REGIONerate Last year the work of the School focused on the
Margate Regeneration Partnership). For the latter
theme of Reduce – Reuse – Recycle: a variety of
project our students were the subject of an ITN
interpretations on the subject of sustainability.
news report.
This year, EXIT:11 concerns itself with regeneration – or rather REGIONeration, because
The School has had a particularly eventful year,
much of the project work undertaken by students
with a series of reviews substantiating the status
of Kent School of Architecture (KSA) has located
of our academic provision. Prescription of our
itself in the immediate region of Kent. Our sites
awards by the Architects’ Registration Board
(and clients) were based in Canterbury (KSA
(ARB) was confirmed in November 2010, while
Studio building for the University of Kent, and
successful unconditional continued validation of
City of Palimpsest for Canterbury CC), Chatham
our programmes by the Royal Institute of British
(Museum for the Corps of Royal Engineers and
Architects (RIBA) was undertaken in January
Medway Council), Dungeness (Art in Romney
2011. Both reviews are quadrennial, and both
Marsh) and Margate (Dreamland Trust and
affirm our professional recognition in the UK
Fort Road Hotel for Thanet District Council and
and Europe. In addition, a University Periodic
INTRODUCTION Programme Review in May 2011 corroborated
University to undertake a year of study under the
the findings of the external bodies that our
University “Study Abroad” initiative. We will
programmes continue to be appropriate and
be strengthening our international credentials
of high quality. A Humanities Faculty report
with further collaborative programmes as the
in 2010 recommended, among other things,
year progresses. The School achieved another
the appointment to KSA of a new professor.
internationalisation benchmark with our hosting
Professor Marialena Nikolopoulou joined the
of the Architecture and Humanities Research
School in January as our Professor of Sustainable
Association (AHRA) annual conference in
Architecture. Professor Nikolopoulou, who was
November 2010, attracting a worldwide field of
previously at Bath, lost no time in establishing
contributors and delegates.
a research centre in her area of expertise, and in addition to the existing Centre for Research
One of the most important roles of architectural
into European Architecture (CREAte), a second
intervention must be to enhance the quality
centre has now been approved – the Centre for
of life of those whom it touches. We deal in
Architecture and Sustainable Environments
the invention of new environments hitherto
(CASE). Further appointments to KSA this year of
unimagined, the resuscitation of existing
two researchers in the field will support Professor
buildings and urban settlements, and the
Nikolopoulou and CASE.
careful enhancement of our towns, cities, rural environments and landscapes to provoke
The series of new appointments will be
surprise, delight and wonder.
fundamental in developing a more profound interest in strategies for sustainability in the
This catalogue depicts the project work of our
project work undertaken by our students, while
students: that is its raison d’être. But you can
concurrently extending our research credentials.
also gain insights into the methods by which the
If the enthusiasm demonstrated in this year’s
students learn, and discover something about
EXIT:2011 show is anything to go by, our staff
the excellent staff at KSA without whom the
and students will take on this opportunity with
many successes of the past year would have been
both hands to fashion innovative design projects
impossible.
which are relevant to the people of Kent – our immediate region - but whose lessons will be
Last year, Kent School of Architecture again
applicable globally.
moved up the University league tables. That encourages us to strive to improve in everything
While the region has been the focus, our activities
we do. The body of work in the EXIT:2011
and liaisons have extended internationally. One
yearbook is the best yet produced by our
of our undergraduate students is studying in Lille
students. I hope that you enjoy it.
under the Erasmus exchange programme, while two other pioneering M.Arch students head to the
Professor Don Gray.
USA and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
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M ARCH (MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE) From the perspective of the MArch (Pt 2
Over time, Royal Charter, storms, sedimentation,
programme) at Kent School of Architecture it
the establishment of a full-time Navy, smuggling,
never seems that we are far from the ‘edge’. The
inland navigable waterways, sea defences, land
north and south Kent coasts are both only a few
reclamation and changing agricultural practices
miles from Canterbury, and as they converge
have shaped the landscape and its practices and
on the Isle of Thanet from bordering London
lead to Romney Marsh’s changing and declined
and East Sussex, they constitute (somewhat
significance.
contentiously) the longest ‘edge’ of any county in the country.
Home to more sheep than people the area draws in excess of 600,000 visitors a year in search of
Geologically and geographically our ‘edge’ has
nature, the picturesque and the ‘alternative’.
always been on the move, and so, literally and
Most people today would associate specifically
metaphorically, has human engagement with it.
with the Dungeness Peninsula, one of the
Our fascination with ‘edge conditions’ and their
largest shingle banks in the world, a constantly
ephemeral context is therefore perhaps a natural
moving fluid of tiny sharp-edged stones. It’s
consequence.
home to some of the rarest insects in the UK,
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an almost extinct fishing industry, declining In the final year of the MArch students develop
gravel extraction industry, ranges of the MOD,
their own interests and agenda as aspiring
WW1 era aircraft-detecting concrete ‘Sound
architects through a year-long thesis project over
Mirrors’, a small-gauge passenger railway, two
three terms and two design modules. This year
Nuclear Power stations, with their associate
Stage 5 looked at one of Kent’s very particular
army of pylons striding off towards the National
‘edge conditions,’ Romney Marsh and the
Grid, radiating a field of Electro Magnetic
Dungeness peninsula. Just over the Kent County
Force invisible to the eye; several generations
Boundary, in East Sussex, we were compelled to
of Lighthouse; a collection of railway carriage
include the mediaeval fortified hill town of Rye,
beach huts once the retirement houses of
which looks out across the marsh and peninsula.
railway workers, now occupied by artists and
Together they constitute a single Site of Specific
alternative-thinkers in search of the legacy of
Scientific Interest (SSSI).
one of Dungeness’s most famous residents, the film maker Derek Jarman (dis), whose home and
At one time much of the marsh was part of a
garden at ‘Prospect cottage’ is now joined by
lagoon formed around the mouth of the river
contemporary rebuilding and extensions of old
Rother, and maritime industry and tactical naval
beach huts by notable architects Simon Conder
importance supported and defined its urban
and NORD (both invited critics to the MArch this
settlements: the Ancient Town and Cinque Port of
year). There is indefinable energy, an element of
Rye, its sister Cinque Port of New Romney, and
wonder, and otherworldliness about Dungeness,
New Romney’s ‘Limb’, Lydd .
and disconcertingly, an element of Purgatory too. Our students were offered a choice of sites in
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M ARCH (MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE) New Romney, Lydd, Denge Marsh, Dungeness,
Superficially dismissible as being ‘context-
Camber and Rye. Design responses included
less’ we believe that with careful sensory
a Monastery at Fairfield, and a Samuel Beckett
consideration, the real challenge of places like
Theatre designed around a Lookers Hut on
Romney Marsh and Dungeness, at this level of
Romney Marsh; a Museum of Obsolescence, Gio-
architectural education at least, is to distil their
Tours Centre, Flying Club Air Museum, WWII
genius-loci into something tangible enough to
crashed-Wellington Bomber ‘Visitor Centre’,
respond to meaningfully and site-specifically.
and Museum of Sound on Denge Marsh; a Crematorium, Elemental Beach-Comber Foleys,
Michael Richards,
residential School of Architecture, a ‘Doomsday
MArch Programme Director
Vault’, whole-life tariff Prison, Entomology Centre, and an Art School, all on the Dungeness
Stage 5 Tutors: Keith Bothwell, Tim Carlyle,
shingle; a Centre of the Rehabilitation of MOD
Gordana Fontana-Giusti, Chris Gardner, Ben
personnel in Lydd ; and a combined School and
Godber, Howard Griffin, Michael Richards,
Camber Sands Visitors Centre at Camber; a Story
Brendan Woods. Stage 5 Guest Critics: Gerry
Telling Centre, Spa for Cancer Out-Patients,
Adler, Pierre d’Avoine, Simon Conder, James
a ‘Maison Folie’, and a Carpentry and Joinery
Cregan, Don Gray, David Haney, Andrew
Workshop Centre in Rye.
Henderson, Michael Holms Coats, Alan Pert,
Art in Romney Marsh, Gilbert and Paul, Romney
local resident Andrew Logan, in Bermondsey,
Marsh Countryside Partnership, St Nicholas
London; and another, a local-interest Television
Church New Romney, Simon Ashworth, Simon
Studio in Margate.
Conder Associates.
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Fashion and Art Museum inspired by artist and
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Chris Seaber, Nick Weaver, Thomas Wensing. On separate trajectories one student designed a
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Philip Baston “Si vis vitam, para mortem”– Sigmund Freud
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Basant Chopra The new begining.........................
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Marc Furminger Nothing happens without warning it is just that the signs are often obscure or opaque. Fundamentally, sustainable development is a notion of discipline. It means humanity must ensure that meeting present needs does not compromise the ability of future generation to meet their needs. Future generation is the most important thing.
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Caroline Gingell Rye is a town with a story – the aim of my final design project is to appreciate this story - the fiction that the town presents to its visitors of a world gone by and the reality and in so doing creating a new story - an extra chapter that bridges the two, the new to the old and the insider to the outsider. The last two years have flown and who knows what will come next but I look forward to the new challenges and wish all of you MArchers the very best.
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Matthew Gisbey This year I have attempted to challenge St.Augustine’s idealistic scheme of monastic architecture. ‘Unwrapping the cloister’, establishing a physical and spiritual relation between the monks and the public through a linear organisation of spaces, light and transparency.
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Morgan Grylls A huge thank you to Mike Richards for the invaluable help and support. Kevin Smith for always going above and beyond. Brian Wood for a rainforest’s worth of prints. Gordana Fontana-Giusti and Gerry Adler for all the opportunities and advice and Stage 5 - I couldn’t have done it without you!
