University of Bath Architecture Annual 2023

BATH ANNUAL 2023

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It's been a great year and everyone has worked really hard...and it definitely shows!!... Well done all.

Well done and good luck!

- Dr Rob Grover, BSc Director of Studies. [more from Rob later in the Annual...]

It was so inspiring to work with the 4th year student this year for the first time! I enjoyed your passion and hunger for knowledge on net zero emission design strategies.

- Aoife Houlihan Wiberg, Senior Lecturer, 4th year environmental design tutor.

Some thought-provoking and progressive briefs and emerging architecturetransformational for Oxford if realised, as counterpoint to the dominance of the college buildings! Well done for your sensitive, ecologically rich and sustainable projects! Please take these forward into practice!

- Julia Kashdan-Brown, 3rd year, 4th year and MArch tutor, co-founder of Kashdan Brown Architects. Congratulations! - Dr Ismael JustoReinoso, research associate

It has been a pleasure teaching in 4th year 2022-23 on both the TED and individual project. You are graduating from an excellent course surrounded by talented people with skills that are highly desirable in the industry. I'm sure you will continue to meet each other and tutors again in your professional lives as I have done since my graduation in 2008.

Remember structure will compliment your designs! Keep challenging and pushing the low carbon agenda. As specifiers of carbon you have a great responsibility to society. I am sure you will all do well and I am envious of the exciting careers ahead of you all. Have fun and enjoy!

- Tim Mander, structural design tutor, Consultant and previous Founder of Integral Engineering Design.

Congratulations on designing some fantastic schemes, I've thoroughly enjoyed reviewing them and meeting many of you.

- Fergus Feilden, reviewer, Director of Feilden Fowles

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Alastair Crockett, 4th year tutor, Architect and Senior Urban Designer for Camden.

Thank you for inviting me to crit and be so inspired by your work!

- Jenny Carlin, reviewer, Director of Silvan Architects.

A great year of face to face engagement for you all - at last. Well done and congratulations on graduating. - Sasha Bhavan, 4th year tutor, Senior Partner of Knox Bhavan Architects.

It has been amazing to see you all develop and grow as architects during your final project. Each one of you has challenged the norm of your typologies and explored how architecture can make a positive impact in the lives of the people who use the buildings we design. One piece of advice that has always stayed with me from Bath is to remember to always have a reason behind each decision you make and to be critical about your choices. Congratulations and wishing you all the very best in the future.

- Jake Johnson, reviewer, Architect at Foster + Partners.

You literally have the power to change the world #defornocere - Dr Ricardo Codinhoto, senior lecturer.

- Mark Watkins, 4th year tutor, Director of Clear Future Architecture.

In place of a foreword, we leave you with messages from faculty members, tutors and reviewers, who have played such a large part in the formation and development of our ideas, potential and future practice.

In return, we would like to thank everyone who has been involved in our degrees:

from Rob, Matthew and Alex at the ‘top’ for their immense powers of organisation and care...

to Miles, Steve and Owen for dealing so patiently with everyone in the workshop...

to all our heads of year (past and present) for their engaging briefs and for pushing us to challenge ourselves and what our architecture could be...

to the print team for putting up with the panicked rush of report printing...

to the maintenance team for dealing with the absolute mess the studios become...

to our lecturers for providing us with the tools to expand our architectural ‘armery’

to all our tutors over the years, for being the backbone of the course, finding our individual sparks and nurturing our interests...

to all our reviewers for taking the time out of their schedules to help us grow our schemes and widen our perspectives...

The course at Bath would not be the same without you!

THANK YOU!

Congratulations to all those graduating from fourth year. It is well deserved. You have perhaps had the most challenging four years. In the Autumn of 2019, when most of your cohort started, who could have imagined that studios would be shut overnight, taking the best part of two years to return to some sort of normality. Through Zoom tutorials and social distancing, however, you have prevailed. You are now architecture graduates.

Architectural education is founded in the real world, in the material and the tangible. Discussion, informal interaction and social connection are essential ingredients. The studio is critical to this. As the you progressed through third year and then fourth year, the studios transformed. From the sanitised work spaces of 2020, slowly and gradually they morphed into a landscape of sketch models, tracing paper, computer monitors and half eaten sandwiches. It was joyous to see. Perhaps more important though are the bonds you have clearly made. Hold onto these as they may well be the strongest of your life.

I wish everyone the best of luck in the future. Whether you go on to become an architect, or not, remember the challenges you have faced in the last four years and how you overcame them. Knowing what you have all been through, you can all leave Bath with confidence and pride. Good luck!

- Rob Grover, BSc Director of Studies

BSC ARCHITECTURE

FIRST YEAR

Semester 1 Project 1: ‘Crossing’

For their first project of their degree, first year students were invited to reflect on the theme of ‘crossing’. With this, the students were encouraged to consider the potential synthesis between structure, form, experiential quality, and poetic meaning, that might be harnessed in the design of a technologically challenging bridging structure. Working in small groups of architects and engineers, students were required to design, model, and construct with but a few pieces of wood, canvas and rope, a bridging structure that technically, functionally, and expressively creates an innovative and inspirational means of crossing.

Semester 1 Project 2: ‘Timekeepers’

Their next task was an individual project to design a ‘cabinetto’ to display and interpret one of John Harrison’s Marine Timekeepers. Looking into the history of John Harrison and marine timekeeping, the challenge was not to mimic the timekeepers but to interpret them in a more nuanced and purposeful manner. A primary timber material palette would inform responses rooted in both interrogation of the timekeepers and the concept of a cabinetto (room in a room) itself.

Image credits: Group 20 Group 35

Aayush Saraf

Safa Al-Hamali

Jason Hui

Paula Landell

Lucy Lyu

Semester 2 Project 1:

The second semester began with the invitation for students to design a building in celebration of the visual arts, and the learning opportunities presented through participation and engagement in collaborative workshops and events. Keeping in mind the Holburne’s vision to be ‘an open, welcoming, inspiring, and empowering space for everyone’, students each designed a steel pavilion for the Holburne, taking in to account the Sydney Gardens setting, the museum’s extensive collections and the ever-changing and varied exhibition programme.

Semester 2 Project 2:

The threat of the growing climate and ecological emergency casts a shadow across a world where, for many, the familiar securities of the past are replaced by a rapidly changing present and an insecure future.

The final project of the year encouraged students to explore how architecture has the potential to create environments that can facilitate more sustainable patterns of living and working through the design of a live-work house for a couple, or family, engaged in artisan craft work.

William

Image credits: Annabel Wood

Hamish Cumming

William Turner

Lily Palin

Jason Hui

Ashley Png

Sarah Mclaran

Turner

Hamish Cumming

SECOND YEAR

In second year, the design projects grow in scale and complexity.

Following a short group housing masterplan ‘Bath Fields’, the year was mainly focused on an individual project ‘Ceremony’. Each student was tasked with designing a spiritual celebration venue, catering to both weddings and funerals.

The emphasis in this year was on analysis, of both brief and site. Specifically, the students were encouraged to take design cues from a key vista, helping create design solutions derived from and engrained in their context.

The key aims of the brief were as follows.

• To expand students’ experience of how buildings fit into places.

• To introduce ideas of context in village or urban situations, methods of site analysis.

• The translation of both these into actual designs.

Image credits: Antar Ghazoul

Chie Fujihari Jesper-Jay Harrington Hans Yu

Polina Krasitckaia Group 13

Thanicha Jirapojaphorn

Alexander Whitwell Kara Weston-Arnold

Lucy Walmsley

Toby Ritson

Sabrina Pires Vieira Yubo (Boris) Song

THIRD YEAR

Third year addressed a range of contemporary social and environmental challenges. It considered how architecture may represent marginalised voices. It dealt with communities and engagement, making an architecture that is of, and for, the public and nature.

Project 1 was an open project to develop a brownfield site in the centre of Bath. We explored how an architectural intervention may be used a catalyst to improve outcomes for people and nature. Students worked in groups of architects and engineers.

The second project was an individual project based in Oxford, UK. Students designed a community theatre choosing their

own clients and selecting their own sites from within the historic city walls.

- Rob Grover, Head of Third Year

Image credits: Group 27

Lucas Gunby

Frank Powell-Davies

Alexander Anggriawan

Shiqi Wang Melody Sim

YEAR 4

This year’s projects were both set in Oxford. TED, sponsored by the Happold Foundation, was entitled Generatim Discite Cultus - “Learn each Culture according to its kind” from the University of Bath’s crest. It was for a new Oxford college for a group which is currently underrepresented within the University community. Questions posed included: How are existing modes of Oxford college-based teaching challenged? How does the architecture embody these new ideas? How is the building representative of the idea of ‘other’ while also be responsive to its physical location?

For the Individual project, entitled Quadrifurcus – from the Latin for ‘four-forked’, in Middle English carfuks thus Carfax – the crossroads at the centre of Oxford – each student was able to explore a theme of their choosing anywhere in the City of Oxford, as delineated by the Oxford Local Plan ranging from Wolvercote in the north to Blackbrid Leys in the south and Osney in the west to Headington, in the east. These addressed many current issues including the provision of affordable food, youth unemployment, mental health and wellbeing facilities and lots besides. Designing all of the projects involved making many decisions at many crossroads, leaving behind other possibilities, sometimes, perhaps, certain roads were followed only to turn back and retrace steps to a former choice and make a different decision. Learning to design is a journey. Designing is a journey. Enjoy the fruits of the cohorts ‘travels’ on the pages to follow.

- Matthew Wickens, Head of Fourth Year

TED HAPPOLD PROJECT

George Copping

Finlay Walsh

Srushti Ukidve

Joe Deehan

Luke Perry

Josh Duffield

PLATFORM - DESIGNED TO BE CHANGED

A college designed for neurodiverse students with ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. Platform creates a clear separation between student life and the public realm, helping students to avoid distraction and form a routine.

Through the implementation of a 6x6 grid and innovative prefabricated concrete arch modules that can be rearranged throughout the site, Platform addresses its 250 year life-span goal through encouraging and facilitating adaptability.

With adverse weather conditions becoming increasingly frequent, and societal needs rapidly changing, Platform is designed to expect change. Its resolute ground floor allows for light weight timber structures to be rearranged above it.

The current built environment is bias to the ambulant population. Too often, ramps are placed clumsily on otherwise beautiful buildings - manifesting an inequality and othering of the disabled population. Our view of a college is one of community and inclusivity. As such, students with reduced mobility are the core motivators behind the project.

All spaces in Cicely College are wheelchair accessible to prevent the built environment dividing people by body type.

The masterplan is developed around social and communal spaces. Lively and servicing spaces are kept on the ground floor, assisting with mobility first design as they can be easily accessed by any user.

The southern square is encircled by lively, public-facing spaces which spill out into the hard landscaping and activate the spaces between buildings. The northern square is centred around the contemplative chapel. Softer landscaping and quieter functions in this area maintain a sense of tranquillity.

Antonia Gampell Lucy Salter

Tunku Nadya Khyra Thomas White Charlotte Hicks Jack Dunesby

Duygu Bahalibaba

Shahd Alansari

David Hilditch

Lee Wills

Jonathan White

Talha Amhed

HANDCRAFTED - BUILD YOUR OWN COLLEGE

University of Oxford has always been a top choice for many generations in many subjects. However, there is a lack of practical skill based course options.

Our scheme is designing a college and faculty for craftsmen consisting of masonry, carpentry and metal working. Our idea is to create a concept of transferring these practical skills from one generation to another while also allowing an environment where everyone can reflect themselves with unique ways throughout the 250 year design life. The idea is that the students will be constructing the college in several years and maintain the buildings after that.

The college and our design is all about celebrating craftsmanship and passing the knowledge through each generation. It is a symbol of worship of craft; therefore, we designed a workshop –which is the heart of our college–instead of having a chapel. The college is all about making and craft so we have a big yard for the workshop that the students can engage on the making. For the same reason, the social housing also has a communal studio/making space for the residents that they can create their own unique designs as a hobby and to socialise.

REALMS - BUILDING LESS FOR MORE

With a 250-year design life, the future of educational methods will change. We developed the potential of virtual learning with the enhancements of VR/AR to create both a physical and digital college. Bridging the gap in learner experience between in-person and virtual learning, creating equality and flexibility for our almost limitless cohort. Students spend a percentage of their degree in college through rolling accommodation, enabling us to build less for more students.

The key feature within the library space is the ‘data core’. Acting as a stability core as well as hosting the servers and 5D optical storage for the university. With our community being digital we wanted this arbitrary idea of data to have a physical presence and identity within the scheme.

Social interaction and connection to landscape underpin our design. We have returned as much of the site as possible back to green, public space. The ground floors providing public amenities and creating active streetscapes around the site, drawing people into the landscape. Our copper clad, steel framed buildings grow out of the public, concrete plinth to penetrate the tree canopy.

Roxanne Kidney Olamide Lawal Oliver Penny Ashley Stayman-Collin Louis Hanlan Karim Ramadan

Juliette

Karen

Ruby Ngan

Aaron

Fryderyk Kliber

In an effort to better understand the needs of care leavers, we conducted an early-stage interview with a student care officer. We found that one of the psychological barriers preventing care leavers from entering higher education was a lack of representation and guidance for them.

Our proposal aims to provide a haven for young adults who are looking for a place to call “home”. A range of communal spaces at different scales encourage student mingling. The central courtyard recalls the traditional college quadrangle, but also extends to gardens that embrace community involvement. Dedicated student support spaces and peer mentoring workshops are been designed to help care leavers manoeuvre through this unfamiliar chapter of their lives.

The landscape undergirds the environmental strategy of our scheme by alleviating stormwater runoff and reducing the urban heat island effect, while offering an empathetic environment with opportunities for contemplative thought and relaxation.

The distinctive roofscape of the dining hall can be seen from all angles, demarcating its role as the central communal hub in our scheme. In the student flats, special attention was paid to the provision of spaces for informal meetings, such as the social core blocks and hallway voids that allow for glimpses of activity as people travel in and out of their homes. Through its form and function, the college is a sanctuary for care levers and a celebration for the new phase of their education.

Joyce Lee

Khoo

Kwok

Jong

Soh Chong Sern

HAVEN - HOME FOR CARE LEAVERS

A COLLEGE FOR YOUNG CARERS

Most Young Carers consider dropping out of university as most of them struggle to juggle their caring role along with their education. The college aims to provide a full university experience while still permitting them to attend to the person they care for by allowing the Young Carers to bring their dependents along.

The main driving forces behind the design of the scheme are derived from the wide demographic of its occupants, generating a design that encourages and fosters a sense of community. The accommodation blocks apply the principle of increasing the area of circulation spaces, so they can be transformed from utility focused spaces into communal hubs.

The landscaping is guided by creating a garden walkway, for an interactive experience with nature when walking through the campus. There are 2 student accommodation blocks, a fellow’s block, and social housing, all with social spaces respectively. The rest of the campus includes a public café, an Auditorium, a Library and a Dining Hall. Reimagined as a meditation space, the Chapel sits in the centre of the site.

Octave Francois

Celini Mak

Sha Win Low

Louis Wood

Haylie Rivera

Oliver Deatker

Joel Boyd

Alice Davies

Jasmine Hodgson

Dan Kimber

Mohit Aswani-Tirathdas

Lucia Davighi

Jordan Sweeny

ANDRAGOGY - THE COLLEGE FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING

One in seven people are estimated to be neurodiverse in the UK. Everybody learns differently, engages differently, and responds to stimuli differently. We wanted to celebrate the strength of neurodiversity.

We wanted to design a College where the students take a leading role in how they are taught and how they can adapt their environment to suit their preferences. Challenging the traditional Oxford model, evolving from pedagogy into andragogy. Variety of spaces, adaptable environments, connectivity and ease of wayfinding are the key design concepts of our College. These are holistically embedded in every architectural, environmental and structural design decision.

The core of our College ethos was for the College as a whole to act as a resource for wider Oxford. Our Ambient Loop can be connected to form a larger District Network, our andragogy focussed teaching style can be applied to other Colleges, and our approach to flexible and adaptable spaces can be applied to benefit all.

Key design principles such as adaptability, wayfinding, responding to sensory issues, variety of space and acoustics were fundamental to our overall design. Bedrooms, tutorial rooms and study rooms have adaptable lighting and heating allowing each occupant to be in control. Within the landscaping, large open segments are complemented with other areas of seclusion for individual withdrawal. The scheme centres on the library, serving as an anchor point for the college. With paths all converging on this it acts as a powerful wayfinding tool, allowing for students to orientate themselves around. A muted interior palette of exposed concrete and timber creates a low stimulus internal environment. Cork insulation and timber slatted and nanoperforated panelling will help with acoustics.

Glulam frames and CLT load bearing structures form our structural strategy and their low embodied carbon is a huge part of our environmental strategy. Many of our buildings are designed close to passivhaus standards, lowering our energy demand. The use of K-Briqs throughout the college means our embodied carbon of materials is lowered even further.

SINCLAIR COLLEGE - A COLLEGE FOR NEURODIVERSE STUDENTS

Cat San

Maddie Kent-Phillips

Vaish Shankar

Jamie Heap

Alice Gaukroger

Charlotte Harris

Lucy Marsh

Steph Ryan

Lucy Jones

Taylor Graham

Bruce Carpenter

Alex Grief

Long-term exposure of children to domestic abuse (either observing or as the victim), as well as crime and anti-social behaviour, has been shown to increase the risk of academic failure, alcohol and substance use and adult criminality. When these children repeat the violence and lifestyle that they have experienced, they perpetuate a cycle that can continue throughout future generations.

Designing informed by the needs of the end users, promoting a sense of belonging and purpose, as well as integration with the wider community.

Providing identity and a place to belong; the scheme focuses on consistency, with the main motif of arches being integrated across the site. It aims to provide unity, allowing people to come together, while the arch itself reflects strength and support.

The quality of the internal conditions is imperative due to it’s link with mental wellbeing, something that is especially focal for our client. The longevity of the scheme’s success is also dependent on the Environmental Strategy’s accommodation for adaptability, allowing the College to function for the full 250 year design life.

INTEGRATION - ARMSTRONG COLLEGE

KELLER COLLEGE - PROMOTING EDUCATION EQUALITY

Education is a basic human right. Many do not understand the complications of living as a deaf or blind individual. The percentage of deaf individuals that graduate their Bachelors degree is roughly 20% less than able-bodied individuals. This is the same for the blind (College Consensus & Statista UK), and has a drastic impact on their quality of life.

Keller College is designed to welcome a range of talents regardless of disabilities. It is important to do this in a way that does not create a stigma surrounding its students, meaning that it must be a simple scheme that is beautiful yet does not become too ostentatious itself. Before you continue reading, take a moment to spot the steps taken that allow the college to be as inclusive as possible to the sensory impaired.

Our design characteristics range from tactile wayfinding and diffused lighting, to contrasting wall colours and transparency between spaces. As a whole the scheme is arranged to allow the students to navigate and communicate as easily as possible.

Our college boasts a predominantly glulam and CLT construction. The library atrium provides natural light and stack ventilation through acoustic louvers, whilst creating clear visibility for signing. This is combined with MVHR with dampers in other spaces such as the student accommodation and housing. Additionally, our scheme utilises passive design measures minimising energy usage, also giving back through solar PV, solar thermal, and rainwater harvesting.

Favour Daniel Oshidero

Alison Yip

Lumie Okado

Arnav Narula

Tobias Ng

Freya Bryce

Josie Shirn

Ben Tarry

Grisilda Kalci

Isobel Mcdonald

Khushi Gogia

Luke Gardiner

Mimi Tam

Sari Naito

Zbig College aims to create a series of spaces that can be experienced through senses other than sight. A central axis with landscaped nodes guides visually impaired students and visitors through the college along a water stream. At the same time, the use of haptic finishes, the gradual changes in lighting and the sensitive acoustic conditions signal the transition of spaces with minimal visual cues.

The College is organised into two zones: the Hubs to the north and the Residences to the south. The Hubs host larger social spaces, such as the Library, Dining Hall and Auditorium. The Residences include the Student Accommodation and Social Housing. These zones are unified through the shared materiality and landscaping features.

By creating an open access route and public squares at both ends of the site, the design challenges the traditional courtyard typology of Oxford colleges, encouraging more social interaction between students and locals.

In removing the strong visual bias in architecture, the proposal advocates ‘another way of seeing’ to create a sense of comfort and belonging for all users.

ZBIG COLLEGE - ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING

Oxford is divided; two populations coexist without acknowledging each other. The walled university perpetuates massive socioeconomic disparity in the city, functioning independently. To empower those who take alternative paths, we must radically rethink the educational model.

Our scheme looks to champion a less socioeconomically dependent, ‘hands-on’ skills-based excellence, giving students with more diverse talents a sense of belonging within the institution. This idea forms the heart of our scheme, socially, thermally and structurally: the skills’ library, where our two grids (and the two cities) collide. The classical education is placed below, while the new is raised above, for all to see and explore.

Housing is equally important to Oxford, a city in crisis. As such our scheme takes on a residential street typology, rather than the insular quad; social housing is indistinguishable from student rooms. Our streets are lifted upwards, such that the underneath becomes open cityscape where thresholds are symbolically removed by atrium interventions, enabling an adaptive, comfortable space for the next 250 years.

An exposition of columns enables this permeability, with key permanent spaces drawing focus by breaking the adaptable grid. An interweaving tectonic language coordinates structures with services, physically embodying our dual design philosophy of maximising integration and minimising carbon.

Alex Barry

Jamie Ferguson

Bethany Kippin

Marco Lin

Joel Sellens

Janek Trace-Kleeberg

Maria Valderrabano WINNER

THE CITY AND THE CITY - A COLLEGE FOR OXFORD

OXFORD COLLEGE - A SPECTRUM OF OPTIONS

Our main design motivation is to provide the user group with options to cater to their needs through the layers of privacy gradient and purpose specific rooms. In the accommodation area, there are multiple areas for socialisation across the scale of privacy, such as the main common room on the groundfloor, designated common rooms and kitchen area in their respective flats, and outdoor greenery recreational spaces.

Landscape also takes a very important role in this project to provide the much needed greenery benefitial to health and well-being. The central courtyard also provides water management and drainage solutions to the site. It also effectively separates the private and public areas on the ground level, giving more privacy to the accommodation block while keeping its necessary access to the courtyards

Priyesh Pandaravalapil

Natalie Yeung

Woohyeok Park

Ivan Price

Martin Minev Alexander Nikodem-Wing

There are 375,000 young carers in the UK, many of which face debilitating boundaries to access higher education due to their caring responsibilities. We have created a college for young carers that allows students to care for those they need to in tandem with studying for their degree. Our scheme aims to tackle the guilt that comes with pursuing higher education, through providing a safe and nurturing environment.

Our walled garden creates a secure perimeter around the site that enables a series of negative spaces to occur within it, forming an array of garden micro-biomes.

Biophilia is integral to the scheme due to its psychological significance in creating a calm and peaceful environment. These range from more public, plaza spaces for congregation, to intimate spaces such as the dense vegetation in the pavilion garden or the buffer zone between the accommodation blocks and the wall.

Sustainability lies at the heart of our design ethos, from achieving full passivhaus standards to our commitment to social sustainability. Our structural strategy incorporates a fabric first approach, helping to build the foundation for a 250 year design life. This has allowed us to design a college that will stand the test of time.

THE WALLED GARDEN - A COLLEGE FOR YOUNG CARERS

Dominic Aly

Matthew Bate

Zoe Gaa

Sophia McGowan

Matthew Heung

Thomas Ku

Mathilde Parayre

Ruveen Abeysuriya

Naman Agarwal

Imogen Radestock

Nicole Hufano

Henry Evans

Nicole Wong

The design of our college campus aims to accommodate refugees who have been a victim of wars, political insurgencies, and in the near future, climate change.

Our main concept is that architecture should be a haven for those in need - a refuge. Unity College of Oxford is designed to be a comfortable space for refugees with regards to built form and access. The campus seeks to provide an opportunity for social integration, language-learning, and career guidance.

The placemaking of the site has led to wide open spaces, direct paths and views that will remove any unnecessary confusion and stress on behalf of the students when attempting to access their homes or lectures.

The Avenue, which bisects the site, creates a space for interaction, with other students and fellows, due to the way that all the buildings on the site spill out onto this united path through the campus.

UNITY COLLEGE - A REFUGE FOR ALL

Our target group for this college is the visually impaired people who has little or no sight to the surrounding. We think that as they don’t have their sight, we could find a new sight for them to perceive the nature; that is, to enhance their other sensory from all perspectives. Starting from smell, to sound, light and touch; the college will provide them a wide range of sensory experiences which help them to navigate within the site and feel the surrounding in a greater depth.

The idea that drove our design development was a single indoor corridor that connected all of the buildings on site. Additionally, there are various pockets in each building in order for the visually impaired to have several breath space during their journey in this long circulation.

Externally, there are terracotta fins at different angles on the bottom two storeys of each building. This helps the blind as they use echo-location, a new technique for the blind to know what they’re surrounded by.

When they make a clicking noise, there will be a different echo rebound depending on the angle of the terracotta fins. These fins can also be hollow, solid or with patterns inside them that also alter the echo. Each courtyard has a different smell, due to the different flowers planted on them. This also allows the blind to know where they are on site.

JOURNEY TO THE NEW SIGHT - SENSATION & EXPLORATION

Sining Wang Tian Zhen Yike Wang Yan Mong John Ho Hua Tuntithunyaroch Gonzaga Avello Sainz

Loren Brundrett

Hannah Donaldson

Lucy Haggis

Aglaé Jouan de Kervenoaël

Benjamin Lord

Sidharth Murali

Archie Murrell

SOLACE - RUTHERFORD COLLEGE

With the number of refugees globally surpassing 100 million in 2022, Rutherford College seeks to accommodate students and academics who have been displaced due to political, environmental or social unrest in their home countries.

Drawing upon the theory of belonging, the college is designed to a human-scale, with year-round residence in mind, while central public functions encourage the intersection of cultures through worship, study and events. By combining smaller shared living spaces, elements of personalisation and semi-private quads, a sense of territory and home is created within a foreign environment.

