Architecture and Environmental Design - Year 3
Tutors
John Zhang
zhangj@westminster.ac.ukis an architect and director of Studio JZ. He has a particular research interest in museums as spaces for climate action.
Read More...Paolo Cascone
Paolo is the founding director of CODESIGNLAB. His research on high/low tech design and performative architecture sits at the intersection of environmental engineering and sustainable architecture.
Read More...Roberto Bottazzi
Roberto's research analyses the impact of digital technologies on architecture and urbanism. He is the author of Digital Architecture beyond Computers: Fragments of a Cultural History of Computational Design.
Read More...Yota Adilenidou
Yota is a researcher focusing on computational methodologies and digital fabrication for the evolution and activation of matter and form.
Read More...Guest Critics
Stefania Boccaletti
Ben Pollock
Hugo Santos
Nicola Read
Rofayada Salem
50 years ago the report ‘Limits to Growth’ predicted dire consequences for the world if a more ecologically and economically sustainable balance cannot be found. This year, we respond to the emerging masterplan for West Silvertown, and sought to re-imagine an alternative vision for this neighbourhood that responds to the environmental challenges of this territory and suggest an alternative and radical model for re-making a piece of the city. Through the design of a network of small-scale prototypes and a large-scale building, we have been exploring new ways in which communities and natural habitats can become symbiotic, resilient, adaptive and sustainable.
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