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CONTENTS MArch stage 5 BA (Hons) Architecture stage 3 BA (Hons) Interior Architecture stage 3 BA (Hons) Interior Design stage 3

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hope is that our undergraduates will be encouraged to innovate in their design project work to incorporate the

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essential processes which will result in a sustainable built environment which benefits people, business and the planet.

But our students want to do that without sacrificing imaginative responses which provoke and intrigue,

Technology and Environment 156

which challenge convention, and which above all retain

Cultural Context 158

the power to amaze and delight.

Study Tours 160

Once again, the students have excelled themselves.

KASA 162

There is a maturity of vision emerging resulting from

Collaborations 164

a scholarly scrutiny of the design briefs and the

Thank you 165

opportunities they present for intellectual engagement. already include concern for low carbon building but

What have they ever done for me?”

within a sustainable infrastructure.

Groucho Marx

Inside this catalogue you will not only find out about the

INTRODUCTION

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It is clear that the aspirations of individual students “Why should I care about future generations?

programmes which we offer, but about the important

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The theme of Reduce – Reuse – Recycle permeates

methods by which the students learn. The broad

the work of students in this year’s EXIT:10 End-of-Year

subject areas present intense areas for investigation

Show. The exhibition itself is constructed utilising 400

by our students. It is this balance of theoretical and

industrial timber pallets, themselves a lesson in reuse

speculative engagement coupled with a confident

and recycling. The timber will be returned to suppliers

understanding of building technology and processes

to continue life as forklift pallets.

which gives our students an edge in the increasingly

Kent School of Architecture has had an eventful

competitive world of practice. We are pleased to be

year, with two new lecturers (Dr. David Haney and

ranked first in the UK for employment prospects in the

Dr. Manolo Guerci) joining the staff to further strengthen

2010 Times Good University Guide.

the School offer in history and theory. Their presence

The body of work represented by the 2010 yearbook

will be reinforced by the appointment of a Professor

is potent and wide-ranging, and gives a flavour of

of Sustainable Architecture and two more lecturers

the experience of students who were prepared to

in the coming year, indicating an extension of the

experiment and take risks – I hope that you enjoy it as

breadth as well as depth of research and teaching in

much as I have.

the School. This new appointment will surely provoke a more profound interest in sustainability and energy

Professor Don Gray.

conservation/generation among staff and students. My

Head of Kent School of Architecture

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The final year of the MArch at Kent allows students

level, the roofscapes of Margate Old-Town tumble

listed and must represent a significant obstacle to

support; and a new Headquarters for Fashion

to develop their own interests and agenda as

and rise to the north. A range of briefs developed

commercially viable redevelopment. The complex

magazine Vogue, combined with a fashion super-

aspirant architects. A Design Project spans two

to include two Art Schools, a Museum of Margate,

is so conflicted it would surely best maintain its

brand boutique-mall.

terms and two modules, and is supported by

a Library, a centre for prosthetic medical devices, a

character of escapism as a basis for architecture of

two written reports, a Technical report, and a

television Studio for the ‘X-Factor’, a centre for the

fantasy or indeed nightmare. Students selecting this

Such diversity is complimented by and

Design Report. Collectively they constitute the

‘Future’, a Boat-Building Academy, and a reception

site proposed, a Centre for Psychiatric guidance,

‘Independent Study Project’ (ISP). Here students

‘Major Design Project’. This year we encourage

centre for UK Asylum Seekers.

influence by George Eliot’s ‘The Wasteland’, a

can indulge their personal obsessions and interests

Marine Biology Centre, a Cancer Research Centre,

in subjects otherwise marginal to the mainstream of

and an Absinth Distillery!

architectural education. Eccentricity is encouraged!

students to spend longer developing a brief that

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would allow them to define their own theoretical

The Cliftonville Lido has seen better days. Now

position in relation to their design work, as well as

functioning as a nightclub and snooker club in

a more developed understanding of their real or

its above-ground accommodation, it was once a

St. Thomas Street in Bermondsey sits between

Hop Garden, and a design thesis on the analogue

hypothetical clients. Generally with such a complex

thriving leisure emporium celebrating the great

the railway viaduct carrying trains through London

applications of principles of Parametric Modelling;

‘thesis’ project the propositions are tangibly

British Seaside holiday, with changing facilities

Bridge Station, and the ex-leather making area of

are complimented by sixteen written dissertations

architectural. Alternative sites were offered, one in

for over 2000 people! Bathing took place in a

Bermondsey Street. No longer a backwater, the

on a diverse variety of subjects ranging from a

Margate, one in neighbouring Cliftonville, both as

promenade-level lido pool; whilst non bathers were

London Fashion and Textile Museum is around

‘Haptic Guide to Ashford’ , through ‘Collective

a reflection of our interests in regeneration within

catered for in a series of bars, restaurants and

the corner and the ‘Shard’ is coming out of the

Identity’ to a remarkable revisionist history of Victor

the region, and a third alternate in Bermondsey,

ballrooms. This incarnation of the Lido is of the art-

ground just down the road. Our students proposed

Horta’s lost ‘Palace of the People’.

London.

deco seaside architecture tradition of the 1930’s.

a London Archery Centre, an abstract building

We wish the Class of 2010 well!

Now decommissioned and largely derelict and

for an abstracted field-sport, here capitalising on

Each site holds its own special characteristics.

inaccessible it awaits redevelopment plans. What

the vaults beneath the viaducts opposite the site;

Tutors:

‘Margate Town Centre’ represents a very

is truly remarkable is that the Lido is itself a mask

a Ballroom Dancing academy, derived from the

Gerry Adler, Taseer Armand, Timothy Brittain-

challenging urban condition, comprising the site

for a much earlier building, the Cliftonville Steam

analysis of a dance whose rhythm of columns

Catlin, Nick Brown, Tim Carlyle, Gordana Fontana-

of a former department store and adjacent units

Baths. These were honed out of the chalk cliffs and

choreographs the dance of the floor slabs they

Giusti, Howard Griffin, Michael Richards, Thomas

it sits between the High Street and Cecil Square,

faced with flint facades. Remarkably intact these

a now-neglected major civic town-square. At roof

secret subterranean chambers have recently been

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Here four visual ISPs range from the ‘Icons of the

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Anna Carter

Andreas Andreou Absinthe...the Green Fairy...La Fée Verte....no other drink has the same 6 Degas, romantic history - the French Impressionists....Toulouse Lautrec, Manet, Van Gogh....Paris in the Belle Epoque....the cafes of Montmartre.... the muse of writers from Verlaine and Rimbaud to Joyce and Hemingway.

Of course, there’s a darker side to absinthe as well - no other drink has ever roused the same degree of passionate condemnation, and no other drink has ever been banned ..

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Pier-Luigi Del Renzio

Neil William Davies The four uppermost images are a proposal for a new secretariat headquarters

What’s there to say? I’m alive... I think... well just about... I’m fairly warm, my hair is

for Amnesty International. The purpose of the new building is to provide new

shiny, my mind is racing and my eyes are clear. A little more excitement, a little

accommodation for an expanding organisation and to allow greater public access than

more experience and a little more love for my brother and ‘del Renzio & del Renzio’

their current facility allows. The building is clad in recycled rubber over dyed concrete.

will be born and will grow mighty.

The use of rubber reflects the forthright and idiosyncratic nature of the charity. The colours invoke the markings on poison frogs and insects – a warning to wayward oligarchies! The other images are of a housing proposal in Strood, and paintings 6

inspired by an O’Keeffe-esque abstraction through scale.

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3 Longitudinal Section

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Fook Shong Kam Born the forgotten lovechild of Thumbelina and Terry Wogan, Rob’s love for the

The top image shows a multiple housing block containing apartments of varying sizes.

outdoors and creating things naturally led him to pursue a career in architecture. His

The building is passively sustainable, south facing conservatories act as solar heat

work has been featured in exhibits throughout England and Europe, and he has been

collectors, in conjunction with the wind cowls they heat the whole building without the

shortlisted in 2 international competitions. Unbeknown to many his secret dream is to

use of fossil fuels. The other images show a textile museum in Lille. The museum steps

design houses for homeless squirrels, which he feels deserve a fair chance in life.

progressively upwards from the street front, it is clad in Corten steel and concrete so

One day he ate a sandwich.

as to achieve an industrial aesthetic that relates it back to the textile industry it was built to commemorate.

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Georgios Kontalonis The development of the designs has been characterised by a contemporary

It has been a challenging and yet rewarding two-year studying in Kent, the experience

architecture approach. Vaunt- guard and parametric concepts have provided an aim of

is unique and I appreciate all the helps and kindness from all the members of staff.

exploration; setting the basic principal of design methodology and response to social,

The London Centre for the Promotion of Archery Sport project has been a wonderful

cultural, practical and aesthetic parameters. The environments produced are aimed to

experience and a project which I enjoyed from the beginning until the end; and I have

provoke the strict architectural models of modernism through more free organic and

gained a lot from doing this project, thanks to my wonderful tutors.

site generated/responsive designs offering a plethora of articulation during the design process and producing an identity which follows the design form an early stage.

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Katharine Maclean Plant room hell - need to stay later, kids ASDA whizzy AutoCACK 2010, meh.

Margate was Britain’s first seaside resort and in its heyday of the 1920’s and 30’s it

Show club, lines around fish prison. Carrots, Templeman librarian, bath before bed.

provided a vast number of hotels to its visitors. The luxuriousness and high service

Cold water quote, Pav, monumental epic nightmare fail. Keep going its ok, not long,

of the hotels can be seen in the many photographs from this era and is quite the

shower helped, what did you steal today? Oldest bunny architects, normally have

opposite to the offering available in the town today. The Dream Hotel and the

just started. Doing all nighter, blue plastic chair, vodkathon, we are wine bottles,

Tracey Emin School of Arts are my proposals which aim to regenerate and bring

hungry kittens. Insanely long nights, moustache party, more biscuits, 4 o’clock walk,

tourism back to the town.

stupid lines, extra brain cells, Hawaii, cheeky brew.

