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hope is that our undergraduates will be encouraged to

innovate in their design project work to incorporate the

essential processes which will result in a sustainable

built environment which benefits people, business and

the planet.

But our students want to do that without sacrificing

imaginative responses which provoke and intrigue,

which challenge convention, and which above all retain

the power to amaze and delight.

Once again, the students have excelled themselves.

there is a maturity of vision emerging resulting from

a scholarly scrutiny of the design briefs and the

opportunities they present for intellectual engagement.

It is clear that the aspirations of individual students

already include concern for low carbon building but

within a sustainable infrastructure.

Inside this catalogue you will not only find out about the

programmes which we offer, but about the important

methods by which the students learn. the broad

subject areas present intense areas for investigation

by our students. It is this balance of theoretical and

speculative engagement coupled with a confident

understanding of building technology and processes

which gives our students an edge in the increasingly

competitive world of practice. We are pleased to be

ranked first in the UK for employment prospects in the

2010 times Good University Guide.

the body of work represented by the 2010 yearbook

is potent and wide-ranging, and gives a flavour of

the experience of students who were prepared to

experiment and take risks – I hope that you enjoy it as

much as I have.

Professor Don Gray.

Head of Kent School of Architecture

“Why should I care about future generations?

What have they ever done for me?”

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the theme of Reduce – Reuse – Recycle permeates

the work of students in this year’s EXIt:10 End-of-Year

Show. the exhibition itself is constructed utilising 400

industrial timber pallets, themselves a lesson in reuse

and recycling. the timber will be returned to suppliers

to continue life as forklift pallets.

Kent School of Architecture has had an eventful

year, with two new lecturers (Dr. David Haney and

Dr. Manolo Guerci) joining the staff to further strengthen

the School offer in history and theory. their presence

will be reinforced by the appointment of a Professor

of Sustainable Architecture and two more lecturers

in the coming year, indicating an extension of the

breadth as well as depth of research and teaching in

the School. this new appointment will surely provoke

a more profound interest in sustainability and energy

conservation/generation among staff and students. My

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MArch stage 5 2

BA (hons) Architecture stage 3 24

BA (hons) interior Architecture stage 3 24

BA (hons) interior Design stage 3 122

eXit committee 137

MArch stage 4 138

BA (hons) Architecture stage 2 142

BA (hons) interior Architecture stage 2 144

BA (hons) interior Design stage 2 144

Stage 1 combined 146

research 150

communications 154

technology and environment 156

cultural context 158

Study tours 160

KASA 162

collaborations 164

thank you 165

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support; and a new Headquarters for Fashion

magazine Vogue, combined with a fashion super-

brand boutique-mall.

Such d ivers i ty is compl imented by and

‘Independent Study Project’ (ISP). Here students

can indulge their personal obsessions and interests

in subjects otherwise marginal to the mainstream of

architectural education. Eccentricity is encouraged!

Here four visual ISPs range from the ‘Icons of the

Hop Garden, and a design thesis on the analogue

applications of principles of Parametric Modelling;

are complimented by sixteen written dissertations

on a diverse variety of subjects ranging from a

‘Haptic Guide to Ashford’ , through ‘Collective

Identity’ to a remarkable revisionist history of Victor

Horta’s lost ‘Palace of the People’.

We wish the Class of 2010 well!

tutors:

Gerry Adler, taseer Armand, timothy Brittain-

Catlin, Nick Brown, tim Carlyle, Gordana Fontana-

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the final year of the MArch at Kent allows students

to develop their own interests and agenda as

aspirant architects. A Design Project spans two

terms and two modules, and is supported by

two written reports, a technical report, and a

Design Report. Collectively they constitute the

‘Major Design Project’. this year we encourage

students to spend longer developing a brief that

would allow them to define their own theoretical

position in relation to their design work, as well as

a more developed understanding of their real or

hypothetical clients. Generally with such a complex

‘thesis’ project the propositions are tangibly

architectural. Alternative sites were offered, one in

Margate, one in neighbouring Cliftonville, both as

a reflection of our interests in regeneration within

the region, and a third alternate in Bermondsey,

London.

Each site holds its own special characteristics.

‘Margate town Centre’ represents a very

challenging urban condition, comprising the site

of a former department store and adjacent units

it sits between the High Street and Cecil Square,

a now-neglected major civic town-square. At roof

level, the roofscapes of Margate Old-town tumble

and rise to the north. A range of briefs developed

to include two Art Schools, a Museum of Margate,

a Library, a centre for prosthetic medical devices, a

television Studio for the ‘X-Factor’, a centre for the

‘Future’, a Boat-Building Academy, and a reception

centre for UK Asylum Seekers.

the Cliftonville Lido has seen better days. Now

functioning as a nightclub and snooker club in

its above-ground accommodation, it was once a

thriving leisure emporium celebrating the great

British Seaside holiday, with changing facilities

for over 2000 people! Bathing took place in a

promenade-level lido pool; whilst non bathers were

catered for in a series of bars, restaurants and

ballrooms. this incarnation of the Lido is of the art-

deco seaside architecture tradition of the 1930’s.

Now decommissioned and largely derelict and

inaccessible it awaits redevelopment plans. What

is truly remarkable is that the Lido is itself a mask

for a much earlier building, the Cliftonville Steam

Baths. these were honed out of the chalk cliffs and

faced with flint facades. Remarkably intact these

secret subterranean chambers have recently been

listed and must represent a significant obstacle to

commercially viable redevelopment. the complex

is so conflicted it would surely best maintain its

character of escapism as a basis for architecture of

fantasy or indeed nightmare. Students selecting this

site proposed, a Centre for Psychiatric guidance,

influence by George Eliot’s ‘the Wasteland’, a

Marine Biology Centre, a Cancer Research Centre,

and an Absinth Distillery!

St. thomas Street in Bermondsey sits between

the railway viaduct carrying trains through London

Bridge Station, and the ex-leather making area of

Bermondsey Street. No longer a backwater, the

London Fashion and textile Museum is around

the corner and the ‘Shard’ is coming out of the

ground just down the road. Our students proposed

a London Archery Centre, an abstract building

for an abstracted field-sport, here capitalising on

the vaults beneath the viaducts opposite the site;

a Ballroom Dancing academy, derived from the

analysis of a dance whose rhythm of columns

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1 Absinthe

2 Leaf Concept

3 Absinthe Distillery

4 Alcohol Production

5 Absinthe Distillery

Absinthe...the Green Fairy...La Fée Verte....no other drink has the same

romantic history - the French Impressionists....toulouse Lautrec, Degas,

Manet, Van Gogh....Paris in the Belle Epoque....the cafes of Montmartre....

the muse of writers from Verlaine and Rimbaud to Joyce and Hemingway.

Of course, there’s a darker side to absinthe as well - no other drink has

ever roused the same degree of passionate condemnation, and no other drink

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the four uppermost images are a proposal for a new secretariat headquarters

for Amnesty International. the purpose of the new building is to provide new

accommodation for an expanding organisation and to allow greater public access than

their current facility allows. the building is clad in recycled rubber over dyed concrete.

the use of rubber reflects the forthright and idiosyncratic nature of the charity. the

colours invoke the markings on poison frogs and insects – a warning to wayward

oligarchies! the other images are of a housing proposal in Strood, and paintings

inspired by an O’Keeffe-esque abstraction through scale.

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Pier-Luigi Del Renzio

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3 Major Design Project - Study Model

4 Major Design Project - Main entrance

What’s there to say? I’m alive... I think... well just about... I’m fairly warm, my hair is

shiny, my mind is racing and my eyes are clear. A little more excitement, a little

more experience and a little more love for my brother and ‘del Renzio & del Renzio’

will be born and will grow mighty.

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1 Honeycomb Facade

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Born the forgotten lovechild of thumbelina and terry Wogan, Rob’s love for the

outdoors and creating things naturally led him to pursue a career in architecture. His

work has been featured in exhibits throughout England and Europe, and he has been

shortlisted in 2 international competitions. Unbeknown to many his secret dream is to

design houses for homeless squirrels, which he feels deserve a fair chance in life.

One day he ate a sandwich.

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Fook Shong Kam

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the top image shows a multiple housing block containing apartments of varying sizes.

the building is passively sustainable, south facing conservatories act as solar heat

collectors, in conjunction with the wind cowls they heat the whole building without the

use of fossil fuels. the other images show a textile museum in Lille. the museum steps

progressively upwards from the street front, it is clad in Corten steel and concrete so

as to achieve an industrial aesthetic that relates it back to the textile industry it was built

to commemorate.

5 Girl in Green

6 Divine Serenity

7 Punk Life

8 Global warming

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the development of the designs has been characterised by a contemporary

architecture approach. Vaunt- guard and parametric concepts have provided an aim of

exploration; setting the basic principal of design methodology and response to social,

cultural, practical and aesthetic parameters. the environments produced are aimed to

provoke the strict architectural models of modernism through more free organic and

site generated/responsive designs offering a plethora of articulation during the design

process and producing an identity which follows the design form an early stage.

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Jason Lai It has been a challenging and yet rewarding two-year studying in Kent, the experience

is unique and I appreciate all the helps and kindness from all the members of staff.

the London Centre for the Promotion of Archery Sport project has been a wonderful

experience and a project which I enjoyed from the beginning until the end; and I have

gained a lot from doing this project, thanks to my wonderful tutors.

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Plant room hell - need to stay later, kids ASDA whizzy AutoCACK 2010, meh.

Show club, lines around fish prison. Carrots, templeman librarian, bath before bed.

Cold water quote, Pav, monumental epic nightmare fail. Keep going its ok, not long,

shower helped, what did you steal today? Oldest bunny architects, normally have

just started. Doing all nighter, blue plastic chair, vodkathon, we are wine bottles,

hungry kittens. Insanely long nights, moustache party, more biscuits, 4 o’clock walk,

stupid lines, extra brain cells, Hawaii, cheeky brew.

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Ryan Manton

1 Margate High Street Elevation

2 Margate Hotels - 1928

Margate was Britain’s first seaside resort and in its heyday of the 1920’s and 30’s it

provided a vast number of hotels to its visitors. the luxuriousness and high service

of the hotels can be seen in the many photographs from this era and is quite the

opposite to the offering available in the town today. the Dream Hotel and the

tracey Emin School of Arts are my proposals which aim to regenerate and bring

tourism back to the town.

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3 3D Visual of Music School in Kent University Campus

4 3D Panoramic view of Music School in Kent University Campus

My aim as an architect is to design and create buildings that will upgrade the

standards of Architecture today. Improved living conditions, sustainability and

new technological methods are used to promote my designs. If you love and show

dedication in what you do, one will always achieve his or her goals. My view is that,

whoever has good taste in Architecture has good taste in everything.

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1 Japanese tea House 2008/2009

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It was great to study in Canterbury. It was my pleasure to meet all people who I studied

and played with. All those good memories will stay with me forever! thank you all my

friends and tutors! Hope we will meet again!

