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The Architect Pitch: Crossing Boundaries _ Deadline for applications: 5th of June
When: Thursday 27th of June, 5pm-8pm
Where: HOK, 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ
Archiboo and HOK’s London Studio are looking for seven architects to pitch problem-solving and entrepreneurial ideas to a panel comprising Usman Haque, David Weatherhead, Savannah de Savray, Nick Searl and Safia Qureshi.
The winner will receive a significant marketing and development support package with a value of almost £5,000 to help take their idea to market. It includes media support and a half-day messaging workshop by global business advisory firm FTI , a half -day digital marketing 101 session led by Digital Storey, a 2-day PR workshop supported by Big Fish Training and a thought leadership masterclass by HOK London Studio.
The panel is looking for self-generated projects with the potential to have a genuine impact. It is especially keen to hear of projects that are socially engaged and have the potential to develop into feasible solutions, from low-cost housing and ideas on how retail property can be recycled to one-off projects that have community or healthy living benefits.
There should be a minimum of five slides that explain the challenge that’s being addressed, its social purpose and proposed outcome.
Projects need not have been professionally costed but the panel would be interested to know about any attempt to access finance such as grants and other forms of funding, including crowd-funding.
As with previous pitches, architects have just three minutes to present, after which the panel will give their feedback and a winner will be announced.
Current examples of architects’ self-generated projects include Studio Octopi’s Thames Pool, AL_A’s Pitch/Pitch and the architect-funded Project Compass, which provides free access to OJEU.
Archiboo founder Amanda Baillieu said:
There’s an abundance of practices generating their own projects. Some of them have a social purpose while others are more entrepreneurial but all of them show architects moving outside their traditional role.
Archiboo is grateful to HOK London for supporting this initiative.
The Architect Pitch is part of the London Festival of Architecture.
If you would like to be considered for the pitch, please fill in the form by June 5th
If you would like to watch, please book here
OPEN2019 – Preview: Thursday 13th of June, 18:00 – 21:00, Marylebone Studios, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS
THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITIES INVITES YOU TO OPEN 2019
An exhibition of the work of Architecture BA, Interior Architecture BA, Architecture and Environmental Design BSc, Architectural Technology BSc, Designing Cities BA and MArch
PREVIEW
THURSDAY 13 JUNE, 6 – 9pm
To be opened by Angela Brady OBE PRIBA
Click here to register
STUDENTS AWARDS EVENING AND ALUMNI RECEPTION
FRIDAY 14 JUNE, 6.30 – 8.30pm (Registration from 5.30pm)
RSVP to DCDI-Events@westminster.ac.uk
EXHIBITION CONTINUES DAILY
FRIDAY 14 – SUNDAY 30 JUNE, 10am – 6pm (Weekends 10am – 2pm)
GOOD FENCES, BAD FENCES
3 JUNE 7PM
An interdisciplinary approach to the theme of boundaries, as understood by architects, planners, tourism and property students and experts.
For more information click here.
BLURRING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN INHABITING, DESIGNING, AND MAKING
6 JUNE 6:30 – 9.15PM
Five practices in the fields of architecture, landscape, and art, discuss co-design and co-making processes through the presentations of five case studies.
For more information click here.
AIR GRID: ARISTIPPIAN STRUCTURES
3 – 30 JUNE
A family of four, new AIR Grid structures. The work process will be open for public viewing and participation across the duration of the festival.
For more information click here.
WOVEN PAVILION
13 JUNE – 13 JULY
The Woven Pavilion has been developed on the Rear Podium and built by DS 3(2) using advanced parametric software and CNC cutting at the FabLab. Funded by the Quentin Hogg Trust.
For more information click here.
SPIRITUAL, SACRED, SECULAR: THE ARCHITECTURE OF FAITH IN MODERN BRITAIN
20 – 21 JUNE
This ground-breaking conference, organised in partnership with the RIBA, examines the boundaries between the sacred, spiritual and secular in modern British architecture.
For more information click here.
