MArch in Architecture The MArch (RIBA Part 2) course at SSoA is one of the most innovative and influential in the country. It prepares students to be enterprising, employable and to use their skills to the benefit of people’s lives. At the heart of the course is a range of specialist design studios and our innovative ‘live projects’ programme, offering between them excellent opportunities for students to develop graduate-level research by design. Other modules in humanities, management and technology offer students the opportunity to enhance their design projects and wider learning through written work and critical reflection. Further opportunities to explore specialist lines of enquiry are offered by the fifth year option modules that focus on aspects of urban design, digital design, sustainability, conservation and architectural education. The SSoA MArch is shaped by its emphasis on collaboration, social engagement and ‘liveness’.This begins each year with live projects and continues in the many studios that collaborate with community partners, e.g. local councils, grassroots organisations and arts programmes. Projects evolve, that are ambitious, innovative and respond to the complexity of real-life conditions. Fifth and sixth year students work together in design studios, alongside specialist masters (PGT) students to explore current challenges and opportunities in architecture. Students are encouraged to develop a critical approach to the production of architecture in contemporary society. The design studios offer students the freedom to experiment and develop their own lines of enquiry while being supported by tutors who offer excellent specialist research and practice experience. The fifth year offers students the chance to develop rigorous research by design skills. The iterative process of design is valued, as well as the outcomes, and students are encouraged to develop their individual interests, ways of working and attitude towards architecture and the role of the architect. Sixth year students then develop individual thesis projects, exploring research questions through the design of complex buildings. Students are encouraged to be canny, flexible, and enterprising so not only can they negotiate and respond to the challenges of our time, but also lead on what ‘Future Practice’ might be. A practice that can listen, negotiate and advocate clients’ and users’ needs in order to produce architecture of excellence.
Director Carolyn Butterworth Co-director Leo Care Studio BreathABLE Vera Hale Lucy Plumridge Studio D.I.T Cristina Cerulli Anna Holder John Sampson Julia Udall Studio Facilitating Resilience Andreas Lang Doina Petrescu Helen Stratford Studio Global Praxis Beatrice De Carli Sarah Ernst Teresa Hoskyns Studio Intergenerational Architecture Leo Care Satwinder Samra
Studio Interactive Urban Skins Aidan Hoggard Chengzhi Peng Tsung-Hsien Wang Studio Live Works Carolyn Butterworth Ellen Page Studio Open Data Phil Langley Mark Meagher Studio Re:Imagine Russell Light John-Paul Walker Studio Support Systems Lorenza Casini Prue Chiles
With Thanks To: Visitors Theo Bishop Robert Evans, Evans Vettori Alex Griffin, Oblong Architecture Andrew Groarke, Carmody Groarke Rachel Haynes, Thread Architecture Daniel Kerr, Superhistory Carole Latham, Journeyman Design Warren McFadden, WM Architects Barra Mac Ruari, Bradford Council Martin Mayfield, Dept of Engineering, SSoA Ed McCann, Expedition Engineering Paul Monaghan, AHMM Richard Murphy, Richard Murphy Architects Greg Penoyre, Penoyre and Prasad Arran Pexton, John MacAslan Partnership John Sampson, Urbed Andy Thomas, Thread Architecture Rob Thompson, Sheffield City Council Claire Tymon, Blackburn with Darwen Council Sam Vardy, Sheffield Hallam University Laura Wardak, ARUP Within The School Magda Baborska-Narozny Irena Bauman Simon Chadwick Mark Emms Ian Hicklin Florian Kossak Rosie Parnell Fionn Stevenson
Matthew Pearson Y5 - Studio Intergenerational Architecture