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2 Postcard memories of Margate 1905-1967

3 Amputee Rehabilitation Centre - long section

4 Margate in a box - for instant nostalgia take a whiff

5 Amputee Rehabilitation Centre - Margate

the experience, interpretation and sensory perceptions of a town are subjective, how

has this phenomena been recorded, measured and reflected upon in critical theory?

the ‘soundscape’ of Ashford is part of my dissertation for the creation of a haptic

guide of the town. the Amputee Rehabilitation Centre is nested in the urban grain of

Margate’s economically challenged high street. Imbalance and intersection create in-

between spaces for circulation. the human and building juncture form bio-integration.

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Heather Pavitt

1 Ceiling model

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4 Sand model of ceiling

Says right here in me book, my 2 years in the concrete windowless box. Ridiculous

amounts of tea and far too many essentials sandwiches 4 o clock walk. Isn’t a spider

just a head! Overheating. How big is it? Umm 12 Doublehead! Starfish don’t do

anything, they just have a little sit down. Lots of sweets then some cold water then

some more sweets and cold water… why am I not staying awake. Hysterical laughter

with some brilliant friends and definitely no seagulls.

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talking in general about the approach that was taken in order to complete this design it

is very important to notice that my main concern about this idea was how to step from

a very conceptual stage to a more realistic project. this study was carried out through

further exploration of spatial needs but always in relation to conceptual ideas. I think

that the main outcome of this project is that in contrast to many other projects I have

been involved with that were carried out in a more virtual reality concept, this project

has tried to achieve a combination of virtual and real life factors.

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Architecture… the great handwriting of the human race…

Men planted a stone upright, it was a letter, and each letter was a hieroglyph, and upon

each hieroglyph rested a group of ideas, like the capital on the column [and] fixed all

this floating symbolism in an eternal, visible, palpable form.

this book, written by architecture, must be admired and perused incessantly; but the

grandeur of the edifice which printing erects in its turn must not be denied.

From the Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

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Stefan VaraMed dessa få ord skulle vilja tacka alla mina kolleger för två fantastiska åren vi studerat

tillsammans, kommer aldrig att glömma er, tACK!

Ett stort tack till Michael Richards.

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3 3d interior visual of Margate’s School of Art cafe

4 3d interior visual of Margate’s School of Art Foyer

the project shown above is my proposal for the Major Design Project issued from the

University of Kent. For this project I proposed the design of a School of Art located

in the town of Margate. the school will play a major role in the upgrade and renewal

of Margate. It will help enhance the town and provide higher level education. As an

architect I believe that a strong concept will not only help during the design level of a

building but also during its operation

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this year’s exhibition showcases the burgeoning

and prolific BA Hons Architecture through stage 1

which we share with the Interiors programme. these

students ranged between Kent and Catalonia for their

project work, and their reach extended globally, in a

virtual sense, with their models of seminal houses

from the last 100 years. Stage 2 students stayed in

Canterbury, reimagining a city pub as a cinema, and

then extending their scope to a mixed landscape on

the fringes of the University campus. Our engagement

with Longfield School in Kent, continued with one

group of stage 2 students working to develop their

sports facilities.

We focused our fieldtrip for stages 2 and 3 by offering

Vienna in February. these cold but bright five days

enriched the urban sensibilities of stage 3 students

when they got into the design of their final project for

a textile centre in Wazemmes, a gritty but lively area

of Lille. the intense one-day visit to the site instantly

transported us beyond our familiar English environs

compelling an engagement with continental urbanism.

through this we re-cemented our relationship

with the Lille School of Architecture, whose staff

were instrumental in setting up the project. In the

autumn term we focused on Dover for the location

of the Modular project. the project began with a

masterplanning exercise, instilling group working skills

in our students, an important precursor to the year-out

experience for which I wish them well.

the growing numbers of students on the programme

have now fed through to the large cohort in current

stage 3, and I am pleased to say that quality has

increased in step with quantity. this year you will see

a higher proportion than ever of top class work, with

innovation and exploration matching the competence

and realism for which the School is known. Good luck

it was a pleasure teaching you, and I hope to hear

great things of you.

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Lille is the principal city of northern France; together

with its near neighbours, Roubaix and tourcoing – hard

by the border with Belgium – it forms the modern-day

conurbation that has sought to reinvent itself over the

last quarter-century as a dynamic and diverse centre

of its region. Under the leadership of its recent mayors,

Pierre Mauroy and Martine Aubry, Lille has taken great

strides to be one of the foremost regional French cities.

It embraced the rail link connecting Paris, Brussels

and London, and secured Lille as the hub station at

the centre of the network; it fostered a new kind of

urbanism in the area surrounding the new Lille Europe

station by engaging Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas as

masterplanner; and finally it embarked on a vigorous

campaign to conserve its architectural heritage, and

in particular to find new uses for redundant buildings

from the declining textile industries. Lille commissioned

a series of Maisons Folies – creative and imaginative

reworkings of redundant industrial structures to form

local arts and community centres. In the modern

period Lille has been a predominantly left-wing city,

and still prides itself on its industrial past. Some of

the greatest works of Realist literature such as Emile

Zola’s Germinal (1885) are set in the region, and evoke

bitter struggles between the forces of capital and the

workers.

You are asked to make proposals for a national

textile centre. this is to comprise a museum of textile

production, both industrial and artisanal (think looms,

knitting machines etc.). In addition you are to provide

galleries (permanent and temporary exhibitions) of

historic and contemporary textiles, with artefacts

ranging from lace, to knitting, to cotton, wool and

linen fabrics, to other types such as felt. this relates

to the rich Lille industrial history of textile production.

the centre will be the national locus for learning

about textiles; to that end you are asked to provide an

archive of textiles in addition to a library, open to the

public as well as to artisans. (A precedent would be

the British Architectural Library at the RIBA.) Public and

professional lectures and presentations should also

be catered for in a suite of seminar rooms and lecture

theatres. In addition the brief calls for small-scale

artisans’ workshops and ateliers, for private/subsidised

rent to recent textiles and fashion graduates, as well

as to starter designers. A small number of designers/

artisans in residence would be accommodated in on-

site apartments. Of course, what cultural centre would

be complete without its cafe and shop?

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Buckland Mill Housing, Dover

this module explores housing; firstly as a single unit;

secondly in the context of a masterplan for an urban

community; and lastly as a specific housing type – the

multiple unit, as a set of apartments in a housing block

on an urban scale. the key themes of the module are

designing for people, the concept of modularity in

design and planning; the principles of sustainability;

and the use of modular and off-site construction

technologies.

In the first phase of the project you will produce, very

quickly, the design of a single unit – a studio flat – as a

way of exploring the potentialities and possibilities for

commodity, firmness, stewardship and delight 1 in this

building type. In the second phase of the module you

work in teams to produce a masterplan for a number

of buildings in a particular urban context. this work

may be your first taste of urban design, where the

shaping of spaces between buildings takes primacy

over the design of individual buildings. In phase III,

following the masterplan, you will be required as

individuals to develop in detail the design of one or

part of an individual residential building. Energy and

environmental assessment methods will be learned

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Suroor Agarwal “Architecture is of the users, by the users and for the users.” the reason I wish to

become part of the architectural world is because of the high degree of satisfaction

achieved from it. I have not come across any other profession which is so closely

related to the day to day life of their clients. In my career, I wish to obviously serve

myself by serving my clients. However, I wish to continually serve the society along

with it to the extent I can. Everyone in this world deserves a warm place they can call

their home.

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“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

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three years have gone by so fast; there were many difficult times. I am very very

grateful to all the staff, as I have learnt an enormous amount.

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1 Modular: sketch view of my housing scheme

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3 Urban: visual of courtyard

4 Urban: elevation

Over the last three years it has been amazing working with such creative people.

Although it has been stressful at times, I have enjoyed learning along side my fellow

friends and students, even when we hid in the toilets on late nights in the studio!

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Now that I have come to the end of my three years at the Kent School of Architecture I

can say that it has been a great experience, not only due to the course but also all the

relationships that have developed over the years. At times it has been difficult but it is

learning how to overcome those times that university is all about. It has been a great

learning experience which I plan continuing to build on after I leave university.

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Defined by the sciences of psychology as an organism’s ability to store, retain, and

recall information, memory can easily be compared to urban settlements. In Marc

Augé’s vision, highways, airports, train stations, rapid transport, vending machines,

supermarkets, malls, in other words, the spaces of our contemporary times have

nothing in common with the historical places that precede them. Both this year’s

projects present an attempt towards the challenge of creating meaningful spaces in

relationship to context.

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3 Urban - Glass Walkway and Courtyard

4 Urban - Reception

5 Urban - Education Area

I believe that architecture can affect the way in which people live their lives, with good

architecture therefore providing a positive impact on everyday life. In the future I aim

to design influential pieces of architecture both in the public and private domains. I

have enjoyed my time studying at KSA for the past 3 years, I learnt much and gained

many skills, and wish all my fellow students the best of luck. An extensive portfolio is

available at cpadesign.110mb.com.

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7 Urban - Sketch, A Museum of 3Dimensional Experiences

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My three years at Kent have given me the design skills required to achieve great things

through my architecture. the projects ‘Urban’ and ‘Modular’ are highlighted in these

images and show briefly my designs. the apartments shown in Modular are centred

around a courtyard that gives a sense of community. Bringing residents together. In

Urban, an atrium joins the separate museum spaces into one central core. through

hard work, a love of design and willingness to learn I hope to achieve great things in

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the past 3 years at the Kent School of Architecture have been some of the most

challenging, demanding and tiring of my short life, yet they have also been some of

the most exciting and rewarding times. You learn quickly that architecture isn’t just a

discipline that requires creativity. Responsibility and understanding the physical nature

of your imagination are just as important as the theory behind it.

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Atakan Caglayan

1 Urban Spatial Planning Diagram

2 Modular Rendering of Interior At Night

3 Modular Rendering of North Facade

4 Landscape Concept Sketch of Structural Frame

“the Creator created paper to draw architecture on. Everything else is,

at least as far as I see it, a misuse of paper.” – Alvar Aalto

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3 Modular Masterplan

“to look to the future architecture you look back to the history.”

For my design projects one of the first things I do is look back to precedents that relate

to the buildings usage and my concept. Architecture can use previous historic styles to

inspire and create new pieces of design.

My Urban project uses the historic idea of the central urban courtyard from Greek

and Roman era. the courtyard has been used and adapted throughout architectural

history.

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1 Bird’s eye view of textiles museum

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3 View into permanent gallery from the top

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Dear KSA Architects,

WE MADE It! We survived! I’ve had an amazing three years with all of you, and I wish

you all good luck for the future. I expect to see some of your masterpieces dotted in

and around London in 10 to 15 years time, and most definitely expect an invite to the

grand openings!

take care everyone, lots of love

Chloe x

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Ross Dannmayr

1 Urban structural guide

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3 Urban hand rendered section

4 Urban quality of interior

5. Modular external appearance

the Final year in my architectural degree has allowed me to explore the relationship

between the individual, the building and the context of the pronounced situation.

