SHU Architecture BSc Arch Yearbook 2016_17 by SHU Architecture

Welcome to SHU_Architecture

When the 2015/16 Yearbook was published we were still in the EU and there was a sane US President in post. Since then the political world has been turned upside down with the potential for more shocks. A fascinating article by Barack Obama in a recent edition of the Guardian focussed on some of this potential, linking issues of social unrest, technological advance, changing cultures, climate change and food supply. These are all issues that will come to test us in years to come and ones where architects and architectural technicians with the right approach, could have the skills to make a huge contribution. Ours is a vocation that could, with clarity of perspective and engagement be seen as essential in any endeavour. The danger is that we let ourselves become servants to a techno-commercial process rather than a source of innovative but humble direction. In looking through the projects in this book it is refreshing to see that the concerns of students are there in confrontation with these real issues. Issues that won’t go away and are getting ever more visible. There are projects questioning the needs of a society where many will have no paid employment, asking what kind of architecture may be needed to support a culture with a basic universal income. There are projects investigating the power of people to do architecture for themselves, to work collaboratively to deal with crisis situations or the more mundane but equally savaging effects of welfare cuts. Some of these projects are fearful of the future but many are hopeful of the benefits of new technologies and embrace them for the social good rather than commercial gain. This is a school focussed on the potential of the future ‘real world’ rather than the status quo. It is a very important direction to be going in.

Julian Marsh ‘Late’ Professor of Architecture

Introduction to BSc. Architecture (RIBA Part 1) This year saw the introduction of the new undergraduate curriculum, a project two years in the making. The fundamental aim being the reinforcement of the link between design and environmental thinking throughout the three years of study. This link has been a hallmark of the undergraduate course since its’ inception in the late 1990’s. Along with this we have amplified the dialogue between history, theory and the design studio to facilitate a deeper understanding of place. In final year, the studio projects are now informed by the wider political and social context of architecture but still very much from an environmental perspective. With our increasing student intake and recent additions to the staff team we are looking forward to exploring uncharted territory through drawing and making. Paul King Course Leader

The 2016-17 SHU Architecture Yearbook is dedicated to the memory of Dominic Wass, first year architecture student who sadly passed away earlier this year. Out thoughts are with Dominic’s family and friends.

Contents

Front Cover image: Terri-Louise Doyle Year 3/Chatsworth House Horticultural Centre Back cover image: Makena Hemus Year 1/ Cooperative housing solar studies 3

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Making Gridshells

A Garden to Remember Live project

SHarc + Guest Lecture Series

Sponsors

Prize Sponsors + Staff

This Page: Elena Mirica Instructions for building a stargazing structure. Facing page: Year 1 students building structures in Grenoside Woods DESIGN STUDIO 1A. PART 1

PROJECT 1. BETWEEN THE TREES

SHELTER CONSTRUCTION: source of inspiration: andy goldsworthy

1. SELECTING THE SITE: originally we thought about a 4 trees area but due to safety and structural issues we changed it to a 5 trees area. Because we had to provide materials from stile our site was close to the area where silver birch and bracken were.

5. STRUCTURAL EXPLANATIONS: THE ‘V’ SHAPE PYLONS WERE DEEPEN IN GROUND FOR CREATING THE STRUCTURAL ASSURANCE. We chopped some trees to roughly 1.5m: 0.3m of the tree was buried and 1.2m was used for the skeleton.

PROVIDED MATERIALS: SILVER BIRCH TREES & BRACKEN The members of ‘the wildlife trust’ instructed us on how to use the instruments provided, how to fell trees and which were the precautionary measurements we should take to create our shelter. The instructions were given to all of us and were mandatory for creating a proper and functional shelter.

purpose of the shelter, other than a shelter itself 2. PERIMETER DEFINING: the 5 trees area created an irregular pentagon which was strong enough to define our site. The site was divided in 2 equal areas. The purpose of first one is for sheltering and star gazing. The second one is used for social activities and common chores when you are at camping.

photography

stargazing

6. CREATING THE SKELETON: after the first structure, the roof and adjacent sides were created. Our shelter faced the east-south direction as this was the main power of light available.

photos, step by step: 3. DEFINING THE FIRST STRUCTURE: a couple of silver birch trees were provided and also some with a ‘V’ shape at the pinnacle to maintain the construction stable.

4. PLAN VIEW: this drawing explains best where the structural points were and how are them defined. As it can be seen, there are 6 pylons that secure our shelter stability.