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1 3D Visual of Margate Heritage Museum

1 Japanese Tea House 2008/2009

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2 Public Library 2009/2010

3 3D Visual of Music School in Kent University Campus 4 3D Panoramic view of Music School in Kent University Campus

Stelios Moschopoulos

Yusuke Nishimura My aim as an architect is to design and create buildings that will upgrade the

It was great to study in Canterbury. It was my pleasure to meet all people who I studied

standards of Architecture today. Improved living conditions, sustainability and

and played with. All those good memories will stay with me forever! Thank you all my

new technological methods are used to promote my designs. If you love and show

friends and tutors! Hope we will meet again!

dedication in what you do, one will always achieve his or her goals. My view is that, whoever has good taste in Architecture has good taste in everything.

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1 Ashford soundscape study

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2 Postcard memories of Margate 1905-1967

2 Perspective section

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3 A mputee Rehabilitation Centre - long section

3 Main dance space

4 Margate in a box - for instant nostalgia take a whiff

4 Sand model of ceiling

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The experience, interpretation and sensory perceptions of a town are subjective, how

Says right here in me book, my 2 years in the concrete windowless box. Ridiculous

has this phenomena been recorded, measured and reflected upon in critical theory?

amounts of tea and far too many essentials sandwiches 4 o clock walk. Isn’t a spider

The ‘soundscape’ of Ashford is part of my dissertation for the creation of a haptic

just a head! Overheating. How big is it? Umm 12 Doublehead! Starfish don’t do

guide of the town. The Amputee Rehabilitation Centre is nested in the urban grain of

anything, they just have a little sit down. Lots of sweets then some cold water then

Margate’s economically challenged high street. Imbalance and intersection create in-

some more sweets and cold water… why am I not staying awake. Hysterical laughter

between spaces for circulation. The human and building juncture form bio-integration.

with some brilliant friends and definitely no seagulls.

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Dimitris Spiliotopoulos Talking in general about the approach that was taken in order to complete this design it is very important to notice that my main concern about this idea was how to step from a very conceptual stage to a more realistic project. This study was carried out through further exploration of spatial needs but always in relation to conceptual ideas. I think that the main outcome of this project is that in contrast to many other projects I have been involved with that were carried out in a more virtual reality concept, this project has tried to achieve a combination of virtual and real life factors.

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Stefan Vara

Sara Tilley Architecture… the great handwriting of the human race…

Med dessa få ord skulle vilja tacka alla mina kolleger för två fantastiska åren vi studerat

Men planted a stone upright, it was a letter, and each letter was a hieroglyph, and upon

tillsammans, kommer aldrig att glömma er, TACK!

each hieroglyph rested a group of ideas, like the capital on the column [and] fixed all

Ett stort tack till Michael Richards.

this floating symbolism in an eternal, visible, palpable form.

This book, written by architecture, must be admired and perused incessantly; but the grandeur of the edifice which printing erects in its turn must not be denied.

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Konstantinos Ventouras The project shown above is my proposal for the Major Design Project issued from the University of Kent. For this project I proposed the design of a School of Art located in the town of Margate. The school will play a major role in the upgrade and renewal of Margate. It will help enhance the town and provide higher level education. As an architect I believe that a strong concept will not only help during the design level of a building but also during its operation

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the centre of the network; it fostered a new kind of

as to starter designers. A small number of designers/

urbanism in the area surrounding the new Lille Europe

artisans in residence would be accommodated in on-

station by engaging Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas as

site apartments. Of course, what cultural centre would

masterplanner; and finally it embarked on a vigorous

be complete without its cafe and shop?

campaign to conserve its architectural heritage, and Buckland Mill Housing, Dover

This year’s exhibition showcases the burgeoning

of the Modular project. The project began with a

and prolific BA Hons Architecture through stage 1

masterplanning exercise, instilling group working skills

a series of Maisons Folies – creative and imaginative

This module explores housing; firstly as a single unit;

which we share with the Interiors programme. These

in our students, an important precursor to the year-out

reworkings of redundant industrial structures to form

secondly in the context of a masterplan for an urban

experience for which I wish them well.

local arts and community centres. In the modern

community; and lastly as a specific housing type – the

period Lille has been a predominantly left-wing city,

multiple unit, as a set of apartments in a housing block

virtual sense, with their models of seminal houses

The growing numbers of students on the programme

and still prides itself on its industrial past. Some of

on an urban scale. The key themes of the module are

from the last 100 years. Stage 2 students stayed in

have now fed through to the large cohort in current

the greatest works of Realist literature such as Emile

designing for people, the concept of modularity in

stage 3, and I am pleased to say that quality has

Zola’s Germinal (1885) are set in the region, and evoke

design and planning; the principles of sustainability;

then extending their scope to a mixed landscape on

increased in step with quantity. This year you will see

bitter struggles between the forces of capital and the

and the use of modular and off-site construction

the fringes of the University campus. Our engagement

a higher proportion than ever of top class work, with

workers.

technologies.

with Longfield School in Kent, continued with one

innovation and exploration matching the competence

Canterbury, reimagining a city pub as a cinema, and

group of stage 2 students working to develop their sports facilities.

In the first phase of the project you will produce, very

and realism for which the School is known. Good luck

You are asked to make proposals for a national

quickly, the design of a single unit – a studio flat – as a

it was a pleasure teaching you, and I hope to hear

textile centre. This is to comprise a museum of textile

way of exploring the potentialities and possibilities for

great things of you.

production, both industrial and artisanal (think looms,

commodity, firmness, stewardship and delight 1 in this

We focused our fieldtrip for stages 2 and 3 by offering

knitting machines etc.). In addition you are to provide

building type. In the second phase of the module you

Vienna in February. These cold but bright five days

Gerald Adler

galleries (permanent and temporary exhibitions) of

work in teams to produce a masterplan for a number

BA Architecture Programme Director

historic and contemporary textiles, with artefacts

of buildings in a particular urban context. This work

enriched the urban sensibilities of stage 3 students

ranging from lace, to knitting, to cotton, wool and

may be your first taste of urban design, where the

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linen fabrics, to other types such as felt. This relates

shaping of spaces between buildings takes primacy

Textile Centre, Wazemmes

to the rich Lille industrial history of textile production.

over the design of individual buildings. In phase III,

transported us beyond our familiar English environs

Lille is the principal city of northern France; together

The centre will be the national locus for learning

following the masterplan, you will be required as

compelling an engagement with continental urbanism.

with its near neighbours, Roubaix and Tourcoing – hard

about textiles; to that end you are asked to provide an

individuals to develop in detail the design of one or

Through this we re-cemented our relationship

by the border with Belgium – it forms the modern-day

archive of textiles in addition to a library, open to the

part of an individual residential building. Energy and

conurbation that has sought to reinvent itself over the

public as well as to artisans. (A precedent would be

environmental assessment methods will be learned

were instrumental in setting up the project. In the

last quarter-century as a dynamic and diverse centre

the British Architectural Library at the RIBA.) Public and

and applied.

autumn term we focused on Dover for the location

of its region. Under the leadership of its recent mayors,

professional lectures and presentations should also

Pierre Mauroy and Martine Aubry, Lille has taken great

be catered for in a suite of seminar rooms and lecture

strides to be one of the foremost regional French cities.

theatres. In addition the brief calls for small-scale

It embraced the rail link connecting Paris, Brussels

artisans’ workshops and ateliers, for private/subsidised

and London, and secured Lille as the hub station at

rent to recent textiles and fashion graduates, as well

when they got into the design of their final project for a textile centre in Wazemmes, a gritty but lively area of Lille. The intense one-day visit to the site instantly

with the Lille School of Architecture, whose staff

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James Abbott

Suroor Agarwal “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

“Architecture is of the users, by the users and for the users.” The reason I wish to

Muhammad Ali

become part of the architectural world is because of the high degree of satisfaction achieved from it. I have not come across any other profession which is so closely related to the day to day life of their clients. In my career, I wish to obviously serve myself by serving my clients. However, I wish to continually serve the society along with it to the extent I can. Everyone in this world deserves a warm place they can call their home.

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Amna Ahmed Omer Three years have gone by so fast; there were many difficult times. I am very very grateful to all the staff, as I have learnt an enormous amount.

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Now that I have come to the end of my three years at The Kent School of Architecture I

Over the last three years it has been amazing working with such creative people.

can say that it has been a great experience, not only due to the course but also all the

Although it has been stressful at times, I have enjoyed learning along side my fellow

relationships that have developed over the years. At times it has been difficult but it is

friends and students, even when we hid in the toilets on late nights in the studio!

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Madelaine Allen 

learning how to overcome those times that university is all about. It has been a great learning experience which I plan continuing to build on after I leave university.

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Ana Becheru I believe that architecture can affect the way in which people live their lives, with good

Defined by the sciences of psychology as an organism’s ability to store, retain, and

architecture therefore providing a positive impact on everyday life. In the future I aim

recall information, memory can easily be compared to urban settlements. In Marc

to design influential pieces of architecture both in the public and private domains. I

Augé’s vision, highways, airports, train stations, rapid transport, vending machines,

have enjoyed my time studying at KSA for the past 3 years, I learnt much and gained

supermarkets, malls, in other words, the spaces of our contemporary times have

many skills, and wish all my fellow students the best of luck. An extensive portfolio is

nothing in common with the historical places that precede them. Both this year’s

available at cpadesign.110mb.com.

projects present an attempt towards the challenge of creating meaningful spaces in relationship to context.

