Yearbook 2010
Kent School Of Arch itecture
tEN
DON GRAY HEAD OF SCHOOL
CONTENTS MArch stage 5 BA (Hons) Architecture stage 3 BA (Hons) Interior Architecture stage 3 BA (Hons) Interior Design stage 3
2 24 24 122
EXIT Committee 137 MArch stage 4
138
BA (Hons) Architecture stage 2
142
hope is that our undergraduates will be encouraged to innovate in their design project work to incorporate the
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture stage 2 144 BA (Hons) Interior Design stage 2
144
Stage 1 combined
146
Research
150
Communications
154
essential processes which will result in a sustainable built environment which benefits people, business and the planet. But our students want to do that without sacrificing imaginative responses which provoke and intrigue,
Technology and Environment 156
which challenge convention, and which above all retain
Cultural Context 158
the power to amaze and delight.
Study Tours 160
Once again, the students have excelled themselves.
KASA 162
There is a maturity of vision emerging resulting from
Collaborations 164
a scholarly scrutiny of the design briefs and the
Thank you 165
opportunities they present for intellectual engagement. already include concern for low carbon building but
What have they ever done for me?”
within a sustainable infrastructure.
Groucho Marx
Inside this catalogue you will not only find out about the
INTRODUCTION
YEAR book 2010
It is clear that the aspirations of individual students “Why should I care about future generations?
programmes which we offer, but about the important
REDuce REUSE 2
2
tEN
The theme of Reduce – Reuse – Recycle permeates
methods by which the students learn. The broad
the work of students in this year’s EXIT:10 End-of-Year
subject areas present intense areas for investigation
Show. The exhibition itself is constructed utilising 400
by our students. It is this balance of theoretical and
industrial timber pallets, themselves a lesson in reuse
speculative engagement coupled with a confident
and recycling. The timber will be returned to suppliers
understanding of building technology and processes
to continue life as forklift pallets.
which gives our students an edge in the increasingly
Kent School of Architecture has had an eventful
competitive world of practice. We are pleased to be
year, with two new lecturers (Dr. David Haney and
ranked first in the UK for employment prospects in the
Dr. Manolo Guerci) joining the staff to further strengthen
2010 Times Good University Guide.
the School offer in history and theory. Their presence
The body of work represented by the 2010 yearbook
will be reinforced by the appointment of a Professor
is potent and wide-ranging, and gives a flavour of
of Sustainable Architecture and two more lecturers
the experience of students who were prepared to
in the coming year, indicating an extension of the
experiment and take risks – I hope that you enjoy it as
breadth as well as depth of research and teaching in
much as I have.
the School. This new appointment will surely provoke a more profound interest in sustainability and energy
Professor Don Gray.
conservation/generation among staff and students. My
Head of Kent School of Architecture
1
M ARCH (master of Architecture)
The final year of the MArch at Kent allows students
level, the roofscapes of Margate Old-Town tumble
listed and must represent a significant obstacle to
support; and a new Headquarters for Fashion
to develop their own interests and agenda as
and rise to the north. A range of briefs developed
commercially viable redevelopment. The complex
magazine Vogue, combined with a fashion super-
aspirant architects. A Design Project spans two
to include two Art Schools, a Museum of Margate,
is so conflicted it would surely best maintain its
brand boutique-mall.
terms and two modules, and is supported by
a Library, a centre for prosthetic medical devices, a
character of escapism as a basis for architecture of
two written reports, a Technical report, and a
television Studio for the ‘X-Factor’, a centre for the
fantasy or indeed nightmare. Students selecting this
Such diversity is complimented by and
Design Report. Collectively they constitute the
‘Future’, a Boat-Building Academy, and a reception
site proposed, a Centre for Psychiatric guidance,
‘Independent Study Project’ (ISP). Here students
‘Major Design Project’. This year we encourage
centre for UK Asylum Seekers.
influence by George Eliot’s ‘The Wasteland’, a
can indulge their personal obsessions and interests
Marine Biology Centre, a Cancer Research Centre,
in subjects otherwise marginal to the mainstream of
and an Absinth Distillery!
architectural education. Eccentricity is encouraged!
students to spend longer developing a brief that
2
would allow them to define their own theoretical
The Cliftonville Lido has seen better days. Now
position in relation to their design work, as well as
functioning as a nightclub and snooker club in
a more developed understanding of their real or
its above-ground accommodation, it was once a
St. Thomas Street in Bermondsey sits between
Hop Garden, and a design thesis on the analogue
hypothetical clients. Generally with such a complex
thriving leisure emporium celebrating the great
the railway viaduct carrying trains through London
applications of principles of Parametric Modelling;
‘thesis’ project the propositions are tangibly
British Seaside holiday, with changing facilities
Bridge Station, and the ex-leather making area of
are complimented by sixteen written dissertations
architectural. Alternative sites were offered, one in
for over 2000 people! Bathing took place in a
Bermondsey Street. No longer a backwater, the
on a diverse variety of subjects ranging from a
Margate, one in neighbouring Cliftonville, both as
promenade-level lido pool; whilst non bathers were
London Fashion and Textile Museum is around
‘Haptic Guide to Ashford’ , through ‘Collective
a reflection of our interests in regeneration within
catered for in a series of bars, restaurants and
the corner and the ‘Shard’ is coming out of the
Identity’ to a remarkable revisionist history of Victor
the region, and a third alternate in Bermondsey,
ballrooms. This incarnation of the Lido is of the art-
ground just down the road. Our students proposed
Horta’s lost ‘Palace of the People’.
London.
deco seaside architecture tradition of the 1930’s.
a London Archery Centre, an abstract building
We wish the Class of 2010 well!
Now decommissioned and largely derelict and
for an abstracted field-sport, here capitalising on
Each site holds its own special characteristics.
inaccessible it awaits redevelopment plans. What
the vaults beneath the viaducts opposite the site;
Tutors:
‘Margate Town Centre’ represents a very
is truly remarkable is that the Lido is itself a mask
a Ballroom Dancing academy, derived from the
Gerry Adler, Taseer Armand, Timothy Brittain-
challenging urban condition, comprising the site
for a much earlier building, the Cliftonville Steam
analysis of a dance whose rhythm of columns
Catlin, Nick Brown, Tim Carlyle, Gordana Fontana-
of a former department store and adjacent units
Baths. These were honed out of the chalk cliffs and
choreographs the dance of the floor slabs they
Giusti, Howard Griffin, Michael Richards, Thomas
it sits between the High Street and Cecil Square,
faced with flint facades. Remarkably intact these
a now-neglected major civic town-square. At roof
secret subterranean chambers have recently been
M ARCH
YEAR book 2010
M ARCH (master of Architecture)
Here four visual ISPs range from the ‘Icons of the
Wensing.
3
4
2
1
3 1 MDP exterior
1 Absinthe
2 MDP perspective
2 Leaf Concept
3 MDP whole site
3 Absinthe Distillery
2
3
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
5
4 Alcohol Production 5 Absinthe Distillery
Anna Carter
Andreas Andreou Absinthe...the Green Fairy...La Fée Verte....no other drink has the same 6 Degas, romantic history - the French Impressionists....Toulouse Lautrec, Manet, Van Gogh....Paris in the Belle Epoque....the cafes of Montmartre.... the muse of writers from Verlaine and Rimbaud to Joyce and Hemingway. Of course, there’s a darker side to absinthe as well - no other drink has ever roused the same degree of passionate condemnation, and no other drink has ever been banned .. 4
5
2
1
3
6
END OF YEAR book 2010
M arch stage 5
5
4
7
8
1C ampus Art Gallery
5 Campus - Auditorium
2 Major Design Project - Cross section
6 Major Design Project - Concept Model
3 Major Design Project - Study Model
7 Major Design Project - The Great Storm
4 Major Design Project - Main entrance
8 Major Design Project - Study Model
Pier-Luigi Del Renzio
Neil William Davies The four uppermost images are a proposal for a new secretariat headquarters
What’s there to say? I’m alive... I think... well just about... I’m fairly warm, my hair is
for Amnesty International. The purpose of the new building is to provide new
shiny, my mind is racing and my eyes are clear. A little more excitement, a little
accommodation for an expanding organisation and to allow greater public access than
more experience and a little more love for my brother and ‘del Renzio & del Renzio’
their current facility allows. The building is clad in recycled rubber over dyed concrete.
will be born and will grow mighty.
The use of rubber reflects the forthright and idiosyncratic nature of the charity. The colours invoke the markings on poison frogs and insects – a warning to wayward oligarchies! The other images are of a housing proposal in Strood, and paintings 6
inspired by an O’Keeffe-esque abstraction through scale.
7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
9
10
11
12
1 Honeycomb Facade
5 Girl in Green
9 New Street
1U nderground Botanical Garden Perspective
3
4 Internal Layering of the Site
4
2 Nesting Sites
6 Divine Serenity
10 Site B
2 Terrace Level Plan
5 L ayers of Laboratories
3 Fractured Realms
7 Punk Life
11 Cecil Square
3 Longitudinal Section
4 Broken Fabric
8 Global warming
12 Contemporary History
Robert Elkins
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
5
Fook Shong Kam Born the forgotten lovechild of Thumbelina and Terry Wogan, Rob’s love for the
The top image shows a multiple housing block containing apartments of varying sizes.
outdoors and creating things naturally led him to pursue a career in architecture. His
The building is passively sustainable, south facing conservatories act as solar heat
work has been featured in exhibits throughout England and Europe, and he has been
collectors, in conjunction with the wind cowls they heat the whole building without the
shortlisted in 2 international competitions. Unbeknown to many his secret dream is to
use of fossil fuels. The other images show a textile museum in Lille. The museum steps
design houses for homeless squirrels, which he feels deserve a fair chance in life.
progressively upwards from the street front, it is clad in Corten steel and concrete so
One day he ate a sandwich.
as to achieve an industrial aesthetic that relates it back to the textile industry it was built to commemorate.
8
9
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
2 1 perspective image Kent Music School 2 perspective montage Canterbury Parametric canopy
Jason Lai 
Georgios Kontalonis The development of the designs has been characterised by a contemporary
It has been a challenging and yet rewarding two-year studying in Kent, the experience
architecture approach. Vaunt- guard and parametric concepts have provided an aim of
is unique and I appreciate all the helps and kindness from all the members of staff.
exploration; setting the basic principal of design methodology and response to social,
The London Centre for the Promotion of Archery Sport project has been a wonderful
cultural, practical and aesthetic parameters. The environments produced are aimed to
experience and a project which I enjoyed from the beginning until the end; and I have
provoke the strict architectural models of modernism through more free organic and
gained a lot from doing this project, thanks to my wonderful tutors.
site generated/responsive designs offering a plethora of articulation during the design process and producing an identity which follows the design form an early stage. 10
11
1
2
3 1
5
6
END OF YEAR book 2010
7
8
M arch stage 5
4
2
9 1 Render 07
4
8 Elevations
1 Margate High Street Elevation
2
5 Light box barnacles
9 Render
2 Margate Hotels - 1928
3
6 V isual presentation sheet
4
7
Ryan Manton
Katharine Maclean Plant room hell - need to stay later, kids ASDA whizzy AutoCACK 2010, meh.
Margate was Britain’s first seaside resort and in its heyday of the 1920’s and 30’s it
Show club, lines around fish prison. Carrots, Templeman librarian, bath before bed.
provided a vast number of hotels to its visitors. The luxuriousness and high service
Cold water quote, Pav, monumental epic nightmare fail. Keep going its ok, not long,
of the hotels can be seen in the many photographs from this era and is quite the
shower helped, what did you steal today? Oldest bunny architects, normally have
opposite to the offering available in the town today. The Dream Hotel and the
just started. Doing all nighter, blue plastic chair, vodkathon, we are wine bottles,
Tracey Emin School of Arts are my proposals which aim to regenerate and bring
hungry kittens. Insanely long nights, moustache party, more biscuits, 4 o’clock walk,
tourism back to the town.
stupid lines, extra brain cells, Hawaii, cheeky brew. 12
13
1
3
2
4
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
2
1 3D Visual of Margate Heritage Museum
1 Japanese Tea House 2008/2009
2 Interior view of Margate Heritage Museum
2 Public Library 2009/2010
3 3D Visual of Music School in Kent University Campus 4 3D Panoramic view of Music School in Kent University Campus
Stelios Moschopoulos
Yusuke Nishimura My aim as an architect is to design and create buildings that will upgrade the
It was great to study in Canterbury. It was my pleasure to meet all people who I studied
standards of Architecture today. Improved living conditions, sustainability and
and played with. All those good memories will stay with me forever! Thank you all my
new technological methods are used to promote my designs. If you love and show
friends and tutors! Hope we will meet again!
dedication in what you do, one will always achieve his or her goals. My view is that, whoever has good taste in Architecture has good taste in everything.
