This catalogue brings together some of the outputs and activities of the Architecture design stud... more This catalogue brings together some of the outputs and activities of the Architecture design studios here at the Liverpool School of Art & Design. These are exciting times for the study of Architecture in this city. In a year when a Liverpool building has won the Stirling Prize and a Toxteth based housing installation is shortlisted for the Turner prize, Liverpool is set to house the only RIBA architecture centre outside of London, RIBA North, in a building designed by one of our graduates.
Our students develop speculative propositions that address real world issues much of which emanate from our associations with cultural and civic institutions in this city and the thematically focussed research activities of our staff. This has been a fertile year for external engagement and I would like to thank the many and varied collaborators that have enriched the creative environment in which the work illustrated here has been produced.
In October wWorkshops wAbroad in Marseille and Barcelona initiated studio projects that explore visionary urban interventions aimed to stimulate growth, enrich cultural engagement and enhance the public realm. In the same month the School’s Exhibition Research Centre curated and hosted the Adrian Henri - Total Art exhibition. The work of this celebrated Liverpool poet and painter motivated the work of that semester’s BA Level 6 studio and subsequently a number of contemporary Liverpool based writers participated in studio workshops contributing to their Poet’s Retreat project.
The school hosted a Civic Symposium ‘Starchitecture on the Mersey?’ in January, in collaboration with the Mersey Civic Society. This day of presentations and debate addressed the future of the Mersey waterfront in comparison with case studies in Bilbao, Abu Dhabi, Paris and New York. It influenced many of the BA & MArch thesis projects situated in and around Liverpool’s abandoned North Docks. This symposium also launched Parallels, an exhibition and catalogue of the first semester urban design propositions for Liverpool and Marseille from our MArch and MA Urban Design studios.
In April we hosted ‘Housing; A Critical Perspective’, in collaboration with Architecture MPS and the University of Liverpool's Sociology Department. This two day conference attracted delegates from over 15 countries; Portugal, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and China which included architects, activists, academics, residents groups and legislators. It built upon the research and design activities of our MArch 1 design studio that currently has a special focus on housing futures.
Our student architecture society, ArchSoc, has continued to organise a rich variety of social events and runs an inspirational film club. Their Frontier guest lecture series included CJ Lim’s Food City, Liam Young’s City Everywhere and Rachel Armstrong’s Soft Living Architecture which continued to explore the boundaries of architecture and public art practice.
It is never possible to capture on paper the full vibrancy of the School but I hope the contents of this document provide a taste of its intimacy, richness and creative energy.
This catalogue brings together some of the outputs and activities of the Architecture design stud... more This catalogue brings together some of the outputs and activities of the Architecture design studios here at the Liverpool School of Art & Design. These are exciting times for the study of Architecture in this city. In a year when a Liverpool building has won the Stirling Prize and a Toxteth based housing installation is shortlisted for the Turner prize, Liverpool is set to house the only RIBA architecture centre outside of London, RIBA North, in a building designed by one of our graduates.
Our students develop speculative propositions that address real world issues much of which emanate from our associations with cultural and civic institutions in this city and the thematically focussed research activities of our staff. This has been a fertile year for external engagement and I would like to thank the many and varied collaborators that have enriched the creative environment in which the work illustrated here has been produced.
In October wWorkshops wAbroad in Marseille and Barcelona initiated studio projects that explore visionary urban interventions aimed to stimulate growth, enrich cultural engagement and enhance the public realm. In the same month the School’s Exhibition Research Centre curated and hosted the Adrian Henri - Total Art exhibition. The work of this celebrated Liverpool poet and painter motivated the work of that semester’s BA Level 6 studio and subsequently a number of contemporary Liverpool based writers participated in studio workshops contributing to their Poet’s Retreat project.
The school hosted a Civic Symposium ‘Starchitecture on the Mersey?’ in January, in collaboration with the Mersey Civic Society. This day of presentations and debate addressed the future of the Mersey waterfront in comparison with case studies in Bilbao, Abu Dhabi, Paris and New York. It influenced many of the BA & MArch thesis projects situated in and around Liverpool’s abandoned North Docks. This symposium also launched Parallels, an exhibition and catalogue of the first semester urban design propositions for Liverpool and Marseille from our MArch and MA Urban Design studios.
In April we hosted ‘Housing; A Critical Perspective’, in collaboration with Architecture MPS and the University of Liverpool's Sociology Department. This two day conference attracted delegates from over 15 countries; Portugal, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and China which included architects, activists, academics, residents groups and legislators. It built upon the research and design activities of our MArch 1 design studio that currently has a special focus on housing futures.