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Eleni Hadjikyriacou 5 years of studying in Canterbury. Still can’t believe it’s over. It has been a long journey coming to an end. Great challenge, great experience. I wish all the best to all my MArch friends and hope we will meet again!
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Ryan Hilton This thing should come with its own health warning. That being said, the MArch has been the best two years of my academic life. Will never forget all of the late night bench ball sessions and of course the campus shop lottery. I don’t think I could have come all this way without the help of my fellow comrades. Big shout out to my creative wing man and team HARBOUR –HARBOUR!
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I just woke up from a very bizarre dream‌With buzzing Gisbeeees and Lovely,
Evi Papadopoulou
Lovely Jujus; Kimkimberleys and Blonde Princes; oh-so tall Hiltons and slow Shisha-smoking Umus; Messy, messy Terrys and deejaying El Presidente Wittricks... Sweet Lakshmys and Chopra salsa kings; prolific tea-drinking Gingells and strong, silent insect-obsessed Neils; dreamy Jackson [hello] sailors and lean, mean Grylls machines... Even a few Dougie Hausers and guitar-playing Furmingers; not to mention the crazy duchesses of Lavender Mews and the mad mad model making Phil- Phils‌
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Benjamin Prince
Help Me On Studio Max? Michael Richards. Works. Detective Mittens. Can We Shoot People In The Marlowe Building? Concrete Fashion. J-Dawg. Bagels. Studio Rave Up. Uncle Jim. Dinner Is Served. Google It. Cardboard Models. Eliot Balcony Beer. You’re The Birdman. High 5!
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Umar Qureshi “With great respect for the surroundings and by adopting a humble approach to design I do my best to meet the needs of a brief. This project was a culmination of thorough research into the needs of the local community and its surrounding towns. By providing both social and educational services in my programme with a hint of play, I produced a building that could give Camber Sands a fun and respectable reputation which will ultimately benefit the local people , God Willing.�
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Lakshmi Radhakrishnan My proposal for the Major design Project is an Aero club at Lydd Airfield. The design expands the current aero club programmes by creating more flexible space for aviation courses that provides options of indoor and outdoor activities. Design aims on creating a landmark building in the flat site at Lydd airfield. A lot has been studied and understood during the course of this project and a special note of thanks to my tutors who have helped during challenging times.
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Neil Rigden The entomological centre is a study ground for insects, flora and fauna species of the Dungeness foreland. The centre is formed by a collection of study and exhibition rooms that are suspended on columns, forming a low footprint to the site. The centre is also designed to be a stimulating journey through the building via a staircase that constantly changes in height and direction. Thank you for all the help and good luck to everyone.
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Julien Soosaipillai
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Chris Terry
Artists In Movement This developing artists centre situated in Dungeness was inspired by the isolated and unique environment the site possess and the movement within it. The proposal aims to put the artist in a controlled state of isolation by creating a safe and healthy environment for them to work in.
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Jonathan Cerowski How to sum up half a decade spent in a Brutalist box? A big thanks to all of those who helped me (you know who you are), and to all those I’ve been fortunate enough to help in return. And to all the graduates who keep saying this is the end, more and more I have the suspicion it is just the beginning. Stay hungry, stay foolish.
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Kim White
With a keen interest in humanitarian development, the theme I chose for my 5th year was Social Exclusion. The intention of my design project was to improve the lives of local marginalised, socially disadvantaged groups. Through the provision of conventional and alternative therapies, the Rehabilitation Centre for the Armed Forces at Lydd Camp offers emotional and psychological support to veterans suffering from combat related mental trauma. 21
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Matthew Wittrick Never go to war without a creative wingman. Big love goes out to all of the MArch for all of your support, for putting up with font obsession and excellent music taste. Thanks also to the undergrads for being generally brilliant and for making KASA such a success. It’s been emotional. Take it easy chickens.
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Konstantina Xiroutsikou Two years of great memories and knowledge that will always have a special place in my heart. I hope someday I will see you all again. Thank you!
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BA (Hons) ARCHITECTURE Alongside their design projects, students join a module called ‘Modernisms’ which explores directions in twentieth-century architectural history and theory; towards the end of the year they submit an essay on the subject. The final module, ‘Options’, gives every student an opportunity to develop their own personal architectural and design interests in a structured way, by submitting a building appraisal study, a history or theory dissertation, or an interdisciplinary project which involves both the creation of an artefact and a supporting text. This module has always resulted in a very wide In their final year our undergraduate Architecture
range of different types of work, and also ensures
students undertake two major design projects,
that every student has a strong opportunity to
combining these with written or interdisciplinary
develop and express a personal voice.
work that provides an opportunity for research and engagement with the history and theory of architecture. In the Autumn term ‘Modular’
Modular: a beach hotel in Broadstairs
module, each student designed a hotel for the
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During the Autumn term Stage 3 Architecture
a complex and varied structure from modular
students designed a large beachfront hotel in
components and exploring the use of systematic
Broadstairs. Our first activity was to divide into
design from small-scale details up to modelling
small groups and carry out an analysis of the
of a large building. ‘Urban 2’, the second and
urban context; then we were required to divide
larger project which takes place during the Spring
a large section of the beach into two or three
and Summer terms, involved the design of a
adjacent hotel sites and design our own hotels
new museum for the Corps of Royal Engineers
on them. It was a formidable task to provide
on a site in central Chatham. This came with
reasonable transport and pedestrian access
a demanding brief that required students not
arrangements, in addition to coordinating the
only to plan a succession of exhibition spaces for
design of shared facilities across the adjacent
specific exhibits, but also to plan fully functioning
hotels.
library, archive and workshop spaces in some
The principal part of this project was the design
detail. All our stage-three design projects this
of a modular residential unit which could be
year demanded a high level of enquiry and
stacked vertically and horizontally. We looked
analysis into urban sites, and talks and lectures
into the history of modular design in the late
are provided from experts on the various themes
twentieth century and experimented with a
concerned.
vocabulary of modular forms at different scales.
BA (Hons) ARCHITECTURE Urban: a new museum for the Royal Engineers
This was a challenging project because our site
in Chatham
was located not only in the empty backlands of the High Street but also at the interface between
At present the large and varied collection of
two levels, and along one of the major traffic
the Corps of Royal Engineers is housed in a
spines of the town. We plotted the landmarks of
converted laboratory building on the edge of the
the Medway towns and designed schemes that
garrison at Brompton and away from the town
related closely to their immediate urban context
centre. Our project rebuilt the museum and its
but which also conveyed our feelings about
substantial archive in an empty town-centre
military service and commemoration worldwide.
plot immediately to the south of Chatham High Street. Designing our museums required us to
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
look carefully at ways of displaying exhibits
Stage 3 Architecture Co-ordinator
that varied in size from a medal to a tank, and to construct a visual and theoretical narrative that would ensure that a visit to the museum would become a coherent experience.
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Ali Abdulla Life changing experience and a beautiful journey in a great University. My studies at KSA changed me, made me grow as a person, and helped me see life in a different perspective. It was a challenging course but extremely rewarding. I would like to thank everyone at the school, especially Chris Seaber, Howard Griffin and Tim Brittain-Catlin “What it lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do� Aristotle
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Jennifer Aldridge AWESOME 3 YEARS! Thanks to everyone who made it amazing:)
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Oluwatoni Alebiosu Been a long three years, and now its time to breathe
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Sam Alexandre Context and content have been the driving design forces behind both design modules this year. By allowing the two to work in tandem, influencing every decision, I feel the result is architecture that responds to both the user and its surroundings.
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Rhoda Antwi I have learnt a lot from being here at Kent Uni that I hope to take further in my career life. In doing these various projects I have been able to improve and broaden my skills. Thank You Kent Uni for this opportunity and I hope the best for everyone in the future.
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Azmah Arzmi Practically made the studio my home from day one!
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Sam Ashdown What a 3 years’ life at University of Kent School of Architecture has been, I have learnt and developed my skills so much, and had the pleasure of working with a great bunch of people! ...Welcome to the Jungle!
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Louise Billingham It’s a hard way to live. Deke Leonard
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“There is a path to form, followed by all (natural) things, Even crystals and
Zahra Bobb
geometrically shaped ones, which allows each to develop according to its own inner plan, while on the other path (the geometric), things have their forms bestowed on them from without, which contradicts this innate tendency... There is no other way forward but consciously to act as nature acts, consciously ordering things in the way that allows their individuality to unfold, while this unfolding also serves the life of the whole. This whole is the form (Gestalt) of our life.” Hugo Häring (October 1925) 35
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Karl Bowers “Monumentality in Architecture is enigmatic, it cannot be intentionally created; a structure that attains a sense of timeless, eternal perfection while simultaneously making places for contemporary social and cultural life…” Louis Kahn, 1944
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Stephen Brennan CREATED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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Danielle Broadbent “Where there is tea there is hope” Sir Arthur Pinero
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Kristina Buchtova Architecture has always been my dream career, and the KSA has helped me get a step closer to achieving my goal. I enjoyed every aspect of my student experience, from the friendships created in the architecture studio, to the long scary nights before a crit. Thank you!
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Bruce Buckland The last three years for me have been about discovering the world of architecture and figuring out my place in it. My designs may have remained within the current Iconist fashion, but my own principles in architecture definitely have not. I look forward to moving on to the next stage in this discipline and being able to impliment everything I have leant in the real world.
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6 Urban Precedent Sketch You know you were a Kent architecture student when… ...”going out to eat” was a trip to essentials. ... you could stay alive without sunlight, talking to people, and food, but contemplated suicide when omnicron didn’t print your work out. ...upon hearing ‘supermodel’, you imagined an acrylic laser-cut model.