14
15
1
2
2
3
1
3
4
5
5
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
6
1 Ashford soundscape study
1 Ceiling model
5 Dance Mapping
2 Postcard memories of Margate 1905-1967
2 Perspective section
6 View from Bermondsey Street
3 A mputee Rehabilitation Centre - long section
3 Main dance space
4 Margate in a box - for instant nostalgia take a whiff
4 Sand model of ceiling
5 Amputee Rehabilitation Centre - Margate
Heather Pavitt
Hilary Nixon
16
The experience, interpretation and sensory perceptions of a town are subjective, how
Says right here in me book, my 2 years in the concrete windowless box. Ridiculous
has this phenomena been recorded, measured and reflected upon in critical theory?
amounts of tea and far too many essentials sandwiches 4 o clock walk. Isn’t a spider
The ‘soundscape’ of Ashford is part of my dissertation for the creation of a haptic
just a head! Overheating. How big is it? Umm 12 Doublehead! Starfish don’t do
guide of the town. The Amputee Rehabilitation Centre is nested in the urban grain of
anything, they just have a little sit down. Lots of sweets then some cold water then
Margate’s economically challenged high street. Imbalance and intersection create in-
some more sweets and cold water… why am I not staying awake. Hysterical laughter
between spaces for circulation. The human and building juncture form bio-integration.
with some brilliant friends and definitely no seagulls.
17
2
3
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
4 1 ISP Freedom Through Explosion 2 MDP Interior View 3 MDP Structural Design 4 MDP The Museum of Manifestoes
Maxim Taylor
Dimitris Spiliotopoulos Talking in general about the approach that was taken in order to complete this design it is very important to notice that my main concern about this idea was how to step from a very conceptual stage to a more realistic project. This study was carried out through further exploration of spatial needs but always in relation to conceptual ideas. I think that the main outcome of this project is that in contrast to many other projects I have been involved with that were carried out in a more virtual reality concept, this project has tried to achieve a combination of virtual and real life factors. 18
19
1
2
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
4
1 site section through reservoir 2 real margate 3 lido ladies 4 ethelbert terrace, cliftonville
Stefan Vara
Sara Tilley Architecture… the great handwriting of the human race…
Med dessa få ord skulle vilja tacka alla mina kolleger för två fantastiska åren vi studerat
Men planted a stone upright, it was a letter, and each letter was a hieroglyph, and upon
tillsammans, kommer aldrig att glömma er, TACK!
each hieroglyph rested a group of ideas, like the capital on the column [and] fixed all
Ett stort tack till Michael Richards.
this floating symbolism in an eternal, visible, palpable form. This book, written by architecture, must be admired and perused incessantly; but the grandeur of the edifice which printing erects in its turn must not be denied. From The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo 20
21
3
2
M arch stage 5
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
4 1 3d Exterior of Margate School of Art 2 3d Exterior of Margate School of Art 3 3d interior visual of Margate’s School of Art cafe 4 3d interior visual of Margate’s School of Art Foyer
Konstantinos Ventouras The project shown above is my proposal for the Major Design Project issued from the University of Kent. For this project I proposed the design of a School of Art located in the town of Margate. The school will play a major role in the upgrade and renewal of Margate. It will help enhance the town and provide higher level education. As an architect I believe that a strong concept will not only help during the design level of a building but also during its operation
22
23
BA (Hons) ARCHITECTURE
BA (Hons) ARCHITECTURE
the centre of the network; it fostered a new kind of
as to starter designers. A small number of designers/
urbanism in the area surrounding the new Lille Europe
artisans in residence would be accommodated in on-
station by engaging Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas as
site apartments. Of course, what cultural centre would
masterplanner; and finally it embarked on a vigorous
be complete without its cafe and shop?
campaign to conserve its architectural heritage, and Buckland Mill Housing, Dover
This year’s exhibition showcases the burgeoning
of the Modular project. The project began with a
and prolific BA Hons Architecture through stage 1
masterplanning exercise, instilling group working skills
a series of Maisons Folies – creative and imaginative
This module explores housing; firstly as a single unit;
which we share with the Interiors programme. These
in our students, an important precursor to the year-out
reworkings of redundant industrial structures to form
secondly in the context of a masterplan for an urban
experience for which I wish them well.
local arts and community centres. In the modern
community; and lastly as a specific housing type – the
period Lille has been a predominantly left-wing city,
multiple unit, as a set of apartments in a housing block
virtual sense, with their models of seminal houses
The growing numbers of students on the programme
and still prides itself on its industrial past. Some of
on an urban scale. The key themes of the module are
from the last 100 years. Stage 2 students stayed in
have now fed through to the large cohort in current
the greatest works of Realist literature such as Emile
designing for people, the concept of modularity in
stage 3, and I am pleased to say that quality has
Zola’s Germinal (1885) are set in the region, and evoke
design and planning; the principles of sustainability;
then extending their scope to a mixed landscape on
increased in step with quantity. This year you will see
bitter struggles between the forces of capital and the
and the use of modular and off-site construction
the fringes of the University campus. Our engagement
a higher proportion than ever of top class work, with
workers.
technologies.
with Longfield School in Kent, continued with one
innovation and exploration matching the competence
Canterbury, reimagining a city pub as a cinema, and
group of stage 2 students working to develop their sports facilities.
In the first phase of the project you will produce, very
and realism for which the School is known. Good luck
You are asked to make proposals for a national
quickly, the design of a single unit – a studio flat – as a
it was a pleasure teaching you, and I hope to hear
textile centre. This is to comprise a museum of textile
way of exploring the potentialities and possibilities for
great things of you.
production, both industrial and artisanal (think looms,
commodity, firmness, stewardship and delight 1 in this
We focused our fieldtrip for stages 2 and 3 by offering
knitting machines etc.). In addition you are to provide
building type. In the second phase of the module you
Vienna in February. These cold but bright five days
Gerald Adler
galleries (permanent and temporary exhibitions) of
work in teams to produce a masterplan for a number
BA Architecture Programme Director
historic and contemporary textiles, with artefacts
of buildings in a particular urban context. This work
enriched the urban sensibilities of stage 3 students
ranging from lace, to knitting, to cotton, wool and
may be your first taste of urban design, where the
URBAN
linen fabrics, to other types such as felt. This relates
shaping of spaces between buildings takes primacy
Textile Centre, Wazemmes
to the rich Lille industrial history of textile production.
over the design of individual buildings. In phase III,
transported us beyond our familiar English environs
Lille is the principal city of northern France; together
The centre will be the national locus for learning
following the masterplan, you will be required as
compelling an engagement with continental urbanism.
with its near neighbours, Roubaix and Tourcoing – hard
about textiles; to that end you are asked to provide an
individuals to develop in detail the design of one or
Through this we re-cemented our relationship
by the border with Belgium – it forms the modern-day
archive of textiles in addition to a library, open to the
part of an individual residential building. Energy and
conurbation that has sought to reinvent itself over the
public as well as to artisans. (A precedent would be
environmental assessment methods will be learned
were instrumental in setting up the project. In the
last quarter-century as a dynamic and diverse centre
the British Architectural Library at the RIBA.) Public and
and applied.
autumn term we focused on Dover for the location
of its region. Under the leadership of its recent mayors,
professional lectures and presentations should also
Pierre Mauroy and Martine Aubry, Lille has taken great
be catered for in a suite of seminar rooms and lecture
strides to be one of the foremost regional French cities.
theatres. In addition the brief calls for small-scale
It embraced the rail link connecting Paris, Brussels
artisans’ workshops and ateliers, for private/subsidised
and London, and secured Lille as the hub station at
rent to recent textiles and fashion graduates, as well
when they got into the design of their final project for a textile centre in Wazemmes, a gritty but lively area of Lille. The intense one-day visit to the site instantly
with the Lille School of Architecture, whose staff
BA (Hons) architecture
project work, and their reach extended globally, in a
YEAR book 2010
MODULAR
from the declining textile industries. Lille commissioned
students ranged between Kent and Catalonia for their
24
in particular to find new uses for redundant buildings
25
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1 Textiles Museum exterior 2 Textiles Museum interior 3 Interdisciplinary option 4 Section of textiles museum 5 Modular exterior
James Abbott
Suroor Agarwal “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”
“Architecture is of the users, by the users and for the users.” The reason I wish to
Muhammad Ali
become part of the architectural world is because of the high degree of satisfaction achieved from it. I have not come across any other profession which is so closely related to the day to day life of their clients. In my career, I wish to obviously serve myself by serving my clients. However, I wish to continually serve the society along with it to the extent I can. Everyone in this world deserves a warm place they can call their home.
26
27
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
2 1 Urban section 2 Urban concept sketch
Faiz Ahmad
Amna Ahmed Omer Three years have gone by so fast; there were many difficult times. I am very very grateful to all the staff, as I have learnt an enormous amount.
28
29
1
2
3
1
2
5
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
4
6 1 Adapt & Extend Module Model
5 Urban View towards Foyer
1 Modular: sketch view of my housing scheme
2 Solar Shading Device
6 Urban Section
2 Urban: section
3 Adapt & Extend Computer Model
3 Urban: visual of courtyard
4 Urban Schematic View South
4 Urban: elevation
Now that I have come to the end of my three years at The Kent School of Architecture I
Over the last three years it has been amazing working with such creative people.
can say that it has been a great experience, not only due to the course but also all the
Although it has been stressful at times, I have enjoyed learning along side my fellow
relationships that have developed over the years. At times it has been difficult but it is
friends and students, even when we hid in the toilets on late nights in the studio!
Claire Allen 
Madelaine Allen 
learning how to overcome those times that university is all about. It has been a great learning experience which I plan continuing to build on after I leave university.
30
31
5
7
1
6 3
8
1 9
2
3
4 2
5 1 Modular - Living room
1 Modular - 2 point Perspective view
5 Urban - Site Analysis
2 Urban - Exterior Entrance
2 Modular - Axonometric View
6 Urban - Site Analysis, Lille Urban Fabric
3 Urban - Glass Walkway and Courtyard
3 Modular - Long Section
7 Urban - Sketch, A Museum of 3Dimensional Experiences
4 Urban - Reception
4 Modular - Design Concept
8 Urban - Sketch, Interior of Textile Museum
5 Urban - Education Area
9 Urban - Model Showing Spatial Design
Christopher Ayling
Ana Becheru I believe that architecture can affect the way in which people live their lives, with good
Defined by the sciences of psychology as an organism’s ability to store, retain, and
architecture therefore providing a positive impact on everyday life. In the future I aim
recall information, memory can easily be compared to urban settlements. In Marc
to design influential pieces of architecture both in the public and private domains. I
Augé’s vision, highways, airports, train stations, rapid transport, vending machines,
have enjoyed my time studying at KSA for the past 3 years, I learnt much and gained
supermarkets, malls, in other words, the spaces of our contemporary times have
many skills, and wish all my fellow students the best of luck. An extensive portfolio is
nothing in common with the historical places that precede them. Both this year’s
available at cpadesign.110mb.com.
projects present an attempt towards the challenge of creating meaningful spaces in relationship to context.
32
33
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
1
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
3
BA (Hons) architecture
2
3
4
4
2
1
5
1 Urban Gallery
1 Urban Atrium Roof Section
4 Urban Atrium Roof Detail
2 Urban Museum
2 Modular Balcony View
5 Modular Courtyard
3 Modular North Facade
3 Atrium
4 Modular South Facade 5 Urban Massing
Benjamin Blackburn
Joshua Blackledge The past 3 years at the Kent School of Architecture have been some of the most
My three years at Kent have given me the design skills required to achieve great things
challenging, demanding and tiring of my short life, yet they have also been some of
through my architecture. The projects ‘Urban’ and ‘Modular’ are highlighted in these
the most exciting and rewarding times. You learn quickly that architecture isn’t just a
images and show briefly my designs. The apartments shown in Modular are centred
discipline that requires creativity. Responsibility and understanding the physical nature
around a courtyard that gives a sense of community. Bringing residents together. In
of your imagination are just as important as the theory behind it.
Urban, an atrium joins the separate museum spaces into one central core. Through hard work, a love of design and willingness to learn I hope to achieve great things in the future.
34
35
1
2
1
3
2
3
6
7
1 Long elevation
5 1 Urban Spatial Planning Diagram
5 Interdisciplinary Architect’s Workstation
2 Long Section
2 Modular Rendering of Interior At Night
6 Urban View of Courtyard
3 Short Elevation
3 Modular Rendering of North Facade
7 Urban View of Corridor
4 Landscape Concept Sketch of Structural Frame
8 Landscape Plan
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
8
Alice Brickenden
Atakan Caglayan “The Creator created paper to draw architecture on. Everything else is, at least as far as I see it, a misuse of paper.” – Alvar Aalto
36
37
1
1
2
2
3
4
3
6
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
4
1 Bird’s eye view of textiles museum
1 Modular South West Elevation
4 Urban Proposed Building Sections
2 North facade elevation
2 Urban Cross section Construction Detail
5 Urban Model Image
3 V iew into permanent gallery from the top
3 Modular Masterplan
6 Interdisciplinary Lloyds Light
4 Single storey side entrance
Chloe Chin
Megan Clarke Dear KSA Architects,
38
“To look to the future architecture you look back to the history.”
WE MADE IT! We survived! I’ve had an amazing three years with all of you, and I wish
For my design projects one of the first things I do is look back to precedents that relate
you all good luck for the future. I expect to see some of your masterpieces dotted in
to the buildings usage and my concept. Architecture can use previous historic styles to
and around London in 10 to 15 years time, and most definitely expect an invite to the
inspire and create new pieces of design.
grand openings!
