Architecture Student Projects 2013

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Northumbria Projects 2013
ISBN NUMBER: 978-1-86135- 382-5
Northumbria Projects 13
Introduction
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Design + Editorial:
Benjamin Elliott
Kelly MacKinnon
Chris Brown
Emily Scullion
Alastair Speak
Department of Architecture and the Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering + Environment
Ellison Building
Northumbria University
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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This publication is more than a
catalogue of 78 student projects, it is the
culmination of up to 6 years of learning,
research and development. Thousands of
hours of study have produced a group of
graduates charged with diverse abilities,
skills, and personalities. Northumbria
Projects 2013 showcases the talent and
dedication of this years graduating part
1 and part 2 architects and the school’s
commitment to the highest standard of
architectural education.
Foreword
Welcome to Northumbria Projects
2013, the yearbook of the architecture
programmes at Northumbria University.
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering + Environment:
Glen McHale
Head of Department of Architecture and the Built Environment:
Kevin Thomas
Director of Architecture:
Benjamin Elliott
Professor of Research Informed Teaching in Architecture:
Paul Jones
Champion of Teaching and Learning + Programme Leader M Arch:
Peter Holgate
Programme Leader BA(Hons) Arch:
Stephen Roberts
Programme Leader BA(Hons) Interior Arch:
Paul Ring
Architectural Staff:
Andrea Couture
Jonathan Bone
Kelly MacKinnon
Lewis Preston
Manuel Cresciani
Oliver Jones
Professor Ruth Conroy-Dalton
Sebastian Messer
Steve Miller
Will Campbell
Zaid Alwan
External Examiners:
M Arch:
David Page : Page \ Park Architects
Professor Flora Samuel : Sheffield University
Roger Stephenson : Stephenson: ISA Studio
BA(Hons) Arch:
Alex Wright : University of Bath
David Simister : Aedas
Roger Stephenson : Stephenson: ISA Studio
BA(Hons) Interior Arch:
Andrew Stone : London Metropolitan University
This publication serves as a record of
the work of those students graduating
in the summer of 2013, and evidences
a thriving and diverse range of thinking
and production within our architecture
courses.
The architecture staff members at
Northumbria are focused on the provision
of quality teaching and learning, and in
developing students’ skills and knowledge
in order to achieve their full potential. As
a result of this dedication, and coupled
with the provision of excellent studio
space, Northumbria has engendered
an exceptional ‘studio culture’, where
students learn and develop through ongoing dialogue with staff and peers alike.
This studio culture reflects authentic
practice, and prepares students well for a
life in architecture. A key feature of the
course is a constant engagement with
practice on both local and national levels,
with notable practitioners visiting to
engage in studio reviews, presentations
and learning activities.
Staff members themselves comprise a
selection of architects who have worked
for national and international awardwinning practices. Taught modules are
therefore underpinned by both practical
experience and theoretical credibility
derived from Northumbria’s growing
reputation for research. High standards
of scholarship are thereby achieved in a
friendly, supportive and student-centred
environment.
These factors, along with the strong links
with practice, have served to maintain
an exceptional record for graduate
employment, with 85% of the 2012
degree course cohort either finding
employment or going on to further study
within 6 months of graduation (unistats.
com).
In the sixteen years since the
undergraduate architecture programme
commenced at Northumbria, both
architecture courses have grown in stature
and are now highly respected in the wider
academic and architectural communities.
The quality of the courses can be seen in
the comments of the external examiners
which have consistently reported that
there is an extremely high level of
dedication, enthusiasm and support from
the staff; this is evidenced year on year
with excellent student satisfaction ratings
in the National Student Survey results,
with the programme at Northumbria
having the highest overall satisfaction
score for all architecture courses in the
country in 2013 (unistats.com).
This success can also be seen through the
achievements of the students, with four
student projects being shortlisted in the
international RIBA presidents Medals
competition in recent years, along with
several other national level award wins
recently being achieved by students
including the RIBA Hadrian Medals,
3D Reid, NAA, NDC, BCO and APS
regional and national awards.
Northumbria’s student centred and
inclusive approach is demonstrated
through all graduating students being
afforded the opportunity to feature in
this publication. This is a clear testament
to the high quality levels of learning and
creativity permeating the work of all of
our students.
Benjamin Elliott
Director of Architecture
‘I believe that the staff and students at Northumbria have achieved
something very special.’
