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2010
MArch 2: Welsh School of Architecture
cover image: Alex Whitcroft
Welsh School of Architecture
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Bute Building King Edward VII Ave. Cardiff CF10 3NB Tel: + 44 (0) 29 208 74018 http://w w w.cardiff.ac.uk /archi
MArch at the Welsh School of Architecture is unique. The first year is conducted as education in practice, with work-based learning supported by teaching and short courses. The second year is spent in residence at the school, focussing on a final design thesis. An introductory urban design project – this year conducted in Dublin or Shanghai – precedes a ‘primer’ project in which graduates stake their architectural position. Thesis projects set out to investigate the questions asked by the ‘primer’, and graduates choose their own sites and programmes as vehicles to explore their ideas. Work is undertaken through thematic studios, each led by one member of staff (this catalogue is organised around the studio themes): Building Simply, Digital Tectonics, Materials, Memory, Place and Genius Loci, Senses and Composition, Territory, the Workshop. Thesis projects seek to integrate all aspects of design into a coherent architectural position, dealing with thinking which is at once cultural, social, formal, political, technological, sustainable, contextual, builderly, environmental, historical, philosophical and economic. We expect that design propositions are speculative and realisable in the contexts of inhabitation, site, climate, culture and feasible technologies. We believe that such pragmatism is not boring inhibition; architects must be able to deliver their speculations. And from necessity comes richness. The Welsh School of Architecture has a reputation of being one of the best schools in the UK. Its holistic approach to design embraces all aspects of architecture. The learning experience is focused around a strong studio culture and the studio project, based on the traditional one-to-one approach to design teaching. Academic staff are supported by visiting professors and tutors from local and leading UK practices.
Building Simply
Defining + Refining the Essential
Laura Baron
Building Simply
Time Limited Architecture
Alex Whitcroft
Digital Tectonics
Rationalising Digital Complexity
Christopher Mugeli
Digital Tectonics
Open Source Ethics
David Lewis
Digital Tectonics
People, Movement, Transition
Jared Gunn
Digital Tectonics
Navigation and Wayfinding
John Woods
Digital Tectonics
London Crop Exchange
Andrew Morrison
Digital Tectonics
City 2.0
George Metcalfe
Digital Tectonics
Forming the sound
Nikolaos Retiniotis
Digital Tectonics
Displaying Energy
Mateusz Orzel
Materials
Architecture + Emotions
Wani Shaharir
Materials
The Space of Waste
Andrew Veness
Materials
Movement, Space and Form
Nyasa Beale
Materials
Sonorous Journey
Lucy Bagshaw
Materials
Pattern: Rhythm + Repetition
Sarah Kersley
Materials
Embodying Time
Fionnuala Byrne
Materials
Aural Architecture
Jack Lambert
Materials
Carving the Earth
Thomas Eden
Materials
Tradtional Architecture in a Multi-Ethnic Community
Oliver Forsyth
Materials
Local Identity Through Materials
Hannah Calver
Memory
Tracing Absence
Yi (Jason) Liu
Memory
Englishness
Chris Browne
Memory
Divided Belfast
Aisling Shannon
Memory
Binding Communities
Benedict Blackledge
Memory
Don’t Mention the War!
