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OXFORD ARCHITECTURE
YEARBOOK
2009
First year 4
postgraduate
Design specialisms/Masters:
Urban Design 80
Major Study 92
Research Degrees 93
Staff/credits 96
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as good as I have seen anywhere). masters programmes to the studios
of the undergraduate programme.
Luxton was interested particularly And we do believe in giving students
in the work on sustainable building the opportunity to learn from one
and humanitarian development, the another, whether from their peers or
two areas of architecture that offer from those in other programmes.
the biggest opportunities for our
profession to make a difference, From first year undergraduate through
drawing on the expertise that the to masters and PhDs, the school
school has developed in its masters seeks to engage with the issues that
programmes. What he noted here face architects not just today, but
was the willingness to pursue ideas over the coming 30 years. The pages
without becoming obsessed with that follow present some of the work
image making engaging in key that resulted and that was on show
issues that face the planet rather than in the 2009 exhibition. If you were
obsessing about the latest fashions. not able to come to Oxford to see the
exhibition, I hope you will join us next
Taken together, the two reviews do year and see for yourself the range
point to some of the features that and vitality of what the school is doing.
make Oxford Brookes unique. We
do pursue diversity as a central Prof Mark Swenarton
goal, believing that a wide range of Head of the Depatment
approaches and agendas provides of Architecture
the stimulus to students to produce
their best work work that compares
with that of any school in the country.
We do believe in connecting the
research work that underpins our
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Undergraduate
First
Year
Jane Anderson, Colin Priest,
Ana Araujo, Emmanuel
Dupont, Dirk Lellau
Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez, Areege Al Zubaidi, Josh Allen,
Sebastian Andraos, Ergit Bedalli, Anna Beer,
Zineb Benslimane, Imogen Blaikie, Eugenie Bliah, Paul
Boldeanu, Robert Boltman, James Booth, Sophia Boyd,
Joseph Brown, Juliet Burch, Ayiannis Christofides,
Raluca Cirstoc, Merete Claudi-Nielsen, Elliott Cohen,
Ned Collier Wakefield, Dino Dale, Chloe Dawber, Ciara
De La Cour, Robert Dennis, Edivaldo Dias Dos Santos,
Vincenzo Di-Trolio, Joess Dos Santos, Edmund Drury,
Matthew Dueck, Denisa Dumitrescu, Jerome Edwards,
Joshua Evans, Marco Facchin Moretto, Richard Farrelly,
William Fisher, Louis Fleming-Gale, Stephanie Forbes,
Jason Fowler, Gavin Fraser, Lauren Fresle, Jonathan
Gillett, Harry Grocott, Ali Jawad Habibi, George Haines,
Michael Halloran, Alexander Hammond, Sarah Jane
Harrop-Griffiths, Adam Hart, Rachelle Hitti, Geoffrey
Howells, Elizabeth Johnson, Katie Johnson, Karla
Johnson, Chase Kaars-Sijpesteijn, Bernard Kargbo,
Thomas King, Stefanie Kuhn, Fraser Leach-Smith,
Constantine Lemos, Sophie Lewis, Christos Markides,
John Marshall, Stephen Monk-Chipman, Jack Morton-
Gransmore, Jonathan Motzafi-Haller, James Muller, Julia
Neophytou, Holly Newnham, Eleanor Nichols, Funmilola
Oluleye, Jonathan Paley, Bharat Pankhania, Jung A Park,
Emma Parsons, William Peck, Hannah Pells, Michael
Pozerskis, Amin Rahman, George Regnart, Abigail Reid,
Alistair Rennie, Alexander Richardson, David Royston,
Eugenie Sainte Cluque, Ioannis Sakkis, Alim Saleh,
Ralph Saull, Austen Scott, Tarek Shalaby, Federico
Sher, Stephanie Spiteri, James Spittle, Miranda Squire,
Michal Stepien, Lindon Stewart, Joshua Thomas, Henrik
Thomassen, U To, Johan Torklep, Anastasia Tsoka, Savraj
Virdee, Laurence Walter, Charlotte Whatcott,
Abigail Whitelow, Jonathan Woolford, Lauren
Wright, Farah Yusof, Anna Zezula.
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Undergraduate
The year started with Body Building with Oxfords Creation Theatre, Stephanie Schulze-Westrum, Kim
a series of short group films exploring and continuing our summer OB1 Sordillo, Anna Thorne, Justus Van
the empirical qualities of Oxford. For LIVE projects we plan to design and Der Hoven, Jack Wates, Nicola
the second project we were lucky to construct a Ticket Booth for their West, Jamie Williamson, Suzi
work with a live client, Donnington summer showing of Twelfth Night at Winstanley and second year critics.
Doorstep, a local family centre who the Said Business School. We visited Overleaf, left: Jack Morton-Gransmore, Community
needed ideas for a weather related Littlehampton and Berlin and along the Theatre; below: Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez, Joshua
Thomas, Ergit Bedalli, Artificial Landscaper. Overleaf,
outside playspace. Working with air, way tackled convention, investigated right: Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez, Romeo and Juliet
water, temperature, light and earth a spaces, screened films, evolved unique Theatre. This page, clockwise from top left: William
Fisher, Ice Cream shop; Holly Newnham, Collected
variety of elementary environments modes of communication, preparing Decay; Ralph Saull, Shadow Theatre; Ned Drury,
and instruction manuals were the ground for speculative twenty- Headington Hill Park shadow theatre. Facing page,
top: U To, House for a canopy maker; Merete Claudi-
constructed. The ideas of these first century architecture Nielsen, Merchant of Venice Theatre; below: Joe
projects concluded with the design (www.ob1architecture.blogspot.com). Brown, Unfolding Hamlet; Richard Farrelly, Tension at
the theatre; Julia Neophytou, Super-nature Theatre.