7. CREATING THE WINDOW: for this stage, we inspired from Andy Goldsworthy’s work, ‘WOOD’. The frame was made out of wood and COVERD BY BRACKENS.

8. OUTER LAYER: after finishing the skeleton, creating the window and outlining our 2 areas, we weaved between the skeleton and the major part of our work with bracken. We used masses of bracken to create the shape and also to form the angle for rainwater to run off.

Design Studio Tutors Oli Cunningham Studio Leader Andrew Wilson Lucy Plumridge Rosie Dodgson Bryan Parkin Sarah Tew Neil Stevenson Guest Critics + Contributors Sam Vardy Julia Udall Paul King Gabriel Tang Julian Marsh Tony Broomhead (OS31) Paul Testa (Paul Testa Architects) Rachael Haynes (Thread Architects) 4

The year began with a project to design and build a structure in Grenoside Woods, north of Sheffield. Architecture and Architectural Technology students worked together in a one day event to make a structure from found woodland materials, the purpose of which was to articulate specific qualities of the environment and location. Following this students developed individual projects through scaled drawings and models, to be located ‘Between the Trees’. The second project, ‘Makers’, was linked to the 2016 City of Making, celebrating the culture and history of making in Sheffield. Project sites were located in the Creative Industries Quarter of the city with students designing a space for a Maker with an emphasis on the use of daylight and spatial character. The final project, ‘Dwelling Together’ looked at Cooperative Housing, with students working together in small groups to develop co-op site strategies for individual clients who share a variety of facilities and spaces. Along side social concerns, solar orientation and passive environmental strategies were key design drivers.

YEAR 1

Between the Trees Clockwise from top left: Elena Quattri/Susannah Hudson/ Matt Honeywood/Nnenna Obineke

Makers Clockwise from top left: Anna Dawson/Sam Sandercock/ Kwasi Adjavon/Makena Hemus/ Sam Walton

Dwelling together This page from top: Kwasi Adjavon/Nnenna Obineke/ Keitu Sibanda/Sam Walton Facing page clockwise form top left: Matt Honeywood/James Farrimond/Elena Mirica/ Ben Taylor

Year 2 students Jess Arnold Gemma Bartle Jonathan Boon Caitlin Boyd Anita Brindley Eleanor Burridge Zamira Bushaj Agnater Charova Yanan Chen Kayley Clark Mollie Cockerham Abbie Colder Dan Cole Bradley Cooke Marcus Danvers Craig Darby Matt Drummond Joe Edwards Arash Esmaeilzadeh Haghighi Andrew Finn Holly Fowler Jake Garner Levi Garner James Grantham Jade Hague Coral Hazeldine Joe Horne Lewis Howarth Pippa Humphries Yasha Javan Yatin Kalra Aurelia Kamanga Tim Keeble Santa Korsakaite Artur Kozlicki

Nastya Kustouskaya Radhika Lakhotia Eric Lock James Lawton Nikola Matusiewicz Cynthia McLaren David Meijerink Will Millward Luke Morris Nicole Nelson Khiera Odle Katie Osullivan Alin Pal Rugile Paleviciute Dan Phillips Daniel Rooke Jack Samways James Scarrott Filip Schubert Charles Sha Luke Sharpley Callum Skinner Sian Smith Harry Smith Cameron Spence Tom Stovold Luke Timons Scott Tonkinson Milena Vasileva George Wain Jess Ward Red Wardle Hayden Webster Alex Wilcock George Williams Katie Williams Anita Zhecheva

Design Studio Tutors Paul King Studio Leader Rosie Dodgson Simone Medio Steve Helmore Tony Broomhead Guest Critics + Contributors Callum Pirie (XGG Arquitectes, Barcelona) Mariona Benain Aguilera (Escofet, Barcelona) James Kirkman (Sheffield) James Mould (Sheffield) 10

Year 2 is designed to expand the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; knowledge, imagination and skills using both analogue and digital methods of communication in the studio environment. This year the studio projects were been based in Barcelona, Manchester and Sheffield exposing students to very different environmental conditions. The first semester specifically used limited objective projects to explore the relationship between analogue and digital tools. The second semester used a single project that integrated considerations for Culture, Environment, History, Technology and Urbanism.

