Yearbook 2012 School of Architecture SchoolSchool of Architecture of Architecture ISBN 978-1-873640-78/4ISBN 978-1-873640-78/4 FacultyFaculty of Technology, of Technology, Design Design and Environment and Environment OxfordOxford Brookes Brookes University University HeadingtonHeadington Campus Campus Gipsy GipsyLane Lane Oxford,Oxford, UK UK OX3 OBPOX3 OBP For a digitalFor a digitalcopy ofcopy the ofyearbook the yearbook go to go to FriendFriend us on usfacebook on facebook OxfordOxford Brookes Brookes promotes promotes equality equality of opportunity of opportunity for all whofor all study, who study,work andwork visit and here. visit Forhere. more For more http://architecture.brookes.ac.uk/http://architecture.brookes.ac.uk/ www.facebook.com/OBUarchitecturewww.facebook.com/OBUarchitecture detailsdetails please please visit http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/hr/eod visit http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/hr/eod To visitTo the visit digital the digitalgallery gallery go to: go to: FollowFollow us on ustwitter on twitter http://oxfordarchitecture.org/http://oxfordarchitecture.org/ @OBUarchitecture@OBUarchitecture To obtainTo obtain a large-print a large-print copy copy of this of thispublication publication or to or enquire to enquire For adviceFor advice about aboutapplciations applciations contact contact Find usFind on usYouTube on YouTube aboutabout other other formats formats please please contact contact +44 +44 (0) 1865(0) 1865 484848 484848 or or [email protected]@brookes.ac.uk or or www.youtube.com/oxfordbrookeswww.youtube.com/oxfordbrookes email:email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@brookes.ac.uk School of Architecture Yearbook 2012 Message from the Head of School Welcome to the Yearbook 2012. This publica- In the new layout, a live projects office will tion celebrates the outstanding work of students evolve the connection between academia and and staff in our School of Architecture and this practice. The live projects cover a number of is my opportunity to say well done to all. new initiatives, including students working on The design work crafted in the undergraduate University projects, students linking to active units and the specialist postgraduate pro- research projects and students and staff work- grammes are of the highest quality. I hope you ing together on local, national and international enjoy every aspect of the yearbook and ap- projects. preciate the combination of touch and skill that The School will be working closely with the construct the final pieces. This School invests local region of the Royal Institute of British time in enabling passionate students and staff Architects (RIBA), practices, manufacturers to flourish, embracing academic innovation and businesses to enable an open dialogue to and curiosity. This culture has seen a year of take place. This will serve both our students success in research, competitions and the and staff in externalising their ideas to a wider establishment of live projects. audience. The strength of our diversity of programmes The School continues to make connections continues to attract high quality students and throughout the world in both teaching and staff, in addition to the plethora of high quality research and there are a number of exciting practitioners - in the broadest terms - and collaborations which will come to fruition over experts from over the globe that continue to the next three years. contribute to make this School and University Very many thanks to all students and staff in one of the very best. the School and our many visitors. Leading this A number of notable events have taken place School of Architecture is a true pleasure thanks in the year: we became a Faculty of Technology, to you. Design and Environment; the Centre for De- velopment and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) Matt Gaskin celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its Head of the School of Architecture award-winning Masters degree in Development and Emergency Practice (DEP); and the School launched the online Humanitarian and Action Conflict programme. The School is now in its 85th year. With the new extension, a fantastic OxArch student society and the exceptional Doric Club we are all looking towards an exciting future. As part of the University’s 20/20 future vision the School is currently in Phase 01 of the new building works. The new studios and offices contained in the extension will come online in June 2012, and will expand the studio environment, bring the Faculty together, and introduce a permanent gallery space. This extension will make a critical difference to the feel of the School, as we will be concentrat- ed over two floors and our distinctive programmes branded into the fabric of the building. 