Design Studio 18: 2021
Carbon Transitions, United Kingdom
Project Notes
MArch Architecture Studio @
University of Westminster, School of Architecture + Cities.
John Cook, Ben Pollock & Laura Nica
Date:
June 2021
Sub Notes:
Below is snapshot of work in progress throuhg out the year. Full projects and work can be seen viewed at: link
Photo Credits: Laura Nica
Design work: Various Students
Project Tags:
2021, Research, Teaching, Design, Education, Workshops
Air, Architecture + Other Climates
Continuing our exploration around air, its relationship within transforming atmospheres and our degrading climate, we narrow our focus to one of its more negligible but most critical ingredients - both the ‘building block of life’ and measure of our climatic decline; carbon.
Looking at carbon as a transformative entity, tracking its pathways and transitions between states, material type, energy and values in addition to a spatial organiser, a cultural driver, and political/economic agent. As seen through the lens of:
Carbon as Fuel / Form
Carbon as Toxin / Air
Carbon as Commodity / Economy
Students projects wear guided by a semester of design lead research to develop an architectural thesis on their chosen entities and envisioned carbon transition. Studio activities included; theory and readings, software workshops on simulation, computational design & mapping, design reviews and architectural design.
Please see studio website for sample of student work.
Full brief can be seen here
Continuing our exploration around air, its relationship within transforming atmospheres and our degrading climate, we narrow our focus to one of its more negligible but most critical ingredients - both the ‘building block of life’ and measure of our climatic decline; carbon.
Looking at carbon as a transformative entity, tracking its pathways and transitions between states, material type, energy and values in addition to a spatial organiser, a cultural driver, and political/economic agent. As seen through the lens of:
Carbon as Fuel / Form
Carbon as Toxin / Air
Carbon as Commodity / Economy
Students projects wear guided by a semester of design lead research to develop an architectural thesis on their chosen entities and envisioned carbon transition. Studio activities included; theory and readings, software workshops on simulation, computational design & mapping, design reviews and architectural design.
Please see studio website for sample of student work.
Full brief can be seen here
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