Working on the major design project I have become aware of the conflicts within an

urban setting and have gained the relevant skills to problem solve within architectural

practice. the Modular project gave me a vast awareness of the significance of

sustainability in architecture and the integral role it must play in the future of society.

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1 Masterplan diagram

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My main ethos with regards to architectural design is to view a building and its

surrounding space as a mutual whole. the symbiotic relationship between the positive

and the negative is, to me, more important than achieving monumentality of form.

I have been inpired by Alvar Aalto’s humanist approach to modernism and how he

manipulates outdoor space to respond to people. these principles have shaped much

of my recent work, and I expect they will continue to do so for as long as I am still

designing.

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Samir Dedarally

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3 Urban Gallery Space

4 Urban Library Interior

For me, architecture is a universal language that can be understood by anyone and

everyone. It deals with emotion, current concerns, the internal/external environment,

comfort, form and aesthetics… in other words… everything! It allows voices to be

heard and recognised through designing, planning and of course, buildings. What I

enjoy mostly about architecture is its flexibility and adaptability to any environment.

It allows me to travel, understand and learn about different cultures. this why I have

chosen the long and fascinating pathway of the architect.

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My time studying architecture has been enjoyable and exciting. I have grown as a

person and have developed my skills of conscious design towards a profession

that will enhance quality of life for others. to challenge myself and succeed is an

achievement of which I have felt from the past three years and wish to strive to reach

higher goals in my career as an Architect.

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1 Modular site plan proposal

2 Modular final perspective

3 Modular duplex interior

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4 Modular masterplan concept

5 Modular perspective

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1 Urban Working Drawing Detail

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3 Modular Building Approach Sketch

the purpose behind the accommodation housing block was to regenerate the derelict

site in Dover with a modern glass and metal panelled façade system, influenced by

projects from ‘Foster’s and Partners’, that gives the building a more imposing feel

when approached. the idea behind the national textile centre design was to break up

the authoritive Beaux Art tradition of façades throughout Lille to create a juxtaposing

building shape non compliant to the regimented building designs that hug to the

boarders of the site boundaries.

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James Doherty Karl Dodd

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1 Urban- Ground floor plan (scale distorted)

2 Modular Construction Detail

3 Urban- Section through accomodation

& museum

“The meaning lies in the use” (Wittgenstein). My design for a public, working

museum seeks to integrate with the urban fabric of Lille; from the mansard roofed

accommodation that houses the artists in residence, with their workshops and

accompanying retail outlet, through to the courtyard plan with a public gallery at its

heart. Again a communal courtyard influenced my modular housing scheme.

Whilst the design for a winery strings together separate facilities, each with their

own passively controlled environments and laces them beneath the hillside.

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Sara Dowle

1 Modular Section

2 Interdisciplinary Recycled Chair

3 Modular Allotment terraces

Having turned up on the first day with scale ruler in hand, I can’t believe how much

we’ve learned in the past 3 years. It has been the most challenging thing I’ve done so

far but I have so many memories with the amazing people I’ve met and the trips we

have been on. Good luck everyone, can’t wait to hear about where we’ll all be in 5 year

time...!

Matthew Donald

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1 Museum Section

2 Cantilever Perspective

3 Urban Model

4 Urban Model

5 Urban Section

Hello.

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1 Urban Museum Gallery Space

2 Urban Museum Exhibition

3 Modular Perspective

According to Schinkel “Without drawing, there is no architecture”. this is a key phrase

as drawing is such a fundamental and crucial element to an architectural design

and progression of work. the figures above become identified through and inhabit

a buildings abstract speculation and geometry through drawings. the vision was to

design and provide a set of proposals which would enhance the quality of culture,

community and form a vibrant and realistic illustration.

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Hannah Fisher

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2 Bricks & sticks Bridge Render

3 Bricks & Sticks precedent sketch

4 Modular apartment

Sat at the top of the Gherkin (30 St Marys Axe, Norman Foster) is definitively the

moment that I knew that architecture was unquestionably the career path for me.

the art of designing a building of structure is captivating. A building can communicate

with a location and people on so many levels, be it fitting into the urban fabric,

to generating an area, to something as simple as being aesthetically pleasing.

Architecture is still a passion and it never ceases to enthral, fascinate and excite me.

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1 Urban museum fashion gallery

2 Modular apartment

3 Modular atrium

4 Urban Museum Plan & Staircase

the play of materiality and the way in which it informs our perception of a space

is always of the upmost importance in the work. As well as this, the attention and

manipulation of every sense is something that is of a major interest of exploration.

From the perception of space solely through sound, to the manipulation of

transparency in a facade through light, this degree has allowed for the exploration of

these concepts, and in return forming them into feasible schemes and artefacts.

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Christopher Flavin

1 Urban Entrance

2 Urban aerial

3 Urban atruim

4 KASA pavillion

5 Modular perspective

During my time at the Kent School of Architecture I have developed a strong interest

in the use of colour. the images here highlight the different methods of using colour

in my work; the courses and strips of colour in the bricks and louvres of my Urban

museum project, the gradual gradient of colour around my Modular housing project,

and the spectrum of colour on my KASA Pavilion.

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1 Urban concept model

2 Urban interior perspective

3 Modular master plan

Studying architecture is a bit like boot camp for the marines. All those shared

challenges have a way of exposing strengths and weaknesses for the entire class.

When studying architecture you must ‘DO’, not just read and regurgitate. technical

correctness is not the only piece of the puzzle...showmanship, graphic prowess,

radical risk taking...it has all played a part in a tough but wholeheartedly fulfilling

learning experience.

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Howard Fox

1 Urban Indoor Perspective

2 Urban Volumetric Diagram

3 Urban Ground Floor Plan

4 Urban Sections

“You just have to accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you

are the statue.”

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Natasha Fulcher

1 Modular Phase 1. Studio Flat

2 Modular Phase 3. Flats Entrance

3 Modular Phase 3. Café

4 Modular Phase 3. Walkways

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1 Museum Entrance Interior Urban

2 Exterior view modular

3 Ground Floor Plan Urban

For Stage 3, this year I have taken an approach to look at each brief individually, the

two main projects were a set of Modular Flats and a textiles Centre.

In the buildings I have designed I have tried to integrate all elements together, looking

ant structure, the environment and services from an early stage.

An important aspect to my work is the use of 3D Studio Max, creating both exterior and

interior renders to help ‘sell’ the scheme.

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8 Urban Interior

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Elizabeth Garlick

1 Interdiscipllinary room plan

2 Modular apartment detail

3 Modular apartment plan

4 Modular apartment perspective

5 Urban temporary gallery interior perspective

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1 Lille textile Mueum

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4 Museum Interior View

Completing the degree in Architecture has established a thorough understanding of

computer imagery and hand drafting to produce high quality graphic and informative

presentations. An area of particular success and enjoyment has been the detailing

of the technology and environmental design required to conceive a concept. I wish

everyone good luck in their future endeavours.

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Shane Gavin

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1 Urban Elevation (above)

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4 Modular Elevation (below)

the design for the Modular Housing Project focuses on sustainability and

environmental issues, while producing an affordable and appropriate sized scheme.

Recycled shipping containers make up the structure of the apartments, and provide an

external garden area for each of the apartments. the focus of the design for the Urban

textile Gallery Project was the expression of the dramatic form. the long thin windows

stretch around the twisting facades; the concept for this form inspired by the way the

threads are pulled into old textile looms.

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Benjamin Gregory

1 Modular exterior

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3 textile museum interior

the top image shows a multiple housing block containing apartments of varying sizes.

the building is passively sustainable, south facing conservatories act as solar heat

collectors, in conjunction with the wind cowls they heat the whole building without the

use of fossil fuels. the other images show a textile museum in Lille. the museum steps

progressively upwards from the street front, it is clad in Corten steel and concrete so

as to achieve an industrial aesthetic that relates it back to the textile industry it was built

to commemorate.

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1 Modular - Interior Render

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3 Landscape - Exterior Render

4 Urban - Structural Analysis

In-between working round the clock to meet impossible never-ending deadlines, and

cramming my head with knowledge and information, I’ve still managed to find the

time to have a lot of fun and make some amazing friends along the way. I’ll miss my

time with everyone and travelling Europe together! I hope to stay in touch with a lot of

you, and when you all get married years down the line, look me up when you need a

wedding photographer! (www.joegilbertphotography.co.uk)

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Sana Haq

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the proposal is the design of a modular sustainable housing development in a

suburban environment. I have a passion for art and design, particularly housing

designs in an urban environment and sustainable architecture interests me the most

as an architecture student. Affordable sustainable housing and bringing communities

together that are friendly to the environment and healthy are the major considerations

in my design. I enjoy using 2D CAD software, Photoshop, 3D studio max, and

animation for the development of design presentations.

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1 Urban section

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Being a mature student and coming from a background in fashion retail management

the course here at KSA was a career change for me. the chance to show more

individuality and creativity is exactly what I had craved in my profession. the diversity

of the design projects and the historical knowledge gained from the research modules

has helped to develop my design, drawing and computer skills and in turn built my

enthusiasm and confidence. I look forward to working again in a team orientated,

fast paced professional environment.

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tobias Hoskin Parr

1 Modular exterior view

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Over the past three years KSA have developed my architectural abilities through

a range of smaller design tasks, essays and large design projects. they have

encouraged a range of media and have supported students who wish to use mixed

media and hand drawing. there is a wide range of styles and approaches to design

within the school which demonstrates the diversity of the student population and open

mindedness from the tutors. It has been an enjoyable and challenging experience.

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three years of Architectural education at Kent has taught me many things; a few

things really stand out: If you love it you’ll do it no matter what the obstacles are and

overcoming the challenges make the rewards richer; you carry architecture everywhere

with you, it’s inescapable! You take notice of seemingly unimportant things and your

friends think you’re mad! Finally Architecture is certainly not a 9-5 profession!

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Mark Humphreys

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Studying architecture at Kent has been thoroughly enjoyable, and the variation of

projects throughout the three years has allowed me to obtain many new skills. I am

an individual who thrives off having new challenges and goals, and am committed in

everything I do. time management is vital to succed as an architect, and is something

that I have learnt whilst studying architecture alongside various extra curiccular

activities, including representing the university throughout my degree as a member of

the rowing club.

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1 Urban 2, Main Entrance to textile Museum, Lille.

2 Urban 2, Bird’s Eye View of textile Museum, Lille.

3 Urban 2, Approach to Cafe Courtyard of textile Museum, Lille.

4 Urban 2, Cafe Courtyard of textile Museum, Lille.

the images above have all been chosen from the design project Urban 2, to design

a Museum for the production of textiles in Lille. the aim of my design was to retain

a sense of the industrial nature of the building on the exterior, by choosing form and

materials to resemble a factory or warehouse, but making it modern too, by using

anodized matt aluminium as the building skin. the complex takes up the entire site,

but in doing so, economises on circulation space, as any circulation space within the

building acts also as a gallery space.