Year 2 Barcelona study trip

YEAR 2

This page: Clockwise from top left. Katie Williams/Red Wardle (model)/ Milena Vasileva/Jess Ward/ Facing page: Clockwise from top right Pippa Humphries/Joe Edwards/Tom Stovold/Alex Wilcox/Zamira Bushaj

Junk Space/ Space Junk The first project of the year explored the relationship between the pragmatic and the atmospheric. Students developed their understanding of measured drawing, ambience, manipulation of three dimensional space, ergonomics, scale, movement through space and reuse through the design of a small scale exhibition space for a piece of Space Junk at Park Hill. 12

Celestial Events â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.â&#x20AC;? Stephen Hawking Project 2 was developed out of the work produced for Project 1 with the design of a small rooftop observatory at Park Hill. The project was developed with Sheffield Astronomical Society.

The Assembly The semester two design studio project explored identity in the cities of Barcelona and Manchester. Specifically, the project focussed on an assembly building for either a political or creative purpose….or a hybrid of both? Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, has long wanted political autonomy and the ability to make decisions for itself. The city’s creative identity is expressed through its architecture. Manchester, due to become the political capital of the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ has a distinct creative and cultural heritage experienced in the music, art and architecture of the city. Both cities have distinct architectural identities.

Reconnecting Creating a journey from the site to the Umbracle and park area, making new relationships with ‘forgotten’ buildings Katie Williams-25005728-Design Studio 4

This page: Clockwise from top left Alin Pal/Joe Edwards/Phillipa Humphries (model)/Zamira Bushaj/Cameron Spence/ Facing page: From top Katie Williams/Jess Ward

This page: From top Alex Wilcox/Alex Wilcox/Cameron Spence/James Scarriot/Jess Arnold/Cameron Spence (model)/ Facing page: Drawings from top Alin Pal/Nicole Nelson/Cameron Spence/Alin Pal

Year 3 students Daniel Cruse Jizhe Han Oliver Johns Hugh Johnston Shawn Lithgow Benjamin Loughran Abigail March Atewah Noor Marian Ayigsi Adam Chown Terri-Louise Doyle Melanie Ferguson Russell Hayward Tara Simpson Ruth Robinson Asma Albatati Jasmine Dean Dana-Nicoleta Mitica Benjamin Sayers Emma Twyford Nicolle Watson Luke Yearsley Reni Ilieva James Fearnley

Facing page: Daniel Cruse Live Work Play London

Design Studio Tutors Gabriel Tang Paul King Elizabeth Whitehead Steve Helmore Guest Critics + Contributors Oli Cunningham Andrew Wilson Dr Frances Hollis (London Met) Nick Brindley (Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios) Paul Holden (Peak Architects) 18

Year 3 develops learning from year 2 with projects addressing more complex issues. This year the studio projects were been based in Derbyshire and London requiring students to respond to very different environmental and urban conditions. The first semester used a limited objective project to explore the relationship between the environment, people and landscape. The second semester project increases the complexity through by locating projects in major urban environments in an ecological integration of culture, environment, history, technology and urbanism.

YEAR 3

15 A Botanical love affair A Centre of Horticulture at Chatsworth House

James Fearnley | Project 1 | Cancer research horticultural centre Greenhouse

James Fearnley | Project 1 | Cancer research horticultural centre Perspective Construction Section

Distant travel, exploration of new territories and colonisation led to the discovery of new lands, exotic plant and rare animal species. This was an exciting time - in fact, a renaissance of natural discovery which posed an environmental question - how can these plants be kept alive in a foreign climate they are not used to? The greenhouses at Sheffield Botanical Garden and Chatsworth House showcased the works of the English gardener, architect and MP, Joseph Paxton. The tradition of the glasshouse as a tangible typology is conspicuous and looked set to change the way architects designed to temper our internal environments, negotiating thermal comfort. Located in the grounds of Chatsworth House, the centre of horticulture is viewed as a response to site supported by a wider cultural and historical consideration. The building includes a seed bank/ archive, education room, a reference library, a resources centre, labs, greenhouses and test beds.

This page: From top Oli Johns/James Fearnley A

Facing page: From top Marian Ayigsi/Nicole Nelson/Max Han 20

This page from top: Ruth Robinson/Tara Simpson/Ben Sayers/Dana Mitica (model) Facing page: clockwise from top right Terri-Louise Doyle/Shawn Lithgoe/ Daniel Cruse