My Urban project uses the historic idea of the central urban courtyard from Greek
Take care everyone, lots of love
and Roman era. The courtyard has been used and adapted throughout architectural
Chloe x
history. 39
1
5
2 1
2
3
4
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
6 4 1 Masterplan diagram
4 I-block plans
1 Urban structural guide
2 L-block plan
5 Contextual sketch
2 Urban systems of environmental control
3 Routes analysis
6 Massing analysis
3 Urban hand rendered section
5
4 Urban quality of interior 5. Modular external appearance
Emma Craig
Ross Dannmayr My main ethos with regards to architectural design is to view a building and its
The Final year in my architectural degree has allowed me to explore the relationship
surrounding space as a mutual whole. The symbiotic relationship between the positive
between the individual, the building and the context of the pronounced situation.
and the negative is, to me, more important than achieving monumentality of form.
Working on the major design project I have become aware of the conflicts within an
I have been inpired by Alvar Aalto’s humanist approach to modernism and how he
urban setting and have gained the relevant skills to problem solve within architectural
manipulates outdoor space to respond to people. These principles have shaped much
practice. The Modular project gave me a vast awareness of the significance of
of my recent work, and I expect they will continue to do so for as long as I am still
sustainability in architecture and the integral role it must play in the future of society.
designing. 40
41
1
1
2
3
4
5
3
2
4
5
6
7
6
1 Urban Elevation
5 Landscape Winary
1 Modular site plan proposal
2 Museum d’Aiguille Interior
6 Modular Model
2 Modular final perspective
3 Urban Gallery Space
7 Urban Concept Staircase
3 Modular duplex interior
4 Urban Library Interior
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
7
visualisation
5 Modular perspective section apartment 6 Modular longitudinal section 7 Modular concepts
4 Modular masterplan concept
Alex Deacon
Samir Dedarally My time studying architecture has been enjoyable and exciting. I have grown as a
For me, architecture is a universal language that can be understood by anyone and
person and have developed my skills of conscious design towards a profession
everyone. It deals with emotion, current concerns, the internal/external environment,
that will enhance quality of life for others. To challenge myself and succeed is an
comfort, form and aesthetics… in other words… everything! It allows voices to be
achievement of which I have felt from the past three years and wish to strive to reach
heard and recognised through designing, planning and of course, buildings. What I
higher goals in my career as an Architect.
enjoy mostly about architecture is its flexibility and adaptability to any environment. It allows me to travel, understand and learn about different cultures. This why I have chosen the long and fascinating pathway of the architect.
42
43
1
2
4
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
5 1 Urban Working Drawing Detail
4 Urban Facade Model
2 Urban South East Elevation
5 Adapt & Extend Sports Hall Interior Visual
3 Modular Building Approach Sketch
Richard Dennis The purpose behind the accommodation housing block was to regenerate the derelict site in Dover with a modern glass and metal panelled façade system, influenced by projects from ‘Foster’s and Partners’, that gives the building a more imposing feel when approached. The idea behind the national textile centre design was to break up the authoritive Beaux Art tradition of façades throughout Lille to create a juxtaposing building shape non compliant to the regimented building designs that hug to the boarders of the site boundaries. 44
45
3
4
2
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
5 1 Urban- Ground floor plan (scale distorted)
4 Modular- Accomodation ground floor plan
2 Modular Construction Detail
5 Landscape- Underground winery plan
3 Urban- Section through accomodation & museum
Karl Dodd
James Doherty “The meaning lies in the use” (Wittgenstein). My design for a public, working museum seeks to integrate with the urban fabric of Lille; from the mansard roofed accommodation that houses the artists in residence, with their workshops and accompanying retail outlet, through to the courtyard plan with a public gallery at its heart. Again a communal courtyard influenced my modular housing scheme. Whilst the design for a winery strings together separate facilities, each with their own passively controlled environments and laces them beneath the hillside.
46
47
1 1
3
3
2
4
2
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
5
5 1 Museum Section
1 Modular Section
4 Urban Museum Perspective
2 Cantilever Perspective
2 Interdisciplinary Recycled Chair
5 Urban Elevation
3 Urban Model
3 Modular Allotment Terraces
4 Urban Model 5 Urban Section
Matthew Donald
Sara Dowle Hello.
Having turned up on the first day with scale ruler in hand, I can’t believe how much we’ve learned in the past 3 years. It has been the most challenging thing I’ve done so far but I have so many memories with the amazing people I’ve met and the trips we have been on. Good luck everyone, can’t wait to hear about where we’ll all be in 5 year time...!
48
49
2
3
4
5
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
6
1 Urban Museum Gallery Space
4 Urban Perspective
2 Urban Museum Exhibition
5 Interdisciplinary Representational Book
3M odular Perspective
6 Modular Proposed Model
Matthew Downey According to Schinkel “Without drawing, there is no architecture”. This is a key phrase as drawing is such a fundamental and crucial element to an architectural design and progression of work. The figures above become identified through and inhabit a buildings abstract speculation and geometry through drawings. The vision was to design and provide a set of proposals which would enhance the quality of culture, community and form a vibrant and realistic illustration.
50
51
2
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
END OF YEAR book 2010
8
9
10
4
11
1 Urban museum fashion gallery
1 Bricks & sticks Bridge Render
5 to 7 Abu Dhabi project work experience
2 Modular apartment
2 Bricks & sticks Bridge Render
8 & 9 Urban elevation sketches
3 Modular atrium
3 Bricks & Sticks precedent sketch 10 Urban elevation render
4 Urban Museum Plan & Staircase
4 Modular apartment
The play of materiality and the way in which it informs our perception of a space
Sat at the top of the Gherkin (30 St Marys Axe, Norman Foster) is definitively the
is always of the upmost importance in the work. As well as this, the attention and
moment that I knew that architecture was unquestionably the career path for me.
manipulation of every sense is something that is of a major interest of exploration.
The art of designing a building of structure is captivating. A building can communicate
From the perception of space solely through sound, to the manipulation of
with a location and people on so many levels, be it fitting into the urban fabric,
transparency in a facade through light, this degree has allowed for the exploration of
to generating an area, to something as simple as being aesthetically pleasing.
these concepts, and in return forming them into feasible schemes and artefacts.
Architecture is still a passion and it never ceases to enthral, fascinate and excite me.
11 Urban construction detail
Peter Evans
52
7
BA (Hons) architecture
1
Hannah Fisher
53
3
1
1
4
5
2
3
4
5
1 Urban concept model
4 Modular housing plan
1 Urban Entrance
2 Urban interior perspective
5 Modular section
2 Urban aerial
3 Modular master plan
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
3 Urban atruim 4 KASA pavillion 5 Modular perspective
Samuel Fisher
Christopher Flavin Studying architecture is a bit like boot camp for the marines. All those shared
During my time at the Kent School of Architecture I have developed a strong interest
challenges have a way of exposing strengths and weaknesses for the entire class.
in the use of colour. The images here highlight the different methods of using colour
When studying architecture you must ‘DO’, not just read and regurgitate. Technical
in my work; the courses and strips of colour in the bricks and louvres of my Urban
correctness is not the only piece of the puzzle...showmanship, graphic prowess,
museum project, the gradual gradient of colour around my Modular housing project,
radical risk taking...it has all played a part in a tough but wholeheartedly fulfilling
and the spectrum of colour on my KASA Pavilion.
learning experience.
54
55
1
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
4 1 Urban Indoor Perspective 2 Urban Volumetric Diagram 3 Urban Ground Floor Plan 4 Urban Sections
Howard Fox “You just have to accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.”
56
57
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
9
10
2
4
3
5
1 Modular Phase 1. Studio Flat
6 Urban South View
1 Museum Entrance Interior Urban
4 Elevation Modular
2 Modular Phase 3. Flats Entrance
7 Urban North View
2 Exterior view modular
5 Night View Urban
3 Modular Phase 3. Café
8 Urban Interior
3 Ground Floor Plan Urban
6 Section Urban
4 Modular Phase 3. Walkways
9 Urban Double Skin Façade Detail
5 Modular Phase 3. Section
10 Urban Site Section
Neil Fraser
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
Natasha Fulcher For Stage 3, this year I have taken an approach to look at each brief individually, the two main projects were a set of Modular Flats and a Textiles Centre. In the buildings I have designed I have tried to integrate all elements together, looking ant structure, the environment and services from an early stage. An important aspect to my work is the use of 3D Studio Max, creating both exterior and interior renders to help ‘sell’ the scheme.
58
59
1
1
2
3
2
4
3
4
5
1 Interdiscipllinary room plan 3 Modular apartment plan
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
2 Modular apartment detail 4 Modular apartment perspective 5 Urban temporary gallery interior perspective
5
6
7
1 Lille Textile Mueum
5 3D Structure Detail
2 Museum Courtyard
6 Construction Detail
3 Museum Atrium
7 Environmental Control
4 Museum Interior View
8 Form and Structure Bridge
8
Thomas Futcher
6
Elizabeth Garlick Completing the degree in Architecture has established a thorough understanding of computer imagery and hand drafting to produce high quality graphic and informative presentations. An area of particular success and enjoyment has been the detailing of the technology and environmental design required to conceive a concept. I wish everyone good luck in their future endeavours.
60
61
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1 Urban Elevation (above) 2 Urban Roof Plan (left) 3 Modular Isometric Section (right) 4 Modular Elevation (below)
Shane Gavin  The design for the Modular Housing Project focuses on sustainability and environmental issues, while producing an affordable and appropriate sized scheme. Recycled shipping containers make up the structure of the apartments, and provide an external garden area for each of the apartments. The focus of the design for the Urban Textile Gallery Project was the expression of the dramatic form. The long thin windows stretch around the twisting facades; the concept for this form inspired by the way the threads are pulled into old textile looms. 62
63
1
2
3
4
2
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
3
1 Modular - Interior Render
1 Modular exterior
2 Adapt & Extend - Night Render
2 Textile museum exterior
3 L andscape - Exterior Render
3 Textile museum interior
4 Urban - Structural Analysis
Joe Gilbert
Benjamin Gregory In-between working round the clock to meet impossible never-ending deadlines, and
The top image shows a multiple housing block containing apartments of varying sizes.
cramming my head with knowledge and information, I’ve still managed to find the
The building is passively sustainable, south facing conservatories act as solar heat
time to have a lot of fun and make some amazing friends along the way. I’ll miss my
collectors, in conjunction with the wind cowls they heat the whole building without the
time with everyone and travelling Europe together! I hope to stay in touch with a lot of
use of fossil fuels. The other images show a textile museum in Lille. The museum steps
you, and when you all get married years down the line, look me up when you need a
progressively upwards from the street front, it is clad in Corten steel and concrete so
wedding photographer! (www.joegilbertphotography.co.uk)
as to achieve an industrial aesthetic that relates it back to the textile industry it was built to commemorate.
64
65
1
1
2
3
4
6
1 Urban section
8 1 Masterplan
7 5 3D view of the main facade
2 Exterior perspective
2 Modular ground floor plan
6 Modular South-West Elevation
3 Modular Unit floor plans
7 3D view of the exterior of the proposal
4 Modular Horizontal Section
8 Modular West Elevation
2
David Hale 
66
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
Sana Haq  Being a mature student and coming from a background in fashion retail management
The proposal is the design of a modular sustainable housing development in a
the course here at KSA was a career change for me. The chance to show more
suburban environment. I have a passion for art and design, particularly housing
individuality and creativity is exactly what I had craved in my profession. The diversity
designs in an urban environment and sustainable architecture interests me the most
of the design projects and the historical knowledge gained from the research modules
as an architecture student. Affordable sustainable housing and bringing communities
has helped to develop my design, drawing and computer skills and in turn built my
together that are friendly to the environment and healthy are the major considerations
enthusiasm and confidence. I look forward to working again in a team orientated,
in my design. I enjoy using 2D CAD software, Photoshop, 3D studio max, and
fast paced professional environment.
animation for the development of design presentations. 67
1 3
2
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
2
4 1 Urban Perspective section
1 Modular exterior view
2 Urban elevations
2 Urban short section
3 Urban interior render 4 Urban perspective
Lucy Healy
Tobias Hoskin Parr Three years of Architectural education at Kent has taught me many things; a few
Over the past three years KSA have developed my architectural abilities through
things really stand out: If you love it you’ll do it no matter what the obstacles are and
a range of smaller design tasks, essays and large design projects. They have
overcoming the challenges make the rewards richer; you carry architecture everywhere
encouraged a range of media and have supported students who wish to use mixed
with you, it’s inescapable! You take notice of seemingly unimportant things and your
media and hand drawing. There is a wide range of styles and approaches to design
friends think you’re mad! Finally Architecture is certainly not a 9-5 profession!
within the school which demonstrates the diversity of the student population and open mindedness from the tutors. It has been an enjoyable and challenging experience.
