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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
PART II - UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
FIFTH YEAR
In the final year of my studies, I was a student in DS25, a studio based on taking the fundamental relationship between bodies and architecture as the starting point for unabashed speculation
through filmic representations and haptic forms of making. The first semester allowed us to explore the creation of the 'Body Agent' through drawing, writing and making. The second semester allowed us to use our 'Body Agents' and sites in Turin, Italy to produce a brief with the formulation of a research question to be resolved through the creation of a programme, displayed through drawing, modelling and film making. My dissertation focuses on the contemporisation of the painted Panorama and how present day media relies on its fundamental principles.
FOURTH YEAR
During the fourth year of my studies, I was a student in DS23, a studio based on exploring what mechanisation might mean in the twenty-first century with an aim to rediscover the aesthetic of the machine. To do this, the first semester allows students to explore the nature and typologies of the factory, but also of the materials and the machines of automation in the building industry. In the second semester, building upon our research, students create innovative programmes exploring the productive landscape of the future factory and to explore the architectural opportunities to be found in the formulation of a new disseminated industrial aesthetic. Click on the images to see my project.
PART I - UNIVERSITY OF KENT
THIRD YEAR
During the third year of my studies, everything I had thus so far learnt was challenged to the extreme to produce intricate conceptual strategies to solve an array of problems, from restoring function to an old Dockyard church to producing urban strategies to regenerate the town of Sheerness on Sea. My dissertation focuses on the application and limitations of Earthquake resistant technology based in Gujarat, India, after the tragic 7.7 magnitude earthquake of 2001 had hit. Click on the image to see the project.
SECOND YEAR
During the second year of my studies, I was able to combine newly established drawing skills with computer programs such as Sketch-Up, Photoshop, 3DS Max, InDesign and Revit. This allowed me to further express my designs through different mediums and also allowed for more complex schemes. Also, integration with environmental strategies and structural components expanded my knowledge. Click on the image to see the project.
FIRST YEAR
During the first year of my studies, all works were to be hand drawn as instruction by the Kent School of Architecture. This allowed us to develop drawing skills and grasp a valuable understanding of space and scale physically, before transfering our skills onto computer programs in the second year. Click on the image to see the project.