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David Burchell Be immune to criticism, and to praise there is no difference. Burn the mirrors, break tradition, swallow your pride and they will listen. Dismiss obsolescence, administer a lethal interjection. Access this petition for your own annihilation. Don’t be afraid to face defeat, just turn the page and chase the dream. Nothing stays the same for long, So follow me I’m moving on! ;)
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6 Indisciplinary From the first day of drawing up plans with a drawing board and scale ruler, to moving on to AutoCAD and 3D Studio Max, and finally reaching the end of my degree; so much has happened. It has been full of stress and so many challenges. After all, the result is not the most important thing; the experience I’ve gained through the course is far more valuable. Thank you everyone for making my university life so memorable.
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Emma Clinton ‘If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?’ T.S. Eliot
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With half-damp eyes I stared to the room Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon Where we together weathered many a storm Laughin’ and singin’ till the early hours of the morn. I wish, I wish, I wish in vain That we could sit simply in that room again Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat I’d give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.
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Morna Currie Everything to excess.
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Jasmine Davey I have got to know so many wonderful and talented people over the past few years, Greatly enjoyed the number of us listening to Harry Potter story tapes to make it through the last term‌. And smiled like a proud mother through final crits!! Well done you!!! Thank you for the memories.
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Daisy De La Haye You can’t design your life like a building, you just have to live it and it will design itself.
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Matthew Dennis Messy, carnage, banter, snake bite, jagerbomb, bam, make that a double, lads, beeaauuttiiffuull, valid, dubious, fffffwwe, standard, here she is, are just a few words, phrases and sounds I have come to learn and use in the last and best three years of my life with the best people.
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Alissa El Assaad I think to myself, has it been three years already? Time sure does fly by… What have we learned we ask ourselves…? ‘NOTHING!’ and we burst out laughing. But when I look back, I realise I have learnt more in these past 3 years than most of my life. Not only about architecture, but about myself. I’m going to miss you all dearly. Oh those endless studio nights.
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Roope Elojärvi Plans. Everyone needs a plan. You got to be the man with the plan. A plan will take you forward in life. Work hard and you’ll accomplish it. Sometimes it may be difficult and everyone else doubts you, but you know that you can do it. So just do it! Work hard and reach the sky!
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Mark Eszlari Architecture not only offers a great opportunity to learn to design buildings but also influences the creativity of students’ life, swinging in studio 1 before a crit... My most fulfilling project was Interdisciplinary allowing me to explore how graffiti could become a positive act by repainting the Marlowe Building’s façade. I could only suggest the return of the beloved Chris Seaber to improve the school! A great many thanks to all tutors and staff but especially Jeff Smith, Howard Griffin, Kevin Smith, Enzo, Brian, Dell!,
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Alexandra Ewan “Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.� Louis Kahn
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Elizabeth Fleming It is such an accomplishment to realise how much your drawing, creativity, thinking and technical skills have developed over the three years undergraduate degree. I have learnt to create a concept, progress and adapt a design and experiment with spaces. My communication and knowledge of sustainable design has also improved greatly. Overall it has been the best years of my life and I am extremely proud of my achievements.
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Charles Fowler Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
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Natasha Gandhi As Chris Seaber always said we WORK hard, we PLAY hard. What a crazy three years it has been! Thank you to all the people i’ve met along the way.
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Sarah Harvey The past 3 years have been thrilling, frustrating, hectic but most definitely enlightening all at the same time. I have developed many skills from computer design and presenting to modelling and most usefully; time management. I look forward to using these skills in the workplace and hopefully developing them further.
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Rebecca Hill I would like to take this opportunity to thank my tutors, family and friends for their support and encouragement over the last three years. I have met some great people who I have created many memories with that I will not forget in addition to learning and developing valuable skills that will be vital to my career.
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Jamie Hissey Struggling with Construction details for the last three years, a wise Mexican enlightened me to ‘Just never forget the UNDERLAY UNDERLAY!’ Kent School of Architecture, you’ve been good to me. Essentials prices on energy drinks, you have not.
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Nicholas Howe One lesson I have learnt from uni is to never go to the bar with Adam Nightingale
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Lee Jesson The above images show the culmination of my degree, the final project, Urban. Although I have chosen only to show this, every project along the way has also been important. Architecture for me is about extending our knowledge and no one man can profess to know it all, but I’m sure we can get close. Every step along this journey of learning leads to better architecture, and this is a journey I wish to continue.
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6 modular: interior view of twin room urban II: The primary aim of my urban scheme was to create a public space of open enclosure in a town which is predominantly made up of the contrast between streets and vast open spaces. Thank you everybody, both tutors and friends for such a fantastic three years!
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Deniz Kayimbasioglu I would like to thank all my tutors who has made this a rather challenging and enjoyable experience to me. I believe being part of KSA has added a lot to me both as a student and as a person. Special thanks to Prof. Don Gray, Chris Seaber, Chris Gardener, Henry Sparks and Ben Martin. I also would like to thank some of my class mates who were there for me during the rough times and helped me overcome my struggles.
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Sophie Kesterton I believe that architecture should be built for the future and if we do not stretch the limitations and boundries set before us, we will never learn and develop within our field. This is why my approach to design is quite conceptual and abstract, but in doing so helped produce a far more interesting piece of architecture for my final Urban project.
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Tarunjeet Khabra Design is the greatest form of expression.
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6 Urban - Fort Searchlight Tower Ideas that didn’t make it into my proposals: Planting the cliffs in Broadstairs with strawberries and selling them in the hotel restaurant, calling them Broadberries for the Modular project, and devising an Indiana Jones style assault course, as a means of circulation for visitors attempting to get through the Royal Engineers Museum for the Urban project.
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“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.� Ludwig Mies van der Rohe KSA has been the foundation for me to place these bricks. I had a chance to learn new skills, practice with professionals and open my mind to the world of art. It was not easy, however, these three years at uni would not be so fulfilling without the friendships formed. All the memories made will be kept alive in my heart forever.
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David Matthews It’s a game of Dave’s dangerous 7’s... it’s a good game, it’s a fast game, it’s a fast game, it’s a good game, to my left...
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6 Modular Section Hi, I’m Ed Nash. Exhibited here are some of my recent works. My designs are bold, dynamic and engaging, but most importantly are based on a creative and intuitive design process. I WILL be creating the skylines of tomorrow!
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Adam Nightingale Monday_ Contemplation and realisation of mammoth task in hand. Tuesday_ Stress levels rapidly increasing as does energy drink consumption Wednesday_ General wellbeing and personal hygiene levels at inconsiderate level Thursday_ Extreme consumption of caffeine causing severe cold sweats and shaking Friday_ Pin up of work prior to public humiliation.... Extreme alcoholic abuse to body followed by severe intoxication. Night ends at Ockabasi Kebab House Saturday_ Hangover. 75
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6 Urban Perspective The way I approach each project generally depends on the project itself, but no matter what approach I take, my interest in Japanese design frequently appears in some form, which I feel has become as much a part of my style of work as any of my other design skills.
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My final design project Urban 2 explored the creation of a place within architecture as opposed to a concentration on space or form. This involved creating a building that linked the private and public spaces creating a new place within the run-down town of Chatham. This project was a result of the work I have done throughout my degree, what I have learnt and reflects my personal interests and ambitions in architecture.
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Ben Pearson-Clarke I just can’t wait to be a policeman!
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Joanna Pope My three years at Kent School of Architecture have proved to be some of the most challenging and demanding of my life so far, yet also some of the most exhilarating! The experience has created happy memories and friendships that will last a lifetime (even those of us leaving the studio at 8am having been there for over 24 hours). I cannot believe it’s all over! Now then….where is my bed… zzzzzz.
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Lucy Reader “Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one’s entire life.” Arne Jacobsen
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Jessica Ringrose “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new� Albert Einstein Coming to architecture school was something I chose to do on a whim, it turned out to be the best decision I ever made. During the last three years I have made many mistakes but I have benefitted from each and every one. I will leave UKC with more skills, more experience, more friends and more passion than I came with. Thankyou!
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Laura Robertson ‘If you dream it, you can do it’ Walt Disney
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Emmanuella Sackey My modular building juts out of the cliff with light shafts that gives light to the back rooms. It consists of units that are non rectilinear geometry. My urban building consist of an organic form my building grows out of the site like a ‘seed gem’. The building is cracked into two parts though out the building. The two splits the form the planes form the ramps in my building my building is a big ramp which allows people to travel up through the building without using stairs or lifts.
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Alfonso Saco Díaz Para Titi y Juanjo. ... it’s better to burn out because CAD never sleeps ...
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Aneesah Satriya Having a lifelong passion for making objects and working with her hands, Aneesah seeks to integrate the various fields of arts and crafts into the architectural design process. She believes that Architecture should be innovative, hands-on and practical.
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Edward Seaman I have now finished the Part 1 and enjoyed my time at Kent University, I plan on continuing the course to become a fully qualified architect.
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Rosie Seaman The past three years at KSA have gone incredibly fast and I have gained an enormous amount from my time here – firstly an utmost appreciation for sleep and an unhealthy craving for 35p energy drinks, however most importantly a brilliant group of friends, remarkable memories and a great amount of knowledge from some inspirational tutors – all of which keeps me passionate about architecture.
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Matthew Shanley Pack of Scalpel Blades: £0.98 White Foam Board (3mm): £3.95 Essentials Energy Drink: £0.35 Architecture Degree: Priceless For everything else there’s Ben Martin. Thanks guys for a great three years, loved every minute, even all the late nights!
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James Shaw In my time at Kent I have made some life long friends and learnt valuable lessons, both in life and in architecture. I couldn’t have asked for more with regards to this course and think that all the tutors have gone above and beyond in developing a students passion in architecture. I love seeds. x
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Nicholas Shearon Whoever wants to know something about me – as an artist which alone is significant – they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want. Gustav Klimt
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Maria Skoutari ‘The more that our ideas are increased, or our conceptions extended upon any subject, the greater the number of associations we connect with it, the stronger is the emotion of sublimity or beauty we receive from it.’ Archibald Alison & Richard Payne Knight
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Sarah Smith Creativity is not only a form of expression it is a way of life…
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Adam Speller “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.� Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) Thirty-second President of the USA.