Our student architecture society, ArchSoc, has continued to organise a rich variety of social events and runs an inspirational film club. Their Frontier guest lecture series included CJ Lim’s Food City, Liam Young’s City Everywhere and Rachel Armstrong’s Soft Living Architecture which continued to explore the boundaries of architecture and public art practice.
It is never possible to capture on paper the full vibrancy of the School but I hope the contents of this document provide a taste of its intimacy, richness and creative energy.
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Our students develop speculative propositions that address real world issues much of which emanate from our associations with cultural and civic institutions in this city and the thematically focussed research activities of our staff. This has been a fertile year for external engagement and I would like to thank the many and varied collaborators that have enriched the creative environment in which the work illustrated here has been produced.
In October wWorkshops wAbroad in Marseille and Barcelona initiated studio projects that explore visionary urban interventions aimed to stimulate growth, enrich cultural engagement and enhance the public realm. In the same month the School’s Exhibition Research Centre curated and hosted the Adrian Henri - Total Art exhibition. The work of this celebrated Liverpool poet and painter motivated the work of that semester’s BA Level 6 studio and subsequently a number of contemporary Liverpool based writers participated in studio workshops contributing to their Poet’s Retreat project.
The school hosted a Civic Symposium ‘Starchitecture on the Mersey?’ in January, in collaboration with the Mersey Civic Society. This day of presentations and debate addressed the future of the Mersey waterfront in comparison with case studies in Bilbao, Abu Dhabi, Paris and New York. It influenced many of the BA & MArch thesis projects situated in and around Liverpool’s abandoned North Docks. This symposium also launched Parallels, an exhibition and catalogue of the first semester urban design propositions for Liverpool and Marseille from our MArch and MA Urban Design studios.
In April we hosted ‘Housing; A Critical Perspective’, in collaboration with Architecture MPS and the University of Liverpool's Sociology Department. This two day conference attracted delegates from over 15 countries; Portugal, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and China which included architects, activists, academics, residents groups and legislators. It built upon the research and design activities of our MArch 1 design studio that currently has a special focus on housing futures.
Our student architecture society, ArchSoc, has continued to organise a rich variety of social events and runs an inspirational film club. Their Frontier guest lecture series included CJ Lim’s Food City, Liam Young’s City Everywhere and Rachel Armstrong’s Soft Living Architecture which continued to explore the boundaries of architecture and public art practice.
It is never possible to capture on paper the full vibrancy of the School but I hope the contents of this document provide a taste of its intimacy, richness and creative energy.
Our students develop speculative propositions that address real world issues much of which emanate from our associations with cultural and civic institutions in this city and the thematically focussed research activities of our staff. This has been a fertile year for external engagement and I would like to thank the many and varied collaborators that have enriched the creative environment in which the work illustrated here has been produced.
In October wWorkshops wAbroad in Marseille and Barcelona initiated studio projects that explore visionary urban interventions aimed to stimulate growth, enrich cultural engagement and enhance the public realm. In the same month the School’s Exhibition Research Centre curated and hosted the Adrian Henri - Total Art exhibition. The work of this celebrated Liverpool poet and painter motivated the work of that semester’s BA Level 6 studio and subsequently a number of contemporary Liverpool based writers participated in studio workshops contributing to their Poet’s Retreat project.
The school hosted a Civic Symposium ‘Starchitecture on the Mersey?’ in January, in collaboration with the Mersey Civic Society. This day of presentations and debate addressed the future of the Mersey waterfront in comparison with case studies in Bilbao, Abu Dhabi, Paris and New York. It influenced many of the BA & MArch thesis projects situated in and around Liverpool’s abandoned North Docks. This symposium also launched Parallels, an exhibition and catalogue of the first semester urban design propositions for Liverpool and Marseille from our MArch and MA Urban Design studios.
In April we hosted ‘Housing; A Critical Perspective’, in collaboration with Architecture MPS and the University of Liverpool's Sociology Department. This two day conference attracted delegates from over 15 countries; Portugal, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and China which included architects, activists, academics, residents groups and legislators. It built upon the research and design activities of our MArch 1 design studio that currently has a special focus on housing futures.
Our student architecture society, ArchSoc, has continued to organise a rich variety of social events and runs an inspirational film club. Their Frontier guest lecture series included CJ Lim’s Food City, Liam Young’s City Everywhere and Rachel Armstrong’s Soft Living Architecture which continued to explore the boundaries of architecture and public art practice.
It is never possible to capture on paper the full vibrancy of the School but I hope the contents of this document provide a taste of its intimacy, richness and creative energy.