house deprivation such as fuel poverty, but also other health- and age-related needs such as accessibility, which are apparent within the tower blocks.

To gain insight into an appropriate intervention to the multi’s, this paper will explore other interventions to similar types of tower blocks.

Whilst other interventions typically apply superficial upgrades, this thesis will look at deep retrofit as a vehicle to make the multi typology sustainable and to accom¬modate modern day living with a focus on energy & affordability.

Existing Condition Marcus Myles Y5 66

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Event, New Skin & Free Plan Marcus Myles Y5 68

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Dissolving the Dichotomy - Object Jack Wright Y4 70

We Come with Stories Kenzie Harrison Y4 71

Athens, Greece where the land is pure and untouched

The bliss environment is disturbed by the introduction of human evolution and intervention. The convenient location of the hill surrounded by rivers and streams becomes a place for the humans to gather and develop. The hill now has a name, The Acropolis.

Architectural structures appear as places of protection and assembly.

What is this now? The water from the streams turn to concrete, which floods the rest of the ground below the hill, turning the sacred land into a sea of concrete that flows far into the horizon.

The humans appeared to have noticed but it is too late. In a confused attempt to preserve the ancient structures the concrete tap has been turned off, and now it is quieter all we can see is the Acropolis holding onto the last piece of floating land. Below the surface are the drowned ruins that the humans are ‘saving’.

Protective glass seals are being placed over the historic structures to preserve them, as they are now frail. They are just there to be admired in their preserved state, serving as a reminder of what life used to be [referencing the new Acropolis Museum built over archaeological ruins].

We now have a two-faced city.

The working ancient and new city, and the abandoned city; The structures which were not sealed in time as they were disliked, high maintenance, ugly, ill and dying. They were going to serve no purpose in the new city so why would the humans keep them?

The problem is, they did not save them, nor did they dispose of them. Now they lay on the seabed in their decaying state. The pollution of the abandoned structures is becoming too intense that nobody wants to live even near them anymore.

So how are they going to fix the problem when the humans are such hoarders? Even when it is harmful to them, they insist that the structures serve a purpose - it is up to us for that purpose to be realised...

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Layers of Athens Chelseigh Buchanan Y5 73

Open Cinema Craig McCracken Y5 74

Urban Edge Robert Smith Y5 75

Towards a new Dundee rooms+cities Y5

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Sustainable Connection Beth Harper Y4 78

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Millenium Bridge Vista Archie Read Y3 80

The ‘Thinking Machine’ explores the problem and the solution between traditional architectural frameworks and the everchanging nature of society.

While the physical form of the ‘Thinking Machine’ represents the immediate disconnection between society and the built environment, the holistic process of making the ‘Thinking Machine’ is symbolic of the solution highlighting the need for architectural frameworks and society need to work in harmony.

DRU Images Saoirse Stenhouse Y4 81

Long Section Innes Stewart Y5

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Component Catalogue Ching Sum Leung Y5 84

Intervention in Athens Chelseigh Buchanan Y5 85

Playing with Fire - DRU Images Beth Harper Y4 86

A City without objects Kamen Rusev Y5 87

Making Space for Water - An Insight into the Future Stuart Waitt Y4 88

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Play & Garden Francisco de Inza Y4 90

Enclosure Tal Elyasaf Y1 91

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Here or Nowhere//Exigency Freddie Walkden Y4 93