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Holly Spilsbury Fantastic course. Amazing people. Beautiful town. Thanks for an unforgettable experience!
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Kelsey Tomlinson Studying Architecture at UKC‌ Undoubtedly the best experience of my life shared with some incredible people. These last three years has been so much fun, I have accumulated many treasured memories and funny stories to look back on, as well as making some great friends I know I will keep in contact with. I wish everyone the best of luck in the future.
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Philippa Tranter I’ve really enjoyed studying architecture somewhere where I have a panoramic view of Canterbury Cathedral when walking home from Uni each day. However, I haven’t appreciated the filling of my brain with Photoshop and AutoCAD shortcuts and with dimensions of walls, bricks, doors, etc.
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Verda Uzdil “ The Architect, by his arrangement of forms. realises an order which is a pure creation of his spirit; by forms and shapes he affects our senses to an accute degree and provokes plastic emotions� - Le Corbusier
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Generic complaint about a diet of energy drinks, all-nighters, the price of food in
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Essentials, scalpel cuts, waiting 20 hours for a render, napping on the sofas, campus watch, paying a fortune to make it ‘glossy’, Vousden’s jokes, Nash’s dancing, and a mutual feeling of ‘I just thought it was all going to be like Barcelona’ However, all moaning aside- it’s been a fun 3 years, and I hope everyone has enjoyed themselves and does well for the future. 101
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Liana Wake These are images from my final Urban project to design a Royal Engineer’s Museum in Chatham. My concept was derived from the Royal Engineer’s involvement in constructing fortifications in the town. I wanted to create a mechanical, industrial feel for the building with an observation tower.
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Lauren Walker
Hello all! Thank you for all being so welcoming when I was the new girl (especially Jasminge Davey and Quiche Diplock) for taking me under their wing and making my two years at Kent fabulous and vodka-infused! Having studied elsewhere for my first year, I truly appreciate what a fun, laid-back and friendly atmosphere there is at Kent and you all made me so glad I braved the move. Well done to us all for crawling to the finish line. Best of luck.
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James Warner The best three years of my life, although tiring and exhausting, has been dedicated to this degree to which I have learnt so much. Good luck to everyone in the future and the real world!!!
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Timothy Waterson “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” - Dr. Emmett Brown
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Joe Wheeler Three years has flown by, it wasn’t easy, but it was definitely worth it, I had a great time with a great bunch of people and a big thank you to everyone who helped me get this far.
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William Wickers Ultimately, with every project I work on I am keen to escape boundaries where possible and keep creativity and innovation at the heart of every design.
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Jack Wilson Most things you’ll work at for days on end. Some things you’ll pick up during lengthy discussions. On occasion things will just appear out of thin air. And hopefully more often than not these things will be Architecture. Thank you University of Kent. Thank you Architecture. Here’s to the future.
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Alex Woolgar My days were spent being annoyed by Dave Matthews, drinking copious amounts of cheap energy drinks, being overly tired and playing golf with a two foot plastic golf club in studio 3. The studio was a place of highs and lows but all in all a great place to be, with some memories I will never forget.
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Joseph Worrall After 3 years of hard work, sleepless nights and sending my student loan straight to Essentials I have come to the end of my degree. The work shown above is the end result of my final project, a museum for the Royal Engineers in Chatham. I would like to thank all the staff involved in my time at Kent and wish everyone the best of luck for the future!
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This year’s Stage 3 comprises 11 Interior Design
“Man dwells when he can orientate himself within
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when he experiences the environment as meaningful. In Term 1 Stage 3 Interior Design students
Dwelling therefore implies something more than
undertook an exhibition design project in the
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main entrance hall at the Victoria and Albert
are ‘places’, in the true sense of the word. A place
Museum; a fore runner to the proposed new
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furniture gallery space on level 6 as the basis
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of the ‘Event’ module AR508. In the main this
recognized as the concrete reality man has to face and
was a very successful project with high levels of
come to terms with in his daily life”
attainment and results. Genius loci. Towards a phenomenology of Architecture
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The results for Stage 3 Genius Loci Module were
module AR525. In the main these projects
generally very good and in several instances,
produced a more mixed outcome but with some
excellent, which I hoped would be reflected in
interesting results.
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worked as a group on a programme of ‘adaptive
I sincerely look forward to enjoying the
resuscitation’ with a variety of old, obsolete
opportunity to help further improve the teaching
and in most instances, historically important
and learning outcomes of the Interiors courses at
buildings within the City (walls) of Canterbury.
KSA University of Canterbury and fulfilling my
In essence this is a master planning and curatorial
task of shepherding the students towards the
exercise aimed at producing a co-ordinated series
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of resuscitated buildings with new programmes for reuse, which could significantly enhance the
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Programme Director
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Zoe Dennis All the Lucozade/Pro Plus/Red Bull/Dirty Essentials Energy Drinks/Relentless/ coffee did the job. Well done everyone.
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Jessie Hacking “The only thing you live to regret are the risks you didn’t take”
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Cecilie Laybourn Mine Damer og Herre... it’s been three delightful years that have passed us so fast. Whilst being hard at work we have had some great times ‘off-duty’. It’s been a pleasure. In each module, it was charged head on, in some cases imaginative (Picture1) and others more challenging as we were faced with realistic measures (Major Project). Numerous amounts of thank you’s: Taseer, Mor & Far & Soes, min anden halvdel and of course “y’all”. Lots of foreign love... Cc
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Philippa Marchant It has been the best and most challenging three years of my life. Thank you to all my tutors and friends who have helped me through, and of course Kevin and Ezno. P.s. Enzo, I love you ;-p
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Graham Murphy So much has changed over the last three years, so much has been lost and gained and all the experiences and challenges I’ve faced have helped me develop both as a person as well as a designer. The experience this course has given me both etducationally and socially cannot be defined by words but by the memories I’ll take away from it, and now I’m watching, waiting to see what life has to throw at me next.
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Antoana Petkova As a designer, my main objective is to solve problems. Having said that, it is very personal how one chooses to achieve this. I believe that no object, material, space, or building is too useful as a separate entity. Combining them in a story or a journey can be the solution one is looking for.
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Interior Architecture is truly a marriage of three distinct design disciplines: interior design, architecture, and industrial design. Interior design focuses on the selection of interior materials, finishes, and furnishings; architecture on the design of building forms and systems;and industrial design on the design of manufactured products. The education that I gained made me realise what exactly is Interior Architecture by experimenting these three disciplines.
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Katie Richards Q.Which Italian architect is the first to run away when things get iffy? A.Scarpa. Thanks to my family, friends and members of staff that have helped to make these three years possible and so enjoyable.
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Zoe Smithson I have loved my Uni experience and have made some very special friends for life. To the Interiors Girls: WE MADE IT and I am so proud of us all. I couldn’t have got through the last final push without Jasmine texting me ‘Are you up yet?’ every morning! I am excited for the next stage of my design career, and wish everyone good luck for the future. Now we can celebrate!!
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Laura Vitoria ... And now I can sleep :)
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ANDOR GOMME COLLECTION Kent School of Architecture is delighted to announce that the collection of architectural books of the late Professor Andor Gomme, a leading architectural historian and a former president of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (see obituary by Christopher Wakeling, “Andor Gomme 19302008”, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain’s Newsletter, 66, Winter 2008/9, pp. 9-10), has been very generously donated to KSA by his wife Susan Gomme and their family. Earlier in the year, Mrs Gomme had contacted her friend Professor Jan Pahl in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kent, who in PRIZES
turn asked Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin whether we might be interested. With the general support of the whole school, Howard Griffin, the staff liaison with the university library, together with Dr Manolo Guerci, took the matter at hand,
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and secured this marvellous donation, which virtually doubled the university’s collection of architectural books overnight. The Gomme’s collection is made of some 3.500 books, some of which rare editions, featuring a very interesting range covering Britain, Germany, France, Italy and America. A bookmark selected by Mrs Gomme will now be produced and presented to her during an ad-hoc event within the end-of-year show programme. In recognition of this fine donation, Kent School of Architecture is now awarding a travel bursary to assist dissertation students with their research. The “Gomme Travel Award” will also be presented at the end-of-year show together with other prizes across the school.
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The EXIT Committee grew in numbers compared to the previous year. The success of last year’s
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show infected the students with a desire to be involved with the creation and curation of the show. Whilst students from across the school have been involved with the design and installation of the show, it is primarily down to the hard work and effort of the few EXIT committee members. The EXIT committee worked throughout the spring and summer terms to conceive the theme of REGIONerate, focussing on the commonality of design projects throughout the school set in the local region. Chatham, Dungerness, Margate and, of course, Canterbury were all used as sites for design projects in all years. The styling of the show permeates into this catalogue and the EXIT committee have been heavily involved with the layout and paste up of pages and content. Without their continued and often self-disadvantageous efforts, neither possible. Stage 5: Jonathan Cerowski, Caroline Gingell, Ben Prince Stage 3: Louise Billingham, Stephen Brennan,
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Ellie Collins, Nick Howe, Philippa Marchant, Graham Murphy, Lucy Rankin, Zoe, Smithson, Laura Vitoria KASA: Deborah De Boer, Matthew Shanley Staff: Victoria Friedman, Kevin Smith Thank you one and all! Howard Griffin, EXIT Committee Chairman
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M ARCH STAGE 4 Blow-Up Stage 4 commenced the year by reopening the investigation into the photo-filmic murder mystery of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film ‘Blow-Up’. This year we widened our investigation to include Peter Yates’s contemporaneous 1967 film ‘Robbery’. These films literally overlap in use of location, both heavily influenced two subsequent San Franciscolocated films; Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 film ‘The Conversation’; and Yates’s own 1968 film ‘Bullitt’. Some Stage 4 students then travelled to San Francisco whilst others remained in London to better understand and record the locations where all four of our key films were made. Pinhole photography and photogrammetry were used to define a 3D envelope for ‘camera space’ that might be interpreted to provide an enclosure for a life-size camera obscura to be put back into CATALOGUE 2011
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Dreamland In the spring term students formed into groups and stepped bravely into Dreamland, a decommissioned leisure complex; primarily known for its amusement park with iconic ‘scenic railway’, once amid a collection of other fairground rides, combined Cinema/restaurant/ Ballroom, together with a park and animal menagerie cages (zoo). In teams our students
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produced alternative masterplans and then broke out to develop their individual interests.