Incorporating water distinguishes quads from the public realm and provides a cooling effect through evapotranspiration, while flora and fauna has been considered to ensure our scheme will continue to thrive in an increasingly hot and humid climate.

The use of Clipsham stone grounds our proposal in the history and vernacular of the University. Post-tensioning is incorporated throughout the facades, feature staircases, and campanile; challenging the material’s structural capabilities at all scales. With the rising number of climatic refugees, the use of a modular timber frame equips our college for future extension.

FOR THE SENSES - A COLLEGE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

The brief was discussed in terms of designing a realistic college campus for young adults who are naturally restricted from their educational rights, where they can receive education on equal terms, they are considered equal with other students, and their wishes are kept in mind. The college, which was designed, came together to offer a new living space to all visually impaired Oxford students, to create rooms according to their needs and areas where they can gain new life skills.

A campus that is as accessible and “visible” as possible was created by addressing the range of movements and potential problems caused by visual impairment, from student dormitories to the cafeteria.

In the landscape architecture of the campus, priority was given to the sensory garden principle, and we acted according to the priorities of the group we selected, interactive for the heightened senses that come with visual impairment. At the same time, considering the 250-year life span, it was aimed to protect from the consequences of the possible climate crisis by making as much afforestation as possible in the openings that are not used as a sensory garden.

Sezgi

Zeina

Angus

Grace

Owen

Beatriz Jaenicke

Samira Cusman

Ozturk

Haddadin

Heaphy

Jackson

Johnston

Ella Jiang

Gabrielle Andalo

George Bell

Vishal Mistry

Florence Merrett

Keynaz Rouzegari

Mehrdad Vamkani

COMMUNITY - COLLEGE FOR SINGLE PARENTS

For many single parents, once you have children the idea of higher education seems out of reach and no longer a viable possibility. Our college has been designed to create an inclusive learning community, aimed at removing barriers to entry, such as a lack of child care or parental assistance.

We have achieved this through designing our scheme around ‘levels of community’. To create an immediate support network, two accommodation units are partitioned by moveable walls, providing a shareable living space. Social housing and fellows rooms are integrated into the same blocks.

The scheme is arranged around two quads. The scholars quad to the north encompasses a tranquil garden and chapel, around which sit the library, auditorium and teaching spaces. To the south, accommodation blocks surround a sunken community quad which nests the day care and provides students with access to on-site child care.

A glulam and CLT structure is raised upon a ground floor concrete colonnade to protect against flooding. Meanwhile, the auditorium and dining hall are designed as lightweight feature buildings which celebrate their timber structures internally.

In light of the environmental crisis, our college scheme prioritises minimising embodied carbon and provides a sustainable lifestyle for environmentally conscious students in Oxford for the next 250 years.

We incorporated the idea of a community market, growing spaces for students to cultivate fruits and vegetables, and low-tech wherever possible to support a resilient circular economy. We are not only trying to establish a tight-knit community that strives to become carbon neutral, but also designing an ecologically responsive solution that caters to the live-work lifestyle of a sustainable future.

GROWTH - CLARENDON COLLEGE

Alex Cook

Francesca Moiana

Ghalia Lazrak

Howard Su

Simon Li

Thomas Powell

Aditya Arora

Keely Cetin

Christy Chu

Fany Kotzeva

Bernard Berari

Rajiv Jadav

MOMENTS - DESIGN FOR THE MIND

The underrepresented group that we have chosen to cater our design towards is individuals who fall within the landscape of neurodiversity. A key aspect of designing with this group in mind is taking account of the spectrum of sensory processing differences and intuitive wayfinding.

Our scheme is defined by the concept of “moments”, or memorable movement nodes, which we have defined as gathering spaces. The masterplan is comprised of these moments both internally and externally throughout our scheme, providing safe and comfortable spaces for interaction without overwhelming the senses.

The public buildings on our scheme are comprised of curving volumes, which set the basis for our moments to be scattered throughout our plan. Within each curve of a public building is a gathering space, as curves provide calming spaces, especially to neurodiverse inidividuals.

The concept of moments extends to our landscape and takes form as small pockets of greenery that provide a space to gather, relax and rest. Our pathways create a clear route through the main axis while the smaller private paths wind around the gardens.

BOSERUP COLLEGE - MAKING A COLLEGE A HOME

Emotional, physical and economic support of family is vital in the transition from home to university life. When this is unavailable, student hardships increase. Our college caters to students who may lack this support, particularly care leavers, refugees and students who are estranged from their parents. It will provide stability, safety, advice, and close connections with older adults and the wider community.

By having conversations with a refugee and a specialist in refugee camp design, we found that food helps bring people together and is used to celebrate community and express individuality in a diverse group of people. Our scheme aims to centre college life around the production and enjoyment of food, to foster independence and create familial connections.

This led us to centring the dining hall at the heart of the college, surrounded by a community garden. This provides the opportunity to grow food on site and integrate the college into the wider Oxford community. The housing design aimed to achieve an extra sense of intimacy by being organised vertically around staircases, which open into shared social spaces to encourage support amongst different year groups and fellows.

This approach will help the college meet UN sustainable development goals by integrating social improvement aims, such as quality education and reduced inequalities, with environmental aims, like improving sustainable consumption and production.

Anish Sheth

Katy Sheridan

Harry Sturge

Laura Clarke

Lili Mather

Tom Cohen

Samuel Rose

SPECTRUM - A HOME OF INCLUSIVITY AND GROWTH

Over the past decade, diagnoses of autism have been increasing in the UK. As more and more children and adults have been recognised to have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), looking around the world, there have been very few colleges designed with autistic students in mind. Our college design in Oxford addresses the issues faced by individuals with ASD in a built environment, through a well integrated environmental, structural and architectural scheme.

We have gone for a completely natural approach in our scheme, echoed in the use of equally natural materials like thatch and timber.

Simple and clearly defined paths, layouts, and stimulus zoning, recognise spaces that require high and low level of social interaction and mental demand from students. Separating them with gardens, courtyards, and the library as transitionary spaces. The use of curved forms, the creation of escape rooms and the regularity in materiality all aids in the reduction of sensory overstimulation, allowing students with ASD to feel comfortable.

Overall, the scheme not only addresses students with ASD, but also captures the essence of a traditional Oxford college, echoing their grandeur.

Alexander Law

Harold Nicholson

Aurelien Adam

Benedict Shaw

Joshua Curtis

Ambareen Azhar

To design a college for Oxford, located at the Observatory quarter, which can accommodate people with autism as students, and staff.

Our mission is creating a scheme that can not only just fulfill the needs of autism, but also facilitate their lives, and invite neurodivergent and not people to engage with one another, in an environment that fucuses on good life quality and education through each one’s academic years. Taking a deeper look into the brief, the design should be sustainable and operational for the next 250 years. Our challenge therefore was to contribute to Oxford city, by creating a design that would stay more sustainability-wise, relevant through the years.

For that aspect, focus is placed on future predictions regarding climate change, putting wildlife, flooding, and temperature changes, under the microscope. We aim to solve today’s problems but also prevent future ones, in a scheme that forms a “Biome”; where people, of all backgrounds and abilities, and wildlife, todays and future, can create symbiotic relationships with one another and all together under a “safe” environment.

BIOME - CREATION OF A MICROECOSYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ASD IN OXFORD

Bradley Bankhead

Atharva Belsare

Manya Kashyap

Rida Malik Hazel Tsui Zaira Zeppou

Claudia Tam

Jason Leung

Owen Ma

Thomas Harvey

Daniel Hill

Fraser Smellie

Jethro Wu

Celt, a modern English word, was first attested in the writings of Edward Lhuyd (1707), whose work brought academic attention to the languages and history of the Celtic inhabitants.

In modern days, Celts are recognised as national minorities. The Celtic culture desperately needs awareness in the context of the world, the UK, and especially in Oxford. Therefore, we would like to establish a community-focused institution advocating Celtic ideals and providing opportunities for general and advanced Celtic studies. Characterised by their cultural adaptation to the local region, it is only appropriate for this college to reinterpret the traditional Celtic settlement into the city of Oxford.

The proposal is driven by ideologies derived from the Celtic architectural typology: A clear circulation axis has been established across the site, centring around key focal points. Buildings of various scales create a sense of hierarchy within the scheme. At the same time, the meticulously crafted landscape references the quadrangle; it intertwines seamlessly to stitch all the individual elements and the urban fabric together.

The college is constituted of three distinctive elements: the Accommodation Complex, the Collective Commons, and the Scholars Commons, which clearly defines the domains to dwell, collaborate and learn.

LHUYD COLLEGE - THE EMBASSY FOR THE CULTURAL MINORITIES

PERPETUUS - A HOME FOR ALL

Kitchens are known as the heart of the home, as such, they lie at the heart of our scheme with a centralised dining hall and shared kitchens forming the nucleus of housing clusters. Our scheme has created a welcoming home for students, with a particular emphasis on refugee students and sharing food to form cross-cultural connections.

The pitched roof forms and cloistered gardens form a safe oasis for students while still maintaining clear links to the rest of Oxford. Student accommodation units maintain a feeling of homeliness and modesty, with a series of zones which get progressively more personal, from a wrap-around arcade, to shared vertical circulation, to communal kitchens, to students’ own bedrooms.

Larger gathering spaces retain a sense of home by utilising natural textures like brick, weathering steel and timber. The structures are subtle and elegant, with softly arched glulam frames forming lofty top-lit spaces. To deal with the prevalence of PTSD and loneliness in refugees, facilities for mental well-being were a focal point of the scheme. This led to the integration of a gym, mental well-being centre, allotments, and language and computer skill development centres to aid a smooth integration into college life.

Megan Cope Bogdan Damoc Santushni Gunetilleke Jasmina Haxhiaj Liam Heard Izzy Hemington

YEAR 4 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Hydrotherapy pools are one of the most energy intensive buildings to operate. In the mist of the energy crisis, they are increasingly under threat of closure. The scheme aims to show that low energy pool buildings are achievable and can still be architecturally delightful.

There are twice as many pools for animals as there are for people. Oxford only has one hydrotherapy pool which is located on the east side of the city amongst the other hospitals. The new home for hydrotherapy will provide more central access to treatment on a site abundant with vegetation with the building growing out of the landscape. A river setting celebrates the significance of the water to Oxford, to the environment and to humans.

An environmental zoning strategy drives the design. Wet zones which require heating, such as the pool, are separated from dry zones which require cooling, such as the gym. Thermal buffer zones in between double up as ancillary areas, leaving the main zones to purely be what they need to be.

Domestic design was pertinent to the scheme. Inspiration taken from the ethos of Maggie cancer centres creates an environment which users can take ownership of and have a home away from home.

Alice Davies alicerosedavies@sky. com

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP - OXFORD’S HOME FOR HYDROTHERAPY

Stitching boldly contemporary architecture into the historic centre of Oxford, this project brings craftsmanship into the heart of the city.

Four fundamental crafts of glassblowing, woodworking, blacksmithing and stone masonry form the collective around a new city courtyard.

Carving new public space into the existing urban grain, this project engages the Oxfordian narrative of nooks and crannies and ‘found’ public realm.

Workshop spaces are tailored to the specific requirements of each craft skill and the facade design harmonises function

with material expression. A material rich and filigree screen unifies the main high street facade, acting as a celebration of the making found within.

A rooftop cafe encourages visitors to spend time here and as the only rooftop terrace in central Oxford, it provides unparalleled views across the famous skyline and Oxfordshire countryside.

Exhibition spaces present the opportunity for visiting artists and makers to showcase their work. A truly central node for the expression of contemporary craftsmanship and making.

Dan Kimber dan.m.kimber@gmail. com

INTERPRETING THE EDGE - AN ECOLOGICAL FORUM

‘Makerspaces are more than just sites to craft objects. They are also places to experiment with a different way of living – one that responds to the challenges and opportunities of a world in which technology is ubiquitous.’ - B. Dellot, RSA.

A space for making - enabling a simple pursuit, but also providing a platform for inclusion, empowerment and change.

Stemming from the spatial practices of intentional communities and the makerspace movement, the scheme takes root in its place ‘in-between’: rural and urban, ecosystem and settlement, past and future, people and production. This emphasis on context and time informs a response driven by the reclamation of Littlemore Priory,

the principles of slow design and the interdependencies of people and environment.

In the integration of closed resource cycles, the Forum enables citizens, particularly those of underrepresented and vulnerable groups, to self-empower and exist beyond the limitations of our resource-dependent society.

This presents itself as a series of remakeries, makespaces, display areas, learning rooms and gathering spaces (to be actively used), punctuated by productive courtyards and unified by a walkway which guides the passive user around and beyond the site, continuing the culture of shared learning beyond its boundary.

Bethany Kippin bethanykippin@gmail. com

Olamide

In response to the urgent call to repatriate the stolen Benin Bronzes and preserve Nigeria’s cultural heritage, the main goal of The Oasis is to facilitate the process of returning the Benin Bronzes to their place of origin, Benin City. The Oasis will serve as a temporary home and repository for these pieces and will make Nigerian cultural and historical content more accessible and usable through its Public Access Library.

Using its Digital Lab, the proposed facility will explore the potential of using technology to create digital exhibitions and 3D exhibits and promote the Nigerian heritage economy. Additionally, technology will be used within the Digital Lab to carry out more accurate analyses of the Benin Bronzes

to determine when and where these pieces were made in Benin. In turn, this will offer new evidence to better understand Nigerian culture and civilisation.

The Oasis, through its redefinition of the word “exhibit”, will re-imagine exhibition spaces. The stories of the objects on display will be narrated through an African lens, prioritising the voices and perspectives of the communities from which these objects were taken. By doing so, it will provide a unique and immersive experience for visitors, allowing them to fully engage with the history and culture of Nigeria in a way that has never been done before. This has the potential to not only educate but also inspire visitors to appreciate and celebrate the rich heritage of Nigeria.

THE OASIS - DESIGN AS A MEDIUM FOR REDRESS AND REPATRIATION

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This alternative proposal to the real-life East Oxford Community Centre Development was designed around the needs and values of charities and organisations inhabiting the space. It ultimately led to the introduction of a reimagined street in front of the community centre. Princes Street is now a safe space shared by cars, cyclists and pedestrians where social interaction is encouraged, and effortlessly invites people in through the use of the same paving in the entrance courtyard.

The first thing they see then, is the performance space in front of them. This is a feature room of the proposal as it celebrates exposed glulam M frames with effortless junctions spanning over two storeys, thus creating a grandiose room

to host events all year long. The structure is then adapted into A frames with the same junction types for the rest of the West Building. The East Building facing Princes Street has parametric frames to support a roof that responds to its neighbouring buildings.

Re-purposed brick with different patterns for different spaces is used on the ground floor facades under timber louvers cladding. To create further homogeneity, both buildings use exposed CLT structure and span the same width.

Lumie Okado

CONNECTING DOTS - A SPACE FOR ALL

The Altera project is the combination of a crematorium with funeral chapels and a memorial park with outdoor columbariums. The main concept for the crematorium side is to allow the visitors to heal the wound of their losses through the process of grief by fully acknowledging their depression. The looming brick cloud and gates through the linear journey of the funeral process strengthen the emotions and only after properly feeling the full weight of the pain, the visitors are given the chance to move on to the next chapter of their lives. As the visitors escape the pressure from the overhead weight at the end of the journey, the relief they experience will aid the acceptance of their losses.

The memorial park is designed to juxtapose the crematorium building, as the large green field with multiple, maze-like paths which opposes the linear paths of the funeral process allows the liberty of travel for the visitors. The paths surrounded by thick bio-diverse vegetation leave the positive impression of a park, rather than the heavy feelings of grief. Among this park leisure, the design of the columbariums mirror the features of the chapel, to perform as fragments of memories of the missed friends and families.

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Woohyeok Park

ALTERA - THE FAREWELL AND THE REUNION

The Oxpens Food Hub will be the first of many food hubs in Oxford. The establishment of food hubs drives the Oxford Good Food Movement, which aims to resolve the food system crisis that we are faced with locally, nationally and globally.

The food hub hopes to resolve the disconnect between consumers and producers, re-establishing a relationship that seems to have been lost in the modern society.

The building consists of four departments that encompasses all the processes of a food chain: vertical and rooftop farms for growing, a market hall for trading,

a food hall for dining, as well as a community cafe and food bank to support those in need at the same time reduce food waste.

The ultimate goal is to ensure fair access to good quality, sustainably produced food for everyone. At present, many vertical farms are run in an energy intensive manner. The Oxpens Food Hub aims to be an exemplar of low-energy urban farming: passive strategies are adopted to optimise natural light and heat gains. The vertical farms work in synergy with the building, functioning as a thermal buffer and creating resource cycles within the building.

Mimi Tam tammimikw@gmail.com

OXPENS FOOD HUB - REFORMING OUR FOOD CHAIN

DISASTER TAXON - UNLIKE THE DINOSAURS, WE HAVE THE BUCKLAND FORUM FOR EXISTENTIAL RISKS AND HUMAN ADAPTATION RESEARCH

This project acknowledges how close we are to selfdestruction. Through such introspection, it is aimed that the much-needed adaptation in our ways of life to re-establish a sustainable ecology and habitat in light of the existential risks we impose on ourselves be considered.

The themes of adaptation and evolution are embodied in the building’s all around design and function. The building adopts a flat pack modular structure to allow disassembly and reassembly, in an optimistic manner that the building is no longer needed to serve this particular purpose within its expected lifetime of 50 years. The building has a transient existence at each location, but leaves a permanent impression, as an evolution garden is left on its trail as it goes.

It celebrates evolutions and resilience in natural history, and suggests “evolution” on our part - less acquiescence to the foreseeable doomsday, and more attempts at integration with our environment.

Natalie Yeung yeungcynatalie@gmail. com

KEEL is a rowing center and rowing museum dedicated to the community in Oxford. Rowing holds a significant place in the city’s culture, but there exists a considerable inequality within the sport, with the majority of rowers coming from privileged financial backgrounds. The primary aim of this facility is to make rowing accessible to everyone and enable people to explore its fascinating history. The centre will provide opportunities for training individuals from beginners to professionals. The museum will chronicle the sport’s story, while classroom and seminar rooms will be utilised to share knowledge about rowing.

The architectural design is guided by three core principles: health, leisure, and nature. Drawing inspiration from the keel of a boat, the building’s shape aims to evoke a sense of connection with rowing. Moreover, the design strives to create a welcoming ambiance, primarily employing natural elements in its construction. The design also emphasizes the use of natural light and ventilation to enhance the building’s overall atmosphere and its environmental sustainability. The design intentionally directs users’ attention towards the river, the central hub of rowing activities, with open spaces and expansive windows that provide unobstructed views of the area.

Aurelien Adam

KEEL - OXFORD ROWING CENTRE AND MUSEUM

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - GUT HEALTH RESEARCH & TREATMENT CENTRE

The gut is the most underestimated organ in the body. Contrary to common belief, it has far more responsibilities than just digesting our food... The gut is the largest sensory organ in the body. It accounts for 2/3 of our immune system and is responsible for producing some of our bodies most essential hormones and vitamins. Producing 95% of our body’s serotonin, the gut has been referred to as our second brain and is just as chemically complex as the grey matter in our heads. There really is science behind our ‘gut’ feeling’ and it is in no small feat responsible for how we think and feel.

With 86% of British adults reporting a gastrointestinal problem in their life and 1 in 4 people in the UK experiencing a mental health problem, further research into gut health, and

its link to mental health, could offer as much promise as stem cell research.

The project aims to provide a new dedicated gut health research and treatment facility, with a public education provision to empower change and help those suffering to find a cure.

Lucy Jones lucy.jones9981@gmail. com

The Centre for the Book promotes the discovery of the book as a material, physical object. The building is functionally split up into four main volumes that stack against each other: the gatehouse, the vertical gallery, public spaces and the private workshops.

Visitors are invited to uncover the magic behind handmade books by wandering through three galleries and a library housing Trinity College’s special collection of rare books. The journey up the building is punctuated with views into each specially conditioned space, creating opportunities to observe the bookmaking processes traditionally hidden from the public eye. The

visitor transits between dark and light as they move between each space.

By redefining the gallery viewing experience, the building itself becomes an exhibit on display as it is constantly being re-interpretated from different vantage points. The careful framing of views draws the visitor up the two main circulatory cores and also offers a vista of Broad Street, a historically significant location in Oxford’s print history.

Juliette Khoo khoo.juliette@gmail.com

WINDOW TO ANOTHER WORLD - CENTRE FOR THE BOOK

ELEMENTS - A CENTRE FOR CERAMICS

With close proximity to Roman kiln excavations and a Grade II* listed priory, the site has a rich history. However, such cultural context has been forgotten with time. The Centre for Ceramics seeks to serve and unite the deprived communities of Blackbird Leys and Littlemore, while reviving a vital piece of their history.

The centre includes a pottery studio, museum, and sculpture garden, guiding its users from creation to reflection. With a scheme centred around connectivity, an overlap between journeys of both users and ceramics is essential. This generates a fully holistic experience, as visitors connect with pottery at all stages of its process. The journeys circulate

around a central courtyard, which injects nature into the heart of the building.

The design is driven by its materiality. Different iterations of brick reflect the pottery process, from raw earthen material, to fired and finally to glazed. The creation of pottery possesses elements of alchemy and unpredictably, where the potter must master a balance of control and relinquishment, such as when working on a wheel or firing in a kiln. This juxtaposition is manifested within the architectural language, where both strict and sculptural forms harmoniously coexist.

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Roxanne Kidney

With the intention of mitigating hostility towards the Muslim faith in Oxford and the broader UK context, the objective is to establish an inclusive and accessible infrastructure dedicated to educating individuals about Islam and promoting representation of the Muslim community. Oxford, a city known for its scientific prominence on a global scale, could effectively address the sociocultural challenge of Islamophobia and the need for widespread access to religious knowledge by establishing an Islamic cultural center.

This center would not only serve as a practical solution for Muslims in Oxford, providing a central location for

worship and support, but would also serve as a response to the pressing concerns related to hate crimes frequently targeting the Muslim community in the city.

I have chosen a circle as the shape that will fit my building . Indeed in Islam, circles have both a symbolic and practical significance. The circle is a geometric shape that has no beginning or end, representing the infinite and eternal nature of God.

Ghalia Lazrak

ghalialazrak2001@gmail. com

RECONCILIATE - AN ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE

UNFOLD - AN ENDANGERED TEXTILE CRAFTS STUDIO

Unfold Oxford is the city’s hub for textile arts, focusing on the endangered craft of fabric pleating. Through exhibitions, workshops and open studios, the scheme aims to educate the community about the craft and raise awareness of its cultural importance to save it from extinction.

Pleating and pattern-making studios are enclosed only by brick piers, creating permeable spaces where craftspeople can share their knowledge and skills, and influence each other’s creativity. The steel structure allows for large columnfree workshop spaces, and the junctions between members are exposed to reflect the nature of the textile industry. The pleated roof shape defines the identity of the building from

afar, creating a unique landmark in a poorly connected residential area.

A single thread of circulation weaves itself through the building, encouraging visitors to experience the process of the craft themselves - from the selection of materials, patternmaking, pleating to steaming, the journey concludes at the exhibition in the upper floor gallery engulfed by the diffused north light entering through the pleated roof structure. Fabric storage and corridors merge into one, where a colourful array of materials are displayed along the route for constant inspiration for artisans and visitors alike.

Sari Naito naitosari@gmail.com

Although Oxford has international renown for education, all the learning going on seems largely disconnected and withheld from the local population. For the community, the historic colleges appear impenetrable and aloof; bounded by high walls that set out physical as well as social division. Indeed, the presence of these institutions seems to disseminate little benefit to education across the wider city as several areas are in the most deprived decile nationally. On the flipside, students within the confines of a collegiate quad can feel isolated from any community beyond their university life. At a time when one’s thinking can become quite self-involved it is uplifting to engage in outreach programmes and work

for the benefit of others outside of their studies.

This project seeks to address these two concurrent themes of educational inequality and student isolation within Oxford. A study centre for children between ages seven and eighteen will allow those from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue education without restraint. As the building is located within the grounds of Magdalen College it will draw volunteers from the student population to provide mentoring and tutoring for the youngsters within the centre.

Thomas Robinson

tr577@bath.ac.uk

AJAR - THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

The over-riding identity of Oxfordshire is informed by its agricultural heritage. Cereals such as wheat take up the largest proportion of the land mass. The county has the resources to feed its population a vegetarian diet almost 3 times over without utilising its livestock provision. In stark contrast to this, only 1% of the food consumed within the city comes from local sources. Convenience now defines our relationship with food, The Mill aims to break this trend to initiate a healthier and more sustainable food system.

To provide a space for grain milling and baking is not enough to change habits ingrained within the population. The Mill proposal is focused towards engaging the public with the process. Observation and interaction principles are

intended to inspire appreciation for the food on our plates. As an industrial building for use by the public, the scheme is an interplay of functionality and emotion. The schedule of accommodation includes a flour mill, professional bakery, a public cafe and community baking space. The notion of local is explored further through the building structure and materiality.

Ashley Stayman-Collin ashstaymancollin@ gmail.com

THE MILL - RECONNECTING OXFORD CITY BACK TO LOCAL PRODUCE

To address the climate impact of our diets, ‘The Meating Agenda’ aspires to offer an alternative to traditional meat consumption. Cultivated meat is genuine meat that is indistinguishable from the products we buy off the shelves however its process doesn’t involve the rearing and slaughter of livestock, helping to cut emissions. The scheme provides a manufacturing and research space for a cultivated meat startup to operate its business from as well as more public oriented facilities like a shop and restaurant.

Situated on the disued Osney Power Station site bordering the river Thames, the project unequivocally

celebrates its industrial heritage with use of a load bearing steel pile wall facade which informed the structural strategy for the lab and lobby modules.

Separated by building purpose, modules are elevated off ground and connected by a raised platform which hosts a multitude of informal activity. Overhead walkways accentuate the sensuality of verticality the existing canopy exhibits helping to consider pieces of industrial history as relics to be observed and experienced.

