My 5th year project was on a national cycle HUB
that aimed to promote cycling throughout the UK
. The project looked at the country in addition to focusing in on specific aspects such as
benches and shelters. A lot of research went
into the effect architecture has on the
hegemony of streets and how power could be
redistributed.
I carried these themes into my dissertation and
even travelled to the Netherlands and Belgium
to explore how different power structures can
be created through architecture.
Between my 5th and 6th year I went back to
work for DSH Architects for the summer. It was
enlightening to see the progression I had made
at university being applied first hand.
In my final year my studio group’s brief was set
in Zurich, so we travelled there to carry out site
analysis. My project centred around creating a
new co-working environment which
demonstrated architectural flexibility. I
designed the building to adapt to differing
environmental and social inputs. To represent
the concept, I experimented through creating
physical models.
The Professional Context module was a
different module then the rest of my
architectural studies thus far, since it was
relevant to the industry and furthered my
knowledge on law, contracts, the role of the
architect and the professional bodies. I applied
my knowledge to a given scenario where I was
required to produce a bid proposal which
outlined my practice structure, fee and the
planning application.