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About the Department of Architecture
Location Glasgow • Courses BSc (Hons) Architectural Studies, MArch in Advanced Architectural Design, PgDip in Advanced Architectural Design • Head of school Tim Sharpe • Full-time tutors 9 • Part-time tutors 56 • Students 610 • Staff to student ratio 1:12
Undergraduate
Catherine Campbell
Source:Catherine Campbell
Axonometric
Course BSc (Hons) Architectural Studies
Studio/unit brief Design Studies 4A & B (Unit 5)
Project title Podyssey
Project description Designed as Scotland’s first ‘open access, post-pandemic co-work’ hub, Podyssey is a collection of five ‘nodes’ across Glasgow: Work, Live, Care, Learn and Grow. The Work node re-uses the former ambulance service building on Maitland Street and is designed to reflect post-pandemic work by providing non-traditional amenities for office workers, including artists’ studios. It consists of portable plug-in pods that host shared facilities. Construction using frames enables customisation, and a sustainable way of working, with pods easily adapted to reflect a changing business.
Tutor citation Catherine has demonstrated a critical investigation and a brief development that has produced a complex and engaging proposal. The design process communicated has been outstanding, going well beyond the criteria. Graeme Nicholls and William Gunn
Postgraduate
Daniel Timofan
Source:Daniel Timofan
Course PGDip/MArch in Advanced Architectural Design
Studio/unit brief Place[making]: Place as a Sudden Gap ... or the Urgency of the Urban Unplanned (Studio 04)
Project title Redivivus – a way of overcoming oblivion
Project description The project looks at how Venetians can regain control over their city, which is too often just seen as a tourist commodity. Located on the Arsenale di Venezia, Redivivus presents an imaginary architecture in which restitution of skills and boat-building become a kernel for reform of Venice’s economy, diminishing its reliance on tourism. The project imagines architectures arranged according to the spatial logic of pre-industrial ship-building, coupled with a revival of craft and use of contemporary materials.
Tutor citation The design response here is among the finest we have seen in recent years — not only due to the compelling drawings but also thanks to the skilful balancing of rigour and openness in the testing and development process. Gordon Murray and Piotr Lesniak