Dominic Aly aly.dominic@gmail.com

THE MEATING AGENDA - A CULTIVATED MEAT RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING FACILITY

We are facing a growing pressure to adapt urban environments to meet the needs of today’s society without compromising those of the future. The primary objective of this scheme is to promote sustainable urban living, with a focus on public transport, shared facilities and community engagement in the heart of Oxford’s city centre.

The former car park has been transformed into a vibrant mix of civic functions, creating a dynamic and lively space.

Taking inspiration from Alvaro Siza’s Expo ‘98 Portuguese Pavilion, the scheme incorporates concrete canopies that serve both functional and aesthetic purposes. These

canopies are a unifying element, physically connecting the community hub with the bus station.

Much of the environmental strategy has been derived from the site’s proximity to the river which ensures that the project integrates seamlessly with its natural surroundings and contributes positively to the overall ecosystem. The site naturally transitions from a riparian landscape to an urban environment.

Hannah Donaldson

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There is something wrong with society when 2022 birthed over 4200 “warm rooms” (over 5 million users). The twin crises of heating and loneliness.

The scheme presents a collision of energies, social and thermal; common house superposes district heating hub.

From ‘peelings to pylon’, an anaerobic digester powers the scheme (and new district masterplan). Adorned with a play-park, it forms the project’s heart, addressing waste destigmatision. Above the hub, the urban infill common house presents a prototypical alternative to the fractured nuclear home. It socially ‘retrofits’ the existing Windrush Tower, creating mutual intergenerational gain.

To avoid imposing on the district, the scheme has phased implementation, which helps engender local interest and pride, allowing residents to shape the space to come. First, district heating becomes one with landscape, a canvas for meanwhile use, creating a play-centric ‘forum for dialogue and discussion’ (Milk, 2022). Subsequently, the demountable timber social accommodation steps in, becoming an interim community centre (while existing amenities are rebuilt), before ultimately transitioning to prototypical co-housing.

By adopting systems thinking, Hearth presents the possibility for a radical shift in the interface between social and infrastructure design.

Jamie Ferguson

ijferguson.arch@gmail. com

HEARTH - A THERMAL AND SOCIAL ENERGY CENTRE FOR BLACKBIRD LEYS

The local pub has been a cherished hub of community and connection for centuries. However, this social haven has come under threat as small pubs close and large corporations thrive. Amidst the quaint and historic backdrop of a small hamlet, Bartlemas Brewery envisions a place deeply rooted in its local context, yet open to all who wish to embrace this idyllic experience. Visitors are invited to experience the brewing process, immerse themselves in the charm of rural escape, and enjoy a refreshing pint (of course).

Central to the complexity of this project is the delicate balance between honouring local vernacular principles

and envisioning contemporary, inclusive spaces. Recognising the unifying power of beer, the objective was to craft a brewery that exudes warmth, approachability, and sensitivity. The final design embodies a harmonious blend of traditional and contemporary architectural languages, with carefully curated materials that seamlessly tie everything together. Noteworthy aspects of the scheme include enabled views into the historical context, permeability of the brewing process, and a welcoming destination in the form of the taproom.

Antonia

antoniagampell@ outlook.co.uk

Gampell

BARTLEMAS BREWERY - A RURAL FEELING MICRO-BREWERY

The current legal system is immoral and inefficient, emphasising punishment rather than addressing the causes of crime. As a consequence, a cycle of destruction is created. Restorative Justice values conversation, empathy, and accountability; it gives victims a voice and offenders a chance to redeem themselves.

‘Oxford Resolve’ uses conversation, counselling, community, and activity (cooking) to bring the two disparate parties together.

The parti diagrams illustrate the sensitive design decisions of the centre: a domestic scale, integrated nature, a private plan, multiple entries, the dismissal of hierarchy, and the importance of turns to slow users down.

Nadya Khyra nkhyra1@gmail.com

OXFORD RESOLVE - A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTRE

As an individual deeply interested in heritage, conservation, and tradition, I believe it is essential for humanity to do its upmost to help preserve and promote the key historical elements of our cultures. They provide the foundation for future developments and innovations.

With deep roots alongside even the earliest development of Homo Sapiens, stonemasonry is a craft of great important to British culture. This workshop, exhibition, retail space, and sculpture garden aims to expose the public to stonemasonry as a potential profession, and get young people from local schools and colleges interested in stone.

In contemporary architecture, stone has been reduced to a cladding material, yet its impressive properties, such as its compressive strength, abundance, and new posttensioning techniques, mean it has a much greater potential as a structural material. My scheme aims to showcase this potential, and provide a precedent for future stone construction.

Featuring considerable limestone buttresses and posttensioned beams, the scheme is grounded, expressing solidity and stature for centuries to come.

Harry Nicholson han37@bath.ac.uk

STONEMASONRY - PRESERVING THE CRAFT

Imogen Radestock

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Nexus has identified the lack of a linking point for the community of Blackbird Leys. By reinforcing the foundation of retail on this site it has ensured that the people will naturally return once the build is complete and continue using the services and facilities they are used to while also making use of the additional facilities provided by the scheme.

The shops will inhabit enclosed intersections in the tartan grid of brick arches, forming a series of corridors and alleys, and the nodes in which they collide. This layout creates options for routes and provides natural meeting points that encourage interaction while safety is preserved by eliminating dead ends and ensuring

overlooking occurs from nearby shops and adjacent routes.

Above the brick pedestal of the grid of arches and covering slab, the structures take on a more playful appearance with different roof forms, ceiling heights and interactions with the edge condition. This creates a unique condition for each building use that reflects its purpose and meets its specific requirements in the hopes of ensuring a long lifespan and making it socially sustainable.

NEXUS - A RETAIL-BASED COMMUNITY HUB FOR BLACKBIRD LEYS

Repair is an act which is becoming increasingly crucial in the face of a growing climate crisis, presenting both a necessity and an opportunity. It allows us to transform broken things into something stronger and more valuable than before. The project, Circular, seeks to embrace the opportunities of repair through reusing an existing power station building to create new repair workshops and a borrowing library. In revitalising a disused place, the project will be able to embrace the site’s history whilst enabling a more robust future.

The proposal fosters connections and engages people with the programme via the creation of through-routes to the city centre. Two new public spaces are created: a gathering space within the turbine hall, and a second open plaza which

mirrors the scale of the turbine hall whilst having a more human-sized feel. Permeability through these spaces increases engagement with the scheme and the circular economy agenda - whilst creating new community space and bringing life back to the riverfront.

New buildings are positioned to echo the existing forms and frame the public realm. The most active and industrious spaces: repair workshops, library of things and café, are placed at the peripheries of the public space. Views into, and opportunities to spill out from, these buildings create a sense of engagement with the repair functions, whilst activating the communal areas.

Lucy Salter

CIRCULAR - PROMOTING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF REPAIR

Digital art is an often overlooked medium with the power to engage with new audiences that conventional art struggles to reach. The creation of a digital arts hub will expand upon Oxford’s already impressive arts offering and revitalise an important piece of urban fabric. The gallery spaces will be complemented by collaborative studios, classrooms, pop-up shops and a cafe, aiming to create a stronger sense of community and reinvigorate the local economy.

A central courtyard unites the diverse range of spaces on the site - encouraging informal interactions and creating public realm for the built-up urban surroundings. New-

build elements are materially delineated from existing fabric whilst drawing from surrounding proportions, delicately designed to synthesise the multitude of architectural languages found on and around the site.

For the Isolated Gallery, a sense of architectural seclusion was conceptually important. This is achieved by submerging it within an existing basement and sculpturally expressing the mesh. In raising the Curatorial Studios up on stilts, a sense of balance is achieved on the site, and a visual connection is established between the street and central courtyard.

Thomas White

thomasw1406@icloud. com

QUADRANGLE - A COMMUNITY ARTS HUB FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

SANCTUARY OF ENLIGHTENMENT - A MODERN

Theravada Buddhism is the oldest existing school of Buddhism, and it encourages that all people live a life of detachment from worldly pleasures, and strive for spiritual and intellectual enlightenment. Modern-day Theravada temples (Viharas) act as focal points of their local communities, providing a spiritual haven for Buddhists, a living and research space for monks, and a sanctuary for the less fortunate.

The proposed Oxford Buddhist Vihara strives to perform exactly these functions, albeit in a space that has evolved from the traditional design to fit the sensibilities of Oxford and the newly-developed needs of present-day society.

The design has three sectors: Public (which includes spaces such as a social enterprise cafe, library, and public gardens), Sanctuary (a place of refuge and recovery support for homeless people, and also residence for buddhist monks) and Sacred (the main temple premises and areas of worship, along with a sermon hall and services for monks.

The proposal is serene and minimalist, utilising materials and design choices that convery a sense of calm and warmth, whilst also depicting the struggles of existence and impermanence of life.

Ruveen Abeysuriya ruveensart@gmail.com

THERAVADA BUDDHIST VIHARA FOR SPIRITUAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Due to the high academic pressure, the Oxford students are reportedly the most stressed and burnt out. Students often forget to take care of their mental and physical health.

Mind, a mental health charity in England and Wales, states that “good mental health means being generally able to think, feel and react in the ways that you need and want to live your life.” (Mind,2020). This is the basis of the proposal.

Think - this will be implemented through the development of Mental health care facility.

Feel - an integrated wellness center with a dedicated Visual art therapy, and meditation rooms.

React - there will be a gym and yoga studios to encourage students to be healthy.

Enhanced - the project aims to enhance the student life by giving them a platform to approach health in a holistic manner.

Naman Agarwal namanagarwal731@ gmail.com

UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE - HEALING WITH NATURE

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women and their familes to work through the pain of losing a child due to stillbirth, misscarage and neonatal death. While also encouraging the local population to engage in wellbeing activites such as Yoga, Pilates and Singing. By doing so it addresses a significant gap in the UK’s support infrastructure and strives to reduce the stigma surrounding childbirth. This is acheievd by having all of the activites exisit under the same roof.

provide comfortable

mb2687@bath.ac.uk

Located along Oxford’s peaceful canal walk in Jerico, Sands Wellbeing Centre is the first of its kind. The primary aim of the centre is to

spaces for

A nursery is located on site so mothers with existing children who are visiting for the day know their child is safe and nearby.

Bate

SANDS CENTRE - A WELLBEING CENTRE

Social stigma, loss of sense of identity, alienation from society and lack of employability. These are just some of the issues faced by offenders on leaving prison, resulting in high levels of recidivism and overcrowding in UK prisons. The proposal aims to reduce reoffending through offender rehabilitation, in the form of employment in a microbrewery and bar, as well as art therapy and counselling. By emphasising internal-external connections, the scheme celebrates ex-offenders’ new freedom and connection to the outside world, promoting public engagement to facilitate integration and destigmatisation.

A first floor datum line, taken from the existing building, extends to the new buildings through a band of grey brick, creating cohesion between them. Green ceramic vertical profiled cladding on the upper levels mirrors the colours of the existing tree canopies and creates facade depth to contrast from the existing building. Internally, an exposed glue laminated timber frame structure contributes to low overall embodied carbon. The scheme has been developed prioritising form, orientation and zoning, to maximise the benefits of solar gain and natural ventilation.

Lucy Haggis

A PLACE FOR PARKINSON’S - A HOME FOR HOLISTIC WELLNESS

The Centre for Parkinson’s aims to provide a home for the community, make complementary therapies more accessible and reduce the stigma of Parkinson’s. Located on the threshold of the University Science Area and the University Parks, the scheme blends science and nature in a holistic approach to provide a place of belonging for people with Parkinson’s.

An emphasis is placed on a connection with nature, with picture windows providing expansive views of the parkscape, and a glazed walkway that wraps around the landscaped courtyard. Timber materiality is celebrated throughout the building, with a language of lightness and verticality found within the architecture.

Jasmine Hodgson

jasminemxhodgson@ gmail.com

nh638@bath.ac.uk

Disability, despite the worldwide discussions and provisions, is still a taboo. The social stigma affects millions across the UK. The Headington Hill Primary School for Autism derives from beliefs that everyone deserves a right to an education, everyone needs a space to feel safe and welcomed and an opportunity to create long-term viable relationships. Not only is it a school for young children with autism, it is aso a support centre for families/ parents of the greater community, who would like to further educate themselves on ASD and seek support where needed. The school aims to create a community with people in the same social situation- be it amongst families or children.

Since there are no government guidelines for Sensory Design, the proposal concept is inspired by the ASPECTSS Design Index, which was developed by an Architectural Professor through an online survey of 100 families in 2002, the objective of this survey was to ascertain the importance and impact of the architectural environment on families with autism by ranking the most prevalent sensory environment issues- acoustics, visual environment, tactile environment etc. With the chosen site being a densely landscape part of Oxford, it became the ideal location for a sensory safe haven.

Nicole Hufano

HEADINGTON HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR AUTISM - MIND OVER MATTER

Food plays a very important role in our daily lives. Not only is it necessary for maintaining our health, it also is an irreplacable element in all social activities. Nonetheless, the cultural and spiritual meaning behind different dishes represent parts of our personalities, and helps to establish bonds amongst people.

In response to the food poverty resulted by COVID, this scheme invites everyone to learn about the cycle of food production from growing different types of vegetables and herbs to learning how to cook them, then finally to compost the waste and circle back to nurturing all plants. While partnering with many charity organizations, we hope to educate and help as many people as possible, to both

learn about the preciousness of food and the importance of helping others.

The building demonstrates all kinds of planting, including wild orchard forest, plants that grow in the greenhouse, and finally the aeroponics. Visitors can all learn to cherish the advantages of these different approaches, and hopefully get inspired to start planting in their own household.

Ella Yidan Jiang yj652@bath.ac.uk

FLOW - CULINARY CLASSROOMS WITH A RESTAURANT AND BESPOKE GARDEN

On an urban island bounded by heavy infrastructure, this scheme seeks to repair and reconnect the wasteland with Camden Town.

Conscious consumption is becoming an increasingly popular and important attitude in an age of economic strain and climate emergency. The building and landscape will be enveloped in a protective gabion wall built from the ground with reuse of broken concrete and waste material. The central box, constructed and clad entirely from biomaterials and reused railway waste, is an object in space.

As an extension to Camden’s rich music scene and the adjacent Roundhouse, the building is a flagship for musical instrument repair, practice and performance. The urban re-wilding of the landscape is a green lung for the borough. It is independent of the building whilst dually working with it as a space for gathering at times of performance.

The scheme is a series of spaces for sustainable community gathering, combining to enhance a positive soundscape for Camden

Cormac Miller cormacmiller@outlook. com

CAMDEN SOUNDSCAPE - REPAIR, REJUVENATE AND RECORD

Rates of visual impairment are set to double by 2050, a more mindful attitude to accessible design must be taken. This project aims to understand how a space could be designed when considering a different way of experiencing the world. The centre tackles three key areas that affect the VI community; ‘acceptance’, coming to terms with loss; ‘education’, learning domestic and employable skills and ‘research’, taking initiative towards the prevention of sight loss.

The scheme is driven by conversations with visually impaired individuals to understand their mechanisms for navigation and relationship with space. Four key interfaces have been considered throughout the scheme: the ground plane,

handrail plinth, doorway datum and acoustics. Each interface grounds the user within their environment across different scales to enrich their sense of place within the building.

Primarily the project controls light, creating a new north-lit enclosure over the internal blocks to mediate external and internal conditions. The CLT and Glulam structure creates an extension of the dense trees to the north of site, the canopy mimicking the sensory experience of walking through a woodland focusing on light, sound and texture.

Oliver

Penny oliverpenny14@gmail. com

CLEAR SKIES - A CENTRE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

As an expression of ritual, the Oxford baths aim to inspire a place of gathering in which all are their most authentic self. With aims of improving both physical and mental health the baths provide space to interact with strangers and friends in a non discriminatory space. Inspired by traditional bathing practices from all cultures, the baths reject luxury and encourage users to inhabit the walls, floors and alcoves to communicate and socialise.

Defined by two distinct blocks, the baths provide a restaurant as a public space for the city, whilst concealing a bathing hall and wetland to the rear. The layout of the baths prompts users to roam through the

building, to sweat, to gather and to eventually wash off in the main bathing hall. The expression of material through a finish of travertine stone celebrates the history of the bathhouse in Roman times, whilst anchoring the building in its central Oxford site, creating a tactile inhabitable space for bathers to connect with water.

The landscape forms a direct relation to the building, growing from the baths and extending the hall into the wetland in the form of a reed bed filtration system, providing a direct relationship with water in both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Keely Cetin keely.ctn@gmail.com

RITUALE - REVIVING THE PUBLIC BATHHOUSE

Beginning as a need to regenerate the West End of central Oxford, this new public sports facility aims to bring together and connect the people of the city through movement. Featuring rock climbing and swimming as its main programmes, it functions as a protective and nurturing space for those desiring to partake in these sports.

The centre is imagined as a cave, expressed in the robust and orthogonal exterior form and the more organic internal concrete finishes, mimicking the rugged aesthetics of a natural cliffside or rock pool. The curved ceiling shells allow in diffused daylight and create a deep service void, while mirroring the tectonic nature of the climbing walls.

The plan was determined by the two primary programmes, climbing and swimming. The climbing zone is enclosed and inward looking, focused on the walls themselves. In contrast, the lido unfolds into the landscape, almost as if it is nestled amongst the surrounding wetlands.

The wetland landscape is an integral part of the scheme, servicing multiple aspects. It extends the river corridor and creates a new habitat for freshwater species, as well as aid in flood protection. A series of reedbeds is used to filter the water of the neighbouring River Thames for the lido, in addition to filtering greywater before it is released back into the Thames.

Christy

Chu chuchristy21@gmail. com

ASCENT - A CLIMBING CENTRE AND LIDO FOR OXFORD

SERENITY - GOING BACK TO NATURE

The events in recent years have had a detrimental effect on people’s mental health and have shone light on an issue which needs to be addressed much better in the future. There was an 89% increase in people struggling with their mental health, and still many do not even realise they are having issues.

Oxford’s new Wellbeing Centre, located next to the John Radcliffe Hospital, is inspired by Maggie’s Centres and their design philosophy. The humanscale of the scheme aims to deinstitutionalise the idea of the cold and lonely, large-scale monster buildings that hospitals have turned into today.

The building is a safe, welcoming, and relaxing shelter for its users, providing therapy and preventative wellbeing activities for patients and the wider community to engage in.

The design is based around the courtyard typology, and embedded in its context it provides a key connection to nature, which is essential for improving patients’ wellbeing. The programme is laid out in a way so every key space has its own garden with the same use. This way views in and out to nature are provided from every point within the building.

Fany Kotzeva f.kotzeva@gmail.com

MEMOIR - A JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHTNESS, INTIMACY TO IMMENSITY

Welcome to the storyteller in Oxford. Located on New Road in the city centre, the new cultural building accommodates an archive known as the Cabinet of Stories, a local magazine printing house, a storytelling theatre, exhibitions and artists’ studios. Spaces are configured in a way that visitors descend into the ground to dig for history, travel through the everyday stories of ordinary people and art to the roof which opens up to the sky for contemplation.

The building is carefully sculptured and sits closely with listed buildings in a historically rich context. In order to increase connectivity and permeability of the site, an outdoor public court and a new pedestrian route which links the main road with the alleyway are created.

To maintain the architectural language and heritage integrity of the building, two prominent trees and weathered stone boundary walls are retained. The external use of linear bricks echo with the neighbouring masonry buildings whereas the internal use of exposed boardmarked concrete and the introduction of light creates poetic spaces, a sense of time and diverse textures.

Karen Kwok kkwok2023@gmail.com

The Circular House emerges as a beacon of innovation in response to the pressing societal and environmental challenges of our time. This pioneering establishment redefines the traditional concept of exclusive membership clubs, moving away from status-based eligibility to a commitment-driven model focusing on recycling. By seamlessly intertwining plastic recycling with social interaction, The Circular House strives to engrain recycling as a standard facet of everyday life.

Symbolically and literally embodying the principles of a circular economy, The Circular House demonstrates this commitment in every layer of its existence. From

the architectural design to the materials chosen, from the construction methods to the operational strategies and the programmes, it embodies a commitment to recycling, fosters social wellbeing, and bravely confronts the crises of plastic pollution, social deprivation, and the cost-of-living.

This visionary approach heralds a new era of awareness, innovation, and engagement. As an illustrative showcase of the potential advantages of a resourceconscious, circular economy, The Circular House offers a compelling glimpse into a resilient, environmentallyfriendly, and prosperous future.

Jason Leung

1@jasonlhc.com

THE CIRCULAR HOUSE - THE SOCIETAL-ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE

The coffee sector is in crisis due to climate change, impacting foreign smallholders & local businesses. Awareness must be raised about these issues and gather more attention for research projects to develop climateresilient coffee trees. This building aims to accomplish 3 goals:

01 // PROMOTE - Educate the local community about contemporary issues in the coffee sector.

02 // PRODUCE - Provide specialty coffee to meet the local demand.

03 // PROTECT - Providing flexible research spaces to ensure the longevity of coffee.

What better place to achieve these than in Oxford, the place where coffee-drinking culture was first made popular in England?

The scheme utilises the local language of pitched roofs to emerge from the landscape, creating the internal experience of walking through a coffee tree. The zoning within the building is distinct but retains visual connections between them, allowing visitors to have a glimpse of the daily operation within the roastery. As visitors travel down the central avenue, the spacial character shifts from a light industrial roastery to a warm & welcoming community market. Surrounding the building is a landscaping design that fully integrates into the circulation experience, blurring the threshold between internal & external spaces and creating a flow across the entire site. Nature, being a key part of the design, weaves the building, playgrounds, outdoor cafe seating and park spaces together into one harmonious design response.

owenmasailam@gmail. com

Owen Ma Sai Lam

OXFORD COFFEE CENTRE - A ROASTERY VISITOR CENTRE TO PRESERVE COFFEE CULTURE

E-Waste is the fastest growing waste stream on the planet, and also the most valuable. Old tech still contains small amounts of precious metals such as gold, which can be extracted and reused. The scheme proposes the re-invention of Oxford’s first electrical power station as a hub to both process e-waste through part-harvesting or dismantling, then regenerate it into art pieces to be displayed in a public gallery.

The old power station was once closed off to the public, hiding it’s interior workings. The concept of the scheme instead aims to celebrate the building, its history and

the way it used to function and serve the community of Oxford.

Looking back at the history of the site, a striking arched metal roof form housing the coal grab once stood proudly above the power station. The primary design concept arose from re-instating this historic form, encapsulating the coal hoppers and breathing life back into the building. Sweeping the roof form down engages the public at a more human scale and creates a bold intervention to the riverside skyline.

Sophia McGowan sophia2024@live.com

E-WASTE REGENERATOR - RE-INVENTION OF OXFORD’S FIRST ELECTRICAL POWER STATION

Climate emergency and biodiversity are closely knitted and impact each other more than most would appreciate, the ecosystem being most efficient in sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which addresses climate change. The Oxford Biodiversity Applied Research Institute is established to seek nature-based solutions in combatting climate change and to enhance the local biodiversity.

The proposal is situated on a floodplain site abutting the Hythe Bridge Street which connects the Oxford train station to the city centre. Wetlands as a flood mitigation strategy has thus been incorporated into the landscape as a key feature of the masterplan.

To enrich the local biodiversity, a range of plant species are discovering their new homes on site. Mosses, the pioneer species, are encouraged to grow on the ledges of the concrete facade panels; climber plants like wisteria adorn the riverside glazing; different types of trees are planted to form a tiny forest that ecologically connects the nearby Castle Mound and Worcester green. As such, the masterplan is tied together with a biothread that links the ecosystem at the ground, understorey, mid and canopy level.

As a gateway that announces the entry to the Oxford city centre, the research institute aims to inspire everyone to learn to co-exist with the ecosystem, as the building itself breathes and ablooms with nature.

Ruby Ngan yyrn20@bath.ac.uk

ABLOOM - OXFORD BIODIVERSITY APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Art often speaks louder than words. Art therapy is a kind of psychotherapy that allows people to use the visual arts as a means of self-expression. This alternative to talking therapy is especially essential for those who have difficulties putting their inner thoughts and feelings into words. The project aims to make art therapy more accessible and create a safe space for healing, with a focus on those affected by Depression, Stress and Anxiety.

In addition to therapy facilities, the Centre has educational facilities for training future art psychotherapists and public spaces, including an

Exhibition Hall, for raising awareness for mental health in the wider community. Mental health and wellbeing are placed at the heart of the scheme. Using timber and shades of green throughout the project, both internally and externally, creates a calm, healing environment that helps reduce depression, stress and anxiety. Moreover, the building’s curving brushstroke form creates a series of different external spaces to connect with nature.

Shahd Alansari shahdfalansari@gmail. com

HEALING - CHANNELING INNER THOUGHTS ON BLANK CANVASES

My proposal is to create a more mental and physical health aware society, who takes care of themselves and are aware of potential mental disorders of others. This wellbeing retreat centre is a socially aware project since the income goes to the people in need via “Mind” foundation.

It includes spa facilities -like pool, turkish bath, sauna- as well as some bedrooms, treatment areas, professional consultants, and a restaurant for public use.

Design is influenced by natural surroundings and nearby river, creating a direct connection with the environment. Natural materials and colors, along with a green roof promote sustainability and biodiversity, resulting in an architecture

that promotes well-being, connection to nature, and sustainability. The design aims to create a building that blends harmoniously with the surrounding urban context while also making a bold statement as a symbol of the rejuvenation of the local area, also reflecting the values and needs of the local community and contributing to the overall wellbeing of the area. The use of sustainable building practices can help to reduce the building’s environmental impact, contributing to a healthier and more resilient community.

Duygu Bahalibaba duygubahalibaba@ gmail.com

MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO - CALM, WELLNESS, AND REJUVENESCENCE

“A Place of Safety is where PEOPLE are detained and managed safely while an appropriate mental health assessment is undertaken.” - Official UK Government definition, used in the Mental Health Act (1987).

The place of safety takes the shape of a monumental mass that is hidden away behind Victorian terrace houses. The form embraces monumentality with the use of precast concrete fins that seek to shade south facing windows in the summer, while also forcing air to enter narrow openings for cross ventilation. The upper level will pose as a slatted timber mass while the lower level

allows views onto nature and utilises the vertical nature of Oxford’s historical Gothic architecture.