Simon Broomfield
Memory
Identity: Exile and Return
Ahmad Barclay
Memory
The Cobb
Jenny Matravers
Memory
Necropolis / Metropolis
Polly Upton
Memory
Curating Curation
Rachel Witham
Place+Genius Loci
Narratives of Place
Katerina Droukopoulou-Demiri
Place+Genius Loci
Life as Foreground
Aimee Turner
Place+Genius Loci
Tracing Place Through Form + Composition
Kate Codrington
Place+Genius Loci
Juxtapositions
Kate Yoell
Place+Genius Loci
Soundscapes and Place
James Aldridge
Place+Genius Loci
Boundaries and Edges
Jack Clemoes
Place+Genius Loci
Emotional Journey
Alexander Russ
Place+Genius Loci
Ambience + Place
Laura Suff
Place+Genius Loci
Surface + Light
Daniel Walters
Place+Genius Loci
Water, Senses and Place
Monika Blach
Senses+Composition
An Aquaponic Settlement
Toby Crane
Senses+Composition
Urban Ecosystem
Kaja Delezuch
Senses+Composition
Social Organisation
Emily Pallot
Senses+Composition
Fuel Poverty
Bethan Hemsley
Senses+Composition
Infrastructure, Density + Economy
Dominic Yik
Senses+Composition
Algae as an Energy Source
Cerianne Thorneycroft
Senses+Composition
Living on the Edge
Emily Cessford
Senses+Composition
Land Mosaics
Jacquelyn Pollard
Senses+Composition
Ecological Territories
Matthew Grandfield
Senses+Composition
Managing Water
Simon Hampshire
Territory
Localised Living in Cardiff
Kylie Bickford
Digital Tectonics Territory
A Pattern Landscape
Emily Hadden
Territory
Rediscovering Groundscape
Anna Soryal
Digital Tectonics Territory
Route: A Narrative of Process
Jade Pleass
Territory
Colour and Identity of a Territory
Victoria Sansum
Workshop
Density, Intensity, Scale
Ralph Kent
Workshop
Weather Adaptive / Static + Dynamic
Theodoros Samaras
Workshop
Adaptive Reuse
David Palmer
Workshop
Coastal Energies, Capture + Release
Michael Beacham
Workshop
Transportable Frames
David McGahon
Alphabetical List of Graduates James Aldridge Lucy Bagshaw Ahmad Barclay Laura Baron Michael Beacham Nyasa Beale Kylie Bickford Monika Blach Benedict Blackledge Simon Broomfield Chris Browne Fionnuala Byrne Hannah Calver Emily Cessford Jack Clemoes Kate Codrington Toby Crane Kaja Delezuch Katerina Droukopoulou-Demiri Thomas Eden
Oliver Forsyth Matthew Grandfield Jared Gunn Emily Hadden Simon Hampshire Bethan Hemsley Ralph Kent Sarah Kersley Jack Lambert David Lewis Yi (Jason) Liu Jenny Matravers David McGahon George Metcalfe Andrew Morrison Christopher Mugeli Mateusz Orzel Emily Pallot David Palmer Jade Pleass
Jacquelyn Pollard Nikolaos Retiniotis Alexander Russ Theodoros Samaras Victoria Sansum Wani Shaharir Aisling Shannon Anna Soryal Laura Suff Cerianne Thorneycroft Aimee Turner Polly Upton Andrew Veness Daniel Walters Alex Whitcroft Rachel Witham John Woods Dominic Yik Kate Yoell
Staff Tutors
Critics
Steve Coombs Wayne Forster Wassim Jabi Peter Salter Adam Sharr Rhian Thomas Richard Weston
Marga Munar Bauza Andy Carr Phil Coffey Kate Darby Carole-Anne Davies Patrick Devlin Tom Gibb Wassim Jabi Matthew Jones Amita Kulkami Simon Lannon Mhairi McVicar Juliet Odgers David Preece
Visiting Professors David Leatherbarrow Tim Ronalds Andy Taylor Jane Wernick
Geoff Shearcroft Dominic Stevens Vikrant Tike Simon Unwin Dominic Weil Consultants Bob Barton Thomas Hill Jacob Hotz David Illingworth John James Ian Jones Ian Knight Bart Kolodziejczyk
Neil Macomish Beryl Menzies Sandra Morris David O’Neill Chris Powell Chris Puttick Steve Quinn Alfredo Ramirez Andy Roberts Ade Scholefield Mark Sustr Chris Tweed Hugh Whatley
Thanks are due to all who have contributed to the year, including those who space does not allow us to list here.
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