Contents
Foreword
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Peter Beacock
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Awards and Prizes
RIBA Presidents Medals Silver Award 2013
RIBA Postgraduate Hadrian Medal 2013
RIBA Presidents Medals Bronze Award 2013
RIBA Undergraduate Hadrian Medal 2013
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios prize for outstanding undergraduate design project
Northumberland National Park Association: ‘the sill’ visitor centre prize
Northumberland National Park Association: ‘the sill’ alternative visitor centre prize
Ryders prize for best postgraduate project
Ryders prize for best undergraduate project
Trada NETTA Prize
Ibstock Design Prize
Capita Symonds prize for overall highest mark in the Built and Natural Environment
Live Theatre project prize
BD Magazine - Class of 2013, Top five Part II students in the UK
WISE Competition
RIBA Forgotten Spaces North East 2012
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BA (Hons) Architecture
Year One
Year Two
Study Trip - Rome
Year Three
Young Lit + Phil
Lindisfarne
AD Gefrin and Yeavering Bell
The Sill
Blyth
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Master In Architecture
Year One
Study Trip - Madrid
Year Two
Live Theatre
South Shields
Lindisfarne
Silt Island
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Interior Architecture
Year One
Year Two
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Extra Curricular Studies
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Acknowledgments and Index
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Professor Flora Samuel
(Head of the University of Sheffield School of Architecture);
Peter Beacock
The production of Northumbria Projects
2013 coincides with the retirement of
Peter Beacock, our outgoing Head of
Architecture and the principle originator
of Architectural Studies at
Northumbria University. Peter has
steered the embryonic course into an
exemplary suite of Undergraduate and
Masters studies, recently adding Interior
Architecture, which will see its first cohort
graduating in 2014. The subject discipline
has grown to over 300 students across its
programmes, which consistently compete
and excel when measured against
established Schools of Architecture for
quality of work, graduate employability,
student satisfaction and subject league
tables. Peter’s expertise, efforts and
knowledge have been instrumental in
Architecture becoming central to the
academic activities of both the Faculty
and University, for which he deserves our
sincerest gratitude.
Paul Ring
Programme Leader
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture
Awards + Prizes 2013
RIBA Presidents Medals Silver Award
Nominees 2013
RIBA Postgraduate Hadrian Medal
Shortlist 2013
RIBA Presidents Medals Bronze Award
Nominees 2013
RIBA Undergraduate Hadrian Medal
Shortlist 2013
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios:
Prize for outstanding undergraduate
design project
Northumberland National Park
Association: ‘the sill’ visitor centre prize
Association: ‘the sill’ alternative visitor
centre prize
Ryder prize for best postgraduate design
project
Ryder prize for best undergraduate project
Trada NETTA prize
Ibstock design prize
Capita Symonds prize for overall
highest mark in the Built and Natural
Environment
Live Theatre project prize
BD Magazine - Class of 2013, top five
Part II students in the UK
WISE Competition
RIBA Forgotten Spaces North East 2012
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RIBA Presidents Medals Silver Award Nominee 2013; Carl Harper
The Restorative Aquaculture of Silt Island (see page 194-195)
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RIBA Presidents Medals Silver Award Nominee 2013; Leanne Stamp
Manufactured Landscapes (see page 204-205)
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2.
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1.
RIBA Postgraduate Hadrian
Medal 2013
Winner:
(1) Jonathan Dennis
Shortlisted:
(2) Carl Harper,
(3) Leanne Stamp,
(4) Neil Sedgley
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RIBA Presidents Medals Bronze Award Nominee 2013; Thomas Savage
In Praise of Nests and Other Things (see page 128-129)
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RIBA Presidents Medals Bronze Award Nominee 2013; Justin Chu
The four [g]ospels (see page 68-69)
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2.
4.
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1.
RIBA Undergraduate Hadrian
Medal Shortlist 2013
Winner:
(1) Justin Chu
Shortlisted:
(2) Robert Whalley,
(3) Thomas Savage,
(4) Alex Spicer
3.
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5.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios: Prize for outstanding undergraduate design project
Winner:
(1) Robin Eadie
Runner-up:
(2) Miten Mistry
Shortlisted:
(3) Daniel Mossman,
(4) Will Monaghan,
(5) Emma Bramley,
(6) Justin Chu,
(7) Alex Spicer
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2.
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6.
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1.
Northumberland National Park Association: ‘the sill’ visitor centre prize
Winner:
(1) Simon Ward
Shortlisted:
(2) Jamie Bugler
(3) Julia Lee
(4) Jenny Oman
(5) Will Monaghan
(6) Elin Jones
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3.
Northumberland National Park Association: ‘the sill’ alternative visitor centre prize
Winner:
(1) Louisa Heyworth
Shortlisted:
(2) Thomas Savage
(3) Robert Whalley
(4) Justin Chu
(5) Miten Mistry
1.
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2.
Ryders prize for best
postgraduate project
Winner:
(1) Carl Harper
Runner-up:
(2) Leanne Stamp
2.
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1.
Ryders prize for best
undergraduate project
Winner:
(1) Justin Chu
Runner-up:
(2) Thomas Savage
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3.
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2.
Trada NETTA Prize
Winner:
(1) Alice Hamlin
Runner up:
(2) Emma Bramley
(3) Laurence Misick
1.
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2.
Ibstock Design Prize
Winner :
Maurycy Olsweski
Runner up:
Alex Spicer
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Capita Symonds prize for overall highest mark in the Built and Natural Environment; Adrian Yiu
The Blyth Museum of Sustainability (see page 134-135)
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Live Theatre project prize;
Jon Dennis
Reviving the Mysteries of
Newcastle’s Quayside (see page
156-157)
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BD Magazine - Class of 2013, Top five Part II students in the UK; Carl Harper
The Restorative Aquaculture of Silt Island (see page 194-195)
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WISE Competition Sean Normington, Emily Scullion, Sam Sedgewick, Tom Sykes - Honourable Mention
Forgotten Spaces Competition, North East 2012 Matt Drury - 3rd place
‘Polyport 2013’
MArch Year 1
‘The Augmented Distillery 2012’
MArch Graduate 2012
The communal gardening project
proposes transforming the former yard
of the Harland and Wolff Ship Building
Company in Belfast, reconnecting the site
to the city centre and providing a neutral
space in which some of Belfast’s 50,000
people of pensionable age can meet and
work together on a common hobby.