The building consists of 4 wards that is surrounded by a ring of circulation for easy access of staff. Within each ward is another ring of circulation for easy monitoring of each inpatient. Towards the northern end, there will be two multi-functional spaces as well as a reception area to host multiple events such as raising awareness on mental health issues, group rehab events and NHS staff meetings. The building tackles two types of views - inwards and outwards looking spaces with built-in seating to respect privacy within each confined area.

ALEX COOK

cookalexmichael@gmail. com

PLACE OF SAFETY

“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for thekingdom of God belongs to such as these.”” MARK 10:14

This project is a church and a youth centre. It tackles two seemingly juxtaposing ideas - the Sacred and the youth. And tackles them through the lens of Christ. Christ, in a revolutionary way, joins these opposites together. The sacred, the holy, the infinity, the other worldly, resides in children, resides in the youth.

The youth centre and the church are intertwined. Not in union, but also not separated. They are joined together like how limps join together to form a body. The legs and the

arms are different, they have different designs and functions; but they work together towards the same purposes. This relationship is reflected in this project.

John Ho johnhoym@gmail.com

CHRIST AND YOUTH - THE SACRED AND THE YOUTH

RECOVERY - PHYSICAL REHABILITATION

Situated in New Hinksey, Oxford, this Level 2 SRS PhysioRehabilitation Centre strives to provide care for patients recovering from muscularskeletal injuries. Key patient groups include veterans, post-op patients and people with congenital disabilities.

The centre offers an all - encompassing suite of facilities for rehabilitating patients including a hydrotherapy pool, physiotherapy gym, physiotherapy treatment rooms, sensory garden, mobility park, ensuite in-patient rooms and dedicated recreational and dining spaces.

The centre is clad in a palette of charred accoya siding, douglas fir siding and terracotta tiles. The primary structure consists of a glulam frame with CLT floor slabs and a ferrock foundation.

Simon Li simonlivitae@gmail.com

An aviary is a large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in.

It has aims of protection, conservation, and safe interaction.

The Oxford Aviary is accessed from the Magdalen bridge, through a tunnel cutting through the net enclosure leading into the reception area of the building. The building is a research & conservation centre, which includes public areas such as the exhibition space and mezzanine café, and private facilities such as laboratories located in the lower ground floor. Walking past the reception grants the visitors access to the areas they wish to visit.

The main aviary experience is through an elevated bridge walkway on the 1st floor of the building. It is the area where the visitors will get to ‘walk with the birds’ and is the best vantage point for bird viewing within the Aviary. The goal of the space is to be flooded with greenery, mimicking a bird’s natural habitat. The bridge is shaped to form a dynamic path around the greenery, reaching different viewpoints.

Celini Mak celinimak@outlook.com

THE OXFORD AVIARY - THE AVIARY, RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION CENTRE

Claudia Tam

kyct22@bath.ac.uk

MINDSCAPE - “A FUSION OF SPATIAL EXPERIENCE AND COGNITION WITH THE COMMUNITY”

The project is a thoughtful redevelopment of the Osney Power Station site, where the North and West facades are preserved as a nod to its historical significance. The design approach embraces the existing walls, carefully integrating them into a contemporary vision that harmonizes with the surrounding context.

The Experience Center, situated against the preserved walls, serves as an immersive exhibition space that invites visitors to engage with specially designed spatial experiences, fostering a deeper connection with nature. This center also provides valuable opportunities for cognitive researchers to study human reactions within

these spatial contexts.

The Community Hub serves as a vibrant center for the local community, offering a range of amenities including a café, a versatile multi-purpose hall, and a tranquil reading room.

Finally, the Cognitive Research Unit caters to the needs of the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, providing dedicated spaces such as laboratories and experimental rooms for conducting cognitive research studies.

Samira

Situated in the Heart of Blackbird Leys, a small town of Oxford with a reputation for crime, THRIVE aims to alleviate social injustice and better the lives of the youth through sport. This scheme redevelops an existing youth centre currently set for demolition. Featuring a variety of active spaces, such as the outdoor and indoor skatepark, the rock climbing area, the sports halls etc., THRIVE youth centre provides an exciting space to nurture the young minds of the future while deterring them from criminal activity.

Opting for a more industrial aesthetic to appeal to the urban characteristics of the scheme, the overall internal feel is not one of order and tidiness. Instead, it shows that something doesn’t have to appear perfect and neat to be appealing,

a metaphor that the occupiers could use to identify with themselves. Individuality and creativity is encouraged, with large graffiti art adorning exposed columns and walls. As the scheme aims to encourage visitors to constantly try new things, openness is key. Therefore, efforts have been put in place to achieve this, such as including open plan spaces that have been divided in softer ways via curtains and shelving units.

THRIVE - TACKLING YOUTH CRIME THROUGH SPORT

Oxford, originally established as a strategic stronghold on a floodplain, has seen its waterways take on a relatively subdued role in the lives of most residents. Additionally, despite its wealth, Oxford ranks as the second-most unaffordable city in the country. The waterways, which are often dominated by college rowers and punters, reflect this inequality by displacing locals from the water.

Re·berth, aims to challenge this imbalance by creating a space that provides for the retrofitting of houseboats, offering an affordable and alternative way of life on water. By providing the necessary facilities and support, Re-

berth seeks to empower individuals to embrace a life afloat and access the city’s waterways.

At the same time, the boathouse itself serves as a backdrop for reconnecting the city with its waters through the craftsmanship of boatbuilding, fostering a sense of community. Igniting a renaissance in the relationship between Oxford and its aquatic surroundings.

Marco Lin

marcolinkalok@yahoo. co.uk

Re·berth - a new boathouse for Oxford

“An impairment or loss of mental ability, particularly impacting the capacity to remember, but also including impaired thought, speech, judgement, and personality.”

At the end of a lifetime, after all a person has been through it is hard to let go of home, of memories, and of one self. Being diagnosed with dementia within our hyper-cognitive society which requires fast adaptation and constant learning means bearing a stigma of disability and uselessness. It results in exclusion from society and being moved from home into a special care facility. As the ability to make sense of surroundings is lost, dementia patients may wish to return home in a seemingly desperate attempt to reconnect with a place of familiarity.

Situated in Headington, Oxford the centre aims to provide a home for early and late-stage patients diagnosed with dementia, provide support and alleviate the burden for carers, spread awareness through charities and ultimately foster a sense of community.

Rida Malik ridamalik23@hotmail. com

RECOLLECTION - A DEMENTIA RESPITE CENTRE

Modern Art Oxford is an existing hub of contemporary art located within the heart of Oxford. Although the organisation has ambitious goals, the current building is not large enough to fufill them. With the relocation to a bigger and more expressive site, MAO will be in a postion to benefit the public of Oxford.

The expansion of MAO focuses on 3 main goals:

- Cultural Hub, art is integral to the culture of a place and is one of its defining aspects. What makes it so powerful is how anyone is able to create and experience it regardless of age, gender or wealth.

- Education, providing an institution that has studio spaces for local artists to experiment with an array of mediums and techniques. For those who wish to study art there is an auditorium and a classroom for younger students.

- Public Realm, in line with the 2030 Oxford City Centre Plan of Action, the gallery will pedestrianize Worcester Street. This is achieved via the development of an urban realm and a sculptural garden with a waterfront.

Ivan Price ivan.price70@gmail.com

EXPRESSION - MODERN ART OXFORD EXPANSION

Conservation means preserving both the material and immaterial qualities of cultural heritage, in order that future generations can enjoy and learn from it. However, conservation can tend towards being an inwards facing and exclusionary field, which is overly concerned with preserving history for hypothetical future users, rather than presentday users. The project aims to bridge this gap, by creating a space where the public can view, experience and engage with the ‘behind the scenes’ side of cultural institutions. Engagement with the public is essential for people to connect with and feel a responsibility towards their cultural heritage, as ultimately it belongs to them.

The building programme brings together private

elements of conservation, including an archive and conservation studio, with public galleries and education spaces. The tectonic strategy of the building outwardly celebrates these private spaces, with the solidity and permanence of the brick clad archive contrasting with the ‘light touch’ conservation studios sitting lightly above it.

Effective conservation enables cultural heritage to last indefinitely, through non-destructive maintenance that treads as lightly as possible. This principle of longevity at a low cost runs through into the operation and fabric of the building over a design life of 200 years. Reducing operational carbon is a priority, and therefore the building has been designed to Passivhaus standards to achieve net zero carbon.

Katy Sheridan katysheridan2001@ gmail.com

IMMATERIAL - A CONSERVATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE

Beer and bread have a long-standing relationship - they were often made together in Oxford’s monastic history due to their similar raw ingredients and production process. In the 21st Century, the industries have become isolated and I have chosen to critique this separation to address the growing problem of waste in society. Both baking and brewing produce by-products that can be integrated into the adjacent process to result in new innovations… so why can’t this be exploited by having them share the same space?

Drying is central to waste sharing of both excess heat and ingredients, so it is central to the plan with a heavy

tectonic from rammed earth construction. The high thermal mass of this loadbearing element has been utilised to passively maintain hot temperatures and reuse cut land from the site in this key piece.

Structural hierarchy has been a key driver in the scheme, informing the heavy -> light section and contrast between a grounded staff spine, efficient production volumes and the light pavilion viewing gallery overlooking the landscape.

Anish Sheth

anishsheth102@hotmail. com

FERMENTING CHANGE - AN INTEGRATED BAKERY AND BREWERY

The scheme tackles four key issues that are increasingly pressing in our society - the demand for locally produced organic food, lack of community allotments, need for mental wellbeing services, and few opportunities to learn.

• Grow - The kitchen garden, greenhouses, and terraced garden not only encourge people to engage in social interaction and gardening but also provide healthy and organic food to the Oxford community.

• Wellbeing - Whilst the counselling rooms in the building allow therapists to offer wellbeing services, growing spaces such as the terraced garden provide additional opportunities

for people to practice horticulture gardening and relieve stress.

• Learn - Members of the public are encouraged to learn about community growing, hydroponics, cooking, and wellbeing by attending events in the building’s lecture room, teaching kitchen, workshop, and growing spaces.

Alison Yip alisonyipsis@gmail.com

FLORESCENCE - A COMMUNITY GROWING CENTRE

Located in Wolvercote village of Oxford, Eilteithyia is a center that provides social and mental support, as well as physiological wellbeing encouragement, to pregnant women and new mothers. Throughout history it has been observed that women during those periods of life have a tendency towards mental illnesses and isolation. The center will provide these women with the aforementioned types of support, in a friendly and calm environment where they will be able to spend their whole day, every day, during those stressful, yet beautiful, life periods. The design aspires to facilitate social interactions, provide an infrastructure to educate people, promote inclusivity, and most importantly, make

women feel safe and secure in their new roles. As birth rates increase in Oxford, it is important to make sure that the support these women can receive increases in quantity, but quality as well.

Differentiating itself from institutes and hospitals that offer perinatal woman some support until now, the scheme aims to provide a space that is guided by human scale, that feels like home. The scheme blends it its surroundings and resembles a collection of pavilions, both from outside and inside because of its glazed, circulation spine.

Zaira Zeppou

zairazeppou@gmail.com

Eileithyia - a support centre for perinatal women

UNEARTHED - ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC EYE

The Archaeology Centre for Oxford celebrates Oxford’s identity as a city with a rich history. By bringing together an archaeological research laboratory and museum space, the artefacts remain in the public eye - from dig to display, and are showcased through the research process. A temporary exhibition space holds artefacts throughout their analysis, on constant rotation, allowing the public to view artefacts straight out of the ground. The public can also learn about Oxford’s past in the archive & library which overlooks a preserved archaeological dig within the building, before visiting the cafe which spills into a green courtyard. The scheme also contains a large event-hall used for hosting archaeological outreach such as costume making workshops for school trips or artefact handling sessions for the local

community.

The scheme celebrates a historic view from Bulwarks Lane to Oxford Mound, framing it with a concertinaed roof and creating a visual extension of the mound with a publicly accessible rooftop wildflower garden. This roof form is optimised for PV use and a hopper & open channel alongside the public walkway celebrate rainwater harvesting.

Joel Boyd

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Heal aims to provide a new type of care for people suffering with long term illnesses. By providing a focus on the connection between mental and physical health, architecture can play a role in improving well-being in society.

Not only does a mental illness make it more difficult to deal with treatments, but it can also lead to poorer health outcomes. The centre provides patients with spaces to care for their mental health, including talk therapy, art studios, and living areas.

Educating the general public and medical professionals on the importance of mental health de-stigmatizes its treatments and allows for a psychological approach to be integrated in the public health centre. As such, classrooms, libraries and an auditorium provide a learning area dedicated to health and wellness.

Bringing people together and creating an understanding of mental health can help minimise the impact of the illness, give people hope, and allow them to heal.

Zeina Haddadin zeinashaddadin@gmail. com

HEAL - A MENTAL HEALTH & EDUCATION CENTRE FOR PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM ILLNESSES

M y Brief was to create a world-class sporting Arena and Sports Community Centre for the City of Oxford. Sport is an increadibly important aspect of life and a key connector of people and communities, it can provide an oppurtunity to grow as individuals and within a group. It was important to inspire as many people as possible with sport and encourage everyone regardless of age, social status or physical makeup to try and be active. For this I have provided a home for all different sports in one place, so everyone can find the sport which matches them best.

The Main Arena is expressed as a glowing ETFE Beacon, which can be lit up with an infinite amount of patterns. This provides a landmark for the community and somewhere they

can congregate towards, encouraging social interaction. I have also provided a public offer with the landscape, there is a new lake and woodland setting so that people can enjoy active lifestyles within nature and the benefits this brings.

I also focused on mass timber construction because of its sustainability credentials. Current Arenas use high carbon materials in concrete and steel which is extremely harmful for the environment and I wanted to provide a better more sustainable alternative.

David Hilditch hilditchdj7@gmail.com

THE OX ARENA - OXFORD SPORTS ARENA AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

In the UK, autism is part of the daily life of 2.8 million people. Despite having a few specialised schools that cater to the existing demand, Oxford experiences a shortage of autistic-designed recreational facilities. This poses a challenge for families and caregivers who seek relief after the early closure of specialised primary schools or for autistic teenagers and students who lack a safe and comfortable place to unwind and socialise.

Therefore, Ancora aims to improve music education access for individuals with autism in Oxfordshire. The careful selection of a peaceful location, the use of neutral and natural façade materials, the incorporation

of multiple systems to ensure ample yet diffuse daylight, meticulous attention to acoustic management, the thoughtful design of multiple entrances from both the front and rear of the site through a bucolic pathway, the creation of a sensory garden with ‘safe place’ pockets to escape the crowd, or the clear indications of entries in both the plan and elevation, all contribute to a thoroughly designed project that aims to address the unique needs of individuals with autism. This project acknowledges that every autistic person is different and strives to cater to the broadest audience’s needs as a calm, welcoming and adaptable venue.

Aglaé Jouan de Kervenoaël aglaekerve@hotmail.fr

ANCORA - OFFERING MUSIC EDUCATION FOR YOUNG AUTISTIC INDIVIDUALS

The architectural void and the psychological void are interdependent. In Oxford, the Quad typology (physical void) has historically rendered the city hugely inaccessible and consequently fragmented the community (inner void). The Healing Centre responds to this social issue and aims to redefine Oxford’s city scape.

The Centre is organised into 3 components: 3 activity structures, a connecting platform, a central void. The activity structures are composed of a Healing Centre, a Lobby, and a Creative Centre. These host activities that unify the community through collaborative work and individual reflection, thus architecture is used to heal the inner void. Therefore, the centre acts as an accumulation point that

facilitates for communication and social exchange.

Moreover, the Centre aims to reconnect the community with its past by excavating the original canal infrastructure that still exists underneath the site and re-activating it.

Overall, this Centre is prototypical of an accessible physical void that nurtures the psychological welfare of the community through connection in the present whilst respecting the past.

Grisilda Kalci g.kalci@outlook.com

THE VOID - THE OXFORD ARTS HEALING CENTRE

The project, which is located in the historical center of the city of Oxford and is between two important building blocks of the heritage of the city, is a hub for travelers to explore the city, students or academics to research historical topics and local people of Oxford to understand their heritage.

One of the most important features of the project, whose structure was built using CLT load-bearing walls and Glulam beams, is that it was designed with an open plan focus to ensure long-term and sustainable building life. The open plan exhibition hall and the open plan working

areas on the upper floors allow the building to be used in different forms.

The building, which stands in homage to the 1st World War monument in front and the 13th century church behind it, also serves as a binocular between the two structures.The exterior material is Clipsham Stone, which is widely used and sourced near Oxford, respecting the natural heritage of the city.

Sezgi Öztürk so435@bath.ac.uk

THE OXFORDIAN HERITAGE CENTRE - A NEW CULTURAL HUB

Unfortunately, modern day slavery is far more prevalent than we would like to think. Hidden behind a polite customerfacing facade, many service spaces enable the exploitation of vulnerable people across the country.

Beneath Oxford’s prestigious academic culture and support for the arts, a troubling economic gap has pushed some of its residents into situations of forced labor, servitude, criminal activity, and sexual exploitation. It was only recently, within the past year, that the council finally recognized the seriousness of this problem. It’s possible that previous estimates merely scratched the surface of the issue.

This scheme proposes an architectural intervention; exposing an unseen issue by providing a space for charity work, public engagement and emergency shelter to take place in the heart of the city.

With an exposed concrete structure, designed to enable future adaptability and spatial design which celebrates backof-house areas, this proposal introduces a fresh architectural language to the site.

This intervention harnesses the potential of Oxford, actively supporting and enhancing the community assets that contribute to the city’s continuous improvement.

Joel Sellens joel.sellens@gmail.com

BACK OF HOUSE - COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AGAINST MODERN SLAVERY

MUSEUM OF TIME - INSPIRED BY THE ARCHITECTURE OF TIMEPIECES

This museum aims to educate through the interaction of watchmaking workshops and a horology exhibition, encompassed in an architecture inspired by the structure of timepieces. The design concept can be separated into the two fundamental components of a watch, the movement and the case.

The inside of the museum relates to the movement, how the multilayered arrangement of the gears creates a series of overlapping planes that create vertical connections between them. This is achieved by layering concrete slabs within the superstructure with

cantilevers and voids responding to the spatial quality of gears within a movement.

The exterior treatment relates to the clean and solid case of a watch. The facade utilises a perforated stainless steel rain screen that creates a variety of transparency in how the facade displays the inner workings of the building. A custom perforation pattern relates to the section of a movement, and its implementation around the building reinforces the educational ambitions of the project.

Harry Sturge harrylsturge@gmail.com

Inspired by the pioneering Channel4 documentary ‘The Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds’, the Oxford Intergenerational Centre aims to promote interaction between the youngest and oldest within our society to tackle loneliness and social isolation.

Located in Blackbird Leys - the most deprived of the Oxford wards - students from neighbouring Orchard Meadow Primary School and residents of Longlands Care Home will populate the scheme which echoes its post-war surroundings through a new modernist/brutalist design style; completing the street and allowing for the creation of a true public realm along Cuddesdon Way.

With Blackbird Leys detached both physically and figuratively from the main city, the incorporation of an Ashmolean museum exhibition space within the scheme forges new links; whilst providing a cultural pastime for locals and participants alike.

Using reclaimed brick from the soon-to-be demolished community centre ensures the scheme remains ingrained in the area’s social history, whilst the use of a soldier course brick datum line references the topshops, church and school; forming a continuity between the area’s public buildings. Worked to align with brick dimensions, the scheme exudes architectural and structural harmony throughout.

Loren Brundrett lorenannab@outlook. com

SYMBIOSIS - OXFORD INTERGENERATIONAL CENTRE

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The building encourages sustainable design in both its operation and construction. It consists of a long, vegetated slope that leads to a translucent beacon where the exhibition is located. The slope creates continuity from the main access to the exhibition box and also serves as a plinth if seen from other angles.

The new self-regenerating pool restores the oncedemolished St. Ebbe’s bathing club, where harmful

bacteria are eliminated by aquatic organisms and impurities are absorbed by plants.

As the site is subject to flooding, the scheme is a combination of climate resilience coupled with mitigation. The landscaping has been designed to absorb as much flood water as possible while also protecting the building.

The scheme is about offering an architectural exhibition centre for the city of Oxford that includes studios, a bathing centre and a restaurant.

Octave François

ARCHITECTURE CENTRE - FOSTERING A NEW ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNITY IN OXFORD

PIONEER ACADEMY - SEN EDUCATION WHERE IT IS NEEDED THE MOST

Pioneer Academy is a special educational needs school for 96 pupils of secondary school age. It aims to help pupils with ambulant special needs who would benefit from an autism specific teaching environment.

The school is situated in the heart of South Headington, next to Churchill Hospital. An area which is in great need of a special educational needs school.

An open and inviting environment and an interesting plan that bridges the internal and external spaces, helps to deinstitutionalise a building typology that can often be too institutional. The building offers safety and security whilst

providing opportunities for learning through independence both within and outside of the standard curriculum.

Thomas Harvey tomharvey2000@gmail. com

Loneliness is now recognised as an additional risk to health in old age, and senior citizens are unfortunately at a higher risk of experiencing social isolation. Based on current trends, the number of seniors living alone in Oxfordshire could be as high as 50,000 by 2024.

Located adjacent to the Headington Care Home and Warneford Hospital, this community hub for senior citizens aims to tackle the issue of social isolation. Spaces that foster interaction between users are a core concept in the design of the building. The scheme also revolves around the idea of deinstitutionalizing the way we design for elderly people, and aims to create an

environment that is empowering instead of one that is restrictive or controlling.

The building uses the linear nature of the site to essentially become a ‘street’ with different avenues that sprawl out from it, which form pockets of space that allow people to bump into and interact with one another. The north-east side of the building - the ‘barn,’ is more thermally controlled and accommodates the traditional community centre spaces, such as the multi-use hall, library, coworking room, and cafe. The southwest side of the building houses the farmers market - allowing for intergenerational exchange and empowerment.

Arnav Narula arnave.narula@gmail. com

VITALITY - A PLACE TO CONNECT

This page provides a brief overview of a proposed repurposing of Churchill Hospital Car Park 5 in Headington, Oxford, for use as a laboratory for the advancement of renewable energy technologies. The scheme will include office, education, and assembly and leisure spaces.

The design of the building has been influenced by a prioritisation of zero-carbon emissions, and is primarily passive in nature. Its form is predominantly derived from the axis connecting Old Road Campus and Churchill Hospital, with a large curved southern wall following the direction of the sunpath. The internal arrangement consists of an east, west, and south wing, which are separated by open courtyards to facilitate for adept natural daylighting and

ventilation throughout the scheme. The wings surround a central hub with an trium which doubles as an exhibition hall to showcase the new technologies.

Upon entrance, you are greeted by a large feature staircase spanning all four floors. The ground floor features four fire cores at each corner. We also find here the double-height spaces, with a flexible workshop in the east wing and a dining hall in the west. In between these spaces sits a doubleheight library in each floor of the south wing. As one moves upwards, there are more workspaces, with labs and offices located in both the east and west wings, accessible only through swipe cards. Surrounding the private-use spaces are bands of shared study spaces and relaxation spaces.

Daniel Favour Oshidero dfoshidero@outlook.com

THE PROSPECT - BEYOND TOMORROW

This primary school aims to provide its students with an environment that nurtures their learning through the intervention of natural elements. Set in Wolvercote, North Oxford, the site provides the perfect backdrop for a forest school, given its adjacency to some of Oxfords key green spaces.

The proposal offers a simple built solution. The compact, single story, barn- style clusters of classrooms, surrounded by foliage, creates warm and domestic environment. The arrangement of the plan is such that it creates a gradient of spaces with allowances for traditional learning as well as student- led learning. The

classrooms spill out underneath a shaded area which then leads the students outside.

The site is landscaped heavily to create various natural environments such as; woodland, open grassland, and wetland. Since the site employs a sustainable urban drainage system, the wetland creates a small ecosystem of various flora and fauna which creates great oppurtunities for more guided outdoor learning for the students.

Priyesh Shibu priyeshpandaravalapil@ gmail.com

SANCTUARY - FOREST PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Located at the Oxford science area and the University Park, the astronomy museum takes advantage of the landscape and further celebrates the nature at night.

The planetarium is the heart of the building. It is located at the centre of the circular atrium with structural supports to lift it up as a floating planet inside the building. A spiral staircase as the main circulation route is designed around the planetarium, mimicking the action of orbiting. The lights and projectors around the planetarium will be turned on at night to light up the space and make it look more futuristic like a glowing ball.

The night events also take place on the roof terrace. A glazed geodesic dome with a ring of planting and seating is designed on the top of the planetarium. The terrace is designed as a roof observatory with a bar and telescopes along the edges to be used both in daytime and at night.

The project aims at providing a learning space for people who are interested in astronomy as well as a social hub for the Oxford local community

Sining Wang hellawsn@gmail.com

LOOKING UP AT THE STARS - THE NIGHT HIDES A WORLD, BUT REVEALS A UNIVERSE

“The Earthshot Centre“: Having run now for two years, the Earthshot Prize has awarded a total of 10 grants of £1 million to winners across the globe. As such, the charity wishes to establish a permanent headquarters to enable them to hold gatherings and engage with the public.

Research Centre: The building will provide cutting edge studio and research facilities, bringing together winners of the prize and member companies from the Earthshot Global Alliance to help develop, scale and implement the winning solutions.

“A portal to the Public”: The building will have exhibition

space to house showcases of the previous winning solutions for public viewing and host public talks and seminars relating to the restoration of the planet.

The Earthshot Centre will function as the headquarters for the charity. The building must embody the principles of the five “earthshots”.

Louis Wood louis.wd1@googlemail. com

THE EARTHSHOT CENTRE

NORTHBRIDGE - REPAIRING FOR THE FUTURE

Northbridge is an e-waste repair and creative facility, designed to engage people in the practice of fixing and understanding technology as opposed to solely consuming it. From the drop-off bays where visitors can observe the continuous influx of electronic waste; to the central hall where exhibitions about technology created by the resident artist are held; through to the sculpture garden and terrace that house an increasing amount of e-waste sculptures, the project points out the importance of familiarising ourselves with these complex objects we interface with everyday.