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Daniel Johnson

1 Urban 2 Ground Floor Plan

2 Modular Studio Flat Interior Perspective

3 Urban 2 Shop

4 Urban 2 Foyer

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1 Urban physical model

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3 Urban construction detail

Modular invited the potential to create a building that would harmonise with the

environment and incorporate repeated modules of accommodation within. the city of

Lille was the subject of creating a textiles centre within its urban fabric. this large scale

project was approached from an understanding of the site, identifying the need for a

public space to be created and a visual impact to the corner of the site. this analysis

was incorporated in the design from its outset and developed to the final scheme.

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1 Urban 3D image

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5 Urban section

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Derin Kinacigil

1 Urban section

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3 Urban exterior view

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the Urban and Modular schemes form distinct relationships between their built forms,

and their urban setting. the Modular scheme creates public avenues through the

building, becoming part of the urban environment. the Urban scheme presents a

sensitive and contextual approach to designing a textiles centre in a densely urban

environment, providing the city with a landmark building, fitting to celebrate the

tradition of textiles production in Wazemmes. the textiles centre responds to its urban

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1 Winery precedent sketch- Landscape

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3 Urban Model

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Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one’s entire life”

Arne Jacobsen (Architect)

thanks to all of you who have been a part of my life at KSA. All our late nights in and

out of the studio, with our Red bulls mixed with something else before and after our

crits. Best of luck guys.

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Eleanor Lee

1 Modular Study Room

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3 Urban Interior Perspective

4 Urban Plan and Section

I am intent on inspiring curiosity and inquisitiveness within the visitor in the spaces

that I design. the overlapping planes that interact in my work highlight captivating

emotions which the national textile centre evokes; this can be seen where ‘things’ are

either observed or respectively not observed.

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1 Modular floor plan

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3 Urban cross sections

4 Urban entrance render

My time at the Kent School of Architecture has been one of both enjoyment and

enduring disposition. I have been taught the ethics of the architect from conceptual

design to the method of cutting foam board without losing a finger.

I am now keen to continue my studies with 12 months experience in a professional

practice in contemplation of further developing my knowledge and technical ability.

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Matthew Lippiatt

1 textiles Centre from Above

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3 View of the Workshop Wing

4 Interior View of the Foyer

the Urban design project allowed me as a design student to bring together all of the

skills learnt in my degree, to create a successful competent design. the textiles Centre

reaches out and interacts with its urban environment. It aims to be a monumental

structure that clearly separates public and private functions, in-turn forming a series

of logical yet flexible spaces. Itís expressionist form and public viewing tower aids in

evoking this sense of monumentality; and provides a relationship to the rest of Lille.

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1 Urban library space

2 Modular elevation

3 Permanent gallery

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1 Urban Concept Exploration of Urban Grain

2 Urban External Perspective

3 Urban Concept Sketch

4 Urban Elevation

5 Urban Sectional Relief Model

“A well-spent day brings happy sleep”

Leonardo da Vinci

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1 Form & structure model

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3 Modular structural perspective

4 Modular structure diagram

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Joseph Mann

1 Modular max model

2 Modularperspective

3 Adapt and extend reception area

4 Modular Elevations

5 Modular studio flat plan

I would like to thank everybody involved in the great experience I have had studying

architecture at the University of Kent. to create architecture of the future and leave my

mark on the world is very exciting and I hope to use the skills that I have learnt in order

to do so.

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David Moore

1 Urban museum library view

2 Urban museum temorary gallery

3 Urban museum front

4 Urban section north-south

the main feature of my proposal for a textile museum in Lille was the use of a courtyard

scheme which, while allowing plenty of natural light to penetrate the square plan, also

allows for efficient planning, a clear route around the building and the opportunity for

passive ventilation. I used corten steel panelling to create a contemporary facade for

the building which relates back to the sites industrial past, and still binds it with the

local orange brick vernacular.

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1 Modular Masterplan

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3 Section - Modular

4 Section - Urban

My favourite module throughout the course has been Urban as it gave us a chance for

us to show off what we can do, but I did also enjoy working in a group with the master-

planning aspect of Modular. I have really enjoyed my three years here at the University

of Kent, the course has been both challenging and enjoyable and we have all learnt

and developed so much.

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Olympia Nicholaou

1 Urban Exterior Space

2 Urban Site Plan

3 Urban South Elevation

4 Urban East Elevation

Passion for architecture and determination to succeed has been my approach to

work during my three years at the Kent School of Architecture. I have taken a logical

approach to projects, working methodically from concept to the final design proposal.

I would like to thank my tutors, lecturers and say goodbye to the class of 2010. the last

three years have been both enjoyable and memorable. Adios Amigos!!

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1 Urban south elevation

2 Urban main hall interior

3 Urban Sketch of construction

4 Urban library interior

to describe the last 3 years as a rollercoaster ride would be an understatement. It’s

been a journey that at times has inspired and motivated me, with moments of utter

chaos and panic. I have learnt about group-working, time-management, and most

importantly I’ve realised my strengths and interests within architecture- taking away

with me not just the knowledge but the countless memories shared by a group of

people that will be greatly missed.

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1 Urban plans

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3 Urban south section

After 3 years of studying at Kent, the time has arrived to go out into the big world and

gain hands on experience to see what working with architects is truly like. I feel that the

school has fully prepared me for the stress and demands of the trade, and makes me

all that more excited to pursue my career. During my time at Kent I have learnt skills

that I never knew I could do and made a group of friends for life.

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5 Interdisciplinary module - children’s furniture

throughout my 3 years at the University of Kent I have learnt many lessons in life. I

have met some of the most creative people and I wish them the very best for the future.

the studio has given me some of the best nights of my life… best nights of my life on

this spiritual, cultural, political exchange.

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Every design project is it’s own entity and requires a distinctive touch. I have expressed

this in all my designs this year to create to contrasting schemes for both Modular and

Urban. the aim of modular was to rejuvenate and re-invent a part of Dover in dire need

of regeneration. I sought to express this in the bright colour clad which gave the site a

real sense of identity within my residential scheme. For my Urban project,

I investigated both how people interact within a museum to gain the most out of it,

and how to draw people into the museum without giving too much away.

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‘Architecture is a social act and the material theatre of human activity’ Spiro Kostof

My Urban scheme for a textiles museum in Lille aims to re-engage the site with its local

surroundings. the concept that architecture can facilitate the regeneration of an area

while becoming an integral part of it drove my design process. Museums can serve as

community hubs providing spaces for public encounters where people can come to

enjoy the exhibitions or purely to meet up and relax. through its numerous busy streets

and piazzas the museum itself becomes an analogy of the city and urban life.

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3 Interdiss

For 94670778 seconds I have been working towards one day, for one purpose.

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. time to live.

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I would like to thank Brian Wood and Kevin Smith for their help and advice, I really

appreciate it!! And how could I not mention my favourite tutors ever, Mr Gardner and

Mr Seaber, ALWAYS there for the students, I can’t thank you enough. I want to thank

Mark and my family for their emotional support in difficult times. And thanks to that

special someone who I adore and cherish, I will never forget you...unforgettable...that’s

what you are...

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My proposal for a textiles museum explores structural expressionism and includes the

design of a structural folded plate roof. the concept behind this was to create large

open and uncluttered internal spaces whilst also creating a sculptural and interesting

external facade. the challenge was also how to merge a contemporary building of

significance in with its local context. I did this by creating an active street frontage to

behave like a traditional French street and by limiting the vertical massing, binding it

with its immediate surroundings, both in terms of form and function.

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1 Urban Perspective Section

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3 Structural Gallery Perspective

You’ve got to hold and give, But do it at the right time, You can be slow or fast, But you

must get to the line, Catch me if you can, Cos’ I’m the England man, And what you’re

looking at, Is the master plan, We ain’t no hooligans, this ain’t a football song, three

lions on my chest, I know we can’t go wrong.

John Barnes.

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6 Interdisciplinary Emergency Shelter Design Sketch

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Modular: the rotunda stepped terrace was a blueprint for over 50% of the group

masterplan and essential for the transition of building types across the site. the

building remembers a type of architectural design aiming to tackle issues with this

typology by carefully responding to its environment. Urban: the design respects its

domestic setting and remembers the historic urban fabric of Lille in all dimensions.

the exterior invites exploration and alludes to the sequence of revealed secrets within.

tranquil and invigorating atmospheres are realised through the use of natural light,

space, texture, temperature and sound. Architecture: For people and place.

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2 Urban Elevationsl

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4 Urban Site Roof Plan

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3 Urban staircase view

the Urban project for a national textile museum in Lille encapsulates a part of the

regions social history by exploring the different techniques of surveillance used to

suppress workers in French textile mills. Dissertation research looking at the work of

Gottfried Böhm and his relationship to Rudolf Schwarz included visits to Cologne,

Germany in order to study the Pilgrimage Church at Neviges first hand. Having won

the live KASA st(a)ge competition to design a stage made from entirely reclaimed

materials, is currently building the project for the university ‘Artsfest’ and later for

inclusion in the 2010 London festival of architecture.

4 Winning KASA st(a)ge entry

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3 Modular Interior

4 Modular interior

5 Modular interior

I have chosen to show 3d renderings as they most comprehensively express concept,

layout, spaces and material finishes. the images shown are taken from my work on

the last two modules Modular and Urban. these projects, although very complex and

exhausting, were a very enjoyable ending to the journey we began three years ago.

“Ars gratia artis”

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I’ve considered the issues of global warming and environmental conservation while

developing my schemes. I’ve used technology and considered how it can be used for

the purpose of reducing green house effect. Sustainable development where nature

could flourish alongside the need for industrial development is the main theme of my

design. Articulated spaces with regular organized plans that create simplicity are the

main features for my design. I think it is our obligation to encourage use of materials

that can be recycled and reused for a better, healthier life for future generations.

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1 Urban Elevation

2 Site Model

3 Interior view of exhibition space

4 Urban Section

For my urban project I concentrated my design on space, lighting and circulation.

I therefore experimented with developing designs and models in understanding the

issues which concern public activity and what must be taken into consideration of

movement, social activates, and most importantly in making this museum a joyful

experience while admiring the textile exhibitions. to gain a degree in BA honours

of Architecture is a great achievement as it has been a personnel challenge with

an interesting journey of experience and insight in the designing world.

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Nora Wajdithe work I have shown on this page is a summary of different approaches to

my design projects: my final project, Urban (textiles Museum), my final page for

Interdisciplinary, a module where I incorporated fashion in architecture

(CDR - Construction, Demolition and Renovation), and sketches showing inspiration

and designs from second year.

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Rebecca Warnerthree years has gone so quickly, time flies when you are having fun.

Well done and good luck in the future everyone!

PEACE OUt!

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Growing up I have been surrounded by the possibilities of growth for the urban

environment through regeneration. this constant strive for improvement has lead to

a keen interest in urban fabric with concerns of developing responsive architecture

based on programmatic analysis at both the macro and micro scales. My third year

work looked at existing urban grain and density. I wanted to look at the street as a

threshold to lively communities to enhance the experience of civic architecture through

new development proposals.