At the heart of the scheme is the pleasure
of social gardening. The shortlisted design
incorporates a series of community
gardens that would allow elderly people
to interact with populations of all ages,
including a communal allotment space
and a market place to sell the produce.
The team also proposed a waste-to-energy
operation adjacent to the gardens which
would help to resolve Belfast’s increasing
landfill project, providing clean energy
to Belfast city centre and nourishment of
the gardens with compost produced as a
by-product of the process.
Derived from extensive historical research
into Pudding Chare and its proximities,
the thesis is derived from collective
memory of the site, recollecting forgotten
memories from the sites past to inform a
new narrative through re-interpretation
and adaption.
The distillery recollects the former
architecture of St John’s Street which
currently lies vacant within Newcastle’s
‘Grainger Town’. Selective memories
of former architecture, inhabitants and
events are re-layered, to re-instate a nexus
of forgotten spaces which have became
lost amongst the dense urban fabric of
the city.
The distillery reprises the role of a former
spirit merchant and distiller, Mr Samuel
Stokoe, whose premises formerly occupied
the site during the 19th century.
Image: Alastair Speak
The part one programme at Northumbria
equips students with the skills necessary
to thrive in architectural practice.
Architecture is a complex subject,
and students develop the ability to
think critically, independently and
creatively through engagement with two
design projects in their final year. This
programme is prescribed by the ARB and
validated by the RIBA.
These projects form a balanced portfolio
and provide vehicles for learning the
associated elements of theory, technology,
management and sustainable design.
This approach constructively aligns
the assignments to the studio projects,
helping the students to engage with these
essential aspects of architecture.
Architecture can be a difficult and
daunting subject, but one which can
be immensely satisfying and rewarding
in both study and practice. The work
of the architecture staff and students at
Northumbria centres upon critical themes
and questions which can be seen to be
explored and demonstrated through the
work of the final year students.
Central to this work is the philosophy
of architecture being fundamentally
about people and our interactions with
each other within our environments.
This translates into considerations of
contextual awareness; to be conscious
of the world in which we exist and
will therefore operate as architects.
Architecture is not an isolated object, it
is part of a continuum of the physical,
historic and cultural fabric of human
existence, and it is this foundation which
forms the starting point for inquiries
within the student projects.
This examination, and the resultant
understanding, provides the material by
which the narratives of the projects are
defined. These themes are then developed
through a process of exploring the
experiential nature of space as framed by
the authentic craft of building.
This iterative design process encourages
sensitive, appropriate and considered
scheme proposals, which emerge from,
and contribute to, the spirit of their place.
Ben Elliott : Programme Leader
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2.
Year One
1.
Year 1 intends to lay the foundations
for architecture students by establishing
core understanding in theoretical
knowledge and practical skills essential
for further development. Throughout
Year 1 authentic studio based projects are
undertaken within the local context of
Newcastle where students embark on a
range of enquiries and design challenges.
As a central vehicle for learning, the
studio project is supported by a range
of integrated modules covering key
areas which include; history and theory,
communication, management and
practice, technology and environmental
design.
During Semester 1 students observe,
investigate and record a series of allocated
sites. Drawn and crafted studies form a
repository of information from which
the student group draw upon throughout
the academic year. Through a series
of authentic project briefs, Semester
2 engages the students in the acts of
modifying, developing and creating
additions and adaptations with a clear
connection to place, underpinned by an
appreciation of cultural context.
Images:
(1) Steve Alton
(2) Rebecca Illingworth
(3) Katie Hammond
(4) Paul Justin
(5) Bradley Alsop
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4.
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3.
Year Two
1.
Year Two consolidates and expands the
core learning and practical skills gained
in Year One. It offers an opportunity
to be inquisitive and experimental with
an accumulating body of architectural
knowledge. The pace and structure of the
studio based projects encourage deeper
exploration of the design process,
building confidence with a range of
communication methods and nurtures a
broadening architectural vocabulary.
new ideas and concepts.
This personal advancement is predicated
upon the development of critical thinking
skills. Coherent streams of information
are generated by aligning the content of
supporting modules with thematic ideas
contained within studio projects. This
fosters new architectural interests and
provides a strong provenance for testing
Images:
(1) Gerald Narciso
(2) Bridge project
(3-4) Barthelemy Vautravers
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2.
Study Trip Rome
Photographs:
(1) Will Campbell
(2) Lewis Preston
The three days’ Study Trip to Rome took
place in February 2013. The whole Y2
Architecture students participated with
enthusiasm and interest to what was
perceived as the contemporary version of
the ‘Grand Tour’.
Of course this was a great opportunity to
see some of the most famous architectures
of the Eternal City, like the Pantheon,
the Colosseum and S. Peter’s Basilica.
However, the visit did not only focus on
the Ancient Roman period; on its second
day it was indeed extended to Rome’s
Modernist heritage, with particular attention to the Olympic structures of Pier
Luigi Nervi (RIBA Gold Medal in 1960).