of an essential Service Station on
Cowley Road. In the second semester With thanks to Luke Chandresinghe,
we focussed on the experiential and Marcel Croxson, Angela Ford, Mike
the imaginary, Feeling Studios and Halliwell, Helen Harrison, Carolin
the design of an outdoor theatre and Hinne, Carsten Jungfer, Chris
residence for a Shakespeare play Kempster, Asif Khan, Judith Loesing,
in Headington Hill Park. Working Andrew Longland, Jonathan Nicholls,
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Unit A
Carsten Jungfer, Colin Priest
Gregory Andrews, Sofia Alexeli, Adam Baker, Adam
Burnett, Lawrence Cottam, Joe Dinwiddie, William Fisher,
William Garforth- Bles, Saeid Golijani, Lucas Losada
Gomendio, John Hodgkins, Ileana Liaskoviti, Georgios
Markidis, Victoria Mcilroy, Jonathan Medlock, Jasvir
Mehat, Sonny Moore, Benjamin Northover, Ayesha Patel,
Matthew Phillips- Howard, Raz Rahmani- Shirazi, William
Smith, Yang Song, Sarah Timms, Angela Vanezi, Duncan
Van Ellemeet, Matthew Winning, Ithomi Zafiropoulos
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Facing page, from top: Joe Dinwiddie, the Blackfriars
transport interchange; John Hodgkins, SFMA storage
for metropolitan artefacts; below, Lawrence Cottam,
the pro-local monument. Overleaf, clockwise from
top left: William Fisher, the homeless memorial;
Benjamin Northover, the talking bank; William Fisher,
dipterea; Ayesha Patel, Blackfriars public house;
Adam Burnett, odur eden complex; William Smith,
osmotic landscape and Blackfriars house; Georgios
Makridis, the London agora; Gregory Andrews, a
circus for insomnia; Ithomi Zafiropoulos, transport
exchanger; Jonathan Medlock, municiplay.
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students
Body
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Unit B
us rushing towards us at unrelenting time. Trees bend in the wind, sunlight
speed. Each moment a fragment, dapples dance across the grass, cloud
a memory, before there is time to shadows race across the hills. The
register it. The clock, the mechanised world is constantly changing in front
Sarah Stevens, Patrick Bonfield abstraction of time, gives a structure of us. Nothing stays the same. The
John Barham, Astrid Bois DEnghien, Neil Burgess, to time but does not control it, is not only constant is surely change itself
Amanda Chan, Victoria Chan, David Coles, Joel Cullum,
Diana Elia, Alice Flaxman, Imran Harji, Ben Hawkins, Jon
it. Try to define time, to explain it and time is the engine driving this.
Headland, Erica Helmetag, Simon Kent, Sarah Krekorian, and you find yourself in cutting edge
Green Kuan, Tai Lee, Carlos Lora Yunen, Andrey Mitov,
Carman OBrien, Karl Osborne, Valters Pozarnovs, Patrick
physics. It is not yet fully understood, It would seem that buildings should
Simpson, Manpreet Singh, Marius Storseth, Richard Taylor but it is so familiar it is impossible to flow with the tides, sway with the
imagine life without it. Responsive wind; drawing poetry from change,
Time flows past us as we stare out architectures aim is to respond to celebrating the beauty in corrosion,
into the past, the future unseen behind and express this fourth dimension of weathering, decay. Is it possible to
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make architecture which relates to
and expresses our experience of
time - not the static photograph, but
the moving, changing vibrant world
we inhabit? That place, at that time.
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Unit C
Igea Troiani, Andrew Dawson
Kenzo Ariyasu, Emily Ballance, Aaron Brownsdon,
Alexandra Cleovoulou, Lucy Dickson, Hannah Durham,
Alexios Georgiadis, James Gold, Petter Hoff, Aleksandra
Jaraczewska-Syed, Dan Kealty, Woon Ting Lai, Louisa Ma,
Andrew McKelvie, Monica Ng, Sarah Nicholson,Robert
Petherick, Thomas Pniewski, James Simcock, May
Tsang, Alexander Williams, Alex Yu, Anna Zaremba
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UNIT D
Melissa Kinnear, Matt Clay
Emmanouil Afendakis, Valene Cerutti, Amy Corsan,
Hannah Davies, Sian Davies, Filipa De Albuquerque,
Natalie de la Mare, Michelle Evans, Joshua Greig,
George Guest, Agnes Anine Herbern, Louise Kimpton,
Maria Kiuber, Jenna Larke, Marc Midavaine, George
Nearchou, Kartik Poria, Viral Shah, James Smith,
Christian Spendier, Michael Straw, Kathrine Thoen,
Nicolas Villa, Martin Walsh, Darrell Woods, Raymond Yee
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conscious and respectful way, and Facing page, from top: Agnes Anine Herbern, weave
concept; Viral Shah, long section. Above: Nicholas
focuses on the potential for architects Villa, perspective; right: Michael Straw, perspective;
to make a positive difference to the below: Natalie de la Mare, flower woman. Overleaf,
clockwise from top left: Raymond Yee, section; Filipa
lives of people. Wherever possible de Albuquerque, perspective; Christian Spendier,
we use the means at our immediate perspective section; James Smith, perspective; Louise
Kimpton, perspective; Kathrine Thoen, section
disposal, ensuring that any negative
impacts of our projects on the
communities and regions in which
we are designing are minimised.
