Ben Pollock
Architect & Educator
BA (Hons), MArch, PGDip, ARB, RIBA
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Present:
4D Island CIC, Director & Co-founder
Visiting Lecturer, School of Architecture + Cities
- Studio Tutor: MArch Design Studio 18: Air, Architecture + Other Climates
- Studio Tutor: 3rd year BSc Architecture and Environmental Design
Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), Contributor.
Past Professional Experience:
- Architect, Jestico + Whiles Architects, London
- Architectural Designer, Fletcher Priest Architects, London
- Architectural Designer, Hopkins Architects, Dubai
Education:
- PGDip, RIBA Part III, University of Westminster
- MArch, RIBA Part II, University of Westminster
- BA(hon),RIBA Part I, Oxford School of Architecture
Awards, Exhibitions, Other:
- 2021, Honourable Mention, Best Data Visualization Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ‘Projections 16’ | Journal of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, Visualizing Cities
- 2021, Exhibition, COP 26 Glasgow, Design Council Case Study Feature.
- 2021, Exhibition, University of Westminster, ArCCAT Climate Action Week
- 2021, Publication, RIBA Design Studio Vol. 1 Everything Needs to Change
- 2021, Awarded, Prince Clause Fund, Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change
- 2020, Exhibition, Royal Academy Summer Show
- 2020, Exhibition, Contribution to Olafur Eliasson In Real Life Tate Modern
- 2019, Exhibition, Monsoon Assemblages, Grounds Symposium
- 2018, Exhibition, EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology, Toronto
- 2016, Honourable Mention, Contribution to Pamphlet Architecture 36 proposal
Talks / Lecture / Symposium:
- 2022, Talk, Cornell University, MLA, Island Futures; Conversation on islands and landscapes
- 2022, Talk , University of Westminster, MSc Architectural Environmental Design studio talk
- 2022, Lecture, University of Westminster, Climate Conversations, Climate Action Week
- 2021, Seminar, TU Berlin Anthropocene Teaching Practices in Architecture
- 2021, Seminar, ACAN x Architects Declare, ACSA EAAE Teachers Conference
- 2021, Seminar, Monsoon Multiplicities Practicing Architecture Otherwise Seminar
- 2020, Talk, RCA Radical Practice Seminar, ACAN
- 2020, Lecture, Architecture Foundation 100 Day Studio, Design Studio 18 +Other Climates
- 2020, Lecture, UNDP RIC Series, Session 12, Planning for Climate Uncertainty, What can data and design innovation do for Small Island Developing States?
- 2020, Lecture, University of Manchester, CPU MArch
- 2019, Lecture, AHO, 4D Island, Island Urbanism
- 2019, Seminar, Jestico & Whiles, Brownfield Development
- 2018, Symposium, AA Design Agency in Earth Systems
Guest Critique / Workshops:
- 2022, Guest Crits, AAVS, Transborder Landscapes, San Diego studio
- 2022, Guest Crits, Cornell University, MLA reviews
- 2022, Guest Crits, UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro Crits RC14
- 2021, Guest Crits, TU Eindhoven, MArch Architecture
- 2021, Guest Crits, Syracuse University, BA Landscape Architecture
- 2021, Guest Crits, Ravensbourne University Architecture
- 2021, Guest Crits, University Tennessee UT Landscape MLA reviews
- 2020, Guest Crits, Digital Futures Reviews with Climate Flux
- 2020, Guest Crits, UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro Crits RC14
- 2020, Guest Crits, MIT, Senseable Cities Lab
- 2019, Workshops, Architectural Association Maldives, Computational Design
- 2018, Teaching Residency, Maldives National University, Computational Design
Architect & Educator
BA (Hons), MArch, PGDip, ARB, RIBA
︎︎︎Back
Present:
4D Island CIC, Director & Co-founder
Visiting Lecturer, School of Architecture + Cities
- Studio Tutor: MArch Design Studio 18: Air, Architecture + Other Climates
- Studio Tutor: 3rd year BSc Architecture and Environmental Design
Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), Contributor.
Past Professional Experience:
- Architect, Jestico + Whiles Architects, London
- Architectural Designer, Fletcher Priest Architects, London
- Architectural Designer, Hopkins Architects, Dubai
Education:
- PGDip, RIBA Part III, University of Westminster
- MArch, RIBA Part II, University of Westminster
- BA(hon),RIBA Part I, Oxford School of Architecture
Awards, Exhibitions, Other:
- 2021, Honourable Mention, Best Data Visualization Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ‘Projections 16’ | Journal of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, Visualizing Cities
- 2021, Exhibition, COP 26 Glasgow, Design Council Case Study Feature.
- 2021, Exhibition, University of Westminster, ArCCAT Climate Action Week
- 2021, Publication, RIBA Design Studio Vol. 1 Everything Needs to Change
- 2021, Awarded, Prince Clause Fund, Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change
- 2020, Exhibition, Royal Academy Summer Show
- 2020, Exhibition, Contribution to Olafur Eliasson In Real Life Tate Modern
- 2019, Exhibition, Monsoon Assemblages, Grounds Symposium
- 2018, Exhibition, EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology, Toronto
- 2016, Honourable Mention, Contribution to Pamphlet Architecture 36 proposal
Talks / Lecture / Symposium:
- 2022, Talk, Cornell University, MLA, Island Futures; Conversation on islands and landscapes
- 2022, Talk , University of Westminster, MSc Architectural Environmental Design studio talk
- 2022, Lecture, University of Westminster, Climate Conversations, Climate Action Week
- 2021, Seminar, TU Berlin Anthropocene Teaching Practices in Architecture
- 2021, Seminar, ACAN x Architects Declare, ACSA EAAE Teachers Conference
- 2021, Seminar, Monsoon Multiplicities Practicing Architecture Otherwise Seminar
- 2020, Talk, RCA Radical Practice Seminar, ACAN
- 2020, Lecture, Architecture Foundation 100 Day Studio, Design Studio 18 +Other Climates
- 2020, Lecture, UNDP RIC Series, Session 12, Planning for Climate Uncertainty, What can data and design innovation do for Small Island Developing States?
- 2020, Lecture, University of Manchester, CPU MArch
- 2019, Lecture, AHO, 4D Island, Island Urbanism
- 2019, Seminar, Jestico & Whiles, Brownfield Development
- 2018, Symposium, AA Design Agency in Earth Systems
Guest Critique / Workshops:
- 2022, Guest Crits, AAVS, Transborder Landscapes, San Diego studio
- 2022, Guest Crits, Cornell University, MLA reviews
- 2022, Guest Crits, UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro Crits RC14
- 2021, Guest Crits, TU Eindhoven, MArch Architecture
- 2021, Guest Crits, Syracuse University, BA Landscape Architecture
- 2021, Guest Crits, Ravensbourne University Architecture
- 2021, Guest Crits, University Tennessee UT Landscape MLA reviews
- 2020, Guest Crits, Digital Futures Reviews with Climate Flux
- 2020, Guest Crits, UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro Crits RC14
- 2020, Guest Crits, MIT, Senseable Cities Lab
- 2019, Workshops, Architectural Association Maldives, Computational Design
- 2018, Teaching Residency, Maldives National University, Computational Design