Register 2010

MArch 2: Welsh School of Architecture

cover image: Alex Whitcroft
Welsh School of Architecture
Bute Building King Edward VII Ave.
Cardiff CF10 3NB
Tel: + 44 (0) 29 208 74018
http://w w w.cardiff.ac.uk /archi
wsa
MArch at the Welsh School of Architecture is unique. The first year is conducted as
education in practice, with work-based learning supported by teaching and short courses.
The second year is spent in residence at the school, focussing on a final design thesis. An
introductory urban design project – this year conducted in Dublin or Shanghai – precedes
a ‘primer’ project in which graduates stake their architectural position. Thesis projects set
out to investigate the questions asked by the ‘primer’, and graduates choose their own
sites and programmes as vehicles to explore their ideas. Work is undertaken through
thematic studios, each led by one member of staff (this catalogue is organised around the
studio themes): Building Simply, Digital Tectonics, Materials, Memory, Place and Genius
Loci, Senses and Composition, Territory, the Workshop. Thesis projects seek to integrate
all aspects of design into a coherent architectural position, dealing with thinking which is
at once cultural, social, formal, political, technological, sustainable, contextual, builderly,
environmental, historical, philosophical and economic. We expect that design propositions
are speculative and realisable in the contexts of inhabitation, site, climate, culture and
feasible technologies. We believe that such pragmatism is not boring inhibition; architects
must be able to deliver their speculations. And from necessity comes richness.
The Welsh School of Architecture has a reputation of being one of the best schools in the
UK. Its holistic approach to design embraces all aspects of architecture. The learning
experience is focused around a strong studio culture and the studio project, based on
the traditional one-to-one approach to design teaching. Academic staff are supported by
visiting professors and tutors from local and leading UK practices.
Building Simply

Building Simply
Defining + Refining the Essential Laura Baron Time Limited Architecture Alex Whitcroft
Digital Tectonics

Digital Tectonics
Rationalising Digital Complexity Christopher Mugeli Open Source Ethics David Lewis
Digital Tectonics

Digital Tectonics
People, Movement, Transition Jared Gunn Navigation and Wayfinding John Woods
Digital Tectonics

Digital Tectonics
London Crop Exchange Andrew Morrison City 2.0 George Metcalfe
Digital Tectonics

Digital Tectonics
Forming the sound Nikolaos Retiniotis Displaying Energy Mateusz Orzel
Materials

Materials
Architecture + Emotions Wani Shaharir The Space of Waste Andrew Veness
Materials

Materials
Movement, Space and Form Nyasa Beale Sonorous Journey Lucy Bagshaw
Materials

Materials
Pattern: Rhythm + Repetition Sarah Kersley Embodying Time Fionnuala Byrne
Materials

Materials
Aural Architecture Jack Lambert Carving the Earth Thomas Eden
Materials

Materials
Tradtional Architecture in a Multi-Ethnic Community Oliver Forsyth Local Identity Through Materials Hannah Calver
Memory

Memory
Tracing Absence Yi (Jason) Liu Englishness Chris Browne
Memory

Memory
Divided Belfast Aisling Shannon Binding Communities Benedict Blackledge
Memory

Memory
Don’t Mention the War! Simon Broomfield Identity: Exile and Return Ahmad Barclay
Memory

Memory
The Cobb Jenny Matravers Necropolis / Metropolis Polly Upton
Memory

Place+Genius Loci
Curating Curation Rachel Witham Narratives of Place Katerina Droukopoulou-Demiri
Place+Genius Loci

Place+Genius Loci
Life as Foreground Aimee Turner Tracing Place Through Form + Composition Kate Codrington
Place+Genius Loci

Place+Genius Loci
Juxtapositions Kate Yoell Soundscapes and Place James Aldridge
Place+Genius Loci

Place+Genius Loci
Boundaries and Edges Jack Clemoes Emotional Journey Alexander Russ
Place+Genius Loci

Place+Genius Loci
Ambience + Place Laura Suff Surface + Light Daniel Walters
Place+Genius Loci

Senses+Composition
Water, Senses and Place Monika Blach An Aquaponic Settlement Toby Crane
Senses+Composition

Senses+Composition
Urban Ecosystem Kaja Delezuch Social Organisation Emily Pallot
Senses+Composition

Senses+Composition
Fuel Poverty Bethan Hemsley Infrastructure, Density + Economy Dominic Yik
Senses+Composition

Senses+Composition
Algae as an Energy Source Cerianne Thorneycroft Living on the Edge Emily Cessford
Senses+Composition

Senses+Composition
Land Mosaics Jacquelyn Pollard Ecological Territories Matthew Grandfield
Senses+Composition

Territory
Managing Water Simon Hampshire Localised Living in Cardiff Kylie Bickford
Digital Tectonics
Territory

Territory
A Pattern Landscape Emily Hadden Rediscovering Groundscape Anna Soryal
Digital Tectonics
Territory

Territory
Route: A Narrative of Process Jade Pleass Colour and Identity of a Territory Victoria Sansum
Workshop

Workshop
Density, Intensity, Scale Ralph Kent Weather Adaptive / Static + Dynamic Theodoros Samaras
Workshop

Workshop
Adaptive Reuse David Palmer Coastal Energies, Capture + Release Michael Beacham
Workshop

Transportable Frames David McGahon

Alphabetical List of Graduates Staff

James Aldridge Oliver Forsyth Jacquelyn Pollard Tutors Critics Geoff Shearcroft Neil Macomish
Lucy Bagshaw Matthew Grandfield Nikolaos Retiniotis Steve Coombs Marga Munar Bauza Dominic Stevens Beryl Menzies
Ahmad Barclay Jared Gunn Alexander Russ Wayne Forster Andy Carr Vikrant Tike Sandra Morris
Laura Baron Emily Hadden Theodoros Samaras Wassim Jabi Phil Coffey Simon Unwin David O’Neill
Michael Beacham Simon Hampshire Victoria Sansum Peter Salter Kate Darby Dominic Weil Chris Powell
Nyasa Beale Bethan Hemsley Wani Shaharir Adam Sharr Carole-Anne Davies Chris Puttick
Kylie Bickford Ralph Kent Aisling Shannon Rhian Thomas Patrick Devlin Consultants Steve Quinn
Monika Blach Sarah Kersley Anna Soryal Richard Weston Tom Gibb Bob Barton Alfredo Ramirez
Benedict Blackledge Jack Lambert Laura Suff Andy Roberts
Wassim Jabi Thomas Hill
Simon Broomfield David Lewis Cerianne Thorneycroft Visiting Ade Scholefield
Matthew Jones Jacob Hotz
Chris Browne Yi (Jason) Liu Aimee Turner Professors Mark Sustr
Amita Kulkami David Illingworth
Fionnuala Byrne Jenny Matravers Polly Upton Chris Tweed
David Leatherbarrow Simon Lannon John James
Hannah Calver David McGahon Andrew Veness Hugh Whatley
Tim Ronalds Mhairi McVicar Ian Jones
Emily Cessford George Metcalfe Daniel Walters
Andy Taylor Juliet Odgers Ian Knight
Jack Clemoes Andrew Morrison Alex Whitcroft
Jane Wernick David Preece Bart Kolodziejczyk
Kate Codrington Christopher Mugeli Rachel Witham
Toby Crane Mateusz Orzel John Woods
Kaja Delezuch Emily Pallot Dominic Yik
Katerina Droukopoulou-Demiri David Palmer Kate Yoell Thanks are due to all who have contributed to the year, including those who space
Thomas Eden Jade Pleass does not allow us to list here.
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