A strong sustainable agenda is
inherent in all social, economic and
environmental considerations that Unit
D students are expected to deal with.
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Unit E
an urban beach. From existing (Marinettis tourist meal from the
boat hulls, the unit designed water Futurist Cookbook) in a kitchen at
based vessel and dock spaces for a the edge of the dock and watched
database laboratory (a distribution the river by night. We listened to its
Tonia Carless, Sally Daniels warehouse and archive store). sounds and developed them in a
Maria Apostolopoulou, Michael Bell, Carlota Boyer,
cymatics workshop in the studio.
Alison Cadman, Jon Cartwright, Ioannis Charalambos
Polychroniadis, Scott Chenery, Konstantinos Damiris,
We wanted to make visible the
Gethin Davies, Andrew Fenning, Robert Fitzpatrick, networks of communication, With thanks to visiting tutors
Chris Green, Tom Hughes, Charlotte Knight, Paa Kwesi
Koufie, Luka Kreze, Behnoud Najafi, Sam O Donovan-
through public space and make a Annabel Other, Louise Short,
Jones, Natalia Pavlova, Sebastian Pitman, Rachel Shotliff, record of things that link people Dan Blore, Marcus Toop.
Suzan Ucmaklioglu, Catherine Warmann, Richard Woolford
to other people. The unit created
event space on the site itself and
Unit E aimed to provide a new transported this back to the studio.
kind of physical space - a setting
for community forums, a local We Fished the river and dug out the Below: Richard Woolford, recycling store. Facing page,
topographical archive, and a contact site, deep into the caves, to find from top left; Catherine Warmann, natural history
zone, a centre of networked creativity. creatures for making illuminated museum; Futurist meal workshop; Richard Woolford,
recycling store; Catherine Warmann, natural history
models, as poetic dioramas of museum. Overleaf, clockwise from top left: Scott
The main site was a city dockyard Bristol harbourside and dock area. Chenery, cycle hub; Carlota Boyer, vending machine;
Charlotte Knight, artist studios; Charlotte Knight,
space in Bristol, recently used as We Cooked and shared a banquet artist studios; Michael Bell, phoenix project.
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Unit F
Amanda Marshall, Anthony Wise
Nicholas Addrison, Jessica Bell, Libuse Berry, Casey
Bibby, Louise Daly, Benjamin Davis, Guy De Montfort,
Sarah Dias, Clare Diggins, Nicholas Green, Charlotte
Griffiths, James Hartnett, Harry Jones, Kate Jones,
Katarina Klavenes, Antonios Lalos, Choi Ni Lee, Emily Jane
Lowry, Luke Marchant, Christine Murphy, Yuk Bong Ngan,
Molly Odhiambo, Mital Patel, Antonio Rovira, Linn Brekke
Slattum, Andrew Smart, Eleanor Tallowin, Daniel Williams.
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Unit G
Toby Shew, David Greene
Adamu Adamu, Steven Ascensao, Will Ballard, Oliver
Beros, Pavan Birdi, Charlotte Bovis, Charlotte Buckley,
Louise Cann, Riddhi Chauhan, Kristine Cimane, Dan Collier,
Emma Cuthbert, David Debidin, James Dowding, Tom
Greenfield, Chantelle Holt, Jonathan Hughes, Francis Hunt,
Gareth Leech, Helen Matikainen, David Morgan, Hayley
Poynter, Hannah Sharkey, Oliver Thomas, Natalie Tomsett,
Matthew Townsend, Robert Tsang, Alexander Wateridge
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Unit H
We sought architectural propositions culture through intervention,
that reconciled these differences. and focused on creation of place
asking if site could process
Students investigated the theme the fluid nature of society.
Ronnie Maclellan, Barti Garibaldo of contemporary culture in historic
Alexandra Adamson, Jessica Barber, Elizabeth Barnes, context, the idea of enriching By reference to contemporary art
William Bayliss Brown, David Cloux, Jonathan Comfort,
Ciaran Farmer, Carley Freeman, Yvonne Hamell, Maren
a conservative culture through installation, we investigated how
Holte, Kumudu Kananke Arachchilage, Paul Lewis, Mark intervention. They focused on the past and possible future events could
Lord, Sam Lund-Harket, Beth Madgwick, Ruth Marsh, Sally
Marshall, Harriet Marshman, Harriet Nelson, Harry Ogden,
creation of place, on how an existing have existence today through how
Joe Storey, Thomas Walker, Joanna Wright, Jennifer Young city could draw from its history or we assembled material to create
raison dtre to be reinvented. space and a sense of time. We
This year, students in Unit H explored speculated on positive architectural
sustainability in the city. For us The unit created an aesthetic scenarios that might still happen.
sustainability had two meanings: language of sustainable architecture,
projects were to be sustainable criticising existing stigmas and With thanks to Mary Hancock, James
in terms of environmental impact stereotypes, and proposing Roach, Toby Smith, Alan Berman,
pertaining to urban architecture, and models informed by interaction Mark Davies, Charles Parrack.
they had to be sustainable in terms between art and technology.
of the dynamic social and cultural Below: Yvonne Hamell. Facing page, from top: Kumudu
Kananke Arachchilage; Elizabeth Barnes; Sam Lund-
issues that pertain to the urban life. We investigated the idea of enriching Harket; Jessica Barber. Overleaf left, from top: Ali
Adamson; Will Bayliss Brown; Jenny Young. Overleaf
right, clockwise from top left: David Cloux; Sally
Marshall; Ruth Marsh; Jonathan Comfort; Tom Walker.
