Interior Architecture Year 2 Interior Architecture BA (Hons)

Conor Clarke, Alessandro Ayuso, James Engel & Jake Parkin

Conor Clarke is the second year lead and works to develop pedagogy around large scale fabrication. Alessandro Ayuso is Senior Lecturer whose studio-based practice and research focuses on the intersection of representation, architecture and the alien body.

James Engel is a practising architect and educator. He established the cross-disciplinary design studio, Spaced Out, and is passionate about how design can solve problems and improve wellbeing.

Jake Parkin is a designer and tutor based in London. He founded Jake Parkin Studio and previously worked at Bureau Spectacular in LA.

YEAR 2: Culture & Alteration, Material & Detail

Students: Sanchita Agrawal, Mustafa Alhilfi, Myah Alkhatib, Nouf Alnaki, Zainah Alsalem, Pritika Arora, Yusra Aydin, Pearl Azeroual-Dray, Maya Bagdadi, Dilan Barkodat, Mahfuza Begum, Malayka Bhatti, Andrea Bonilla, Zoe Brightly, Ancela Cardoso, Mariam Dayekh, Merve Falyali, Nadia Fonari, Tamzin Forrest, Chaima Fouad, Faith Gopaul, Hibah Khan, Stephanie Kirk, Chelsea Kurniawan, Hy Le, Qiwen Lin, Kleopatra Lotsa Or Loca, Abigail Mangani, Ivan Martinez, Njane Mcleary-Savage, Magdalini Merkaj, Kristina Miljusevic, Sarvaangi Mittal, Balkis Mortier, Iman Myatt, Mara-Melania Onofrei, Sameera Osmani, Tuana Ozuren, Aysoun Pak-Eteghad Abadi, Ria Rafiqul, Shahed Salah, Oscar Santos, Kashvi Singhal, Tanmayee Thadigatla, Cemre Toguz, Marjona Tosheva, Lina Ydri, Oliwia Sara Zamolska, Lina Zigheche

Studies in Design 3: Trading Knowledge

Students were asked to reimagine the former sugar warehouse which houses the Museum of London, Docklands. s a major point of entry for goods and migrants in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, the site is directly connected to the trade on which London was built, and demanded reflection on the complex relationship between the location and the people entangled in its legacy.

Students were tasked with imagining ways to remake this building, memorialising its past and connecting with the self-organised contemporary communities affected by its legacy. Working as a group, they built a 1:20 model of the site as a design tool to explore the notion of intervention. They each then developed permanent and temporary interior architectural designs that reinterpreted the site’s history and offered space for healing, creativity and dialogue.

Studies in Design 4: New Material Futurism

In today’s context, materials continue to sit at the heart of global conflict, climate anxiety and ethical debates. Challenging the students to consider what role, if any, the built environment plays in constructing the future, and how material space and social conditions impact each other, this project encouraged the students to consider how the built environment is implicated in the social and political realities we live in.

Through the analytical and speculative study of found objects, students explored geometry, fabrication and narrative connections. These investigations formed the foundation for continued material experimentation and spatial transformation using cast and sheet materials. Envisioning a future London free of cars and the need for car parks, the Maclisse Road multi-storey car park has been reimagined as a hotel, or hostel, for the future.

Guest Critics: Hannah Anderson (Pearcy & Co), Russell Bamber (BamberWorks), Eleni Diana Elia, Beatrice Frant, Hanna Hendrickson-Rebizant, Yvonne Huang (Zaha Hadid Architects), Huren Marsh (Studio Han), Aleksandar Stankovic, Suha Valiyaveettil, Adam West (Heatherwick Studio), Ella Blue Wragg

Special thanks: George Brazier (Karakusevic Carson Architects) Karolina Kielb (Paul Smith), Andrew Riddell (Ventete)