DABE MArch Architecture ARB/RIBA Part 2 Yearbook 2020

D A B E MArch Architecture ARB/RIBA Part 2 University of Nottingham

Architectural Publication 2020

COURSE DIRECTOR: MArch Architecture Tim Collett PUBLICATION CO-ORDINATOR: Tilisha Franklin COVER ARTWORK: Ventsislav Videlov PUBLICATION UNIT CO-ORDINATORS: 6TH YEAR Kiran Shah Laura Cushnie Roxana Cislariu PUBLICATION UNIT CO-ORDINATORS: 5TH YEAR Conor Vale Imogen Bryce Tilisha Franklin Rachel Marshall © 2020 Department of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Nottingham / individual authors, unless otherwise stated.

This publication is created as a showcase to represent the work of the students.

Department of Architecture and Built Environment The University of Nottingham

CONTENTS Y6 THESIS STUDIOS Unit 1: Continuity

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Unit 2: Design & Build

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Unit 3: Ways of Seeing

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Y5 INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO INHABITATION Unit 1: Angel Row

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Unit 2: Clifton

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Unit 3: Burrows Court

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Collaborative Practice

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COMPACTNESS The quality of being closely packed together, creating a diverse urban block within the city that will become an artefact within the urban grain.

DIVERSITY The proposed scheme incorporates a mixed- use typological programme that will act as a regenerative catalyst for The Somers Town community.

DENSITY Not only does density define the ratio of building structures related to a plot surface, but it is also seen as the relationship of the proposed massing to the composition of the surrounding context. This is formed of The British Library, Crick Institute and Ossulston Estate.

CONNECTIVITY The activated urban block will link three distinct axis in The Bloomsbury district, consisting of Transport, Institutons and Public routes.

Thesis The design thesis commences with thesis research in the autumn, investigating an idea through written, drawn and modelled research.

In the spring the thesis design project tests the propositions made in the autumn through a comprehensive and well-resolved design proposal. The thesis design portfolio, a summary of which is presented on the following pages, tells the story of the whole thesis from research, through briefing, to site analysis, and development of design ideas and concepts, culminating in the completed design proposal.

Tutors Tim Collett Chloe Lockart Peter Russell Nils Jaeger Will Pirkis Nick Haynes Shaun Young

There are three design studios, each with a specific theme: Continuity explores new ways to transform old buildings with poetry, feeling and ambience.

Design + Build explores the contribution architecture can make to global problems and how good design can facilitate improvements in everyday life; Ways of Seeing investigates the relationship between art, architecture and landscape with the buildings and urban conditions we find around us.

Each studio begins with a group research project that acts as a springboard to launch each individual and independent thesis.

Each student develops their own theoretical stance, selecting an appropriate site and programme to test their ideas through a design proposal. The projects collectively span across various themes, including civic spaces, housing, landscape, and well-being. There is also a parallel focus on sustainability, addressing the social, economic, and environmental from inception of the design.

This year required the submission to be adapted to account for the unprecedented, global situation that we are in and the work produced is a testament to both the resiliency and flexibility demonstrated by students.

Technical Tutors UoN Benjamin Jones Mark Alston Robin Wilson Parham Mirzaei Lucelia Rodrigues Renata Tubelo Graeme Barker John Edmonds Sarah Davidson John Ramsay Tim Collett Arup Tom Clelow Simon Welbirg Francesco Banchine Angus Tidey Chris Clarke Hassan Moharram Hasan Yousaf Maela Allegretti Adam Ozinsky Luca Bocelli Laura Solarino Matteo Lazzarotto

Athens DABE 2020 In February this year 6th year students and staff enjoyed a field trip to Athens. We were lucky to be joined and guided by Vassia Chatzikonstantinou of Witherford Watson Mann Architects, an architecture graduate from Nottingham and Athens native.

Highlights included visiting the ancient sites at the Acropolis and the Agora, studying modern Greek architecture and its relation to the ancient sites by Dimitris Pikionis, experiencing contemporary Greek architecture in the House in Psychico by Pantelis Nicolacopoulos and dancing in a Greek taverna.

Sketches by Parisa Kanabar.

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Continuity

S1 Contributors

Judit Ferencz illustrator John Robertson, John Robertson Architects William Mann, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Pat West, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Katharina Borsi, UoN Aidan Hodgkinson, Aidan Hodgkinson Architect Vassia Chatzikonstantinou, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Soren Johansen, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter Christiane Felber, Adam Khan Architects Bea Young, Weston Williamson + Partners Summer Islam, Studio Abroad 8

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Continuity Continuity is rooted in the premise that what makes people love old buildings is the quality of ‘oldness’, where the age of the built fabric is felt, the quality of being lived in is tangible, and the passage of time evident. Continuity is about revealing ‘oldness’, feeling history and connecting the present to the past. We are interested in harnessing the emotive potential of existing buildings. We see architecture as part of a continuum, and therefore always incomplete.

The studio methodology consists of a three-pronged approach to develop thoughtful and meaningful interventions: Looking at Oldness A rigorous understanding and documentation of the existing fabric, physical emotional and historical.

Assessment of Significance A personal assessment of the most significant features, characteristics or atmospheric qualities of the existing building based on in-depth analysis.

Students Declan Clarke Laura Cushnie Laura Fairchild Benedict Falkner Bethany Griffin Tianqi Guo Qianhui Hong Sze Jacqueline Lam Benjamin Loughran Abbie McCammond Luke Nichols Nicholas Parker Adam Plastow Ryan Pointer Andreea Schiteanu Jess Tyson

Tutors Tim Collett Chloe Lockart

Designing Interventions Using the findings from the assessment of significance we then develop meaningful interventions, rooted in the history, character and ambience of the existing fabric.

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(Clockwise) Continuity students outside D34, D34 Fire Station, D10 atrium, D10 roof light

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Project 1 Research project In our autumn group research project we studied Owen William’s D10, D6 and D34 buildings on Boots Factory site in Beeston Nottingham.

This was our first application of the unit methodology to an existing building.

Each group, mixed 5th and 6th years, started with a different theme to direct our research, varying from, for example, Social Responsibility to Human Interaction to Concrete and Structure to Historic Narratives.

The studies focussed on the D10 building, while one group looked at D34 and one group did a comparative analysis across all 3 buildings.

We started our research with a site visit recording facts and emotional content, which was then followed by visits to the Boots historical archive. Work began with measured drawings and emotive responses, and then developed into more focussed pieces exploring the group study theme. We had various guests and workshops, including a graphic novel session to explore how to illustrate narratives in architecture.

We culminated this short research project in an Assessment of Significance that concluded our thoughts and findings from the research. This took the form of written statements, drawings and models.

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Year 5/6 Research Project - Qianhui Mandy Hong, Sze Jacqueline Lam, Lin Zhu

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Art Deco Influence - Glass Bricks used for cross bracing.

Fire Station Tower - Used to dry out fire hoses after use.

Provides stack ventilation.

Timber framed roof on rear extension

Pitched concrete roof.

Provides lateral stability to the reinforced concrete frame.

Windows in rear extension designed in a similar fashion to curtain walling.

Curtain walling. ‘Hung’ off the concrete cantilevers.

Internal timber stud walls in rear extension.

Internal concrete walls.

2 Concrete frames meet the external edge of the tower, thus, do not span the whole width of the building.

Primary reinforced concrete frame.

Fully exposed externally, highlighting Owen’s engineering background.

Rear extension has a external concrete fabric to match original building.

In-situ concrete slabs providing lateral stability to cantilevers.

Load-bearing internal walls, supporting the primary concrete structure.

Column Table

Column Measurements A collection of plans and renders that show the information we’ve acquired from our site visit.

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Exploded Axonometric

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Year 5/6 Research Project - Andreea Schiteanu, Beth Griffin, Kenneth Kong

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Year 5/6 Research Project - Ben Loughran, Joseph Hall, Nicole Korta

1.Stories and Narrative, Qianhui Mandy Hong, Sze Jacqueline Lam, Lin Zhu, 2 and 3. D34 Study, Ben Loughran, Nicole Korta, Joseph Hall, 4. D10 Column Study Andreea Schiteanu, Beth Griffin, Kenneth Kong

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Latticed concrete Roof structure (Cantilevered from Structural Columns)

Reinforced Concrete Floor Slab

Structural Columns (Chamfered Mushroom Concrete Column)

Concrete ‘Ring Beam’ (attached to Floor Slab)

Reinforced Concrete Floor Slab

Structural Columns (Chamfered Mushroom Concrete Column)

Reinforced Concrete Floor Slab

Latticed concrete Roof structure (Cantilevered from Structural Columns)

Structural Columns (Chamfered Mushroom Concrete Column)

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Year 5/6 Research Project - Abigail McHardy, Declan Clarke, Ryan Pointer

Critical Response Structural Column A reponse of Structural expression in columns inspired by Owen Williams’ structural expression with his buildings throughout his career. This is the piece in which encaptulates his structural expression and Continuity of his idea of Structural Expression.

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Critical Response Bay A response bay study from Owen Williams’ Structural expression, the main focus was on the Boot’s D10 & D6 building, which has inevitably led to comparisons of that of other Owen Williams buildings.

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1 and 2. Owen Williams Construction Study, Abigail McHardy, Declan Clarke, Ryan Pointer, 3. D10 Roof light Model, Laura Cushnie, Georgia Hillier and Jess Tyson, 4. D10 Factory Process Study, Ben Faulkner and Dhwani Vekaria 5. D10 Columns Photography Study, Camila Prieto and Nick Parker

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Learning From Blackpool Declan Clarke Learning from Blackpool is an investigation of the endearing cultural and architectural identity of the British Seaside Resorts. Taking observations made by Denise Scott-Brown in ‘Learning From Las Vegas’ - spawning the title of this Project. The Project is an investigation exploring the balance permanence and impermanence of architectural styles that enrich these Resorts.