Matthew Armitt, Stephen Athanasiou, Louisa
We asked that they retain the rollercoaster and
Clifford, Deborah De Boer, Isabel Diez De
not become embroiled in the huge complexities
Ulzurrun, Scott Douch, Conal Gallagher, Tzi
of the existing cinema’s interior, but rather
Man, Julian Messent, Jo San Ong, Christos
consider how they might imagine and configure
Papazacharias, Raz Rahmani-Shirazi, Dhoopa
their choice of several cultural intuitions onto
Shah, Matthew Stanley, Richards Stevens,
Dreamland, with particular concern for the
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Stage 4 Collaborators:
Keith Bothwell, Nick Brown, Tim Carlyle, Stephen
Dreamland Trust, El Blason, Grontmij Landscape
Games, Chris Gardner, Howard Griffin, Michael
Architecture, Guy Holloway Architects, Margate
Holms Coats, Michael Richards.
Renewal Partnership, Revolver Entertainment,
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SOM San Francisco, Thanet District Council, UC Stage 4 Guest Critics:
Berkeley Department of Architecture, US General Services Administration San Francisco Federal
Doug Brown, James Cregan, Pier Del Renzio,
Building, Virginia Tech WAAC.
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BA ARCHITECTURE STAGE 2 in which schoolchildren and other visitors can learn to understand and interpret the woodland and its rich fauna and flora – alongside professional artists commissioned by SVA – and its possibilities for inspiring creative work and recreation. Running parallel with Landscape, as part of their Climate studies, students developed environmental strategies for the educational building as well as designing solar shades to The expressively arcaded brick ‘Pump House
prevent summer overheating in offices in the
No 5’ at Chatham Maritime supplied both
Marlowe building. The principles of structural
the inspiration and the site for Stage 2’s first
design were investigated and tested in Form and
design project of the year – Adapt and Extend
Structure by the construction of model bridges.
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scale of the larger docklands context. Concurrently in the Autumn term, skills in Advanced Computer Modelling were developed, which were applied in making virtual models illustrating the students’ solutions to the Adapt and Extend brief. The historical and theoretical aspects of the Post Enlightenment Interior were presented in a weekly lecture series that focused on critical periods and themes since the late eighteenth century. In the Landscape project students explored an unfamiliar rural context in Kings Wood near Challock, to develop ideas for a new educational building for Stour Valley Arts (SVA). Adapted from a real brief for this local arts charity, the task was to create internal and external spaces 142
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BA INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE BA INTERIOR DESIGN STAGE 2 in February and subsequently successfully completed the Synthesis + Metamorphosis (AR 524) and Suspension of Disbelief (AR 505). modules in April. Overall the Stage 2 students will spend the whole of Term 2 working on a ‘live’ project in Margate titled, ‘An Art Hotel For Global Nomads’. This is a very significant KSA outreach project and we have been working in close collaboration with Thanet District Council and Margate Regeneration Partnership represented by Nick Dermot; (TDC) and Sophie Jeffrey; (MRP). Both There are 9 students at level Stage 2: 5 studying
attended the initial on site briefing sessions
Interior Design and 4 studying Interior
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BA INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE BA INTERIOR DESIGN STAGE 2 invited 4 eminent practitioners and theorists as guest lecturers. We were very fortunate to have excellent lectures and tutorial days provided by Fred Scott, Ben Kelly, Calum Storrie and Kevin Brennan We have also established that the teaching input and learning outcomes of CT + M lectures, whilst still producing an essay, should moreover function as a ‘joined up’ thinking exercise with the overarching results informing the students’ understanding of the subject which in turn should support the ongoing nourishment of their evolving design skills. It should also be noted that Stage 3 students February; and the ‘Metamorphosis and Synthesis’
were encouraged to attend these lectures and an
and ‘Suspension of Disbelief’ (AR 524)+505)
encouragingly high proportion have elected to do
modules in April.
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They expressed a great enthusiasm and This was reflected by the hosting of an exhibition of the Stage 2 students work in The Dior Visitor / Tourist Information Building in Margate, coinciding with the opening of the Turner Contemporary Gallery.
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coverage in local newspapers and TV for KSA. The students should be very proud of their work and themselves, I certainly am! In January I overhauled the Contemporary Theories and Manifestoes lecture series, making it more subject specific, indicating that the students should study the work of eminent practitioners and relate this to a series of selected methodologies or subject specific topics. I also issued a revised reading list and 145
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beginning students a hands-on experience of “construction,” albeit of a temporary nature. Students were given a limited palette of materials to work with: bamboo sticks, plastic pipe, plastic sheeting, and cardboard. They learned about structures the hard way, by testing their ideas in full-scale, erecting their huts in one day in front of the Marlowe Building, and spending the night in them in groups. The one week annual Stage One trip, this year to Paris, followed immediately. We visited some of the most important historic and contemporary sites in Paris, including the Quai D’Orsay Museum, the National Library of France, Parc de
At KSA we are fortunate that every year our
la Villette, and Versailles. Students took careful
incoming student body is progressively higher
photographs and filled their sketchbooks, with
in academic standing. This year, my first at KSA,
tutors giving talks and guidance at each site.
as Stage One Coordinator I was privileged to teach a group of students with a higher average
The next design project, titled “Diversions,” was
incoming UCAS score than the average for the
an exercise in manipulating human circulation,
University.
using the Kent campus as a laboratory. Students
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studied sites they had documented for the Teaching in first year is divided between cultural
communications (“Folio”) module, such as the
context, communications, technology, and design
Rutherford bridge, by documenting current
studio, the latter being the place where all that is
movement patterns, and then designing poetic
learned is brought together. Although all aspects
interventions channelling people’s movements
of architecture are introduced, the emphasis
through tectonic and sculptural elements. One
in first year is upon creative synthesis. To this
project is currently under consideration by Kent
end, art projects play a major role in the learning
Creative Campus for actual execution.
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context module run by Gerry Adler, “House and
summer projects: the “social hub,” an analysis
Housing,” analyzing an iconic house via model
of a public gathering space; a shoebox filled with
and essay. Within five months of beginning the
items associated with the student’s hometown;
programme, students produced professional-
a drawing and essay describing their earliest
quality architectural models. In the “Folio”
childhood spatial memory. Presentations were
module, run by Howard Griffin, students learned
very relaxed, giving students the chance to
how to communicate through the entire range
get to know each other immediately. The first
of hand drawings, as well as digital media. This
design studio project, repeated from last year,
year they were introduced to using the internet
was a hut-building exercise, designed to give
to promote their work and ideas. On “freehand
Fridays,” students travelled around Kent to
a lecture on the importance of poetic concepts in
assigned sites to make free-hand observational
his own work, showing a beautiful collection
drawings. Artist Patrick Crouch also taught
of his own concept models. Additional design
students life drawing.
lectures were given by local Kent architects in the first year programme: Rebecca Hobbes on
In the technology module, “Enlightenment,”
Kent gardens of Sissinghurst and Dixter, Kate
principles of natural and artificial lighting as
MacLean on concept models, and Henry Sparks
well as other environmental aspects were taught
on traditional English farm building groupings.
by Keith Bothwell and Chris Gardner. With the visiting engineer Ben Godber, students were
The Stepney Farm project consisted not only
introduced to basic structural principles, through
of designing the three buildings—community
fun projects such as “bricks and sticks,” using
centre, crafts centre, and barn—but also arranging
materials ranging from toothpicks to gumdrops,
them on the site and designing gardens, paths,
by making structures tested to “failure” limit.
and other landscape features relating to the farm. Farm were remarkably sophisticated for first year,
first buildings, for Stepney City Farm in East
showing mastery of basic interior space planning,
London. They began with an all-day field trip
building massing and façade design, as well
visiting the Farm, the thirteenth-century St.
as landscape planning and urban analysis. The
Dunstan’s Church across the street, the immediate
Stepney City Farm Trustees have been presented
area of Stepney Green, and the Thames riverfront.
with the best work of the class, and are currently
The Farm, founded in the 1970s, is a thriving
considering prize winners. The second cultural
place, attracting children and adults from all
context module, History of Western Architecture,
over London, yet their existing buildings are in
run by new staff member Manolo Guerci,
dire need of replacement. Students understood
now has additional focus on essay-writing, as
that their designs would provide welcome design
part of understanding important monuments
suggestions for how the site might be further
and traditions. Chris Gardner led the second
developed. On the field trip, they experienced
semester technology module, “Enclose,” where
a landscape observation workshop, a drawing
students learned basic construction detailing and
workshop, and a tour of the area. The Farm is
structural technology, in close coordination with
located in one of the largest green areas in East
design, so that in their first building project, they
London, and thus part of city government plans
included building details and structural sections.
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The final student projects for the Stepney City In the second semester, students designed their
to increase bio-diversity. In conclusion, I would like to thank all of the The Stepney City Farm project was further
tutors for making this first year such a success,
enhanced by studio workshops, one on concept
especially the students themselves, who proved
models given by artists Karen Ay, Helene Kazan,
more than equal to the demanding tasks
Julie Mecoli, and Steve Smith, and two on site
presented to them.