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Joshua Blackledge The past 3 years at the Kent School of Architecture have been some of the most

My three years at Kent have given me the design skills required to achieve great things

challenging, demanding and tiring of my short life, yet they have also been some of

through my architecture. The projects ‘Urban’ and ‘Modular’ are highlighted in these

the most exciting and rewarding times. You learn quickly that architecture isn’t just a

images and show briefly my designs. The apartments shown in Modular are centred

discipline that requires creativity. Responsibility and understanding the physical nature

around a courtyard that gives a sense of community. Bringing residents together. In

of your imagination are just as important as the theory behind it.

Urban, an atrium joins the separate museum spaces into one central core. Through hard work, a love of design and willingness to learn I hope to achieve great things in the future.

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WE MADE IT! We survived! I’ve had an amazing three years with all of you, and I wish

For my design projects one of the first things I do is look back to precedents that relate

you all good luck for the future. I expect to see some of your masterpieces dotted in

to the buildings usage and my concept. Architecture can use previous historic styles to

and around London in 10 to 15 years time, and most definitely expect an invite to the

inspire and create new pieces of design.

grand openings!

My Urban project uses the historic idea of the central urban courtyard from Greek

Take care everyone, lots of love

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Ross Dannmayr My main ethos with regards to architectural design is to view a building and its

The Final year in my architectural degree has allowed me to explore the relationship

surrounding space as a mutual whole. The symbiotic relationship between the positive

between the individual, the building and the context of the pronounced situation.

and the negative is, to me, more important than achieving monumentality of form.

Working on the major design project I have become aware of the conflicts within an

I have been inpired by Alvar Aalto’s humanist approach to modernism and how he

urban setting and have gained the relevant skills to problem solve within architectural

manipulates outdoor space to respond to people. These principles have shaped much

practice. The Modular project gave me a vast awareness of the significance of

of my recent work, and I expect they will continue to do so for as long as I am still

sustainability in architecture and the integral role it must play in the future of society.

designing.

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Samir Dedarally My time studying architecture has been enjoyable and exciting. I have grown as a

For me, architecture is a universal language that can be understood by anyone and

person and have developed my skills of conscious design towards a profession

everyone. It deals with emotion, current concerns, the internal/external environment,

that will enhance quality of life for others. To challenge myself and succeed is an

comfort, form and aesthetics… in other words… everything! It allows voices to be

achievement of which I have felt from the past three years and wish to strive to reach

heard and recognised through designing, planning and of course, buildings. What I

higher goals in my career as an Architect.

enjoy mostly about architecture is its flexibility and adaptability to any environment.

It allows me to travel, understand and learn about different cultures. This why I have chosen the long and fascinating pathway of the architect.

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Richard Dennis The purpose behind the accommodation housing block was to regenerate the derelict site in Dover with a modern glass and metal panelled façade system, influenced by projects from ‘Foster’s and Partners’, that gives the building a more imposing feel when approached. The idea behind the national textile centre design was to break up the authoritive Beaux Art tradition of façades throughout Lille to create a juxtaposing building shape non compliant to the regimented building designs that hug to the boarders of the site boundaries.

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James Doherty “The meaning lies in the use” (Wittgenstein). My design for a public, working museum seeks to integrate with the urban fabric of Lille; from the mansard roofed accommodation that houses the artists in residence, with their workshops and accompanying retail outlet, through to the courtyard plan with a public gallery at its heart. Again a communal courtyard influenced my modular housing scheme.

Whilst the design for a winery strings together separate facilities, each with their own passively controlled environments and laces them beneath the hillside.

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Sara Dowle Hello.

Having turned up on the first day with scale ruler in hand, I can’t believe how much we’ve learned in the past 3 years. It has been the most challenging thing I’ve done so far but I have so many memories with the amazing people I’ve met and the trips we have been on. Good luck everyone, can’t wait to hear about where we’ll all be in 5 year time...!

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Matthew Downey According to Schinkel “Without drawing, there is no architecture”. This is a key phrase as drawing is such a fundamental and crucial element to an architectural design and progression of work. The figures above become identified through and inhabit a buildings abstract speculation and geometry through drawings. The vision was to design and provide a set of proposals which would enhance the quality of culture, community and form a vibrant and realistic illustration.

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The play of materiality and the way in which it informs our perception of a space

Sat at the top of the Gherkin (30 St Marys Axe, Norman Foster) is definitively the

is always of the upmost importance in the work. As well as this, the attention and

moment that I knew that architecture was unquestionably the career path for me.

manipulation of every sense is something that is of a major interest of exploration.

The art of designing a building of structure is captivating. A building can communicate

From the perception of space solely through sound, to the manipulation of

with a location and people on so many levels, be it fitting into the urban fabric,

transparency in a facade through light, this degree has allowed for the exploration of

to generating an area, to something as simple as being aesthetically pleasing.

these concepts, and in return forming them into feasible schemes and artefacts.

Architecture is still a passion and it never ceases to enthral, fascinate and excite me.

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Christopher Flavin Studying architecture is a bit like boot camp for the marines. All those shared

During my time at the Kent School of Architecture I have developed a strong interest

challenges have a way of exposing strengths and weaknesses for the entire class.

in the use of colour. The images here highlight the different methods of using colour

When studying architecture you must ‘DO’, not just read and regurgitate. Technical

in my work; the courses and strips of colour in the bricks and louvres of my Urban

correctness is not the only piece of the puzzle...showmanship, graphic prowess,

museum project, the gradual gradient of colour around my Modular housing project,

radical risk taking...it has all played a part in a tough but wholeheartedly fulfilling

and the spectrum of colour on my KASA Pavilion.

learning experience.

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Howard Fox “You just have to accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.”

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Natasha Fulcher For Stage 3, this year I have taken an approach to look at each brief individually, the two main projects were a set of Modular Flats and a Textiles Centre.

In the buildings I have designed I have tried to integrate all elements together, looking ant structure, the environment and services from an early stage.

An important aspect to my work is the use of 3D Studio Max, creating both exterior and interior renders to help ‘sell’ the scheme.

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Elizabeth Garlick Completing the degree in Architecture has established a thorough understanding of computer imagery and hand drafting to produce high quality graphic and informative presentations. An area of particular success and enjoyment has been the detailing of the technology and environmental design required to conceive a concept. I wish everyone good luck in their future endeavours.

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Shane Gavin  The design for the Modular Housing Project focuses on sustainability and environmental issues, while producing an affordable and appropriate sized scheme.

Recycled shipping containers make up the structure of the apartments, and provide an external garden area for each of the apartments. The focus of the design for the Urban Textile Gallery Project was the expression of the dramatic form. The long thin windows stretch around the twisting facades; the concept for this form inspired by the way the threads are pulled into old textile looms.

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Benjamin Gregory In-between working round the clock to meet impossible never-ending deadlines, and

The top image shows a multiple housing block containing apartments of varying sizes.

cramming my head with knowledge and information, I’ve still managed to find the

The building is passively sustainable, south facing conservatories act as solar heat

time to have a lot of fun and make some amazing friends along the way. I’ll miss my

collectors, in conjunction with the wind cowls they heat the whole building without the

time with everyone and travelling Europe together! I hope to stay in touch with a lot of

use of fossil fuels. The other images show a textile museum in Lille. The museum steps

you, and when you all get married years down the line, look me up when you need a

progressively upwards from the street front, it is clad in Corten steel and concrete so

wedding photographer! (www.joegilbertphotography.co.uk)

as to achieve an industrial aesthetic that relates it back to the textile industry it was built to commemorate.

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The proposal is the design of a modular sustainable housing development in a

the course here at KSA was a career change for me. The chance to show more

suburban environment. I have a passion for art and design, particularly housing

individuality and creativity is exactly what I had craved in my profession. The diversity

designs in an urban environment and sustainable architecture interests me the most

of the design projects and the historical knowledge gained from the research modules

as an architecture student. Affordable sustainable housing and bringing communities

has helped to develop my design, drawing and computer skills and in turn built my

together that are friendly to the environment and healthy are the major considerations

enthusiasm and confidence. I look forward to working again in a team orientated,

in my design. I enjoy using 2D CAD software, Photoshop, 3D studio max, and

fast paced professional environment.

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Tobias Hoskin Parr Three years of Architectural education at Kent has taught me many things; a few

Over the past three years KSA have developed my architectural abilities through

things really stand out: If you love it you’ll do it no matter what the obstacles are and

a range of smaller design tasks, essays and large design projects. They have

overcoming the challenges make the rewards richer; you carry architecture everywhere

encouraged a range of media and have supported students who wish to use mixed

with you, it’s inescapable! You take notice of seemingly unimportant things and your

media and hand drawing. There is a wide range of styles and approaches to design

friends think you’re mad! Finally Architecture is certainly not a 9-5 profession!

within the school which demonstrates the diversity of the student population and open mindedness from the tutors. It has been an enjoyable and challenging experience.

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Studying architecture at Kent has been thoroughly enjoyable, and the variation of

a Museum for the production of textiles in Lille. The aim of my design was to retain

projects throughout the three years has allowed me to obtain many new skills. I am

a sense of the industrial nature of the building on the exterior, by choosing form and

an individual who thrives off having new challenges and goals, and am committed in

materials to resemble a factory or warehouse, but making it modern too, by using

everything I do. Time management is vital to succed as an architect, and is something

anodized matt aluminium as the building skin. The complex takes up the entire site,

that I have learnt whilst studying architecture alongside various extra curiccular

but in doing so, economises on circulation space, as any circulation space within the

activities, including representing the university throughout my degree as a member of

building acts also as a gallery space.