Seaside Resorts, generally, are in dire need for a renewed cultural vitality.

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This is in which overriding aim for the project, in providing a sense of place but also a model for which the British Seaside Resort can seek social sustainability and continuity. The Project aims to reflect upon the tenuous balance of permanence through a re-imagination of Blackpool’s promenade, with a focus on an existing 1970’s Pop Art Building - The Palatine Building. Creating a Culture House for the people of Blackpool to rejuvenate the Resort through celebrating its architectural and cultural heritage.

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Under One Roof: Encouraging Social Equality in Factories Laura Cushnie Architectural forms within factory design influence the social relationships of power and equality between the different hierarchical levels of blue and white-collar workers. My project revisits and redefines the typology of an inner-city factory that encourages appropriate social equality and connection between employees from the factory floor to the retail floor.

This project aims to reinstate relevance of manufacture in the city, proposing an extension added to existing retail into disused back space, allowing the retail to become self-sufficient with on-site manufacture. An urban factory that produces sustainable cosmetics not only tackles social equality at an architectural level but aims to provide a template to tackle social sustainability and equality in the manufacturing industry. laura.cushnie@hotmail.co.uk

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To Reuse or Replace Laura Fairchild The following design is based on the principals of Lacaton & Vassal, of prioritising reuse over the demolition of existing buildings, their manifesto being: Never demolish, never remove or replace, always add, transform and reuse!

fairchild_laura@yahoo.co.uk

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The existing building in this case is a warehouse, currently scheduled for demolition, with the thesis proposal being to reuse the building to create social housing with additional communal facilities including a co-working space and a communal kitchen, The proposal aims to maintain the existing structure of the building whilst improving its thermal performance and increasing its overall density. The key alterations are the removal of the internal walls, and the creations of alternating strips of housing and winter gardens, providing additional living space for the residents and a thermal buffer between the flats.

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Relevance of Robin Hood Gardens Benedict Falkner Finding relevance to oppose the current agenda of demolition and dismissal with architectural intervention to ensure sustainability of ‘streets in the sky’ as a whole, but most importantly social sustainability.

b.falkner@yahoo.co.uk

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‘Streets in the Sky‘ as a concept had its origins set in the modernist era. It sought to elevate ‘social’ terrace streets into multiple levels to create a denser and stronger community which has only become more pertinent today. My research explored this through cross analyses of 4 archetypal case studies, analysed under the Simthons’ rationale and broken down into different scales.

Similarly, the Thesis Design Project utilised multiple scales to ensure that wherever possible interventions are conducive to the continuity and sustainability of the Robin Hood Gardens estate. Three key areas of conisderation were 1: The Street, 2: Circulation 3: Mixed Use. (in order of priority)

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Revitalisation of Shanghai Longtang Qianhui Hong Longtang is one of the primary Shanghai residential forms between 1860 and 1949. Starting with the conclusions of the dissertation research documents on Beijing Hutong and information around the site, to provide features that can promote and improve the daily lives of Shanghai Huangpu district local communities. The project will mainly serve the elderly and young people who are active in the surrounding areas and provide them with suitable activity spaces. At the sametime, importing appropriate commercial functions and encourage local craftsmen to open traditional workshops that can be visited by the public. By connecting public, semi-public and private functions to create a new vibrant Shanghai neighbourhood relationship.

hongqianhuimandy@gmail.com

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Phenomenology of spatial awareness to re-envision healing lifestyle in urban realm with water Sze Pui Jacqueline Lam Architecture has made its distinctive contribution for people to perceive and experience spaces for the positive feelings and participation through their own sensations, contemplation and physical engagement. This thesis project aims to achieve healing sense through representation of architectural spatial quality along with water. Perhaps giving urbanites a chance to escape the over stimulated state of modern daily life, in favour of a rare moment of solitude can help to heal the soul. A hotel with pool facilities is proposed in the heart of an abandoned touristic spa town called Leamington Spa. It does not only help to bring back a new staycation experience for people, but also to refine and strengthen the urban edge of the greenbelt and river in the town. lspjacqueline@gmail.com

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A High Street For Industry Ben Loughran A Critical Investigation into Taylor’s Boatyard, Chester.

benloughran11@googlemail.com

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This MArch thesis project emerged through exploring the ideology of the Shropshire and Union canal as a high street. Such was the integral role of the canal to the function of the city, the demand for industrial development increased exponentially and the canal became a focal point of activity. As such, it could ultimately be defined as a high street for industry. My design response proposes a new community centre and working boatyard on the banks of the Shropshire and Union Canal in Chester. The existing site; Taylor’s Boatyard, represents an iconic, yet fragile, symbol of Chester’s fading industrial landscape. In fact, the site may be perceived as a microcosm for the decaying urban landscape of the canal and the surrounding area. Ultimately, the design project aims to reactivate Taylor’s Boatyard, bringing new communities and industries to the site. This, in turn, shall serve as a catalyst for the greater redevelopment of the urban area, so the canal may serve as an active high street once again.

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Factory as a Symbol Abbie McCammond The brief is to design a new type of socially progressive factory on behalf of a client who is looking to re-brand their garment business as one that focuses on the social and economic context of responsibility and sustainability. The design priorities of transparency, continuity, and utility, have informed the proposal that includes combining a civic facade with production spaces. Large windows allow views from retail and public spaces into the factory production atrium. The facades are defined by the historic lace market urban fabric with quirky brick forms, arch windows and red frames, whilst material references are also made to the Nottingham contemporary museum. The design proposal of this building symbolises care to all stakeholders, including the workers, the public, small local businesses, the wider environmental aspect, and to the historic and contemporary context of the city of Nottingham. abbie.mccammond@hotmail.co.uk

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Uniting Coventry’s Medieval and Post-war identities Nicholas Parker As a consequence of the destruction resulting from the Blitz, followed by the post-war regeneration and localised motor industry crashes encouraging business de-centralisation, Coventry’s city centre has witnessed wide-scale degeneration now resulting in a sense of placelessness. Presently, the city remains divided between its medieval past and the post-war regeneration highlighted by the 1980s Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre facing Broadgate Square which severed the connection between the two distinct characters. Drawing upon Critical Regionalism and architectural theories of identity, this proposal is for a new civic intervention comprising of a public library and performance arts centre, replacing the existing 1980s building and seeks to stitch the city back together. nick@parkershome.co.uk

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The Value of Oldness, Identity Through Continuity Adam Plastow The most successful alteration to an existing building is one that respects the identity of the existing structure, building on what came before and creating a sense of continuity.

This thesis explores the value of oldness; the phenomenological experience created by the juxtaposition of ruins and new intervention.

With a focus on the junctions between new and old and an expression of structure, this project proposes the renovation of two derelict warehouses in Nottingham’s Creative Quarter into a vibrant music campus. Through a new layer of construction onto the existing fabric, my interventions aim to respect the character and identity of the existing buildings, while being read as a new phase in the continuity of the site. adam.plastow1@gmail.com

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South Elevation - Existing

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Smithfields Market Ryan Pointer Due to the increasingly difficult task of transporting food into the capital by truck many of London’s historic markets are being relocated outside of the city. This project explores alternative methods of food transportation into Smithfield’s Market; and aims to provide a more sustainable way of supplying food to the capital in order to ensure the continuity of the market archetype as the cities primary social connection to food distribution. This proposal seeks to open up the existing Victorian facade and reactivate the markets historic circulation routes to create a permeable market plan, which facilitates public engagement, and repositions the market as a key civic space within Farringdon’s urban fabric; whilst simultaneously, forming a connecting route through the centre of market that links Farringdon’s new Tube Station and the new Museum of London set to open on either side of the market. ryanpointer96@gmail.com

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A Quiet Retreat Andreea Schiteanu A Quiet Retreat is a place of respite from everyday problems. The idea of pavilions revolves around the idea of gardens and courtyards. The journey one makes is very important, the paths and stones guide you around the building and gardens and highlight framed views. A Quiet Retreat is where the ‘Ordinary becomes the extraordinary’, this is achieved through the use of the Japanese aesthetic of ‘Wabi Sabi’ and the Japanese tea ceremony, whose ethos is about embracing impermanence and imperfections through the natural cycle of life. “A ceremony typically functions to affirm an individual’s place in a group. But the belonging tha the tea ceremony affirms is altogether temporary; 1 or more individuals participate in the ritual, but after its conclusion they immediately return to their roles as individuals. It is a ceremony of a most singular kind performed in a space correspondingly unique.” Hiroshi Hara Andreea.schiteanu@outlook.com

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Principles of Continuity, Restoration & Conservation Jess Tyson Three key ideas derived from Fred Scott’s ‘On Altering Architecture’, Degrees of Intervention, Fleeting and Fixed Elements and Armature, form a meaningful and economic approach to redevelopment for use on both listed and non-listed buildings; building Continuity celebrates the passage of time, history and naratives. Here, the Continuity approach is applied to an urban block of uninhabited buildings in the local context of Nottingham, to provide a new Arts Centre for the city. The chosen site offers three very different buildings, each possessing different characteristics, conditions and requirements: the 1888 Nottingham Guildhall is Grade II listed, the Art-Deco inspired fire & police station is starting to deteriorate, and the 1954 ‘island’ building is an eyesore. An architectural language developed through proposed interventions within these existing buildings culminates in a new spatial volume at the heart of the site, that encapsulates all three principles of Continuity. jesstyson@hotmail.co.uk

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John Ramsay, UoN John Newbery, UoN Mike Hawkins, Evans Vettori Aleksandar Stojakovic, Studio 8 Fold Sam Diston, Kilburn Nightingale Architects Efthimis Kapsalis, UoN Katharina Borsi, UoN Margaret Mulcahy, UoN Vassia Chatzikonstantinou, Witherford Watson Mann Architects William Mann, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Soren Johansen, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter 40

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Design + Build The Design + Build studio is a multicourse, vertically integrated studio encompassing Part 1, Part 2 and PGT courses in the department, studying architecture and design through a process of making at a 1:1 scale. There is an emphasis to work across scales and across disciplines to find and develop exciting design ideas.