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already in my head. However as I look back and read past blogs I begin to notice new things about the way I process my thoughts and realise new ways in which I can document information and collate my thoughts. I have really enjoyed completing my web folio and placing all these different web components together whether it be through a blog, a youtube video or individual pieces of work. I eagerly anticipate Architecture Stage 2 and all that it will have to offer. Nathaniel Baidoo, on reflective blogging
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RESEARCH Academic research at the Kent School of Architecture reaches a worldwide audience. In November 2010 we hosted members of AHRA – the Architectural Humanities Research Association – for their prestigious annual conference, held this time on the theme of Scale: Imagination, Perception and Practice in Architecture. A related book including essays from leading thinkers and writers on architecture from Britain and across the world, edited by Dr Gerald Adler, Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin and Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti, will be published later this year. Our research base was boosted with the arrival of Marialena Nikolopoulou, our first Professor of Sustainable Architecture, who will be building up a new specialist team over the coming year. Research in this field will be organised through CASE, the Centre for Architecture
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and Sustainable Environment, which we have recently established. The centre will also
Members of the School continue to pursue
provide support for Keith Bothwell’s research
our interests in the public space of cities,
into passive environmental control of buildings
representation in architecture, and the history
Together with CREAte, the Centre for Research
and theory of British and German twentieth
in European Architecture, CASE will develop
century architecture. In 2012 the School will host
new international academic partnerships as well
an conference entitled New Directions in the
as organising lectures, publications and events.
Gothic Revival Studies Worldwide, the major international academic event celebrating the
With the arrival of Dr David Haney and Dr
bicentennial of A.W.N. Pugin.
Manolo Guerci last year, our research staff now number six. David Haney book’s When Modern
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Was Green published last year, and his specialist
Director of Research
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AHRA CONFERENCE 2010: SCALE In November 2010, the Centre for Research in European Architecture (CREAte) at the Kent School of Architecture hosted the 7th Architectural Humanities Research Association International Conference on the subject of ‘scale’. Speakers and delegates came from throughout the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, and from as far as the Middle East, the Americas and the Antipodes. Papers were presented by leading academics and professionals in their fields which addressed scale in the post-humanist age, in design practice, technology, psychology, sociology, literature and the arts. The opening address was given by Sir David Chipperfield CBE (of David Chipperfield Architects), who was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Kent in November 2010. Keynote speakers included Nathalie de Hannah Higgins, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois; Robert Tavernor of the London School of Economics and architect Nathalie Rozencwajg of RARE, London and Paris.
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Vries of MVRDV, based in the Netherlands;
Papers from the conference are due to be published by Routledge in the forthcoming book Scale: Imagination, Perception and Practice in Architecture, (edited by G. Adler, T. BrittainCatlin and G. Fontana-Giusti) due in autumn 2011. Conference organisers wish to thank Victoria Friedman, Scale conference secretary, for her kind and most competent work.
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MPHIL / PHD PROGRAMMES The programme provides a high quality education for PhD students. Its main aim is to foster excellence in postgraduate architectural research. Offer to the research students this year included: quality supervisions delivered by senior school staff, regular weekly seminars for PhD students centred on students’ research, university graduate school training provisions in general and transferable skills, cross departmental supervisory collaboration, external supervision where necessary and overall pastoral care. Students form a lively group of researchers that is gradually making their mark at the University of Kent and wider. Individually, they have presented good quality research in our weekly seminars attended by supervisors and relevant experts. Students are also active externally, as they attend conferences and present papers CATALOGUE 2011
nationally and internationally. Most of our PhD students also teach at some point of their studies, as this has proved to be beneficial for both the young researchers and for the School. The recipients of the University Scholarship teach throughout their three years of study. Students participate as critics, and regularly exhibit at the end of the year show. Gordana Fontana-Giusti Director of Graduate Studies
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STUDENTS & TOPICS Carolina Vasilikou Microclimatic characteristics of small urban spaces in historical European city centres: the impact of urban geometry on environmental diversity in temperate climates. The scope of the research is to examine the
Small urban spaces in historical city centres are
microclimatic characteristics of small urban
investigated as important urban components,
spaces in historical European city centres
which
and
of
microclimatic and spatial diversity of the urban
environmental diversity when such spaces are
fabric, provide a more comfortable experience of
integrated in urban design.
the urban environment and therefore contribute
investigate
the
potential
creation
could
potentially
influence
the
to the current debate on urban form and More specifically, it focuses on the link between
sustainability.
architectural and geometrical properties of small spaces in their urban context and their microclimatic performance. The study will identify major three-dimensional typologies of small urban spaces and will monitor their environmental conditions through case studies comparative results for different temperate climates. The expected results will show the correlation between
spatial
identities
of
each
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in Northern and Southern Europe to provide
three-
dimensional type with environmental diversity. Moreover, the range of thermal conditions that can be experienced in both regions will be investigated, using the urban context, use of space as well as the degree of enclosure and environmental performance of surrounding facades as microclimatic determinants.
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STUDENTS & TOPICS Timothy Oluseun Adekunle Role and Benefits of Building Information Modelling in the Delivery of Low Carbon Prefabricated Homes Thermal performance can be described as a
Since the UK governments target is to make all
level to which a material or structural element
new homes to meet level 6 of Code for Sustainable
of a building limits heat loss. High thermal
Homes by 2016, there is need to develop a better,
performance building is regarded as an energy
faster, environmental benign and economical
efficient building and it is always regarded as a
means to build. The research focuses on the use of
building with low U-value. Thermal performance
engineered timber product as a material to build
can determine to an extent the occupants’ comfort
low-carbon prefabricated homes because timber
within an enclosure and architecture is meant to
is sustainable, renewable and can store carbon
improve the thermal comfort of occupants.
over its lifespan. This work intends to study three prefab timber buildings in the UK.
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Prefabricated buildings are factory-produced
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buildings under a regulated-environment. It
The data will be collected through interviews,
has been known over the years that all timber
manufacturers’
reports,
buildings create a problem of overheating
questionnaires,
observation
especially during summer and it is important
measurement during case study visits to assess
to study how this problem can be solved. The
thermal and environmental performances of
research aims to study thermal performance
these buildings. The data analysed will help to
of timber as timber emits low-carbon, has low
understand energy efficiency of prefab timber
embodied-energy,
construction
homes in summer and winter. The research
can be improved to meet both thermal and
outcome will help to identify how to improve
environmental requirements to build low-carbon
thermal performance of prefab timber buildings
prefab homes in the UK.
in the UK.
and
timber
semi-structure and
direct
Tordis Berstrand Splitting
and
Doubling:
The
Dialectics
of
Contemporary Dwelling in the Works by Kurt Schwitters,
Gordon
Matta-Clark,
and
Gregor
Schneider A refuge or a point of departure more than a
forward becomes a vertical jumping in place
place to actually stay, the concept of dwelling is
(on the spot) as on a trampoline, is a way to
changing. The home like an embrace, enclosing us
circumvent the issue. Then the home is no longer
when we return and projecting us into the world
either one of two positions, inside or outside, this
when we depart, outlines its two movements. The
side or that side. But a destination that we must
first draws a concave profile, a cave, the second
seek out, from within, while remaining in the
a convex profile, a bow. Together they execute
same spot, wherever we come to find this.
the dynamics of a catapult and throw us into the world. Increasingly, it seems this is a oneway
Out of ourselves or split between – like the ‘I’
journey with no return, no embrace. Where do
splits the sentence and draws a line. The cutting
we go when we go home?
is over, all over the house, keeping it together, and without, inscribing the subject in time. The
world fuels the contemporary problem of
object is silent, repeating its message, of things
dwelling. The home as interior in the middle of
left behind on the way. Half as good or double
an exterior – are we inside, on the outside, in
as ordinary, the house divided – a home and not
between, or maybe deeper inside as inside of
a home – means nothing more than a little less
ourselves? Rotating the direction of our catapult-
predictable.
style dwelling, so that the horizontal moving
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like a string. The folding is endless, from within The perceived dichotomy between home and
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STUDENTS & TOPICS Itab Shuayb Enabling the built environment for individuals with disabilities through inclusive design in selected Universities in the UK and Lebanon The aim of this research is to raise awareness
I have also submitted an article (in Arabic) to a
about the needs of disabled individuals and their
local Lebanese journal at the Lebanese Physically
experiences in accessing the built environment
handicapped Union which will be published in
at the two campuses, University of Kent and
mid of June 2011.
American University of Beirut- Lebanon. In addition, I have presented my research at the The research is adopting the inclusive design
Department of Architecture at the American
approach. Inclusive design is the design of
University of Beirut. This presentation has raised
products and environments to be usable by all
important issues about disability, architectural
people, to the greatest extent possible, without
barriers, Disability discrimination Act, inclusive
the need for adaptation or specialized design.
design
and
many
other
important
issues
concerning the research.
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I am in my second year where I am currently on a fieldwork trip to Lebanon. During this year, I have
The American University of Beirut policy makers
been affiliated to the Department of Architecture
and its provost has valued this kind of research
and Design at the American University of Beirut,
and he is waiting for the outcome results to be
Lebanon where I have started collecting my data.
presented to the University policy makers, so
So far, I have access audited six building at the
they take an action plan that aims at improving
American University of Beirut, interviewed 10
the accessibility at university built environment.
students and staff members with disabilities, and currently I am interviewing education providers and architects who have worked and designed buildings at the American University of Beirut.
