The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
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MA in Architectural Design
MA in Urban Design
The MA in Architectural Design (MAAD) is a design-based Masters course focusing on knowledge of and reflection upon design approaches and processes. It encourages students to develop a distinctive design practice and to consider architectural design within a broad social, environmental and economic context. MAAD students participate in a wide range of design studios working alongside students on other PGT programmes and those on the MArch ARB/RIBA accredited Masters programme. Studios with MA in Architectural Design students this year included: Global Praxis; Open Data; Facilitating Resilience; Live Works; Intergenerational Architecture; Re Imagine.
The MA in Urban Design Programme (MAUD) at SSOA is characterised by its strong design focus with an emphasis on critical methodologies, sustainable urbanism, participatory design and co-production. . We combine a strategic large scale and international operation with local action and neighbourhood design. We understand that Urban Designers from an architectural perspective can mediate between individual architectural projects and large planning strategies. The MA in Urban Design Programme grew considerably this year.The cohort of 35 came from a number of degree backgrounds and was truly international. A number of students are already qualified architects whilst others come from a Planning, landscape or environmental design background. The year is shaped by three semesters - the first explores tools for urban design and participatory practices in introductory design studios.The second, for the first time this year, joined with MArch students in four relevant studios. Two other modules on the history and theory of Urban design and reflections on Urban design practice pursue other aspects of contemporary and historic Urban Design.
Students on the MAAD programme are encouraged to explore, challenge, and inform contemporary architectural design practice through seminars, research, studio project work, field trips, and participation in design-led practice, teaching and learning innovations – for example the pioneering ‘Live Projects’. Option modules allow students to further expand their design approaches. For example, this year students on the Research by Design route used critical spatial theory to investigate the sites of architecture, whilst students on the Low Impact Buildings module developed timber construction techniques. The Reflections on Architectural Design module is core to the course allowing students the space to reconsider, experiment with and reflect on their design practice.We think of the MA in Architectural Design as a laboratory involving students, staff, visitors and public in an open-ended collaboration. To see more of this year’s work, please visit our website: http://maad.postgrad.shef.ac.uk/maad14/
Design Studios: DIT - Do It Together Facilitating Resilience Live Works Support Systems
Programme Leader Nishat Awan
The summer semester is dedicated to the Urban design thesis project which is supported by the departments’ research groupings. Study trips to Manchester and London gave a flavour of British contemporary and Historic Urban-scapes and the different studios went to various locations on field trips.
Module Co-ordinators and Studio Tutors Carolyn Butterworth Leo Care Beatrice De Carli Sarah Ernst Scott Fletcher Aidan Hoggard Teresa Hoskyns Andreas Lang Phil Langley Russell Light Mark Meagher John-Paul Walker Ellen Page Doina Petrescu Satwinder Samra Helen Stratford Kim Trogal Litao Zhou Guest Speakers / Reviewers Irena Bauman Theo Bishop Jon Broome Wei Shan Chia Prue Chiles Peter Blundell Jones Lucy Jones Daniel Kerr Dieter Kleiner Florian Kossak Chengzhi Peng Elite Sher Fionn Stevenson Sarah Wigglesworth Students Meera Barad Gopi Rajbhai Bhuptani Yuting Dai Qixun Feng Yaying Feng Ming Fu Dongxu Guo Wei Guo Wenhao He
Rui Huo Xin Huang Yuanyuan Huang Weijing Kong Yu-Hsiang Lai Jiahui Li Shangfeng Li Xiaolong Li Zhixing Li Yiye Lin Ke Liu Xuhui Liu Yang Liu Bochen Lu Edvan Muliana Qihao Pan Bomi Park Yihan Peng Ji Qui Jingjin Shao Fei Si Tingwei Song Kelun Su Yinnan Suo Farouq Tahar Guangning Wang Haoming Wang Pengrong Wang Ranran Wei Yang Xiang Lu Xu Shaofan Xu Xi Yang Yibo Yang Jing Yuan Yaqi Yuan Jing Zhang Dongmiao Zhang Longhao Zhang Yang Zhou Jun Zhu Wei Zou
Programme Leader Prue Chiles
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Module Co-ordinators and Studio Tutors: Leo Care Prue Chiles Lorenzo Casini Cristina Cerulli Florian Kossak Anna Holder John Sampson Julia Udall Ellen Page Helen Stratford Guest Speakers/reviewers: David Rudlin URBED Rob Thompson Sheffield City Council Martin Mayfield Doina Petrescu Carolyn Butterworth International Collaborations; The department of Urban and Rural Planning, Zanzibar, Tanzania Constantin Petcou and Jeremy Galvan at Atelier d’Architecture Autogere Students Nor Akmar Azhar Mhd Aghiad Baranbo Yiwen Chen Anas Elakkari Yang Fu Jie Gao Christopher Hall Chang Hao Fang Hao Jie Hu Jing Huang Ninad Katdare
01 Students presenting at Lewisham council, Studio Global Praxis, April 2014. 02 Reflections in Architectural Design workshop, Feb 2014. 02
Priyanka Kide Aditi Ashok Lande Chengrun Li Xuan Li Yun Li Manqing Lin Anqi Liu Wenfei Liu Charu Shila Mohan Joseph Moss Shilin Patwa Wanru Peng Wenyu Qi Kalpana Rai Yiming Ran Ziwen Sun Lin Wang Zhimin Wang Fan Wu Luoyi Yang Wijaya Yapeter Beichen Yu Wanlu Zhao Tianhang Zou
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01 Particiapatory Urban Design in Zanzibar. 02 Students visit Manchester on a field trip.
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