The studio believes in the contribution that design-thinking and architecture can make to global problems as well as the incremental improvement in everyday life that is possible through good design. We pursue an agenda of service learning, where our own educational journey can produce mutually beneficial outcomes beyond our immediate studio community.

The thesis project is a capstone project that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of design and architecture.

These projects have been developed around ideas that are supported by and grown out of the initial projects of the design + build studio, There, it is expected that a thesis topic and approach will be developed in concert with the teaching team and may be broadly focusing on design work through the lens of:

Students Noora Al-Mulla Samuel Chai Liam Donaldson Ryan Geoghegan Devyani Gorsia Siu Yan Lau (Jeff) Sebastien Mathewson Kiran Shah Mariyana Sinigerova Liva Suna Charitini Syllouri David Symons Maximilian Zambo

Tutors Peter Russell Nils Jaeger

Craft, self-build, community engagement, humanitarian issues, international development, innovation, detail, community construction, architecture without architects, etc.

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Constantinou (Y2), Zoe Socratous (Y2)

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Project 1 Creating the studio Project 1 is a collaboration across all courses, and disciplines, within the unit to design and construct our studio space in accordance with the needs and requirements of the unit, established at the start of the project.

These needs and requirements are progressed by different groups, and the furniture developed further by subsequent sub-groups consisting of 3-5 students.

This oversees a quick transition from concept, to developed design to construction and exhibits design-thinking, communication and rapid decisionmaking skills. Alongside a key lesson about tolerance within construction, the project nurtures the importance of ergonomics and being able to liaise and negotiate with adjacent groups.

The result is a versatile space consisting of social areas, teaching spaces, workspaces and storage.

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Rise Learning Forest School, Balloon Woods, Nottingham Noora Al-mulla Location: Balloon Woods, Wollaton, Nottingham Rise learning Forest school is a primary and secondary school that provides therapeutic education in a non-mainstream environment, mediating between the indoor and outdoor learning. The program is for disadvantaged young people living with childhood trauma.

The design addresses how interactive architecture facilitates learning, taking inspiration from my thesis study on Herman Herzberger’s integration of Furniture and architecture to encourage learning.

noraalmulla@outlook.com

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Disassemble-able housing for families Samuel Chai Today, buildings are typically designed without consideration being taken for their end-oflife. As a result, the final outcome of most buildings is demolition, which by its very nature generally leaves materials and components severely damage and unfit for reuse. In this project I have explored an approach known as Design for Disassembly (DfD) which has the potential to help greatly reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill and the amount of minerals extracted to make new materials. As a means of exploration I have designed a scheme of high-quality housing for families in Sneinton, Nottingham. The buildings comprise steel frames onto which flat, service and access modules are attached. Floors are made of dowel-laminated timber (whose layers are joined by dowels instead of glue) and external walls are panels of solid brick. chaisamueli@gmail.com

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Between Theory & Practice: A New Collaboration of Architects Liam Donaldson My Thesis project sets out to unite a divide I have found during my journey of architectural education; the divide between the theoretical approach of architectural education and the practical knowledge of professionals actively working in the field. Architectural education has been under massive scrutiny by professionals claiming it does not ‘prepare students for the real world’. This is recognized in the ever-developing collaborative practice schemes and new initiatives set up by the RIBA and other professionals.

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My project firstly, sets out the necessary existing facilities required by the three user groups (Practice, Education & Professional Body) and introduces a series of design principles which create opportunity of spontaneous or formalized collaborations between each group. From informal discussions to design charrette events, the aim is to provide opportunity for both aspects of profession to communicate and engage in knowledge exchange, ultimately creating a balance of theory and practice, where I believe rich architectural is inherently found.

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Disaster Relief Housing: Cyclone Yasi 2011,Tully,QLD Ryan Geoghegan Ongoing natural disasters are habitually affecting communities throughout the world, the importance of regional understanding, social consideration and long-term planning highlight the need for the design profession to become more involved in the humanitarian world.This thesis design project explores an alternative approach to the temporary housing response in the aftermath of the category 5 Cyclone Yasi disaster, which struck tropical Northern Queensland on 3rd February 2011. Through my thesis research investigation, studies of previous housing responses were conducted. From this study, an outline of key criteria for successful and well received temporary housing responses was established. In analysing the characteristics of traditional Queenslander houses and through reinterpreting elements of Australian vernacular architecture, a response which seeks to consciously connect to its context and users whilst fulfilling the thesis criteria has been developed. ryan-toby@hotmail.co.uk

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Mass Customisation in low-rise housing Devyani Gorsia Our ever-evolving lifestyles has led to a realisation that the need to customise is greater than ever. Mass house builders have a tendency to replicate one housing model to suit all, however this “one size fits all” method is no longer suitable for our contemporary lifestyles.

Low-rise housing is the most dominant typology in the UK, yet we still focus our attention to mid to high rise living. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it clear that we need to develop an adaptive housing model. Whether the space is used to work from home or to accommodate the family’s spatial needs when the home is fully occupied throughout the day.

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Many individuals consider customisation to be costly, however this project reinvents the typical terrace house and uses a standardised kit of parts for fixed elements, keeping construction costs low. The low-rise scheme is situated in Nottingham and comprises for 36 units. The houses are designed with people’s varied spatial needs in mind, accounting for both the individual and families.

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Project ‘MoCo’ | Systematic design in architecture Siu Yan Lau Modular building is an upgrade of the traditional prefabricated building system and is the best way for the future development of the prefabricated buildings. It is a major technological revolution in the construction industry, which is becoming more and more common in life.

Although modular buildings are in line with policy support of British and have huge market potential, at present, the technology is still in its infancy and the corresponding industry standards and design specifications are still lacking. Scientific research institutions must continue to make theoretical innovations and engineering practices in conjunction with construction enterprises and speed up the formulation and revision of relevant technical standards, specifications, and procedures.

sylau0515@gmail.com

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Hydrofarm | The Redefinition of a Globalised Food Sector Sebastien Mathewson

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The need for a sustainable food hub in London has never been greater. “In the next 50 years more food will be consumed than in the last 10,000 combined and 80% will be in cities.” “If we want to encourage people to care about the environment, we need to bring the environment to our cities.” Architecture can provide a catalyst for not only increasing the efficiency of food production but also allowing us to reconnect ourselves with the lifecycle of our environment.

The need for a self-sufficient food system is imperative if we are to deal with the projected demand for food by 2050. The recent COVID-19 pandemic is a staggering example of an outbreak causing our current food system to be tested – within days, supermarkets were dry of basic food commodities. A sustainable food hub in one of Europe’s most powerful cities could be the driving force behind a more sustainable food economy. The scheme incorporates hightech farming solutions towards achieving more efficient food production, alongside a world class research facility.

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High Density Health and Well-being Kiran Shah The aspects of design that contribute to the health and well-being of residents in high-density urban schemes intertwine across various scales. The proposal provides connectivity to the surrounding areas, in what used to be an isolated site, to create social permeability and strengthen the community. This is coupled with various amenities that adhere to the criteria established in the thesis, whilst giving extra space back to the residents through the provision of winter gardens, balconies and shared storage spaces.

The thesis explores how the much-maligned council housing from the 1960s can be rejuvenated, and equally re-integrated into an ever-changing contemporary landscape.

Retention of the revered Smithson’s estate in inner London aligns to the social, environmental and economical aspects of sustainable architecture. kiran.shah95@hotmail.co.uk

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Maid Marian Way Shared Living and Food Market Mariyana Sinigerova The Thesis Research looked into the reemerging of shared living and the importance of designing spaces to be shared in order to create sustainable communities and living, while making us more connected to each other in the digital world of connectivity, where the levels of loneliness and depression soar. The design project proposes a hybrid between temporary co-living and a permanent multi-generational co-housing next to Nottingham Castle, replacing the existing Nottingham College Buildings. Designing the circulation as the core of the project creates accidental meeting spaces and visual links prompting interactions. A common urban farm connects the community together and to nature. The scheme also provides a food market and a vertical urban park with the ambition to create a new attraction for the city and to enhance the link between the Broadmarsh development, The Old Market Square and Nottingham castle. mariyana.sinigerova@gmail.com

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Nottingham below ground brewery Liva Suna More than 800 man made Sherwood Sandstone caves are known to sit beneath Nottingham.

Caves being such strong part of Nottingham’s heritage, my thesis was focused on how man made sandstone caves could be successfully re-integrated back into contemporary living. My suggested solution to improve life in Nottingham is to reintegrate the caves and create a craft brewery. The brewery produces 40 barrels of beer daily, which is enough to supply its own brewpub needs as well as fully support 3 other Nottingham pubs. Some of the spent grain is later reused for mushroom growing which is part of the craft brewery programme.