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Gian Luca Amadei
Lindy Weston
Urban burials: the integration of burial grounds within
Architecture and the Sacred – The Chartres Cathedral
the planning for British cities in the 21st century When the first Burial Act came into force in 1852,
Keith Bothwell
it banned any intramural burial in London and implemented new suburban necropolises to serve
The
Architecture
of
the
Passively
Tempered
the city. In 1857 the Act was then integrated with
Environment - (Focus: Office Buildings in the UK)
a section that forbade the re-use of graves in any burial ground in the capital or the country. Enobong Equere These combined legislations had a significant impact on London necropolises, as on one hand
Cultural adaptation towards sustainable housing
the 1852 Act provided new burial grounds for the
development: a case study of southern Nigeria
capital, and on the other the 1857 Act set a limited lifespan for those necropolises. Today, as a result London’s cemeteries are reaching full capacity
Chris Munday-Chanin
and becoming obsolete as burial grounds. Electric Architecture – 21st century design in a post Great interest in London Victorian necropolises
fossil society
has been raised by contemporary scholars such addressing their concerns over the deteriorating
Emmanuel Odugboye
state of architectural heritage held in these cemeteries, as well as their relevance as landscapes
The effects of ventilation strategies on the performance
and recreational grounds for the capital. Marginal
and occupancy wellbeing in healthcare buildings in
attention though has been given over addressing,
Nigeria
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as James Stevens Curl and Ken Worpole, in
which relevance Victorian necropolises have in the context of the future planning for London. How they could inform future typologies of cemeteries, and which role and relation they have with the contemporary city. As London’s Victorian necropolises are gradually reaching capacity, they are also fulfilling their prime function as burial grounds and started to adapt, by incorporating other functions such as: nature reserves, heritage sites, and incubators of local culture and subcultures. 157
MA ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATION skills by introducing Autodesk’s Maya; software commonly used in the film and animation industry. Working alongside MSc Computer Animation and MSc Digital Visual Effects students, a series of exercises based in ‘digital’ film sets required the students to concentrate on camera technique, compositing and final output of their work. The MA course runs throughout the year and students are currently engaged with their major 2010/11 saw the start of our MA Architectural
project work, due to be submitted at the end of
Visualisation course, taught in co-operation with
the summer vacation. Given the strength of the
the School of Engineering and Digital Arts. The
work submitted so far, the attainment of this
course is designed to allow students with an
inaugural cohort promises to be high.
architectural or similar background to specialise in the communication and visualisation of
Howard Griffin
architectural and urban spaces. In September,
Programme Director
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architectural and non-architectural environments. Exercises in lighting, materiality, animation and organic modelling energised the class to create realistic yet dynamic images and films. The course is primarily focused with the moving image and, to this end, the School of Engineering and Digital Arts begin to develop students’
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STUDY ABROAD Erasmus and ENSAP This year as every year we have been pleased to host at least one Erasmus exchange student from our established Erasmus partner School in Lille, France, the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille (ENSAP). This year Charles undertook a blend of modules largely centred in the MArch programme Witnessing first-hand the benefits of study abroad this year we have added the option of a’ term abroad’ to the MArch programme and sent our first Erasmus pioneer, Julien, to Lille for the Autumn term of his Stage 5. He returned in the Spring to feedback his cultural experiences to the Stage 5 design studio.
Study Abroad and Virginia Tech
have not been limited to Erasmus, and we are delighted to announce that KSA have joined the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) consortia of overseas schools of architecture. Virginia Tech has its
STUDY ABROAD
But our advances in study abroad opportunities
metropolitan ‘graduate’ Washington-Alexandria Architecture Centre, (WAAC) located in Old Town Alexandria, immediately adjacent to Washington DC. As part of the 2010/11 MArch USA Fieldtrip, a party of MArch students were hosted by VT WAAC students and given an opportunity to learn more about their unique facility. For 2011/12 KSA will send two Stage 5 MArch student pioneers there for a whole ‘year abroad’. 159
COMMUNICATIONS The ability to communicate is an essential skill in every architect and designer. Our graduating students this year have learned to develop and harness these skills. I must congratulate our third year students for creating such a diverse and dynamic presentation of their projects. In particular I must applaud students those third year students who have amply illustrated that the pen and paper, paint and canvas and even needle and thread are appropriate media to
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communicate their designs and ideas. However, I must also pay tribute to the sterling work by
of the previous year. Piloting the new Personal
our fifth year students, particularly using digital
Development Plan software for the Unit for the
media and the ‘UNREAL’ games engine.
Enhancement of Teaching & Learning (UELT), MyFolio, the students were able to blog and
The Interdisciplinary Option in Stage 3 this year
dissect their learning, enabling them to benefit
has produced another feast of visual media,
more from each taught session.
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both 2D and 3D. The range of artefacts that were created saw the school filled with recycled
I would like to thank the communications team,
furniture, photographic exhibitions, ‘rubbish’
without whom the quality of work produced in
sculptures and even a microwave filled with dead
the school would not have been possible: Stephen
daffodils!
Athanasiou (Stage 4), Patrick Crouch, Deborah De Boer (Stage 4), Enzo Labrosciano, Dele Ojo,
Stage 2 students maintained the standard set by last year’s cohort by achieving great results in the Advanced Computing and Modelling module.
Howard Griffin
Using their designs from Adapt & Extend or
Subject Leader, Communications
Process & Fragment, students modelled, rendered and lit their designs to a level of realism they had yet to experience. Stage 1 students have engaged with ‘communication’ through the module Folio. Freehand Fridays was introduced as part of this course, which developed the students’ observational drawing skills, by tasking them to draw aspects of Kentish towns using a variety of media. Reflective learning was also introduced to the Stage 1 students following from the successes
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Kevin Smith, and Brian Wood.
2
3
1 Folio - Photoshop rendering, Stage 1 2 Interdisciplinary - Degrading Photographs, Stage 3 3 ACM - Light Analysis, Stage 2 4 ISP - Marlowe Foyer Game, Stage 5 5 Folio, Freehand Friday Portraits, Stage 1 6 Folio, Freehand Friday Sketch, Stage 1 7 Interdisciplinary - HDR Photography, Stage 3
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COMMUNICATIONS
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6
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TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT Clearly, to create an integrated architectural composition, technical and environmental functions must be seamlessly melded into the design of a finished building. For pedagogic reasons, especially when exploring and discovering novel ideas, it is sometimes better to dissect out these issues in order to examine them more closely. At some stages of the course, these
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subjects are therefore considered in isolation: for example in the first term when students explore, by drawing and modelling, the qualitative and subjective aspects of light; or in year two when the efficiency of a specific structural form, using a limited set of components, is investigated and tested to destruction. At other stages these subjects are fully integrated into the overall design process – for instance in the major projects at the end of the individual programmes. 2
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environmental possibilities and implications of their designs through all stages of their education
Students on the MArch course carry out research
at Kent School of Architecture. This is not only
into some of the innovative technologies that are
necessary for professional and ethical reasons
now appearing in the most advanced buildings,
– to prepare them adequately for practice – but
such as piezoelectric flooring and dynamic
because a keen understanding of technology
façades. As well as looking to the future, lessons
and environment actually produces better
from the past and from the vernacular also inform
design. Some students may initially think that
our investigations – the underground caves of the
considering these issues restricts their creative
Costozza villas in the Veneto and bagdir wind
freedom, but with greater experience they
towers in the Middle East offer useful examples
begin to appreciate that constraints are the very
of how to cool buildings in hot climates – lessons
triggers that stimulate good design. In solving
that will be useful to us here in the not very
the challenges and limits imposed by site, climate
distant future.
and material capabilities, we are stretched
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intellectually and creatively to produce more
Keith Bothwell
interesting, robust and elegant solutions.
Lecturer in Technology & Environment
3
1 Enlighten - Andreas Christodoulou, Stage 1 2 Bricks on Sticks testing - Marinela Nikolova, Stage 1 3 MDP Technical Section - Phil Baston, Stage 5 4 Form & Structure - Group 3, Stage 2 Arch
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CULTURAL CONTEXT regular trips to topical European destinations like Rome, Paris and Berlin, regularly organized by KSA, which offer a unique and much enjoyed opportunity to study architecture at first hand. During their first year, our students are introduced to the origins and developments of Western architectural history, a popular course which combines lectures and seminars where the students also learn how to sketch and read a building. They are then introduced to a selected range of domestic architecture within the last
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hundred years, for which they combine historical At KSA, the cultural and historical context
study with model-making and analysis. In their
from the Classical era to the present day
second year, the students look into episodes of
interacts closely with the various stages of the
architectural history and theory from the 19th
design process, with the firm belief that both
and early 20th century, especially those related to
teaching and practice of good architecture
public buildings, infrastructure and politics, with
cannot be achieved without an understanding
a view of using this knowledge to enhance their
of precedents. In effect, the school introduces
Adapt and Extend design project. At the same
and explores the cultural context in a number
time, interior design and interior architecture
of different ways so that, while still retaining its
students examine current ideas, manifestoes
value as knowledge per se, history becomes a
and theories related to their curriculum. In their
design tool. Such emphasis does not instruct the
final undergraduate year, architecture students
process of design only. It also allows for a firm
prepare an ‘apologia’ in the form of an analytical
understanding of how to tackle any key question
and historical essay that accompanies and
in a critical and effective way, while improving
explains their design approaches. They then write
research and presentation skills so as to
a supervised dissertation on a topic agreed with
contribute to the students’ abilities as individual
their tutors, whereby their research and writing
as well as designers.
skills are further improved and tested.
