BSc Architectural Technology Year 3 BSc Architecture
Adam Thwaites, Paresh Parmar & Louise Humphreys
Adam Thwaites is a passionate advocate of architectural technology as a distinct profession and route into a career in architectural design. Adam is Senior Lecturer and worked for a series of small architectural practices before moving into education. His research interests include using timber (CLT) in construction, regenerative design and demountable structures.
Paresh Parmer is an architect and the director of Studio PYP which specialises in private residential projects with a strong emphasis on understanding people, spatiality and sustainability.
Louise Humphreys is an architect and the director of LVHA. She is an experienced architect and educator who has taught at numerous prestigious universities.
YEAR 3: Regenerative Design and the Missing Pieces
Students: Abubakar Ahmed, Maisha Ahmed, Zainab Ajaz, Yousra Awad, Nicolae Babuca, Aman Bansal, Rayan Bawa, Essa Bhatti, Tonette Bjolgerud, William Crosbie, Salma Elkoni, Chanjeevan Gnanenthiran, Laraib Kazmi, Lorenc Lasku, Mili Limbad, Harvey Lyward, Ethan Mak, Neelam Nandra, Angelica Nicolini, Damoon Nikooyan, Riaz Rahman, Nabeel Rizvi, Brunilda Spahiu, Akiva Spector, Angela Tamoush, Ishaq Uddin, Qiyuan Xue, Maariyah Youb
The Students’ brief this year was to design the strategic extension of the Greenwich Peninsular Design District Masterplan, and to develop the design proposal for the additional building or buildings created in the masterplan. The Extended Masterplan and proposed building or buildings were expected to clearly evidence Sustainable and Regenerative Design.
Launched in 2021, Design District is a purpose-built workspace aimed at the creative industries. Positioned in Greenwich on the site of a former gasworks, the development is close to North Greenwich station and sits in the shadow of the O2. Pioneered by developer Knight Dragon, sixteen buildings were originally planned for Design District, with proposals created by eight different architects.
Opened in phases, fourteen of the sites from the original masterplan have been built and opened. The final two buildings that had been planned were not completed due to a scheduling clash with the Silvertown Tunnel, which passes beneath the southern boundary of the existing Design District site.
Working to a brief from the client-developer Knight Dragon, AT3 students were asked to propose a southerly extension to the Design District masterplan and revise the designs of the ‘missing’ buildings from the originally imagined district.
Students came up with a range of proposals which integrated regenerative strategies to restore and enrich ecological systems on the former gasworks site. They were expected to consider how to enrich the area more holistically too, through means such as incorporating ways to support community resilience, and promote long-term circular economies.
Guest Critics: Gary Mountford (EPR Architects), Paul Smith (Foster + Partners)
Special thanks: Radu Axinte (Heatherwick Studio), Alex Howard (Knight Dragon)
Archive of Architectural Technology Year 3’s work from previous years:
BSc Architectural Technology Y3 2016-2017
BSc Architectural Technology Y3 2018-2019
BSc Architectural Technology Y3 2020-2021
BSc Architectural Technology Y3 2021-2022
BSc Architectural Technology Y3 2022-2023
BSc Architectural Technology Y3 2023-2024