Live, Work and Play Brick Lane, London The 24 hour city is a global hub of ideas and ideals with eclectic eccentricities and electric idiosyncrasies. Historically and culturally interesting, the city naturally draws in tourists and many new residents to this area to live, work and play LIVE For various reasons, London has become home to countless migrants from around the world and around the British Isles to live. Living side by side, this melange of cultures has resulted in a potent mix of hybridised cosmopolitanism. WORK Density and diversity seem to be ingrained in the identity in this area. The traditionally ethnic community of London East End has evolved into a trend-setting village where Bangladeshi curry houses sit side by side with world class art museums displaying works by Hirst, Emin or Banksy. PLAY It is no wonder this stimulating environment has grown to be a highlight of London leisure, recreation and amusement on many levels and by broad definitions. To play, to relax and to indulge. People come here to eat, bathe, socialise, drink, shop, make, grow, play, destroyâ&#x20AC;Ś. The program is an open brief to design a building that encompasses the functions of Live, Work and Play at Brick Lane. Each student designs a building that includes all functions Live Work and Play at one of the 2 sites at Brick Lane, London offered for the project. This project challenges the student to speculate how an architecture that deals with all three functions co-exists and asks how these juxtapositions of wellconsidered functions relating to the three components can fuse to result in a project of surprise and delight.

This page: Models from top Ben Loughran/Dana Mitica/TerriLouise Doyle/Luke Yearsley/Emma Twyford Above: Shawn Lithgoe Facing page: Dana Mitica/Oli Johns (bottom left) 24

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This page: clockwise from top left Tara Simpson/Terri-Louise Doyle/ Oli Johns/Max Han Facing page: Terri-Louise Doyle

Clockwise from top left: Abigail March/ Nicole Watson/ James Fearnley/Ruth Robinson/

MAKING GRIDSHELLS Live research project

Coinciding with the release of Gabriel Tang’s book Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft (co-written with Prof John Chilton, University of Nottingham), a 10m by 10m gridshell entitled the Magnolia was constructed by students and staff of the Architecture and Architectural Technology courses. The structure stood at the main entrance of the university for a six week period. A series of public lectures were also organised where academics and practitioners from around the world reflected and shared experience and insight into innovative lightweight structures construction. Parallel to these lectures, and supported by ARUPs and other industrial partners, an exhibition at Sheffield Millennium Gallery was curated to showcase innovative timber construction based on the research of the book. These activities are organised as part of the Catalyst initiative, Sheffield Hallam University’s offering to the Year of Making 2016.

Above: Public lecture series poster; Students building the ‘MAGNOLIA’; Exhibition private view. Right: MAGNOLIA installed at the entrance to the University

A GARDEN TO REMEMBER Live project with Woodland View Care Home Woodland View NHS Care Home, located in Norton, Sheffield provides care for patients severely affected by Dementia and Alzheimers. The Friends Charity Group associated with Woodlands View approached SHU Architecture in the summer of 2016 to help in developing ideas for the garden areas at the care home. The care home is arranged around a series of landscaped areas that provide an essential environment for the well-being and treatment of patients. However, many areas of the landscape are currently impractical and un-safe for the patients and their families and carers to access, and lack stimulation appropriate to therapeutic use. Over the course of an intensive week, undergraduate architecture students, developed ideas for three gardens: ‘The walled garden’, ‘The edge garden’ and ‘The outdoor room’. Each garden investigated ideas based around circuitous routes, occupation and activity, safety and practicality, sensory stimulation and memory. The Friends Charity Group have since gone on to secure lottery and further funding based on the ideas developed by the students. The first landscaping works began on site in May 2017.

Above: The walled garden Left: The edge garden and the outdoor room kitchen

SHarc Sheffield Hallam Architecture Student Society SHarc is a non-profit student lead society that has been commended for its commitment. As a member, one of its perks is the SHarc shop, supplying specialist equipment all year round at discounted rates. To ensure all students are prepared, the famous freshers pack provides them with the essentials to start their journey. Going above and beyond the walls of the institute, an array of workshops such as Photoshop, Revit and Portfolio Reviews are organised a long side a series of guest lectures that support the future trends in architectural education. This year, SHarc joined the Sheffield Society of Architects (SSA) and SUAS in cohosting a Christmas quiz Social. We explored the ethos of environmental architecture at the Centre of Alternative Technology and provided support for graduating third years through informal meetings with the Post Graduate students. Ending and rewarding the hard work with a popular Winter Ball, accommodating for up to 140 students.

SHarc Co-Chair, Terri-Louise Doyle â&#x20AC;&#x153;For over five years, SHarc has maintained its presence across the school, building an essential foundation, students are dedicated to enhancing the university experience for Hallam architecture students. You instantly feel like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of a community, part of a familyâ&#x20AC;?.

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