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‘The Courtyard Resort’ Charitini Syllouri The Courtyard Resort is a mixed-use design proposal in Lefkara, Cyprus. The project aims to enhance the area’s unique character and cultural identity and provide more accommodation for travelers and tourists visiting.

Through the Thesis Research Document, the relationship between place making and identity is explored. The outcome of the Thesis Research Document is to provide a sustainable approach to a contemporary building that will take into consideration the vernacular architecture of Lefkara and its place identity. The purpose of the Thesis Design project is to show the importance of maintaining the cultural identity using the area’s vernacular architecture and sustain it through a contemporary modern approach. charsyllouri@gmail.com

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Towards an architecture of person-centred care for the elderly David Symons This thesis design project has developed from an extensive piece of research exploring the concept of person-centred care for the elderly and its ambition to meets the needs of the individual. The intent of the design is to give built form to the idea of person-centred care with a mixed use scheme consisting of an innovative nursing education facility, nursing care bedrooms and extra care apartments.

The intent of the design project is to provide a series of supportive environments that will allow the proposed residents to live their lives to the fullest, building deep and meaningful connections to their neighbours within a setting that is uniquely of its place and embraces the natural and historic context of the town of Chesterfield. david.a.symons@gmail.com

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Stroke Rehabilition, scaling up the physical therapy world Maximilian Zambo

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Stroke rehabilitation facilities are too limited and isolated to individual rooms, lacking in opportunities for vital repetitive sensory stimulation. These architecturally sterile environments and not conducive for social interactions to occur for people who are socially isolated from society due to their disabilities. This scheme scales up the physical therapy world by using the physical built environment to actively encourage movement through the use of ramps connecting therapy spaces, that have been deliberately moved apart from one another and a sloped building covered in a green roof for patients to walk on. By breaking down barriers of physical therapy and encouraging a community driven rehabilitation inspired by the Maggie Centre typology this scheme intends to enhance the recovery and reintegration process for patients back into society in the Manchester area through the redevelopment of the abandoned former docklands at Pomona island to create an urban park with facilities for stroke rehabilitation as well as the community all surrounded by a natural environment.

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Nina Lundvall, Caruso St John Architects James Payne, Archipelago Architects William Mann, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Katharina Borsi, UoN Vassia Chatzikonstantinou, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Soren Johansen, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

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Ways of Seeing The unit began by looking at selected works of art and architecture from different periods, looking for ways of seeing that are shared across history and artistic disciplines. We used this to help us understand more clearly architectural history, as well as the buildings and urban conditions we find around us. This provided a way of thinking about history less as an abstract field and more as a kind of nature, continuous with the accidental and the found. We used our knowledge to propose new buildings that take part in that nature, in the highcultural and local conditions that they inevitably join.

The thesis project is a capstone project that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of design and architecture.

These projects have been developed around ideas that are supported by and grown out of the initial projects of the Ways of Seeing studio.

Students Kaitlin Allen Katerina Christodoulou Roxana Florina Cislariu Andreas Fasoulis Nils Golubevs Anya Heath Parisa Kanabar Safora Karimzada Madeleine Moore Amritpal Mudhar Goda Pletkute Alice Reeves Maia Rollo Nikola Shtetinski Carly Webster

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Project 1 Research project We began the year with a research project, making studies of the buildings and artworks, using artist texts and aesthetic theory to aid our understanding.

These canonical examples were then considered in relation to found conditions, by walking from Nottingham city centre along the Beeston Canal and River Trent, to the landscapes of the Attenborough Nature Reserve and Ratcliffe on Soar, and documenting the walk with a photographic essay.

Project 1 is the group project that defines the vertical studio in the autumn term, a collaborative research project. In groups of two, one fifth-year and one sixth-year, students discussed with their tutors artworks and buildings and selected one of each for further study. The artworks all had a visual organisation or aesthetic idea that is relevant to making architecture. It was the relationships and connections between the artworks that interested us, as were the images that are shared across history that can be used to make architecture that is emotive and lasting.

The design projects and thesis proposals that followed were built on our research, by looking at sites along the walk route as a collective reading of place.

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Brain Injury and Phenomenology Kaitlin Allen This project explores the effects of brain injury and the ways in which it can change a person’s perception of the world around them. Phenomenology offers a holistic way forward, encouraging a continuous and active participation with the world as a means to recovery. This project seeks to encourage free flowing bodily intentionality, necessary for the recovery of brain injury survivors. A brain injury rehabilitation centre and community hub embedded in the landscape are proposed, creating opportunity for integration with nature and community. The chosen site attempts to revitalise a suburban brownfield adjacent to the Nottingham/Beeston canal connecting to the existing network of leisure routes. Its former industrial history as both a sewage works and refuse site have left a distinct character, beautiful in its own particular way.

The project attempts to elevate the existing landscape condition, putting it at the fore. kaitlin.allen@hotmail.co.uk

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The dynamic body in space Katerina Christodoulou My thesis asks the question of what is an architecture that allows a range of possibilities for movement, performance and adaptability, in a way that does not predetermine the form of performance that can take place. The intent of this design is to explore three architectural themes, symmetry and asymmetry, theatricality and movement, and the relationship to the outside. The symmetry or asymmetry in architectural plans give a sense of direction to the building and compliment the site. Theatricality and movement refer to an architecture that does not interfere with the performance but only sets a scene and acts as a background.

Movement can be encouraged with flexible open spaces that are adaptable and can create more opportunities. An architecture that takes part in its surroundings, that completes the site’s identity and creates public spaces by having impressive facades and a civic presence. katerinapchristodoulou@gmail.com

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Role of traditional typologies in shaping modernist housing Roxana Florina Cislariu The project located in Iasi, Romania, aims to satisfy the locals’ needs for a better connection to nature, improved spatial qualities, improved habitable areas, while at the same time trying to meet local structural requirements such as earthquake-resistance and promote social sustainability by restoring instinctive patterns of inhabitation.

Using the research previously conducted looking at the role of traditional typologies in shaping modernist housing in Romania, the design project attempts to reconcile the Romanian vernacular with contemporary architectural approaches.

The project also brings together a range of ideas from well-known built projects also attempting to reconcile the local vernacular with contemporary living and construction practices. cislariu.roxana@gmail.com

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Nottingham Territories Andreas Fasoulis

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The Thesis explores how edges, paths and landmarks provoke and reinforce intangible territories. It questions how they encourage chance encounters and pedestrian movement. They are the physical elements that can easily tell the story of a place, but also be the reason why a territory exists in the first place. The study focuses on three main areas in Nottingham; the city centre, the Meadows and the mediating territory between them, which is located next to the train station. Taking advantage of the train station as the main landmark of the mediating territory and Carrington Street, as the main path, these physical elements are used to develop the first steps forwards the revitalisation of the wider mediating territory. They are the key drivers in the repairing of the urban grain pattern which is currently incomplete. The thesis defines territories through paths, edges and landmarks. The proposed building acts as a physical element that is currently missing from the mediating territory, enhancing the vibrance of the city and its urban flow.

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Flexible mixed-use co-housing Nils Krasners The project aims to create a flexible design for a co-housing in a dense urban environment. The project tends to accommodate the community, as well as respond to the urban environment, in order to create a place of equality, diversity and inclusion for all residents of the cty. The flexibility implemented into the design plays a big role in responding to the contemporary changes and needs of people. The design tends to accomodate both families, who prefer to live out of the city, and young single dwellers, who are the main residents of the the city. The result is a development that can be adapted for different activities and users, but at the same time is very special for the particular place and has a specific form and structure, which was dictated as a strong urban response. nil.golubev@gmail.com

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Reimagining Broadmarsh Shopping Centre Anya Heath This project proposes alterations to Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, a 1970s mall at the edge of Nottingham city centre. It seeks to integrate the building with its surrounding context and create an active public space. The proposal uses the familiar types of the city facade and the arcade to form an improved entrance to the city, along the axis between Nottingham Railway Station and Old Market Square. The scheme also introduces a series of public spaces with differing levels of enclosure, that mediate between the street and the shopping centre interior, encouraging and supporting a variety of activities. These form a cultural hub opposite Nottingham’s new central library.

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The Canal Street Collective Parisa Kanabar The Canal Street Collective is a mixed-use cohousing project located in central Nottingham.

The project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of residents whilst regenerating the area through reintroducing the north to south grain. Designed around four key principles, the project

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aims to better meet the fundamental human needs of residents as outlined by architectural psychology and evolutionary biology. The architecture itself will create a strong city façade to match the existing urban fabric within the Lace Market, centered around a perimeter block typology allowing for a strong urban façade with extensive, enclosed gardens. The residential areas of The Collective will consist of cluster flats (shared kitchen and living spaces) and standard flats, a private events space, a workspace, private outdoor spaces, and a children’s creche. The mixed-use public areas of the site include an exhibition space, a coffee shop, a workspace, an outdoor play area and outdoor spaces.