Workshop spaces allow visitors, particularly children from neighbouring schools, to nourish their curiosities, prying open old laptops and creating their own ‘robots’ from

recovered parts. Meanwhile, technical facilities support both the professional repair programme as well as the education of users.

With the vast amount of content, storage is a defining aspect of the scheme. Sliding joinery, inspired by the drawers used to contain small components, create partitions as well as an adaptable central hall. At first level, fixed joinery units running off of the central spine house the library of tools, parts and manuals available for public use. These units then define the repair bays in between them where professionals work directly across members of the public, allowing them to be readily available for technical support and advice.

Gabrielle Andalo ga483@bath.ac.uk

Oxford is a city with a rich history of wooden boat building, dating back well before the sport of rowing took hold of its rivers. Once the home of the UK’s largest recreational boat builder, Oxford’s boat-building industry has since witnessed a steep decline, reflecting the demise of the wider UK boat-building industry. As a result, the traditional craft of wooden boat-building has long since disappeared from the banks of Oxford. This scheme aims to restore the craft within the city by establishing a wooden boat-building college in nearby Donnington.

Through its integration of Oxford Sea Cadets, alongside public launching facilities, the scheme aims to foster a deeper connection between the community and the river, using water-sports and recreational activities as a medium to improve the lives of the people of Donnington, with the ultimate goal of fulfilling the river’s potential to become a public space shared by all Oxonians.

By incorporating the community throughout the scheme, the project aims to inspire the next generation of wooden boat builders and ensure the longevity of the craft.

George Bell

ageorge8377@gmail. com

BOAT BUILDING - RESTORING OXFORD’S LOST CRAFT OF WOODEN BOAT-BUILDING

DRIVING THE FUTURE - A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY FOR ELECTRIC AUTOMOTIVES

With the complete transition to electric vehicle use fast approaching, it’s clear that automotive production is going to face some changes. For Oxford, this means that its iconic Cowley MINI Plant will see some alternate practices along with the predicted rise in emerging technologies.

Acting as a pioneering beacon of automotive discovery, the research and development centre situated on the site of Oxford’s MINI plant will be the catalyst for change amongst the surrounding factory buildings.

The proposed building, the existing factory, and nearby residential areas are being stitched together gently by a new footbridge. Said bridge will encompass the building, creating

a social basin that looks into a shared plaza space. Work that is carried out within the open plan workshops bleeds out into the plaza, creating outdoor ‘streets’ of life, shared by employees and members of the public on open days and event fairs.

The flexibility and approachability of the building creates an inviting space in a field of research which is traditionally confidential and inaccessible.

George Copping georgecopping1@gmail. com

This project envisions a space where designers can learn, research, network, and collaborate to promote sustainable and ethical practices in the fashion industry. The hub will be a onestop destination for professionals and fashion enthusiasts, aiming to foster creativity, learning, and innovation. Our ambition is to provide educational opportunities, employment, and economic expansion to Oxford while maintaining its traditional craftsmanship and sense of camaraderie.

Making a revolutionary circular fashion ecosystem would be a major stride toward increasing sustainability within Oxford’s fashion industry. This system would include up-

cycling, renting, exchanging, and borrowing garments to cut down on clothing waste in landfills. Furthermore, it would be an outlet for fashion innovators to show off and sell their works, as well as open a door for fashionenthusiastic locals to get quality items at a bargain of their original cost. This sustainable fashion platform, will positively influence the nearby community and join in the global struggle for a more sustainable future.

Khushi Gogia gogiakhushi@outlook. com

ATELIER - THE CIRCULAR FASHION HUB

The Warneford Music Centre combines the principles of biophilic design with the therapeutic benefits of music to create a space dedicated to improving health and well-being. The centre aims to establish a harmonious relationship between people, music, and nature, offering a serene and rejuvenating environment for visitors. The design incorporates natural elements, acoustic considerations, and thoughtful spatial arrangements to maximize the positive impact of music.

Situated within the bustling healthcare zone of Oxford, the center stands as a beacon of healing. Its strategic placement within this healthcare hub allows it to cater directly to the site’s mission of improving health outcomes. By harnessing

the power of music, this center becomes a transformative force, positively affecting the health and well-being of patients, visitors, and healthcare professionals alike. The carefully curated musical experiences, therapeutic sessions, and interactive programs offered within its walls create an atmosphere of respite. Whether through soothing melodies, engaging workshops, or communal performances, the music center provides a haven where individuals can find solace, inspiration, and a renewed sense of vitality. By seamlessly integrating music into the healthcare environment, this center becomes an essential ally in promoting holistic wellness and fostering a harmonious connection between art, medicine, and the human spirit.

Manya Kashyap

manyakashyap@gmail. com

THE WARNEFORD MUSIC CENTRE - A EUPHONIC HAVEN

Stories are what we grow up hearing. It is a medium of sharing and interpreting experiences.

Children love stories and elderly love telling them. Having grown with my grandparents, my childhood was filled with stories. From trips to the garden with my grandma to learn about the nature around us to listening to records with my grandpa, my days were flowing with stories.

Stories are based on values passed down by older generations to the shape the foundation of the newer generations. The introduction of technology has not

only led to an intergenerational disconnect but also a self disconnect. Katha aims to create a space where people will be encouraged to connect with each other and themselves through stories.

The scheme seeks to integrate different people from all walks of life, young to old, locals to students to tourists to congregate, share, listen and partake in one activity as a whole telling a story. Katha is a place where you can share, listen, read, record, experience a stories. A walled garden concept and a beautiful integrated orchard, Katha attempts to be a humble space that welcomes everyone.

Srushti Ukidve srushtiukidve@gmail. com

KATHA - A STORY HOUSE

Due to ownership issues and dissatisfaction with their current three-sided stadium, Oxford United’s loyal fan base have been pleading for a new home. The New Manor Ground sits on the site of their existing stadium, aiming to give the fans and club a home they can be proud of, whilst also solving problems elsewhere in the community.

In order to do this, the stadium reacts to its immediate context in distinct ways, giving each of its four sides a unique purpose; ‘Club’, ‘Grow’, ‘Community’ and ‘Trade’. The brick plinth facilitates these unique responses, along with contextual landscaping solutions including the introduction of allotment plots and community football pitches. In response to the lack of affordable workspaces in Oxford, the

stadium facilitates them in reusable modules which form a loop around the top of its frame, with the modules also extending out into the landscape to serve different purposes. These moves allow the stadium’s weekly timetable to be maximised.

Strategies including its reuse and recycling of the existing stadium’s disjointed frame and cladding, The New Manor Ground embodies an ethos of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Finlay Walsh finw@live.com

THE NEW MANOR GROUND - A STADIUM FOR OXFORD UNITED

This project is to design a spa house where people can come in and heal by the aromatherapy of lavender. The key theme of the design is this lavender plinth that is elegantly sitting on the city line that is surrounded by Oxford water with the botanical garden on the opposite side of the building. The use of plastic recycled plank as the lower building material and channel glass as the upper building material is aiming to emphasis the plinth idea and give the upper a sense of lightness.

The huge ramp platform going down the building will create a new connection point between two spaces. And as people going down and entering the building,

they can have a experience from public to private, from modern to natural, from dry to wet and from stress to relax.

I chose lavender as my main scented plant as the smell of it is really calming and it can be used to produce essential oil right in the workshop space I provided to the public. Except the delicately planted lavender on the roof top and the main ramp, the building will be surrounding be water front plants such as willow, water iris and reed, which are excellent material to naturally filter the river water that can be used in the external swiming pool.

Tian (Tina) Zhen tinazhen76@gmail.com

AROMA DE LAVANDA - SEE IT, SCENT IT, BATHE IN IT

Since the 1970s, the UK’s butterfly population has suffered a drastic decline as a result of climate change and habitat loss. Many species that used to be native to Oxford are seen less and less every year, slowly disappearing from the local ecosystem. These beautiful insects have long been a source of joy and a subject of study; it is our turn to help them reclaim green spaces now more than ever.

Lepidopterarium proposes a butterfly conservation stronghold that facilitates the growth of endangered species in an environment emulating UK summertime all year around. This allows for the continuous observation of the insects’ behaviour and eventual release for reintroduction. In order to respect the neighbouring St Clement’s Church, the building

takes advantage of level changes by being sunken into the hilly landscape.

The complex is comprised of a visitor centre, exhibition tunnel and a dome conservatory, offering tourists as well as local residents a unique and orchestrated experience that raises awareness of the butterfly crisis. The scheme urges people to get involved by providing a holistic and interactive educational approach for all age groups.

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Bogdan Damoc bogdan.damoc109@

LEPIDOPTERARIUM - SAVING OXFORD’S BUTTERFLIES

CONCORDIA - RESEARCH, SUPPORT, COMMUNITY

A centre of research, a treatment facility, and a place of community. Accessibility and a holistic approach to treatment stand at the heart of this scheme. This centre is dedicated to the treatment and well-being of people affected by muscular dystrophy, through an approach which embeds clinical research into the medical care setting.

This is achieved by bringing together dedicated research laboratories, state-of-the-art treatment facilities, and a sports hall with extensive accessible facilities under one roof, complemented by a vibrant café and relaxing gardens.

The building is designed around a series of circles and arcs, specifically chosen to allow wheelchair users easy access and movement throughout. The use of a concrete structure allows this flowing, organic layout, which in turn drives the approach to accessibility throughout the scheme.

The gardens are brought deep into the heart of the building, to a glass-domed courtyard with twin helical ramps leading up to the first floor. This core of landscaping is integral to the experience of the building, providing a step away from the sterile, clinical feel of other medical facilities.

Joseph Deehan

joedeehan123@gmail. com

The project is a convergence centre; a community centre that focuses on creating social interactions between different members of the older generation, and their interactions with the younger generation also. The scheme facilitates conversation and the sharing of knowledge between its occupants to allow for the barrier between them to be knocked down so that they can be seen as part of society.

The project sits within a master plan that uses an existing elderly care facility. The scheme consists of small units each with a different activity inside. The smaller units mean that there is less intimidation when joining in with an activity, and the large number of activities provide variety to older people as their world gets smaller.

The essential units are oriented to align with the student walking route so that maximum interaction between the both generations can occur. To allow all spaces to be accessed by everyone with minimal effort the main activity spaces are located on the ground floor. The café space is orientated towards a key view out towards Headington Hill park and the city of Oxford beyond.

The most common routes between the units with the highest foot traffic from all user groups are enclosed. The circulation is a place where spontaneous social interaction can occur without being manufactured. To reach the regions of the scheme not visited by all groups sheltered walkways extend from the enclosed circulation.

Taylor Graham

taylorg507@outlook.com

• AGEING - CROSS GENERATIONAL SOCIAL SYNTHESIS

The East Oxford Community Centre, located in an often overlooked part of Oxford, serves as a gathering place for traditionally marginalised groups. Hosting various innovative arts groups, the Centre requires renovation due to the unsuitability of its current extensions. Adopting the council’s renovation brief, this project aims to transform the space to better accommodate the actual needs of its occupants.

The primary objective of this project is to promote social justice through the arts and establish a dynamic cultural landmark in East Oxford. Central to the vision is the provision of dedicated spaces for art display and

creation, while also providing visibility for marginalised groups within the community.

To meet the needs of the community, new bespoke art studios, a community hall for gathering and a gallery for local artists is integrated, while being grounded in local and reclaimed materials. Links to the old EOCC building are maintained and strengthened through the inclusion of a paved courtyard.

Environmental design lies at the forefront of the design with low carbon materials, mixed-mode heating and ventilation strategies and renewable energy integration.

Santushni Gunetilleke

santushni.333@gmail. com

CONNECTIVE THREADS - ARTS FOR UNHEARD VOICES

In response to the growing issue the UK is facing with the decline of the High Street, which historically has always been a central part of the country’s urban fabric, Oxford Crafts aims to provide local independent businesses with a space to grow.

Craft shops welcome pop-up stores for people to test out their business ideas before moving on to a permanent shop on the High Street. The workshop offers space for craftspeople to pass their skills on to the community, whilst the meeting room hosts talks and classes for shop owners to learn how to make their business a success. A community will grow up around the centre as people shop locally and the

cafe becomes a regular spot to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.

As a display of craftsmanship, the central arcade has a fullheight, glulam arch structure which casts atmospheric shadows onto the exhibition space and will inspire visitors.

The site imposed many constraints on the design, which have been utilised in its favour to create a building which is sensitive to its historic context. The form preserves views to listed buildings and historic monuments, as well as working with the slope and Bulwark’s Lane at first floor level to blend seamlessly into the environment. The existing stone wall and two mature trees are also protected.

Jasmina Haxhiaj jasmina.haxhiaj@gmail. com

OXFORD CRAFTS - REVIVAL OF THE HIGH STREET

Food bank use has increased by 80% in the past 5 years, with the cost of living crisis driving more into severe economic situations. This scheme aims to create a much more pleasant experience for those who have come to depend on food banks, removing the stigma that is often associated with using them.

In recognition of the skills gap in Blackbird Leys, the scheme has incorporated a cookery school, allowing food bank users to enjoy healthy balanced meals, helping them to maximise the potential of the donated food.

The central space has been left open, celebrating the structure. This area has been designed to be as flexible as possible, allowing the community to adapt it for a variety of needs. Internally the scheme is open plan to allow for the adoption of the project for other uses in the future. The project is set back from the road retaining all of the existing trees, allowing for a private space where the community can escape.

Isobel Hemington

ihemington@outlook. com

SURPLUS - A COMMUNITY LARDER FOR BLACKBIRD LEYS

- In Sanskrit, Milan means union, coming together or meeting.

The Oxford Milan Centre seeks to fuse the functions of a Hindu temple (Mandir) with a community centre in a contemporary manner. The needs of a traditional Hindu temple should be fulfilled, whilst contributing to the wider community.

At its core, the scheme attempts to replicate the vernacular of a temple cave whereby one progresses through a series of transitional spaces that encourage you to think introspectively. The build-up to the innermost sanctum should create a separation from the activity of everyday life.

This is achieved architecturally through a journey which manipulates sound, light and smell.

The Temple is constructed out of load-bearing stone masonry and is nestled between the two community elements which are comprised of glulam and CLT.

Vishal Mistry

v.mistry0101@gmail.com

THE OXFORD MILAN CENTRE - A HINDU TEMPLE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Vaish Shankar vaishank3.314@gmail. com

The Pugil offers a distinct, forward-thinking approach to holistic well-being and personal development. Boxing brings physical benefits, fostering self-confidence and mental resilience. Meanwhile, therapy provides a space for emotional healing, self-reflection, and transformative growth.

Mainly targeted at children and the elderly, the focus is to empower individuals, to build resilience, manage stress and anxiety, and develop healthy coping mechanisms.

The comprehensive facility contains state-of-the-art boxing studios, a dynamic arena, a caring daycare,

tranquil therapy suites, and an innovative entrepreneurial hub, aiming to actively engage with marginalized communities, promoting inclusivity and celebrating diversity within Blackbird Leys.

The centre has been designed to increase accessibility to training and equipment, effectively reducing the financial burden. The Pugil initiative secures funding to enhance lesson scheduling, appointments, and invigorating taster sessions because of the revenue generated through our arena events.

THE PUGIL - CONTOURS OF RESILIENCE: THE SOULFUL SYMPHONY OF MIND AND BODY

AMALGAMATION - INNOVATION VIA COLLABORATION

The innovation centre is located in Oxford as part of the Oxpens Masterplan, which aims to extend the city’s public realm and create an inclusive and accessible environment. The masterplan consists of housing, student accommodations, workspaces and a hotel forming a mixeduse neighbourhood by the river.

Amalgamation refers to the process of uniting. The innovation centre provides a space for businesses across different sectors of the industry to unite and creates opportunities for them to collaborate. The concept of amalgamation is achieved by the provision of a plethora of spaces that can encourage the crossover of individuals like co-working spaces, exhibition spaces and a common workshop for

creating prototypes and testing. The circulation routes, voids, shared terraces, cafe and lounging spaces encourage this crossover.

The pedestrian and cyclist route, along the Oxpens Road, promotes the accessibility of the site from the city centre. The landscaping introduces the rain garden, the urban square and greenery along the circulation routes that draws people into the site, creating the essence of ‘Amalgamation’ outside the building as well.

Aditya Arora

arora01aditya@gmail. com

‘Wahda’ stands for oneness in Arabic - the ideal word to describe my proposed Islamic Centre. The centre is a contemporary take on traditional mosques and Islamic architecture to offer openness and transparency to the non-Muslim community, showcasing a ‘new’ but actually the true perspective on Islam. By reimagining Islamic spaces, the centre aims to break barriers between the Muslim and non-Muslim communities. Using architecture as a means of tackling the social issue of Islamophobia, the centre aids in removing ignorance and demystifying the Islamic faith for those unaware of it.

By having a civic and religious building typology under one roof, it offers the perfect balance of privacy and permeability. The circulation within the buildings takes the visitor on an interesting journey where the Islamic faith unfolds itself, through art, artefacts and the act of worship whilst creating several key moments throughout for engagement between the visitors and worshippers.

Overall, it establishes its identity as an Islamic Centre whilst promoting the true meaning of Islam i.e. peace.

Ambareen Azhar

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Young people raised in crippled households experience an insurmountable number of pressures that can manifest themselves in physical and mental health issues. As a reaction to these problems, they find themselves leading sedentary lifestyles or relieving their stresses by participating in negative activities. The scheme intends to preemptively provide them with positive long-term direction.

The concept of the plan is that the building should read as a “second home”. As one goes deeper into the plan, they cross a street and enter a “Warehouse of Play”. In the houses, the functions of the spaces are ones you may find in your own home, ranging from kitchens to a greenhouse. The feel of these spaces is domestic and comfortable, emulating the

idea of a “second home”. The warehouse hosts more active spaces, such as a skatebowl and a “second living room”. This can be read as a landscape of play.

These spaces aim to improve their quality of life through facilities that interplay between teaching life skills and promoting social interactions. The scheme allows them to engrain healthy lifestyle habits that will pave the path towards their future.

Zoe Gaa zoevgaa@gmail.com

REACH - A HEALTHY LEARNING AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

REVIVAL - AN AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN MUSEUM AND WORKSHOP

this lower level, with its wall’s following the old canal route. Acting as a shared space, newly retrofitted cars with ‘clean’ engines are celebrated as they exit the premises up the ramp.

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A lightweight metal cladding shrouds the building, making the building appear weightless on the site, with reclaimed masonry clad walls grounding the structure to the landscape. The cladding perforations allow dappled lighting to enter the building and provide glimpses from one building zone to another, ensuring connections remain between the two building forms.

Located at the edge of the historic centre Oxford, the project aims to educate the public in the mechanisms and operations that culminate to form a car.

electric vehicles increasingly filling the streets, the workshop provides a retrofitting service, replacing outdated internal combustion engines with electric motors.

Sitting above an in-filled canal basin the design excavates down to reinhabit the space and provide a greater connection to the river. A large ramp cutting through the centre of the site allows the public to access

Maddie Kent-Phillips

maddiekentphillips@ gmail.com

Osney Mead is an industrial estate sitting on the edge of west Oxford. The council has described it as a high potential area for redevelopment as it sits a 20 minute walk from the station, sided by green land and the river Thames. Unfortunately, any efforts to develop have always been deterred by the areas high flood risk status. Hence, I have proposed that 160 acres of flood plain land be converted into wetlands, a furthering of Oxford’s proposed flood scheme.

Fronting these new wetlands will be a visitors and research centre. A building providing laboratory space for research, children’s education areas and a café/ picnic area for the public. These are separated into 3 segments, with the children’s education centre in the middle, attached to a bird-

watching tower.

The design sits over a water garden which has been cut into the existing Osney Mead site, a lower ground floor drops down from Osney’s ground level to sit just above the garden. This water garden provides biodiversity right by the building, slows water’s return to the wetland’s in rain and is also used as a source for the building’s drinking water, showers and toilets (after purifying).

The building is an almost entirely timber construction, sitting upon a glulam frame attached to piloti style pile foundations. Giving it a much smaller footprint and allowing ecosystems to form directly under the centre.

Alex Law gaplaw20@gmail.com

SUBURBAN WILDERNESS - THE WEST OXFORD WETLAND CENTRE

The scheme focuses on addressing mental health issues in the adolescent population of Oxford through art therapy.

You enter the building through an external canopy into a large central atrium. This space contains CLT bleachers and balconies which connect all the functions and levels of the building. The bleachers are used as seating for briefing school groups, exhibition space and house storage underneath. There are four art studios located on the ground floor for easy access for deliveries. In the west wing there is office space used by the clients, Young Minds, Oxfordshire Minds and Teapot Trust

for meetings and hot-desking. With therapy spaces above. These functions are located here as an acoustic response to the site. In the East wing there is the youth centre with a variety of spaces for different uses.

The ‘heart’ of the building is also the driving force for the environmental strategy of the building playing a key role in the ventilation and cooling strategy. Passive measures are utilised alongside mechanical systems to create a well-rounded strategy that minimises the environmental impact of the proposal.

SCULPT YOUR FURTURE - ART THERAPY

HARVESTING

HIVE - BUILDING FOOD RESILIENCE

The design of the new community center in Blackbird Leys incorporates the principles of the circular economy. The entire process, from production to harvest, healthy eating, education, and composting, is carefully managed and maintained for the benefit of the community. Local food production minimizes transportation emissions, reduces reliance on external sources, and promotes a sense of selfsufficiency within the community.

The ground floor of the community center is dedicated to public-oriented programming, creating a vibrant space that interacts with the surrounding public area and the allotments located at the back. On the first and second floors, a green and hydroponic farm is implemented, contributing to the

primary food production of the building. The combination of different growing methods allows the community to become familiar with various cultivation techniques and a wide range of plant types. Additionally, the hydroponic farm ensures a stable food production.

In the ideal scenario, with 1868.83 square meters of soil and 562 square meters of hydroponic farm, the community center is capable of producing 4 million tomatoes a year. This quantity is sufficient to feed approximately 420,000 families, assuming each family consumes 10 kilograms of tomatoes.

Howard Chen Hao Su hchaosu@gmail.com

lee20wills17@gmail.com

The UK is becoming increasingly secular, and Humanists UK offer progressively popular nonreligious funeral ceremonies, as well as training, educating and campaigning for Humanists and the non-religious within the UK and across the world.

The Humanist Centre in Oxford will provide a Ceremony Hall for non-religious funerals, set within a peaceful walled garden. In addition, new facilities across the rest of the site will allow Humanists UK to fulfill their aims of educating, training, counselling and campaigning.

The reuse of masonry from the previous uses of the site, particularly within the stabilised rammed earth walls of the archive and Ceremony Hall volumes will help the scheme blend in to the historic fabric of Oxford. As the copper used for cladding gains a green patina, the likeness will increase with the similarly-clad tower of the Grade II Nuffield College directly opposite the Centre.

The generous courtyards and lobbies provide spaces for all of the different users to gather and linger, whilst creating layers of privacy and protection xfor mourners gathering for funeral ceremonies.

Lee Wills

THE HUMANIST CENTRE FOR OXFORD - PUTTING HUMANISM INTO PRACTICE

The Oxford Lifeskills Resource Centre has been designed in order to provide access to the necessities of life, for all members of the community. This building has been the response towards the recent ‘Cost of Living and Energy’ crisis causing bills to soar exponentially to levels that are widely unaffordable for a large population. Providing a community building that offers access to showers, food, kitchens, and therapy spaces can be a crucial step in addressing this crisis. Through providing a safe space for vulnerable local people, a sense of community and connection can be formed to alleviate the isolation and despair that many people may feel.

The Centre will provide community members with the skills to improve their quality of life through education and support.

The building has been split into three major aspects: food, hygiene and wellbeing. By teaching fundamental lifeskills such as healthy eating, nutrition and personal employability skills, people can increase their quality of life and become more independent.

Laura Clarke ljclarke17@outlook.com

THE BEACON - LIFESKILLS AND RESOURCE CENTRE

Set in Littlemore in the south of Oxford, Home Grown aims to tackle the two issues of the climate crisis and cost of living crisis through educating people about sustainable food production.

A community allotment garden interspersed with gardening classroom pavilions will teach people about food production and gardening on a formal and informal level. Food grown here will be used in the cooking classrooms, the cafe or donated to the food bank. Greenhouses at first floor level extend the area within the site suitable for food production whilst minimising shading on nearby homes. The design follows the

concept of the journey of food from production to consumption through a central circulation spine running through the site. Surplus food will be donated from surrounding allotment sites and the nearby Sainsbury’s whilst waste will be composed on site. This circular economy and zero waste ideas underpinning the design are mirrored in the structural and environmental strategies. Mass timber construction with cork cladding and rammed earth construction all built to passivhaus standards as well as using passive solar design concepts allows all buildings on site to become net-zero operational carbon whilst being constructed of almost entirely natrual materials.

Jamie Heap jamieheap@me.com

HOME GROWN - SUSTAINABLE FOOD EDUCATION CENTRE AND COMMUNITY GARDEN

Bea Jaenicke

The Reading House represents an exploration of human habits, an analysis on “ways of doing”; ways of sitting, ways of reading, ways of writing, ways of looking and ways of being looked at.

The design originated from the concept of corners and their role in the acts of reading and writing. As readers, we are intuitively drawn to find our “reading corner”, that notional enclosure which grants us a degree of ownership over a space and separates us from the rest of it.

The Blackbird Leys Reading House aims to become a building of shared corners, a communal home within the city.

The proposal is made up of a combination of reading, writing, learning and debating spaces, each of them being adapted to its particular users and their desired environmental conditions. The building represents a gradient from community reading to individual reading, from motion to silence. Every room has been designed with a focus on comfort and a rigorous study of human ergonomics. The envelope, the furniture, the different forms of glazing, all follow the same proportions.

