Open Studio Event

Our unique opportunity for visitors, fellow staff and students to see work in progress and share the diversity of architecture at UEL

Like every year, we had the Open Studio Event and Lectures in the AVA Building, in the beginning of February. The event welcomed invited guests, all students, members of staff and people who were interested in our architectural studies.

The Open Studio Event was again a unique opportunity to see work in progress and to share the diversity of architecture at UEL. The event was organised in such a way that each Unit or Group presented their ongoing work to an invited panel of guests in their own studio space. As such, it was both, a ‘mid-term exhibition’ with work in progress and a vital platform for discussion about academic work in architecture.

Furthermore, invited guest lecturers gave a lunchtime and evening lecture.

Wilf Meynell and Nick Newman from Studio Bark talked about the Bark Live-Build 2017. Studio Bark presented a few of their latest projects, featuring their latest summer live-build project using a modular plywood construction system, named U-BuildTM. The house was built in just 10 weeks by a team consisting of 10 UEL students across 5 years of architectural study. Filmed for a new series of Grand Designs and designed through parametric coding, the system explores the possibilities of ‘true‘ self-build, looking to empower unskilled workers and omit construction waste.

Launch of the Innovation Competition for UEL Students and Alumni. British Land Developers, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects (AHMM), Scott Whitby Studio Architects and Sir Robert McAlpine Main Building Contractors along with the University of East London, were pleased to announce the annual competition for the Broadgate Estate. The competition was open to students of the college and any alumni who graduated in the last three years.

Lecturer Paul Moneghan of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects (AHMM) Paul Monaghan is a founding director of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. His projects have been recognised as exemplars of outstanding design and collaborative creativity, winning awards including the RIBA Stirling Prize (for Burntwood School in 2015) and the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award (for New Scotland Yard in 2017). Established in 1989, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris makes buildings that are satisfying and enjoyable to use, beautiful to look at and easy to understand. The practice has received public, client and media acclaim for its work on education, commercial, residential, arts and masterplanning projects around the UK, the US and internationally.

Invited Open Jury Guests Morning Session Maliha Haque, David Bass, Jeff Tidmarsh, Gillian Horn, Moto AURAA Kawakami, Luke Tozer, Laura Mark, Heidi Moxon, Jerry van Veldhuizen, Simon Tucker.

Afternoon Session Simon Tucker, Wilf Meynell, Jeff Tidmarsh, Virginia Rammou, Anurag Verma, Laura Mark, Moto Kawakami, Claire Pollock, Maliha Haque, Russell Curtis, Heidi Moxon, Neba Sere, David Bass.