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The Storytellers’ Guild Madeleine Moore This project explores spatial layering and the sublime and beautiful. The thesis found that the right balance of sublime and beautiful characteristics is vital to create evocative and sustainable architecture (for example, architecture which is familiar often lasts longer and spatial layering can increase flexibility of use). This project will create a heart of literature and illustration in Nottingham’s Creative Quarter, primarily accommodating a library, archive and illustration exhibition space. The design creates evocative spaces by utilising three key strategic ideas: (i) an over-sailing grid that floods the site, (ii) creating pockets of space and (iii) repairing the urban grain. Many of the users’ work is directly related to the expression of emotion, whether it be art, literature or poetry. These are all powerful ways of expressing emotion, so it’s vital that this building captures and evokes lots of different emotions through its design choices. moore.madeleinel@yahoo.com

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Urban Intensification Amritpal Mudhar Bloomsbury is celebrated as one of the leading knowledge quarters worldwide; with combination of the right mix of universities, research institutes, public realm, transportation hubs and networking assets. This design project responds to the Thesis Research conducted into Urban Intensification and how studying the three variables; Intensity, Density and Vitality, can create a vibrant and diverse urban block within this innovation environment. The design proposes a mixed- use programme that will allow the youth and struggling business owners to use this building to create a platform for them in their careers and establish themselves to thrive within the Somers Town and Bloomsbury community. This will be achieved through the integration of a market hall, learning and office spaces along with an improved public realm. amritpal1@live.co.uk

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COMPACTNESS The quality of being closely packed together, creating a diverse urban block within the city that will become an artefact within the urban grain.

DIVERSITY The proposed scheme incorporates a mixed- use typological programme that will act as a regenerative catalyst for The Somers Town community.

DENSITY Not only does density define the ratio of building structures related to a plot surface, but it is also seen as the relationship of the proposed massing to the composition of the surrounding context. This is formed of The British Library, Crick Institute and Ossulston Estate.

CONNECTIVITY The activated urban block will link three distinct axis in The Bloomsbury district, consisting of Transport, Institutons and Public routes.

COMPACTNESS The quality of being closely packed together, creating a diverse urban block within the city that will become an artefact within the urban grain.

DIVERSITY The proposed scheme incorporates a mixed- use typological programme that will act as a regenerative catalyst for The Somers Town community.

DENSITY Not only does density define the ratio of building structures related to a plot surface, but it is also seen as the relationship of the proposed massing to the composition of the surrounding context. This is formed of The British Library, Crick Institute and Ossulston Estate.

CONNECTIVITY The activated urban block will link three distinct axis in The Bloomsbury district, consisting of Transport, Institutons and Public routes.

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Mental health centre for children Goda Pletkute For my thesis research I have explored the history of mental healthcare facilities and architecture. For centuries, care was stigmatized and hidden away except for a few outliers. The communities, where the care was integrated and promoted wellness, success was centuries

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ahead the rest. Public perceptions are changing, but currently mental health facilities still tend to be hidden from society. My building focuses on engaging with the existing community and encouraging therapeutic responses rather than last-resort solutions. It uses nature boundaries instead of walls and integrates nature as a part of healing. Major design driver was for inpatient units to provide each room with views towards a river and for shared spaces to connect to the garden. The project focuses on children rather than adults, as proximity to mental healthcare facilities is much more important for that group, and currently, certain areas of Nottingham lack access to good care.

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Sensory Architecture for Dementia Alice Reeves ‘People with dementia are an extreme case of cognitive deficit. But in some ways, they are simply more sensitive to subtleties of the immediate environment that affect us all’ To design a Nottinghamshire based dementia respite centre that actively integrates residents into the immediate and wider community to form a community hub. The architecture will actively incorporate sensory design through materiality and spatial understanding to enhance the sensory experience of its users. The project will also create a base for the charity DementiaUK to operate from and provide care for the primary residents and Nottinghamshire as a whole.

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Wierfields Landshaft: Reimagining the Urban Common Maia Rollo A landscape fit for 21st Century living should reflect our shared culture; our fundamental need to interact with nature and embody our growing awareness to the threat of climate change.

Wierfileds Common presents a new public realm woven into a working landscape.

Comprised of grazing pasture, sports pitches, facilities, swimming ponds and a bathhouse.

The restoration of the intensively farmed arable land to a water meadow and wet woodland presents a natural approach to flooding along with increasing biodiversity and a more engaging and informative landscape. Wierfileds Common connects communities through a shared landscape; one which is embedded by processes of work and cycles of nature. maia.rollo@hotmail.co.uk

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How can post-industrial sites be re-used to regenerate communities?

Carly Webster The primary aim of this project was to investigate how architectural designs with waste-focused strategies could provide economic opportunities to post-industrial communities. This project also aimed to understand how repositioning the role of the architect when designing industrial buildings could improve levels of social acceptance within surrounding communities.

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The post-industrial site chosen for this design project is in Blyth, Northumberland. This is due to the area’s high employment rates during peak manufacturing times and severe under-investment following industry closures. Additionally, as North-East coastlines particularly suffer from large quantities of mairne plastic pollution, Blyth would benefit from a waste-to-energy plant which transforms non-recyclable plastic into energy. These drawings illustrate a clear urban strategy where a progressive route from the town to the waterfront is created using an open site boundary and transparent building facades.

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YEAR 5 ‘We could imagine the view from the bed out to the balcony space, with the floor-boarding running through and any shadows cast by the balustrading extending back onto the floor of the bedroom. The diagonal view resulting from the position of the window and the position of the bed would achieve a comfortable distance from the intensity of the urban surroundings, despite their proximity.’

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In this quote Sergison Bates describes the imagined experience of inhabiting their design. They describe the experience of lying in bed, and gazing across the room, and how the materials, shadows, volumes, and spaces mediate from bed to city.

Similarly, we have engaged with the experience of living to design good housing in Nottingham. We have addressed the complexities of the urban condition, or suburban condition, of context, social issues, history, function, and regulatory frameworks to create a comprehensive design project that does not lose sight of the primary goal, to create good homes for people to dwell, homes that support and nurture the good life.

The projects are guided by a shared set of design principles: The individual and the collective. Housing for one person and all people.

Generosity. Generous in space and spirit.

Housing that is social. Good shared housing focused on inhabitation, dwelling, and spaces for people to interact with each other.

Scale. Bed to city.

Making places for people. Places for people to be themselves, and at the same time be part of the city.

Our client is Nottingham City Homes in partnership with a private developer, housing association, charity or similar, to the students’ choice, who propose to provide good homes for a minimum of two demographic groups.

There are three sites, all in Nottingham, each exploring a different typology. Studio 1 is an urban block in the city, Studio 2 is low-rise housing in the suburbs, and Studio 3 is an existing tower block in the suburbs.

The success of the students’ work is demonstrated by their response to the quote from Sergison Bates; the essence of which runs through the work on the following pages.

Tutors Alisdair Russell Matt Strong Tim Collett

Technical Tutors UoN Benjamin Jones Mark Alston Robin Wilson Parham Mirzaei Lucelia Rodrigues Renata Tubelo Graeme Barker John Edmonds Sarah Davidson John Ramsay Tim Collett Arup Tom Clelow Simon Welbirg Francesco Banchine Angus Tidey Chris Clarke Hassan Moharram Hasan Yousaf Maela Allegretti Adam Ozinsky Luca Bocelli Laura Solarino Matteo Lazzarotto

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Vassia Chatzikonstantinou, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Katharina Borsi, UoN Mark Alston, UoN Margaret Mulcahy, UoN Stuart Buckenham, Buckenham and Co Architects Andrew Rowson, National Trust

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ANGEL ROW The historic site on Angel Row has long been home to Nottingham City Library, the Library is currently scheduled for closure, to be moved to a new home in Nottingham`s proposed Westfield Shopping Centre.

Students in the unit have been charged with repurposing the site for housing, adopting a variety of approaches from live/work, cohousing through to inter-generational living, all considering long term social sustainability.

Moreover, place making is important in such a key Urban Site which sits at the intersection of major pedestrian axes, therefore the students have all considered Urban catalysts for the site through a mixture of uses and through the creation of a vibrant public realm.

The site is interesting in terms of its Urban Context, mediating scales from Angel Row, evolved from a mediaeval Urban Grain at one edge, through to the 60s High Rise and Urban Dual Carriageway at the other; once again generating a variety of technical, material and compositional approaches.

Students Imogen Bryce Ru Chipato Yajie (Tony) Chen Tilisha Franklin Sheila Gowin Joelle Kwuo Joe Wareham Ventsi Videlov Zixian (Sophie) Xiang Lin Zhu

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Angel Row Hub is a mixed-use, co-housing scheme based in Nottingham City Centre. It involves a partial demolition of the existing Central Library building and erection of 60 residential apartments, which focuses on accomodating young professionals, young families and ‘empty nesters’.The ground and first floor form part of the public realm and comprise a digital library, market and rentable workshops, aiming to reinstate the civic realm.

One of the key design generators that has helped shape the design is the idea of a ‘social street’. This has been achieved through the implementation of atriums in each block cluster.

This aims to support social sustainability through more places for people to sit and dwell, activating this sense of ‘co-living’.

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layrc9@nottingham.ac.uk My scheme has social housing for the elderly and young families. This is to bring together two generations who have the most free time, and can benefit from more social interaction. The elderly would have one and a half bedroom flats contained within a block the was previously the Nottingham library. The new build is a long, narrow block with deck access. This houses two and a half bedroom flats for families with young children. Connecting the two separate blocks are social bridges, which look over the performance square. The deck access and bridges also act as viewing and performance bridges.

The public spaces consist of a street food market leading into a wide alleyway. The alleyway has rehearsal and practice rooms which open up into each other. Beyond the alley is a large performance square with stair audience seating. The stairs lead to a public conservatory and skylight seating area.

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layyc11@nottingham.ac.uk The project is a Co-Housing project sitting in the Angle Row. As the Nottingham Central Library is on the site, the project needs to consider the retention of the existing structure and work with the new structure. The design focus on the idea of micro-community. It considers the urban context of the site and creates community space for the public on a smaller scale. Young professionals can interact with citizens living outside in the conservatory. Even though it is close to the Old Market Square, space in the conservatory is still attractive for people to visit. Restaurants, coffee, office and library are on the ground floor which benefits the public and residents. A mid-street sits between two buildings which engage people to walk through. It helps to connect the micro-community with the city.