All exhibitions take place at:
University of Westminster,
35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS
T: 020 3506 7003
westminster.ac.uk/events
Image: Adam Todhunter
2019 RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarships and the RIBA AHR Stephen Williams Scholarship_Deadline: 5pm Friday 7 June 2019
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is now calling for applications for the 2019 RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarships and the RIBA AHR Stephen Williams Scholarship.
To be eligible to apply for the RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarships, applicants must:
- have graduated from a RIBA Part 1 professional qualification course in Architecture in a higher education institution in the UK, and
- at the time of application, be enrolled in a RIBA Part 2 professional qualification course in Architecture in a higher education institution in the UK and be starting the final year in September 2019
There are five Wren scholarships worth £6,000 each available in the 2019 application cycle. For more details about these scholarships and to download an application form, please visit here.
To be eligible to apply for the RIBA AHR Stephen Williams Scholarship, applicants must:
- have graduated from a Part 1 programme validated by the RIBA in the UK, and
- at the time of application, be enrolled in, or have been granted a placement offer for, an RIBA-validated Part 2 professional qualification in the UK or abroad starting in September 2019, or
- be enrolled, or have been granted a placement offer, in a Masters course (non-RIBA Part 2) related to architecture, at a university department that also offers courses validated by the RIBA in the UK or abroad starting in September 2019
There is one AHR scholarship worth £6,000 available in the 2019 application cycle. For more details about this scholarship and to download an application form, please visit here.
The application deadline for both scholarships is 5pm Friday 7 June 2019.
Featured image: Landscape Imaginal by Farid Abdulla, 2018 RIBA AHR Stephen Williams Scholar
24-hour Studio Openings Ahead of Portfolio Submissions + OPEN2019
In the run-in to portfolio submission and OPEN2019, the School of Architecture + Cities has agreed with Security extra cover to enable 24h opening of the Marylebone studios for the nights of:
- Wednesday 8 May
- Monday 13 May
- Tuesday 14 May
- Wednesday 15 May
- Monday 20 May
- Tuesday 21 May
- Wednesday 22 May
- Wednesday 12 June
Any infringements of the 11pm closing time on all other nights will automatically lead to the withdrawal of these additional opening times.
Call for entries: Eye Line 2019_Deadline: Monday, 10th of June
It’s Eye Line time! RIBAJ’s free-entry annual award for celebrating excellence in architectural drawing.
This international award is a proven opportunity for exposure and career advancement – for both practitioners and students.
Winners and commendations will be exhibited at the RIBA for a month and will be published in The RIBA Journal and online at RIBAJ.com. Our colleagues at the RIBA’s world famous Drawings and Archives Collections (DAC), based in the V&A Museum, will study the winners for potential inclusion in the collections. You will also be invited to the winners’ event at the RIBA attended by leading architects.
Judges are Patty Hopkins, founding partner of Hopkins Architects; Wen Quek, partner, Cullinan Studio; Anne Desmet RA, artist; Tszwai So of Spheron Architects, last year’s winner; Neil Spiller, architect, academic and editor of AD magazine; and Hugh Pearman, editor of the RIBA Journal.
There is no distinction between ‘hand drawing’ and computer rendering skills but you can find out all the entry details in the RIBA Journal article.
Key dates
Deadline: Monday 10 June, 23:59
Judging: end June.
Winners and commendations announced: August issue of RIBAJ and online.
Exhibition opening: August.
Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org
Featured image: last year’s winner Tszwai So (Spheron Architects, SA+C DS2.6 tutor)
Architecture Research Forum: “On the Estrangement of the Real from its Representations” Sean Griffiths, Thursday, May 2, 13:00-14:00, Erskine Room, 5th Floor
When: 13:00-14:00, Thursday, 2nd of May
Where: Erskine Room (M523), 5th Floor, Marylebone Campus
Sean Griffiths is Professor of Architecture at Westminster and currently practices as Modern Architect. He is a former director of FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste).
The Architecture Research Forum is a seminar series hosted by the Architecture + Cities Research Group where staff present work-in-progress for discussion.
