Technical Studies

Tutors

Will McLean

w.f.mclean@westminster.ac.uk

Dr Will McLean writes and publishes about the technology of architecture. He teaches Technical Studies across the school (BA, MArch, PhD) and organises the visiting lecture programme. McLean is a co-editor of Construction History: International Journal of the Construction History Society and he has recently co-authored (with Pete Silver) Environmental Design Sourcebook: Innovative design ideas for a sustainable built environment, due for publication by RIBA Publishing, August 2nd.

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Pete Silver

p.silver@westminster.ac.uk

Pete Silver is a practising architect, and former building contractor. Pete has taught at the Architectural Association, the Bartlett (UCL) and the Royal College of Art and he has co-authored five books with Will McLean. The 3rd edition of Introduction to Architectural Technology, has just been published by Laurence King, London.

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Scott Batty

s.batty@westminster.ac.uk

Scott Batty is a sole practitioner architect and he coordinates the second-year degree Technical Studies programme – including The Site Diary, Environmental Design Study and Technical Design Study assignments. Scott also teaches on the third-year Degree and final year MArch courses. Scott has devised the UOW Sustainability design principles, which he recently presented to the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) Educators group.

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Alison McLellan


Alison McLellan established Form_art architects in 2004 following over a decade working in London and Berlin, with architects Stirling Wilford & Associates (Michael Wilford & Partners) and Stanton Williams. Alison provides technical tutorial support for degree and MArch students.

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Dr Chris Leung


Dr Chris Leung is an architect and associate professor at the Bartlett (UCL). Chris tutors environmental design and fabrication strategy for final year Degree and MArch students.

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Andrew Whiting


Andrew Whiting is the director of HÛT Architecture, and he has a particular interest in education and practice. Andrew teaches at Degree and MArch level, providing technical tutorial and mentoring support. Andrew is also an RIBA Awards judge, and RIBA Part III Professional examiner.

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Guest Critics

Kristofer Adelaide (KA-A)
Jan Balbaligo (Natural Builder)
Paul Bavister (Flanagan Lawrence)
Henry Burling (Morph Structures)
Marc Exley (Morph Structures)
Fotis Grammatikopoulos
Tim Greatrex (Tim Greatrex Architects)
Cath Hassell (ech2o)
Dave Heeley (Morph Structures)
Thomas Hesslenberg (Elliot Wood)
Sophie Hicks (Sophie Hicks Architects)
Ollie Houchell (UCL)
Sho Ito (UOW)
Thom Kilvert (Hopkins Architects)
Aleksandra Kravchenko (TAK Architecture/Design)
Martin Liepman (SOM)
Greg Lomas (Foster Lomas Architects)
Balveer Manika (UOW)
Nick Newman (Studio Bark)
Laura Nica (UOW)
Mick Pearce (Mick Pearce Architects)
Ben Pollock (UOW)
David Rayment (Morph Structures)
Ehab Sayed (Biohm)
Eleana Savvidi (Morph Structures)
Ian Seabrook (Laing O’Rourke)
Andrew Waugh (Waugh Thistleton)
Chris Williamson (Weston Williamson + Partners)
Christopher Wollaston (SOM)
Jingxian Ye (EPFL Lausanne).

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Thanks

We would like to thank all of our visiting lecturers, tutors and consultants.

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The Technical Studies teaching in the School of Architecture at the University of Westminster has been designed as a linear progression from first year Undergraduate through to final year MArch. For each year of study a lecture series underpins the structure of the teaching. In first year undergraduate, a fourteen-week lecture series is delivered by Pete Silver that sets out an approach to the structure, form, material and environmental principles that constitute the ‘technologies’ of the built environment. In second year undergraduate, Scott Batty runs the uniquel Site Diary assignment that affords students their first experience of a construction site. During the first semester Will McLean organizes the Thursday evening ‘open’ lecture series, which highlights new technological developments in the fields of architecture, engineering and environmental design. We have imbedded different types of teaching input and feedback in the BA and MArch courses, which include lectures, seminars, tutorials and the Friday afternoon consultant sessions, where visiting specialists provide technical expertise for our final year BA Architecture and MArch students (online this year). This specialist input (as in practice) helps to focus the work of the student in regards to structural clarity, visual comprehension and environmental sustainability. This year we have embedded the UOW Sustainability design principles in years two and three of the Degree and we have completely renewed the Undergr

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