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Victoria WeatherallAlthough my degree experience has been extremely challenging, it has enabled

me to become a stronger person and provided me with skills in which to continue

within a professional environment. In both Urban and Modular projects I have been

conceptually driven, and continued to develop the schemes in terms of architectural

space, materiality and environmental systems.

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Studying Architecture has been a personal challenge for me (being more of

an academic than a designer/artist). It has, however, opened doors to a lot of

related subjects, such as photography that I would like to pursue from here on.

I would like to thank thomas for his encouragement throughout stage 3.

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3 Modular ground floor plan

Now I can sleep.

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Obtaining a BA Honours of Architecture is a great personal triumph, starting my

architecture career has always been my dream; from start to finish my pursuit of this

dream has made me experiment with developing ideas, alongside model making.

these experiments have helped me develop an understanding for the challenges of

architecture.

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A confession by Christian Wren. Every time Campus Watch came to throw us out of

Studio 2 at 10pm over the Easter holiday period, we hid in Marlowe and snuck back in.

We did this every day. Sorry Don.

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5 Landscape Plan & Sections

6 Modular Exploded Diagram

7 Modular Apartments

8 Modular apartment elevation

From the beginning to the end of my three years, the studying has taken the place

of many things in my life, none of which I would seek to recover as this educational

journey has been, despite its difficulties, truly life shaping. to the friends I have made I

hope that I have supported you as much as you have me but my ultimate thanks go to

those tutors that have instilled in me the love of architecture in all its forms and given

me the desire to go the full distance. I hope that I can realise their faith in me, I shall

certainly be giving it my all.

Nathanael Wright

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evolution – A Space odyssey

Who’s there? Arthur c clarke, 2001 Diary

the task was to provide a habitable interior for an

orbiting, zero-gravity space hotel module. the client

required that the facility provide an ambience for the

perfect vacation getaway. the space tourists who

would use the facility are those who will be in perfect

harmony with their inner space and outer space.

they are at one with their bodies and minds and the

ecology of their environment. they view themselves

as organisms of gaia. they are accustomed to

regular purges of toxins from their bodies by diet and

exercise. they regularly practice dance, tai chi, yoga,

pranayama, transcendental meditation and other tantric

body and mind isometric exercises, experiments and

exertions. the space hotel /space spa is to provide a

habitat for new-age travel par excellence.

Major Work - culture club: layers of uncertainty

ceci n’est pas une pipe.

the Major Project for the year was a ‘live’ project for

the re-vamping of the University of Kent social and

music venue. the initial concept had been developed

and tested via an online survey, focus groups, staff

forums and presentations to both Union Council

and General Meeting. It was proposed that the

existing ‘Venue’ would be split into two separate but

inter-connecting clubs both focused on offering live

entertainment and performance. the ‘Lighthouse’

would become a destination in its own right and would

offer live music and would look to increase capacity

by renovating the current space. the existing ‘Venue’

and ‘Balcony’ would become a club on its own and

the Balcony would be repositioned as the feeder bar

to the ‘Venue’.

this project required the designers to study and review

the ‘the Venue Review Concept Document – Business

Plan’ and to propose detailed designs that addressed

and developed the schedule contained within it. An

important aspect of the project required the designers

to refine their own working brief and conceptual

framework before developing detailed proposals.

Spaces of uncertainty

the designers have explored the meaning of the

spatial relationships in these projects in varied ways.

It has been explored through a personal visual

explanation by Laura van Beek in her Delft tiles;

through the intricate complexity and contradiction of

Joanna Christodoulou’s Offal Wedding Dress; the

intangible silent language of Kayley Barnes’ Wellness

Space and the hidden dimension of Rebecca Lilley’s

Soundscape. A rich visceral experience of space time

and architecture is demonstrated by Laura Horton in

her Body Club and an intertwined and interwoven art

of travel by Rosie Alp’s Music Space. Leah Watson

has cast new illuminations in her Student Bar and

Emily Alldritt proposes would-be worlds in her

Garden of England Club. Emily thomson explores the

mythologies of interior spatial practice while Belinda

Currie highlights the pluralism and adhocism of interior

architecture. Mariam Iqbal has narrated her third

Space of cultural identity through her conscience of the

eye. Matt Constantinou’s skateboarders adopt guerrilla

tactics with graffiti and a lexicon of globish to surf

travels in Hyperreality in and out of the Venue Club.

Finally, through a unique language of vision a species

of spaces of uncertainty is sensitively navigated and

explored in the new Lighthouse by Sara Shihabi.

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BA(Hons) Interior Architecture

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You are here – telling tales

the task was to design an exhibition structure or

system that would exhibit a number of pieces of

design art, installations or furniture by one designer.

the proposed exhibition was to be housed at the V&A

Museum: the Grand Entrance or the Porter Gallery. the

exhibition makers were asked to adopt a curatorial view

on the exhibition strategy and to employ a narrative as

a conceptual framework.

the proposals show different approaches and in many

cases continue the research and design analysis that

was made into the selected designer and objects,

either using the methodology of construction of the

object to influence the display arrangements and

configuration or reference to the discussions about

illustrating the context of the object.

evolution - Billenium

future tense..?

In his short story “Billenium”, J.G.Ballard describes

a future urban dystopia where food shortage and

population growth have combined to force mankind

into living in increasingly smaller spaces. tiny cubicles

of 4 square metres are all that a single person is

allowed. the central character, Ward, a librarian, lives

in a plywood box on a public staircase. He and his

friends eat standing up in crowded food bars while

thousands throng the streets each night on their way to

stadiums where events are broadcast on vast screens.

their perception of space is totally conditioned by

this intensely overcrowded (to our minds) condition.

Yet to them this is, though inconvenient, all perfectly

normal. When faced with the luxury of extra space,

they become disconcerted and confused. the spaces

described in Ballard’s story are the generators for this

project.

From the start of humankind, we have been trying

to understand the world around us. In our search

for reasons behind our behaviour, we try to theorize

things. Our well-developed brains are not fulfilled by

just thinking about essential life actions like eating

and breeding. We have many questions, and with

questions answers have to follow. The answers

become stories; many stories told us how to act and

how to look and what to see... The world around us

can enthuse us; the art is to see that.’

Jurgen Bey

this year’s Interiors students have responded to a

period of uncertainty in the profession and in education

by reflecting and telling tales. Story-telling has been a

source of motivation and inspiration. Habitable space

and spatial configurations may be understood as

narrative. this may extend from the space of exhibitions

to the space of cities and to space in outer space.

Narrative has figured strongly in the design projects

for 2009-10. Students have attempted to grasp the

reciprocity between the architecture and the meaning

of interiors and spatial relationships - or how the former

is embodied in the latter. that understanding has been

pursued at all scales: from exhibition rooms for design

artists at the Victoria and Albert Museum to the ‘live’

project for a music, social and night-club venue for the

microcosmic urban setting of the University of Kent at

Canterbury.

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2 Major Work: Construction Detail, Piezoelectric Dancefloor

3 Major Work: Interior View

4 Major Work: Lighting Analysis

“Insomnia is my greatest inspiration”

Jon Stewart

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4 Event model

the above illustrations are three years of my life, at the University of Kent, three

imaginative and creative years that I have enjoyed a lot. Having finished my studies

here, I am confident in saying that I am looking forward to the years to come...

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model for evolution

“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and

power and magic in it”.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Kayley Barnes

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3 Interior sketches of ward’s cubicle for evolution

4 Rendered image of lighthouse for major work

5 Rendered image of balcony for major work

6 Rendered image of venue for major work

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“I have a message for all my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is

achievable. the most important thing that I’ve found, that perhaps you could use, is

be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a

winner.”

the late Steve Irwin.

Matthew Constantinou

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2 Model photo for zero gravity shower experience

3 Watercolour for nightclub design with visual aura

4 Model photo for Your Childhood Fantasy Exhibition

at V&A

“All designs are connected to the past. History informs design, and without history we

cannot begin to design or understand the context in which we need to design.”

When designing anything of any scale, the first and most important step is

researching, understanding and acting on what you find. I always use my combined

passion for design and history to inform everything that I do. I am never more happy

than when knee deep in design. It is a love and a curse.

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Model Event

2 Island Clam Bar Sketch

Major Work

Seek. Born. Discover. Intuitive. Instinctive. Untaught.

Gaining knowledge of designers and architects from Asia and Africa has created

a new sense of appreciation for alternative ways in crafting and creating space.

I’ve learned the richness in science and innovation such regions have to offer, and

hope to continue spatially manifesting themes learned from this throughout my work.

Learn. Value. Unite. Emancipate. Gaza.

Mariam Iqbal

3 Metal Eruption Concept Model

4 Pakistani Fashion Inspiration Major Work

5 Dystopia Magnetic Mirco Structures Evolution

6 Interior Perspective Ground Floor Major Work

7 Interior Perspective Dance Floor Major Work

5 Advert banner for V&A Museum

tord Boontje Exhibition

6 Concept montage for V&A Grand Entrance

7 Early concept sketch for a split level sound cylinder

8 Concept montage for Aesthetica Nightclub

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3 Buildings of Disaster - Emotion

4 Building Projection - Geometry

5 3D Model of the Venue Basment

“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,

but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”

Mark twain

“I do not fear failure. I only fear the “slowing up” of the engine inside of me which is

pounding, saying, “Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?”

General George S. Patton

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2 Major; bar detail

3 Major; interior view

Sara Shihabi

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2 Blob bar in goo! the venue project

3 tile from Delft blue An inspiration

4 tile from Delft blue An inspiration

5 Peg house

to my parents who supported me,

to the staff that taught me,

And to all of my friends who kept me sane;

A really big thank you!

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the Kent School of Architecture is 5 years old this

summer and I wanted to ensure that the end of year

show and catalogue celebrated this by being the

best yet. to this end, I created the EXIt committee

and invited students from Stages 3 and 5 to join

the group.

the remit of this group was to design, organise

and oversee the end of year show and catalogue,

placing an emphasis student involvement

throughout the school. Meeting regularly throughout

the year, the committee discussed theme, design,

sponsorship, entertainment, etc. Liaising with the

catalogue designer Lucy Cresser from Q-Creative,

the group continued the theme of Reduce, Reuse

& Recycle into the styling and creation of this

catalogue.

the inventive exhibition displayed and this

catalogue, echoing the theme of the show, are

tribute to the aspiration, endeavour and sheer

determination of the committee and its members.

I must thank you all for your hard work, but most of

all I would like to thank you for your support in the

face of adversity, your humility and friendship.

Stage 5: Pier-Luigi del Renzio, Kate Maclean,

Heather Pavitt, Ryan Manton

Stage 3: Lucy Healy, Katie Livermore, Laura Noble,

Emily thomson

and, of course, Kevin Smith.

thank you, all of you.

Howard Griffin

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Minor Design Project

In the autumn Stage 4 MArch students crossed

disciplinary boundaries and became particularly

concerned with the photographic image. We began

to think about what an understanding of film could

do for an understanding of architecture. Our studio

sought out how the two are linked. Our critical

guide book was David Bordwell’s text on film theory

and criticism, Making Meaning1.

