Within Amsterdam, the area of Zuidas, is considered to be the financial district and business centre which have evolved during the last decade. From an architectural point of view, it can be seen as a conglomerate of medium sized, office towers, all arranged around the metro station and A10 highway. Azmina's year long…
Irvine's Final project began from a city-wide analysis of the City of Milan, Italy creating a framework that integrated primary and secondary activities, helping various communities to take advantage of the pedestrian traffic that passes through the area.This was then tested out on a 40ha master plan around a wholesal…
These drawings are part of Greg's final undergraduate project entitled "The Septet," a Jewish Cemetery & memorial spread over two sites across the River Mersey.
Safwan's thesis was on environmental and social design, focusing in Surat, Gujarat, India. An initial research-driven masterplan along the Tapi river consisting of landscaping elements, educational and recreational areas, and also artificially created paddy fields. The masterplan was developed as a prototype for a riv…
In his master thesis, he investigated together with his colleague Kenan Melhem, a methodology of inscribing the notion of resilience into the architectural typology. The theoretical framework was then field-tested on a 70ha large new neighbourhood in Berlin.
Hammad Haider's final project is a Multi Faith Centre in the Heart of Melaka, Malaysia. The complex provides a safe haven for people of all faiths within the locality to encourage interfaith dialogue, learn about the diverse cultural assets as well as being a place to disconnect from the busy urban environment through…
Luke's final design explores a new typology, combining mental and physical health into a large-scale 'gym' environment where body and mind are seen as one.
James' final year project was the Working People's Club - a skills centre situated in 1980's Birmingham on a site adjacent to the former modernist Bull Ring Centre. The WPC sought to challenge the insular and exclusive nature of Working Men's Clubs; creating a centre that channeled the WMC's more altruistic roots.
Her passion in housing and public buildings is manifested in her final design thesis titled 'Make Yourself (at) Home, Inside and Outside' which creates a healthy public realm to complement the housing development currently undergoing extensively in Royal Docks, London.
Here is Bareera's final design thesis 'Bethnal Green Within Bethnal Green' which is a new mixed-use scheme that celebrates Bethnal Green by creating an intensification of the existing context. Modelled in Rhino, Revit and Sketch-up and visualised using Photoshop and Illustrator.
Prakriti's project exposes the existing building’s wall to reveal the existing structure that represent the hidden past. It works with this structure to create a place for both, the local community and the wider public to freely express their “voice”, whether it be through the activities in the multipurpose arena, per…
Old Waterfront Jewellery Factory is an electronic waste recycling facility that turns waste into valuable jewellery, it regenerates the old waterfront of Swan Wharf inviting local community, Tech startups and Artists.
Here is Majd Alkadri's final master design thesis in WSA titled 'Preservation of Timber Craft as a Tool for Integration' focusing on tackling social aspects, in addition to retrofitting, Grade ll listed site, immigration, timber crafts, forestry, woodland with the ramification of Brexit on it, ornamentation, identity…
This is Cole’s final year studio project for a riverside theatre in Berlin, complete with accommodation for travelling performers. This collection is modelled using Revit and Rhino, and visualised in both Lumion and Photoshop.
David's final thesis project Cowtropolis is a meat processing, education and retail hub supporting the production and consumption of local produce - cattle originating from Newcastle's Town Moor. The aim is to support and enhance Newcastle's agrifood supply sector, particularly during times like Covid and Brexit tarif…
Devanshi's Mental Health Biophilic Symbiosis bestows a new model of care focused on the prevention of mental illness through the use of biophilia and flexible alternatives to treatment. The aim is to remove the stigma associated with mental illness and reduce mental health inequality so that members of the community c…
Olivia's thesis project addresses a key town centre location that has lost it’s purpose because of the relocation of public function and the decline of retail. The aim of this project is to express the identity of the town centre and establish a successful relationship to public space. Contextual in nature and develop…
Here is Jenny’s most recent studio project for the re-design of scheduled monument, Gibside Hall, as a National Trust visitor attraction - studied at Post Graduate level. A garden-sanctuary for visitors of Gibside with the wellbeing of women at its roots. In appreciation of the Women’s Land Army who were billeted at G…
This is her final BA project in designing a hybrid building in between the railways of Peckham. It introduces a sculptural block of buildings lifted from the ground, linked together in a platform. The scheme creates a landscape, public spaces, cultural facilities and residential. Achieving an open, dense, mixed urban…
This is The island of Cultivation, a master-planning project of Angelina's located in Venice, aiming to create a new self-sufficient community. Intending to turn the gaze into the centre of the island and make the island level as the new life generator, she designed a new Ring for the residential and commercial uses.…