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Group model and manifesto for Robin Hood gardens;
Rebecca Woods, distorted perspective. Facing page,
from top: Group proposals for Robin Hood gardens;
Rebecca Wood, sectional perspective in the style of
Smithson; Group model of Robin Hood gardens.
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The first project undertaken by second
year students was called Atmosphere
Room, led by Ro Spankie, Allan
Sylvester and Abi Abdolwahabi. We
spent the first semester looking at two
seemingly disparate themes.
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The second project was called Nursery Critically analyse the Grandpont video diary, photographic log, drawn
Furniture. By 2010, every community analysis of movement, measured
Childrens Centre buildings and outdoor
will be served by a Sure Start gardens to get an understanding of survey of internal and external spaces,
Childrens Centre, offering permanent how the buildings work functionally mapping exercises with children and
universal provision across the country, staff, interviews and sketches. You will
and spatially, how the children interact
ensuring that every child gets the best with the different spaces, how the also need to do background research
start in life. into the concept of nursery. How
staff use the different spaces, how the
does a child interact with the different
buildings are used at different times of
The project brief states: The new the day and week, lighting and heatingspaces within the overall nursery? The
Childrens Centre at Grandpont, survey measures the relation between
levels in the buildings through a typical
Oxford, equipped with a large nursery day, aiming to find good practices andthe activities and the design of the
school, a day care and family centre, potential problems. spaces. As the building changes during
is considered a successful building. the day several times, the lighting and
However, no building is ever perfect. The survey will take numerous forms: the activities are constantly modifying
the inside, while the outside is a
unifying backdrop.
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The third project was called
Immeuble, led by Ro Spankie, Allan
Sylvester and Abi Abdolwahabi.
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The fourth project was called Timber,
led by Andrea Placidi, Matt Clay,
Ricardo Assis Rosa and Paolo Procesi.
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DS1
Richard Rose-Casemore,
Nick Hockley
Nurfazlina Abd Raffar, Helen Arbuthnot, Ainul
Besar Nawawi, Marcus Cubitt, Christopher Dancer,
David Daplyn, Mark Finney, Nicola Fulton, Tara
Hipwood, Tang Kin, Graham Nicholls, Emily Noden,
Daniel Scriven, Catherine Ure, Roxanne Walters
An environment is an environment
only by virtue of the life that it
surrounds.We do not talk about
surroundings without reference to the
people surrounded, nor should we talk
about housing as a thing of intrinsic
value separate from the people
housed. John Turner
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DS 2
Anna Hart, Rute Ferreira,
Ruth Maclennan
Nat Daniels, Ashley Dicks, Laura Evans, Anne Hooper,
Fiona Kelling, Lesley Leung, Ziga Misjak, Rob Stannard,
Imen Tlili, Esther Vince.
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DS3
David Grindley, Sarah Stevens A progression of projects explored one would in a large room Louis Kahn
Paris Cotsapas, Gerry Gleeson, Mark Houghton,
the making of a series of rooms
Mohd Zhariff Jailan, Antonios Katzourakis, focusing different experiences. Is man able to penetrate the material
Sebouh Kouyounmjian, Ajay Kumar, Darlington This culminated in the design of he organises into hard shape between
Orji, Andrew Perkins, Ravi Ramkalawan, Katherine
Savill, James Serrano, Sotirio Tsopelas
a justice centre for Oxford. one man and another, between what
is here and what is there, between
DS3 projects explore the Architecture comes from the making this and a following moment? Is he
creation of connections: visual, of a room. Structure is the beginning able to find the right place for the
physical and cultural. of containment, and each room right occasion? Aldo van Eyck
deserves its own clearly articulated
This involves an engagement with and perceivable spatial definition. You With thanks to Martin Markcrow,
site and a concern for discerning might say that the nature of a room George Bradley, Paul Grindley
thresholds, not just the physical is that it always has the character of and John Stevenson.
point of entry into and exit from completeness. This completeness
buildings but also the invisible or of each room required that it be
almost imperceptible lines and developed as a self-defined, self- This page: Katie Savill, Section perspective; Katie
Savill, Section perspective detail. Facing page,
boundaries that define territories. centred and self-supported element from top: Andrew Perkins, Lower ground plan; Katie
in the larger composition that was the Savill, Ground plan. Overleaf left, from top: Zhariff
This years theme focused on the plan. The room is a place of the mind. Mohd Jailan, Inside; Paris Cotsapas, N1; Antonios
Katzourakis. Overleaf right, from top: Zhariff Mohd
notion of separation and reconciliation. In a small room one does not say what Jailan, Mono view; Andrew Perkins, Night perspective.
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DS4
Simon Henley, Bruno Silvestre The Empty Book of Me; A Parking floors, columns and rooms fuse
David Mackay, Abigail Hodge, Ruidong Deng, Chris Structure for 1,000 Vehicles; and together as one fabric. In the case
Dawkins, Matthew Barbour, Aniko Mazsar, Anna
Research Institute & Library for of the Institute a second condition
Dulnikowska, Nur Zafirah Shahidan, Azanuur Abu
Samah, Nurul Sazlin Md Sabri, Phuong Le, Kerstin 250,000 Volumes. emerges in a shift from the personal
Baehr, Erica Pereira Preto Estevez Vas, Heather Slater encounter to the collective condition in
The cathedral offers company, In the first, a book is made, in the an environment animated by people.