Having watched Antonioni’s seminal film Blow-Up

(1966), Stage 4 became film-pilgrims. Locations

were (re)scouted in St. James, Victoria, Chelsea,

Holland Park and Woolwich, London. Our day

started at Alison and Peter Smithson’s the

Economist Plaza, where the film begins, and

roughly followed the narrative sequence of the

film to an imagined late-afternoon tennis game

in Maryon Park. We took home-made Pinhole

cameras to photograph events which we would

later develop in our own darkroom. We then

employed photogrammetric drawing techniques

to reverse-construct scaled drawings and models

of the film-locations captured with our pinhole

cameras. A parallel forensic exercise using critically

selected film-stills from Blow-Up persuaded us to

reopening the murder case implied in Blow-Up. Our

investigations established connections with Vertigo

(1956), Bullitt (1968), and the Conversation (1974),

and in October we travelled to San Francisco

following leads in pursuit of ‘an architecture of the

subjective’.

there we ‘checked-in’ to the very hotel rooms

used for the murder(?) in Coppola’s homage to

Blow-Up, the night before the hotel closed forever!

Having participated in MArch Crits at UC Berkeley,

we recreated the car chase in Bullitt; on bicycles,

then took a road trip across northern California to

improvised as dusk fell, a voyeuristic photographic

shoot of Herzog and de Meuron’s Dominus Winery

in Napa.

Examples of our ‘Blow-Up’ photogrammetric

investigations, architecture of the subjective, and

the subsequent designs for American Zoetrope

Analogue Studios in San Francisco and London

are exhibited outside our darkroom on the first floor

of the Architecture School.

“In October 2009 I travelled with the Stage 4 MArch

to San Francisco as part of our project to design a

film institute. For a place so synonymous with the

silver-screen, it was exciting to be able to finally be

a part of the action.

As well as being part of our studies, the trip also

presented us with a good opportunity to experience

the varied architecture of San Francisco, such as

great work by Renzo Piano, Herzog & de Meuron,

and Morphosis.

Away from architecture, we were able to sample

the rich culture San Francisco offers: wine tasting in

the Napa valley; getting down with our hippy roots

in the Haight; giving the Americans a run for their

money with our Halloween costumes; and cycling

the Bullitt car chase, ending up across the bay after

traversing the Golden Gate Bridge.

Most valuable of all though, was the chance to

travel with new and old friends, offering a great

opportunity to get to know one another and get

focused after a year out”.

Phil Baston (MArch Stage 4)

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In the Spring Stage 4 focused the attention on

Folkestone. We were particularly interested in

the regeneration potential of Folkestone’s post-

industrial, post-leisure harbour and the adjacent

sea front.

Students formed a series of groups for a team-work

master-planning exercise beginning with a critique

of existing and past proposals. the resulting

master-plans were catalysed through an intensive

one-day design charrette in Folkestone itself. there

we benefitted from the insight of local architect

Roger Joyce, and presentation by terry Farrell &

Partners architects, who are currently developing

their own master-plan for Folkestone. Subsequent

work of Stage 4 stands as a fascinating parallel,

anticipator, and even challenge to Farrell’s ‘live

brief’.

teams dissolved to allow each individual to develop

areas of special interest. Students self-selected

one of two pathways, with one focusing on multiple

mixed-use proposals for sustainable housing

combined with other social drivers, whilst the other

pathway engaged with the notion of aqua-culture

and passive energy as they speculated on designs

for a new urban Marine Biology Centre. Examples

of the work produced are also exhibited on the first

floor of the Architecture Building.

Minor Design Studio Leaders:

Nick Brown, Michael Richards

Urban Landscape Studio Pathway Leaders:

Jef Smith, thomas Wensing

tutors: Keith Bothwell, tim Carlyle,

Gordana Fontana-Giusti, Chris Gardner,

Howard Griffin.

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Architecture students broaden their horizons in

their second year and engage with complex and

demanding sites. the first design project of the

year is entitled ‘Adapt and Extend’, and requires

them to design alterations and additions to an

existing building with a demanding brief. this year

we designed a cinema above the curved facade

of the old Roundhouse pub near Canterbury East

station.

the second project, ‘Landscape’, requires thinking

on a large scale; a building is designed as a

component of an overall landscape scheme, with

emphasis on sustainable construction and long-

term thinking. For this project students designed

craft workshops for teaching sustainability skills

(for resilience and self-reliance)and a productive

landscape for a site on our campus. Both projects

were accompanied by exercises in technological,

constructional and environmental design.

timothy Brittain-Catlin

Stage 2 Architecture Co-ordinator

Advanced Computer Modelling provides the

opportunity for Stage 2 students to equip

themselves with the necessary skills in computer

visulalisation software, whilst allowing them to use

their design work in Adapt & Extend as a vehicle to

communicate.

this year Stage 2 students got to grips with the

software and the task in hand to produce a rich

collection of vivid imagery that left many other

students in the school in awe of their skills.

Howard Griffin

Module Convenor, ACM

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Stage 2 Interiors programmes have continued

explorations have continued explorations into the

trans-disciplinary nature of the courses. the design

projects have encouraged experimental spatial

practices through the use of web design, social

networking sites, massively multiplayer online

role-playing games (MMORPG) and digital and

analogue virtual and immersive environments. this

is exemplified the Rothko Bird-Watching Space:

the design of a bird-watching hotel inspired by the

painter Mark Rothko.

this year’s Stage 2 Interiors students also had a

marked level of success and recognition from

external independent design and professional

bodies. A number of the students were selected for

the Design Museum’s Design Factory Showcase.

Antoana Petkova was nominated for the Women in

Property Awards 2010 and progressed to the final

shortlist.

“Play… is of a higher

order than seriousness.

For seriousness seeks

to exclude play, while

play can very well

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Johan Huizinga

‘Homo Ludens’ 1938

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Kent School of Architecture accepted the largest

intake of students in the school’s history for the

academic year 2009-2010. the raising of the UCAS

tariff points for entry ensured that those students

coming for the first time to Kent were also more

capable and demanding than at any previous time.

to respond to the above and as part of the ongoing

effort by staff to continually seek to improve the

course delivery and outcomes, some further

changes were proposed to the existing successful

Stage 1 program.

the proposals were to even better integrate

the design and technology modules and to

underpin these with a completely new module in

communication, Folio. this module endeavored

to demonstrate to the student the various skills

needed and equip them with the tools required

to fully enable the students to communicate their

design proposals clearly and coherently. the new

module covers aspects such as; Orthographic

drawing and projection, the art of perspective and

metric projection. It incorporates fine art techniques

including sketching, life drawing and model making

and concludes with film and computer drawing and

modeling techniques. the students were divided

into study tutor groups of about eighteen students

each, to facilitate both this and the design tutoring

throughout the year.

the year began with the first design module Oasis,

the first assignment of which was to design and

build a shelter from a limited amount of string,

bamboo canes, polythene and cardboard and

be suitable to accommodate three people to

sleep in for two nights. Finally the students were

informed that they had to spend the night sleeping

in the shelters they had designed, and afterwards

suggest improvements they would make to improve

the comfort of their shelters.

Stage 1 then attended the annual Field Study

Programme held in Barcelona where the sites for

Caravanserai, the second major design module

to be held in the spring term, were visited and

recorded by the students. On returning from

Barcelona Stage 1 began Assignment 2 of Oasis.

this continued the Shelter theme and was to

design an internet communication shelter on

Campus for use by students, staff and the public.

Both assignments were underpinned by Enlighten

the first technology and environment module and

Folio the communication module outlined above.

House and Housing, the first History and theory

module, ran in parallel with the above and as the

name suggests studied seminal houses of the

twentieth Century and explored the student’s ability

to both write about and to model the built form to

an appropriate scale. During the Christmas break

the students were firstly asked to pick a twentieth

Century or contemporary painter and choose five

paintings by that artist and secondly to paint or

draw four pieces of work on the theme of the four

elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

the spring term began with Caravanserai as the

main design module underpinned by Enclose as

the technology and Environment module with both

modules again underpinned by the communication

module Folio. For Caravanserai Assignment 1 the

students were asked to design a small art gallery on

the site they had previously studied in Barcelona, to

house permanently the five chosen artists paintings

and include a temporary gallery space to house

changing exhibitions, the first of which is to be their

own work on the four classic elements. Although

facilities are envisaged for staff, no facilities were

required to be made for the public. the students

also make a tutor Group site model to enable their

own individual design models to be tested against

the existing city fabric.

For Assignment 2, the students are informed that

contrary to the client’s instruction. the client has

now changed their collective mind and wishes to

incorporate a small tapas bar café as either part of

the proposed gallery, an addition to the proposal

or a new adjacent building. In either event the

students must review their original decisions in

light of these new client instructions and make new

proposals.

the second History and theory module, Western

Architecture, runs parallel with this module and

completes the seven modules undertaken during

the year. We believe that in a symbiotic manner, all

aspects of architectural education are dependent

upon each other, and so endeavor to integrate all

the modules holistically, to the extent that many

modules are being assessed in other modules. For

example half of the Folio mark is assessed in the

communication of Assignment 2 of Caravanserai,

and part of the Enclose mark is also assessed in

the student’s integrated structural approach to the

design of Assignment 2 of Caravanserai. So like

a juggler must learn to keep all the objects in the

air at the same time, so the student must learn to

consider all aspects during the design process,

be they space requirements, form and style,

historical precedence, materials, environmental

considerations or construction and structure.

We further believe in an ethos of education and

not indoctrination. We wish to understand choices

that student’s make and see them tested through

robust debate, even when we do not necessarily

agree with them.

In conclusion, I would very much like to thank all

the staff who have contributed to make this year’s

work the success that I believe it to be.

Oasis and Caravanserai, Enlighten and Enclose

Chris Seaber, Henry Sparks, Rebecca Hobbs,

Keith Bothwell; Folio - Howard Griffin, Janice

Shales, Patrick Crouch; House & Housing and

Western Architecture - Gerry Adler, timothy Brittain-

Catlin, Gordana Fontana-Giusti. And finally, the

valuable help and assistance given by the teaching

assistants from Stages 4 and 5.

Chris Gardner

Stage 1 Programme Coordinator

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The highlight of this trip for me was the day in which

we saw the Gaudi buildings, such as Park Guell and

The Sagrada Familia, which was a very inspiring

building to behold, and it was an amazing building.

I would one day like to return when the ‘Segrada...’

is finished.