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Intergenerational Craft Laytf6@nottingham.ac.uk

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This scheme aims to respond to the needs of two main demographics within an inter-generational cluster flat arrangement. It is considerate of young professionals who do not have the economic means to enter the private market and those who are approaching retirement, or are empty nesters thinking of downsizing.

The facilities within the building are tailored to people within those demographics, specifically those with an interest in a creative outlet, either digital or physical.

The existing building is well established within the City A conclusion was reached that educational facilities could be provided within the building, accessible to those who required study spaces, workshop facilities or co-working spaces.

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Housing for Young Professional laylz9@nottingham.ac.uk

The scheme on the site is to renew the existing Nottingham Central Library and provide residential units for the young professionals on the upper floors. The idea is to create a sustainable, enjoyable environment for the users for long terms use.

The city has a large amount of the population in their working age (67.7% 224,200). Some of the young professionals are graduated from the two universities.

The need for accommodation is growing every year.

For young professionals, living in the city center is a good opportunity for social. It may also be easier to go to work. However, as they just start their career, the budget is tight. It is better to live in small units. They would be happy to know their neighbors. It is relaxing to share food and grow vegetables in the communal space after daily work.

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Bromley Place Foodhall

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The site is located between the business area and the retail, social areas of Nottingham. The foodhall provides a place to meet up and grab food before heading into the city, and the square within the site is also a comfortable space to relax.

To encourage more graduates to stay and work in Nottingham, the co-housing programme located above the foodhall is catered to young professionals and families. The residential units are separated into cluster flats, duplexes and studio units. There are intermediate social spaces located on each level as well as shared working spaces so young entrepreneurs do not need to rent office spaces in the city.

The building will be constructed through pre-fabricated CLT panelling to reduce the construction time, carbon and waste produced throughout the project.

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layjw17@nottingham.ac.uk Angel Row is an ambitious social housing project in the centre of Nottingham. The scheme mixes residential, leisure, commercial and public space to create a vibrant architecture. The main drivers behind the project are a desire to address serious issues within the realm of social housing, including the bedroom tax and mental health, and to deliver a sustainable building that contributes positively to Nottingham’s historic urban fabric.

The scheme consists of two mixed residental towers with sky gardens, and a non-residential brick ‘plinth’ that houses swimmings pools, offices and cafes. The building is book-ended with accommodation specifically designed for young professionals and elderly people. The design retains two historic facades on Angel Row, and tests innovative techniques to reduce operational energy such as an active double facade and a ground source heat pump.

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The urban location of the site calls for consideration of potential civic activities, whose interlinking with the residential programme has been accomplished by providing a balanced experience both for the inhabitants and the visitors of the building and organised by two separate material palettes. The residential scheme relies on a modular framework for intergenerational housing. A variety of housing types can be provided by the same 3D prefabricated building block, a CLT unit, and customised to suit a variety of tastes. The focus market groups primarily addresses young creatives, graduates and families, however the flexibility provided by the unitized modular strategy and its potential to grow and change as its inhabitants do, makes the scheme a desirable living place for almost anyone.

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CLIFTON Clifton is a large suburb on the outskirts of Nottingham. Constructed as a council estate in the 1950s it was at one time the largest in Europe, made up largely of semi-detached family dwellings. The site for the project is the former location of St.Francis Church, built by the community of Clifton itself but recently demolished due to a declining congregation.

Several of the projects work around the themes of lack of housing for young and old people and make reference to the legacy of the church as a physical and social landmark for the community. The scheme aims to increase the density of housing whilst still responding to a suburban context.

Students Somera Bano Bethan Crouch Samuel Emmett Fan Fei Vaish Gore Nicole Korta Rumbi Mukundu Matt Skelding Dhwani Vekaria

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Interim Housing

| Somera Bano

laysb19@nottingham.ac.uk Movement is complicated and the distinction between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants is not always straight forward.

The core objective of this scheme is to develop interim housing for asylum seekers in a supportive environment that gives residents dignity, hope and a place where they can begin to put their lives back on track. The scheme will cover initial (3-4 weeks) and long term accommodation (6 months + ). Nottingham City Homes is the main client in partnership with; The Home Office (Government Department) and Serco (Public Service Provider). The demographic groups facilitated for are asylum seekers that require short term accommodation whilst the status of their asylum application is regulated by the Home Office. The initial accomodation units comprise of 23 family and double apartments. The long term accomodation covers 13, 2-3 bedroom terrace houses.

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Multi-Gen Housing

| Bethan Crouch

laybc4@nottingham.ac.uk

Multi-generational living under the same roof is increasing in the UK. Whether young or old, additional family members co-living with a nucelar family require both independence and family support with their living arrangements.

The solution proposed here addresses the needs of all user groups in a new housing typology suitable for Clifton, designed on a small, affordable scale. An optionally self - contained studio flat within the main house shares the key living spaces, garden and entrance approach but otherwise functions independently, allowing flexible living for its extended family occupant(s).

A couple of apartment blocks on the site also offer another type of living, creating a masterplan which responds to Clifton’s needs and appropriately acknowledges the surrounding architectural language.

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First Nests Empty Nests layse7@nottingham.ac.uk

| Samuel Emmett

First Nest Empty Nest is a proposed social housing scheme to fill holes within Clifton’s housing stock.

These dwellings are to provide accommodation for ‘first nests’, first homes for people as either a private bedroom within a HMO or as a well proportioned 1-2 bed tyneside house. The other target group is Empty nests, Bungalow type accommodation for people whose children have left and no longer need multiple bedrooms, but still look for generous living areas.

The scheme comprises of 42 Dwellings, including 10 Bungalow type dwellings, 6 1bed flats, 19 1bed tyneside homes, 2 2bed dwellings and 5 HMO’s across the 0.5 hectare site. This leads to a total of 9 unit types with a further 2 as mirrors. Above left shows Tyneside ‘type a’ as an example of the building style.

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Cohousing in Clifton

| Fan Fei

layff1@nottingham.ac.uk

Unlike the city center, the population density and activity in this area are relatively small. Therefore, not whole area of the site will be used for construction. Through the housing and site analysis, I want to create a community-like group living environment, including independent family houses, singlestorey and multi-storey apartment houses.

My clients are local families and young singles and couples.

The courtyard enclosed by the houses provides a place for communication and activities for the community residents.

Make people no longer feel isolated.

There are various public facilities on the ground floor of the apartment along the street, such as restaurants, gyms, cafes, and supermarkets. These can serve community residents and surrounding locals.

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Healing Architecture

| Vaishnavi Gore

layvg3@nottingham.ac.uk

Our daily objectives are designed to consider the average human with a wide range of capabilities.

Yet, the ageing population and those with cognitive health conditions, such as Dementia, may not fall into this category. The effects of their physical and psychological impacts should be implemented into our ergonomic norms.

This design project focuses on this issue by looking at the Clifton context to explore the design of the residential Dementia scheme to address this urgent medical condition within Nottingham, UK. One or two bed apartments for elderly couples where one partner is suffering from early/mid on set dementia. Additionally, shared accommodation units for individuals who suffer further developed dementia. Through the exploration of architectural precedents and theories, a internal oasis has been created to form a new architectural language that responds to this challenge in hopes of adapting peoples mindset and design factors for the future.

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Co-housing for Young Adults laynk6@nottingham.ac.uk

The design targets Young Adults and Young Families, who have grown up in Clifton, and they want to stay there and start their lives. Following the site levels, the scheme incorporates a co-working space on the street level, so that young working adults have a chance to work from home. The main drivers were the green path - as seen on the greater Clifton site, that connects the main street to the back neighbourhoods, and the arch detail noticed on the Clifton houses. The scheme incorporates green-roofs which bring people together.

The design proposes 4 different types of apartments, accommodating the needs of young families or adults who want to co-live together. The residential units start on First floor, with some having access through the green path. All apartments and the central courtyard are south facing, maximising natural light.

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St. Francis Close

| Rumbi Mukundu

Layrm10@nottingham.ac.uk University students face issues with extortionate rent prices in the city centre and on university campuses.

Elderly people face issues surrounding isolation, loneliness and lack of community involvement.

The primary goal of this project is to eliviate issues faced by both user groups by developing spaces which encourage social interaction whilst enabling indipendent living.

Nestled within 15mins from both University of Nottingham and Nottinghamm Trent, St.Francis Close lends itself well to be a term-time home to students. The slow paced surroundings also make for an ideal retirement location for elderly people seeking long term housing for social rent or to buy.

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St Francis Gardens

| Matthew Skelding

layms15@nottingham.ac.uk

St Francis Gardens is an intergenerational cohousing scheme providing 47 dwellings for both elderly and young adults from single or lowoccupancy households. It offers more adaptable and communal social housing than currently exists in the homogenous 1950s housing estate.

Residents share facilities ranging from a communal lounge to laundry, and a resident-run cafe offers precious space for social meet-ups in the wake of the demolition of St Francis Church.

Deck access circulation surrounding residentowned allotments and a public thoroughfare exploits the social potential of the public realm, creating an active interface between residents and the wider community. Each dwelling has external balcony space overlooking the courtyard that forms part of the social loggias that knit the community together.