Slessor Gardens Pavilion Anna Matthaei Y1 94

The [Re]Public Laura Moldovan Y5 95

Here or Nowhere//Arborescence Remy Mcleod Y4 96

Interior Scene Shengke Lim Y1 97

Scheme Model Emily Campbell Y3 98

Here or Nowhere//Exigency - Crisis Shelter Bay Study Freddie Walkden Y4 99

Assembling Athens Julia Baeck Y5 100

Manufactured Consent Lee McIlroy Y4 101

Site Plan Model Costin Dragu and Riccardo Mantegazza Y3 102

A City without objects Kamen Rusev Y5 103

Site Model Alberto Ortiz Y3 104

Retrofitting Resilience - Construction Diagrams Saoirse Stenhouse Y4 105

The Ugly Process Emilia Chegini Y5 106

| Conclusion, Three is a Magic Number Every letter in the alphabet has a predetermined non-hierarchical order, meaning no letter is more valuable than the others. Only when we combine them can we form words of value and meaning, and the whole is understood precisely as it appears. Looking at the sentence below you’ll still be able to make meaning of a disordered combination of letters in words as, ´The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ diverge from the Vitruvian triad in that “utilitas, firmitas, and venustas” 51 (as relating to commodity, firmness, and delight) constitute a wholeness, all dependent on each other to produce an ordered whole. As utilitas and firmitas pertain to ‘the Ugly’, as ambiguous terms, and venustas to ‘the Good’, the Vitruvian triad neglects ‘the Bad’ entirely, in comparison to The Ugly Trinity, which acknowledges that only an ambiguous condition can manifest in a matter of time and as a matter out of place. What is deemed as ‘the Bad’ in the present state of Dundee will therefore be praised as beautiful over time as to acknowledge ‘the Bad’ would be an act of honesty, which pertain more towards ‘the Good’ than ‘the Ugly’. As previously discussed “The moment of

moment of ugliness … is the shattering of the subject´s phantasy of what makes up the object.” 52 To propose a manifestation of ‘the Ugly’ in the form of a megalith hugging the city’s most prominent landmark is nothing more than criticising the banal ignorance of a city’s depth, benefitting from its doomed phantasy.

Dundee and its dual facades have served as a great metaphor for Cousins´ points on ugliness. The circular mega form is a form of ideal city; its location, visible from every corner of the city, is a statement of monumental scale shouting ‘ the ugly exists and will never be hidden again’. It’s stripped of façades; as the prospective future will have drowned its trademark along with any city identity invested in thus far; and finally, both its aesthetic presence and programme are out of place and fashion, recalling anachronistic language. The complexity discussed in this thesis will make a final attempt to challenge ideas with the following thoughts.

Why is the alphabet in order?

51 Brown TM, Collins P. Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture: 1750-1950. The Art Bulletin. College Art Association of America; 1970;52(3):346–8. p.22 52 Cousins, Mark. “THE UGLY [Part 2].” AA Files, no. 29 (1995): 3–6. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29543944. p.4

trehe is evnecide to sgesgut taht we’re renognsiicg the saphe of wdros.

“Tihs is why mxeid-csae txet, scuh as ateaitnnrlg cpas, is so dliuifcft to raed - it rldcilaay chgaens the saphe of a wrod, eevn wehn all the lretets are in the rihgt pclae.” 53 The importance of questioning order has to do with how to evoke imagination for intangible possibilities, such as Dundee in two hundred years’ time.

‘The Ugly’, a condition of error, is a disordered state which only the imagination can order in a comprehensive manner. And, to make a literal and humorous point, ‘the Good’ and ‘the Bad’ are so obedient to their finite states that they appear unaffected even after following the principles of ‘the Ugly’.

The good, the bad and the ulgy.

As long as the first and last letters are in the correct positions, there is room for experimentation because their shape is identifiable, allowing one to predict their meaning. The letters are analogues to the finite conditions of ‘the Good’ and ‘the Bad’, whereas ‘the Ugly’ is the ambiguity, the gross error and the infinite conception in which the imagination for a future is evoked and where unrealized forms and essential articulations of urban reality manifest as tangible.

53 Starr, Michelle. 2018. “Can Our Brains Really Read Jumbled Words As Long As The First And Last Letters Are Correct?”. Sciencealert. https://www.sciencealert.com/word-jumble-meme-first-last-letters-cambridge-typoglycaemia.