Jay King, Stage 1 Architecture

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In the past year the KSA Research has continued

to grow. Our staff and students had a productive

year taking part in publishing essays and articles,

presenting papers at conferences and submitting

bids for research grants.

the Centre for Research in European Architecture

(CREAte) has organised evening lectures and

seminars. the guest speakers have included:

Susannah Hagan (University of Brighton), Nigel

Coates (Royal College of Art), Alex Lifschutz

(Lifschutz, Davidson and Sandilands) and Laurence

Herzog (University of San Diego, California). Within

KIASH Kent School of Architecture had also

organised the Annual lecture by John Onians.

the involvement with the Architecture Humanities

Research Association AHRA continues with

members of staff taking part in its activities. the

preparations are on the way for hosting the AHRA

2010 Annual Conference on the subject of ‘Scale’

in November 2010 at our Canterbury campus.

the relat ions with the local and regional

stakeholders such as Kent County Council, Kent

Design Initiative, thanet District Council and future

turner Contemporary are ongoing. this provides

us with the opportunity to bring closer the research

programme of the School and the regional

regeneration agenda.

Keith Bothwell had been successful in winning

funding within the ‘Retrofit for the Future’

programme (technology Strategy Board). Several

other grant applications have been submitted to

the British Academy, the AHRC and the Interreg 4A

Programme.

the MPhil/PhD Programme in Architecture has

increased with new students joining in. Current

PhD candidates include: Anja Karina Nydal, Grant

Mitchell, Lindy Weston, Keith Bothwell, Gian Luca

Amadei, tordis Berstrand, Emmanuel Odugboye,

Itab Shuayb and Chris Munday-Chanin. the

programme runs weekly seminars centred on PhD

students’ presentations.

reSeArch

the new MA in Architectural Visualisation has been

validated and is due to commence in the autumn

2010. the MA will provide a new focus for future

research

Prof. Gordana Fontana-Giusti

Director of Research

The architecture of the passively tempered environment

I am exploring the field of passive environmental design - widely acknowledged to be the best foundation for sustainable architecture – focusing on the fault lines that occur between knowledge, understanding, intention and achievement in the process of designing sustainable buildings – fault lines that prevent us reaching the full capability of passive design to reduce carbon emissions.

Arguing that we generally know how to design low-energy buildings, I am examining why certain predilections take over from our rational intentions, compromising the performance of completed projects.

Keith Bothwell

Building for the Mind Evaluating the cognitive effects of workplace architecture

Powered by increased efficiency and consumer demand, Governments are now prioritising creativity and innovation as essential prerequisites for economic growth, placing new demands of flexibility and competition on the human body. Inspired by Marshall McLuhanís notion of acoustic space, this thesis questions whether the body has evolved to keep pace with such technological pressures. In the process of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of ergonomic design, from the static nature of Taylorism to the transhumanis potential of ubiquitous computing, a final work place design methodology aims to support how environmental stimuli may be used to enhance creative cognition.

Grant MitchellPhD Student

Birkbeck School of Screen Media Surface Architects

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Urban burials. Discussing the role of burial grounds within the planning for the 21st century London.

In a reality in which there is a shortage of living space, longer life span, ethnic integration, and secularisation of society what is the role of burial grounds in the 21st century London? How is death perceived in our consumer society? How are architecture and design shaping the physical boundaries between the living and the dead in modernity? Can the once forgotten and overlooked London Victorian necropolises assume new roles and functions within the planning for the 21st century London? These are some of the questions I shall be addressing in my PhD research studies.

Gian Luca AmadeiPhD Student

Splitting and Doubling:

The Dialectics of Contemporary Dwelling in

Works by Kurt Schwitters, Gordon Matta-Clark

and Gregor Schneider

How do we inhabit an age, which is inconsistent

and ambiguous and thereby in direct opposition

to the concept of dwelling, handed down through

history as a stable and exclusive space? What

does it mean to dwell in the first place? And what

if the first place, always second to none, has

Effects of ventilation strategies on the

performance and occupancy wellbeing in

healthcare buildings in Nigeria.

the effect of climate on indoor can not be over

emphasized. An unfavorable climatic condition

reduces the level of human performance and

recuperation from ill health. A comfortable indoor

environment must therefore be created for the

occupants to perform their various tasks. In view

of this, there is need to explore the economical and

energy efficient methods. Energy consideration

in building started in the 1990s (Allard,1998),and

dematerialised and we now find ourselves at home

everywhere and maybe nowhere? the dialectics

of contemporary dwelling signify something both

homely and unhomely, familiar and foreign. A space

in between, where difference has no boundaries

and home is also not like home. How do we inhabit

this hybrid space, the un/homely, and what is left

for the architect to do?

tordis Berstrand

PhD Student

Enabling the Built Environment for Individuals with Disabilities through Inclusive Design at the University of Kent

This research study aims to investigate how architects and designers using inclusive design can accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities at the University of Kent. Five research methods will be undertaken in order to collect and analyse the data including: (1) questionnaire to find out the views of individuals with and without disabilities and their experiences in accessing the built environment at the University of Kent; (2) semi-structured interviews with disabled individuals. A total number of 10 individuals with disabilities will be selected and interviewed. The interviews will explore the extent to which university buildings;

address the needs of individuals with disabilities; (3) One focus group discussion will be carried out. The group will consist of 8 participants (two with visual impairment, two with hearing impairment, two with physical disability, and two with learning difficulties) who will provide information about their experiences in accessing the university buildings through interactive group discussion; (4) an Access Audit will be carried out by the researcher on different building types at each university. The researcher will conduct the access audit on six university buildings in order to investigate the level of accessibility; (5) interviews with architects, and education providers will be held to investigate the extent of their awareness of the needs of individuals with disabilities. In the second phase, the researcher will analyse all the collected data and then provide a recommendation report in addition to an innovative inclusive design that covers and accommodates the needs of the disabled individuals.

Itab ShuaybPhD Student

it is now clear that it can not be dissociated from

the quality of indoor environment, therefore the

concept of global design of the healthcare building

is emerging with all environmental aspects taken

into account, not only from the performance point

of view but also on the basis of many other quality

criteria such as the occupancy wellbeing. the use

of passive energy system such as natural ventilation

has been suggested by scholars (Koenigsberger

et al 1973,Givoni 1976,Boutet 1987,Szokolay

1992,Ajibola 1995).

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1 Life Drawing - Anna-Marie Bywater, Stage 1

2 Interdisciplinary Deckchair - Sara Dowle, Stage 3

3 ACM Light Analysis - Stephen Brennan, Stage 2

4 Isometric Drawing - Miruna Zait, Stage 1

5 Composite Drawing - Christina Dahdaleh, Stage 1

6 Reverse Perspective - Ben Prince, Stage 4

7 Interdisciplinary Projection - Emily thomson, Stage 3

8 Urban Landscapes model - Phil Baston, Stage 4

Communications continues to strengthen in the

school. Building on the success of the last academic

year, the students of 2009/10 have engaged with the

wide variety of facilities the school has to offer.

Stage 4 MArch students went ‘back to the drawing

board’ in the autumn of 2009 for an investigation into

‘Analogue’. Whilst watching a series of seminal films,

they employed techniques of photogrammetric drawing

to reverse-construct scaled orthographic drawings

and physical models from the perspective inherent

in photographs they had taken, and developed using

pinhole cameras.

the Stage 3 Interdisciplinary Option continues to

produce diverse and contextually rich work. With

projects ranging in scope from sculpture to furniture

design, and video installation to audio spatial

experience, the students this year have produced

some of the best examples of interdisciplinary work

this school has seen.

Stage 2 students stunned the entire school with

their exemplary work in ACM (Advanced Computer

Modelling). this module teaches the computer

visualisation skills that are necessary to communicate

architectural and interiors professions. Producing

outstanding work the students used their design

schemes from either the Adapt & Extend or Process &

Fragment projects as a vehicle to learn the visualisation

software and process.

Stage 1 students were introduced to a rich course of

communications teaching and learning this year with

the introduction of a purely ‘communications’ module,

FOLIO. this module taught the students the important

draughting skills needed at the drawing board, whilst

developing skills in sketching, life drawing, computer

image manipulation, 3D computer modelling and video

editing. Reflective learning was introduced through the

help of University’s UELt (Unit for the Enhancement

of Learning and teaching), with students composing

reflective blogs and web-based folios. Whilst the

students were initially wary of this process, they soon

engaged and began to realise the benefits of this

analysis of their work.

this work would not have been successful

as it is has without the dedicated help of the

‘communications team’; without the dedicated help

of the ‘communications team’; Patrick Crouch, Enzo

Labrosciano, Dele Ojo, Janice Shales, Kevin Smith,

and Brian Wood. I must also thank the communications

teaching assistants that have been so integral to the

course this year; Anna Carter, Basant Chopra, Pier-

Luigi del Renzio, Alex Jackson, Shawn Kam, Kate

Maclean, Julien Soosaipillai and Stefan Vara, Matthew

Wittrick. My sincere thanks go out to you all.

Howard Griffin

Head of Computing and Communication

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2 Form & Structure - Group model, Stage 2 Arch

3 MDP technical Report - Kate Maclean, Stage 5

4 MDP technical Report - Stefan Vara, Stage 5

5 Form & Structure - Ross O’Connell, Stage 2 Arch

Students are exposed to the technical and

environmental possibilities and implications of their

designs throughout all stages of their education

at Kent School of Architecture. this is not only

necessary for professional and ethical reasons

– to prepare them adequately for practice – but

because a good understanding of technology

and environment actually produces better design.

Some students may initially think that considering

these issues restricts their creative freedom, but

as they develop into professionals they begin to

appreciate that constraints are the very triggers

that stimulate good design. In solving the

challenges and limits imposed by site, climate and

material capabilities etc, students are stretched

intellectually and creatively to produce interesting,

robust and elegant solutions.

Clearly, technological and environmental solutions

must be seamlessly melded into the complete

design of a finished building. However, for

pedagogic reasons, especially when exploring

and discovering novel ideas, it is sometimes

better to dissect out these issues in order to

examine them more closely. For this reason at

some stages of the course these subjects are

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 stage two when the comparative

efficiency of alternative structural forms, using

a limited palette of materials, are 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

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innovative technologies which some architects

are now incorporating in their schemes, such

as nanotechnology and transluscent concrete.

As well as looking to the future, lessons from

the past and from the vernacular also inform our

investigations – the Costozza villas of the Veneto

and the bagdir wind towers of the Middle East

offer useful examples of how to cool buildings

in a hot climate – a climate we may well be

experiencing here sometime soon.

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2 House & Housing - Kachaporn theeprewat, Stage 1

3 Isometric of Hagia Sofia - Derin Kinacigil, Stage 3

4 Drawing of Viceroy’s Palace - Ben Gregory, Stage 3

the Options Module offers a choice between

a dissertation, building appraisal, and an

interdisciplinary project. After various discussions

with tutors and the module convenor, I decided to

write a dissertation because this would allow me to

pick a theme and develop a particular architectural

interest over the course of my third year of study.

Last summer vacation I worked as an assistant

in an architectural practice that has won the

prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. I

decided to use my experience there as a starting

point for carrying out more research into Exotic

Architecture. the purpose of my dissertation was

to understand the use of exotic elements in the

work of Western architects from the eighteenth

century onwards. Exoticism integrated cultures,

knowledge, old ideas and new methods, producing

a synthesis that had both Eastern integrity and

Western approval. Major works of significance

culturAl conteXt

Every stage of design at KSA is accompanied

by an investigation into the cultural and historical

context of architecture from the classical era up to

present day. As students make their way through

the School, they develop the knowledge and skills

which help them to research and present historical

questions in a way that contributes to their

professional abilities as designers in contemporary

society. Our tutors draw on the latest research into

their own fields in order to ensure that students

have access to the most exciting ideas in history

and theory.