68
69
1
3
2
4
3
2
4
5
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
6
1 Urban 2, Main Entrance to Textile Museum, Lille.
1M odular Render
4 Urban Interiors
2 Urban 2, Bird’s Eye View of Textile Museum, Lille.
2 Modular Elevation
5 Urban Museum Interior
3 Urban 2, Approach to Cafe Courtyard of Textile Museum, Lille.
3 Modular Plans and Energy Ratings
6 Urban Physical Model
4 Urban 2, Cafe Courtyard of Textile Museum, Lille.
Katherine Hughes
70
Mark Humphreys The images above have all been chosen from the design project Urban 2, to design
Studying architecture at Kent has been thoroughly enjoyable, and the variation of
a Museum for the production of textiles in Lille. The aim of my design was to retain
projects throughout the three years has allowed me to obtain many new skills. I am
a sense of the industrial nature of the building on the exterior, by choosing form and
an individual who thrives off having new challenges and goals, and am committed in
materials to resemble a factory or warehouse, but making it modern too, by using
everything I do. Time management is vital to succed as an architect, and is something
anodized matt aluminium as the building skin. The complex takes up the entire site,
that I have learnt whilst studying architecture alongside various extra curiccular
but in doing so, economises on circulation space, as any circulation space within the
activities, including representing the university throughout my degree as a member of
building acts also as a gallery space.
the rowing club. 71
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
6
5 1 Urban physical model
4 Urban sketch of cantilever
1 Urban 2 Ground Floor Plan
2 Urban interior view of library
5 Urban view of entrance
2 Modular Studio Flat Interior Perspective
3 Urban construction detail
6 Modular environmental section
3 Urban 2 Shop
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
4 Urban 2 Foyer
David Jarrard
Daniel Johnson Modular invited the potential to create a building that would harmonise with the environment and incorporate repeated modules of accommodation within. The city of Lille was the subject of creating a textiles centre within its urban fabric. This large scale project was approached from an understanding of the site, identifying the need for a public space to be created and a visual impact to the corner of the site. This analysis was incorporated in the design from its outset and developed to the final scheme.
72
73
1
2
4
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
6 1 Urban 3D image
4 Urban night time
2 Ground floor plan
5 Urban section
3 Urban daytime
6 Urban elevation
Loulia Kawas
74
75
3
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
2
1
3
BA (Hons) architecture
1
4 4 1 Winery precedent sketch- Landscape
1 Urban section
2 Cross section A A- Urban
2 Urban section
3 Urban Model
3 Urban exterior view
4 Interdisciplinary option
4 Modular exterior view
5
5 Modular section
Sujata Kerai
Derin Kinacigil Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one’s entire life”
The Urban and Modular schemes form distinct relationships between their built forms,
Arne Jacobsen (Architect)
and their urban setting. The Modular scheme creates public avenues through the building, becoming part of the urban environment. The Urban scheme presents a
76
Thanks to all of you who have been a part of my life at KSA. All our late nights in and
sensitive and contextual approach to designing a textiles centre in a densely urban
out of the studio, with our Red bulls mixed with something else before and after our
environment, providing the city with a landmark building, fitting to celebrate the
crits. Best of luck guys.
tradition of textiles production in Wazemmes. The textiles centre responds to its urban
student pic
77
1 1
2
2
3
4
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
4
1 Modular floor plan
1 Modular Study Room
2 Urban cafe interior
2 Modular Construction Detail
3 Urban cross sections
3U rban Interior Perspective
4 Urban entrance render
4 Urban Plan and Section
My time at the Kent School of Architecture has been one of both enjoyment and
I am intent on inspiring curiosity and inquisitiveness within the visitor in the spaces
enduring disposition. I have been taught the ethics of the architect from conceptual
that I design. The overlapping planes that interact in my work highlight captivating
design to the method of cutting foam board without losing a finger.
emotions which the national textile centre evokes; this can be seen where ‘things’ are
I am now keen to continue my studies with 12 months experience in a professional
either observed or respectively not observed.
Samuel Leach
Eleanor Lee
practice in contemplation of further developing my knowledge and technical ability.
78
79
1
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
4
1 Textiles Centre from Above 2 View at Street Level 3 View of the Workshop Wing 4 Interior View of the Foyer
Matthew Lippiatt The Urban design project allowed me as a design student to bring together all of the skills learnt in my degree, to create a successful competent design. The Textiles Centre reaches out and interacts with its urban environment. It aims to be a monumental structure that clearly separates public and private functions, in-turn forming a series
student pic
of logical yet flexible spaces. ItĂs expressionist form and public viewing tower aids in evoking this sense of monumentality; and provides a relationship to the rest of Lille.
80
81
1
2
3
3
4
4
6
5
2
5
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
7
1 Urban Concept Exploration of Urban Grain
1 Urban library space
5 Urban workshop
2 Urban External Perspective
2 Modular elevation
6 Main facade
3 Urban Concept Sketch
3P ermanent gallery
7 Long section
4 Urban Elevation
4 Main facade
5 Urban Sectional Relief Model
Yennee Lou Cheong
Katherine Livermore “A well-spent day brings happy sleep” Leonardo da Vinci
82
83
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
7
5 10
11
12
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
6
13
1 Modular max model
1 Form & structure model
6 Modular concept model
11 Urban long section
2 Modularperspective
2 Landscape concepts sketches
7 Modular concept model
12 Urban interior view
3 Adapt and extend reception area
3 Modular structural perspective
8 Urban exterior view
13 Urban interior view
4 Modular Elevations
4 Modular structure diagram
9 Urban elevations
5 Modular studio flat plan
5 Modular exterior perspective
10 Urban interior view
Zuben Kavi Markanday
Joseph Mann I would like to thank everybody involved in the great experience I have had studying architecture at the University of Kent. To create architecture of the future and leave my mark on the world is very exciting and I hope to use the skills that I have learnt in order to do so.
84
85
1
2
1
2
3
4 1 Modular Masterplan
1 Urban museum library view
2 External View - Urban
2 Urban museum temorary gallery
3 Section - Modular
3U rban museum front
4 Section - Urban
4 Urban section north-south
My favourite module throughout the course has been Urban as it gave us a chance for
The main feature of my proposal for a textile museum in Lille was the use of a courtyard
us to show off what we can do, but I did also enjoy working in a group with the master-
scheme which, while allowing plenty of natural light to penetrate the square plan, also
planning aspect of Modular. I have really enjoyed my three years here at the University
allows for efficient planning, a clear route around the building and the opportunity for
of Kent, the course has been both challenging and enjoyable and we have all learnt
passive ventilation. I used corten steel panelling to create a contemporary facade for
and developed so much.
the building which relates back to the sites industrial past, and still binds it with the
Charlotte Mitchell
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
4
David Moore
local orange brick vernacular.
86
87
2
1
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
4 1 Urban Exterior Space 2 Urban Site Plan 3 Urban South Elevation 4 Urban East Elevation
Olympia Nicholaou Passion for architecture and determination to succeed has been my approach to work during my three years at the Kent School of Architecture. I have taken a logical approach to projects, working methodically from concept to the final design proposal. I would like to thank my tutors, lecturers and say goodbye to the class of 2010. The last
student pic
three years have been both enjoyable and memorable. Adios Amigos!!
88
89
4
1
1
5
2
2
6
3
3
7
4
6
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
7
1 Urban plans
4 3D render
1 Urban south elevation
5 Urban physical model
2 Urban east section
5 3D render
2 Urban main hall interior
6 Enlighten light study model
3 Urban south section
6 3D render
3 Urban Sketch of construction
7 Urban long section
7 3D render
4 Urban library interior
Laura Noble
Haroon Noon After 3 years of studying at Kent, the time has arrived to go out into the big world and
To describe the last 3 years as a rollercoaster ride would be an understatement. It’s
gain hands on experience to see what working with architects is truly like. I feel that the
been a journey that at times has inspired and motivated me, with moments of utter
school has fully prepared me for the stress and demands of the trade, and makes me
chaos and panic. I have learnt about group-working, time-management, and most
all that more excited to pursue my career. During my time at Kent I have learnt skills
importantly I’ve realised my strengths and interests within architecture- taking away
that I never knew I could do and made a group of friends for life.
with me not just the knowledge but the countless memories shared by a group of people that will be greatly missed.
90
91
2
3
4
1
5
2
6
4
7
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
5
8 1 modular phase I internal view
5 urban internal model
1 Urban module long section
2 modular masterplanning
6 modular concept perspective
2 Urban module Rue Leon Gambetta elevation
3 modular east elevation
7 urban roof
3U rban module construction detail
4 modular plan
8 urban concept model
4 Interdisciplinary module - children’s furniture 5 Interdisciplinary module - children’s furniture
Janine Paley
Carmelia Paramasivan Throughout my 3 years at the University of Kent I have learnt many lessons in life. I have met some of the most creative people and I wish them the very best for the future. The studio has given me some of the best nights of my life… best nights of my life on this spiritual, cultural, political exchange.
92
93
1
2
2 1 Urban Perspective Section
1 Modular exterior perspective
2 Urban Atrium Render
2 Urban isometric detail
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
3
3U rban exterior perspective
Habibullah Patel
Aakash Parikh
94
‘Architecture is a social act and the material theatre of human activity’ Spiro Kostof
Every design project is it’s own entity and requires a distinctive touch. I have expressed
My Urban scheme for a textiles museum in Lille aims to re-engage the site with its local
this in all my designs this year to create to contrasting schemes for both Modular and
surroundings. The concept that architecture can facilitate the regeneration of an area
Urban. The aim of modular was to rejuvenate and re-invent a part of Dover in dire need
while becoming an integral part of it drove my design process. Museums can serve as
of regeneration. I sought to express this in the bright colour clad which gave the site a
community hubs providing spaces for public encounters where people can come to
real sense of identity within my residential scheme. For my Urban project,
enjoy the exhibitions or purely to meet up and relax. Through its numerous busy streets
I investigated both how people interact within a museum to gain the most out of it,
and piazzas the museum itself becomes an analogy of the city and urban life.
and how to draw people into the museum without giving too much away. 95
1 1
2
4
3
5
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
3
1 Flat design exercise
4 Textile centre model
1 Modular+Urban models
2 Modular Northern facade
5 Textile centre library interior
2 Modular phase 1+Urban key image
3 Modular structural diagram
6 Textile centre exhibition space
3 Interdiss
Mariana Pereyra
Joshua Phipps I would like to thank Brian Wood and Kevin Smith for their help and advice, I really
For 94670778 seconds I have been working towards one day, for one purpose.
appreciate it!! And how could I not mention my favourite tutors ever, Mr Gardner and
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to live.
Mr Seaber, ALWAYS there for the students, I can’t thank you enough. I want to thank Mark and my family for their emotional support in difficult times. And thanks to that special someone who I adore and cherish, I will never forget you...unforgettable...that’s what you are...
96
97
2
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
6
1
3
2
5
4
7
3
5
6
BA (Hons) architecture
1
7
1 Modular Study Room
5 Proposed roof plan
1 Urban Perspective Section
4 Interior Gallery Perspective
2 View into courtyard with church in background
6 Long section
2 Education Wing Perspective
5 Exterior Courtyard Perspective
3 V iew from approach towards the museum entrance
7 Concept sketch
3 Structural Gallery Perspective
6 Interdisciplinary Emergency Shelter Design Sketch
4 Ariel view of museum proposal
7 West Elevation
Robert Pollard
Sam Rigby My proposal for a textiles museum explores structural expressionism and includes the
You’ve got to hold and give, But do it at the right time, You can be slow or fast, But you
design of a structural folded plate roof. The concept behind this was to create large
must get to the line, Catch me if you can, Cos’ I’m the England man, And what you’re
open and uncluttered internal spaces whilst also creating a sculptural and interesting
looking at, Is the master plan, We ain’t no hooligans, This ain’t a football song, Three
external facade. The challenge was also how to merge a contemporary building of
lions on my chest, I know we can’t go wrong.
significance in with its local context. I did this by creating an active street frontage to
behave like a traditional French street and by limiting the vertical massing, binding it
John Barnes.
with its immediate surroundings, both in terms of form and function. 98
99
3
2
1
4
5
7
8
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
6
9
1 lg plan
5 texture model
2 street shot
6 pan-am
3 model
7 3rd fl plan
4 section
8 perspective
9 rear model
Luke Sanders Modular: The rotunda stepped terrace was a blueprint for over 50% of the group masterplan and essential for the transition of building types across the site. The building remembers a type of architectural design aiming to tackle issues with this typology by carefully responding to its environment. Urban: The design respects its domestic setting and remembers the historic urban fabric of Lille in all dimensions. The exterior invites exploration and alludes to the sequence of revealed secrets within. Tranquil and invigorating atmospheres are realised through the use of natural light, 100
space, texture, temperature and sound. Architecture: For people and place.
101
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
3
4
1
2
3
4
BA (Hons) architecture
2
5
1 Urban view of approach
4 Winning KASA st(a)ge entry
1 Modular Part Back Elevation
2 Urban gallery view
5 Urban perspective section
2 Urban Elevationsl
3 Urban staircase view
3 Urban Model 4 Urban Site Roof Plan
Nicholas Sexton
Liam Simmons The Urban project for a national textile museum in Lille encapsulates a part of the regions social history by exploring the different techniques of surveillance used to suppress workers in French textile mills. Dissertation research looking at the work of Gottfried Böhm and his relationship to Rudolf Schwarz included visits to Cologne, Germany in order to study the Pilgrimage Church at Neviges first hand. Having won the live KASA st(a)ge competition to design a stage made from entirely reclaimed materials, is currently building the project for the university ‘Artsfest’ and later for
102
inclusion in the 2010 London festival of architecture.