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Daniel Johnson Modular invited the potential to create a building that would harmonise with the environment and incorporate repeated modules of accommodation within. The city of Lille was the subject of creating a textiles centre within its urban fabric. This large scale project was approached from an understanding of the site, identifying the need for a public space to be created and a visual impact to the corner of the site. This analysis was incorporated in the design from its outset and developed to the final scheme.

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Derin Kinacigil Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one’s entire life”

The Urban and Modular schemes form distinct relationships between their built forms,

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and their urban setting. The Modular scheme creates public avenues through the building, becoming part of the urban environment. The Urban scheme presents a

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sensitive and contextual approach to designing a textiles centre in a densely urban

out of the studio, with our Red bulls mixed with something else before and after our

environment, providing the city with a landmark building, fitting to celebrate the

crits. Best of luck guys.

tradition of textiles production in Wazemmes. The textiles centre responds to its urban

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My time at the Kent School of Architecture has been one of both enjoyment and

I am intent on inspiring curiosity and inquisitiveness within the visitor in the spaces

enduring disposition. I have been taught the ethics of the architect from conceptual

that I design. The overlapping planes that interact in my work highlight captivating

design to the method of cutting foam board without losing a finger.

emotions which the national textile centre evokes; this can be seen where ‘things’ are

I am now keen to continue my studies with 12 months experience in a professional

either observed or respectively not observed.

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practice in contemplation of further developing my knowledge and technical ability.

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Matthew Lippiatt The Urban design project allowed me as a design student to bring together all of the skills learnt in my degree, to create a successful competent design. The Textiles Centre reaches out and interacts with its urban environment. It aims to be a monumental structure that clearly separates public and private functions, in-turn forming a series

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Katherine Livermore “A well-spent day brings happy sleep” Leonardo da Vinci

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Joseph Mann I would like to thank everybody involved in the great experience I have had studying architecture at the University of Kent. To create architecture of the future and leave my mark on the world is very exciting and I hope to use the skills that I have learnt in order to do so.

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My favourite module throughout the course has been Urban as it gave us a chance for

The main feature of my proposal for a textile museum in Lille was the use of a courtyard

us to show off what we can do, but I did also enjoy working in a group with the master-

scheme which, while allowing plenty of natural light to penetrate the square plan, also

planning aspect of Modular. I have really enjoyed my three years here at the University

allows for efficient planning, a clear route around the building and the opportunity for

of Kent, the course has been both challenging and enjoyable and we have all learnt

passive ventilation. I used corten steel panelling to create a contemporary facade for

and developed so much.

the building which relates back to the sites industrial past, and still binds it with the

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Olympia Nicholaou Passion for architecture and determination to succeed has been my approach to work during my three years at the Kent School of Architecture. I have taken a logical approach to projects, working methodically from concept to the final design proposal.

I would like to thank my tutors, lecturers and say goodbye to the class of 2010. The last

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Haroon Noon After 3 years of studying at Kent, the time has arrived to go out into the big world and

To describe the last 3 years as a rollercoaster ride would be an understatement. It’s

gain hands on experience to see what working with architects is truly like. I feel that the

been a journey that at times has inspired and motivated me, with moments of utter

school has fully prepared me for the stress and demands of the trade, and makes me

chaos and panic. I have learnt about group-working, time-management, and most

all that more excited to pursue my career. During my time at Kent I have learnt skills

importantly I’ve realised my strengths and interests within architecture- taking away

that I never knew I could do and made a group of friends for life.

with me not just the knowledge but the countless memories shared by a group of people that will be greatly missed.

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Carmelia Paramasivan Throughout my 3 years at the University of Kent I have learnt many lessons in life. I have met some of the most creative people and I wish them the very best for the future.

The studio has given me some of the best nights of my life… best nights of my life on this spiritual, cultural, political exchange.

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‘Architecture is a social act and the material theatre of human activity’ Spiro Kostof

Every design project is it’s own entity and requires a distinctive touch. I have expressed

My Urban scheme for a textiles museum in Lille aims to re-engage the site with its local

this in all my designs this year to create to contrasting schemes for both Modular and

surroundings. The concept that architecture can facilitate the regeneration of an area

Urban. The aim of modular was to rejuvenate and re-invent a part of Dover in dire need

while becoming an integral part of it drove my design process. Museums can serve as

of regeneration. I sought to express this in the bright colour clad which gave the site a

community hubs providing spaces for public encounters where people can come to

real sense of identity within my residential scheme. For my Urban project,

enjoy the exhibitions or purely to meet up and relax. Through its numerous busy streets

I investigated both how people interact within a museum to gain the most out of it,

and piazzas the museum itself becomes an analogy of the city and urban life.

and how to draw people into the museum without giving too much away.

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Joshua Phipps I would like to thank Brian Wood and Kevin Smith for their help and advice, I really

For 94670778 seconds I have been working towards one day, for one purpose.

appreciate it!! And how could I not mention my favourite tutors ever, Mr Gardner and

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to live.

Mr Seaber, ALWAYS there for the students, I can’t thank you enough. I want to thank Mark and my family for their emotional support in difficult times. And thanks to that special someone who I adore and cherish, I will never forget you...unforgettable...that’s what you are...

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Sam Rigby My proposal for a textiles museum explores structural expressionism and includes the

You’ve got to hold and give, But do it at the right time, You can be slow or fast, But you

design of a structural folded plate roof. The concept behind this was to create large

must get to the line, Catch me if you can, Cos’ I’m the England man, And what you’re

open and uncluttered internal spaces whilst also creating a sculptural and interesting

looking at, Is the master plan, We ain’t no hooligans, This ain’t a football song, Three

external facade. The challenge was also how to merge a contemporary building of

lions on my chest, I know we can’t go wrong.

significance in with its local context. I did this by creating an active street frontage to

behave like a traditional French street and by limiting the vertical massing, binding it

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with its immediate surroundings, both in terms of form and function.

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Avishek Subba I’ve considered the issues of global warming and environmental conservation while developing my schemes. I’ve used technology and considered how it can be used for the purpose of reducing green house effect. Sustainable development where nature could flourish alongside the need for industrial development is the main theme of my design. Articulated spaces with regular organized plans that create simplicity are the main features for my design. I think it is our obligation to encourage use of materials that can be recycled and reused for a better, healthier life for future generations.

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Ehren Trzebiatowski For my urban project I concentrated my design on space, lighting and circulation.

I therefore experimented with developing designs and models in understanding the issues which concern public activity and what must be taken into consideration of movement, social activates, and most importantly in making this museum a joyful experience while admiring the textile exhibitions. To gain a degree in BA honours of Architecture is a great achievement as it has been a personnel challenge with an interesting journey of experience and insight in the designing world.

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Growing up I have been surrounded by the possibilities of growth for the urban

Three years has gone so quickly, time flies when you are having fun.

environment through regeneration. This constant strive for improvement has lead to

Well done and good luck in the future everyone!

a keen interest in urban fabric with concerns of developing responsive architecture

PEACE OUT!

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based on programmatic analysis at both the macro and micro scales. My third year work looked at existing urban grain and density. I wanted to look at the street as a threshold to lively communities to enhance the experience of civic architecture through new development proposals.

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Victoria Weatherall Studying Architecture has been a personal challenge for me (being more of

Although my degree experience has been extremely challenging, it has enabled

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me to become a stronger person and provided me with skills in which to continue

related subjects, such as photography that I would like to pursue from here on.

within a professional environment. In both Urban and Modular projects I have been

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Christian Wren A confession by Christian Wren. Every time Campus Watch came to throw us out of

From the beginning to the end of my three years, the studying has taken the place

Studio 2 at 10pm over the Easter holiday period, we hid in Marlowe and snuck back in.

of many things in my life, none of which I would seek to recover as this educational

We did this every day. Sorry Don.

journey has been, despite its difficulties, truly life shaping. To the friends I have made I hope that I have supported you as much as you have me but my ultimate thanks go to those tutors that have instilled in me the love of architecture in all its forms and given me the desire to go the full distance. I hope that I can realise their faith in me, I shall certainly be giving it my all.

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Evolution – A Space Odyssey

important aspect of the project required the designers

Event

Who’s there? Arthur C Clarke, 2001 Diary

to refine their own working brief and conceptual

You are here – Telling Tales

The task was to provide a habitable interior for an

framework before developing detailed proposals.

The task was to design an exhibition structure or

orbiting, zero-gravity space hotel module. The client

system that would exhibit a number of pieces of

required that the facility provide an ambience for the

Spaces of Uncertainty

design art, installations or furniture by one designer.

perfect vacation getaway. The space tourists who

The designers have explored the meaning of the

The proposed exhibition was to be housed at the V&A

would use the facility are those who will be in perfect

spatial relationships in these projects in varied ways.

Museum: the Grand Entrance or the Porter Gallery. The

harmony with their inner space and outer space.

It has been explored through a personal visual

exhibition makers were asked to adopt a curatorial view

They are at one with their bodies and minds and the

explanation by Laura van Beek in her Delft Tiles;

on the exhibition strategy and to employ a narrative as

ecology of their environment. They view themselves

through the intricate complexity and contradiction of

a conceptual framework.

as organisms of gaia. They are accustomed to

Joanna Christodoulou’s Offal Wedding Dress; the

From the start of humankind, we have been trying

The proposals show different approaches and in many

regular purges of toxins from their bodies by diet and

intangible silent language of Kayley Barnes’ Wellness

to understand the world around us. In our search

cases continue the research and design analysis that

exercise. They regularly practice dance, tai chi, yoga,

Space and the hidden dimension of Rebecca Lilley’s

for reasons behind our behaviour, we try to theorize

was made into the selected designer and objects,

pranayama, transcendental meditation and other tantric

Soundscape. A rich visceral experience of space time

things. Our well-developed brains are not fulfilled by

either using the methodology of construction of the

body and mind isometric exercises, experiments and

and architecture is demonstrated by Laura Horton in

just thinking about essential life actions like eating

object to influence the display arrangements and

exertions. The space hotel /space spa is to provide a

her Body Club and an intertwined and interwoven art

and breeding. We have many questions, and with

configuration or reference to the discussions about

habitat for new-age travel par excellence.

of travel by Rosie Alp’s Music Space. Leah Watson

questions answers have to follow. The answers

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has cast new illuminations in her Student Bar and Major Work - Culture Club: Layers of Uncertainty

Emily Alldritt proposes would-be worlds in her

how to look and what to see... The world around us

Evolution - Billenium

Ceci n’est pas une pipe.

