House Within A House

AILSA HUTTON

In a period of post pandemic global uncertainty the urgent concerns of climate change were again on our minds, so in Stage 1 for 2021-22 we continued our preoccupation with the future inhabitation of the planet. Our core ethos, taken from RIAS’ Sustainability Policy 2016 ‘Maximum Architectural Value - Minimum Architectural Harm’ was our guide as we explored architecture under a series of historical and contemporary lenses.

‘architecture & HUMANS’ was a 5 week critical enquiry into ethical and equitable design for people of ‘difference’. We investigated aspects of space, light, comfort and wellbeing to redesign a familiar space for people of physical and neurological divergencies.