103
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
4
7
8
1 Modular Axonometry Final
6 Modular interior
2 Modular Phase I interior
7 Urban Chair
3 Modular Interior
8 Urban Exterior
4 Modular interior
9 Urban Exterior
5 Modular interior
10 Urban interior
5
6
9
10
BA (Hons) architecture
2
1
Anton Stoev I have chosen to show 3d renderings as they most comprehensively express concept, layout, spaces and material finishes. The images shown are taken from my work on the last two modules Modular and Urban. These projects, although very complex and exhausting, were a very enjoyable ending to the journey we began three years ago. “Ars gratia artis�
104
105
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
Avishek Subba I’ve considered the issues of global warming and environmental conservation while developing my schemes. I’ve used technology and considered how it can be used for the purpose of reducing green house effect. Sustainable development where nature could flourish alongside the need for industrial development is the main theme of my design. Articulated spaces with regular organized plans that create simplicity are the main features for my design. I think it is our obligation to encourage use of materials that can be recycled and reused for a better, healthier life for future generations. 106
107
1
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
4 1 Urban Elevation 2 Site Model 3 Interior view of exhibition space 4 Urban Section
Timothy Thatcher
Ehren Trzebiatowski For my urban project I concentrated my design on space, lighting and circulation. I therefore experimented with developing designs and models in understanding the issues which concern public activity and what must be taken into consideration of movement, social activates, and most importantly in making this museum a joyful experience while admiring the textile exhibitions. To gain a degree in BA honours of Architecture is a great achievement as it has been a personnel challenge with an interesting journey of experience and insight in the designing world.
108
109
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
Nora Wajdi The work I have shown on this page is a summary of different approaches to my design projects: my final project, Urban (Textiles Museum), my final page for Interdisciplinary, a module where I incorporated fashion in architecture (CDR - Construction, Demolition and Renovation), and sketches showing inspiration and designs from second year.
110
111
1
2 1
4
5
6 1 Urban Facade Lighting Investigation 2 Modular Elevation Example 3 Urban Interior Gallery Montage
5M odular Entrance Ways to Development illustration 6 Modular Detail
3
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
2
4
1 Urban orthographics 2 Urban roof light construction 3 Urban structural grid
4 Urban Interior Gallery Montage
4 Urban interior view - museum
Growing up I have been surrounded by the possibilities of growth for the urban
Three years has gone so quickly, time flies when you are having fun.
environment through regeneration. This constant strive for improvement has lead to
Well done and good luck in the future everyone!
a keen interest in urban fabric with concerns of developing responsive architecture
PEACE OUT!
Emma Walsh
Rebecca Warner
based on programmatic analysis at both the macro and micro scales. My third year work looked at existing urban grain and density. I wanted to look at the street as a threshold to lively communities to enhance the experience of civic architecture through new development proposals. 112
113
2
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
8
3
4
4
6
7
5
1
9
10
6
2
1 Modular Studio flat
11 5 Modular Site model
2 Modular plan
6 Modular bedroom
3 Modular open plan
7 Modular garden 8 Urban textile museum
12 Urban building frame
living area
12 9 Urban workshops
7
BA (Hons) architecture
1
3
1 Modular Masterplan
4 Modular Masterplan Model
10 Urban cafe
2 Modular Section
5 Urban Concept
11 U rban 2nd floor plan
3 Urban Section
6 Urban Sketch 7 Urban Concept
4 Modular apartment kitchen
Aisha Watson
Victoria Weatherall Studying Architecture has been a personal challenge for me (being more of
Although my degree experience has been extremely challenging, it has enabled
an academic than a designer/artist). It has, however, opened doors to a lot of
me to become a stronger person and provided me with skills in which to continue
related subjects, such as photography that I would like to pursue from here on.
within a professional environment. In both Urban and Modular projects I have been
I would like to thank Thomas for his encouragement throughout stage 3.
conceptually driven, and continued to develop the schemes in terms of architectural space, materiality and environmental systems.
114
115
2
1
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
4
3
3
2
4
6
5
1 Urban Perspective
4 Urban Section
1 Urban ground plan
4 Urban museum interior
2 3D Wall Section
5 Modular 3D Exploded Construction Sequence
2 Adapt & extend interior
5 Urban north east facing section
3 Stage Competition 3D Visuals
6 Urban 3D Visual
3 Modular ground floor plan
Gregory Weinrich
BA (Hons) architecture
1
Laura Wilson Obtaining a BA Honours of Architecture is a great personal triumph, starting my
Now I can sleep.
architecture career has always been my dream; from start to finish my pursuit of this dream has made me experiment with developing ideas, alongside model making. These experiments have helped me develop an understanding for the challenges of architecture.
116
117
1
1
2
2
4
3
5
6
8
4
5
6
7
9
BA (Hons) architecture
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
10
1 Urban internal view
4 Urban east elevation
1 Adapt & Extend Concept models
5 Landscape Plan & Sections
9 St(a)ge Competition Entry
2 Urban east entrance
5 Urban roof plan
2 Adapt & Extend proposal of interior space
6 Modular Exploded Diagram
10 Urban Textile Museum Concept
3U rban south entrance
6 Urban long section
3 Adapt & Extend Initial Concept
7 Modular Apartments
4 Landscape images of Proposal
8 Modular apartment elevation
Nathanael Wright
Christian Wren A confession by Christian Wren. Every time Campus Watch came to throw us out of
From the beginning to the end of my three years, the studying has taken the place
Studio 2 at 10pm over the Easter holiday period, we hid in Marlowe and snuck back in.
of many things in my life, none of which I would seek to recover as this educational
We did this every day. Sorry Don.
journey has been, despite its difficulties, truly life shaping. To the friends I have made I hope that I have supported you as much as you have me but my ultimate thanks go to those tutors that have instilled in me the love of architecture in all its forms and given me the desire to go the full distance. I hope that I can realise their faith in me, I shall certainly be giving it my all.
118
119
120 121
BA (Hons) interiors
END OF YEAR book 2010
BA (Hons) interior architecture
PROJECTS
Evolution – A Space Odyssey
important aspect of the project required the designers
Event
Who’s there? Arthur C Clarke, 2001 Diary
to refine their own working brief and conceptual
You are here – Telling Tales
The task was to provide a habitable interior for an
framework before developing detailed proposals.
The task was to design an exhibition structure or
orbiting, zero-gravity space hotel module. The client
system that would exhibit a number of pieces of
required that the facility provide an ambience for the
Spaces of Uncertainty
design art, installations or furniture by one designer.
perfect vacation getaway. The space tourists who
The designers have explored the meaning of the
The proposed exhibition was to be housed at the V&A
would use the facility are those who will be in perfect
spatial relationships in these projects in varied ways.
Museum: the Grand Entrance or the Porter Gallery. The
harmony with their inner space and outer space.
It has been explored through a personal visual
exhibition makers were asked to adopt a curatorial view
They are at one with their bodies and minds and the
explanation by Laura van Beek in her Delft Tiles;
on the exhibition strategy and to employ a narrative as
ecology of their environment. They view themselves
through the intricate complexity and contradiction of
a conceptual framework.
as organisms of gaia. They are accustomed to
Joanna Christodoulou’s Offal Wedding Dress; the
From the start of humankind, we have been trying
The proposals show different approaches and in many
regular purges of toxins from their bodies by diet and
intangible silent language of Kayley Barnes’ Wellness
to understand the world around us. In our search
cases continue the research and design analysis that
exercise. They regularly practice dance, tai chi, yoga,
Space and the hidden dimension of Rebecca Lilley’s
for reasons behind our behaviour, we try to theorize
was made into the selected designer and objects,
pranayama, transcendental meditation and other tantric
Soundscape. A rich visceral experience of space time
things. Our well-developed brains are not fulfilled by
either using the methodology of construction of the
body and mind isometric exercises, experiments and
and architecture is demonstrated by Laura Horton in
just thinking about essential life actions like eating
object to influence the display arrangements and
exertions. The space hotel /space spa is to provide a
her Body Club and an intertwined and interwoven art
and breeding. We have many questions, and with
configuration or reference to the discussions about
habitat for new-age travel par excellence.
of travel by Rosie Alp’s Music Space. Leah Watson
questions answers have to follow. The answers
illustrating the context of the object.
YEAR book 2010
become stories; many stories told us how to act and
122
has cast new illuminations in her Student Bar and Major Work - Culture Club: Layers of Uncertainty
Emily Alldritt proposes would-be worlds in her
how to look and what to see... The world around us
Evolution - Billenium
Ceci n’est pas une pipe.
Garden of England Club. Emily Thomson explores the
can enthuse us; the art is to see that.’
Future Tense..?
The Major Project for the year was a ‘live’ project for
mythologies of interior spatial practice while Belinda
Jurgen Bey
In his short story “Billenium”, J.G.Ballard describes
the re-vamping of the University of Kent social and
Currie highlights the pluralism and adhocism of interior
a future urban dystopia where food shortage and
music venue. The initial concept had been developed
architecture. Mariam Iqbal has narrated her Third
This year’s Interiors students have responded to a
population growth have combined to force mankind
and tested via an online survey, focus groups, staff
Space of cultural identity through her conscience of the
period of uncertainty in the profession and in education
into living in increasingly smaller spaces. Tiny cubicles
forums and presentations to both Union Council
eye. Matt Constantinou’s skateboarders adopt guerrilla
by reflecting and telling tales. Story-telling has been a
of 4 square metres are all that a single person is
and General Meeting. It was proposed that the
tactics with graffiti and a lexicon of globish to surf
source of motivation and inspiration. Habitable space
allowed. The central character, Ward, a librarian, lives
existing ‘Venue’ would be split into two separate but
Travels in Hyperreality in and out of the Venue Club.
and spatial configurations may be understood as
in a plywood box on a public staircase. He and his
inter-connecting clubs both focused on offering live
Finally, through a unique language of vision a species
narrative. This may extend from the space of exhibitions
friends eat standing up in crowded food bars while
entertainment and performance. The ‘Lighthouse’
of spaces of uncertainty is sensitively navigated and
to the space of cities and to space in outer space.
thousands throng the streets each night on their way to
would become a destination in its own right and would
explored in the new Lighthouse by Sara Shihabi.
Narrative has figured strongly in the design projects
stadiums where events are broadcast on vast screens.
offer live music and would look to increase capacity
for 2009-10. Students have attempted to grasp the
Their perception of space is totally conditioned by
by renovating the current space. The existing ‘Venue’
BA(Hons) Interior Design
reciprocity between the architecture and the meaning
this intensely overcrowded (to our minds) condition.
and ‘Balcony’ would become a club on its own and
BA(Hons) Interior Architecture
of interiors and spatial relationships - or how the former
Yet to them this is, though inconvenient, all perfectly
the Balcony would be repositioned as the feeder bar
Taseer Ahmad
is embodied in the latter. That understanding has been
normal. When faced with the luxury of extra space,
to the ‘Venue’.
Programme Director
pursued at all scales: from exhibition rooms for design
they become disconcerted and confused. The spaces
artists at the Victoria and Albert Museum to the ‘live’
described in Ballard’s story are the generators for this
This project required the designers to study and review
project for a music, social and night-club venue for the
project.
the ‘The Venue Review Concept Document – Business
microcosmic urban setting of the University of Kent at
Plan’ and to propose detailed designs that addressed
Canterbury.
and developed the schedule contained within it. An
BA (Hons) interior architecture
BA (Hons) Interiors
BA (Hons) interiors
BA (Hons) interiors
123
2
1
1
3
4
5
6
7
4
1 Major Work: Orthagraphic Plans
5 Event: Conceptual Interior Imagery
1 Sections
2 Major Work: Construction Detail, Piezoelectric Dancefloor
6 Event: Interior View of Exhibition
2 Project logo
3 Major Work: Interior View
7 Event: Lighting Analysis
3 Final Model
4 Major Work: Lighting Analysis
3
BA (Hons) interiors
END OF YEAR book 2010
2
5
4 Ribbon Concept 5 Urban Plan and Section
Emily Alldritt
Rosemary Alp “Insomnia is my greatest inspiration” Jon Stewart
124
125
1
2
5
6
7
1
4
8
2
4
3
5
1 V&A sketch for event
3 Interior sketches of ward’s cubicle for evolution
1 Fashion meets meat
5 GF interior view
2 Negative positive
4 Rendered image of lighthouse for major work
2 Interdisinstallation
6 Toilet
5 Rendered image of balcony for major work
3 Nightmode View
7 Shower
6 Rendered image of venue for major work
4 Event model
model for evolution
6
BA (Hons) interiors
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
7
Joanna-Alexia Christodoulou
7 Development sketches for major work
Kayley Barnes “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and
The above illustrations are three years of my life, at the University of Kent, three
power and magic in it”.
imaginative and creative years that I have enjoyed a lot. Having finished my studies here, I am confident in saying that I am looking forward to the years to come...