The final day was all about the Contemporary production: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI
(RIBA Stirling Prize 2008), Renzo Piano’s
auditorium and Richard Meier’s Ara Pacis.
Finally, the visit coincided with a rather
exceptional event: the resignation of the
Pope. This unplanned circumstance provided the extra flavour to a very valuable
student experience.
Manuel Cresciani
In conjunction with the Northumberland
National Parks Association and the Youth
Hostel Association, the architecture
students at Northumbria University were
asked to design a visitor centre set in the
rich historic context of Northumberland.
The current facilities at Once Brewed
on Hadrian’s Wall are substandard and
do not provide accommodation of the
quality which befits an area of such wide
and varied appeal. The visitor centre
will be a modern-day education centre
which will house both permanent and
temporary exhibitions and interactive
learning facilities across a range of themes
which will serve as a focal point in the
Northumberland National Park. The
Year Three
centre will also provide accommodation
for visitors as an expansion of the YHA’s
existing facilities on the site. Choices
of sites were offered - highlighting the
diverse activities and attraction of the
wider National Park, and the students
were asked to expand on the NNPA brief
to include the exhibition on a theme
significant to the history of the area.
Through the hard work of the NNPA and
the YHA, funding has now been secured
to take the project to the next stage of
design and a huge step closer to the
realisation of the new visitor centre.
Northumbria University architecture
would like to thank Georgia Villalobos
of the NNPA and Nicky Watson of the
appointed architects JDDK for their
continued help and support with this
project.
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A New Northumberland National Park
visitor centre and youth hostel
Young Lit and Phil - Newcastle upon Tyne
The Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit
& Phil) is the largest independent library
outside London, housing over 150,000
current and historic books, with the
collection covering every field of interest.
The Society was founded early in 1793
as a ‘conversation club’, with an annual
subscription of one guinea. The subjects
of the conversations - and the books that
supported them - were wide-ranging,
but above all the society sought to share
knowledge.
Community groups from all over the
region will be encouraged to use the YL+P
as a learning resource, and the YL+P will
re-establish the act of thinking and the
pursuit and exchange of knowledge as
a rewarding pastime, and crucially, as a
social experience; the subjects are not
‘high-brow’, but are issues that concern
all of us and that we can productively
contribute to.
Crucially, the young L&P will be for the
exchange of knowledge and the chance to
challenge and debate.
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The Young Lit + Phil proposals will
provide a place embodying the ethos of
the original L&P, but in a more accessible
manner, particularly encouraging people
to engage with subjects (such as literature
and philosophy) who may not have had a
chance to do so before.
Image : Ben Elliott
Image: Ben Elliott
Heather A Graham
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As Newcastle’s largest and longest
established industry, the decline
of shipbuilding in the 1980’s
had a significant impact on the
City. A library dedicated solely
to shipbuilding will archive the
redundant material and provide
a facility for members of the
community to easily trace their
heritage. The building in itself is
a representative of the city’s rich
industrial past.
Tonnae Kwong
The Young Lit & Phil Library maintains
the original atmosphere of solitude with
a contemporary twist. The new library is
dedicated to children from 0-12 years old.
It is a space for story telling, fun reading
and education. The proposal brings life to
the area.
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Ashley Murray
Laurence Misick
Manga is a complex and traditional form
of Japanese comics which have grown
exceedingly popular in western culture.
One of the fastest growing sectors of the
existing Gateshead Library, the manga
collection is sorely underdeveloped.
The introduction of a designated manga
library in the burgeoning creative
community of Gateshead, Tyne & Wear,
is aimed to generate interest and attract
youth visitors to this emerging social hub.
Awards
Runner-up - NETTA TRADA prize
A Venue for the Spoken Word
Unlike the existing building, The Young
Lit & Phil has an informal, social setting.
The glass box proposal aims to ‘open
up’ the institution, permitting views
through the building to engage with it’s
surroundings.
With respect for the historic setting,
the architecture appears low lying and
unobtrusive during the day. At night,
the architecture glows, illuminating the
society’s presence within the city. A beacon
perched on the river bank, the architecture
becomes a destination and draws visitors
back to Castle Garth.
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Maurycy Olszewski
There are almost two million people in
the UK that are suffering from blindness.
This means that out of every thirty people
one person is suffering from sight loss, yet
only one small library for the blind exists.
The purpose of this project was to design
a library for the blind for The Literary
& Philosophical Society. The idea was to
create a building that can be explored and
understood through all the
senses; a place where the visually impaired
can feel comfortable from the moment
they first visit. The concept of the library
is orientated around texture, shapes,
acoustics and proportions.
Awards
Winner - 2013 Ibstock Design Prize
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Matthew Wardle
Daniel Woodbridge
Located South of the Tyne, the library
grows organically from its surroundings,
its material and form born of the city that
encompasses it. The scheme creates a hub
of philosophical debate and study, with
the evolution of philosophical thought
plotted as a journey from darkness into
light, creating an existential experience for
all ages.
The Forgotten Read Library has a fully
recycled book collection, donated through
book banks located around the City. The
partly excavated layout of the building
influenced the structural principle with
a monolithic concrete frame responding
to the mass removed in excavation whilst
an opposing lightweight lattice frame
supports the exposed fabric. The design
incorporates recycled material to create a
modern vision of library design.