Kent School of Architecture is well positioned for
Manolo Guerci
such scope, as the team of cultural context tutors
Lecturer in Cultural Context
is as wide as varied, with expertise ranging from the Early Modern period to the 21st century. Conceived in a synergetic way, the teaching therefore ensures that students have access to a broad range of knowledge and ideas in history and theory. This is also achieved by way of 164
Dense Minimalism Of Modernism, Norman Mailer said; “In 30 years a movement can shift from a force that opens possibilities, to one that closes them”. In the 1920’s Corbusier began to reinterpret the classical elements of the Grecian orders. Almost a hundred years later this has been lost in Modernism. My thesis is an exploration of Modern architects who are questioning their Modernist education in their writings and projects. They are revisiting the past in order to imbue their presents with a sense of contextuality, by parlaying a plethora of mannerisms of classicism and traditionalism, on a scale running from Latin to Vernacular.
CULTURAL CONTEXT
ISP Dissertation - Jonathan Cerowski, Stage 5
House & Housing Model - Andrei Kravtsov, Stage 1
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the trip, students were given ample time to sketch at the various sites that we visited across the city. They were encouraged to photograph, but thoughtfully, so that shots were made to capture analytical points, not just collect a mass of travel snapshots. Staff shared their knowledge of architectural and social history at each site, explaining to students the significance, and guiding them in their visual observations. The students filled their sketchbooks with sketches, both descriptive and analytical, and upon return to Canterbury, these were evaluated in the
PARIS
context of the communications module, “Folio.” As Britain’s “European University,” Kent is blessed by its close high-speed connection
David Haney , Stage 1 Co-ordinator
to the Continent, particularly to Paris. This
year’s first year students took advantage of this proximity, spending a week in the “City of Light.” Paris is of course one of the world’s richest cities in architectural gems. In stark contrast to London and other British cities, Paris is renowned for its large-scale urban design interventions, the Grands Boulevards, as well spaces. As such, the stage one Paris trip included not only architecture, but also urban design and landscape objects for study. Recognizing the importance of the Palace of Versailles and its grounds as a paradigm for planning and design,
ROME
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as the many former palace grounds and green
The group consisted of 22 students from all stages of the university curriculum, from stage 1 to PhDs. The limited number and the
students also were given an entire day to make
variety of age and experience made this group
careful sketch studies there.
a very lively and most attentive one. One of the PhD students assisted me in the every-day
We began the trip with a pleasant journey on the
organization while in Rome, which made things
Eurostar, and immediately began with a walking
much easier.
sketch tour of the Marais, spending time in the Renaissance Place des Vosges, one of the first
Visits started in the morning between 9.30 and
urban squares in Europe, and observing the many
10am, and generally lasted until 6pm with one-
Baroque “Hotels” in the quarter, in fact large
hour lunch break. A free afternoon was also
aristocratic homes, known for their innovative
given.
spatial planning. The first day finished with a
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visit to the Centre Pompidou to admire the view
As well as showing the students the many
of Paris at night from the rooftop. Throughout
remarkable sites and buildings listed below, I
was also able to organize an important meeting
original building and the green of the plane trees
with the responsible of international relations of
on the approach road.
the Faculty of Engineering/Architecture of the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, with a view of
Musical evenings of various kinds, including
building up a partnership with Kent, at Erasmus,
one in Scharoun’s acoustic and architectural
Ph.D. and research levels.
masterpiece, the Philharmonie, presented welcome interludes to the otherwise unrelenting
The visit to Rome featured major Renaissance
schedule of building gazing.
and Baroque palaces and churches; the Ancient Roman Forum; the E.U.R. Quarter, conceived by
Keith Bothwell, Stage 2 Co-ordinator
Mussolini for the 20th anniversary of Fascism in 1942; the Ara Pacis by Richard Meier and Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI (Museum of art and architecture of the 21st century)
A small group of students from stage two packed a great number of building visits In Week 6 of the 2010/11 Autumn term Stage 4
architectural heritage the city provides a compact and rich catalogue of styles and approaches.
areas in terms of architecture, cultural, urban
May. Berlin’s renaissance as a capital city was accompanied by a twenty-year building boom unparalleled elsewhere in Europe, that has only recently slowed. Together with its earlier
of the MArch Programme at KSA undertook a field trip to San Francisco CA and Washington DC. The purpose of our trip was to develop and understanding of both San Francisco and Washington DC and their surrounding
and landscape conditions. We visited a series Two highlights of the tour offered contrasts
of cultural museums, monuments, parks, and
in scale and approach to the task of adapting
other institutions during our visit. We were also
existing buildings. The masterful, monochrome
concerned with these cities as locations in many
reconstruction of the Neues Museum by David
seminal films of the late 1950s/1960s/1970s. Part
Chipperfield and Julian Harrap creates the
of our trip was dedicated to seeking out and
perfect foil for the beautiful ancient treasures it
visiting the original locations used in the making
contains and especially for Berlin’s most precious
of these films in connection with the interests of a
possession, the exquisite bust of Nefertiti.
concurrent coursework module undertaken in the
Also on the banks of the Spree, a delightful
MArch Stage 4 design studio during the Autumn
reinterpretation of the fire station, by Sauerbruch
term.
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into their five-day visit to Berlin at the end of
SAN FRANCISCO
BERLIN
Manolo Guerci, Lecturer in Cultural Context
Hutton, is clad in rainscreen ribbons of brightlycoloured glass which flow round the building in
Michael Richards, MArch Programme Director
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KASA offered a rich year of events in 2010/11, which kicked off when we welcomed Joe Morris of Duggan Morris Architects. This led a list of engaging speakers on our; including Austin Williams from Future Cities, CJ Lim of Studio 8 Architects and John McElgunn of Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners.
As KASA aims to encourage a collaborative environment within the school, we invite our members to social events throughout the year to strengthen the rapport we have with one another. This culminates in the end of year ‘Blow Out’ and bbq to celebrate the effort put in by everyone as the year progressed. The KASA executive work hard to provide the school with a busy calendar of events. We appreciate the support of the school and we would like to thank Manolo Guerci, Howard Griffin, Brian Wood, Dele Ojo, Kevin Smith and Enzo Labrosciano, Victoria Friedman and Ben Martin. Thank you to those who enabled us to organize our events this year through their kind sponsorship, including Beds and Bars Ltd, Guy Holloway, Provian Construction and RIBA South East. Best wishes to all KSA graduates and good luck for the future! Deborah De Boer KASA President 168
This year’s creative task from KASA challenged the participants to design The Life Stand - a public architectural pavilion for ArtsFest 2011. The current 2011 competition is the third consecutive competition exploring and celebrating creativity and innovation. The aim of the brief for DC3 was to encourage candidates to consider a pavilion as a space to showcase a variety of art forms taking part in this year’s ArtsFest, 2011. We urged them to look towards a bolder, more ambitious approach to their understanding of ‘multi-use’. Candidates were encouraged to look at the exhibition space and the performance platform and to unite them in the ongoing search for the creative expression and transformation of the urban environment by using cutting-edge material structural implementation. The competition ventures beyond the realm of theory, revealing the innovativeness, flexibility and effectiveness of KSA students’ design solutions, by building a physical execution of the best project.
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COLLABORATIONS... The Kent School of Architecture would like to thank the following for their contributions over
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the past year: Alan Pert, NORD Architecture
Owen Leyshon, Romney Marsh Countryside
Andrew Henderson, ah architecte
Partnership
Ben Kelly
Paul Mallion
Calum Storrie
Pereen d’Avoine
Carol Downs, St Nicholas Church, New Romney
Phil Ward
Chris Romer-Lee
Pier Luigi Del Renzio, beetroot Design
Chris Seaber
Pierre d’Avoine, Pierre d’Avoine Architects
David Moore
Prof David Watkin, University of Cambridge
Doug Brown, Thanet District Council
Revolver Entertainment
Drew Plunkett
Richard Hyams
El Blason Restaurant
Roger Joyce, Roger Joyce Associates
Fred Scott
Sandra Drew
Gilbert and Paul
Simon Ashworth, Lydd
GSA San Francisco Federal Building
Simon Conder, Simon Conder Associates
Guy Holloway, Guy Holloway Architects
Sophie Jeffrey, Margate Renewal Partnership
Henry Hollander, Virginia Tech WAAC
Stepney City Farm
Jaan Holt, Virginia Tech WAAC
Susan Churchill, Art in Romney Marsh
James Cregan, Terry Farrell and Partners
Thomas Wensing, David Chipperfield Architects
James Lowe
Vinita Dhume, Levitt Bernstein Associates
Jan Leandro, Dreamland Trust Jill Stoner, UC Berkeley Department of Architecture Jo Barker Kate Millen Kevin Brennan Leo Chow, SOM San Francisco Les Carter, All Saint’s Church, Lydd Lucy Medhurst Luke Engleback Mike Luszczak, Mesh Partnership Mike Martin, Grontmij Landscape Architecture Miles Berkley, Creative Campus Nick Dermott, Thanet District Council Nick Weaver
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CREDITS Kent School of Architecture could not operate to such levels of success without the commitment of experienced and dedicated staff. 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:
KSA ACADEMIC STAFF
ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT LECTURERS
Dr. Gerald Adler
Eleanor Atkinson
Keith Bothwell
Julian Bore
Dr. Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Nick Brown
Stephen Donald
Timothy Bruce-Dick
Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti
Timothy Carlyle
Chris Gardner
Maya Carni
Howard Griffin
Faye Chantler
Dr. Manolo Guerci
Pereen D’Avoine
Dr. David Haney
Stephen Donald
Professor Marialena Nikolopoulou
Stephen Games
Mike Richards
Benjamin Godber
CREDITS
Don Gray
Mark Hanton COMPUTER TECHNICIANS
Dylan Haughton
Brian Wood
Ilona Hay
Dele Ojo
Rebecca Hobbs Michael Holms Coats
WORKSHOP STAFF
James Lowe
Colin Cresser
Katherine Maclean
Enzo Labrosciano
Fiona Raley
Kevin Smith
Christopher Romer-Lee James Smith
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Henry Sparks
Victoria Friedman
Matt Whitby
Ben Martin
Brendan Woods
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