Garden of England Club. Emily Thomson explores the

can enthuse us; the art is to see that.’

Future Tense..?

The Major Project for the year was a ‘live’ project for

mythologies of interior spatial practice while Belinda

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In his short story “Billenium”, J.G.Ballard describes

the re-vamping of the University of Kent social and

Currie highlights the pluralism and adhocism of interior

a future urban dystopia where food shortage and

music venue. The initial concept had been developed

architecture. Mariam Iqbal has narrated her Third

This year’s Interiors students have responded to a

population growth have combined to force mankind

and tested via an online survey, focus groups, staff

Space of cultural identity through her conscience of the

period of uncertainty in the profession and in education

into living in increasingly smaller spaces. Tiny cubicles

forums and presentations to both Union Council

eye. Matt Constantinou’s skateboarders adopt guerrilla

by reflecting and telling tales. Story-telling has been a

of 4 square metres are all that a single person is

and General Meeting. It was proposed that the

tactics with graffiti and a lexicon of globish to surf

source of motivation and inspiration. Habitable space

allowed. The central character, Ward, a librarian, lives

existing ‘Venue’ would be split into two separate but

Travels in Hyperreality in and out of the Venue Club.

and spatial configurations may be understood as

in a plywood box on a public staircase. He and his

inter-connecting clubs both focused on offering live

Finally, through a unique language of vision a species

narrative. This may extend from the space of exhibitions

friends eat standing up in crowded food bars while

entertainment and performance. The ‘Lighthouse’

of spaces of uncertainty is sensitively navigated and

to the space of cities and to space in outer space.

thousands throng the streets each night on their way to

would become a destination in its own right and would

explored in the new Lighthouse by Sara Shihabi.

Narrative has figured strongly in the design projects

stadiums where events are broadcast on vast screens.

offer live music and would look to increase capacity

for 2009-10. Students have attempted to grasp the

Their perception of space is totally conditioned by

by renovating the current space. The existing ‘Venue’

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this intensely overcrowded (to our minds) condition.

and ‘Balcony’ would become a club on its own and

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of interiors and spatial relationships - or how the former

Yet to them this is, though inconvenient, all perfectly

the Balcony would be repositioned as the feeder bar

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is embodied in the latter. That understanding has been

normal. When faced with the luxury of extra space,

to the ‘Venue’.

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pursued at all scales: from exhibition rooms for design

they become disconcerted and confused. The spaces

artists at the Victoria and Albert Museum to the ‘live’

described in Ballard’s story are the generators for this

This project required the designers to study and review

project for a music, social and night-club venue for the

project.

the ‘The Venue Review Concept Document – Business

microcosmic urban setting of the University of Kent at

Plan’ and to propose detailed designs that addressed

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and developed the schedule contained within it. An

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Kayley Barnes “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and

The above illustrations are three years of my life, at the University of Kent, three

power and magic in it”.

imaginative and creative years that I have enjoyed a lot. Having finished my studies here, I am confident in saying that I am looking forward to the years to come...

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Laura Horton “I have a message for all my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I’ve found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a winner.”

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“All designs are connected to the past. History informs design, and without history we

Gaining knowledge of designers and architects from Asia and Africa has created

cannot begin to design or understand the context in which we need to design.”

a new sense of appreciation for alternative ways in crafting and creating space.

When designing anything of any scale, the first and most important step is

I’ve learned the richness in science and innovation such regions have to offer, and

researching, understanding and acting on what you find. I always use my combined

hope to continue spatially manifesting themes learned from this throughout my work.

passion for design and history to inform everything that I do. I am never more happy

Learn. Value. Unite. Emancipate. Gaza.

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Mark Twain “I do not fear failure. I only fear the “slowing up” of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, “Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?”

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Leah Watson To my parents who supported me, To the staff that taught me, And to all of my friends who kept me sane; A really big thank you!

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EXIT COmmittee The Kent School of Architecture is 5 years old this summer and I wanted to ensure that the end of year show and catalogue celebrated this by being the best yet. To this end, I created the EXIT committee and invited students from Stages 3 and 5 to join the group.

The remit of this group was to design, organise and oversee the end of year show and catalogue, placing an emphasis student involvement throughout the school. Meeting regularly throughout the year, the committee discussed theme, design, sponsorship, entertainment, etc. Liaising with the catalogue designer Lucy Cresser from Q-Creative, the group continued the theme of Reduce, Reuse & Recycle into the styling and creation of this catalogue.

The inventive exhibition displayed and this catalogue, echoing the theme of the show, are determination of the committee and its members.

I must thank you all for your hard work, but most of all I would like to thank you for your support in the

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tribute to the aspiration, endeavour and sheer

face of adversity, your humility and friendship.

Stage 5: Pier-Luigi del Renzio, Kate Maclean, Heather Pavitt, Ryan Manton Stage 3: Lucy Healy, Katie Livermore, Laura Noble, Emily Thomson and, of course, Kevin Smith.

Thank you, all of you.

Howard Griffin EXIT Committee Chairman.

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In the autumn Stage 4 MArch students crossed

selected film-stills from Blow-Up persuaded us to

disciplinary boundaries and became particularly

reopening the murder case implied in Blow-Up. Our

concerned with the photographic image. We began

investigations established connections with Vertigo

to think about what an understanding of film could

(1956), Bullitt (1968), and The Conversation (1974),

do for an understanding of architecture. Our studio

and in October we travelled to San Francisco

sought out how the two are linked. Our critical

following leads in pursuit of ‘an architecture of the

guide book was David Bordwell’s text on film theory

subjective’.

and criticism, Making Meaning1.

There we ‘checked-in’ to the very hotel rooms Having watched Antonioni’s seminal film Blow-Up

used for the murder(?) in Coppola’s homage to

“In October 2009 I travelled with the Stage 4 MArch

Away from architecture, we were able to sample

(1966), Stage 4 became film-pilgrims. Locations

Blow-Up, the night before the hotel closed forever!

to San Francisco as part of our project to design a

the rich culture San Francisco offers: wine tasting in

were (re)scouted in St. James, Victoria, Chelsea,

Having participated in MArch Crits at UC Berkeley,

film institute. For a place so synonymous with the

the Napa valley; getting down with our hippy roots

Holland Park and Woolwich, London. Our day

we recreated the car chase in Bullitt; on bicycles,

silver-screen, it was exciting to be able to finally be

in the Haight; giving the Americans a run for their

started at Alison and Peter Smithson’s The

then took a road trip across northern California to

a part of the action.

money with our Halloween costumes; and cycling

Economist Plaza, where the film begins, and

improvised as dusk fell, a voyeuristic photographic

the Bullitt car chase, ending up across the bay after

roughly followed the narrative sequence of the

shoot of Herzog and de Meuron’s Dominus Winery

As well as being part of our studies, the trip also

film to an imagined late-afternoon tennis game

in Napa.

presented us with a good opportunity to experience

in Maryon Park. We took home-made Pinhole

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cameras to photograph events which we would

Examples of our ‘Blow-Up’ photogrammetric

later develop in our own darkroom. We then

investigations, architecture of the subjective, and

employed photogrammetric drawing techniques

the subsequent designs for American Zoetrope

to reverse-construct scaled drawings and models

Analogue Studios in San Francisco and London

of the film-locations captured with our pinhole

are exhibited outside our darkroom on the first floor

cameras. A parallel forensic exercise using critically

of the Architecture School.

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traversing the Golden Gate Bridge.

the varied architecture of San Francisco, such as

Most valuable of all though, was the chance to

great work by Renzo Piano, Herzog & de Meuron,

travel with new and old friends, offering a great

and Morphosis.

opportunity to get to know one another and get focused after a year out”.

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Urban Landscapes In the Spring Stage 4 focused the attention on

we benefitted from the insight of local architect

mixed-use proposals for sustainable housing

Minor Design Studio Leaders:

Folkestone. We were particularly interested in

Roger Joyce, and presentation by Terry Farrell &

combined with other social drivers, whilst the other

Nick Brown, Michael Richards

the regeneration potential of Folkestone’s post-

Partners architects, who are currently developing

pathway engaged with the notion of aqua-culture

Urban Landscape Studio Pathway Leaders:

industrial, post-leisure harbour and the adjacent

their own master-plan for Folkestone. Subsequent

and passive energy as they speculated on designs

Jef Smith, Thomas Wensing

sea front.

work of Stage 4 stands as a fascinating parallel,

for a new urban Marine Biology Centre. Examples

anticipator, and even challenge to Farrell’s ‘live

of the work produced are also exhibited on the first

Tutors: Keith Bothwell, Tim Carlyle,

brief’.

floor of the Architecture Building.

Gordana Fontana-Giusti, Chris Gardner,

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of existing and past proposals. The resulting

Teams dissolved to allow each individual to develop

master-plans were catalysed through an intensive

areas of special interest. Students self-selected

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Architecture students broaden their horizons in their second year and engage with complex and demanding sites. The first design project of the year is entitled ‘Adapt and Extend’, and requires existing building with a demanding brief. This year we designed a cinema above the curved facade of the old Roundhouse pub near Canterbury East station.

