Architectural Technology - Year 2
Tutors
Tabatha Mills
t.mills@westminster.ac.ukTabatha is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at Westminster where she has taught for 16 years. With a plethora of industry experience as a practicing Architectural Technologist, she established her own studio in 2005. Her research interests include passive design, technical design solutions and embedding inclusivity into AT education and practice.
Read More...Adam Thwaites
a.thwaites1@westminster.ac.ukAdam is a passionate advocate of Architectural Technology as a distinct profession. Adam is a Senior Lecturer and worked for a series of architectural practices prior to moving into education. His interests include the use of CLT timber in medium and high-rise building construction, energy efficiency and sustainable construction methods.
Read More...Wajiha Dadabhoy
Waj is a Part III Champion and Visiting Lecturer to the course, a practicing Architect at Rock Townsend within the Higher Education team, working on a variety of education and commercial schemes. Waj has been part of the CoProduction workshop tutor team and brings excellent technical design skills to work with students in the studio.
Read More...Ian Casey
With 25 years post RIBA qualification work experience, Ian is a practicing Architect and master planner with Pick Everard, working on large-scale projects, contributing technical detailing expertise and a robust knowledge of technical design requirements to his studio teaching.
Read More...Acknowledgements
With thanks to Ellen Neville from Hawkhurst Community Fridge Project for inspiring AT2 with a passion for reducing food waste and encouraging community engagement, to respond to their design brief.
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To Krista Zvirgzda for her invaluable input into the Technologies of Architecture 2 module and to the Fabrication Laboratory Team for their support throughout our experimental model making and testing.
Read More...AT2’s design brief this year involved a local community fridge project, aiming to reduce food waste and support community initiatives. An initial meeting with the founder of Hawkhurst Community Fridge allowed students to expand their brief to meet stakeholder needs and design a medium-scale project to house flexible spaces for community use, on a former industrial site in Deptford, South East London. In synopsis with the Technologies of Architecture 2 module, students sought to understand the principles of airtightness within their designs, building on a series of theory lectures delivered by Research Associate Krista Zvirgzda, and a practical workshop from a manufacturer of air and windtight building envelope materials. Physical models were then tested to analyse performance in line with the passive design strategy employed.
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