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The Welsh School of Architecture

Cardiff University

Cardiff University offers RIBA-listed architecture courses covering Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, based in Cardiff, Wales.

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Preservation of Timber Craft as a Tool for Integration, submitted work by Majd Alkadri
Preservation of Timber Craft as a Tool for Integration · Majd Alkadri

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Cardiff University lists RIBA architecture routes covering Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

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Cardiff, Wales
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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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  • Shafia Motaleb

    By Shafia Motaleb

    Here is Shafia’s final design elevation for her previous project for a biophilic live/work space which aims to bring more greenery into the everyday lives of the working individuals—The Sanctuary Cafe, Cardiff.

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  • Preservation of Timber Craft as a Tool for Integration, submitted work by Majd Alkadri

    Preservation of Timber Craft as a Tool for Integration

    By Majd Alkadri

    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…

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  • Oliver Shad, submitted work by Oliver Shad

    Oliver Shad

    By Oliver Shad

    Oliver's final design thesis for his part I studies was based in a derelict pocket adjacent to Glasgow Green. The scheme looked at providing accommodation for sustainable research and public insight into the effects of water pollutants such as hydrocarbons and chromium as a result of the industrial revolution. The Sus…

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  • Mina Eghbal, submitted work by Mina Eghbal

    Mina Eghbal

    By Mina Eghbal

    Here is Mina’s 4th year thesis for a environmental Research Centre in Tolworth, London, All modelled in Revit and visualised with Enscape and Photoshop.

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  • Make Yourself (at) Home, Inside and Outside, submitted work by Borum Kim

    Make Yourself (at) Home, Inside and Outside

    By Borum Kim

    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.

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  • Sustainabowl Pavilion, submitted work by Leilou Walmsley

    Sustainabowl Pavilion

    By Leilou Walmsley

    Leilou Walmsley’s project is the Sustainabowl Japanese food pavilion. This project was created during her first year of the Bachelors course.

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  • Reframing the Welsh Lido, submitted work by Leilou Walmsley

    Reframing the Welsh Lido

    By Leilou Walmsley

    Leilou Walmsley’s proposal reconnects outdoor swimming with community life through a stream-fed lido north of Radyr weir.

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  • the Kyrle Co-operative, submitted work by Oliver Coupe

    the Kyrle Co-operative

    By Oliver Coupe

    Oliver's 3rd year project is the Kyrle Co-operative; a communal housing project based in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. The project aims to challenge the convention of isolated living and individual ownership of amenities in housing by creating a project that includes shared living, kitchen and laundry spaces. Oliver wis…

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  • Forgeworks, submitted work by Kimberly Yong

    Forgeworks

    By Kimberly Yong

    Kimberly’s MArch design thesis, Forgeworks, proposes a new workplace for fabrication, semiconductor processes and satellite integration in Cardiff. The project questions how highly controlled technical environments, often hidden inside industrial 'black boxes', can become more visible, humane and environmentally accou…

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  • CONTINUUM, submitted work by Benita Onuoha

    CONTINUUM

    By Benita Onuoha

    Benita’s thesis project explores how architecture can respond to the pressures facing historic waterfronts. While regeneration often focuses on economic growth and redevelopment, it can also contribute to the loss of cultural identity, traditional industries, and community spaces. This issue is particularly relevant a…

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