Advanced Computer Modelling provides the The second project, ‘Landscape’, requires thinking

opportunity for Stage 2 students to equip

on a large scale; a building is designed as a

themselves with the necessary skills in computer

component of an overall landscape scheme, with

visulalisation software, whilst allowing them to use

emphasis on sustainable construction and long-

their design work in Adapt & Extend as a vehicle to

term thinking. For this project students designed

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craft workshops for teaching sustainability skills

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(for resilience and self-reliance)and a productive

This year Stage 2 students got to grips with the

landscape for a site on our campus. Both projects

software and the task in hand to produce a rich

were accompanied by exercises in technological,

collection of vivid imagery that left many other

constructional and environmental design.

students in the school in awe of their skills.

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“Play… is of a higher

Stage 2 Interiors programmes have continued

This year’s Stage 2 Interiors students also had a

order than seriousness.

explorations have continued explorations into the

marked level of success and recognition from

For seriousness seeks

trans-disciplinary nature of the courses. The design

external independent design and professional

to exclude play, while

projects have encouraged experimental spatial

bodies. A number of the students were selected for

practices through the use of web design, social

the Design Museum’s Design Factory Showcase.

networking sites, massively multiplayer online

Antoana Petkova was nominated for the Women in

role-playing games (MMORPG) and digital and

Property Awards 2010 and progressed to the final

analogue virtual and immersive environments. This

shortlist.

play can very well include seriousness.”

Johan Huizinga ‘Homo Ludens’ 1938

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Stage 1 (combined) metric projection. It incorporates fine art techniques

an appropriate scale. During the Christmas break

the year. We believe that in a symbiotic manner, all

including sketching, life drawing and model making

the students were firstly asked to pick a Twentieth

aspects of architectural education are dependent

and concludes with film and computer drawing and

Century or contemporary painter and choose five

upon each other, and so endeavor to integrate all

modeling techniques. The students were divided

paintings by that artist and secondly to paint or

the modules holistically, to the extent that many

into study tutor groups of about eighteen students

draw four pieces of work on the theme of the four

modules are being assessed in other modules. For

each, to facilitate both this and the design tutoring

elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

example half of the Folio mark is assessed in the

The spring term began with Caravanserai as the

and part of the Enclose mark is also assessed in

The year began with the first design module Oasis,

main design module underpinned by Enclose as

the student’s integrated structural approach to the

the first assignment of which was to design and

the Technology and Environment module with both

design of Assignment 2 of Caravanserai. So like

build a shelter from a limited amount of string,

modules again underpinned by the communication

a juggler must learn to keep all the objects in the

bamboo canes, polythene and cardboard and

module Folio. For Caravanserai Assignment 1 the

air at the same time, so the student must learn to

be suitable to accommodate three people to

students were asked to design a small art gallery on

consider all aspects during the design process,

sleep in for two nights. Finally the students were

the site they had previously studied in Barcelona, to

be they space requirements, form and style,

informed that they had to spend the night sleeping

house permanently the five chosen artists paintings

historical precedence, materials, environmental

Kent School of Architecture accepted the largest

in the shelters they had designed, and afterwards

and include a temporary gallery space to house

considerations or construction and structure.

intake of students in the school’s history for the

suggest improvements they would make to improve

changing exhibitions, the first of which is to be their

academic year 2009-2010. The raising of the UCAS

the comfort of their shelters.

own work on the four classic elements. Although

We further believe in an ethos of education and

facilities are envisaged for staff, no facilities were

not indoctrination. We wish to understand choices

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tariff points for entry ensured that those students coming for the first time to Kent were also more

Stage 1 then attended the annual Field Study

required to be made for the public. The students

that student’s make and see them tested through

capable and demanding than at any previous time.

Programme held in Barcelona where the sites for

also make a Tutor Group site model to enable their

robust debate, even when we do not necessarily

To respond to the above and as part of the ongoing

Caravanserai, the second major design module

own individual design models to be tested against

agree with them.

effort by staff to continually seek to improve the

to be held in the spring term, were visited and

the existing city fabric.

course delivery and outcomes, some further

recorded by the students. On returning from

changes were proposed to the existing successful

Barcelona Stage 1 began Assignment 2 of Oasis.

For Assignment 2, the students are informed that

the staff who have contributed to make this year’s

This continued the Shelter theme and was to

contrary to the client’s instruction. The client has

work the success that I believe it to be.

design an internet communication shelter on

now changed their collective mind and wishes to

Oasis and Caravanserai, Enlighten and Enclose

The proposals were to even better integrate

Campus for use by students, staff and the public.

incorporate a small Tapas bar café as either part of

Chris Seaber, Henry Sparks, Rebecca Hobbs,

the design and technology modules and to

Both assignments were underpinned by Enlighten

the proposed gallery, an addition to the proposal

Keith Bothwell; Folio - Howard Griffin, Janice

underpin these with a completely new module in

the first technology and environment module and

or a new adjacent building. In either event the

Shales, Patrick Crouch; House & Housing and

communication, Folio. This module endeavored

Folio the communication module outlined above.

students must review their original decisions in

Western Architecture - Gerry Adler, Timothy Brittain-

light of these new client instructions and make new

Catlin, Gordana Fontana-Giusti. And finally, the

proposals.

valuable help and assistance given by the teaching

Stage 1 program.

to demonstrate to the student the various skills

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communication of Assignment 2 of Caravanserai,

throughout the year.

In conclusion, I would very much like to thank all

needed and equip them with the tools required

House and Housing, the first History and Theory

to fully enable the students to communicate their

module, ran in parallel with the above and as the

design proposals clearly and coherently. The new

name suggests studied seminal houses of the

The second History and Theory module, Western

module covers aspects such as; Orthographic

Twentieth Century and explored the student’s ability

Architecture, runs parallel with this module and

Chris Gardner

drawing and projection, the art of perspective and

to both write about and to model the built form to

completes the seven modules undertaken during

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assistants from Stages 4 and 5.

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The highlight of this trip for me was the day in which we saw the Gaudi buildings, such as Park Guell and The Sagrada Familia, which was a very inspiring building to behold, and it was an amazing building.

I would one day like to return when the ‘Segrada...’ is finished.

Jay King, Stage 1 Architecture

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RESEARCH In the past year the KSA Research has continued to grow. Our staff and students had a productive year taking part in publishing essays and articles, presenting papers at conferences and submitting bids for research grants.

The Centre for Research in European Architecture (CREAte) has organised evening lectures and seminars. The guest speakers have included: Susannah Hagan (University of Brighton), Nigel Coates (Royal College of Art), Alex Lifschutz (Lifschutz, Davidson and Sandilands) and Laurence Herzog (University of San Diego, California). Within KIASH Kent School of Architecture had also organised the Annual lecture by John Onians.

The involvement with the Architecture Humanities

Building for the Mind Evaluating the cognitive effects of workplace architecture

The architecture of the passively tempered environment I am exploring the field of passive environmental design - widely acknowledged to be the best foundation for sustainable architecture – focusing on the fault lines that occur between knowledge, understanding, intention and achievement in the process of designing sustainable buildings – fault lines that prevent us reaching the full capability of passive design to reduce carbon emissions.

Powered by increased efficiency and consumer demand, Governments are now prioritising creativity and innovation as essential prerequisites for economic growth, placing new demands of flexibility and competition on the human body.

Inspired by Marshall McLuhanís notion of acoustic space, this thesis questions whether the body has evolved to keep pace with such technological pressures.

In the process of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of ergonomic design, from the static nature of Taylorism to the transhumanis potential of ubiquitous computing, a final work place design methodology aims to support how environmental stimuli may be used to enhance creative cognition.

Arguing that we generally know how to design low-energy buildings, I am examining why certain predilections take over from our rational intentions, compromising the performance of completed projects.

Keith Bothwell

Research Association AHRA continues with members of staff taking part in its activities. The

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in November 2010 at our Canterbury campus.

Birkbeck School of Screen Media Surface Architects

The relations with the local and regional stakeholders such as Kent County Council, Kent

Keith Bothwell had been successful in winning

The new MA in Architectural Visualisation has been

Design Initiative, Thanet District Council and future

funding within the ‘Retrofit for the Future’

validated and is due to commence in the autumn

Turner Contemporary are ongoing. This provides

programme (Technology Strategy Board). Several

2010. The MA will provide a new focus for future

us with the opportunity to bring closer the research

other grant applications have been submitted to

research

programme of the School and the regional

the British Academy, the AHRC and the Interreg 4A

regeneration agenda.

Programme.

Prof. Gordana Fontana-Giusti Director of Research

The MPhil/PhD Programme in Architecture has increased with new students joining in. Current PhD candidates include: Anja Karina Nydal, Grant Mitchell, Lindy Weston, Keith Bothwell, Gian Luca Amadei, Tordis Berstrand, Emmanuel Odugboye, Itab Shuayb and Chris Munday-Chanin. The programme runs weekly seminars centred on PhD students’ presentations.

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Enabling the Built Environment for Individuals with Disabilities through Inclusive Design at the University of Kent This research study aims to investigate how architects and designers using inclusive design can accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities at the University of Kent.

Five research methods will be undertaken in order to collect and analyse the data including: (1) questionnaire to find out the views of individuals with and without disabilities and their experiences in accessing the built environment at the University of Kent; (2) semi-structured interviews with disabled individuals. A total number of 10 individuals with disabilities will be selected and interviewed. The interviews will explore the extent to which university buildings;

Urban burials. Discussing the role of burial grounds within the planning for the 21st century London.