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Cul-de-sac Living

| Dhwani Vekaria

laydv2@nottingham.ac.uk Designing a co-housing scheme for Clifton giving young families and elderly a more affordable place to live introducing apartments as a contrast to the existing semidetached and terraced housing. Clifton’s historical road structure, particularly its cul-de-sacs was a popular form of urban planning for its time which encouraged community engagement. Many adults that have lived on a cul-se-sac will have fond memories of once playing in the streets with their friends. This design creates a enclosed environment which provides a sense of security giving children the freedom to create those same memories. This scheme connects residents on Haynes Close to new residents extending their closed road into a larger open space.

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Contributors

Vassia Chatzikonstantinou, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Katharina Borsi, UoN Mark Alston, UoN Margaret Mulcahy, UoN Pat West, Witherford Watson Mann Architects Cecile David, Takero Shimazaki Architects

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Burrows Court Burrows Court studio takes as its starting point Lacaton and Vassal’s PLUS manifesto and Grand Parc Bordeaux project.

Their zero-demolition approach becomes the template for our studio.

We have retained and transformed Burrows Court, an existing disused 1960’s tower block in Sneinton, a suburb just east of Nottingham city centre. A stepped tower block sat on top of a hill, with beautiful views to the city and hinterland, it is aloof and disconnected from the adjacent low-level terrace and semi-detached housing and the diverse communities they contain.

Each project has developed a specific and unique approach through a careful reading of Burrows Court and the surrounding context and communities.

Students Poppy Chinn Joseph Hall Philip Hawkins Merick Hennrie Georgia Hillier Ryder Kirk-Newstead Kenneth Kong Abigail McHardy Conor Vale

Tutor Tim Collett

What makes this studio exciting is asking: what can you do with a building no one wants in a working-class suburb on the outskirts of Nottingham?

The results speak for themselves.

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5. Existing West-East Site Section, Conor Vale 6. Existing structural detail sketch, Georgia Hillier 7. Existing (prior to disuse) Typical Floor Plan, Conor Vale 8. Existing Structural Axonometric, Georgia Hillier 9. ‘No Fines’ Concrete Casting, Abigail McHardy

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Storybook House

| Poppy Chinn

poppy.jaye.chinn@gmail.com

Storybook House encapsulates the idea of creating generous and friendly housing for all generations. Working with the existing community, the design celebrates all generations that will inhabit it. There are intergenerational houses with more conventional 1,2 and 3 bedroom flats throughout the tower block. With children at the focus of the project, ideas of ‘fun’ and ‘play’ have been integral to the design of the scheme. Storybook House seeks to address Sneinton’s younger generations overlooked needs. The design incorporates multiple scales of play, designed for the individual as well as the collective, with cluster playspaces for the public and more intimate play areas within the dwellings. The notion of playfulness has also been expressed in the materiality and colour palette of the design.

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“Al l wor k a nd no play m akes Jac k a dull boy.”

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Sneinton Bolo

| Phil Hawkins

layph3@nottingham.ac.uk Bolo’Bolo, one of the most significant utopian texts of the late 20th century, explores a bizarre, satirical and deadly serious proposal for collective living. Despite its idiosyncrasies, there have been a number of attempts at putting this plan into practice with many of the social and architectural principles illustrated in Bolo’Bolo being fed into the creation of Zürich’s large and ambitious housing co-operatives. This project attempts to understand how these principles have impacted Swiss co-operative housing initiatives, and how these same ideas can be translated into a post war British tower block.

Making comparisons between Hans Widmer’s text Bolo’Bolo, Gordon Matta-Clark’s philosophy of Anarchitecture, and the Bonnington Square Garden squatter movement, it is possible to establish a motive for the design of an autonomous community focused around the principle of collective living.

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The Familiar and the Picturesque

| Merick Hennrie

Laymh11@nottingham.ac.uk

@merick.hennrie

Houses elevated into the sky as individual components.

Constructing streets, paths, homes and all that is inbetween.

Nestled together to weave a physical connection of place.

Familiar living spaces act as precedent towards intimate interiors.

Openings invite light to crawl into the deepest parts of the plan.

The attraction of the picturesque becomes inhabited.

Utilising painting as a design methodology, established the portrayal of layered space into a living environment. Through a documentation of observational painting led to a translation of the existing matrix of Terraced and Semi-detached housing typologies upon Burrows Court.

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Portrait of Sneinton

| Georgia Hillier

laygh8@nottingham.ac.uk

Portrait of Sneinton sees Burrows Court, an abandoned 1950s post-war tower block, re-imagined as a new, co-living, residential tower in the heart of the Sneinton community. The project takes reference from the works of Edward hopper who plays on spacial laying in his paintings to describe both an individuals connection to their surroundings, as well as the collective relationship the viewer has with the individual observed in the scene. By connecting Hoppers ideas to architectural precedents, it is possible to design a series of living spaces organised on gradient of public to private. Through a series of layered views, Portrait of Sneinton aims to encourage the feeling of a collective community whilst maintaining the British tradition of the private ‘home’.

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Tower in the Park

| Ryder Kirk-Newstead

Layrk5@nottingham.ac.uk / @rknarch A disregard for material presence and order has left Burrows Court tower in a near ruinous state. The proposal engages with the collective memory and a long architectural lineage, through a translation of classical principles and working with the typological image of the Tower in the Park, all in an attempt to reconnect the building to the landscape and city.

The tower builds upon the existing local condition of the ‘manor on the hill’, in which a large manor/house stands at the periphery of the city. Just as the bourgeousie relics of the city have been reclaimed by its people (such as at Wollaton Hall), Burrows Court will become an urban figure of which the people of Nottingham can inhabit and roam its grounds freely.

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Bringing People Together Through Food

| Abigail McHardy

(layam24@nottingham.ac.uk)

‘Bringing people together through food’ is a transformation of Burrows Court, located in Sneinton, Nottingham. The project responds to Sneinton’s issues of segregation and isolation surrounding cultural diversity by engaging with Sneinton’s rich history of growing. Inspired therefore by the ideas of growing, cooking, and eating food as a way of bringing people together, it is these ideas that manifest themselves within the design, providing the programme but also the architectural language of the building.

Sustainability is also at the heart of the scheme, seeking to work with the existing, using a strategy of wrapping the existing building in layers of winter gardens and balconies. In turn, transforming Burrows Court into a thriving, diverse community. A place designed for the individual as well as the collective, designed for one person and for all people.

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Sneinton Gemænscipe

| Conor Vale

laycv1@nottingham.ac.uk / www.linkedin.com/in/conor-vale/ A house for the whole community Gemænscipe is an Old English Term, defining ‘community’, ‘fellowship’, ‘union’ and ‘common ownership’. Principally, the renovation and extension proposal aims to cater for the needs of three scales of the community it serves; The Individual, The Family, The Collective. New wintergarden structures provide indeterminate space for each of these groups to inhabit as they please; an extension of the apartment, but equally an extension of the outdoors. This provides a new spatial layer atop a new insulated lapped tile ‘wrap’ around the existing.

Apartments have enlarged openings and more generous, open spaces, whilst respecting and enhancing the existing structure. ‘Servant’ and ‘served’ spaces are differentiated by flooring materials rather than physical ‘barriers’. Burrows Court now connects the suburban community to views of the city and enhanced public spaces.

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Urban Farm: Derby

| Kate Stephenson

layks3@nottingham.ac.uk Located on a historic railway viaduct, the Urban Farm in Derby is centred around a programme that supports sustainable urban farming research and food production whilst

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table’ restaurant and regular food markets. The long term aim (laylt1@nottingham.ac.uk) is to create a network of urban farms in Derby by utilising and

This project is in |undeveloped response to the growing connecting sites around the city.number of Bradley Hague Reconnecting the Office passengers laybfha@nottingham.ac.uk

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city out center and thethecouncil’s ambitions for the A research space project in wasthe carried to understand wellbeing expectations of workers in aims small totomediumfuture. The scheme improve Croydon’s position as sized, renovated offices. These design factors were used as Conservation a major city in the UK and Europe. The station capacity will Outside precedent for developing a ‘business incubator’ situated in providing an additional Studio Project

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The project addresses current comfort factors of an existing implemented to support start-ups, retail units incorporated to layls10@nottingham.ac.uk building and applies wellbeing principles with both an office support local businesses and a park embedded to give back renovation and new-build scheme to create better-connected offices and promoting collaboration andThe participation between to the community. research I conducted on the use of companies, students and the general public.

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The MArch Collaborative Practice Research Part 2 is now in its second year, and the following pages showcase some of the spring design concepts arising from the autumn practice research programme. When we set up the programme, we had a vision that the energy and passion of the students, focussed on real practice themes, had the potential to create real life research that not only give the group invaluable live practice research experience, but could also have a real impact on the knowledge and performance of practice.

In this respect the projects continue to deliver, with a broad range of research topics, from the use of virtual reality in planning and public engagement, to the retrofitting of brutalist buildings for hospitality use and the impact of heritage protection on mining communities.

Of additional interest we have seen a number of students and practices partnering with Local Authority planning teams to explore aspects of city heritage and planning policy. Some really exciting avenues of research that have yielded excellent results with impact on future practice and collaboration.

The spring studio allows the students to expand their horizons beyond their specific research topics to explore their research outputs on a live practice based site. Sites have ranged from a disused power station in Ironbridge, to repurposed printing facilities on Fleet Street and city centre regeneration sites in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham and the cutlery makers of Sheffield.

Overall, as course leader, it has been a joy to see the energy and commitment of the students, supported by the interests and guidance of the host practices resulting in student work having a positive real impact on practice. Enjoy reading the hard work of the students on the programme.