This project branches from the real story of Lucy Sessions, a young mother diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, whose only motivation was practicing music before she committed suicide. After her death, Lucy’s parents teamed up with Oxford Health Charity to make an appeal on creating a music room for those receiving care in Warneford Hospital, Oxford’s eminent mental health institute.

The proposed music therapy centre aims to harness the untapped therapeutic potential of music and raise public awareness on this nonmedicinal cure.

The design revolves around 3 main principles: providing an inclusive environment for community engagement, creating a sanctuary for patients to unwind, and providing spaces for self-expression. Communal spaces are distributed on ground floor and therapy rooms are elevated on first floor for privacy. First floor music venues are shaped as individual music boxes that mimic terracotta potted plants, which allude to the nurturing and blossoming of mental health. Each room has unique visual, auditory and tactile features which provide a variety of therapeutic experiences. Waiting areas weave between music venues and connect to circulation spaces, which promote social connectedness.

Joyce Lee

joyce.sqlee@gmail.com

MUSICAL REMEDY - THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF MUSIC

BEER + BREAD - A FUSION OF HISTORY, CRAFT, AND SOCIAL IMPACT

Beer + bread is a marriage of a microbrewery, bakery, and eatery that was created with the aim of celebrating the deep and historical connection between the two. Tap Social, the driving force behind this venture, blends a passion for beer with a commitment to breaking cycles of crime and fostering equal opportunities in the labour market.

The building showcases a spine along the north side, connecting the various production spaces to the main storage, delivery, and loading bay. The solid wall design incorporates strategically placed windows, offering glimpses into the processes, akin to an exhibition wall to respond to the adjacent building. The opacity of the building decreases as it approaches the green space, allowing views of the lush

scenery. The incorporation of trees atop the spine serves to enhance the building’s integration with the encompassing landscape.

In line with its production-focused purpose, the building prioritizes high efficiency. To achieve this, a round pole timber triangulated truss system spans across the main section, ensuring robust structural support. Additionally, load-bearing walls are also integrated to accommodate the specific requirements of the building

lowshawin@gmail.com

Sha Win Low

All under one roof

The current maternity care within Oxford for antenatal, postnatal, birth and NCT care, all take place in different locations. For a hospital birth in Oxford, the first time a labouring mother will enter the building she will give birth in is during active labour.

At this time of heightened stress it seems illogical to ask women to relocate from the familiarity of their home to a place entirely unfamiliar. In this scheme, antenatal, postnatal, birth and NCT care are all accommodated for.

The cost of compensating mothers and their families for harm caused by NHS maternity services is more than double what the health service spends on the actual maternity provision each year. It’s time to invest in our mothers.

A home from home within a village

Building a sense of ownership over a space goes hand in hand with building a community and then establishing a role within it. Nestling the scheme within the walls of Godstow Abbey ruins sets the scene for bringing new life into a carefully curated and nurtured world.

Lucy Marsh lucymarsharch@gmail. com

WITHIN THE WALL - A MIDWIFE-LED MATERNITY UNIT

Cattle-farming is a major cause of climate change. With the global population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, demand for beef is increasing and will only grow. Cellular Agriculture is the production of animal-source foods from cell culture, rather than the bodies of living organisms. Cultured Meat is meat produced through cellularagriculture. Essentially: meat grown in a lab. A single cell sample can yield 10,000kg of cultured meat. Consequently, only 150 cows would suffice to satisfy the world’s total demand for beef.

The proposal is divided into three primary functions; public/ educational, process, and staff. The process is sandwiched

between the other two functions - encouraging transparency of the process.

In Oxford, arches are a vernacular language to symbolise a gateway into a threshold, typically used at porter’s lodges to show the entry into a college. A thin-shell concrete vaulting system is utilised on the ground floor to engage the street realm and direct people through the site - connecting Mansfield College with the Life & Mind Building. Whilst referencing the beauty of Oxford’s Gothic history, the structural systems will embody a ‘long life loose-fit’ approach.

Stephanie Ryan stephryan@gmail.com

A PLACE TO MEAT - A RESTAURANT & PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR CULTURED MEAT

As a workshop related to Lithography, a special traditional craft, the building positions traditional craft as the cornerstone of the future. Through this, we start to see two different architectural features: one is used to tell history, more related to the past time; the other is closely related to the people of the present, alluding to the continuation by the people of the present its development.

From these functional divisions, two definable spaces emerge: the exhibition and the studio. According to different uses, the exhibition can be divided into four parts, and the studio can be divided into three parts.

Although two large spaces physically separated, they are one building with a strong connected vertical journey. The building becomes monumental by exhibiting a series of vertical journeys of double height spaces. These large voids and vertical connections are made possible by the unified façade.

The transparent design of the passenger center stair supports the storytelling of the vertical journey. The functional and expressive design matches the building’s goal: to create an experience that is simultaneously historically rich and exciting.

Yike Wang

yiike0021@gmail.com

TO THE OLD CRAFT - STORIES OF STONES, OILS AND PAINTS

FIFTH YEAR

For the main project this year the site was the western edge of the Temple Quarter redevelopment zone in Bristol, behind Temple Meads station and facing onto the river Avon and the floating harbour. Students were asked to masterplan the site with nine adjacent plots, one for each in their tutor group. Each student was asked to choose a technology or craft for ‘making’ and develop a brief for their project around that together with its adjacent landscape. Their choices included glass studios, brewery, furniture repair, apiary, boatbuilding, workshop, skateboard workshop, photography, food waste processing and bookbinding (amongst others). In addition, each tutor group was asked to develop two high density housing typologies and masterplan these into the same site with a detailed public landscape for this quarter of the city.

The aims of the studio have been,

1. To encourage each student to explore and develop their own design processes through a series of exercises.

2. To develop designs that address a range of scales from urban design and landscape to detail and material.

The students have undertaken:

• a ‘live’ threshold installation on campus

• a manifesto on ‘beauty’ in image and text

• a group observing and recording exercise on a predetermined route across the city

• an individual response to place along that route in sketch, poetry and model

• an individual observing and recording exercise on site

• a group city morphology study for the adjacent city quarter

• a Rhino and Grasshopper parametric CAD modelling workshop

• a workshop on ‘asking, looking, playing and making’ as a way of developing ideas

• a typology development exercise called ‘muff on a huff puff’ shared with others in the year

• precedent studies of landscape, building, concrete, or

timber

• a concrete detail with a fabric formwork workshop

• or a timber detail with a timber structural workshop

• a study of housing typologies and design two new types

• a group urban landscape masterplan for the site

• a building environment workshop

• a series of book reports on current approaches to architecture.

Students have also been encouraged to design with models and to present their ideas through sketches or unfinished work. These combined have required the students to work very quickly and productively, to change gear from what some of them have been used to, to ‘jump in and splash around’ as Dennis Lasdun put it.

- Toby Lewis, Head of Fifth Year

Image credits:

Left page: Tom Joy

Josie Hamill

Group 3

Janet Huang

Borna Cvrtila

Right page: Nick Ratcliffe

Josie Sproson

John Swiss

Sasha Swannell

Angus Chiu

Group masterplan

Heidi Ng

Omar El Hadidi

SIXTH YEAR REGENERATIVE CITIES

During the first part of the final year of the MArch course students carry out urban design projects in groups, based in a town or city of their choice. In 2022-23 the cities studied were Larissa, Trondheim, Turin, Udaipur and Zaragoza.

Groups spend the initial part of the year carting out analysis of their chosen town or city. Each group then develops their priorities and design principles for the project in the context of a specific locale within their study area, which they define. This locale is used as a vehicle to explore transformative urban design proposals.

The group element concludes before Christmas with the presentation of their masterplan, based on the principles of regenerative urbanism. In the last part of semester 1, students individually prepare a development brief for a site within their locale, with this forming the basis of the semester 2 studio project.

The second half of the year is spent entirely on each student’s individual design project, situated within the masterplan context. The projects provide the opportunity for every student to employ the full range of knowledge and expertise they have gained in the course of their architectural education. Each student is encouraged to pursue their own agenda for the project and to use the opportunity it provides as a springboard in to their professional careers.

- Professor Alex Wright - Head of Sixth Year

YEAR 6 MASTERPLAN PROJECT

Located in central Greece, Larissa is the fourth largest city in Greece and the capital of the Thessaly region, which is known for its rich agricultural activity. Owing to its geographic location, Larissa has always held a strategic importance throughout its history as hinted by etymological origins of its name – which is the Pelasgian word for ‘citadel.’ Our proposal for Larissa seeks to redefine what it means to be a ‘citadel’ in the 20th century, such that it can become a model for how a city can safeguard itself and anticipate the impacts of climate change.

Our masterplan for Larissa is described as a transect, as it defines a spectrum of environmental and urban interventions intended to be replicated throughout the entire city.

To the north, wetlands and floodable plains along the River Pineios will serve as a model for a regional water retention strategy. Along the riverside, the pilot scheme for a housing upgrade policy will be trialled. The transect core redevelopment will witness the inauguration of a shared surface mobility road. A former military camp will offer insights as to how densification of the city can be controllably intensified. Lastly, the city is surrounded by a green belt that will interface with a regional agroforestry campaign. The locales identified in this masterplan each highlights and accentuates specific strategies that will seek to transform Larissa into a regenerative citadel.

LARISSA - THESSALIAN CITADEL

Damian Ho

Jennifer Wong

Acer Tan

Jessica Hale

Abissha Suthanthirakumaran

Ginny Chen

Trondheim is steeped in history, first established in the year 997, but is most notable for being a fishing town. Quintessential timber warehouses, symptomatic with Scandinavia were used to hull cargo and are now a picturesque feature of Trondheim. However, as the port industry increased, the unique timber warehouses were replaced with a new man-made dockyard at the end of the 19th century. Consequently, this dockyard, known as Brattøra, altered the historical character of Trondheim and acted as a juxtaposition to the city centre in scale, materiality and connectivity.

Presently, Brattøra dockyard is bleak, forgotten and isolated, and fundamentally, requires a rejuvenation of the landscape to connect the historic city to the waterfront. Subsequently, the Brattøra intervention will react to local issues, whilst showing an awareness of regional flood risk issues and cityscale issues of transport. Brattøra is one of few currently under- utilised sites across Trondheim, which acts contrary to Norway’s assets of water, nature and light. Ultimately, the intervention of Brattøra will engage with the public, minimise flood risk, densify areas, encourage biodiversity and maximise appropriate lighting.

TRONDHEIM - BRATTØRA

Matthew Au-Yeung

James Croke

Matt Gilham

Varvara Kot

Sophia Kwong

Turin is currently the most polluted city in Europe, disconnected from its surrounding nature and is failing to champion anything. The masterplan therefore looks to rectify these three identified problems as well as sow the seeds for Turin to become the greenest city in Italy by 2050.

The masterplan looks to implement its future ideas into a small test bed area before being rolled out across the city. The first phase of the Turin 2050 goal looks to redevelop the redundant Porta Nuova and surrounding area into the Monferrato Hills. By subdividing this area into the following sections: cultivate, germinate, and innovate, there is a greater opportunity to test solutions to the three problems identified earlier.

Cultivate looks to improve the connection with nature through improving Parco Del Valentino, constructing a new pedestrian bridge to the Monferrato Hills as well as improve the connection with the Po River.

The germinate section looks to improve the pollution situation in Turin, improving public transport and street design to promote cycling that will be implemented into this area.

The innovation section looks to promote Turin’s new champion, the slow food movement. Through the implementation of start up areas.

TURIN 2050 - THE ITALIAN JOB

Abbey O’Rawe

Alex Mackay

Kieran Withey

Megan Holden

Millie Thompson

Nik Brockmann - Smith

UDAIPUR - A REGENERATIVE CITY

The masterplan envisions Udaipur as a net-zero carbon city by 2070 that has a circular economy, and regenerates itself and the wider region.

Udaipur is also known as the City of Lakes and relies on its tourism and mining industries. Despite its beauty, it still has poorly-performing health and economic indicators. It experiences polluted water and air, deforestation, and a heating climate, amidst a rapidly expanding population.

Udaipur is on the cusp of a wave of urban development. To put the city on the route of sustainable development, city-wide strategies were the focus, with revamped circular systems, policies and spatial principles.

One locale, centred on the underused secondary railway station Ranapratapnagar, was chosen as a case study of how these strategies would apply to a key development area.

The Ranapratapnagar locale is a nexus of five key elements: the Ayad (the river), Sardar Patel Marg (an arterial road), Subhash Nagar (a retrofitted neighbourhood), Central (a new transit hub), and Ayad Nagar (a new-build neighbourhood).

A toolbox of strategies is proposed for each element to provide liveable, active, clean and cool spaces, enabling Udaipur to be a liveable and regenerative city for generations to come.

Chew Shan Wei

Frankie Prinsloo

Isabell Czech Kieran McKenna Mohit Buch Will Allen

Udaipur, the City of Lakes, sits at the foot of the Aravalli mountains in Northwest India, a range extending 800km and protecting much of Northern India from desertification. Once the jewel of the Mewar kingdom, Udaipur is suffering environmental degradation as its mountains and lakes are being exploited through deforestation and mining practices. Rapid growth and urban sprawl have led to a suffocated public realm and a city divided between its past, present and future; struggling to find its new identity.

Re-establishing the natural and cultural identity of the city through linking the natural assets of Lake Pichola to the West, and the Aravalli Hills to the East, the proposal strengthens the natural systems upon which the city was founded.

The Chhatta (‘Hive’) aims to address Udaipur’s lack of public space and its sprawling pattern of development by creating a well-defined network of public parkland, transport and infrastructure. This aims to bring people closer to nature and to each other by breaking down divides and strengthening the invaluable natural assets of the city.

Reuniting people with the jungle, the city must rekindle its relationship with the past in order to pave its way to a brighter future.

UDAIPUR - THE CHHATTA

Warren D’Souza

Tom Ellis

Gabe Fox Pontus Lee

Alex Wells

Ryan Wu

The masterplan for Zaragoza aims to address several growing issues in the city. The climate will become increasingly arid and hot over the next decades, the plan for the city creates comfortable shaded streets and incorporates small and frequent green spaces in the city fabric to provide breakout spaces for relief from the heat.

The city has a current juxtaposition between the success of the north south public tram and issues created by the lack of public transport east to west which results in a congested city centre. A regenerative Zaragoza will expand the public system across the east to west axis and create a city which is clean and easily accessible.

Zaragoza sits in the Ebro valley which has an abundance of agricultural produce, however, most of it simply is processed through the market and leaves. To solve this disconnect between the city and landscape the masterplan protects this land through policy and brings the people out into the landscape.

Lastly, the industrial growth which has benefited the city so far needs to be curbed to avoid encroaching on valuable landscape. New green industries shall be connected into the city through the new public transport system and will provide work for the expected population growth.

ZARAGOZA - A REGENERATIVE CITY

Sophie Atkinson Harry Cooper

Pippa Farmer

Jason Liew

Louis O’Hanlon Catalina Stroe

YEAR 6 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Zaragoza is one of the most religious cities in Spain, as a key location for many Catholics and pilgrims it remains one of the last religious hubs in an increasingly secular world. The city also has a homeless population reflective of the general crisis across Spain; each night people have to take shelter on the streets and every day people cower from the sun in whatever shade they can find.

This project aims to take the needs of both user groups and create a space which is Sanctuary for both of them. With many shared needs, these two groups of transient individuals can visit Santuario and stay without the need to pay. This way the facility is accessible to all and people can exchange their time and skills to stay there.

The needs of those within the building have driven this project from the beginning, spaces have been designed to curate an experience throughout the site and to connect people with the rituals and values associated with pilgrimage.

My personal ambition for this project was to devote time and energy to creating a building which references the vernacular of the region to become a contemporary vernacular solution for the city. This would connect the building to its client in the convent and link its materiality to the religious roots of its use. Like monastic precedents and religious buildings throughout history, this project plays with an austere material base punctuated by moments of beauty and detail extravagance.

Sophie Atkinson sophie.atkinson99@ yahoo.com

SANTUARIO - A PILGRIMAGE REFUGE FOR ZARAGOZA, SPAIN

Charlie Clayton Citadel Gardens

Perpignan,

Charlie Clayton Citadel Gardens

France

Perpignan,

charlieddclayton@gmail.com

France

charlieddclayton@gmail.com

A Botanical Gardens and Plant Research Laboratory.

Located on the outer ramparts of Perpignan’s historic citadel, the proposed botanical gardens and plant research laboratory is a bastion of scientific research in the fight against climate change.

The visitor buildings and laboratories are composed as a collection of single-storey buildings sitting on top of the imposing angular brick ramparts. From the centre of the complex, the buildings are experienced as spaces set around a courtyard garden, and connected by a colonnaded exhibition space. From the outside, 18 meters below at street level, they appear as volumes balanced on the edge of the ramparts.

scientific research in the fight against climate change.

The visitor buildings and laboratories are composed as a collection of single-storey buildings sitting on top of the imposing angular brick ramparts. From the centre of the complex, the buildings are experienced as spaces set around a courtyard garden, and connected by a colonnaded exhibition space. From the outside, 18 meters below at street level, they appear as volumes balanced on the edge of the ramparts.

The laboratory spaces with their strict security and climate controls ae designed to be as transparent and visible to the public as possible. A suspended walkway containing an exhibition space is hung from the north facade, provididng visitors with views into the laboratories and growth chambers where they can witness the research taking place in real time.

The laboratory spaces with their strict security and climate controls ae designed to be as transparent and visible to the public as possible. A suspended walkway containing an exhibition space is hung from the north facade, provididng visitors with views into the laboratories and growth chambers where they can witness the research taking place in real time.

charlieddclayton@gmail.com

Located on the outer ramparts of Perpignan’s historic citadel, the proposed botanical gardens and plant research laboratory is a bastion of scientific research in the fight against climate change.

The visitor buildings and laboratories are composed as a collection of single-storey buildings sitting on top of the imposing angular brick ramparts. From the centre of the complex, the buildings are experienced as spaces set around a courtyard garden, and connected by a colonnaded exhibition space. From the outside, 18 meters below at street level, they appear as volumes balanced on the edge of the ramparts.

The laboratory spaces with their strict security and climate controls ae designed to be as transparent and visible to the public as possible. A suspended walkway containing an exhibition space is hung from the north facade, provididng visitors with views into the laboratories and growth chambers where they can witness the research taking place in real time.

Charlie Clayton

CITADEL GARDENS- A BOTANICAL GARDENS AND PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY

Blue hour is a Norwegian phenomenon of light that occurs during twilight. Typically, an individual will experience this light as a collective socialising, or as an individual being one with nature. Norway alongside other Scandinavian countries struggles with their mental health, partly due to long dark winters. The proposed ‘blue hour’ centre will tackle mental health problems in Norway, using blue hour as a catalyst.

The centre will provide a stimulus for individuals to move away from an isolated mentality to a motivated, convivial lifestyle. As social connectivity is fundamental in enhancing mental stability, the centre should encourage all members of the public to use it, regardless of their mental state. Therefore, two differing building typologies form. A private

block is concerned with enriching an individual’s mental well-being and a public block, is to maintain mental stability. Equally, the centre will enhance the local landscape, by reestablishing an inactive dockyard, through a series of soft and hard landscape interventions. Ultimately, the use of blue hour can play a significant role in motivating people from an isolated (private) mental position, towards a healthy mental state (public.)

James Croke

jamiecroke@gmail.com

INTO THE BLUE - A MENTAL REHABILITATION CENTRE

Into the Blue Trondheim

Into the Blue Trondheim

jamiecroke@gmail.com

jamiecroke@gmail.com

Mental Rehabilitation Centre

Mental Rehabilitation Centre

Blue hour is a Norwegian phenomenon of light that occurs during twilight. Typically, an individual will experience this light as a collective socialising, or as an individual being one with nature. Norway alongside other Scandinavian countries struggles with their mental health, partly due to long dark winters. The proposed ‘blue hour’ centre will tackle mental health problems in Norway, using blue hour as a catalyst.

Blue hour is a Norwegian phenomenon of light that occurs during twilight. Typically, an individual will experience this light as a collective socialising, or as an individual being one with nature. Norway alongside other Scandinavian

The centre will provide a stimulus for individuals to move away from an isolated mentality to a motivated, convivial lifestyle. As social connectivity is fundamental in enhancing mental stability, the centre should encourage all members of the public to use it, regardless of their mental state.

Therefore, two differing building typologies form.

A private block is concerned with enriching an individual’s mental well-being and a public block, is to maintain mental stability. Equally, the centre will enhance the local landscape, by re-establishing an inactive dockyard, through a series of soft and hard landscape interventions. Ultimately, the use of blue hour can play a significant role in motivating people from an isolated (private) mental position, towards a healthy mental state (public.)

James Croke

James Croke

Warren

warrendsouza99@gmail. com

THREADS OF TIME - A MUSEUM AND CREATIVE CENTRE FOR TEXTILES IN UDAIPUR

The culture of the cloth has long been threaded through India’s history, with it being central to every segment of society. Faced with growing challenges, the scheme aspires to reconnect the city with its textile roots and pave a future for the growth of Indian craftsmanship.

Adorned in a gradating pattern of bricks, the museum references the monumental Gopurams of the vernacular temples. Becoming its own ‘Civic Beacon’, the museum will act as a cultural symbol that educates and enlightens the public on its rich textile heritage. Users are taken on a journey through time, spiralling around an illuminated atrium that forms the vertical sequence. The glimmering zinc facades that surround the museum resemble the characters and

patterns of the local thread. These connected zinc volumes accommodate creative workshops, weavery spaces, and public amenities such as the library and market. Collectively, they form an interwoven network of discovery and education, cultivating an ethos of sustainable textile culture by promoting the circular journey of the fabric.

Rising from the earth, a social plinth unifies the typologies, creating an active ground plane through a series of connecting landscapes that mediate between the bustle of the markets to the release of the dye garden. By weaving together the threads of time, the project seeks to celebrate the heritage of the past, connect with the process of today, and create opportunity for a sustainable future.

D’Souza

Over 200 years ago a business family from Trondheim sent five barrels of aquavit on a voyage to the other side of the world, only to return 2 years later having not sold a drop. The family discovered that the journey across the equator (‘linje’) had changed the taste completely, and the tradition of sending barrels of ‘Linie Aquavit’ across the world and back was born. However the 1920’s prohibition and state monopoly on alcohol production forced the closure of thousands of distilleries and Linie aquavit was taken from Trondheim.

Today, as independent distilleries begin to re-emerge across Norway, The Linie Aquavit Distillery proposes to return the

missing piece of Trondheims heritage, and celebrate the turbulent history of craft distillation.

The building serves a dual purpose. It functions primarily as cultural hub in the new masterplan where visitors can engage with the history, traditions and processes behind Linie aquavit, including exhibitions, a greenhouse and tasting halls. Also, in returning production to Trondheim, demand for local agricultural produce rises. Seeking to address the issues of farmland loss in Trondheim, the scheme features a market space for farmers to actively promote local agriculture and sell their produce in the city centre.

Matt Gilham

mattgilham@outlook. com

THE LINIE AQUAVIT DISTILLERY - AQUAVIT DISTILLERY AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE

Charlotte Pires Aromáticos Naturales

pirescharlotte7@gmail.com

Charlotte Pires Aromáticos

Naturales

pirescharlotte7@gmail.com

Olfactory Appreciation

Cadiz is widely considered to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in Western Europe. Cadiz or ‘Gadir’, meaning ‘wall’, was originally founded by the Phoenicians in 1000 BC. The cultural heritage of Cadiz is embedded in perfume, with the Phoenicians that founded the place having been nicknamed the ‘lovers of perfume’. Today the connection to this cultural heritage is lost, with a relationship to scented aromatics being reduced to mere ornamental value.

The prizing of aesthetics over scent, is too broadly the case within current architectural design practices, with the consideration of olfaction typically only being reserved for strategies to mitigate bad odours rather than to create spaces that release fragrance. However, scent, when manipulated correctly can impact our experience of a place, our mood, and emotions.

Aromáticos Naturales, a Natural Perfumery, explores how to reconnect the inhabitants of Cadiz with this heritage, whilst also investigating methods in which the value of scent can be explored in architecture to enhance the experience of a place.

Olfactory Appreciation

Olfactory Appreciation

Cadiz is widely considered to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in Western Europe. Cadiz or ‘Gadir’

manipulated correctly can impact our experience of a place, our mood, and emotions.

Aromáticos Naturales a Natural Perfumery, explores how to reconnect the inhabitants of Cadiz with this heritage, whilst also investigating methods in which the value of scent can be explored in architecture to enhance the experience of a place.

AROMÁTICOS NATURALES - OLFACTORY APPRECIATION

pirescharlotte7@gmail.com

Cadiz is widely considered to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in Western Europe. Cadiz or ‘Gadir’, meaning ‘wall’, was originally founded by the Phoenicians in 1000 BC. The cultural heritage of Cadiz is embedded in perfume, with the Phoenicians that founded the place having been nicknamed the ‘lovers of perfume’. Today the connection to this cultural heritage is lost, with a relationship to scented aromatics being reduced to mere ornamental value.

The prizing of aesthetics over scent, is too broadly the case within current architectural design practices, with the consideration of olfaction typically only being reserved for strategies to mitigate bad odours rather than to create spaces that release fragrance. However, scent, when manipulated correctly can impact our experience of a place, our mood, and emotions.

Aromáticos Naturales, a Natural Perfumery, explores how to reconnect the inhabitants of Cadiz with this heritage, whilst also investigating methods in which the value of scent can be explored in architecture to enhance the experience of a place.

Cadiz is widely considered to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in Western Europe. Cadiz or ‘Gadir’, meaning ‘wall’, was originally founded by the Phoenicians in 1000 BC. The cultural heritage of Cadiz is embedded in perfume, with the Phoenicians that founded the place having been nicknamed the ‘lovers of perfume’. Today the connection to this cultural heritage is lost, with a relationship to scented aromatics being reduced to mere ornamental value.

The prizing of aesthetics over scent, is too broadly the case within current architectural design practices, with the consideration of olfaction

typically only being reserved for strategies to mitigate bad odours rather than to create spaces that release fragrance. However, scent, when manipulated correctly can impact our experience of a place, our mood, and emotions.