In a reality in which there is a shortage of living space, longer life span, ethnic integration, and secularisation of society what is the role of burial grounds in the 21st century London? How is death perceived in our consumer society? How are architecture and design shaping the physical boundaries between the living and the dead in modernity?

Can the once forgotten and overlooked London Victorian necropolises assume new roles and functions within the planning for the 21st century London? These are some of the questions I shall be addressing in my PhD research studies.

Splitting and Doubling:

dematerialised and we now find ourselves at home

Effects of ventilation strategies on the

it is now clear that it can not be dissociated from

The Dialectics of Contemporary Dwelling in

everywhere and maybe nowhere? The dialectics

performance and occupancy wellbeing in

the quality of indoor environment, therefore the

Works by Kurt Schwitters, Gordon Matta-Clark

of contemporary dwelling signify something both

healthcare buildings in Nigeria.

concept of global design of the healthcare building

and Gregor Schneider

homely and unhomely, familiar and foreign. A space

is emerging with all environmental aspects taken

in between, where difference has no boundaries

The effect of climate on indoor can not be over

How do we inhabit an age, which is inconsistent

and home is also not like home. How do we inhabit

emphasized. An unfavorable climatic condition

of view but also on the basis of many other quality

and ambiguous and thereby in direct opposition

this hybrid space, the un/homely, and what is left

reduces the level of human performance and

criteria such as the occupancy wellbeing. The use

to the concept of dwelling, handed down through

for the architect to do?

recuperation from ill health. A comfortable indoor

of passive energy system such as natural ventilation

environment must therefore be created for the

has been suggested by scholars (Koenigsberger

history as a stable and exclusive space? What

research

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address the needs of individuals with disabilities; (3) One focus group discussion will be carried out. The group will consist of 8 participants (two with visual impairment, two with hearing impairment, two with physical disability, and two with learning difficulties) who will provide information about their experiences in accessing the university buildings through interactive group discussion; (4) an Access Audit will be carried out by the researcher on different building types at each university. The researcher will conduct the access audit on six university buildings in order to investigate the level of accessibility; (5) interviews with architects, and education providers will be held to investigate the extent of their awareness of the needs of individuals with disabilities. In the second phase, the researcher will analyse all the collected data and then provide a recommendation report in addition to an innovative inclusive design that covers and accommodates the needs of the disabled individuals.

into account, not only from the performance point

does it mean to dwell in the first place? And what

Tordis Berstrand

occupants to perform their various tasks. In view

et al 1973,Givoni 1976,Boutet 1987,Szokolay

if the first place, always second to none, has

PhD Student

of this, there is need to explore the economical and

1992,Ajibola 1995).

energy efficient methods. Energy consideration in building started in the 1990s (Allard,1998),and

Tordis Berstrand PhD Student

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COMMUnications Communications continues to strengthen in the school. Building on the success of the last academic year, the students of 2009/10 have engaged with the wide variety of facilities the school has to offer.

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Stage 4 MArch students went ‘back to the drawing board’ in the autumn of 2009 for an investigation into ‘Analogue’. Whilst watching a series of seminal films, they employed techniques of photogrammetric drawing to reverse-construct scaled orthographic drawings and physical models from the perspective inherent in photographs they had taken, and developed using

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pinhole cameras.

The Stage 3 Interdisciplinary Option continues to produce diverse and contextually rich work. With projects ranging in scope from sculpture to furniture design, and video installation to audio spatial experience, the students this year have produced 8

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this school has seen.

2 Interdisciplinary Deckchair - Sara Dowle, Stage 3 3 ACM Light Analysis - Stephen Brennan, Stage 2

Stage 2 students stunned the entire school with

4 Isometric Drawing - Miruna Zait, Stage 1

their exemplary work in ACM (Advanced Computer

5 Composite Drawing - Christina Dahdaleh, Stage 1

Modelling). This module teaches the computer

6 Reverse Perspective - Ben Prince, Stage 4

visualisation skills that are necessary to communicate architectural and interiors professions. Producing

7 Interdisciplinary Projection - Emily Thomson, Stage 3 3

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8 Urban Landscapes model - Phil Baston, Stage 4

outstanding work the students used their design schemes from either the Adapt & Extend or Process &

editing. Reflective learning was introduced through the

of the ‘communications team’; Patrick Crouch, Enzo

Fragment projects as a vehicle to learn the visualisation

help of University’s UELT (Unit for the Enhancement

Labrosciano, Dele Ojo, Janice Shales, Kevin Smith,

software and process.

of Learning and Teaching), with students composing

and Brian Wood. I must also thank the communications

reflective blogs and web-based folios. Whilst the

teaching assistants that have been so integral to the

Stage 1 students were introduced to a rich course of

students were initially wary of this process, they soon

course this year; Anna Carter, Basant Chopra, Pier-

communications teaching and learning this year with

engaged and began to realise the benefits of this

Luigi del Renzio, Alex Jackson, Shawn Kam, Kate

the introduction of a purely ‘communications’ module,

analysis of their work.

Maclean, Julien Soosaipillai and Stefan Vara, Matthew Wittrick. My sincere thanks go out to you all.

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communications

some of the best examples of interdisciplinary work

draughting skills needed at the drawing board, whilst

This work would not have been successful

developing skills in sketching, life drawing, computer

as it is has without the dedicated help of the

Howard Griffin

image manipulation, 3D computer modelling and video

‘communications team’; without the dedicated help

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Technology & Environment Students are exposed to the technical and environmental possibilities and implications of their designs throughout all stages of their education at Kent School of Architecture. This is not only necessary for professional and ethical reasons – to prepare them adequately for practice – but because a good understanding of technology technology and environment

and environment actually produces better design.

Some students may initially think that considering these issues restricts their creative freedom, but as they develop into professionals they begin to appreciate that constraints are the very triggers that stimulate good design. In solving the

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Clearly, technological and environmental solutions

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must be seamlessly melded into the complete design of a finished building. However, for pedagogic reasons, especially when exploring and discovering novel ideas, it is sometimes

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better to dissect out these issues in order to examine them more closely. For this reason at some stages of the course these subjects are

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considered in isolation: for example in the first

innovative technologies which some architects

term when students explore, by drawing and

are now incorporating in their schemes, such

modelling, the qualitative and subjective aspects

as nanotechnology and transluscent concrete.

of light; or in stage two when the comparative

As well as looking to the future, lessons from

efficiency of alternative structural forms, using

the past and from the vernacular also inform our

a limited palette of materials, are investigated

investigations – the Costozza villas of the Veneto

and tested to destruction. At other stages these

and the bagdir wind towers of the Middle East

subjects are fully integrated into the overall design

offer useful examples of how to cool buildings

3 MDP Technical Report - Kate Maclean, Stage 5

process – for instance in the major projects at the

in a hot climate – a climate we may well be

4 MDP Technical Report - Stefan Vara, Stage 5

end of the individual programmes.

experiencing here sometime soon.

5 Form & Structure - Ross O’Connell, Stage 2 Arch

1 Enlighten - Joanna Gkritzani, Stage 1 2 Form & Structure - Group model, Stage 2 Arch

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Every stage of design at KSA is accompanied

During their first year all our students learn about the

The Options Module offers a choice between

include William Chamber’s Chinese Pavilion in

by an investigation into the cultural and historical

key phases of Western architectural history. They

a dissertation, building appraisal, and an

Kew Gardens, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton,

context of architecture from the classical era up to

are introduced to the leading domestic architecture

interdisciplinary project. After various discussions

Jean Nouvel’s Institute du Monde Arabe and

present day. As students make their way through

of the last hundred years, and they combine

with tutors and the module convenor, I decided to

Adolf Loos’ Villa Müller. Because of the amount

the School, they develop the knowledge and skills

historical study with model-making and analysis.

write a dissertation because this would allow me to

of research and information gathering I had to

which help them to research and present historical

In their second year, they look into episodes from

pick a theme and develop a particular architectural

undertake for this dissertation, it became quite

questions in a way that contributes to their

nineteenth and early twentieth century architectural

interest over the course of my third year of study.

a personal project, giving me the opportunity to

professional abilities as designers in contemporary

history, especially those related to public buildings,

society. Our tutors draw on the latest research into

infrastructure and politics, and they use this

Last summer vacation I worked as an assistant

was of my own choice. I believe the process

their own fields in order to ensure that students

knowledge to enhance their Adapt and Extend

in an architectural practice that has won the

of writing this dissertation has consequently

have access to the most exciting ideas in history

design project. At the same time, interior design

prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. I

influenced me to the point where I’ve began to

and theory.

and interior architecture students examine current

decided to use my experience there as a starting

use elements that I recognise as contemporary

ideas, manifestoes and theories. In their final

point for carrying out more research into Exotic

interpretations of traditional exotic forms in my

undergraduate year, architecture students prepare

Architecture. The purpose of my dissertation was

design projects.

2 House & Housing - Kachaporn Theeprewat, Stage 1

an ‘apologia’ in the form of an analytical, historical

to understand the use of exotic elements in the

3 Isometric of Hagia Sofia - Derin Kinacigil, Stage 3

essay that accompanies and explains their design

work of Western architects from the eighteenth

4 Drawing of Viceroy’s Palace - Ben Gregory, Stage 3

approaches, as well as writing a dissertation.

century onwards. Exoticism integrated cultures,

1 Icons of the Hop Gardens - Ryan Manton, Stage 5

cultural context

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research and get absorbed within a theme that

Haroon Noon

knowledge, old ideas and new methods, producing

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Study tours

October we travelled to San Francisco to follow these

barcelona

leads. We ‘checked-in’ to the very hotel rooms used for the murder(?) in Coppola’s homage to homage to Blow-Up, the night before the hotel closed forever!