he thought, [it] invites you to second, the cars are parked and in the
membership of a society (Virginia third books are stacked and a society We therefore considered the material,
Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, 1925) in microcosm established. When we individual psychological and collective
hold a book there is intimacy, when social dimension. Architecture that
We studied how the individual we enter a space dominated by similar should concern itself with ideas of
experiences building, matter and inanimate objects and stand in their nobility and beauty. DS4 explored
space alone and as a member of midst the individual is moved by the the visceral aspects of matter and
a collective, how the individual is atmosphere these objects create. building against the functional and
represented in the work, specifically When we do so do we transgress a meta-functional aspects of buildings.
in the intimate encounter between the line and accept the embrace of their
animate or corporeal and inanimate, intimidating collective presence and With thanks to Catherine Truman,
between for example the body and density or, should we seek to defuse Noel Cash, Neil Deely, Thomas
the book, the body and the car this atmosphere? Of course cars Easdown, James Renfrew, Ben Clark.
and the body and the building. parked, and books stacked, are both
Above: David Mackay. Facing page: David Mackay.
an extension of the building built Overleaf, clockwise from top left: Phuong Le; Phuong
We developed three projects: to house them. Cars, books, walls, Le; Ruidong Deng; Chris Dawkins; Aniko Mazsar.
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Andrew Holmes, Thomas Arnold Market, on the South Bank of the
Tony Berongoy, Lewis Critchley, Abiola Oni, Diana Phiri, Thames. The seductive pleasures
Matthew Scammels, Stuart Ward, Robin Waterman,
Zoe Webber, Nicholas Zammit, Sandra Zuvela of the city, its cafes and pubs rub
up against the staples of the open
The Writers of the Last Archive looks vegetable and flower market,
at the area around London Borough beneath the rail lines leading into
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London Bridge Station, transformed advanced capitalism, the Disneyland Facing page, from top: Tony Berongoy, view of angel eyes;
Nicholas Zammit, tunnel dining. Below: Nicholas Zammit,
by the influx of digital media and for the middle classes, with its looking up and dining nest. Overleaf, left: Lewis Critchley,
advertising companies with their riverside walk, The Golden Hind and ground floor plan and view. Overleaf, right: Tony Berongoy,
entry from street, view of interior and angel eyes bar.
attendant wine bars and brasseries, The Clink. Movies, their characters,
boosted by the corporate national locations and sets were taken as
art gallery of the modern art of the starting point for the projects.
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DS6
Matt Gaskin, Toby Shew
Tamsin Adams, Catherine Aitken, Sara Chapman,
Robert French, Hannah Guy, Azri Ibrahim, Stephen
Kirk, Oliver Lowrie, Ma Fiza Masron, Heena Mistry,
Philip Robinson, Marcin Rosinski, Sian Seys-
Evans, Samantha Sherwood, Hannah Smart, Zoi
Tsagaraki, William Usher-Smith, George Wilson
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Design Development
Design Development
patient exit
staff access
public routes
patient access
Site plan
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Me tamorphoci t y
2 n d A p r i l 2 0 11:
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Blenheim Palace Pavillion Project
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SBPD
Paola Sassi, Smita Chandiwala,
Rajat Gupta, Mary Hancock,
Mick Hutchins, Chris Kendrick,
Maita Kessler, Fionn Stevenson,
Nicholas Walliman, Shaun Wang
In 2008-9 Sustainable
Building:Performance and Design
focused on the sustainable
refurbishment of existing housing and
innovative proposals for new high
density housing. It explored new ways
of living within a low carbon economy
that relate to local and bioregional
resources and values, enhancing
human well-being and biodiversity.
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and occupant satisfaction. The
results were presented to the practice
in a student-led workshop, an
academia and industry collaboration
working towards evidence-based
sustainable building design.
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DEP
David Sanderson, Rod Burgess,
Pouya Sepher, Siti Najwa Sheikh Yahya, Djihan Skinner,
Paul Stockley, Margaret Tabu, Patricia Taylor, Claire
Tiffen, Ian Verhaeghe, Monica Verhaeghe, Reitze Wellen
the application of their learnings into
a design project in semester two.
Nabeel Hamdi, Mohamed Hamza, The intake on the Development and For this, three students used their
Brian Phillips, Brigitte Piquard Emergency Practice programme this experiences from DEPs January field
Hani Alnabulsi, Victoria Batchelor, Caroline Cage, Josie year comprised 46 students from trips. Siti Najwa Sheikh Yahya and
Calvert, Rebecca Chestnutt, John Clarke, Chris Fenwick,
Kathy Freeman, Annika Grafweg, Hilary Grumbar, Renny
21 countries, including six on the Sophie Jopling based their work on
Gye, Rachael Hannay, Theo Hannides, John Harvey, Dipti Diploma in Architecture programme. a visit to Indias Tamil Nadu state to
Hingorani, Judith Homadi Mensah, Laura Howlett, Damien
Hughes, Nic Irwin, Sophie Jopling, Melissa Kinnear,
These students were tasked with spend time with coastal fishing villages
Sheila Kyobutungi, Federica Lisa, Mona Luxion, Megan learning about development and affected by the 2005 Asian tsunami,
Lynagh, Fiona McLellan, Daljeet Meet, Eric Meldrum, Anna
Melland, Georgios Mitsios, Marianne Naess, Elizabeth
emergency practice in semester while Caroline Cage continued work
Parker, James Salt, Hannah Sanderson, Petr Schmied, ones taught modules, followed by from the field trip to Peru working with
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indigenous Andean communities. global realities of increased natural Caroline Cage, bridge view; below: Elizabeth Parker,
perspective. Overleaf, clockwise from top left: Sophie
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Urban Design
Alan Reeve, Ian Bentley, Andy educational, transport and other
Sandford, Srirenjitha Shanker, Li Shao, Omar Sharif, Joan
Burns, Georgia Butina-Watson, Shaw, Songyi Shi, Rashmi Sinha, Thomas Southgate,
functions to create a vibrant and
Oliver Spratley, James Sturgess, Jessica Swinscoe,
Jon Cooper, Brian Goodey,
Regina Lim, Tom Medcalf, Javina forward looking city quarter. Part of the
Sylvia Synodinou, David Taylor, Nick Thorne, Emma
Turnbull, Ioannis Tzavelakos, Jinto Vanchipurackal
Medina, Laura Novo de Azavedo task this year was for the students to
George, Vinitha Vijaykumar, Qin Wei, Rebecca Welford
Mohd Iskandar Bin Abd Malek, Anila Amarasinghe, Silvia determine the boundaries for potential
Anton, Yasaman Arasteh, Edward Arthur, Matthew Ball, The main studio project took the development and to consider the
Souman Barua, Jonathan Bellars, Stephen Borrows, Marta
Fernandez Bou, Aimee Cannon, Aloke Datta-Chaudhuri,
West End of Oxford City Centre and factors, both natural and otherwise,
Bonita Davie, Matthew Davies, Jasper Den Boeft, Shane attempted to produce a set of coherent that would constrain or enable growth
Doherty, Rashmi Doshi, Hannah Elborn, Thomas Ellis,
Thomas Gardner, Anastasia Georgouli, Clare Golden,
design strategies for re-balancing for the city.
