Possibly the first grand scale proposal to construct a celestial sphere, Étienne-Louis Boullêe’s sublime Cenotaph for Newton would have stood 150 metres in diameter. Filled with nothing but AIR, visible as light and shadow, it was intended to lift the senses of the spectator as if floating in a starry night. This year, Unit 8 borrows the title from “100 Atmospheres: Studies in scale and wonder”, a co-authored collection of speculative text and visual work reflecting on our relationship with the planet. In a similar vein to the writers and artists in the collaboration, Unit 8 members used narrative, photography, drawings and devices to create and collect atmospheres which instigated their individual project theme.
Jen Lam
Caroline Rabourdin as Term 1 H&T Unit 8 support tutor, Yuto Fujii, Yorgos Loizos, Jonathan Walker, for their architectural technology input, to Josie King, Samuel Sheard and Sven Reindl for their technical support in the modelling workshop, Philip Hudson, Robbie Munn, Francis Olvez Wilshaw for their studio support, and to Dan Dream, Thomas Hillier, Arjun Rajah as guest critics.
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.