Lindisfarne - The Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels are a masterpiece
of early medieval European book
painting. The book represents the
golden age of design and craftsmanship
in Northumbria, and has survived for
over a thousand years in almost perfect
condition. The detail, intricacy and
beauty of its decoration are outstanding.
The Gospels have returned to the region
in the summer of 2013, on loan from
the British Library and displayed in
Durham, but for this project the students
were asked to consider the possibility
of returning them to the place of their
creation; the holy island of Lindisfarne.
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The heugh + priory + the ouse
Castle point + scar jockey
Emmanuel head + sheldrake pool
Image: Jamie Nicholson
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Justin Chu
A dwelling has to be ‘Protective’, an office
‘practical’, a ballroom ‘festive’ and a church
‘solemn’ Genius Loci
Tides rise and fall creating physical
barriers of seclusion to the island. Once a
location for pilgrimage and hermitage, the
scheme brings back the emotion, allowing
members of the public to reflect and learn
in their own space, as pilgrims once did.
Awards
The scheme consists of a procession,
channeling people through the lime kilns
[hostel+visitors space] into the sea and
branching into solemnly atmospheric
spaces.
Winner: Ryders prize for best
undergraduate project
Nominated: RIBA presidents medals
bronze
Shortlisted: RIBA Hadrian medal
Shortlisted: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
prize for outstanding undergraduate
design project
‘The staff have an amazing ability to engage with the students……’
David Simister (creative director, Aedas);
Model: Justin Chu
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Robin Eadie
Situated on the remote north easterly
point of Holy Island, the visitors centre
and hostel lie hunkered down within the
inhospitable dunes, shielding the Gospels
from the forces of nature.
The thick stone walls enclosing both the
hostel buildings and the visitors centre
allow for the life of the community to
continue in this exposed and isolated
location, much like the original priory on
the island over 1,000 years ago.
Awards
Winner:
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios prize for
outstanding undergraduate design project
Robert Eaton
Laura Griffiths
Holy Island’s harsh and enrapturing
nature induced an intrinsically
protective, insular building with a
primitive nature that connects with
the raw elements of the site.
Directional in nature, the buildings
allow visitors to navigate by their
procession towards the Emmanuel
Head beacon in what otherwise is a
vast expanse of land, engulfed by the
treacherous mist and wind.
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In modern times the fishing industry
has overtaken the island’s religious
heritage, remnants of fishing jetties
sit alongside the priory ruins, a
juxtaposition of the cultures on
the island. Holy island is a coastal
nature reserve and the architecture
respects its environment, delicately
touching the ground, spanning land
and sea in the vastly changing tidal
landscape. The building intends to
enhance the connection with the
island, with only the exhibition
spaces inwardly focused, the
powerful environment has a vast
impact upon people’s experiences.
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Suzanne Hinds
The vessels create refuge nodes dispersed
along the tumultuous coastline, resonating
with historic pilgrimages to the place of
origin of The Lindisfarne Gospels. The
return of The Gospels to Northumberland
prompts the creation of new visitor centre
facilities to house such a precious piece of
history.
Kin Leung
Dispersal of form originated from the
hermit nature of the island and St.
Cuthbert’s presence and lifestyle. The
elongated form embodies a journey
along the island, constantly exposing and
defending the occupant to nature.
During the viking raids on Lindisfarne
in 793 A.D, the jewelled cover of the
Lindisfarne gospel was lost. The scheme
involves the design of a museum and
visitor centre for the manuscript along
with its replacement cover produced in
1852.
The building concept derives from a
shipwreck remain following the attack.
The timber frame is reminiscent of sail
masts.
Maxwell Los
St Aidan, the first inhabitant of the
island, and St Cuthbert regularly
took to the Farne Islands for prayers
of meditation.
Broken down into a series of nodes,
the building placement in the
landscape forms a visual connection
between the islands. The series
of buildings, anchored by the
Lindisfarne Lime Kilns, climax with
view to the Farnes and a space of
contemplation housing the precious
Gospels manuscript.
Emma Milnes
Symmetrical and geometric. Three
buildings have been created from
the grid pattern; semi public, public
and the gospel chamber. The Gospel
chamber is central and the key
focal point. A courtyard has been
formed around the gospel chamber
to emphasise the protection of the
Lindisfarne Gospels.
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The significance between the
Farnes and their connection to
Lindisfarne forms the concept and
axial arrangement of the scheme.
Alignment of the visitor centre
and youth hostel allow the user to
experience the journey.
Jenny Oman
The layout of the building relates
to local vernacular Bastle Houses,
which took the form of shelter on
the ground floor and living areas on
the first floor. This scheme draws
parallels by utilising the ground
floor as the hostel and placing the
visitor centre on the first floor.
Awards
Shortlisted: Northumberland
National Park Association:
‘the sill’ visitor centre prize
Henrietta Pissarro
The Hermit, Visitor Centre and Youth
Hostels
The scheme aims to create an
experience similar to that of St.
Cuthbert in order to educate the
visitors about the gospels.
Pilgrims from all over the world
visit Holy Island, reaching the island
via ‘Pilgrims way’. The scheme
axis form a pathway that creates a
public/private divide. Along this
pathway is a tunnel which provides
a dark, isolated and spiritual place,
lit by four light wells symbolising
the four gospels; Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John.
