External Engagements Practice & Study

*Charlotte Hagenmeyer presenting her Heritage Contexts project [photo: David Littlefield]*

Students and staff across postgraduate courses participated in a number of public-facing projects enriching their understanding of the cities and communities we are all part of.

The 2025 London Festival of Architecture (LFA) provided an opportunity for MA Interior Architecture student, Charlotte Hagenmeyer, to present her Heritage Contexts project, ‘The Heritage Found Within Everyday Streets’ to members of the public on a tour of Ranston Street, Marylebone.

LFA also saw the creation of the Platform for Unwritten Books (P.U.B.) which transformed the University of Westminster’s former Tower Tavern into a living laboratory of heritage activation. Centred on the theme of ‘Voices in Architecture’, the space was re-imagined as a site for storytelling and connection through the display of student work and the creation of a Human Library.

MA Urban and Regional Planning course’s unique mock planning inquiry workshop provided an opportunity for students to play the role of developer and council whilst being cross-examined by two planning barristers and a planning inspector.

Students from MA Architecture contributed to the creation of Objects of Repair, an installation by design-led research group the Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), which formed part of their Venice Biennale installation in June this year.