Sarah Hardwick, Claire Harris, Amy Hollands, Jennie this fragmented urban landscape. The
Humphrey, Harry Jones, Pinelopi Kalavria, Kanwal Deep
Kapoor, Berna Karaca Cody, Tamara Kelly, Shreepriya
students identified a number of design As in previous years, the students
Khaitan, Anna Kirkham, Francesca Lee, Aylin Ludwig, opportunities and motifs, including worked in groups to produce an overall
Lorcan Lynch, James Masini, Emma Mcmullan, Nurul
Sazlin Md Sabri, Pritisha Modi, Ben Monteagle, Abhijit
the West End as a gateway to the strategy/ masterplan, and took parts
More, Ryan Murphy, Belina Nchama Manana Avichang, city water and natural elements to of this for individual designs re-
Peter Newton, Darren Oakley, Paulina Ogbugo, Matthew
Pears, Phuong Pham, Tompion Platt, Mahdieh Pourali-
underpin identity; and strengthening testing these against the group vision
Bazardeh, Alqama Qureshi, Rao Rao, Christopher the potential of existing residential, as the project developed at a number
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of scales. The work explored issues of
identity, townscape, commercial and
social coherence, and the aesthetic and
sensory dimensions of place-making.
This was reinforced through a public
consultation exercise with residents
and visitors to the area, bringing often
abstract design thinking up against the
pragmatic needs of local communities.
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Andrew Holmes, David The Houses of Enchantment is set for a cast of three characters from
Greene, Thomas Arnold, in Ridley Road Market, the open-air fairy tales. The rooms and buildings
Jane Cheadle, Mike Paris vegetable, meat, and clothing market, they inhabit are seen as sets in
Parishi Amin, Thomas Bartram, Sakthivel Baskaran, which provides the cheapest, most a location. The architects job is
Lucy Cahill, Faye Chantler, Joel Chappell, Ben Clark,
varied food from all over the world, seen as providing the art by which
Phil Coyle, Andy Davies, Ryan Doran, Marina Illum, Sai
Man Ho, Zhong-Tao Liu, Declan Molloy, Shilpa Morwal, in the poorest district in London. The everyday life is seen as a fable.
Mikiko Ogura, Hiro noriOtoshi, Hardik Patel, Kush Patel,
Ron Pettipas, Sarath Ramakrishnan, James Renfrew,
project starts from the standpoint Below: Ben Clark, billboard of illusions. Facing
page, from top: Faye Chantler, sketch; Sai Man Ho,
Harnisha Shah, Ronit Shmaryahu, Chaitra Saraf, Ashika of designing from the detail of an view of fish globes. Overleaf, left: David Werren,
Singh, Ashwini Sirdesai, Chitchanok Sirirak, Bianca
Stanculescu, Snehal Talathi, Hironori Tosh, David Werren
interior, its objects and furnishings, section AA; right: Marina Illum, section.
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Aylin Orbasli, Jonathan Bassindale, Following taught modules that provide The project was undertaken in
Marcel Vellinga, Paul Oliver the theoretical context in the first collaboration with the American
Sawsan Alnahhas, Stefano Ambrosoli, Adeola Bakare, semester, the second semester University of Sharjah and Parsons
Patricia Coyle, Surna Dookhit, Caroline Ford, Glenn
Horsfield, Zachary Jones, Aishatu Kaigama, Ursula
culminates in a regeneration and School of Design in New York through
Ludowieg OPhelan, Peter Preston, Kiran Sharma, development project. This year the a joint web-based virtual studio
Tamsin Walmsley, Julia Wedel, Miki Yoshihara
group travelled to the United Arab (www.uaeurbanidentities.com).