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Located at Castle Point on the south
east tip of the island, the visitor
centre mirrors the location of the
Lindisfarne Priory on the south west
point, providing shelter for people
and animals in an exposed location.
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Madeline Wallace
The design concept came from the
historical collection of Saint Cuthbert’s
Beads. With many of the beads being
found on Saint Cuthbert’s Island, they
were believed to be holy and were
collected and used on rosary beads.
This nautilus shell form was used to create
the master plan of the design, with the
visitors centre at the focal point. Separate
youth hostel rooms are provided, with
each lowered into the ground by 0.5
metres to become part of the landscape.
The Sill - The Vindolanda Tablets
Located just north of Wooler, the AngloSaxon site of Ad Gefrin provides a wealth
of significant historic artefacts and events.
From Mesolithic flint workings, wood
henges and standing stones, Bronze Age
ceremonial relics through to significant
battles of the border reivers in the
middle ages, the site’s greatest historic
significance is perhaps as the northern
palace of Edwin of Northumbria and the
location where his Roman missionary
Paulinus carried out mass-conversions to
Christianity.
Crowned with the largest hill fort in
Northumberland, Yeavering Bell stands
overlooking the site of Ad Gefrin, and
together these sites provide an expansive,
windswept landscape, rich in history.
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Gefrin field site + battle stone
Old yeavering beck
Torleehouse woods
St. gregorys hill
Image: Johari Jappar
Zachary Gould
The burial towers exhibit the
remains of the Ad Gefrin artefacts.
They are representative of its past
landscape and paying homage
and acts as a marker in the
Northumberland landscape
Angus Donaldson
Inspired by the hill fort walls, land
art and the surrounding footpaths the
visitor centre sits in the adjacent valley to
Yeavering Bell with the hostel the other
side of the river.
The embedded visitor centre displays
artefacts from the Ad Gefrin site and Iron
Age hill fort, as well as aiding the crossing
of the river.
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Carved out of the steep bank lies
the opening of a precession, down
through the levels are reflective
of the changes over history and
these journey down into a grave.
These voids progress down into the
landscape, but maintain a sheer
height from within. The towers
provide their connection to the
outside, and the visible chare is a
direct link to its setting.
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Alice Hamlin
The visitor centre and youth hostel is
situated within the fascinating landscape
of Yeavering Bell, the ‘hill of the goats’,
a distinctive mountain that has been
culturally significant since the Mesolithic
Period. The centre creates a new landmark
within this richly woven landscape,
drawing on alignments with ancient
monuments. A series of rammed concrete
retaining walls create sheltered terraces
which house the museum, visitor facilities
and youth hostel, acting as a base from
which visitors can explore and discover the
surrounding landscape.
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Winner - NETTA TRADA prize
Stephen Hart
Sited in the hills surrounding
the mountainous Yeavering Bell,
the hostel and visitor centre look
over the historic site of Ad Gefrin
in the low lands below. The site
amalgamates the ethos of pilgrimage
and community in a series of linked
journeys, each with their own
specific destination. Rest, learn and
view.
Inspired by land art and the
topographical landscape, the design
creates a link between the public
footpath and the Iron age findings at
Yeavering Bell.
A North facing design allows for
optimum exhibition lighting,
creating an ideal environment for
the viewing of artefacts. A raised
form creates an open space around
the building, maximising circulation
around the site.
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Bradley Harrison
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Louisa Heyworth
Nestled at the foot of Yeavering Bell is the
Old Palace, an early form of the Bastle
house. This defensive structure provided
refuge from attack during the Border
Reiver Period. Preserving the history and
knowledge of the Border Reiving families
is the focus of the museum and visitor
centre.
Self-sufficient structures provide refuge for
cyclists and walkers from the wilderness
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of the Cheviots. The tower rises out of
the mountain like a beacon, which opens
views across the history steeped landscape.
The accommodation marks the route up
Yeavering Bell following the contours of
the mountain.
Winner - Northumberland National Park
Association: ‘the sill’ alternative visitor
centre prize
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Becky Iwnicki
Johari Jappar
The ‘thin places’ are places in Celtic
mythology, where the boundary between
the heavens and earth, between past,
present and future are thin. They are
places for reflection, peace and meditation.
Yeavering Bell visitor centre is inspired by
the thin places, and the ancient spirituality
of the mountain itself.
Ad Gefrin is without doubt one of
the most special places within the
Northumberland National park. A
panoramic outlook of the region is best
observed from The Spine Centre.
The visitor centre and associated
accommodation nestle in it’s natural
surroundings and are particularly
fashioned to promote an intimate
reconnection with history, the landscape
and beyond.
Sarah Mc Namara
The idea of sanctuary, ceremony
and seclusion link the site with the
building and the building with its
occupants. The design calls upon
influences from Richard Long and
uses the natural contours of the
site to define its position within
it. It’s form is based on the site’s
Anglo Saxon heritage. The notion of
gathering and meeting is reiterated
throughout the design. Upon
entering the building there is a
procession, creating a ceremonial
experience as you walk through
it. The two separate buildings are
linked by nature through the trees.
