Open Studio is an interactive project run by the School of Architecture + Cities at the University of Westminster to make its design, research and practice-based work available online while it is happening. The site acts as a real time teaching and learning environment in which the work of both students and staff is curated and documented – the work of its design studios, or its other teaching and research groups and workshops. Read more in Blog, follow us on Twitter and like us on Instagram.
When: Tuesday, 18th of June 2024, 1pm-2pm (BST)
Where: AED Studio M612, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS
You are invited to the lunchtime talk by Juan Carlos Ragel Bonilla, Visiting Researcher at ProBE this summer. Juan Carlos is a doctoral student and researcher in the Department of Engineering at the University of Seville and his PhD topic is on the application of machine learning to thermal comfort models in public buildings.
When: Tuesday, 9th of July 2024 from 10am to 5pm (BST)
Where: Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE), Room C1.15-16, University of Westminster, New Cavendish Campus, 115 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6UW
To book you place, please visit here.
The Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE) – a multi-faculty research centre spanning Westminster Business School (WBS) and the School of Architecture and Cities (SA+C) at the University of Westminster – is inviting you to a research symposium on reassessing research priorities for the study of the production of the built environment.
The symposium will be an opportunity to hear about ProBE’s current and recently completed research and to discuss priorities for future research on the production of the built environment, in particular the issues that most urgently need addressing, such as combatting climate change, improving vocational education and training (VET), and addressing sectoral equality, diversity and inclusion challenges in UK, Europe and across the globe. It will bring together ProBE members, past, existing and prospective collaborators, project partners from within the University of Westminster and beyond, including academic organisations, unions, industry practitioners, environmental organisations, policymakers and the wider society, for an interactive day of discussion.
The symposium will include keynote presentations from ProBE members and external speakers and panel discussions on the following key research areas:
When: Monday, 3rd of June 2024 at 6pm (BST)
Where: M416, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online
Eventbrite booking link is here.
Jim Coleman’s inaugural lecture will take place on Monday 3 June at 18.00 in M416, with an online option available. Jim Coleman is one of our highly skilled Professors of Practice. The lecture is titled: ‘Delivering Net Zero Places: Realities, Constraints and Opportunities.’
When: Wednesday, 19th of June 2024
Where: LG08, University of Westminster, 12 Little Titchfield St, W1W 7BY London
Please register your attendance here.
This free event, hosted by the Place and Experience research group at the University of Westminster, will bring together tourism and event professionals and academics to discuss practical solutions for the responsible consumption and production of space.
Tourism and event experiences have the power to create significant change in people, places and organisations. While many of these changes are positive, others can be very detrimental to the environment, spaces, and lives of the residents where these activities take place.
This event will consist of a panel from the tourism and events community, including: Priya Narain (KERB); Claudio Giambrone (Wembley Park London); Stroma Cole (Equality in Tourism); Belvin Tawuya (Africa Day Every Day); Claire O’Neill (A Greener Future) Chiara Orefice (University of Westminster); Louise Storch (British Standards Institute). Ilaria Pappalepore from the University of Westminster will chair the panel.
Our panellists will share their views and experiences on the responsible consumption and production of space. We will then invite our audience and speakers to engage in the 3-minute active solution challenge: can you suggest and illustrate in 3 minutes a sustainable, real-life solution to a problem affecting the consumption and production of space? Participants will get the opportunity to collaborate and share best practices, which they will be able to apply to their own professional context as a result.
This event is part of the London Festival of Architecture 2024.
When: From 21st to 23rd of May 2024
Where: 89 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6PE
We’re thrilled to announce that the MA Interior Architecture students will exhibit their work from this year’s Technical Study at Clerkenwell Design Week.
When: Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024 at 4.30pm-8pm (BST)
Where: M416, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS
Theme: Activating PhD Research- Social Engagement and Impacts
We delve into the power of community engagement and the real-world applications of doctoral research projects beyond academia.
Guest speaker: Dr. Julie Marsh
Artist and researcher at Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM) and Co-Director of the CREAM Doctoral Programme at the University of Westminster.
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/activating-phd-research-social-engagement-and-impacts-tickets-868203719697?aff=oddtdtcreator
Full programme:
When: Thursday, 13th of June 2024 at 6pm (BST)
Where: Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER’S SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITIES INVITES YOU TO OPEN 2024
Thursday 13 June 6pm
Head of School Harry Charrington cordially invites you to attend the opening of the graduating students’ degree show, OPEN 2024, featuring work from
Preview
Thursday 13 June, 6 – 9pm
Opened by George Clarke
Exhibition continues
Friday 14 June – Sunday 30 Jun
You can also RSVP to DCDI-Events@westminster.ac.uk
Image credit: Declan Slonim, Architecture BA
When: Tuesday, 11th of June 2024 at 6pm (BST)
Where: M416, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS
Book via Eventbrite here.
In this public lecture, Daniel Mangabeira argues that architects play a key role as builders of social well-being. His award-winning practice, BLOCO Arquitetos, asserts the social role of the architect through a meticulous process of design and construction that refrains from any preconceived aesthetic. This approach will be illustrated by a wide range of projects.
Daniel Mangabeira graduated (with distinction) from the MA Architecture programme at the University of Westminster in 2013. He was subsequently elected President of the Council of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal District of Brazil. The work of BLOCO Arquitetos is often featured in the architectural press and has been widely presented across Latin America. This is their first talk in the UK.
The event is chaired by Davide Deriu, Reader in Architectural History and Theory at the University of Westminster. Everyone is welcome.
When: Monday, 13th of May 2024 at 6pm (BST)
Where: M416, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online
Eventbrite booking here.
In this lecture, Prof Sadie Morgan’s will chronicle major endeavours over her twenty-five year career, including a selection of projects and roles that have provided fertile testing ground for how design can work to authentically improve people’s lives.
Morgan will focus on the lessons learnt throughout – the power of collaborative design thinking and doing; the need for real social value; gender parity and diversity within the industry; the importance of listening and gathering knowledge; the importance of collective criticism; and the need for well-being and quality of life to become central to the built environment.
The inaugural lecture will also be webcast via Microsoft Teams, with a link shared with registered delegates as an Outlook invite on the day of the event.
In-person attendees are invited to join us for a drinks reception at the close of the lecture, to the event close.
Conference: 25-27 June, 2025
Location: London + Virtual
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 July, 2024 [Early submissions]
A little over 25 years ago, the site of this conference, Maritime Greenwich, London, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Home to the first Palladian building in England, the Royal Naval College by Sir Christopher Wren, the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Observatory and the University of Greenwich, it is one of the UK’s most important historical sites. It is home to ground breaking projects in digital heritage, the Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and a variety of major arts and cultural events annually. It is promoted by its ‘state-of-the-art’ visitor centre and ardently protected by the UKs Listed Buildings and Conservation Acts. It is a quintessential site of world heritage.
However, as a site located in the city of London, it feels the pressures of economic and urban development. It is threatened by the strains of mass tourism and can be at risk of over exposure. It is located near areas of social deprivation and its buildings and parks are in need of continual, and costly, maintenance. Managing the site for local residents, the heritage community and visitors is complex and can be contested. In this regard, Maritime Greenwich is also the epitome of the difficulties faced across the heritage sector, the world over.
Using the World Heritage Site of Maritime Greenwich as a point of departure, this conference seeks to explore the critical questions for the international heritage sector today from various disciplinary perspectives.
For more details please visit here.
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