003 Published by the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University © 2012 Editor: Igea Troiani Copy editor: David Sanderson Editorial Board: Matt Gaskin, David Sanderson, Igea Troiani Graphic Design team: Anna Zaremba (Graphic Designer), Igea Troiani Printed by Ambassador Litho Ltd, Bristol 004 Contents: Message from the Head of School | 003 Events | 006 OxArch | 006 Exhibitions | 008 PART 01: Undergraduate BA | 009 Year 01 Studio | 012 Year 02 and Year 03 Design Units | 018 Unit A: Syndicated Infrastructures | 018 Unit B: The Unseen Landscape | 022 Unit C: The Urban Enclave | 026 Unit D: The Legacy of Conflict | 030 Unit E: Space Beyond Object | 034 Unit F: Topographies and Times | 038 Unit G: Re:iteration | 042 Unit H: Outpost | 046 Unit J: Pockets and Poché | 050 Interior Architecture | 054 Interior Architecture Studio | 055 PART 02: Postgraduate MArchD/Dip Arch | 063 Design Specialisms/Masters: Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) | 066 Development and Emergency Practice (DEP) | 070 International Architectural Regeneration and Development (IARD) | 074 Research-led Design/Major Study | 078 Sustainable Building Performance and Design (SBPD) | 082 Urban Design | 086 Design Studio Dip Arch Year 05 | 090 PART 03: Examination in Management Practice and Law | 092 RIBA Examination in Architecture for Office-based Candidates (OBE) | 094 Research Degree Programme and Research Clusters | 096 OISD: Centre for Development and Emergency Practice | 098 OISD: Place, Culture and Identity Group | 099 OISD: Technology Research Group | 099 OISD: The Low Carbon Building Group | 100 Design, Theory and Practice Group | 100 Competition Winners | 102 Ibstock Travel Award | 104 Live Projects | 105 Doric Club | 108 Workshop/printing/facilities | 109 Staff List | 110 Prizes | 111 With Thanks | 112 005 Events OxArch This year’s OxArch Student Society events went under the theme of ‘The Future of the Architect’, questioning the role and value of architects in 21st century society. Visiting lectur- ers included some well-known firms, such as Hopkins and MAKE, and some up and coming innovators such as Factory Fifteen and Studio Weave. OxArch hosted a series of three panel discus- sions with the hope of submerging students within the bigger questions on how politics, busi- ness and technology affects spatial production in the built environment. These featured repre- sentatives from the RIBA, local developers and leading architects to create a dialogue that often ran into unforeseen areas and prompted pas- sionate interjections from audience members. In addition to the lecture series OxArch ran a number of sustainable workshops for students including green wall construction and bamboo structures. The society has held numerous social events including fancy dress pub-crawls, football teams in both the Brookes 5-aside and 11-aside leagues and a trip to BedZed. By running a more engaged society, OxArch hopes to have set a standard for interaction that will continue to be improved upon in the coming years. We see our work as a valued resource running in parallel to, and informing, the content covered in university modules. Ed Sharland | Charlie Fisher OxArch Committee 006 A Selection of posters for OxArch Lecture Series 2011-12 OxArch Sustainable Workshops 007 Exhibitions Exh.01 Spatial prototypes was an exercise Exh.02 The exhibition by ‘The Design Re- carried out in Macau by students of Oxford search Exhibitionists’ or Research-led Design Brookes university and the University of Saint (RLD) and Major Study (MS) students ran from Joseph in Macau. The prototype was the re- Friday 24th February to Wednesday 29th Febru- sponse to the students recordings on a chosen ary 2012 at Fusion Arts in Oxford. The aim of the site in the city and aimed to represent the exhibition was to offer the work of twenty-two individual spatial perceptions which compose the Part II architectural student exhibitionists as po- layers of experiencing a space. The installation tential responses to the following question: how combined different medias and was constructed might architectural research benefit from opening as a 4 dimensional space of experience. its disciplinary boundaries? Ricardo Assis Rosa Igea Troiani 008 Spatial Prototype Exhibition in Macau Undergraduate Studies PART 01: Undergraduate BA 2011 started with Ox.IDE, an interdisciplinary event to establish connections between students in the new Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment. Arrows pointing to places or objects of interest in Oxford were designed, installed and photographed by interdisciplinary inter-year groups prior to their exhibition at a celebratory event. Over the course of the year students caught glimpses of the much-anticipated new building emerging