The roof of the structure becomes a
canopy atop the building, with the
library floor stretching above the
structure, in to the trees.
Elin Jones
A dramatic landscape dominates the small
hamlet of Kirknewton, Northumberland,
wherein lie the remains of a twinpeaked Iron Age hill fort. The building
was designed to lend sympathy to the
fort’s historical origins. Roof heights
create different experiences throughout
the building as well as offering natural
light into the spaces. A heavyweight
embedded structure is designed to make
the exhibition space feel enclosed, whereas
the lightweight structures feel open and
spacious. The building’s set into the
landscape, while the imposing rooftops
provoke curiosity.
Awards
Shortlisted -Northumberland National
Park Association: ‘the sill’ visitor centre
prize
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Yeavering Bell Visitor Centre
Annabella Tubbs
Through the Trees
It is believed that the ancient poem
‘Beowulf ’ was inspired by the
Northumbrian landscape. The dark,
mysterious and emotive narrative
has played influence on the scheme,
marrying material and structure.
1) Earthwork
2) Hearth
3) Framework
4) Light-weight enclosing
membrane
Will Monaghan
Awards
3 buildings mark the landscape, dotting
along the way. A place to pause, a place to
visit, a place to stay. Between two frosted
peaks, amongst the Cheviots, a visitor’s
centre rests, a vestibule of our patchwork
history. Beyond, a place to rest, a shelter
a moment to pause before continuing
our recovery of landscape. The eventual
destination. The horizon glimmers, a
winged silhouette glides above, silence.
Shortlisted - Northumberland National
prize
Shortlisted - Feilden Clegg Bradley
Studios: Prize for outstanding
undergraduate design project
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Gottfried Semper’s theory
‘Stereotomics’ divides the primitive
structure into four basic elements;
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Miten Mistry
Awards
Ad Gefrin's historical spirits flow
mysteriously, forever passing by the
watchful goats. Exposed & untamed,
the environment evokes a beautiful
turbulence. Outside, a disposition of
slender trunks in a forest of columns
stand tall amongst the battering elements.
Inside, contemplate upon the landscape
and be excited by precariousness.
Runner-up - Feilden Clegg Bradley
Park Association: ‘the sill’ alternative
visitor centre prize
The proposal is formed as an
eight-shape ramp which tells the
story of Ad Gefrin and exhibits the
major artifacts from the Ad Gefrin
archaeological investigations in
1949. The building has a strong
connection to the surrounding
landscape and nature, the roof
structure was inspired by local rock
formations. The centre provides
accommodation for visitors as a
YHA facility incorporating a bridge
and viewing platform over the valley.
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Johannes Whittmann
The Sill - The Vindolanda Tablets
Existing yha + visitor centre site, once brewed
Steel rigg, once brewed
Walltown crags
Thirlwall castle, greenhead
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The projects located around Hadrian’s Wall considered the potential to house and exhibit
the Vindolanda tablets. These fragments of thin, wooden leaf-tablets are the oldest
surviving handwritten documents in Britain. These precious relics provide an insight
into life at the fringes of the Roman Empire, and an important stepping stone in British
history.
Image: Ben Elliott
Agnieszka Ciechanowska
Resting alongside Hadrian’s Wall,
the scheme takes reference from the
surrounding landscape, reflecting
the rock formations and layers of
earth that sit adjacent.
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Inside, the visitor centre will
exhibit Vindolanda tablets as well
as the provision of a facility to
educate on Roman life and the
Northumberland National Park.
Emma Bramley
Located by the ruined Thirlwall castle, the
sill visitors centre and youth hostel is a
representation of the landscape.
positioning of the forts on the map.
The distance between each structural fin is
proportionate to the miles between each
fort.
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Together, they create a journey along
Hadrian’s wall, stopping at each one of the
17 wall forts along the way.
Runner up - NETTA TRADA prize
The height of the structural fins is
representative of the North/South
undergraduate design project.
The youth hostel and visitor
centre is designed to represent a
continuation of Hadrian’s Wall on
the site that it once stood. This is
achieved by taking features from
the wall to shape and style several of
the designs key concepts, including
the building’s footprint, height and
materiality.
James Bugler
Awards
The scheme has been heavily influenced
by traditional building forms and
materials which allow the building to sit
comfortably within the context of the
site. The visitors centre is based around
a vernacular courtyard which uses its
pitched roof to help lead people to the
rugged landscape beyond. Like many
of the Northumberland farmsteads, the
building’s aesthetics are defined by its
engineering.
Runner-up - Northumberland National
prize
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Joshua Dobson
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Julia Lee
Laurence Elsdon
The scheme has evolved from the
topography of the site. The two
approaches reveal the scheme in different
manners.
From the south the building is burrowed
into the terrain, delicately legible, leaving
an unblemished view of the Whin Sill
across the Quarry Lake.
For those hiking along the wall path from
the crest of the Whin Sill the building
creates an enticing, comforting glow
across the Quarry Lake.
The Vindolanda Tablets, found through
excavation, will be exhibited in the new
visitor centre to celebrate the important
history of the world heritage site,
Hadrian’s Wall.
Stratification of spaces emphasises the
stratification of history and reflects the
experience of excavating and delving into
the past. This encourages further
exploration of the rich history buried
beneath the site.