As ever I must extend my thanks to the whole student group for their hard work in producing the research studies, with especial thanks going to Rachel Marshall of the group who has spent significant time compiling this work.

Graeme Barker, Collaborative Practice Course Director.

Tutors Graeme Barker Katharina Borsi John Ramsay Tom Bradley Chloe Thirkell Stuart Bacon

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Kat Martindale, Researcher Robin Nicholson, Cullinan Studio Julie Waldron, UoN Sam Wilson, Bauman Lyons Rodney Harris, Sculptor and Printmaker

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COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE Students Emily Atkinson Eric Atkinson Allison Au Pooja Chikhila Bradley Hague Sheel Kothari Jessica Lawton Rachel Marshall Rufaro Matanda Nikola Matusiewicz Aidan Mwombeki Lottie Smith Kate Stephenson Leonidas Tsakalotos Frank Wood Lucy Wren

Tutors Graeme Barker, UoN Katharina Borsi, UoN John Ramsay, UoN Tom Bradley, Rayner Davies Chloe Thirkell, Wilkinson Eyre Stuart Bacon, Hawkins Brown

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Riverlink Cohousing

| Emily Atkinson

Layea5@nottingham.ac.uk Site Location: Between Coburg Street and Silsoe Road in Wood Green, London, N22 6TZ. Site Area: 3,600m2 (60mx60m) Project Description: The plot sits within an existing masterplan and adjacent to my current project at SR (Sheppard Robson). An old gasworks previously occupied the site, which influenced the bold external cross bracing structure of my design. The development seeks to build upon the lessons I learned from my research project, ‘How to create communities that are inclusive of families in build to rent schemes in London’.

Therefore, green terraces are spread vertically throughout the building to provide a greater sense of security for families with children, and this applies to amenity spaces too.

Riverlink cohousing embraces the sense of local community.

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Cost-benefit Analysis of Fabric Thermal Performance in Schools

| Eric Atkinson

layea6@nottingham.ac.uk Potential CLASP School Retrofitting Savings

Potential Savings = ~80% Secondary School Teacher Salary Annually

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Funding for schools is restricted, forcing projects to aim for minimum building regulation compliance. The project aimed to justify additional upfront cost by assessing the whole-life cost savings of improved energy efficiency.

Incremental changes to the thermal performance of the building fabric were simulated and analysed using IES Virtual Environment. Through this process, an optimised fabric was discovered that resulted in the maximum savings for the council.

By applying this methodology on a council-wide scale, the council could save significant expenditure, which can be redirected to other needs in the education sector.

Whilst the council gains an improved understanding of the financial benefits of more sustainable design, the teachers and pupils that occupy the new buildings are treated the more consistent comfort levels and better learning environments.

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Homesphere - Mixed-Use Community Facility

| Allison Au

layaa20@nottingham.ac.uk

Homesphere is a community infrastructure locates at Five Ways Birmingham, that provides 100+ flexible apartment units to accommodate homeless groups as well as individuals who are willing to pay social rent. There are communal facilities ie cafe, consultation and meeting rooms, work-stations etc. to attract general public to this hub, to increase chances for the community to meet this minority group instead of isolating them. While security points locate at every zone to ensure users and residents are safe.

Open plan, high visibility and connections between all greenery spaces enhance the transparency of the design. This gives a more welcoming atmosphere for all end-users, no matter they are from the homeless group or the general. Communal greenery spaces can assist in improving physical and mental health. These spaces locate on each floor of the whole building, so to provide various informal social spots (terraces and podium) and flexible community event platform (courtyard) wherever the users are.

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Reconnecting the Office | Bradley Hague laybfha@nottingham.ac.uk

A research project was carried out to understand the wellbeing expectations of workers in small to mediumsized, renovated offices. These design factors were used as precedent for developing a ‘business incubator’ situated in the Creative Quarter of Nottingham.

The project addresses current comfort factors of an existing building and applies wellbeing principles with both an office renovation and new-build scheme to create better-connected offices and promoting collaboration and participation between companies, students and the general public.

The proposal provides a combination of flexible, co-working spaces for office workers, focused on open, light spaces with external access on every level and encouraged activity and circulation. Dedicated student collaboration spaces and a public ground floor café, lounge and showroom allows companies to showcase and promote their work.

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Re-imagining Hotel Social Spaces

| Sheel Kothari

(laysk10@nottingham.ac.uk)

This project began with the research topic, “From the vacant hotel lobby to a thriving social hub and workspace: How have hotel lobbies evolved and how do we continue designing for future generations?”. During the research process an in-depth study was carried out into various Hotel Lobbies. Using this research I have designed a Lifestyle Hotel with a key focus on the ‘Hotel’s Social Spaces’. The Studio Project meets the research’s findings and creates a hotel which meets the evolving trends in the Hospitality Industry.

The floor plans above show how furniture and materiality can help define various spaces. Spatial flexibility, mixed user groups, 24 hour activation and the incorporation of the local culture were all key to responding to my research. ‘The Hub Hotel’ successfully achieves these targets by creating co-working spaces, restaurants, cafe, retail units, bars, break-out seating, digital checkins and many more spaces within an existing building in Central London. The hotel rooms have been designed to be compact to encourage the hotel guests to utilise the beautifully designed social spaces.

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Mile End Road Community Housing

| Rachel Marshall

layrm9@nottingham.ac.uk

The proposal presents an alternative masterplan to that produced in practice for the site located along Mile End Road in London. The proposed scheme provides key worker, affordable and BTR housing along with a series of community hubs, retail and a comunity wellbeing clinic. Phase 1 of the proposed masterplan was developed in greater detail, focusing on the development of communcal spaces, courtyard and the townhouse typology to the south of the site. The visual output for the design project was informed by my research project from the Autumn semester entitiled, ‘Virtual Reality as an Engagement Tool in Urban Planning and Public Consultation’. This research, which consisted of interviews with planning authorities, architects, the public and a pilot study, concluded that the use of VR in planning is highly effective, particuarly in increasing engagement and understanding among the public.

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Co-Live.Co-Work.Co-Create Mixed Hub

Natalie Matanda

layrm8@nottingham.ac.uk

The project presented an opportunity for a new masterplan within a site identified in the Cambridge Local Plan to provide a scheme that can transform the area whilst achieving the targets for the key areas of development. It set to define the integration of a mixed-use scheme of commercial, retail and residential that provides working, living and social shared spaces that will allow creativity to be shared between the user groups. It was key to focus on the collaborative nature of the project via the creation of a central hub, an area highlighted in my research project conducted at the beginning of the academic year entitled ‘VR and AR in Architecture: Perceptual effects of Virtual & Augmented Reality in Understanding Spatial Qualities of A Design ‘ The research investigated effective means of communication via digital technologies, which were used in the visual communication of the project.

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| Lottie Smith Sheffield Heritage Centre Studio Project Project Studio Lottie Smith Smith Lottie layls10@nottingham.ac.uk layls10@nottingham.ac.uk

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Urban Farm: Farm: Derby Derby Urban

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layks3@nottingham.ac.uk layks3@nottingham.ac.uk Located on a historic railway viaduct, the Urban Farm in Derby is centred around a programme that supports sustainable urban farming research and food production whilst promoting healthy lifestyles through community gardens and workshops. The core use is lab space and growing space for testing and developing sustainable urban farming methods in collaboration with Derby University Life Sciences Department. The secondary use is a community resource to educate schools, communities and residents about sustainable farming. Finally the programme will provide retail uses to expand the awareness of urban farming in Derby. The retail spaces will include venue spaces, workshops, a ‘farm to table’ restaurant and regular food markets. The long term aim is to create a network of urban farms in Derby by utilising and connecting undeveloped sites around the city.

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East Croydon Station & Market Place

|| Leonidas Tsakalotos Leonidas Tsakalotos

laylt1@nottingham.ac.uk (laylt1@nottingham.ac.uk)

This project is in response to the growing number of passengers using East Croydon Station, the lack of green space in the city center and the council’s ambitions for the future. The scheme aims to improve Croydon’s position as a major city in the UK and Europe. The station capacity will be increased by providing an additional platform, offices implemented to support start-ups, retail units incorporated to support local businesses and a park embedded to give back to the community. The research I conducted on the use of Isovist analysis in design has been utilised to test and improve the design in terms of way-finding and visual connectivity.

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Co living

| Frank Wood

(layfw3@nottingham.ac.uk) Charlton Riverside - Co living 70% of the population are projected to live in cities by 2050 according to the population division of the UN; the Charlton Riverside area is set for major regeneration to deliver high density developments and create a sense of place at a human scale. With 5,000-7,500 homes and 4.400 new jobs set out by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the future of Charlton Riverside awaits deďŹ ning concepts and proposals that illustrate the potential of combining existing industrial context and functions with emerging depictions of the modern home.

New Co living homes oer new opportunities and may allow individuals to naturally interact in an active and engaging environment that supports their well-being.

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Ironbridge Cooling Towers

| Lucy Wren

laylrw@nottingham.ac.uk

Ironbridge Power Station has been an operating site since the 1930’s. The iconic cooling towers, built in 1970, defined the skyline of the Ironbridge Gorge and contributed to the significant industrial heritage of the surrounding area. This project explores the retention of the towers to serve as both a museum and a residential development with the intention of extending the adjacent World Heritage Site. Residents of mining towns value their heritage through understanding, sharing knowledge and celebrating physical forms (found in Autumn Research Project) which is what this project aims to accomplish.

A combination of modular pre-fabricated CLT units and a steel space frame structure create an exciting residential scheme which honours the industrial heritage of the site whilst also exploring efficient methods of construction and vertical living.

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