Aromáticos Naturales, a Natural Perfumery, explores how to reconnect the inhabitants of Cadiz with this heritage, whilst also investigating methods in which the value of scent can be explored in architecture to enhance the experience of a place.

Charlotte Pires

Alex Wells

Antyesti Hindu Crematorium

wellsalex98@hotmail.co.uk

Alex Wells Antyesti Hindu Crematorium

wellsalex98@hotmail.co.uk

Alex Wells

Alex Wells Antyesti

Antyesti Hindu Crematorium

Hindu Crematorium

wellsalex98@hotmail.co.uk

wellsalex98@hotmail.co.uk

Udaipur, India

Udaipur, India

The Hindu Crematorium in Ashok Nagar, Udaipur aims to find a middle ground between the humble ghat used by local people and the monumental Royal Cenotaphs honouring the aristocracy.

The Hindu Crematorium in Ashok Nagar, Udaipur aims to find a middle ground between the humble ghat used by local people and the monumental Royal Cenotaphs honouring the aristocracy.

Considering that visiting such a building may bring with it stress and the raw emotion of mourning, the building aims to be a vessel of calm, through its gentle guiding of visitors and its cooling environmental qualities.

Considering that visiting such a building may bring with it stress and the raw emotion of mourning, the building aims to be a vessel of calm, through its gentle guiding of visitors and its cooling environmental qualities.

This project delves into Hindu culture, exploring funeral rites that are almost a polar opposite to the subdued cremation rituals performed in the Western world. In that regard, the building is a celebration of vernacular Indian Hindu expression.

This project delves into Hindu culture, exploring funeral rites that are almost a polar opposite to the subdued cremation rituals performed in the Western world. In that regard, the building is a celebration of vernacular Indian Hindu expression.

Focus is given to striking a balance between the maintenance of existing practice whilst also promoting sustainable innovation. The facilities provided hope to show that environmental alternatives can be just as majestic as traditional flame pyre cremation.

Udaipur, India

Udaipur, India

The Hindu Crematorium in Ashok Nagar, Udaipur aims to find a middle ground between the humble ghat used by local people and the monumental Royal Cenotaphs honouring the aristocracy.

The Hindu Crematorium in Ashok Nagar, Udaipur aims to find a middle ground between the humble ghat used by local people and the monumental Royal Cenotaphs honouring the aristocracy.

Considering that visiting such a building may bring with it stress and the raw emotion of mourning, the building aims to be a vessel of calm, through its gentle guiding of visitors and its cooling environmental qualities.

Considering that visiting such a building may bring with it stress and the raw emotion of mourning, the building aims to be a vessel of calm, through its gentle guiding of visitors and its cooling environmental qualities.

This project delves into Hindu culture, exploring funeral rites that are almost a polar opposite to the subdued cremation rituals performed in the Western world. In that regard, the building is a celebration of vernacular Indian Hindu expression.

This project delves into Hindu culture, exploring funeral rites that are almost a polar opposite to the subdued cremation rituals performed in the Western world. In that regard, the building is a celebration of vernacular Indian Hindu expression.

Focus is given to striking a balance between the maintenance of existing practice whilst also promoting sustainable innovation. The facilities provided hope to show that environmental alternatives can be just as majestic as traditional flame pyre cremation.

Focus is given to striking a balance between the maintenance of existing practice whilst also promoting sustainable innovation. The facilities provided hope to show that environmental alternatives can be just as majestic as traditional flame pyre cremation.

This thesis project advocates a long term future of carbon neutral, non-polluting cremation that is performed sensitive to religious traditions.

This thesis project advocates a long term future of carbon neutral, non-polluting cremation that is performed sensitive to religious traditions.

Focus is given to striking a balance between the maintenance of existing practice whilst also promoting sustainable innovation. The facilities provided hope to show that environmental alternatives can be just as majestic as traditional flame pyre cremation.

This thesis project advocates a long term future of carbon neutral, non-polluting cremation that is performed sensitive to religious traditions.

This thesis project advocates a long term future of carbon neutral, non-polluting cremation that is performed sensitive to religious traditions.

Alex Wells

wellsalex98@hotmail.co.uk

ANTIYESTI HINDU CREMATORIUM

The Hindu Crematorium in Ashok Nagar, Udaipur aims to find a middle ground between the humble ghat used by local people and the monumental Royal Cenotaphs honouring the aristocracy.

Considering that visiting such a building may bring with it stress and the raw emotion of mourning, the building aims to be a vessel of calm, through its gentle guiding of visitors and its cooling environmental qualities.

This project delves into Hindu culture, exploring funeral rites that are almost a polar opposite to the subdued cremation rituals performed in the Western world. In that regard,

the building is a celebration of vernacular Indian Hindu expression.

Focus is given to striking a balance between the maintenance of existing practice whilst also promoting sustainable innovation. The facilities provided hope to show that environmental alternatives can be just as majestic as traditional flame pyre cremation.

This thesis project advocates a long term future of carbon neutral, non-polluting cremation that is performed sensitive to religious traditions.

The Porta Torino station seeks to address the challenges of sustainable tourism through the adoption of high-speed rail for the burgeoning tourist centre that is Turin. The station and city also act as a gateway to Italy and the Italian Riviera from France’s rail network whilst also connecting to the local lines of the Piedmont region and Lombardy formerly operated by Porta Nova to the north of the site.

The station aims to deal with the problems of nonplace in transport interchanges. It seeks to do this by weaving itself into the urban context allowing for seamless travel to, through, and around the city, celebrating the 21st century role of rail in transportation and acting as an integral part of the urban environment. The station aims to be of benefit

to the wider European integrated rail project, and an enhancement to the immediate city fabric in which it sits, stitching pathways over the tracks to provide access and new urban pathways.

The massing and layout of the building is derived from the traditional avenues and arcades of Turin following the axial planning of the master plan with the avenue extending into the station itself, blurring the boundary between city and station.

Niklas Brockmann-Smith niklasb-smith@live.co.uk

Porta Torino - a sense of place

Isabell Czech

cz.isabell@gmail.com

SMRITI- SANSKRIT CENTRE FOR COLLECTIVE MEMORY

This project explores the role of architecture in preserving and exhibiting cultural heritage artefacts in a rapidly growing population amidst shortsighted developments.

To do this, the brief proposes a new typology for the conservation, digitisation and discovery of the ancient Sanskrit manuscripts of India, the largest collection of handwritten documents in the world. These manuscripts have been in existance for up to 3000 years, yet remain largely inaccessible, with less than 5% having been translated. Sanskrit in India now holds connotations of political parties, religion and a near extinct language, missing the cultural and historical importance, as well as the wisdom contained in it. The scheme suggests a series of spaces centered

around collective cultural memory and storytelling, bringing the contents of the manuscripts to life for current and future generations.

The architectural design aims to showcase the permanence of this cultural memory, as well as the process. On a wider scale, this project aims to increase the cultural consciousness of the public, demonstrating the importance in protecting and investing in heritage assets of the country, to avoid them fading into history.

Isabell Czech Smriti | स्मृति Udaipur, India

cz.isabell@gmail.com

Sanskrit Centre for Collective

Memory project explores the role of architecture in preserving and exhibiting cultural heritage artefacts rapidly growing population amidst shortsighted developments. this, the brief proposes a new typology for conservation, digitisation and discovery of the Sanskrit manuscripts of India, the largest collection of handwritten documents in the world. manuscripts have been in existance for up to years, yet remain largely inaccessible, with less 5% having been translated. Sanskrit in India holds connotations of political parties, religion near extinct language, missing the cultural historical importance, as well as the wisdom contained in it. The scheme suggests a series of spaces centered around collective cultural memory and storytelling, bringing the contents of the manuscripts for current and future generations. architectural design aims to showcase the permanence of this cultural memory, as well as process. On a wider scale, this project aims to the cultural consciousness of the public, demonstrating the importance in protecting and investing in heritage assets of the country, to avoid fading into history.

Angelshark & Smoothback Angelshark

Katie Denham

Trieste Marine Conservation Centre

katie.denham@hotmail.co.uk

Marine conservation, restoration & engagement

Trieste is located in northeast Italy, bordering Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It became the European gateway for trade and the shipping industry as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and still remains one of the busiest ports in Europe.

As a result, the waterfront became ruled by industry and much of the city’s connection with the sea was lost to the public. The effects of industry can be seen in the fishing community; decades of overfishing and pollution has resulted in habitat destruction and the endangerment of critical species. Fewer than 200 people remain in Trieste’s fishing community and the endemic angel shark has also been all but eliminated as a product of historic targeted fishing and bycatch.

Angelshark

Squatina

Katie Denham

The proposal for a marine conservation centre seeks to restore Trieste’s relationship between community, water and wildlife. Through engagement with the local fishing community and members of the public, the use of traditional and sustainable fishing practices alongside conservation and restoration efforts will ensure prosperous livelihoods, food stocks and habitats.

Trieste Marine Conservation Centre

katie.denham@hotmail.co.uk

Marine conservation, restoration & engagement

Trieste is located in northeast Italy, bordering Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It became the European gateway for trade and the shipping industry as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and still remains one of the busiest ports in Europe.

As a result, the waterfront became ruled by industry and much of the city’s connection with the sea was lost to the public. The effects of industry can be seen in the fishing community; decades of overfishing and pollution has resulted in habitat destruction and the endangerment of critical species. Fewer than 200 people remain in Trieste’s fishing community and the endemic angel shark has also been all but eliminated as a product of historic targeted fishing and bycatch.

The proposal for a marine conservation centre seeks to restore Trieste’s relationship between community, water and wildlife. Through engagement with the local fishing community and members of the public, the use of traditional and sustainable fishing practices alongside conservation and restoration efforts will ensure prosperous livelihoods, food stocks and habitats.

Marine conservation, restoration & engagement

Katie Denham

katie.denham@hotmail.co.uk

Trieste is located in northeast Italy, bordering Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It became the European gateway for trade and the shipping industry as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and still remains one of the busiest ports in Europe.

As a result, the waterfront became ruled by industry and much of the city’s connection with the sea was lost to the public. The effects of industry can be seen in the fishing community; decades of overfishing and pollution has resulted in habitat destruction and the endangerment of critical species. Fewer than 200 people remain in Trieste’s fishing community and the endemic angel shark has also been all but eliminated as a product of historic targeted fishing and bycatch.

The proposal for a marine conservation centre seeks to restore Trieste’s relationship between community, water and wildlife. Through engagement with the local fishing community and members of the public, the use of traditional and sustainable fishing practices alongside conservation and restoration efforts will ensure prosperous livelihoods, food stocks and habitats.

TRIESTE MARINE CONSERVATION CENTRE - MARINE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION & ENGAGEMENT

Trieste is located in northeast Italy, bordering Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It became the European gateway for trade and the shipping industry as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and still remains one of the busiest ports in Europe.

As a result, the waterfront became ruled by industry and much of the city’s connection with the sea was lost to the public. The effects of industry can be seen in the fishing community; decades of overfishing and pollution has resulted in habitat destruction and the endangerment of critical species. Fewer than 200 people remain in Trieste’s fishing community and the endemic angel shark has also been all but eliminated as a product of historic targeted fishing and bycatch.

The proposal for a marine conservation centre seeks to restore Trieste’s relationship between community, water and wildlife. Through engagement with the local fishing community and members of the public, the use of traditional and sustainable fishing practices alongside conservation and restoration efforts will ensure prosperous livelihoods, food stocks and habitats.

& Smoothback Angelshark

squatina & Squatina oculata

Squatina squatina & Squatina oculata

Angelshark & Smoothback Angelshark Squatina squatina & Squatina oculata

Aasha Ki Haveli stands as a visionary facility, dedicated to breaking down the existing barriers that impede women in Udaipur from accessing timely cancer screening. Aasha Ki Haveli celebrates the vibrant culture of the city, weaving together ayurvedic street gardens and a café that actively engages with the community, facilitating the dissemination of crucial cancer awareness.

Reclaiming the once oppressive haveli typology, Aasha Ki Haveli repurposes it to ensure utmost privacy; fostering an environment that encourages women to seek screening without hesitation. Constructed with bricks crafted from local quarry waste, a solid base shields patients from the bustling city streets.

A programme of ayurvedic therapies and support offers complementary treatment options for diagnosed patients, empowering them to embrace an active role in their personal journey through cancer. Inspired by vernacular jaali screens, a perforated copper veil envelops the restorative programme, serving as a symbol of hope. The saffron hues of the copper veil radiate the courage and resilience of the individuals within. As twilight descends, the façade gracefully illuminates, casting a gentle glow that not only showcases the vitality within but also signals to the wider community that there is indeed a path of hope and healing beyond a cancer diagnosis.

Tom Ellis

tom.ellis99@btinternet. com

AASHA KI HAVELI

Frankie Prinsloo

Sheher Sabha

Udaipur,

India

frankie.r.prinsloo@gmail.com

Frankie Prinsloo

Sheher Sabha

Udaipur, India

frankie.r.prinsloo@gmail.com

A City Assembly for Udaipur

The city of Udaipur in North-west India is experiencing rapid urbanisation and is facing the inherent challenges of exponential population growth within a volatile climate, both of which are putting a huge strain on the urban infrastructure and natural landscapes. Udaipur is on the cusp of major transformation and in order for the city to flourish, a solution needs to be found where all the stakeholders of the city are engaged and committed to a unified vision.

In response to this challenge, the project proposes a new building typology for Udaipur. The key goal is to create a civic place, a city within the city, which acts as a common platform where the public, authorities, developers, architects and NGOs etc. can gather in one place and collaborate in planning and implementing urban transformation. The proposal seeks to activate new forms of civic engagement by encouraging creativity and making in the participatory process. Furthermore, the material culture of different communities across the city is celebrated throughout the scheme in order for cultural traditions and practices to be preserved as the city becomes increasingly globalized.

frankie.r.prinsloo@gmail. com

A City Assembly for Udaipur

The city of Udaipur in North-west India is experiencing rapid urbanisation and is facing the inherent challenges of exponential population growth within a volatile climate, both of which are putting a huge strain on the urban infrastructure and natural landscapes. Udaipur is on the cusp of major transformation and in order for the city to flourish, a solution needs to be found where all the stakeholders of the city are engaged and committed to a unified vision.

In response to this challenge, the project proposes a new building typology for Udaipur. The key goal is to create a civic place, a city within the city, which acts as a common platform where the public, authorities, developers, architects and NGOs etc. can gather in one place and collaborate in planning and implementing urban transformation. The proposal seeks to activate new forms of civic engagement by encouraging creativity and making in the participatory process. Furthermore, the material culture of different communities across the city is celebrated throughout the scheme in order for cultural traditions and practices to be preserved as the city becomes increasingly globalized.

10m 20m

The city of Udaipur in North-west India is experiencing rapid urbanisation and is facing the inherent challenges of exponential population growth within a volatile climate, both of which are putting a huge strain on the urban infrastructure and natural landscapes. Udaipur is on the cusp of major transformation and in order for the city to flourish,a solution needs to be found where all the stakeholders of the city are engaged and committed to a unified vision.

In response to this challenge, the project proposes a new building typology for Udaipur. The key goal is to create a civic place, a city within the city, which acts as a common platform where the public, authorities, developers, architects and NGOs etc. can gather in one place and collaborate

10m 20m

in planning and implementing urban transformation. The proposal seeks to activate new forms of civic engagement by encouraging creativity and making in the participatory process. Furthermore, the material culture of different communities across the city is celebrated throughout the scheme in order for cultural traditions and practices to be preserved as the city becomes increasingly globalized.

Frankie Prinsloo

SHEHER SABHA - A CITY ASSEMBLY FOR UDAIPUR

milliethompson@ outlook.com

FAI DA TE

- A RETROFIT EDUCATION FOR TURIN

The aim of the FAI DA TE (Do It Yourself in English) is to teach Turin how to retrofit their own buildings, allowing changes to be made from the bottom up.

Community workshops focused around wet and dry materials will encourage locals to experiment with retrofit principles themselves. The building will focus on promoting the use of natural and recycled materials for retrofit and sustainable construction. The centre will also be partnered with the nearby university, allowing architecture and engineering students to experiment and test innovative sustainable materials to find ways to introduce them to the construction industry. Alongside this, a material library and lecture pod within the existing building will act as a promotional tool for

the centre. They will be used to exhibit new innovations to both the community and industry professionals, with the aim of encouraging them to use sustainable materials in their projects.

The FAI DA TE aims to be one of the first of many community workshops located in Turin. The building will act as a didactic tool, not only exhibiting the principles of retrofit but also demonstrating the benefits, with the aim of these principles spreading further across the city through individual action.

Millie Thompson

Jennifer Wong Urban Harvest

Jennifer Wong Urban Harvest

Jennifer Wong Urban Harvest

Jennifer Wong Urban Harvest

jennifer926wong@gmail.com

jennifer926wong@gmail.com

jennifer926wong@gmail.com

jennifer926wong@gmail.com

Larissa Train Station: Research Centre for Food Technology

Larissa Train Station: Research Centre for Food Technology

Larissa Train Station: Research Centre for Food Technology

The proposed building is a research centre for food technology integrated within a train station. Apart from promoting sustainable agricultural practices and urban farming, the building strives to become a beacon of Larissa that is representative of its reincarnated identity as the ‘modern citadel’ of Greece.

The proposed building is a research centre for food technology integrated within a train station. Apart from promoting sustainable agricultural practices and urban farming, the building strives to become a beacon of Larissa that is representative of its reincarnated identity as the ‘modern citadel’ of Greece.

The proposed building is a research centre for food technology integrated within a train station. Apart from promoting sustainable agricultural practices and urban farming, the building strives to become a beacon of Larissa that is representative of its reincarnated identity as the ‘modern citadel’ of Greece.

centre for food technology integrated within a train station. Apart from promoting sustainable agricultural practices and urban farming, the building strives to become a beacon of Larissa that is representative of its reincarnated identity as the ‘modern citadel’ of Greece.

Bioengineering is regarded as one of the most effective solutions to the global food crisis, which is an increasingly pressing issue. While one of the main aspects of the Larissa masterplan is introducing natural solutions to safeguard the city from environmental risks, the proposed scheme suggests that technology can act as a catalyst to these strategies. For instance, crops can be genetically modified to become less water hungry, require less fertilisers, or more drought-resistant.

Bioengineering is regarded as one of the most effective solutions to the global food crisis, which is an increasingly pressing issue. While one of the main aspects of the Larissa masterplan is introducing natural solutions to safeguard the city from environmental risks, the proposed scheme suggests that technology can act as a catalyst to these strategies. For instance, crops can be genetically modified to become less water hungry, require less fertilisers, or more drought-resistant.

Bioengineering is regarded as one of the most effective solutions to the global food crisis, which is an increasingly pressing issue. While one of the main aspects of the Larissa masterplan is introducing natural solutions to safeguard the city from environmental risks, the proposed scheme suggests that technology can act as a catalyst to these strategies. For instance, crops can be genetically modified to become less water hungry, require less fertilisers, or more drought-resistant.

Bioengineering is regarded as one of the most effective solutions to the global food crisis, which is an increasingly pressing issue. While one of the main aspects of the Larissa masterplan is introducing natural solutions to safeguard the city from environmental risks, the proposed scheme suggests that technology can act as a catalyst to these strategies. For instance, crops can be genetically modified to become less water hungry, require less fertilisers, or more drought-resistant.

Serving as a junction between the two largest Greek cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, Larissa will become a green corridor where people can learn about urban growing and scientific methods of efficient and resilient cultivation. The train station is transformed into a node that connects Larissa with the rest of the world and a flagship for rooftop farming, inspiring people to practise sustainable lifestyles.

Serving as a junction between the two largest Greek cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, Larissa will become a green corridor where people can learn about urban growing and scientific methods of efficient and resilient cultivation. The train station is transformed into a node that connects Larissa with the rest of the world and a flagship for rooftop farming, inspiring people to practise sustainable lifestyles.

Serving as a junction between the two largest Greek cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, Larissa will become a green corridor where people can learn about urban growing and scientific methods of efficient and resilient cultivation. The train station is transformed into a node that connects Larissa with the rest of the world and a flagship for rooftop farming, inspiring people to practise sustainable lifestyles.

Serving as a junction between the two largest Greek cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, Larissa will become a green corridor where people can learn about urban growing and scientific methods of efficient and resilient cultivation. The train station is transformed into a node that connects Larissa with the rest of the world and a flagship for rooftop farming, inspiring people to practise sustainable lifestyles.

jennifer926wong@gmail. com

URBAN HARVEST - LARISSA TRAIN STATION: RESEARCH CENTRE FOR FOOD TECHNOLOGY

The proposed building is a research centre for food technology integrated within a train station. Apart from promoting sustainable agricultural practices and urban farming, the building strives to become a beacon of Larissa that is representative of its reincarnated identity as the ‘modern citadel’ of Greece.

Bioengineering is regarded as one of the most effective solutions to the global food crisis, which is an increasingly pressing issue. While one of the main aspects of the Larissa masterplan is introducing natural solutions to safeguard the city from environmental risks, the proposed scheme suggests that technology can act as a catalyst to these strategies. For instance, crops can be genetically modified

to become less water hungry, require less fertilisers, or more drought-resistant.

Serving as a junction between the two largest Greek cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, Larissa will become a green corridor where people can learn about urban growing and scientific methods of efficient and resilient cultivation. The train station is transformed into a node that connects Larissa with the rest of the world and a flagship for rooftop farming, inspiring people to practise sustainable lifestyle.

Jennifer Wong

ginnychenx@gmail.com

Larissa strives to become a city of well-being following Hippocrates legacy with his tomb located at the site entrance on Ermogenous street. The facility will host an exhibition hall, herbarium, and a vast landscape of medicinal botanical gardens as a gesture to Hippocrates’ teachings where he believes in the harmonisation between individual, social and natural environment. The composition of the scheme allows users to perceive glimpses of different spaces but instead of leading them directly there, it grants the opportunity to wander and slowly take in the experiences, providing a scenic route reminiscence of a stroll in the country gardens.

The site is efficiently divided into a lower plane for staff and an upper plane for the public. This allows visitors to observe

the research facilities from above, seeing all aspects of the process. As mentioned in the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of Ancient Greek medical notes, Hippocrates considers the relationship between people and plants to be a cooperative system and so, through carrying the wisdom of Hippocrates and his dedication to providing knowledge for all, the proposal ensures the sustaining of knowledge, people, and plants, nurturing these ideals to contribute to a greater city and one that will not be forgotten.

Ginny Chen

AMARANTH BOTANICAL COMMONS - HIPPOCRATES’ MEDICINAL GARDENS

Amaranth (unfading flower)

THE UDAIPUR PLASTIC SCHOOL - HOW CAN WE TURN WASTE PLASTIC INTO BUILDINGS?

Due to decades of mismanagement, waste is part of every landscape and street in Udaipur. Yet, consumption of virgin plastic and its callous disposal are still Increasing to feed Udaipur’s growth.

The Plastic School envisions a second life for all of Udaipur’s waste plastic - as pavements, shelters and buildings, replacing thousands of tonnes a year of concrete, fired brick, and steel. Achieving this would require physical facilities, research, and most challenging of all, a cultural shift in how we treat waste. The Plastic School would be the first of several facilities built to achieve these aims.

The scheme is arranged around two new public streets. All

the functions of plastic recycling, from collection to product manufacturing, line the streets and invite participation. At the same time, to accelerate a future without plastic use at all, the landscape provides raw material for prototyping bioplastics. Throughout the materiality of the buildings, waste and carbon are sequestered. The concrete is a substitute made with waste slag and plastics, while recycled plastics are used in three systems: bricks, rainscreen cladding, and mass construction.

Workers’ homes are situated on site and provide a comfortable and dignified space, while demonstrating a model for how retrofitting structures across the city can contribute to the ambition.

Chew Shan Wei chewshanwei@gmail. com

Lynsey Hogarth

La Casa del Miele

lynseyhogarth96@gmail.com

Lynsey Hogarth La Casa del Miele

lynseyhogarth96@gmail.com

Restoring Hope

Restoring Hope

Trieste is unique in its bordered location. It represents the end of the Balkan route, a dangerous journey over land that thousands of refugees

Trieste is unique in its bordered location. It represents the end of the Balkan route, a dangerous journey over land that thousands of refugees take every year. The city has a long history of integration, but this is now being threatened by xeonphobia and hostility arising from far right national politics.

The brief of ‘La Casa del Miele’ is a unique concept, a testbed for finding common ground within the city. It combines much needed accommodation for those newly arrived into the city with a honey production programme, a craft prevalent to the Karst and its native Carniolian bee. Located in the grounds of Villa Cosulich, derelict since the 1970s, the scheme proposes a holistic regeneration of the park, through the provision of a new gateway entrance to the north and a pavilion extension to the villa. The private accommodation sits above on a plinth, providing a reflective aspect towards the Adriatic sea for those who have fled to safety.

The project’s agenda is not a sole solution to the systemic issues that Italy faces with migration. But moreso, the architecture strives to set an exemplar for restoring hope in society, welcoming refugees by unusual means.

Lynsey Hogarth

lynseyhogarth96@gmail.com

LA CASA DEL MIELE - RESTORING HOPE

Trieste is unique in its bordered location. It represents the end of the Balkan route, a dangerous journey over land that thousands of refugees take every year. The city has a long history of integration, but this is now being threatened by xenophobia and hostility arising from far right national politics.

The brief of ‘La Casa del Miele’ is a unique concept, a testbed for finding common ground within the city. It combines much needed accommodation for those newly arrived into the city with a honey production programme, a craft prevalent to the Karst and its native Carniolian bee. Located in the grounds of Villa Cosulich, derelict since the 1970s, the scheme proposes a holistic regeneration of the park, through the provision of a

new gateway entrance to the north and a pavilion extension to the villa. The private accommodation sits above on a plinth, providing a reflective aspect towards the Adriatic sea for those who have fled to safety.

The project’s agenda is not a sole solution to the systemic issues that Italy faces with migration. But moreso, the architecture strives to set an exemplar for restoring hope in society, welcoming refugees by unusual means.