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Mass Entanglement - DRU Object Lee McIlroy Y4 108

Immersology Chelseigh Buchanan Y5 109

The Edge of Action - Exploded Isometric Ailie Maconochie Y4 110

The Stacks Maya Barnes Y3 111

Subsistance and Garden Yavor Nedelchev Y4 112

Old Aberdeen Site Model Drew Rumgay, Riccardo Mantegazza, Costin Dragu Y3 113

Mitigating the Death of the Multi Marcus Myles Y5 114

The Ugly Process Emilia Chegini Y5 115

LEVEL 6 PORTFOLIO 2021/22 Level 6 Portfolio is a decade-old student led Architectural publisher which celebrates the work of under and postgraduate students at the University of Dundee. Our ambition is to provide a platform to commend and promote the work of outstanding students to a wider audience.

This year we have received unprecedented levels of work submission and for that would like to thank you, it has been an absolute pleasure to have curated this booklet containing so much high-quality work.

Editorial Team Marcus Myles Valantina Yousif Chelseigh Buchanan Kamen Rusev Freddie Walkden Beth Harper Miara Sajid

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YEAR ONE Air Jessica Andrade Laura An Us Law A Avoo Thomas Ashraf Taimur Barcla Adam Bednarek Aleksandra Beko Greis Bell Natasha Bell Ross Booth Mariesha Breakwell Aston Buchan Alice Carroll Summer Cooke Chloe Correia Pu A Liliana Craven Andrew Cruickshank Laura Dallas Olivia Davidson Thomas Dav Dova Anastasiia Dickinson Hamish Dickson Kawri Dima Jasmine Dunlo Luc El Asaf Tal Fasuluku Sukuwa Fen Zhiwei Min Friis Ronne Anna Furniss Benjamin Gallacher Ste Hanie Gama E Nethmi Gaskin Richie Girlin David Glad Siobhan Grassie Archie Gra Hannah Gra Mitchel Hashim Adheeb In Anathan Dua Jackson Samuel Khalil Hussein La Trobe Ro Li Htbod Anna Lim Shen Ke Livin Stone Rachael Madum Andreas Ma Ennis Michael Matthaei Anna O Enu A Maria Pallister D Ian Palmer Hannah Parfre Robert Pod Ora Mal Orzata Pok Wc Nska Nikola Price Jake P Ce Kieron Rai Anshma Richardson Daniel Roberts Haritonov Isabelle Schneider Brid Et Ses Eres Erin Se Kat Ha•San Shabesta Jas Er Shah Hita Slin Sb Jessica Sneltvedt Daniel S Eed Kein Tai Andra Thomson Charlotte Thomson Gutierrez Eva

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Beloved Adeyemi Nohman Ahal Hada Timi Akinmade Marcus Arbon Eilidh Bauchop Jose Benito Sabrena Benkhalfa Catriona Buchanan Callum Caldwell Josh Campbell Cheung Lok Hei Cheung Pei-Gun Chou Charlotte Convery Kerry Davidson Lewis Duncan Daniel Ellington Miruna Georgescu Luca Hall Tara Hart Oliver Helgesen Taylor Hunt Louisa Hutcheson Jagoda Ignac Bota Issatayeva Zuzanna Kaminska Callum Kane Anastasios Karas Rachel Keenan Moritz Kraus Timur Kushalioglu Alex Lai Alex Leslie Emily Lightfoot Agata Ludwiczak Morgan Macintosh Abdu Mahdi Finlay Mccallum Hollie Mchugh Logan Mclean Conor Mcmahon Caitlin Millar Finn Millar Angus Nelson David Orbang Morgan Oxer Eden Penman Nejc Petric Alexander Ritchie Tom Robertson Miara Sajid Regina Saraiva Dias Silva De Franca Salla Siitonen Kyle Smith Ryan Smith Julia Smolinska Selina Sode Charlotte Stewart Iona Stewart Josie Strachan Anna Szczerba Eilidh Townend Tianchen Zha Adrian Zielinski

