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UnforgetTABLE Games is the third Integrated Design Project (IDP) of Year 1, where it focuses on re-purposing an unused building, amending it to give it new life and creating an extension from the building to the surroundings. The IDP 3 project serves as preparation for Year 2 where it teaches students on the importanc…

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Here is Devaansh’s final design thesis, “Reviving the spirit of Soho”, a spatial critique of gentrification in Soho, London. The project began with an investigation into the cultural erasure and spatial control brought about by speculative development, where creative communities are displaced in favour of sterile comm…

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Derick Okelo's Master's project, The Life Project, reimagines the sensitivity of burials by proposing a revolutionary and sustainable approach to honoring loved ones. Tasked with designing a processing facility for a specific site, Derick's research revealed the urgent issue of burial space shortages in London. This i…

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Here is Elise’s final design thesis, developed from her research in Sindh, Pakistan, under the Heritage Foundation’s Climate Programme. Titled Monsoon Brides, the project responds to climate-change-driven flooding, which in 2022 submerged much of Sindh, devastating crops and livelihoods and forcing some families to ma…

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The P.I.N.K Practice is Michael’s postgraduate thesis project, developed during his M(Arch) at the University of Strathclyde. Conceived as both a speculative practice and a manifesto, the project reimagines the role of the architect as a listener, collaborator, and advocate deeply embedded within the communities they…

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Winner of the LandSec Flux Award 2025, her thesis project, "The City Playhouse"—developed in collaboration with LandSec U+I—reimagines underused urban spaces as vibrant community hubs. By framing play as a tool for collective authorship, the project demonstrates her ability to unite architectural vision with social an…

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Here is Ysabel's Design Thesis. For this project, she decided Redesign a "PC Bang", a Korean Internet Cafe. With PC meaning Personal Computer, and Bang meaning room in Korea. Her design looks to expand and challenge the traditional use of the PC Bang's ways of community and collective gatherings. Through the use of co…

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'The Market of Joy' is Shefa's final year thesis where she reimagines Oxford’s Covered Market as an anti-brand spectacle—a high-tech, mixed-use intervention that disrupts consumer habits and resists digital saturation. Instead of encouraging passive consumption, the space provokes playful, critical engagement, transfo…

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Here is Harry's final year project, integrating conscious design with innovative engineering. The Planetary Parliament, located in Bristol's Castle Park, cantilevers over the River Avon, reflecting the natural environment which the building serves. Guided by the question, "what if nature could vote?", the internal for…

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His thesis, "The Power Oasis," is a visionary botanical garden that transforms Barcelona’s iconic Three Chimneys into a catalyst for ecological regeneration. Set in a future of severe drought and rising seas, the project uses solar-powered desalination to sustain native endangered plants, creating a resilient model of…

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“Fold Me a Path: An Experience of Fractured Flow” is Farah Swilam’s final thesis project, a prefabricated ferry terminal designed for the waterfront of Istanbul’s Golden Horn. The project investigates how artificial intelligence can serve as a co-designer in shaping new architectural languages rooted in human behavior…

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Andrew's final year proposal explored the adaptive reuse of a disused Lake District mill to create a light industrial hub for the production of sustainable timber furniture. This project reflected his commitment to environmental design, contextual awareness, and responsible construction in both the design and technica…