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
126
127
1
2
1
3
4
2
3
4
5
6
7
BA (Hons) interiors
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
8
1: Interior Event Section 1
1 View of body form
5 Memory cabinet for interdisciplinary
2: Major Work Concept 1
2 Interior body
6 Entitys dance floor with elevated DJ booth
3: Major Work Concept 2
3 Entitys bar
7 Express floor with art exhibition
4: Interior Event Perspective
4 Section of proposed club design
5: Interior Event Section 2
Matthew Constantinou
Laura Horton “I have a message for all my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I’ve found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a winner.” The late Steve Irwin.
128
129
2
3
4
1
END OF YEAR book 2010
5
7
7 3 Metal Eruption Concept Model
8 1 Concept montage for space hotel
Pattern Concept
4 Pakistani Fashion Inspiration Major Work
2 Model photo for zero gravity shower experience
Model Event
5 Dystopia Magnetic Mirco Structures Evolution
3 Watercolour for nightclub design with visual aura
6 Concept montage for V&A Grand Entrance
6 Interior Perspective Ground Floor Major Work
4 Model photo for Your Childhood Fantasy Exhibition
7 Early concept sketch for a split level sound cylinder
1 Islamic Geometrical
2 Island Clam Bar Sketch Major Work
7 Interior Perspective Dance Floor Major Work
at V&A
5 Advert banner for V&A Museum Tord Boontje Exhibition
8 Concept montage for Aesthetica Nightclub
Mariam Iqbal
130
3
6
5
1
6
2
BA (Hons) interiors
1
Rebecca Lilley Seek. Born. Discover. Intuitive. Instinctive. Untaught.
“All designs are connected to the past. History informs design, and without history we
Gaining knowledge of designers and architects from Asia and Africa has created
cannot begin to design or understand the context in which we need to design.”
a new sense of appreciation for alternative ways in crafting and creating space.
When designing anything of any scale, the first and most important step is
I’ve learned the richness in science and innovation such regions have to offer, and
researching, understanding and acting on what you find. I always use my combined
hope to continue spatially manifesting themes learned from this throughout my work.
passion for design and history to inform everything that I do. I am never more happy
Learn. Value. Unite. Emancipate. Gaza.
than when knee deep in design. It is a love and a curse.
131
1
1
3
3
2
4
5 1 Major; voids and memories
4 Major; Main staircase
1 Light & Drama in Movement
2 Major; bar detail
5 Interdis; space and place
2 My Exhibition Rendered
3 Major; interior view
BA (Hons) interiors
END OF YEAR book 2010
4
2
5
3 Buildings of Disaster - Emotion 4 Building Projection - Geometry 5 3D Model of The Venue Basment
Sara Shihabi
Emily Thomson “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” Mark Twain “I do not fear failure. I only fear the “slowing up” of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, “Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?” General George S. Patton
132
133
1
2
4
BA (Hons) interiors
END OF YEAR book 2010
3
5 1 Sketch of V&A 2 Blob bar in goo! The venue project 3 Tile from Delft blue An inspiration 4 Tile from Delft blue An inspiration 5 Peg house
Laura Van Beek
Leah Watson To my parents who supported me, To the staff that taught me, And to all of my friends who kept me sane; A really big thank you!
134
135
EXIT COmmittee The Kent School of Architecture is 5 years old this summer and I wanted to ensure that the end of year show and catalogue celebrated this by being the best yet. To this end, I created the EXIT committee and invited students from Stages 3 and 5 to join the group. The remit of this group was to design, organise and oversee the end of year show and catalogue, placing an emphasis student involvement throughout the school. Meeting regularly throughout the year, the committee discussed theme, design, sponsorship, entertainment, etc. Liaising with the catalogue designer Lucy Cresser from Q-Creative, the group continued the theme of Reduce, Reuse & Recycle into the styling and creation of this catalogue. The inventive exhibition displayed and this catalogue, echoing the theme of the show, are determination of the committee and its members. I must thank you all for your hard work, but most of all I would like to thank you for your support in the
THANKS
END OF YEAR book 2010
tribute to the aspiration, endeavour and sheer
face of adversity, your humility and friendship. Stage 5: Pier-Luigi del Renzio, Kate Maclean, Heather Pavitt, Ryan Manton Stage 3: Lucy Healy, Katie Livermore, Laura Noble, Emily Thomson and, of course, Kevin Smith. Thank you, all of you. Howard Griffin EXIT Committee Chairman.
136
137
M Arch (Stage 4)
In the autumn Stage 4 MArch students crossed
selected film-stills from Blow-Up persuaded us to
disciplinary boundaries and became particularly
reopening the murder case implied in Blow-Up. Our
concerned with the photographic image. We began
investigations established connections with Vertigo
to think about what an understanding of film could
(1956), Bullitt (1968), and The Conversation (1974),
do for an understanding of architecture. Our studio
and in October we travelled to San Francisco
sought out how the two are linked. Our critical
following leads in pursuit of ‘an architecture of the
guide book was David Bordwell’s text on film theory
subjective’.
and criticism, Making Meaning1. There we ‘checked-in’ to the very hotel rooms Having watched Antonioni’s seminal film Blow-Up
used for the murder(?) in Coppola’s homage to
“In October 2009 I travelled with the Stage 4 MArch
Away from architecture, we were able to sample
(1966), Stage 4 became film-pilgrims. Locations
Blow-Up, the night before the hotel closed forever!
to San Francisco as part of our project to design a
the rich culture San Francisco offers: wine tasting in
were (re)scouted in St. James, Victoria, Chelsea,
Having participated in MArch Crits at UC Berkeley,
film institute. For a place so synonymous with the
the Napa valley; getting down with our hippy roots
Holland Park and Woolwich, London. Our day
we recreated the car chase in Bullitt; on bicycles,
silver-screen, it was exciting to be able to finally be
in the Haight; giving the Americans a run for their
started at Alison and Peter Smithson’s The
then took a road trip across northern California to
a part of the action.
money with our Halloween costumes; and cycling
Economist Plaza, where the film begins, and
improvised as dusk fell, a voyeuristic photographic
the Bullitt car chase, ending up across the bay after
roughly followed the narrative sequence of the
shoot of Herzog and de Meuron’s Dominus Winery
As well as being part of our studies, the trip also
film to an imagined late-afternoon tennis game
in Napa.
presented us with a good opportunity to experience
in Maryon Park. We took home-made Pinhole
138
1 B ordwell, David. Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1991.
cameras to photograph events which we would
Examples of our ‘Blow-Up’ photogrammetric
later develop in our own darkroom. We then
investigations, architecture of the subjective, and
employed photogrammetric drawing techniques
the subsequent designs for American Zoetrope
to reverse-construct scaled drawings and models
Analogue Studios in San Francisco and London
of the film-locations captured with our pinhole
are exhibited outside our darkroom on the first floor
cameras. A parallel forensic exercise using critically
of the Architecture School.
M Arch stage 4
YEAR book 2010
Minor Design Project
traversing the Golden Gate Bridge.
the varied architecture of San Francisco, such as
Most valuable of all though, was the chance to
great work by Renzo Piano, Herzog & de Meuron,
travel with new and old friends, offering a great
and Morphosis.
opportunity to get to know one another and get focused after a year out”. Phil Baston (MArch Stage 4)
139
M Arch stage 4
END OF YEAR book 2010
Urban Landscapes In the Spring Stage 4 focused the attention on
we benefitted from the insight of local architect
mixed-use proposals for sustainable housing
Minor Design Studio Leaders:
Folkestone. We were particularly interested in
Roger Joyce, and presentation by Terry Farrell &
combined with other social drivers, whilst the other
Nick Brown, Michael Richards
the regeneration potential of Folkestone’s post-
Partners architects, who are currently developing
pathway engaged with the notion of aqua-culture
Urban Landscape Studio Pathway Leaders:
industrial, post-leisure harbour and the adjacent
their own master-plan for Folkestone. Subsequent
and passive energy as they speculated on designs
Jef Smith, Thomas Wensing
sea front.
work of Stage 4 stands as a fascinating parallel,
for a new urban Marine Biology Centre. Examples
anticipator, and even challenge to Farrell’s ‘live
of the work produced are also exhibited on the first
Tutors: Keith Bothwell, Tim Carlyle,
brief’.
floor of the Architecture Building.
Gordana Fontana-Giusti, Chris Gardner,
Students formed a series of groups for a team-work master-planning exercise beginning with a critique
140
Howard Griffin.
of existing and past proposals. The resulting
Teams dissolved to allow each individual to develop
master-plans were catalysed through an intensive
areas of special interest. Students self-selected
one-day design charrette in Folkestone itself. There
one of two pathways, with one focusing on multiple 141
BA Architecture (Stage 2)
Architecture students broaden their horizons in their second year and engage with complex and demanding sites. The first design project of the year is entitled ‘Adapt and Extend’, and requires existing building with a demanding brief. This year we designed a cinema above the curved facade of the old Roundhouse pub near Canterbury East station. Advanced Computer Modelling provides the The second project, ‘Landscape’, requires thinking
opportunity for Stage 2 students to equip
on a large scale; a building is designed as a
themselves with the necessary skills in computer
component of an overall landscape scheme, with
visulalisation software, whilst allowing them to use
emphasis on sustainable construction and long-
their design work in Adapt & Extend as a vehicle to
term thinking. For this project students designed
communicate.
BA Architecture stage 2
YEAR book 2010
them to design alterations and additions to an
craft workshops for teaching sustainability skills
142
(for resilience and self-reliance)and a productive
This year Stage 2 students got to grips with the
landscape for a site on our campus. Both projects
software and the task in hand to produce a rich
were accompanied by exercises in technological,
collection of vivid imagery that left many other
constructional and environmental design.
students in the school in awe of their skills.
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Howard Griffin
Stage 2 Architecture Co-ordinator
Module Convenor, ACM 143
“Play… is of a higher
Stage 2 Interiors programmes have continued
This year’s Stage 2 Interiors students also had a
order than seriousness.
explorations have continued explorations into the
marked level of success and recognition from
For seriousness seeks
trans-disciplinary nature of the courses. The design
external independent design and professional
to exclude play, while
projects have encouraged experimental spatial
bodies. A number of the students were selected for
practices through the use of web design, social
the Design Museum’s Design Factory Showcase.
networking sites, massively multiplayer online
Antoana Petkova was nominated for the Women in
role-playing games (MMORPG) and digital and
Property Awards 2010 and progressed to the final
analogue virtual and immersive environments. This
shortlist.
play can very well include seriousness.” Johan Huizinga ‘Homo Ludens’ 1938
BA interior design stage 2
END OF YEAR book 2010
BA interior Architecture stage 2
BA INTERIOR DESIGN INTERIOR Architecture stage 2
is exemplified the Rothko Bird-Watching Space: the design of a bird-watching hotel inspired by the painter Mark Rothko.
144
145
Stage 1 (combined)
Stage 1 (combined) metric projection. It incorporates fine art techniques
an appropriate scale. During the Christmas break
the year. We believe that in a symbiotic manner, all
including sketching, life drawing and model making
the students were firstly asked to pick a Twentieth
aspects of architectural education are dependent
and concludes with film and computer drawing and
Century or contemporary painter and choose five
upon each other, and so endeavor to integrate all
modeling techniques. The students were divided
paintings by that artist and secondly to paint or
the modules holistically, to the extent that many
into study tutor groups of about eighteen students
draw four pieces of work on the theme of the four
modules are being assessed in other modules. For
each, to facilitate both this and the design tutoring
elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
example half of the Folio mark is assessed in the
The spring term began with Caravanserai as the
and part of the Enclose mark is also assessed in
The year began with the first design module Oasis,
main design module underpinned by Enclose as
the student’s integrated structural approach to the
the first assignment of which was to design and
the Technology and Environment module with both
design of Assignment 2 of Caravanserai. So like
build a shelter from a limited amount of string,
modules again underpinned by the communication
a juggler must learn to keep all the objects in the
bamboo canes, polythene and cardboard and
module Folio. For Caravanserai Assignment 1 the
air at the same time, so the student must learn to
be suitable to accommodate three people to
students were asked to design a small art gallery on
consider all aspects during the design process,
sleep in for two nights. Finally the students were
the site they had previously studied in Barcelona, to
be they space requirements, form and style,
informed that they had to spend the night sleeping
house permanently the five chosen artists paintings
historical precedence, materials, environmental
Kent School of Architecture accepted the largest
in the shelters they had designed, and afterwards
and include a temporary gallery space to house
considerations or construction and structure.
intake of students in the school’s history for the
suggest improvements they would make to improve
changing exhibitions, the first of which is to be their
academic year 2009-2010. The raising of the UCAS
the comfort of their shelters.
own work on the four classic elements. Although
We further believe in an ethos of education and
facilities are envisaged for staff, no facilities were
not indoctrination. We wish to understand choices
END OF YEAR book 2010
tariff points for entry ensured that those students coming for the first time to Kent were also more
Stage 1 then attended the annual Field Study
required to be made for the public. The students
that student’s make and see them tested through
capable and demanding than at any previous time.