Expanded Territories Reading Group: “The Companion Species Manifesto” by Donna Haraway, Tuesday, May 7, 18:00, M330
The Expanded Territories Reading Group in the School of Architecture + Cities invites all college staff and students who might be interested, to join us in reading some of the foundational texts of new materialism and post humanism over the coming months. We meet once a month in M330 on the Marylebone Campus.
The next reading will be Donna Haraway’s “The Companion Species Manifesto” introduced by Harshavardhan Bhat. This will take place at 18.00 in M330 on 07 May.
The text is available for download here:
http://xenopraxis.net/readings/haraway_companion.pdf
If anyone would like to be added to the Expanded Territories Reading Group mailing list, please let Lindsay Bremner know at l.bremner@westminster.ac.uk.
+ Detail Design Day
On Monday 8th of April, second year BA students from the School of Architecture + Cities had the opportunity to meet and have tutorials with a number of professionals from the industry.
The tutorials ran throughout the day, providing the students with invaluable insight and help with their final projects. The students were asked to bring in 1:20 model of a part of their project, as well as some drawings to help contextualise the model. The professionals took on the role of tutors, and were there to assist the students in understanding and solving the issues regarding detailing and construction. With only five weeks left until the portfolio submission, the aim was to use the model, alongside tutorials, as an “exploratory” investigation into the building envelope of the project, which would help pinpoint the building design that is, for most students, still in flux.
The participants: All Year 2 Architecture Students (UOW) Scott Batty Architect (UOW), Dr Stanislava Bošković (Imperial College), Todd Courtney (HUT), Rachel Eccles (HUT), Peter Greves (MAKE Architects), Matt Haycocks (UOW), George Jamieson (HUT), Vlad Luchian (HUT), Elena Marshall (Morph Structures), Dr William McLean (UOW), Sangkil Park (MAKE Architects), Paulo Pimentel (IP Design Studio), Jim Potter (Waind Gohil + Potter), Graham West (West Architecture), Julian Williams (UOW), Fran Williams (Technical Editor, The Architects Journal)
MegaCrit + MegaParty: “Who has the right to the city?”, Monday, April 15, 10:00-22:30, Ambika P3, Marylebone Campus, NW1 5LS
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody. – Jane Jacobs
OPEN TO ALL ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES
The University of Westminster and Westminster Architecture Society, in collaboration with the Architecture Foundation, invites all architecture students and recent graduates to the second edition of the Megacrit and inter-uni MegaParty!
MEGACRIT 10am-5pm
This year’s Megacrit asks the question: “Who has the right to the city?” and explores the theme of Architecture and Power.
Students will present throughout the day, exchanging ideas and engaging in a discussion with guest critics and visiting tutors from around the capital.
After presenting, students will exhibit their work around the space creating an inter-uni architectural exhibition of work for all to view! All students from any university and recent graduates are invited to come and watch the crits throughout the day, please sign up for a FREE ticket through eventbrite to confirm your attendance.
Last year, the Westminster Megacrit was a great success with 7 units, 40 students and 14 guest critics participating. With over 1700 people signing up for the event, it became one of the largest Megacrits hosted in London. We hope to have as much fun this year, and look forward to seeing you all there!
#makearchitecturegreatagain
#megacrit2019
MEGAPARTY 6pm-10:30pm
All students from any university and recent graduates are invited to celebrate at the MegaParty. Come along for a night of great music, student deals on drinks (£2.50 Peroni, £3 Wine, etc), explore the exhibition of work from the day and meet fellow architecture students from other universities! Please sign up for a FREE ticket via eventbrite to guarantee entry.
TIMETABLE FOR THE DAY
10:00 Megacrit – Morning Session
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Megacrit Afternoon Session
17:00 Panel Discussion
18:00 MegaParty starts
22:30 End
Additional Information
To access P3 please enter through University of Westminster main entrance reception on Marylebone Road. Please register for the MegaCrit and MegaParty through Eventbrite. We may contact you following the event to invite you to other similar inter-uni events run by the Westminster Architecture Society.
Please bring your student or alumni ID for entry.
By signing up you agree to receive emails regarding the MegaCrit and MegaParty and other events of relevance to the wider architecture student community.
Book tickets here.