March 2 exhibition booklet 2010

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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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