During their first year all our students learn about the

key phases of Western architectural history. they

are introduced to the leading domestic architecture

of the last hundred years, and they combine

historical study with model-making and analysis.

In their second year, they look into episodes from

nineteenth and early twentieth century architectural

history, especially those related to public buildings,

infrastructure and politics, and they use this

knowledge to enhance their Adapt and Extend

design project. At the same time, interior design

and interior architecture students examine current

ideas, manifestoes and theories. In their final

undergraduate year, architecture students prepare

an ‘apologia’ in the form of an analytical, historical

essay that accompanies and explains their design

approaches, as well as writing a dissertation.

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include William Chamber’s Chinese Pavilion in

Kew Gardens, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton,

Jean Nouvel’s Institute du Monde Arabe and

Adolf Loos’ Villa Müller. Because of the amount

of research and information gathering I had to

undertake for this dissertation, it became quite

a personal project, giving me the opportunity to

research and get absorbed within a theme that

was of my own choice. I believe the process

of writing this dissertation has consequently

influenced me to the point where I’ve began to

use elements that I recognise as contemporary

interpretations of traditional exotic forms in my

design projects.

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Barcelona is a superb venue for a stage 1 study tour

offering a wealth of Architecture both historical and

contemporary together with art foundations of some

of the 20th Centuries most influential artists, and all

this within walking distance in a city showing evidence

of over 2000 years of continued development. the

vast majority of the city is accessible by foot and

consequently the cost for the student, on a day to day

basis is extremely reasonable compared to most other

major European cities.

So with almost full participation, Stage 1 visited

Barcelona in week 6 of the academic year. It is always

a problem organizing a trip such as this so early in

the academic year and with such a huge cohort, stage

1 this year proved no exception. However, as always

the gains far outweighed the pain. the educational

benefits are perhaps obvious in a vibrant city such as

Barcelona, but I feel the social interaction and group

bonding the trip promotes amongst a new cohort of

students experiencing for the first time ‘education

away from home’ are priceless. I further believe that

even though it is a huge logistical problem for the staff,

it is well worth the effort, and the students appreciate

that fact.

Students share accommodation with other students

and of course socialize following the days visits,

friendships are obviously formed in this intense period.

the course we offer is not an easy one and it is made

easier in the company of friends, so I believe the

sooner one makes such friends the better, and the

field trip is a place where all that is made far easier.

Experienced educators from outside the university were

also drafted in for the trip to complete the student’s

experience. Special thanks should therefore be given

to the contribution of Art gallery director Peke Hofman

from Utrecht in the Netherlands, for his excellent

contribution into 20th Century and Contemporary

art, given on days when visiting the Caxia Forum,

the tapies, the Miro and Picasso foundations. His

continued support over many years to the school is

greatly appreciated. this year the trip was facilitated

further by a grant from the Dean of Humanities towards

the cost of the trip which was greatly appreciated, and

resulted in the trip being even more value for money

than is normally the case.

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Stage 4 visited London and San Francisco this

year, following leads in pursuit of ‘architecture of the

subjective’. An understanding of the film Blow-Up

allowed Stage 4 to make connections with Vertigo

(1956), Bullitt (1968), and the Conversation (1974), In

At 2 am one cold February night we got up (or

continued our revels) and boarded the coaches to the

airport. By late morning we had arrived in the brilliant

winter sunshine of the former Kaiserlich und Königlich

capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, eager to taste

our first Krüglider, or kleinen braunen, depending on

preference. We had left Canterbury with the strains

of the third Man ringing in our ears, having viewed a

screening of Karol Reed’s wonderful evocation of Cold

War Vienna the week before. Vienna the week before.

Luckily, Ben was on hand to retrace the steps of Harry

Lime in the 1.Bezirk , the inner-city where we began our

visit. But it was not all schlagobers and gemütlichkeit:

we came up against the darker side of Vienna’s past

on seeing Rachel Whiteread’s impressive concrete

October we travelled to San Francisco to follow these

leads. We ‘checked-in’ to the very hotel rooms used

for the murder(?) in Coppola’s homage to homage

to Blow-Up, the night before the hotel closed forever!

Having participated in MArch Crits at UC Berkeley, we

recreated the car chase in Bullitt; on bicycles, then

took a road trip across northern California, and as dusk

approached, improvised a voyeuristic photographic

shoot of the Herzog and de Meuron’s Dominus Winery.

Examples of the subsequent designs for American

Zoetrope Analogue Studios in San Francisco and

London are exhibited outside the darkroom.

Mike Richards

MArch Programme Director

casting in the city Judenplatz, located on the site of the

Jewish ghetto. Ortner und Ortner’s museum quartier,

especially the Leopold Museum with its collection

of paintings by Egonschiele, brought us bang up to

date.

Vienna is a curious and intriguing place; while we

didn’t visit Sigmund Freud’s apartment, we saw an

earlier, grimmer vestige of the city’s psychic history: the

Narrenturm (fools’ tower) from the late 18th century, in

the grounds of the sprawling former General Hospital,

now the University. We were surprised to meet images

of this gaunt circular tower, a relation of Jeremy

Bentham’s Panopticon, on seeing the Modernity and

Madness exhibition at the Vienna Museum. this show,

originally at London’s Wellcom Museum, supplied us

at last with that quintessential icon of Vienna’s angst:

Freud’s couch on which his patients reclined whilst

undergoing psychoanalysis.

Gerald Adler

BA Architecture Programme Director

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It’s been another great year for KASA, which has

seen us expand beyond our usual remit of lectures

with student workshops, a new website, a healthy

social calendar and design competitions, all in aid

of bringing the students closer together. None of

this would have been possible without this year’s

dedicated KASA Executive, whom have worked

tirelessly to ensure this year’s KASA activities and

initiatives were the best yet. Our lecture series

continues to thrive, with inspiring presentations

by Alex de Rijke, Mehron Kirk, Ken Yeang, James

Soane, Chris Fay, and Heinz Richardson.

A massive thank you to the whole team for making

this one of the most successful years in KASA’s

history, and others that helped out during the

lectures and workshops. Special thanks go to

Michael Richards, Howard Griffin, Brian Wood, Dele

Ojo, and Julien Soosaipillai. Finally, we must thank

our generous sponsors, without which this wouldn’t

be possible: CtM Architects, Lee Evans Architects,

Nicolas Elkins Ltd, Peter Jackson Architects,

Provian Construction, and RIBA South East.

Best of luck to the graduates from all at KASA!

Matthew Wittrick

KASA President

this year’s KASA Design Competition challenged

the students to ‘Reduce, Recycle and Reuse’,

by designing a stage for the University’s annual

ArtsFest festival on campus. they were required

to source the materials locally, for little cost; make

a structure that was buildable by the students,

and meet the demanding brief of the ArtsFest

Committee.

the winner, Nicholas Sexton, proposed a wicker

stage woven from coppiced wood and with a

structure from reused components found on

campus. the design was subsequently advanced

and built by KASA, Nicholas and a group of

dedicated students to Zero cost.

the Stage is inherently sustainable and promotes

Reduce Recycle Reuse through it’s aethetic,

but also its continued reuse. It has already been

booked to appear at the London Festival of

Architecture and has been requested as an outdoor

teaching space for next year.

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Jonathan Barnard, ChromosArt

David Bennett

Miles Berkley, Smartoutcomes

Peter Bettley, Creative Foundation

louis Borhani

tobias Boshoff, Meld Architecture

Steve Bowkett

Glenn Bowman, School of Anthropology and Conservation

neville Brock, the Lido Leisure Centre

Jason Bruges, Jason Bruges Studio

Grant Burton, thanet District Council

tim Bushe, Walker Bushe Architects

helen charman, Design Museum

leo.chow, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

vince chow, KALMAR’s commercial

nigel coates, RCA

Mike collingwood

conker conservation

nick Dermott, thanet District Council

Dover District council

terry ellames, Shepway District Council

engineering Workshop team

folkestone harbour co

Maida hot, NDY Lighting Design Consultancy

Gordon engraving ltd

Green Building Solutions

Daniel hirschman, Jason Bruges Studio

Jonathan friday, School of Arts

Susan hagan, University of Brighton

John hawkins, Canterbury City Council

Andrew henderson, ah architecte

lawrence herzog, University of San Diego

Daniel hirschman, Jason Bruges Studio

Peke’ hofman. Centrum voor Beldende Kunst.

Guy holloway, Guy Holloway Architects

Maida hot, NDY Lighting

owen Jenkins, UK Design Management Services

roger Joyce, Roger Joyce Associates

caroline lang, Sackler Centre V&A Museum

chris lewis, Shepway District Council

Alex lifschutz, Lifschutz Davison Sandilands

James lowe, Studio Octopi

Alice lund, Softroom Architects

christiano Michelena, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers

leanne Manfredi, Sackler Centre V&A Museum

lara Michael, Edward Cullinan Architects

christiano Michelena, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers

vince Miller, SSPSSR

John onians, University of East Anglia

Jamie osbourne, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Parker Steel

Mike Pearson, CtM Architects

John Proctor, Softroom Architects

Katherine Putnam, Kent County Council

Damon ralph, Pallet Recovery & Son

Allert riepma, SEEDA

honoré van rijswijk, terry Farrell & Partners

lisa risk, Women in Property

chris romer-lee, Studio Octopi

Giovanni Scialo

Jaime Stephan, GSA San Francisco Federal Building

Janice Shales

Jill Stoner, Department of Architecture UC Berkeley

Mark Schwettmann, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Sam thomas, thanet District Council

Jayne thompson, School of Artsa

lucie titchmarsh

Katie Warren

Sam Westbury

Mo Woonyin Wong Pierre d’Avoine Architects

Sarah Wood, School of English

roger Wu, John McAslan + Partners

the Kent School of Architecture would like to thank the following for their contributions over the past year:

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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

Professor Don Gray

head of School

KSA AcADeMic StAff

Dr. Gerry Adler

taseer Ahmad

Keith Bothwell

Dr. tim Brittain- Catlin

Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti

Chris Gardner

Howard Griffin

Mike Richards

Chris Seaber

coMPuter techniciAnS

Brian Wood

Dele Ojo

WorKShoP StAff

Kevin Smith

Enzo Labrosciano

Janice Shales

ADMiniStrAtive StAff

Jeanne Straight

Ben Martin

Victoria Friedman

Claire Woodhall

ASSociAte AnD ASSiStAnt lecturerS

Julian Bore

Nick Brown

tim Carlyle

Ben Godber

Dylan Haughton

Rebecca Hobbs

Fiona Raley

Henry Sparks

thomas Wensing

Lindy Weston (PGR student)

Brendan Woods

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