Architecture and Environmental Design - Year 2
Tutors
Stefania Boccaletti
S.Boccaletti@westminster.ac.ukStefania Boccaletti studied, practised, and taught Architecture in Italy, Canada and England. Throughout her carrier as a practitioner and academic she has developed an interest on the impact of digital tools on the design and fabrication process in the field of architecture.
Read More...Mehrdad Borna
M.Borna@westminster.ac.ukMehrdad Borna has over 15 years of architecture, sustainability and environmental design experience in professional practice and higher education. In addition to teaching Mehrdad offers consultation and advice to a range of air quality and environmental design related projects, both in the private and public sector.n
Read More...John Zhang
J.Zhang1@westminster.ac.ukJohn Zhang is an architect and academic. He runs Studio JZ and holds a PhD on the topic of contemporary Chinese.
Read More...Carine Berger
C.Bergerwoiezechoski@westminster.ac.ukCarine Berger is an architect working in the field for more than 8 years in Brazil and most recently in the UK. During the last years, she has worked in environmental design as a consultant and educator. nCurrently, she is working on her research in the field of building integrated hydroponic farms.n
Read More...Dr Rosa Schiano-Phan
r.schianophan@westminster.ac.ukDr Rosa Schiano-Phan is an architect, consultant and academic who has worked in environmental design consultancy and research for the past 20 years. Rosa taught at the Architectural Association and coordinated numerous interdisciplinary EU-funded research projects at Nottingham University. She is the co-author of The Architecture of Natural Cooling published in 2019.n
Read More...Guest Critics
Eike Selby (CGLA)
Tom Manwell (Wellstudio Architecture)
Jake Morton
Noemi Bakos (Equinox)
Eirini Tsouknida (UCL)
Roberto Bottazzi (UCL).
Thanks
Zhenzhou Weng, Chris Coonik (Innovate UK), Bill Dunster (ZED Studio), Roland Karthaus (Matter Architecture), Cath Hassell (ech2o consultants ltd), Dr Luisa Brotas (London Borough of Hackney), Dr Kyriakos Papanagiotou (KP Acoustics Ltd), Harry Paticas (Retrofit Action For Tomorrow), Kate Brown, Marion Baeli (PDP London), James Engwall (Price & Myers), Dr Julie Ann Futcher (Urban Generation), Amedeo Scofone, Jan Balbaligo (Facit Homes), Scott Batty, Will McLean
Read More...Based on concepts of transformation and application, second year students developed skills to incorporate both intuitive and evidence-based tools in their design. Evidence-based approach provided students with tools to implement environmental design principles on top of which they could develop their design proposals. Four briefs introduced students to more complex scenarios and allowed them to familiarise and eventually master new digital and analogue tools to understand, simulate, and immerse themselves in the urban and environmental context with analytical precision. The data underpinning these exercises constituted the basis for the development of their proposals. With the first brief students were asked to analyse an urban area around the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus and communicate both its urban character and environmental data, such as light/shadow, air pollution, wind, thermal comfort, and acoustic. The outcome of brief one was a meaningful environmental design strategy that informed the design of a Climate Change Hub [brief 2]. Brief 3 and 4 looked at the effects of climate change on the performance of an existing building the Marylebone Hall of Residence. Based on the climate predictions for 2050, students developed performance-based designs to retrofit the building envelope to make it resilient to the projected climatic conditions.
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