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Architecture Research Forum: “On the Estate” Julian Williams, Thursday 15th February, Erskine Room, 5th Floor, 13:00-14:00

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JULIAN WILLIAMS: On the Estate

What makes an estate, and what does it mean to be part of one? What do estates embody and how do they act as vehicles for change, or resistance to change? These questions form the research context for an emerging networking project which examines the concept of the estate as a model for developing and managing housing. The plan is to set up a network of academics, professionals and users with the aim of developing a deeper understanding of the estate from history and from current developments, and to then disseminate this knowledge and help shape more informed future practices in the field.

Julian Williams is an architect, Principal Lecturer and BA Architecture Course Leader at the University of Westminster.

Where: Erskine Room (M523), Marylebone Campus

When: 15 February 2018, 13.00–14.00

ALL WELCOME!

PLAYweek: Westminster Construction Society Educational Trip to BRE Innovation Park

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Fri 16 February 2018 11:00-17:00

BRE Innovation Park

Launched in 2005, the Park at BRE’s headquarters in Garston, Watford, continues to set the standard for BRE’s Innovation Parks across the world. The Park started life as a small-scale demonstration of modern-methods-of-construction (MMC) and quickly developed in a facility rich in innovation.

The Innovation Parks feature full-scale demonstration buildings that have been developed by industry partners. These buildings display innovative design, materials and technologies which combine to address the development challenges facing regions across the world.

Travel Details

Date of Visit: 16 February 2018

Coach pick up at 11am – 11:30 am in front of Madame Tussauds

Journey time – approx. 1 hour 30 min

Arrive at BRE around 12:30 – 1:00pm

Audio Tour commences around: 1.30pm (lasting approx. 90min)

Coach to leave between 3.30-4:00 back to Marylebone Campus.

25 students, 5 members of staff, £5 each.

Students log in to buy tickets: https://www.uwsu.com/ents/event/197/

Organised by Scott Batty, Will McLean, Hussain Tawanaee

 

 

Prix W 2018: Competition for Students and Young Architects – Deadline 16th April

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Prix W 2018: Competition for Students and Young Architects

For 12 years, the Wilmotte Foundation has promoted the positive interaction between architectural heritage and contemporary design through the W Award, dedicated to students and young architects.

For this 8th edition, the Willmotte Foundation is pleased to ask the participants the opportunity to give a fresh start to the Fort de Villiers, located in the Parisian inner ring. They will have to use the “architectural grafting” and turn it into a complex dedicated to innovation, sport and culture. The projects will have to be in line with the organization of the Paris 2024 Olympics but not limited to it.

The best projects, selected by an international jury, will be remunerated, exhibited in Venice at the Gallery of the Wilmotte Foundation, and published in a book dedicated to the competition.

All information related to this competition can be found on www.prixw.com

The submission deadline is April 16, 2018.

Featured image: Gallery of the Wilmotte Foundation in Venice.

PLAYweek Workshop Proposal: Let us take you by the hand….

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Let us take you by the hand … : Feeling anxious or stressed? We can help.

The Architects Benevolent Society will talk about AnxietyArch – a free, quick, and confidential mental health support service for architects and students.

Sign up to AnxietyArch and you also get a free subscription to Headspace.

Organised by Westminster Architecture Society.

PLAYweek Event: John Spittle – Wiehag “Engineered Timber” – Friday 16th February, 1pm, Robin Evans Room M416

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PLAYweek Event

Talk by John Spittle – Wiehag

Title: Engineered Timber

When: Friday 16th February, 1pm

Where: Room M416

Wiehag is a family-owned company in its fifth generation, with 160 years of experience in manufactured, timber products. John has worked in the offsite industry for over 30 years, the last five of which have been with Wiehag. John has been involved in some of the largest timber engineering projects ever carried out in the UK, and has experience in all forms of timber engineering.

In 1999, Wiehag opened Europe’s largest plant for glued laminated timber construction in Altheim Austria, in whose forests a cubic meter of wood grows every second. It is estimated that one third of the annual growth of Austrian wood would already suffice to build all buildings with this material.

For details contact Pete Silver/Will McLean – w.f.mclean@westminster.ac.uk
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PLAYweek Workshop Proposal: AIR GRID – PLAYDAYsew

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AIR GRID – PLAYDAYsew

An intensive one day workshop run by Doctor Watson & Samir Pandya for the Department’s PLAYWeek.

AIR GRID is a kinaesthetic structure responsive to light and vision.

We will be working with line colour and thread in an experimental workshop designed to test the possibilities of team-work in air grid production and documentation. The aim is to colour-mix and sew a complex air grid in a single day!

When: Friday 16th February, 11am – Party,

Team Size: 5-11 persons