Having participated in MArch Crits at UC Berkeley, we recreated the car chase in Bullitt; on bicycles, then took a road trip across northern California, and as dusk approached, improvised a voyeuristic photographic shoot of the Herzog and de Meuron’s Dominus Winery.

san francisco

Examples of the subsequent designs for American

Stage 4 visited London and San Francisco this

Zoetrope Analogue Studios in San Francisco and

year, following leads in pursuit of ‘architecture of the

London are exhibited outside the darkroom.

subjective’. An understanding of the film Blow-Up

Students share accommodation with other students

offering a wealth of Architecture both historical and

and of course socialize following the days visits,

contemporary together with art foundations of some

friendships are obviously formed in this intense period.

of the 20th Centuries most influential artists, and all

The course we offer is not an easy one and it is made

this within walking distance in a city showing evidence

easier in the company of friends, so I believe the

of over 2000 years of continued development. The

sooner one makes such friends the better, and the

vast majority of the city is accessible by foot and

field trip is a place where all that is made far easier.

Mike Richards

(1956), Bullitt (1968), and The Conversation (1974), In

MArch Programme Director

casting in the city Judenplatz, located on the site of the Jewish ghetto. Ortner und Ortner’s museum quartier, especially the Leopold Museum with its collection of paintings by Egonschiele, brought us bang up to

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consequently the cost for the student, on a day to day basis is extremely reasonable compared to most other

Experienced educators from outside the university were

major European cities.

also drafted in for the trip to complete the student’s experience. Special thanks should therefore be given

So with almost full participation, Stage 1 visited

to the contribution of Art gallery director Peke Hofman

Barcelona in week 6 of the academic year. It is always

from Utrecht in the Netherlands, for his excellent

a problem organizing a trip such as this so early in

contribution into 20th Century and Contemporary

the academic year and with such a huge cohort, stage

art, given on days when visiting the Caxia Forum,

1 this year proved no exception. However, as always

the Tapies, the Miro and Picasso foundations. His

the gains far outweighed the pain. The educational

continued support over many years to the school is

benefits are perhaps obvious in a vibrant city such as

greatly appreciated. This year the trip was facilitated

Barcelona, but I feel the social interaction and group

further by a grant from the Dean of Humanities towards

bonding the trip promotes amongst a new cohort of

the cost of the trip which was greatly appreciated, and

students experiencing for the first time ‘education

resulted in the trip being even more value for money

away from home’ are priceless. I further believe that

than is normally the case.

even though it is a huge logistical problem for the staff,

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it is well worth the effort, and the students appreciate

Chris Gardner

that fact.

Stage 1 Co-ordinator

study tours

Barcelona is a superb venue for a stage 1 study tour

allowed Stage 4 to make connections with Vertigo

date.

vienna

Vienna is a curious and intriguing place; while we

At 2 am one cold February night we got up (or

didn’t visit Sigmund Freud’s apartment, we saw an

continued our revels) and boarded the coaches to the

earlier, grimmer vestige of the city’s psychic history: the

airport. By late morning we had arrived in the brilliant

Narrenturm (fools’ tower) from the late 18th century, in

winter sunshine of the former Kaiserlich und Königlich

the grounds of the sprawling former General Hospital,

capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, eager to taste

now the University. We were surprised to meet images

our first Krüglider, or kleinen braunen, depending on

of this gaunt circular tower, a relation of Jeremy

preference. We had left Canterbury with the strains

Bentham’s Panopticon, on seeing the Modernity and

of The Third Man ringing in our ears, having viewed a

Madness exhibition at the Vienna Museum. This show,

screening of Karol Reed’s wonderful evocation of Cold

originally at London’s Wellcom Museum, supplied us

War Vienna the week before. Vienna the week before.

at last with that quintessential icon of Vienna’s angst:

Luckily, Ben was on hand to retrace the steps of Harry

Freud’s couch on which his patients reclined whilst

Lime in the 1.Bezirk , the inner-city where we began our

undergoing psychoanalysis.

visit. But it was not all schlagobers and gemütlichkeit: we came up against the darker side of Vienna’s past

Gerald Adler

on seeing Rachel Whiteread’s impressive concrete

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A massive thank you to the whole team for making

This year’s KASA Design Competition challenged

The Stage is inherently sustainable and promotes

seen us expand beyond our usual remit of lectures

this one of the most successful years in KASA’s

the students to ‘Reduce, Recycle and Reuse’,

Reduce Recycle Reuse through it’s aethetic,

with student workshops, a new website, a healthy

history, and others that helped out during the

by designing a stage for the University’s annual

but also its continued reuse. It has already been

social calendar and design competitions, all in aid

lectures and workshops. Special thanks go to

ArtsFest festival on campus. They were required

booked to appear at the London Festival of

of bringing the students closer together. None of

Michael Richards, Howard Griffin, Brian Wood, Dele

to source the materials locally, for little cost; make

Architecture and has been requested as an outdoor

this would have been possible without this year’s

Ojo, and Julien Soosaipillai. Finally, we must thank

a structure that was buildable by the students,

teaching space for next year.

dedicated KASA Executive, whom have worked

our generous sponsors, without which this wouldn’t

and meet the demanding brief of the ArtsFest

tirelessly to ensure this year’s KASA activities and

be possible: CTM Architects, Lee Evans Architects,

Committee.

initiatives were the best yet. Our lecture series

Nicolas Elkins Ltd, Peter Jackson Architects,

continues to thrive, with inspiring presentations

Provian Construction, and RIBA South East.

The winner, Nicholas Sexton, proposed a wicker stage woven from coppiced wood and with a

by Alex de Rijke, Mehron Kirk, Ken Yeang, James Soane, Chris Fay, and Heinz Richardson.

KASA apvillion

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It’s been another great year for KASA, which has

Best of luck to the graduates from all at KASA!

structure from reused components found on

Matthew Wittrick

campus. The design was subsequently advanced

KASA President

and built by KASA, Nicholas and a group of dedicated students to Zero cost.

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collaborations…

thank you

The Kent School of Architecture would like to thank the following for their contributions over the past year: Pereen d’Avoine

Roger Joyce, Roger Joyce Associates

Kent School of Architecture could not operate to

KSA ACADEMIC STAFF

Jonathan Barnard, ChromosArt

Caroline Lang, Sackler Centre V&A Museum

such levels of success without the commitment of

Dr. Gerry Adler

David Bennett

Chris Lewis, Shepway District Council

experienced and dedicated staff.

Taseer Ahmad

Miles Berkley, Smartoutcomes

Alex Lifschutz, Lifschutz Davison Sandilands

Peter Bettley, Creative Foundation

James Lowe, Studio Octopi

Louis Borhani

Alice Lund, Softroom Architects

Tobias Boshoff, Meld Architecture

Christiano Michelena, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers

These individuals went far beyond what was required to produce an exceptional experience for our students, and my sincere thanks is due to each and every one of them

Dr. Tim Brittain- Catlin Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti Chris Gardner Howard Griffin Mike Richards

Glenn Bowman, School of Anthropology and Conservation

Leanne Manfredi, Sackler Centre V&A Museum

Neville Brock, The Lido Leisure Centre Jason Bruges, Jason Bruges Studio

Christiano Michelena, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers

Grant Burton, Thanet District Council

Vince Miller, SSPSSR

Brian Wood

Tim Bushe, Walker Bushe Architects

John Onians, University of East Anglia

Dele Ojo

Helen Charman, Design Museum

Jamie Osbourne, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Leo.Chow, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Parker Steel

WORKSHOP STAFF

Vince Chow, KALMAR’s commercial

Mike Pearson, CTM Architects

Kevin Smith

Nigel Coates, RCA

John Proctor, Softroom Architects

Enzo Labrosciano

Mike Collingwood

Katherine Putnam, Kent County Council

Janice Shales

Conker Conservation

Damon Ralph, Pallet Recovery & Son

Nick Dermott, Thanet District Council

Allert Riepma, SEEDA

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Dover District Council

Honoré van Rijswijk, Terry Farrell & Partners

Jeanne Straight

Terry Ellames, Shepway District Council

Lisa Risk, Women in Property

Ben Martin

Engineering Workshop team

Chris Romer-Lee, Studio Octopi

Victoria Friedman

Folkestone Harbour Co

Giovanni Scialo

Claire Woodhall

Maida Hot, NDY Lighting Design Consultancy

Jaime Stephan, GSA San Francisco Federal Building

Gordon Engraving Ltd

Janice Shales

ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT LECTURERS

Green Building Solutions

Jill Stoner, Department of Architecture UC Berkeley

Julian Bore

Daniel Hirschman, Jason Bruges Studio

Mark Schwettmann, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Nick Brown

Jonathan Friday, School of Arts

Sam Thomas, Thanet District Council

Susan Hagan, University of Brighton

Jayne Thompson, School of Artsa

John Hawkins, Canterbury City Council

Lucie Titchmarsh

Andrew Henderson, ah architecte

Katie Warren

Lawrence Herzog, University of San Diego

Sam Westbury

Daniel Hirschman, Jason Bruges Studio

Mo Woonyin Wong Pierre d’Avoine Architects

Peke’ Hofman. Centrum voor Beldende Kunst.

Sarah Wood, School of English

Guy Holloway, Guy Holloway Architects

Roger Wu, John McAslan + Partners

Maida Hot, NDY Lighting

Lara Michael, Edward Cullinan Architects

Professor Don Gray Head of School

Chris Seaber COMPUTER TECHNICIANS

thank you

collaborations

Steve Bowkett

Keith Bothwell

Tim Carlyle Ben Godber Dylan Haughton Rebecca Hobbs Fiona Raley Henry Sparks Thomas Wensing Lindy Weston (PGR student) Brendan Woods

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