Register 2010MArch 2: Welsh School of Architecture

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.

Welsh School of ArchitectureBute Building King Edward VII Ave.Cardif f CF10 3NBTel: + 44 (0) 29 208 74018http://www.cardif f.ac.uk/archi

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Laura BaronDefining + Refining the Essential Alex WhitcroftTime Limited Architecture

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David LewisOpen Source EthicsRationalising Digital Complexity Christopher Mugeli

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John WoodsNavigation and WayfindingJared GunnPeople, Movement, Transition

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George MetcalfeCity 2.0Andrew MorrisonLondon Crop Exchange

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Mateusz OrzelDisplaying EnergyForming the sound Nikolaos Retiniotis

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Andrew VenessThe Space of WasteWani ShaharirArchitecture + Emotions

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Lucy BagshawSonorous JourneyMovement, Space and Form Nyasa Beale

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Fionnuala ByrneEmbodying TimePattern: Rhythm + Repetition Sarah Kersley

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Carving the Earth Thomas EdenAural Architecture Jack Lambert

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Hannah CalverLocal Identity Through MaterialsTradtional Architecture in a Multi-Ethnic Community Oliver Forsyth

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Y i (Jason) LiuTracing Absence Chris BrowneEnglishness

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Aisling ShannonDivided Belfast Binding Communities Benedict Blackledge

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Don’t Mention the War! Simon Broomfield Ahmad BarclayIdentity: Exile and Return

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Necropolis / Metropolis Polly UptonJenny MatraversThe Cobb

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Curating Curation Rachel Witham Narratives of Place Katerina Droukopoulou-Demiri

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

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Kate YoellJuxtapositions Soundscapes and Place James Aldridge

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Boundaries and Edges Jack Clemoes Emotional Journey Alexander Russ

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Ambience + Place Laura Suff Surface + Light Daniel Walters

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

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Kaja DelezuchUrban Ecosystem Social Organisation Emily Pallot

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Bethan HemsleyFuel Poverty Infrastructure, Density + Economy Dominic Yik

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Cerianne ThorneycroftAlgae as an Energy Source Living on the Edge Emily Cessford

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Jacquelyn PollardLand Mosaics Ecological Territories Matthew Grandfield

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Managing Water Simon Hampshire Localised Living in Cardiff Kylie Bickford

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A Pattern Landscape Emily Hadden Rediscovering Groundscape Anna Soryal

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

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Density, Intensity, Scale Ralph Kent Theodoros SamarasWeather Adaptive / Static + Dynamic

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

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Alphabetical List of Graduates

Tutors

Steve CoombsWayne ForsterWassim JabiPeter SalterAdam SharrRhian ThomasRichard Weston

Visiting Professors

David LeatherbarrowTim RonaldsAndy TaylorJane Wernick

Critics

Marga Munar BauzaAndy CarrPhil CoffeyKate DarbyCarole-Anne DaviesPatrick DevlinTom GibbWassim JabiMatthew JonesAmita KulkamiSimon LannonMhairi McVicarJuliet OdgersDavid Preece

Geoff ShearcroftDominic StevensVikrant TikeSimon UnwinDominic Weil

Consultants

Bob BartonThomas HillJacob HotzDavid IllingworthJohn JamesIan JonesIan KnightBart Kolodziejczyk

Neil MacomishBeryl MenziesSandra MorrisDavid O’NeillChris PowellChris PuttickSteve QuinnAlfredo RamirezAndy RobertsAde ScholefieldMark SustrChris TweedHugh Whatley

Staff

Thanks are due to all who have contributed to the year, including those who space does not allow us to list here.

James AldridgeLucy BagshawAhmad BarclayLaura BaronMichael BeachamNyasa BealeKylie BickfordMonika BlachBenedict BlackledgeSimon BroomfieldChris BrowneFionnuala ByrneHannah CalverEmily CessfordJack ClemoesKate CodringtonToby CraneKaja DelezuchKaterina Droukopoulou-DemiriThomas Eden

Oliver ForsythMatthew GrandfieldJared GunnEmily HaddenSimon HampshireBethan HemsleyRalph KentSarah KersleyJack LambertDavid LewisYi (Jason) LiuJenny MatraversDavid McGahonGeorge MetcalfeAndrew MorrisonChristopher MugeliMateusz OrzelEmily PallotDavid PalmerJade Pleass

Jacquelyn PollardNikolaos RetiniotisAlexander RussTheodoros SamarasVictoria SansumWani ShaharirAisling ShannonAnna SoryalLaura SuffCerianne ThorneycroftAimee TurnerPolly UptonAndrew VenessDaniel WaltersAlex WhitcroftRachel WithamJohn WoodsDominic YikKate Yoell

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