Mina Eghbal’s Environmental Research Centre project in Tolworth is a sustainability-led thesis that brings together research, community engagement and architectural communication.
The project sits well as a Part II showcase because it does more than state an environmental ambition. It also shows how the idea can be modelled, visualised and explained through a clear design process.
Project focus
The brief explores an Environmental Research Centre in Tolworth, London. The project connects environmental impact, community engagement and the integration of green technologies in an urban setting.
Mina’s background also matters here. Her Part I at Cardiff University and international experience, including work with Morph Estudios, give useful context for a project concerned with sustainable design and wider environmental responsibility.
Design and communication tools
- Revit supports the technical and spatial modelling of the proposal.
- Enscape helps communicate atmosphere, scale and use.
- Photoshop strengthens presentation and visual storytelling.
- The best version of the project links the tools back to the environmental argument.
Portfolio lesson from this project
Environmental architecture projects can easily become broad. The reader needs to see the specific research question, site response, programme, environmental strategy and human experience.
Project routes and links
Use these routes to keep exploring Architecture Social project work and community submissions.
Showcase an environmental architecture project
If your project is about sustainability, research or climate response, explain the design decision behind each environmental claim.
- Name the environmental problem clearly.
- Show the site and community context.
- Link modelling, drawings and visuals back to the design argument.
Next step
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