Megan Holden megtedders@aol.com

SAFE HAVEN - A WOMAN’S REFUGE AND SUPPORT CENTRE

Safe Haven offers a solution to the pressing problem of domestic abuse in Italy, especially in Turin. Currently the city doesn’t have the resources to help these women and their families. Therefore, this women’s refuge and support centre provides the facilities for counselling and helps the residents reenter society, when they are ready. This is possible due to the ‘Bridging the Gap’ scheme which focuses on the three stages of refuge; recover, rebuild and reintegrate.

Recover begins by providing treatment and support for reflection. Rebuild focuses on the day-to-day needs of the women and their families, providing accommodation and shared facilities. Finally, reintegrate looks at providing the skills needed to transition back into society. The variety of

external spaces allow the women to experience nature in a secure and safe environment. As they move up through the centre, the views become more open and have a stronger connection to the rest of the city, therefore enhancing the Turin 2050 masterplan.

Safe Haven aims to create a community and welcomes the women to return for continued counselling, classes and the use of the reintegration facilities.

Kieran McKenna

Ayad Algal Plant

kieran.p.mckenna@gmail.com

AYAD ALGAL PLANT - TREAT | EDUCATE | POWER

Located in India’s north-western state of Rajasthan, Udaipur is a city well known for it’s natural beauty and picturesque lakes. However, beneath their surface lies a worsening problem; that is, one of water scarcity and pollution.

Through decades of underinvestment in substandard infrastructure, the city is running out of time for meaningful change to be made. Without action Udaipur’s survival and determining lifesource - water - will soon be beyond salvage.

Proposed as a solution to this, the Ayad Algal Plant is a highly innovative water treatment facility within which tertiary-level purification occurs. Through the use of microalgal cultures,

the facility will clean city waste water before distributing it back to the population for essential daily needs.

By establishing this fundamental piece of city infrastructure, it is hoped that Udaipur’s fragile relationship with water can be both reset and redefined. In doing so, stability and longevity will be brought to ‘The City of Lakes’ for generations to come.

Kieran McKenna

Louis O’Hanlon Estadio Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain

Louis O’Hanlon Estadio Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain

louis.ohanlon@me.com

louis.ohanlon@me.com

A Stadium for the City, Embedded in Nature

A Stadium for the City, Embedded in Nature

Estadio Zaragoza presents itself as a stadium for the community. With the fans eager to relive the glory days foregone, the stadium serves as a symbol for the owners ambitions to take the club back to the top division. The stadium becomes a key landmark on the city’s edge, directing responding to an existing infrastructure with the capacity to accommodate the stadiums 33,000 spectators. Every routes leads to the your seat. Estadio Zaragoza is characterised for its approach to transparency, and integration in nature. The circulation routes between each thresholds, from approach to seat, safely dilute and distribute fans accordingly.

Estadio Zaragoza presents itself as a stadium for the community. With the fans eager to relive the glory days foregone, the stadium serves as a symbol for the owners ambitions to take the club back to the top division. The stadium becomes a key landmark on the city’s edge, directing responding to an existing infrastructure with the capacity to accommodate the stadiums 33,000 spectators. Every routes leads to the your seat. Estadio Zaragoza is characterised for its approach to transparency, and integration in nature. The circulation routes between each thresholds, from approach to seat, safely dilute and distribute fans accordingly.

ESTADIO ZARAGOZA - A STADIUM FOR THE CITY EMBEDDED IN NATURE

Louis O’Hanlon

The stadium is light in appearance with voids piercing through to see the landscape beyond.

Each element above ground level advocates for the concept of transparency and connectivity with its externally facing concourses and etched polycarbonate mimicking the landscape around. The stadium serves as multi-purpose, bringing high value commercial events to the city in addition to the opportunity for smaller-scale community driven events and activities. This ideology bleeds into the surrounding landscape with pockets within the botanical landscape given to communities social, recreational and religious societies with unrestrained access on site.

louis.ohanlon@me.com

The stadium is light in appearance with voids piercing through to see the landscape beyond. Each element above ground level advocates for the concept of transparency and connectivity with its externally facing concourses and etched polycarbonate mimicking the landscape around. The stadium serves as multi-purpose, bringing high value commercial events to the city in addition to the opportunity for smaller-scale community driven events and activities. This ideology bleeds into the surrounding landscape with pockets within the botanical landscape given to communities social, recreational and religious societies with unrestrained access on site.

Stadium Approach from La Granja Parque

Stadium Approach from La Granja Parque

Estadio Zaragoza presents itself as a stadium for the community. With the fans eager to relive the glory days foregone, the stadium serves as a symbol for the owners ambitions to take the club back to the top division. The stadium becomes a key landmark on the city’s edge, directing responding to an existing infrastructure with the capacity to accommodate the stadiums 33,000 spectators. Every routes leads to the your seat. Estadio Zaragoza is characterised for its approach to transparency, and integration in nature. The circulation routes between each thresholds, from approach to seat, safely dilute and distribute fans accordingly.

The stadium is light in appearance with voids piercing through to see the landscape beyond. Each element above

ground level advocates for the concept of transparency and connectivity with its externally facing concourses and etched polycarbonate mimicking the landscape around. The stadium serves as multi-purpose, bringing high value commercial events to the city in addition to the opportunity for smallerscale community driven events and activities. This ideology bleeds into the surrounding landscape with pockets within the botanical landscape given to communities social, recreational and religious societies with unrestrained access on site.

Acer Tan

htan.acer@gmail.com

SCHOOL OF AGROFORESTRY - CATALYSING THRIVING FIELDS AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES

Thessaly, Greece’s ‘bread-basket,’ heavily depends on agriculture and exports its products. However, climate change brings risks like water scarcity and crop loss. To address these challenges and promote a circular economy, Larissa’s masterplan includes introducing sustainable agroforestry practices. The scheme focuses on three systems: silvohorticulture, vitiforestry, and forest gardens.

It aims to research, implement, and educate the public about agroforestry, serving as a catalyst for its adoption across Larissa and Thessaly. The scheme provides research facilities and promotes practical application, empowering residents to practice agroforestry in their own gardens and rooftops.

Embracing agroforestry can help mitigate climate change impacts, diversify agriculture, and foster a circular economy in Thessaly.

Tan

Of Agroforestry

htan.acer@gmail.com

Thriving Fields, Empowering

Communities: Agroforestry Education

Thessaly’s Agricultural Renaissance

Greece’s ‘bread-basket,’ heavily depends and exports its products. However, brings risks like water scarcity

To address these challenges and circular economy, Larissa’s masterplan introducing sustainable agroforestry scheme focuses on three systems: vitiforestry, and forest gardens. research, implement, and educate the agroforestry, serving as a catalyst for its Larissa and Thessaly. The scheme research facilities and promotes practical empowering residents to practice their own gardens and rooftops. agroforestry can help mitigate climate diversify agriculture, and foster a economy in Thessaly.

Kieran Withey Seed Gallery Turin, Italy

Kieran Withey Seed Gallery Turin, Italy

kieranwithey@yahoo.co.uk

kieranwithey@yahoo.co.uk

Eataly and Market Gallery

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Seed Preservation Building

Preserving the Taste of Italy

Preserving the Taste of Italy

The project premise is that the future climate models forecast both a temperature change as well as a precipitation change between 2023 2050. The future predictions illustrate a need to improve our existing agricultural model moving away from the monoculture and look to implement a more biodiverse regenerative model. Additionally, these future climate concerns coupled with the tendency to follow a monoculture of biodiversity could result in the loss of local varieties of fruit, nut and vegetable varieties as well the traditional artisan techniques that accompany them.

monoculture and look to implement a more biodiverse regenerative model. Additionally, these future climate concerns coupled with the tendency to follow a monoculture of biodiversity could result in the loss of local varieties of fruit, nut and vegetable varieties as well the traditional artisan techniques that accompany them.

The Seed Gallery will look to develop the work of The Slow Food Movement’s Ark of Taste, developing the virtual seed bank into a physical one. In addition, the Seed Gallery will take an active role in the future preservation of these traditional varieties and techniques through seed research and agricultural development. To further promote the preservation of these varieties and artisan techniques, The Eataly Seed Gallery café will showcase their taste to the public. 1 3

Kieran Withey

kieranwithey@yahoo.co.uk

Seed Research Building

Seed Research Building

SEED GALLERY - PRESERVING THE TASTE OF ITALY

The project premise is that the future climate models forecast both a temperature change as well as a precipitation change between 2023 and 2050. The future predictions illustrate a need to improve our existing agricultural model moving away from the monoculture and look to implement a more biodiverse regenerative model. Additionally, these future climate concerns coupled with the tendency to follow a monoculture of biodiversity could result in the loss of local varieties of fruit, nut and vegetable varieties as well the traditional artisan techniques that accompany them.

The Seed Gallery will look to develop the work of The Slow Food Movement’s Ark of Taste, developing the virtual seed bank into a physical one. In addition, the Seed Gallery

will take an active role in the future preservation of these traditional varieties and techniques through seed research and agricultural development. To further promote the preservation of these varieties and artisan techniques, The Eataly Seed Gallery café will showcase their taste to the public.

Will Allen

will-allen18@hotmail. co.uk

Every person matters, and architecture should be used to help people.

This project is an exploration of how sustainable design can be used to benefit the poorest in society. Every material, building technique, and design decision has been considered, challenged and pushed to best fulfil the agenda of social and environmental sustainability.

Orphans matter, Dalits matter, disabled children matter.

The orphanage seeks to empower the local community to strengthen its weakest members.

Children will be RESCUED, given REFUGE, and RETURNED to a loving family.

RESCUE - REFUGE - RETURN

Mohit Buch

mohitbuch1698@gmail. com

MAJDOOR KALYAN SANSTHA - THE INSTITUTE FOR THE WELFARE OF LABOURERS IN UDAIPUR

As Udaipur grows, its demands for construction projects and infrastructure is increasing exponentially. While stakeholders readily identify the need for such developments, the human cost is often left untouched. Harsh conditions, predatory employers and a lack of protection has left Udaipur’s labourer exposed and vulnerable. The Majdoor Kalyan Sanstha provides a mixture of programs aimed at the vocational development and employment protection of unskilled labour within the city.

The Institute adopts the role of a living demonstrator, utilising its own construction to celebrate material properties and capabilities. By adopting the core tenets of Rajasthani desert architecture, the proposal uses site excavated and sun baked

compressed earth blocks and tiles to create an array of load bearing forms with vaulted and shelled roofs. The forms express the potential of compression architecture while their programs provide the footings needed in soft and vocational training in construction.

Designed as a cluster of forms, the scheme equates the value of the void and the built form in a climate that promotes an indoor/outdoor culture. Factors such as climatic comfort, shading and access form a site responsive layout designed for chance encounters and an integrated social strategy.

varvarakot3@gmail.com

FISH MARKET, TRONDHEIM - FROM CONFLICT TO COALESCENCE

The brief proposed more than just a marketplace or an office building. It aimed to overhaul current modes of work and collaboration, addressing problems of sustainability within the fishing industry and conflict between new and historic parts of the city.

The proposal aims to create a space that facilitates human interaction and connection, helping to bridge the rift between Norway’s conflicting fishing sectors by bringing them under one roof, centred on a busy fish market. This would help foster communication and cooperation between regulators and industry participants, while adding an infusion of animation from the general public.

The initial spatial arrangement was largely driven by the site, as the proposal sits at the threshold between the industry and the city – past, present, and future. The proposal incorporated the existing building on site into the design. The form and materiality later added reflects the industrial character of the site, bringing light and colour into the scheme. The proposal’s service strategy is an integral part of the design, running parallel to the building circulation. The movement paths stitch the building’s spaces together, while its services are vitalising currents that bring it to life.

Varvara Kot

Reconnecting the city and its people to the larger landscape surrounding the isolated city through a flora centric proposal. Aiming to inspire through the overlap between foresters, scientists and the general public. The Arboretum itself serving as both the physical and spiritual catalyst for foresting in the region through an anthropocentric intervention of industrialized efficiency of natural materials and processes.

Jason Liew Chung Jen jasonliew9928@gmail. com

ARBORETUM OF ARAGON - AN ARBORETUM OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

Jason Liew

Arboretum of Aragon

Jason Liew Arboretum of Aragon jasonliew9928@gmail.com

Alexander John Mackay

Alexander John Mackay

Cavallerizza Reale

Performing Arts Centre alexmackay40@gmail.com

Cavallerizza Reale Performing Arts Centre alexmackay40@gmail.com

Addressing Loneliness through Intangible Cultural Heritage

Addressing

Turin a once great and powerful industrial behemoth, now sitting dormant at the foothills of the Alps. Left ruins across its architectural landscape it’s a city without a true identity and a lack of opportunity, a microcosm of Italy’s, current state. The industrial collapse and Italy’s subsequent drowsing period have left its people fractured. The youth turning to pastures greener, and

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upon its rich intangible cultural heritage and re-join the youth and elderly of Turin. A space for social interaction and learning the multigenerational structure allows each visitor to rely on each other and grow through that process.

The elderly pass knowledge and connections to the youth who reciprocate with energy and invigoration for the future. The center is not the sole solution to Turin’s fractured population but it is a method in which ties can be made between two disconnected communities through its heritage.

Turin a once great and powerful industrial behemoth, now sitting dormant at the foothills of the Alps. Left with ruins across its architectural landscape it’s a city without a true identity and a lack of opportunity, a microcosm of Italy’s, current state. The industrial collapse and Italy’s subsequent drowsing period have left its people fractured. The youth turning to pastures greener, and the ease of accessibility to better opportunities is seen as too desirable. The elderly are left disconnected from their culture, trapped by time with no traditional familiar support to call upon. The result of this is a deep loneliness. Italy is now the Loneliest country in Europe and is searching for a way to hold on to its fleeing youth and reconnect them with its people and country.

The Cavallerizza Reale performing arts centre aims to build upon its rich intangible cultural heritage and re-join the youth and elderly of Turin. A space for social interaction and learning the multi-generational structure allows each visitor to rely on each other and grow through that process. The elderly pass knowledge and connections to the youth who reciprocate with energy and invigoration for the future. The center is not the sole solution to Turin’s fractured population but it is a method in which ties can be made between two disconnected communities through its heritage.

Alexander J Mackay alexmackay40@gmail. com

CAVALLERIZZA REALE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE - ADDRESSING LONELINESS THROUGH INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Cavallerizza Alfieriana

Ala Del Mosca

Pagliere

Theatre

Rehearsal Space

Dining Hall

Cavallerizza Alfieriana Ala Del Mosca

Abbey O’Rawe abbeyorawe@gmail.com

RESPIRATORY HEALTH AND ENVIORNMENTAL INTERPRETATION

A Response to the Pollution Crisis in Turin, Italy. The project responds to the critical levels of PM2.5 pollution that plague the city, present due to the high concentration of industrial plants, persistently high levels of road traffic and topography of the Po Valley, in which the city lies.

This scheme at its core seeks to bring together specialist Respiratory Health facilities, Holistic and Non-Conventional medicines, Environmental Research and Sustainable Innovation into one multidisciplinary facility. This project shall help heal a hurting community and spread a message of hope for the future climate of the city.

The scheme will be the first of its kind in Turin, becoming an exemplar for the promotion of sustainable well-being amongst people and the environment.

A strong focus has been placed upon environmental principles and landscape, looking at using innovative approaches to improve air quality within the immediate site context as well as creating building of net positive impact.

Abissha Suthanthirakumaran

abissha@hotmail.co.uk

The Exchange is a textiles workshop and market space located in Larissa, central Greece. The proposal sits on the Acropolis, nestled in the historic core, surrounded by Larissa’s rich heritage.

The textiles industry was historically a prime commercial core in Larissa, however following the destruction of the covered market, tightened regulations and the financial crash, the industry went into decline. It grew once again, however as fast fashion, which is detrimental to the manufacturers, consumers and the environment. It is apparent this industry must undergo change, and therefore, my proposal is a first step in promoting a sustainable slow fashion movement.

The Exchange intends to revive the textiles industry in Larissa, resembling the social and commerical core that once was. To achieve this, the programme reflects on the significant cultural past, issues faced at present and looks to the future of the industry. An interactive market will reform the social core of Larissa, whilst the workshops and studios will serve as a living prototype exemplifying a new circular textiles production model, that will ensure a sustainable future.

THE EXCHANGE - TEXTILES WORKSHOP AND MARKET SPACE

SEEDS OF HOPE - LANDSCAPE RESTORATION OF THE ARAVALLI RANGE, INDIA

The Aravalli Hills in north-west India are crucial to the desertification defense of Northern India. However, exploitation of the hills through mining and deforestation are causing the Aravallis to lose their capacity to protect the region from becoming inhospitable.

Situated amongst the Aravallis, Udaipur is a city celebrated for the beauty of its natural heritage. However, rapid urban development has seen it lose its identity and compromised the natural systems it relies on.

The proposal is a landscape restoration scheme, transforming a marble slurry dumping pit into a catalyst for wider restoration at the heart of the Aravallis.

The programme timeline is split into 3 phases; Restore, Engage, and Safeguard. Aiming to restore natural systems whilst engaging and educating people to build a public affinity for nature.

Together the Restore and Engage programmes work to Safeguard the landscape for the future.

Adopting a light touch approach, the scheme will leave no trace on the restored landscape, designed to biodegrade when it is deemed to have been restored to the point of self sufficiency. Only the Seed Monument will remain, acting as a permanent reminder and monument to the consequences of landscape exploitation.

Ryan Wu

ryanwu.oundle@gmail. com

mattheway98@gmail. com

LÖGR VIKING SHIP MUSEUM- RECONNECTION TO THE FJORD THROUGH VIKING HERITAGE

Located in Trondheim, a historic Viking capital renowned for its Viking history and shipbuilding traditions, this project aims to reconnect people to the fjord by celebrating the unique Viking heritage of the region. As industrial developments have led to a disconnection between the city and the waterfront, the museum serves as a catalyst to attract visitors and bring them back to the waterfront, fostering a sense of connection to the fjord.

The museum consists of two blocks which funnels visitors through a sequence of spaces that compress and expand, framing views and unveiling moments of discovery. Inside, visitors embark on a curated journey through various themed galleries, each offering a distinct atmosphere and size to

provide a fully immersive experience. The centrepiece of the museum is a 40-metre-long replica of a Viking longship displayed in the Main Hall, offering multiple levels of viewing and the opportunity for visitors to step on board or walk beneath the hull, creating an interactive and memorable encounter with Viking history

Matthew Au Yeung

Au Yeung

The National Musuem of Bullfighting in Zaragoza, northwestern Spain, sought to create a space where the cultural memory of bullfighting could be preserved and contextualised, in a future where the sport was no longer practiced. Located adjacent to the second oldest Plaza de Toros in Spain, the museum’s design had to be sympathetic to its historic surroundings and yet a landmark with its own architectural identity.

The project explored the use of architectural archetypes from Spanish history to create ‘anchor rooms’ around which the musuem galleries are arranged. These three ‘anchor rooms’the Hall of Lances - the Hall of the Banderilla - the Hall of Death - each represent a different part of the bullfight. As

visitors circulate round the museum they experience the galleries as a narrative, telling the story of bullfighting. This journey culminates in the Hall of Death, an evocation of the final minutes of the bullfight and is represented by a domed tomb drawn from Roman archetypes.

Overall, the project combines historical references to produce a building drawn from Spanish culture, with an minimalist contemporary approach to architecture.

Harry Cooper hwcdesign@outlook. co.uk

MUSEO DE LA NACIONAL TAUROMAQUIA

Hazel

Swimming and bathing for leisure in Trieste has been a popular activity since the early 1800’s, when the first bathing areas were developed for sailors in the city’s port. The early 1900’s saw the development of inclusive bathing spots in the city which still host the community each summer through the provision of swimming, sun bathing and socialising spaces.

Trieste also has a celebrated history of competitive sailing. Since 1969, The city has hosted what is now the largest sailing race in the world, the Barcolana Regatta. This project proposes the development of an additional sailing school in Trieste, directed towards community involvement and the inclusion of the physically disabled. Through this programme, involvement in competitive sailing will be improved in the city,

as well as increasing capacity for spectators and mooring during the Barcolana festival week.

This thesis explores leisure programmes for swimming, sailing, and spectating, seeking to combine them architecturally using ideas of layering and spatial stratification.

Cozens

hazel.cozens@gmail. com

Porto Vecchio Maritime Leisure Centre - Swim, Sail, Spectate

Gabriel Fox Kharakua Water Centre

gabrielfox98@gmail.com

Kharakua Water Centre

gabrielfox98@gmail.com

Udaipur – the City of Lakes – has a rich historical relationship with water, but a changing climate and poor infrastructure are threatening its availability. If the demands of a rapidly growing population are to be met, great improvements need to be made to catchment and management systems.

The proposed water centre aims to tackle issues of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. A new water treatment plant (which processes river water for community consumption) addresses the water crisis facing Udaipur, while a public bathhouse brings people together around the shared resource of water, and a community-led shop selling products made on-site fosters a local regenerative economy.

The building is founded in conceptual ideas linking it to India’s architectural heritage, which manifest in many aspects, from massing to tectonics. Local stone is used in a load-bearing capacity to create structures of repeating cross-vault units in a square grid arrangement. The water treatment plant and bathhouse occupy the same building, with the taller building housing soap-making facilities, a shop, and a rooftop botanical bar. A traditional reservoir over the river (Saraneshwar Kund), which is restored as part of the project, informs the urban response of the buildings. Internally, interlocking volumes of varying sizes create a diverse spatial experience as you move between baths.

The project was an exploration in how to design for permanence as a radical environmental approach - the opposite of the approach taken in my 5th year design project, which was an exploration of temporary, living structures as a radical environmental approach. Both projects were guided by the principles and ethics of permaculture, and are intended to complement one another. The result of this project is a durable, low-carbon building that has a regenerative influence on both the local environment and the local community.

Udaipur – the City of Lakes – has a rich historical relationship with water, but a changing climate and poor infrastructure are threatening its availability. If the demands of a rapidly growing population are to be met, great improvements need to be made to catchment and management systems. The proposed water centre aims to tackle issues of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. A new water treatment plant (which processes river water for community consumption) addresses the water crisis facing Udaipur, while a public bathhouse brings people together around the shared resource of water, and a community-led shop selling products made on-site fosters a local regenerative economy.

The building is founded in conceptual idea linking it to India’s architectural heritage, which manifest in many aspects, from massing to tectonics. Local stone is used in a load-bearing capacity to create structures of repeating cross-vault units in a square grid arrangement. The water treatment plant and bathhouse occupy the same building, with the taller building housing soap-making facilities, a shop, and a rooftop botanical bar. A traditional reservoir over the river (Saraneshwar Kund), which is restored as part of the project, informs the urban response of the buildings. Internally, interlocking volumes of varying sizes create a diverse spatial experience as you move between baths.

Gabriel Fox gabrielfox98@gmail.com

Gabriel Fox

A communal bathhouse and water treatment plant in Udaipur, India

A communal bathhouse and water treatment plant in Udaipur, India

Main Bath, Bathhouse Level 03

Bathhouse Section (S-N)

KHARAKUA WATER CENTRE - A COMMUNAL BATHHOUSE AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT

Damian Ho

damianhohc@gmail.com

MARKET IN THE SKY - THE THESSALIAN AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE

The Thessalian Agricultural Exchange embodies the new vision for agriculture in Thessaly: farmers working together with researchers in the local capital of Larissa to develop new methods of sustainable farming to ensure food security under climate change. The scheme comprises of the Market Bridge and Seed Research Facility.

Looking towards Thessaly, the Seed Research Facility houses a seed archive and a series of laboratories. Crops in rural regions, brought in by the adjacent railways, are sent in for analysis such that new agricultural methods and technologies may be determined for the future. Spanning across the bridge, is a truss bridge housing a market and community greenhouses. Here,

farmers, researchers and local Larissan converge under a single roof to exchange ideas, knowledge and fresh produce.

At the heart of the scheme, is an interplay between various juxtapositions: public and private, open and enclosed, north and south. More importantly, the Agricultural Exchange attempts to bridge these juxtapositions, to bring a greater closeness between the farms that make our food and cities that we reside in.

Refugees constitute a larger proportion of all migrants in Norway than they do in most other OECD countries, with more than 32,000 refugees arriving in Norway in 2022.

The livelihoods of them have become a crucial topic in contemporary geopolitical relations, with the current relief assistance model for these populations often separating them from local communities. Furthermore, employment among male refugees is higher than women, with women often having less education, poorer health and smaller networks. The nurturing of this particular group is paramount for them to progress within Trondheim and become anchored with Norwegian society.

This project seeks to provide opportunities for the strengthening of ties between two communities, while providing a safe space for women and aid their journey towards settlement, the programme will provide opportunity for fulfilment through woodcrafting and exhibiting pieces of work in the sculpture galleries.

Sophia Kwong sophia_kwong123@ hotmail.com

REFUGEE INTEGRATION CENTRE - NURTURE - CRAFT - CULTURE

pontuscylee@gmail.com

The proposal is an urban farm, food market and community centre in Udaipur, which faces various problems relating to food consumption and production. In general, half of India’s population would not eat food in a home or restaurant where dishes are served, prepared or provided in a way that does not conform to their own religious beliefs. This deters people from different backgrounds from eating together, denying them the sense of community which eating with others can instill. For food production, the scarcity of water and arable land is creating unsustainable food chains in Udaipur, and severing people’s connection to the city’s agrarian roots.

Bhojan Ka Ghar, the House of Food, tackles these key issue with its 4 main aspects: share, learn, grow and research. The

proposal provides communal spaces for people with different habits to eat together and learn of each other’s cultural food preferences, encouraging a sense of community. It also preserves the city’s connection to agriculture with community growing spaces, and promotes and creates sustainable food production.

The proposal is split into 2 buildings. The Sanctuary of Learning provides spaces for community learning and growing, while the more technical Temple of Growing contains the commercial farming operations and research space. The market spaces connect both buildings as an active ground plane, where knowledge from the Sanctuary is shared, and produce from the Temple is consumed.

Pontus Lee

BHOJAN KA GHAR - AN URBAN HYDROPONICS FARM AND FOOD CULTURAL CENTRE