Programme held in Barcelona where the sites for
also make a Tutor Group site model to enable their
robust debate, even when we do not necessarily
To respond to the above and as part of the ongoing
Caravanserai, the second major design module
own individual design models to be tested against
agree with them.
effort by staff to continually seek to improve the
to be held in the spring term, were visited and
the existing city fabric.
course delivery and outcomes, some further
recorded by the students. On returning from
changes were proposed to the existing successful
Barcelona Stage 1 began Assignment 2 of Oasis.
For Assignment 2, the students are informed that
the staff who have contributed to make this year’s
This continued the Shelter theme and was to
contrary to the client’s instruction. The client has
work the success that I believe it to be.
design an internet communication shelter on
now changed their collective mind and wishes to
Oasis and Caravanserai, Enlighten and Enclose
The proposals were to even better integrate
Campus for use by students, staff and the public.
incorporate a small Tapas bar café as either part of
Chris Seaber, Henry Sparks, Rebecca Hobbs,
the design and technology modules and to
Both assignments were underpinned by Enlighten
the proposed gallery, an addition to the proposal
Keith Bothwell; Folio - Howard Griffin, Janice
underpin these with a completely new module in
the first technology and environment module and
or a new adjacent building. In either event the
Shales, Patrick Crouch; House & Housing and
communication, Folio. This module endeavored
Folio the communication module outlined above.
students must review their original decisions in
Western Architecture - Gerry Adler, Timothy Brittain-
light of these new client instructions and make new
Catlin, Gordana Fontana-Giusti. And finally, the
proposals.
valuable help and assistance given by the teaching
Stage 1 program.
to demonstrate to the student the various skills
146
stage 1 combined
communication of Assignment 2 of Caravanserai,
throughout the year.
In conclusion, I would very much like to thank all
needed and equip them with the tools required
House and Housing, the first History and Theory
to fully enable the students to communicate their
module, ran in parallel with the above and as the
design proposals clearly and coherently. The new
name suggests studied seminal houses of the
The second History and Theory module, Western
module covers aspects such as; Orthographic
Twentieth Century and explored the student’s ability
Architecture, runs parallel with this module and
Chris Gardner
drawing and projection, the art of perspective and
to both write about and to model the built form to
completes the seven modules undertaken during
Stage 1 Programme Coordinator
assistants from Stages 4 and 5.
147
stage 1 combined
END OF YEAR book 2010
The highlight of this trip for me was the day in which we saw the Gaudi buildings, such as Park Guell and The Sagrada Familia, which was a very inspiring building to behold, and it was an amazing building. I would one day like to return when the ‘Segrada...’ is finished. Jay King, Stage 1 Architecture
148
149
RESEARCH In the past year the KSA Research has continued to grow. Our staff and students had a productive year taking part in publishing essays and articles, presenting papers at conferences and submitting bids for research grants. The Centre for Research in European Architecture (CREAte) has organised evening lectures and seminars. The guest speakers have included: Susannah Hagan (University of Brighton), Nigel Coates (Royal College of Art), Alex Lifschutz (Lifschutz, Davidson and Sandilands) and Laurence Herzog (University of San Diego, California). Within KIASH Kent School of Architecture had also organised the Annual lecture by John Onians. The involvement with the Architecture Humanities
Building for the Mind Evaluating the cognitive effects of workplace architecture
The architecture of the passively tempered environment I am exploring the field of passive environmental design - widely acknowledged to be the best foundation for sustainable architecture – focusing on the fault lines that occur between knowledge, understanding, intention and achievement in the process of designing sustainable buildings – fault lines that prevent us reaching the full capability of passive design to reduce carbon emissions.
Powered by increased efficiency and consumer demand, Governments are now prioritising creativity and innovation as essential prerequisites for economic growth, placing new demands of flexibility and competition on the human body. Inspired by Marshall McLuhanís notion of acoustic space, this thesis questions whether the body has evolved to keep pace with such technological pressures. In the process of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of ergonomic design, from the static nature of Taylorism to the transhumanis potential of ubiquitous computing, a final work place design methodology aims to support how environmental stimuli may be used to enhance creative cognition.
Arguing that we generally know how to design low-energy buildings, I am examining why certain predilections take over from our rational intentions, compromising the performance of completed projects. Keith Bothwell
Research Association AHRA continues with members of staff taking part in its activities. The
Grant Mitchell PhD Student
preparations are on the way for hosting the AHRA
research
2010 Annual Conference on the subject of ‘Scale’ END OF YEAR book 2010
in November 2010 at our Canterbury campus. Birkbeck School of Screen Media Surface Architects
The relations with the local and regional stakeholders such as Kent County Council, Kent
Keith Bothwell had been successful in winning
The new MA in Architectural Visualisation has been
Design Initiative, Thanet District Council and future
funding within the ‘Retrofit for the Future’
validated and is due to commence in the autumn
Turner Contemporary are ongoing. This provides
programme (Technology Strategy Board). Several
2010. The MA will provide a new focus for future
us with the opportunity to bring closer the research
other grant applications have been submitted to
research
programme of the School and the regional
the British Academy, the AHRC and the Interreg 4A
regeneration agenda.
Programme.
Prof. Gordana Fontana-Giusti Director of Research
The MPhil/PhD Programme in Architecture has increased with new students joining in. Current PhD candidates include: Anja Karina Nydal, Grant Mitchell, Lindy Weston, Keith Bothwell, Gian Luca Amadei, Tordis Berstrand, Emmanuel Odugboye, Itab Shuayb and Chris Munday-Chanin. The programme runs weekly seminars centred on PhD students’ presentations. 150
151
Enabling the Built Environment for Individuals with Disabilities through Inclusive Design at the University of Kent This research study aims to investigate how architects and designers using inclusive design can accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities at the University of Kent. Five research methods will be undertaken in order to collect and analyse the data including: (1) questionnaire to find out the views of individuals with and without disabilities and their experiences in accessing the built environment at the University of Kent; (2) semi-structured interviews with disabled individuals. A total number of 10 individuals with disabilities will be selected and interviewed. The interviews will explore the extent to which university buildings;
Urban burials. Discussing the role of burial grounds within the planning for the 21st century London. In a reality in which there is a shortage of living space, longer life span, ethnic integration, and secularisation of society what is the role of burial grounds in the 21st century London? How is death perceived in our consumer society? How are architecture and design shaping the physical boundaries between the living and the dead in modernity? Can the once forgotten and overlooked London Victorian necropolises assume new roles and functions within the planning for the 21st century London? These are some of the questions I shall be addressing in my PhD research studies.
Splitting and Doubling:
dematerialised and we now find ourselves at home
Effects of ventilation strategies on the
it is now clear that it can not be dissociated from
The Dialectics of Contemporary Dwelling in
everywhere and maybe nowhere? The dialectics
performance and occupancy wellbeing in
the quality of indoor environment, therefore the
Works by Kurt Schwitters, Gordon Matta-Clark
of contemporary dwelling signify something both
healthcare buildings in Nigeria.
concept of global design of the healthcare building
and Gregor Schneider
homely and unhomely, familiar and foreign. A space
is emerging with all environmental aspects taken
in between, where difference has no boundaries
The effect of climate on indoor can not be over
How do we inhabit an age, which is inconsistent
and home is also not like home. How do we inhabit
emphasized. An unfavorable climatic condition
of view but also on the basis of many other quality
and ambiguous and thereby in direct opposition
this hybrid space, the un/homely, and what is left
reduces the level of human performance and
criteria such as the occupancy wellbeing. The use
to the concept of dwelling, handed down through
for the architect to do?
recuperation from ill health. A comfortable indoor
of passive energy system such as natural ventilation
environment must therefore be created for the
has been suggested by scholars (Koenigsberger
history as a stable and exclusive space? What
research
Itab Shuayb PhD Student
Gian Luca Amadei PhD Student
END OF YEAR book 2010
address the needs of individuals with disabilities; (3) One focus group discussion will be carried out. The group will consist of 8 participants (two with visual impairment, two with hearing impairment, two with physical disability, and two with learning difficulties) who will provide information about their experiences in accessing the university buildings through interactive group discussion; (4) an Access Audit will be carried out by the researcher on different building types at each university. The researcher will conduct the access audit on six university buildings in order to investigate the level of accessibility; (5) interviews with architects, and education providers will be held to investigate the extent of their awareness of the needs of individuals with disabilities. In the second phase, the researcher will analyse all the collected data and then provide a recommendation report in addition to an innovative inclusive design that covers and accommodates the needs of the disabled individuals.
into account, not only from the performance point
does it mean to dwell in the first place? And what
Tordis Berstrand
occupants to perform their various tasks. In view
et al 1973,Givoni 1976,Boutet 1987,Szokolay
if the first place, always second to none, has
PhD Student
of this, there is need to explore the economical and
1992,Ajibola 1995).
energy efficient methods. Energy consideration in building started in the 1990s (Allard,1998),and
Tordis Berstrand PhD Student
152
153
COMMUnications Communications continues to strengthen in the school. Building on the success of the last academic year, the students of 2009/10 have engaged with the wide variety of facilities the school has to offer. 1
4
5
Stage 4 MArch students went ‘back to the drawing board’ in the autumn of 2009 for an investigation into ‘Analogue’. Whilst watching a series of seminal films, they employed techniques of photogrammetric drawing to reverse-construct scaled orthographic drawings and physical models from the perspective inherent in photographs they had taken, and developed using
7
pinhole cameras. The Stage 3 Interdisciplinary Option continues to produce diverse and contextually rich work. With projects ranging in scope from sculpture to furniture design, and video installation to audio spatial experience, the students this year have produced 8
2
1 Life Drawing - Anna-Marie Bywater, Stage 1
END OF YEAR book 2010
this school has seen.
2 Interdisciplinary Deckchair - Sara Dowle, Stage 3 3 ACM Light Analysis - Stephen Brennan, Stage 2
Stage 2 students stunned the entire school with
4 Isometric Drawing - Miruna Zait, Stage 1
their exemplary work in ACM (Advanced Computer
5 Composite Drawing - Christina Dahdaleh, Stage 1
Modelling). This module teaches the computer
6 Reverse Perspective - Ben Prince, Stage 4
visualisation skills that are necessary to communicate architectural and interiors professions. Producing
7 Interdisciplinary Projection - Emily Thomson, Stage 3 3
6
8 Urban Landscapes model - Phil Baston, Stage 4
outstanding work the students used their design schemes from either the Adapt & Extend or Process &
editing. Reflective learning was introduced through the
of the ‘communications team’; Patrick Crouch, Enzo
Fragment projects as a vehicle to learn the visualisation
help of University’s UELT (Unit for the Enhancement
Labrosciano, Dele Ojo, Janice Shales, Kevin Smith,
software and process.
of Learning and Teaching), with students composing
and Brian Wood. I must also thank the communications
reflective blogs and web-based folios. Whilst the
teaching assistants that have been so integral to the
Stage 1 students were introduced to a rich course of
students were initially wary of this process, they soon
course this year; Anna Carter, Basant Chopra, Pier-
communications teaching and learning this year with
engaged and began to realise the benefits of this
Luigi del Renzio, Alex Jackson, Shawn Kam, Kate
the introduction of a purely ‘communications’ module,
analysis of their work.
Maclean, Julien Soosaipillai and Stefan Vara, Matthew Wittrick. My sincere thanks go out to you all.
FOLIO. This module taught the students the important
154
communications
some of the best examples of interdisciplinary work
draughting skills needed at the drawing board, whilst
This work would not have been successful
developing skills in sketching, life drawing, computer
as it is has without the dedicated help of the
Howard Griffin
image manipulation, 3D computer modelling and video
‘communications team’; without the dedicated help
Head of Computing and Communication 155
Technology & Environment Students are exposed to the technical and environmental possibilities and implications of their designs throughout all stages of their education at Kent School of Architecture. This is not only necessary for professional and ethical reasons – to prepare them adequately for practice – but because a good understanding of technology technology and environment
and environment actually produces better design. Some students may initially think that considering these issues restricts their creative freedom, but as they develop into professionals they begin to appreciate that constraints are the very triggers that stimulate good design. In solving the
1
challenges and limits imposed by site, climate and
3 4
5
material capabilities etc, students are stretched intellectually and creatively to produce interesting, robust and elegant solutions.
END OF YEAR book 2010
Clearly, technological and environmental solutions
156
must be seamlessly melded into the complete design of a finished building. However, for pedagogic reasons, especially when exploring and discovering novel ideas, it is sometimes
2
better to dissect out these issues in order to examine them more closely. For this reason at some stages of the course these subjects are
S t u d e nts o n th e M A rc h c o u r s e re s e a rc h
considered in isolation: for example in the first
innovative technologies which some architects
term when students explore, by drawing and
are now incorporating in their schemes, such
modelling, the qualitative and subjective aspects
as nanotechnology and transluscent concrete.
of light; or in stage two when the comparative
As well as looking to the future, lessons from
efficiency of alternative structural forms, using
the past and from the vernacular also inform our
a limited palette of materials, are investigated
investigations – the Costozza villas of the Veneto
and tested to destruction. At other stages these
and the bagdir wind towers of the Middle East
subjects are fully integrated into the overall design
offer useful examples of how to cool buildings
3 MDP Technical Report - Kate Maclean, Stage 5
process – for instance in the major projects at the
in a hot climate – a climate we may well be
4 MDP Technical Report - Stefan Vara, Stage 5
end of the individual programmes.
experiencing here sometime soon.