Emirates. Working in groups the
The International Architectural students developed regeneration Above: Kiran Sharma, Brick Lane. Facing page, from
top: Caroline Ford, park in Sharjah; Sawsan Alnahhas,
Regeneration and Development (IARD) strategies for the restored but re-examining the courtyard Sharjah; Stefano Ambrosoli,
programme aims to provide students disconnected historic centre of Sharjah courtyard in self build workers housing in Ras Al
Khaimah. Overleaf left, from top: Peter Preston, plan
with the knowledge, tools and skills and the largely dilapidated historic for a courtyard hotel in Sharjah; Stefano Ambrosoli,
that will enable them to play an active area of Ras Al Khaimah. The second section through skateboard park in Durham. Overleaf
right, top: Kiran Sharma, spatial connection revitalised
role in the re-use, enhancement and stage of the project was to make traditional dwellings in Ras Al Khaimah; middle:
regeneration of the built environment, individual design or regeneration Tamsin Walmsley, contemporary courtyard housing in
Sharjahs historic quarter massing models and section
including vernacular architecture. The proposals within the framework of
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Major Study
Igea Troiani, Matt Gaskin, John a credit to the group, their invention
Stevenson, Mark Swenarton and commitment to engaging
Beauregard Becquart, Thomas Brown, Christian creatively with academic research.
Drinkwater, Tom Easdown, Christian Fleming,
Philip Fry, Mike Halliwell, Simon Holden, Man Nga
(Jennifer) Lau, Stuart Mansell, Taufiq Nazarudin, Kirk
Rushby, Justus Van Der Hoven, Jamie Williamson
Clockwise from top right: Justus Van der
Hoven, Jamie Williamson, Stuart Mansell.
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Research
Dr Daniel Kozak, Urban fragmentation
in Buenos Aires: the case of Abasto
Degree
This thesis sought to examine
existing concepts associated with
urban fragmentation and to further
programme
develop the theoretical framework
for understanding the phenomenon
through empirical research in Buenos
Aires. It proceeded from the general
to the particular; from a review of the
Marcel Vellinga, Bousmaha Baiche, developmental interventions from meanings of the term fragmentation
Rob Beale, Rod Burgess, Elizabeth aid agencies, while often focusing in mainstream urban discourse
Burton, Carol Dair, Nicola Dempsey, on the same populations, employ worldwide, to an analysis of the
Mike Godley, Rajat Gupta, Michael
Humphreys, Mike Jenks, Lynne very different approaches. meanings of urban fragmentation in the
Mitchell, Fergus Nicol, Ray Ogden, specific case of Buenos Aires, the local
Paul Oliver, Aylin Orbasli, Brigitte This PhD explores the methodological characterisation of fragmentation as a
Piquard, Shibu Raman, Fionn approaches used in disaster spatial phenomenon at different scales
Stevenson, Mark Swenarton, management and development, and the comprehensive examination
Igea Troiani, Nicholas Walliman
with the assumption that a more of a single micro-urban case. The
Kjartan Bollason, Alma Clavin, Mariana Correia, unified understanding will add value research involved a discursive and a
Susanne Dahm, Chamutal Eitam, Simon Fisher, Joachim
de Moura Flores, Ahmadreza Foruzanmehr, Amanda
to the work of aid agencies. This spatial dimension of analysis, with two
Griffin, Michael Hill, Robert Irving, Martin Johns, Daniel is because, from the perspective sets of methodologies that included in-
Kozak, Kenneth Kwarteng, Jong Hyun Lim, Morag
Lindsay, Lenka McAlinden, Iliana Miranda Zacarias,
of those who are chronically poor, depth semi-structured interviews, self-
Lynne Mitchell, Paula Naukkarinen, Pratima Nimsamer, disasters and poverty are linked. administered and street questionnaires,
Makbule Oktay, Barry OReilly, Ana Rita, Andrea
Placidi, Jaturong Pokharatsiri, Chawalid Saicharoen,
site surveys with checklists,
Sambasiva Sajja, David Sanderson, Chulawadee Santad, The work, a PhD by Published Works, photographic recording of physical-
Daniel Santana, Sutida Sattayakorn, Donia Zhang.
draws on projects and research spatial indicators and GIS mapping.
undertaken by the author in a variety The conclusion explored ways in which
There are currently 30 full-time/ of countries between 1995 and 2008. the celebratory vision of the city as
part-time UK, EU and International a sum of fragments has increased
students within the Department, urban fragmentation by being subject
all working to complete one of the to neoliberal urban strategies.
three routes offered: MPhil, MPhil
transferring to PhD or PhD Direct.
The research topics are diverse and
reflect the wide variety of research
expertise in the Department, ranging
from environmental design to
social housing and from vernacular
architecture to steel technology.
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Prizes
BA First year: RIBA Oxfordshire prize
for best portfolio, Rodolfo Acevedo
Rodriguez; school fund prize for best overall
performance, Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez.
BA Second year: school find prize for greatest
ability in environmental science and technology
in comprehensive design, Ruth Marsh; Doric
Club Oxford prize for the best portfolio,
Alex Wateridge; sponsored prize for interior
architecture, Parveer Braich; Berman Guedes
Events
Stretton prizes for creative originality in design,
changes that they are likely to face in
Astrid Bois DEnghien and Thomas Pniewski;
the next 20 years under the impact of Riach Architects prize for best progress in
social, technological and environmental sustainability, Misha King; Leslie Jones prize
factors. The projects were envisaged for best overall performance, Charlotte Griffiths
as seeds of the future, engaging and Francis Hunt; Tom Lethbridge memorial
travel award, Pavan Birdi; nomination for the
In December 2008 the Department users to address and adapt to the
Women in Property award, Ithomi Zafiropoulos.
