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BA Architecture

Year 1:
Term 1 – Hybrid Wearable Architecture, Folly & Site
Term 2 – Live/Work Architectural Project

unit briefs

Unit 1 brief summary, thanks list, students list, cardboard model image
Unit 1 Brief
Unit 2 brief summary, thanks list, students list, final model image
Unit 2 Brief
Unit 3 brief summary, thanks list, students list, plywood model image
Unit 3 Brief
Unit 4 brief summary, thanks list, students list, sectional pencil drawing image
Unit 4 Brief
Unit 5 brief summary, thanks list, students list, metal model with deep pink base image
Unit 5 Brief
Unit 6 brief summary, thanks list, students list, aerial site view image
Unit 6 Brief
Unit 7 Brief with man fishing from jetty.
Unit 7 Brief
Unit 8 brief summary, thanks list, students list, cardboard site model image
Unit 8 Brief
Unit 9 brief summary, thanks list, students list, 4 misc images of student work
Unit 9 Brief
Unit 10 brief summary, thanks list, students list, axonometric pencil drawing image
Unit 10 Brief

student work

Composite pencil drawing, axonometric, plan, section, detail
Angela Maria Nino Muruaga
Bas relief paper model
Jordan Viliusis
Plywood model of a carpenters house
Dominic Allen
Pencil drawings of plan iterations
Melanie Ortega
Site analysis hand drawing with collage
Mar Reula Gregorio
Scans of clay model for the Folly project
Sarah Lellouche
Wearable architecture student in atmosheric photo
Marija Miteva
Folly project photos of plaster cast model
Xavier Chan
Wearable architecture student in atmospheric compilation of three side-by-side photos
Trudy Garlick
Final grey card greenhouse tower model close up
Samit Noor

wearable parade

Whole year photo in Naval Court wearable parade
Interior view students with wearable looking down at the stairwell
External view towards dome, with 2 students wearing cardboard head pieces
Interior view looking down on students with cardboard wearables in the stairwell
Exterior view looking down at colonnade, 2 students walking through with wearables
Exterior view in Naval court, group of students with cardboard wearables
Student standing sideways wearing a large winding cardboard wearable architecture

unit description

In BA1 Architecture, students become acquainted with a range of tools, techniques and tactics through small fast-paced projects, and apply these skills in the latter half of the year to the main architectural project.

Our ’25-26 cohort started the year with a bang, parading their hybrid wearable architecture at the Old Royal Naval College. Their methodology paid close attention to the design of joints and junction details – the main material being recycled cardboard – with the challenge of all fixings to be mechanical, no glue allowed. This was followed by the Folly project, sited at various pausing points along the River Thames, from the Greenwich Power Station towards Greenwich Peninsula. Remaining on their allocated sites, the students made observational studies and surveys, collectively building a 1:100 site model of the Peninsula riverside walk. This site analysis formed the premise to their architectural investigation and proposition.

In term 2, each unit tutor set out a live/work themed brief, from Unit 1’s ‘Crisis: Nature of Power Dwelling House’ to Unit 9/10’s ‘The Greenwich Farmers’. This approach resulted in an exciting and diverse range of design proposals, concluding the end of one eventful year.

– Jen Wan, Y1 Design Module Module Lead

tutors

Iris Argyropoulou
Pascal Bronner
Philia Yi Sian Chua
Kenzaf Chung
Leila Davis
Patrick Horne
Elin Lund
Stephanie Reid
Martin Sagar
Maria Venegas Raba
Simon Withers

with thanks to:

Martin Aberson, Sarah Brooke

Drone data: Captivate Heritage Laboratory, Skeye ASI and Visit Greenwich

Studio and Workshop team: Phil Hudson, Josie King, Robbie Munn, Francis Olvez-Wilshaw, Sven Reindl, and Sam Sheard

Year 1 students

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Architecture Portrait

The MArch Architecture is a two-year full-time or three-year part-time programme offering exemption from ARB/RIBA Part 2. It combines rigorous professional training with creative and speculative design exploration. In the first year, students join a themed design unit to undertake a creative building design project combined with a technical and professional report. In the second year, students pursue a comprehensive speculative architectural design project, and an in-depth theoretical thesis tailored to their personal interest. The programme fosters independent thinking, innovation, theoretical and technical excellence, preparing graduates for advanced architectural practice and ongoing professional development in a dynamic global context. See further details on our prospectus page.