5 Form & Structure - Ross O’Connell, Stage 2 Arch
1 Enlighten - Joanna Gkritzani, Stage 1 2 Form & Structure - Group model, Stage 2 Arch
157
cultural context
2
3
4
Every stage of design at KSA is accompanied
During their first year all our students learn about the
The Options Module offers a choice between
include William Chamber’s Chinese Pavilion in
by an investigation into the cultural and historical
key phases of Western architectural history. They
a dissertation, building appraisal, and an
Kew Gardens, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton,
context of architecture from the classical era up to
are introduced to the leading domestic architecture
interdisciplinary project. After various discussions
Jean Nouvel’s Institute du Monde Arabe and
present day. As students make their way through
of the last hundred years, and they combine
with tutors and the module convenor, I decided to
Adolf Loos’ Villa Müller. Because of the amount
the School, they develop the knowledge and skills
historical study with model-making and analysis.
write a dissertation because this would allow me to
of research and information gathering I had to
which help them to research and present historical
In their second year, they look into episodes from
pick a theme and develop a particular architectural
undertake for this dissertation, it became quite
questions in a way that contributes to their
nineteenth and early twentieth century architectural
interest over the course of my third year of study.
a personal project, giving me the opportunity to
professional abilities as designers in contemporary
history, especially those related to public buildings,
society. Our tutors draw on the latest research into
infrastructure and politics, and they use this
Last summer vacation I worked as an assistant
was of my own choice. I believe the process
their own fields in order to ensure that students
knowledge to enhance their Adapt and Extend
in an architectural practice that has won the
of writing this dissertation has consequently
have access to the most exciting ideas in history
design project. At the same time, interior design
prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. I
influenced me to the point where I’ve began to
and theory.
and interior architecture students examine current
decided to use my experience there as a starting
use elements that I recognise as contemporary
ideas, manifestoes and theories. In their final
point for carrying out more research into Exotic
interpretations of traditional exotic forms in my
undergraduate year, architecture students prepare
Architecture. The purpose of my dissertation was
design projects.
2 House & Housing - Kachaporn Theeprewat, Stage 1
an ‘apologia’ in the form of an analytical, historical
to understand the use of exotic elements in the
3 Isometric of Hagia Sofia - Derin Kinacigil, Stage 3
essay that accompanies and explains their design
work of Western architects from the eighteenth
4 Drawing of Viceroy’s Palace - Ben Gregory, Stage 3
approaches, as well as writing a dissertation.
century onwards. Exoticism integrated cultures,
1 Icons of the Hop Gardens - Ryan Manton, Stage 5
cultural context
END OF YEAR book 2010
1
research and get absorbed within a theme that
Haroon Noon
knowledge, old ideas and new methods, producing
158
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
a synthesis that had both Eastern integrity and
Head of Cultural Context
Western approval. Major works of significance 159
Study tours
October we travelled to San Francisco to follow these
barcelona
leads. We ‘checked-in’ to the very hotel rooms used for the murder(?) in Coppola’s homage to homage to Blow-Up, the night before the hotel closed forever! Having participated in MArch Crits at UC Berkeley, we recreated the car chase in Bullitt; on bicycles, then took a road trip across northern California, and as dusk approached, improvised a voyeuristic photographic shoot of the Herzog and de Meuron’s Dominus Winery.
san francisco
Examples of the subsequent designs for American
Stage 4 visited London and San Francisco this
Zoetrope Analogue Studios in San Francisco and
year, following leads in pursuit of ‘architecture of the
London are exhibited outside the darkroom.
subjective’. An understanding of the film Blow-Up
Students share accommodation with other students
offering a wealth of Architecture both historical and
and of course socialize following the days visits,
contemporary together with art foundations of some
friendships are obviously formed in this intense period.
of the 20th Centuries most influential artists, and all
The course we offer is not an easy one and it is made
this within walking distance in a city showing evidence
easier in the company of friends, so I believe the
of over 2000 years of continued development. The
sooner one makes such friends the better, and the
vast majority of the city is accessible by foot and
field trip is a place where all that is made far easier.
Mike Richards
(1956), Bullitt (1968), and The Conversation (1974), In
MArch Programme Director
casting in the city Judenplatz, located on the site of the Jewish ghetto. Ortner und Ortner’s museum quartier, especially the Leopold Museum with its collection of paintings by Egonschiele, brought us bang up to
END OF YEAR book 2010
consequently the cost for the student, on a day to day basis is extremely reasonable compared to most other
Experienced educators from outside the university were
major European cities.
also drafted in for the trip to complete the student’s experience. Special thanks should therefore be given
So with almost full participation, Stage 1 visited
to the contribution of Art gallery director Peke Hofman
Barcelona in week 6 of the academic year. It is always
from Utrecht in the Netherlands, for his excellent
a problem organizing a trip such as this so early in
contribution into 20th Century and Contemporary
the academic year and with such a huge cohort, stage
art, given on days when visiting the Caxia Forum,
1 this year proved no exception. However, as always
the Tapies, the Miro and Picasso foundations. His
the gains far outweighed the pain. The educational
continued support over many years to the school is
benefits are perhaps obvious in a vibrant city such as
greatly appreciated. This year the trip was facilitated
Barcelona, but I feel the social interaction and group
further by a grant from the Dean of Humanities towards
bonding the trip promotes amongst a new cohort of
the cost of the trip which was greatly appreciated, and
students experiencing for the first time ‘education
resulted in the trip being even more value for money
away from home’ are priceless. I further believe that
than is normally the case.
even though it is a huge logistical problem for the staff,
160
it is well worth the effort, and the students appreciate
Chris Gardner
that fact.
Stage 1 Co-ordinator
study tours
Barcelona is a superb venue for a stage 1 study tour
allowed Stage 4 to make connections with Vertigo
date.
vienna
Vienna is a curious and intriguing place; while we
At 2 am one cold February night we got up (or
didn’t visit Sigmund Freud’s apartment, we saw an
continued our revels) and boarded the coaches to the
earlier, grimmer vestige of the city’s psychic history: the
airport. By late morning we had arrived in the brilliant
Narrenturm (fools’ tower) from the late 18th century, in
winter sunshine of the former Kaiserlich und Königlich
the grounds of the sprawling former General Hospital,
capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, eager to taste
now the University. We were surprised to meet images
our first Krüglider, or kleinen braunen, depending on
of this gaunt circular tower, a relation of Jeremy
preference. We had left Canterbury with the strains
Bentham’s Panopticon, on seeing the Modernity and
of The Third Man ringing in our ears, having viewed a
Madness exhibition at the Vienna Museum. This show,
screening of Karol Reed’s wonderful evocation of Cold
originally at London’s Wellcom Museum, supplied us
War Vienna the week before. Vienna the week before.
at last with that quintessential icon of Vienna’s angst:
Luckily, Ben was on hand to retrace the steps of Harry
Freud’s couch on which his patients reclined whilst
Lime in the 1.Bezirk , the inner-city where we began our
undergoing psychoanalysis.
visit. But it was not all schlagobers and gemütlichkeit: we came up against the darker side of Vienna’s past
Gerald Adler
on seeing Rachel Whiteread’s impressive concrete
BA Architecture Programme Director 161
A massive thank you to the whole team for making
This year’s KASA Design Competition challenged
The Stage is inherently sustainable and promotes
seen us expand beyond our usual remit of lectures
this one of the most successful years in KASA’s
the students to ‘Reduce, Recycle and Reuse’,
Reduce Recycle Reuse through it’s aethetic,
with student workshops, a new website, a healthy
history, and others that helped out during the
by designing a stage for the University’s annual
but also its continued reuse. It has already been
social calendar and design competitions, all in aid
lectures and workshops. Special thanks go to
ArtsFest festival on campus. They were required
booked to appear at the London Festival of
of bringing the students closer together. None of
Michael Richards, Howard Griffin, Brian Wood, Dele
to source the materials locally, for little cost; make
Architecture and has been requested as an outdoor
this would have been possible without this year’s
Ojo, and Julien Soosaipillai. Finally, we must thank
a structure that was buildable by the students,
teaching space for next year.
dedicated KASA Executive, whom have worked
our generous sponsors, without which this wouldn’t
and meet the demanding brief of the ArtsFest
tirelessly to ensure this year’s KASA activities and
be possible: CTM Architects, Lee Evans Architects,
Committee.
initiatives were the best yet. Our lecture series
Nicolas Elkins Ltd, Peter Jackson Architects,
continues to thrive, with inspiring presentations
Provian Construction, and RIBA South East.
The winner, Nicholas Sexton, proposed a wicker stage woven from coppiced wood and with a
by Alex de Rijke, Mehron Kirk, Ken Yeang, James Soane, Chris Fay, and Heinz Richardson.
KASA apvillion
END OF YEAR book 2010
It’s been another great year for KASA, which has
Best of luck to the graduates from all at KASA!
structure from reused components found on
Matthew Wittrick
campus. The design was subsequently advanced
KASA President
and built by KASA, Nicholas and a group of dedicated students to Zero cost.
162
163
collaborations…
thank you
The Kent School of Architecture would like to thank the following for their contributions over the past year: Pereen d’Avoine
Roger Joyce, Roger Joyce Associates
Kent School of Architecture could not operate to
KSA ACADEMIC STAFF
Jonathan Barnard, ChromosArt
Caroline Lang, Sackler Centre V&A Museum
such levels of success without the commitment of
Dr. Gerry Adler
David Bennett
Chris Lewis, Shepway District Council
experienced and dedicated staff.
Taseer Ahmad
Miles Berkley, Smartoutcomes
Alex Lifschutz, Lifschutz Davison Sandilands
Peter Bettley, Creative Foundation
James Lowe, Studio Octopi
Louis Borhani
Alice Lund, Softroom Architects
Tobias Boshoff, Meld Architecture
Christiano Michelena, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers
These individuals went far beyond what was required to produce an exceptional experience for our students, and my sincere thanks is due to each and every one of them
Dr. Tim Brittain- Catlin Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti Chris Gardner Howard Griffin Mike Richards
Glenn Bowman, School of Anthropology and Conservation
Leanne Manfredi, Sackler Centre V&A Museum
Neville Brock, The Lido Leisure Centre Jason Bruges, Jason Bruges Studio
Christiano Michelena, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers
Grant Burton, Thanet District Council
Vince Miller, SSPSSR
Brian Wood
Tim Bushe, Walker Bushe Architects
John Onians, University of East Anglia
Dele Ojo
Helen Charman, Design Museum
Jamie Osbourne, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Leo.Chow, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Parker Steel
WORKSHOP STAFF
Vince Chow, KALMAR’s commercial
Mike Pearson, CTM Architects
Kevin Smith
Nigel Coates, RCA
John Proctor, Softroom Architects
Enzo Labrosciano
Mike Collingwood
Katherine Putnam, Kent County Council
Janice Shales
Conker Conservation
Damon Ralph, Pallet Recovery & Son
Nick Dermott, Thanet District Council
Allert Riepma, SEEDA
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Dover District Council
Honoré van Rijswijk, Terry Farrell & Partners
Jeanne Straight
Terry Ellames, Shepway District Council
Lisa Risk, Women in Property
Ben Martin
Engineering Workshop team
Chris Romer-Lee, Studio Octopi
Victoria Friedman
Folkestone Harbour Co
Giovanni Scialo
Claire Woodhall
Maida Hot, NDY Lighting Design Consultancy
Jaime Stephan, GSA San Francisco Federal Building
Gordon Engraving Ltd
Janice Shales
ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT LECTURERS
Green Building Solutions
Jill Stoner, Department of Architecture UC Berkeley
Julian Bore
Daniel Hirschman, Jason Bruges Studio
Mark Schwettmann, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Nick Brown
Jonathan Friday, School of Arts
Sam Thomas, Thanet District Council
Susan Hagan, University of Brighton
Jayne Thompson, School of Artsa
John Hawkins, Canterbury City Council
Lucie Titchmarsh
Andrew Henderson, ah architecte
Katie Warren
Lawrence Herzog, University of San Diego
Sam Westbury
Daniel Hirschman, Jason Bruges Studio
Mo Woonyin Wong Pierre d’Avoine Architects
Peke’ Hofman. Centrum voor Beldende Kunst.
Sarah Wood, School of English
Guy Holloway, Guy Holloway Architects
Roger Wu, John McAslan + Partners
Maida Hot, NDY Lighting
Lara Michael, Edward Cullinan Architects
Professor Don Gray Head of School
Chris Seaber COMPUTER TECHNICIANS
thank you
collaborations
Steve Bowkett
Keith Bothwell
Tim Carlyle Ben Godber Dylan Haughton Rebecca Hobbs Fiona Raley Henry Sparks Thomas Wensing Lindy Weston (PGR student) Brendan Woods
Owen Jenkins, UK Design Management Services 164
165
CLASS OF 2010
166 167
photos
END OF YEAR book 2010
Note to Christian - we knew!
Kent School of Architecture Marlowe Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NR website: www.kent.ac.uk/architecture contact: +44(0)1227 824689 Designed by QCreative Ltd +44 (0)1233 629275
ÂŁ7.00