of Architecture hosted the 20th unpredictable conditions of tomorrow
along the River Thames in London. BA Third year: Doric Club Oxford prize for best
anniversary conference of the portfolio, Robert Fitzpatrick; Riach Architects
International Association for the prize for best dissertation, Georgios Makridis;
Study of Traditional Environments OB1 Live - Ticket Booth. This years Hays Architecture prize for best performance
(IASTE). Held in the Examination OB1 LIVE project coordinated by Jane in design, Hannah Durham; Leslie Jones
Schools in Oxfords High Street, the Anderson and Colin Priest was a construction prize, Kathrine Thoen; Leslie
Jones memorial prize awarded by the RIBA
conference was co-hosted with the ticket booth for the Creation Theatre for most progress in building construction,
University of California, Berkeley. Company in Broad Street, Oxford. Year Marc Midavaine; sponsored prize for interior
It brought together more than 250 One architecture students were asked architecture, Jennifer Thompson; RYB
delegates from all over the world to design a demountable, secure and Konsult prize awarded for the most important
and from a variety of disciplinary weatherproof structure with potential contribution to sustainability, Nicolas Villa;
Scott Brownrigg prize for best hand-drawn 3D
backgrounds, including architecture, for advertising as well as multiple visualization, Louise Cann; RIBA Bronze Medal
anthropology, historic conservation, vendors. With kind structural guidance nominations, Joel Cullum and Charlotte Bovis.
architectural history and planning. The from Gifford Engineers the main frame
Diploma: Energy efficient architecture
conference was opened by His Royal used recycled timbers and corrugated prize, Rob Fairfield; Reginald W Cave prize
Highness The Duke of Gloucester. boards and an applied Letraset text for best major study, Jamie Williamson;
pattern to merge with new contexts. Fielding Dodd prize for outstanding work,
Building Futures. The work, by Justus Van Der Hoven; RIBA South student
second and third year students Homeless Shelter. Students from award for all-round excellence, Justus Van
Der Hoven; graphics prize, Fiona McLellan;
in Unit A, tutors Carsten Jungfer Unit D designed and built a temporary Hunter Johnston Doric Prize for contribution
and Colin Priest formed part of the pavilion which tried to tackle peoples to the Department, Elizabeth Parker; PRP
Visualisations of the 21st Century often prejudiced perceptions of the Architects bursary awarded for the best
City: Conflict in Architecture exhibition homeless community in Oxford. The demonstration of sustainable design, Mina
organised by the RIBAs future studies pavilion was made up of reclaimed Samangooei; Scott Brownrigg prize for the
best perspective, Lewis Critchley; West
programme, Building Futures. The bits of wood and pallets from skips Waddy ADP prize, Rebecca Welford; special
exhibition explored ways in which symbolising individuality within the prize for exceptional contribution to the
we can anticipate and accommodate homeless community: each person Department, Victoria Batchelor and Caroline
within our cities the substantial has his/her own story to tell. Cage; RIBA Silver Medal nominations,
Marina Illum and Justus Van Der Hoven.
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Abi Abdolwahabi Prof David Greene Paul Proudman
Jane Anderson David Grindley Steve Race
Ana Araujo Dr Rajat Gupta Dr Shibu Raman
Thomas Arnold Prof Nabeel Hamdi Dr Alan Reeve*
Ricardo Assis Rosa Dr Mohamed Hamza James Roach
Lynda Ayre Mary Hancock Richard Rose-Casemore
Dr Bousmaha Baiche Anna Hart Dr David Sanderson
Jonathan Bassindale Simon Henley Paola Sassi
Nick Beech Michael Hill James Schofield
Paolo Bellini Nick Hockley Christine Sherlock
Prof Ian Bentley* Prof Andrew Holmes Toby Shew
Theo Bishop Rev Prof Michael Humphreys Bruno Silvestre
Patrick Bonfield Prof Mick Hutchins Roger Simmonds*
Dr Rod Burgess Andrea Immendoerfer Toby Smith
Andy Burns* Colin Jackson Marta Solsona
Prof Elizabeth Burton Carsten Jungfer Paul Southouse
Prof Georgia Butina Watson* Chris Kendrick Ro Spankie
Nicola Cadogan Maita Kessler Mike Stephens
Dr Tonia Carless Andy King Dr Sarah Stevens
Richard Carver Melissa Kinnear Dr Fionn Stevenson
Smita Chandiwala Justyna Laszczynska John Stevenson
Neil Clarke Dirk Lellau Leda Stott
Matt Clay Regina Lim* Grant Stratton
Mark Collett Ruth Maclennan Prof Mark Swenarton
Gary Collins Ronnie MacLellan Allan Sylvester
Margaret Cooke Amanda Marshall Dr Igea Troiani
Dr Jon Cooper* Tom Medcalf* Humphrey Truswell
Bethanie Cunnick Javina Medina* Dr Marcel Vellinga
Dr Carol Dair Prof Byron Mikellides Vivien Walker
Sally Daniels Lynne Mitchell Dr Nicholas Walliman
Joelle Darby Claire Mountford Dr Xiaoxin Wang
Andrew Dawson Prof Fergus Nicol Helena Webster
Dr Nicola Dempsey Laura Novo de Azevedo* Nicholas Whitehouse
Emmanuel Dupont Prof Ray Ogden Michael Wilford
Rute Ferreira Prof Paul Oliver Elliott Wingfield
Simon Fisher Tim Oliver Anthony Wise
Barti Garibaldo Dr Aylin Orbasli * Joint Centre for Urban Design
Matt Gaskin Charles Parrack
Rekha Giddy Dr Brian Phillips
Charlie Good Dr Brigitte Piquard Published by Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes
Prof Brian Goodey* Andrea Placidi University 2009. Editorial: Bethanie Cunnick, Colin Priest,
David Sanderson, Mark Swenarton, Nathan Wiles (design).
Phil Goodliffe Colin Priest Printed by Warners (Midlands) Plc.
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