Edgar Badarau Maya Barnes Dylan Barrowman Mateusz Bierut Magdalena Bogalecka Emily Campbell Katy Carswell Yijun Chu Joel Codd Patrick Corsame Jamie Deuchars Shane Docherty Atlanta Dolman Garbhan Donnelly Costin Dragu Ben Fraser Giorgio Gilardoni Mairead Hammond Marion Howitt Callum Hunter James Hutt Sam Jowett Niki Kefala Liv Katrine Kleivene Natalia Kojlo Yixuan Li Morgan Lisk Robbie Lyall Franek Maj Tavonga Mamwa Riccardo Mantegazza Liam Mcdougall Ceri Mcewan Dale Mckenna Victoria Mcmahon Anna Melihova Chloe Migaud Inger Mikkelsen Aasmundhavn Jenny Mitchell Emma Morrison Rachel Nonhebel Alberto Ortiz Abad Joe Parker Kaitlyn Phillips Justin Que Archie Read Alistair Rice Jack Richiardi Emma Robertson Drew Rumgay Nelson Schmitt Hamish Scrivener-Anderson Robin Shang Mia Slater Arran Stowe Zoë Till Gunnar Tjus Rupa Veeresh Adam Wadler Venise Wan Chris Wood Valantina Yousif Viki Zboray

YEAR FOUR Johanna Alex Khalil Atchia Himat Athwal Matthew Beresford Oliver Boyle Andrea Casono Chung Yan Chan Yunfeng Chang Yazmin Conn Anas Zuber Dadani Mayon Rinsley Daluwatta Francisco De Inza Cameron Devine Rebekka Dick Josh Dickson Kyle Donaghey Ciara Donaldson Kirsty Elliott Michelle Fernando Gilian Fronda Beth Harper Bethany Harrison Kenzie Harrison Mitchell Harvey He He Carmen Hu Shengguo Hu Hu Sijie Huang Cheryl Hui Tingjun Huo Quita Hynd Harriet Jamieson Rajan Kasi Nick Lagarias Nour Lebbakh Zhipeng Liang Kieran Lindsay Xin Liu Yiqin Liu Yuxin Liu Sixue Long Ailie Maconochie Andrew Mak Lee Mcilroy Andrew Mckay Remy Mcleod Sakshi Mehta Yuan Meng Andrew Mowatt Yavor Nedelchev Wing Ki Ng Sean O Tiarnaigh Martyna Przybolewska Shubing Qiu Cameron Quate Taylor Ramsay Nathan Retallick Keir Ross Beatrice Ryan Pam Sanderson Louise San Luis Emma Scott Priyanka Sharma Xin Shu Hattie Smith Jordan Snitch Robbie Steggles Saoirse Stenhouse Jingran Sun Helen Taiwo Connor Templeton

YEAR FIVE Mackenzie Thompson Konrad Tomczyk Minh Tran Doroteya Trifonova Stuart Waitt Freddie Walkden Yaohan Wang Christopher Watson Xinqian Wei Jack Wright Wanyi Xiong Cyna Xu Jin Xu Sunxiaoxing Xu Zhengqian Yan Deborah Yu Xinye Zhang Zengyan Zhang Zhuo Zhang Elvis Zhou

Julia Baeck Chelseigh Buchanan Emilia Chegini Joshua Coniah Carston Ginda Oliviya Gospodinova Laura Greenshields Lynsey Isles Jess Jackson Joseph Jacob Xavier Kanchefu Lucie Charlotte Lange Ching Sum Leung Zhuolun Li Sean Liu Jay Mcallister Fraser Mccallum Evan Mccoll Anna Moldenaes Laura Moldovan Marcus Myles Thao Nguyenova Sean Noon Katie Phillips Mayya Potvar Kamen Rusev Robert Smith Kyle Spratt Innes Stewart Nurul Safuhah Suhaidi Hio Lam Tam Matthew Thomson Natasha Whitehall Samuel Yu Wei Zheng Lim

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