Awards
Shortlisted: Northumberland National
prize.
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Joseph Marshall
Daniel Mossman
The scheme, nestled between the
quarry and crags at Walltown in
Northumberland, is comprised of a
visitor’s centre and youth hostel. The form
is based on the structural linearity of the
crags.
The building is divided by the Hard
Rock Trail, dramatizing the surrounding
landscape.
immersed in the ground, as the crag
peels back, an exciting and ever-changing
environment awaits, ready to be explored.
The craggy rock face acts as a backdrop for
the vindolanda tablet exhibition. Aiming
to educate the visitors on the site’s history,
as well as it’s geology.
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The mass of the building appears to
embed itself within the landscape.
As you travel through the site you become
Shortlisted: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios:
Prize for outstanding undergraduate
design project.
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Christie Rowan-Smith
Matthew Simpson
The Sill is a visitor centre housing the
Vindolanda Tablets by Hadrian’s Wall.
Spaces have been created to reflect the
sense of adventure and discovery of those
who have travelled the wall throughout
the ages. Two simply formed linear
buildings are set within the landscape
engulfed by the nature of the site allowing
natural wildlife to thrive.
The Visitor Centre and Youth Hostel
take influence from the linear nature of
the surroundings. It follows the Pennine
Way and Hadrian’s Wall Trail, with the
Whin Sill creating a finishing point for the
buildings.
A series of black timber buildings
are easily distinguishable among the
landscape, defining a path.
Harriet Smith
The Sill provides a physical gateway
destination and a base for all seasons
in Northumberland National Park.
It consists of a visitor centre and
youth hostel, each made up of
individual buildings.
The design aims to promote
exploration of the outdoor
landscape, environmental related
education, sustainability and
conservation.
Hadrian’s Wall creates a path, a
journey through the landscape as it
snakes through the ever changing
scenery and presents a unique way
to experience Roman History. The
wall creates a meaning of protection,
boundary and definition within
the site. It creates a scar within a
beautiful landscape. The building
provides a journey through the
history of the site where a time line
of events can be experienced as
visitors begin to ascend through the
landscape as they ascend through
history.
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Varun Soni
Simon Ward
The exposed physical landscape
drives a strong linear concept, with
the scheme responding directly
towards the surrounding context.
The overall masterplan mirrors the
Hadrian’s Wall longitudinal axis.
The building disperses into the
terrain, enabling the overall form
to be recognised before entering,
adding to the visitors journey
and interpretation of the living
landscape.
Winner - Northumberland National
Park Association: ‘the sill’ visitor
centre prize
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Catherine Wheater
The building takes inspiration from
the surrounding environment,
touching on the landscape,
tantalizingly close to the edge of
what there is to explore beyond.
Ben Warnock
Steel Rigg, Exhibition Centre and YHA
Facility
café in which they have the space for
reflection.
The Project consists of two developments
which form a connection with the
landscape and each other.
The design is simple yet sharp. It
compliments the surroundings through it’s
materiality and provides views of the Sill.
The location of the 9 Vindolanda Tablets
act as guides that lead the guests around
the exhibition before reaching the open
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Within the Barren Landscape of
lie numerous outcrops of natural
beauty. The Visitors Centre was a
conceptually driven design aiming
to mirror the landscape’s subtleties,
occupying the ‘in between’ spaces
that nature has already formed.
Blyth - Harbour + Battery
Blyth battery + beach front
Blyth quay staithes + the high light
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Blyth has a rich industrial past which
at its height boasted one of the largest
shipyards on the north east coast, and
before it was a major focus for the export
of salt and coal. The power station has
now been demolished, replaced by a series
of wind turbines along the harbour wall,
but fragments of the old staithes still
remain along with the old high light. To
the other side of the modern port of Blyth
lies Blyth beach – popular for recreational
activities and still littered with extensive
coastal defences from both world wars.
Students were asked to consider this more
recent industrial heritage and how these
might be developed in the visitor centre.
Image: Robert Whalley
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Tim Corrigan
Amongst the beautiful coastline of the
North East sits the small industrial
town of Blyth. Detached from
Northumberland’s coastal ‘Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty’ and not
supported by the National Trust and
other organisations, the dunes and
beaches of Blyth are left to be preserved
and maintained by local volunteer
groups. Intended to be the first of many
Rafaella Eliadou
throughout the region, this proposed
conservation centre is designed to change
this.
The museum extends the Blyth Battery
experience making it more enjoyable
for tourists and local people. The Youth
Hostel will be adjacent to the museum,
reading like an extension of it.
WWI trenches influence the layout of
the buildings helping visitors experience
the atmosphere of life during war time.
Exhibitions explore the poetry, literature,
photography and music of WWI and
WWII and the integrated youth hostel
acts as a hub for creative exchange.
Simon Feather
Footsteps to Power
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Footsteps to Power is located
in the coastal town of Blyth,
Northumberland. The building sits
on the estuary’s edge, exhibiting a
range of sustainable technologies
and off‐grid energy sources. The
building comprises an education
centre and a youth hostel offering
the chance to experience living
off‐grid.
Caitlin Read
The Blyth Battery Museum emerges
from the dunes allowing glimpses of the
sunken, defensive structure. The internal
atmosphere is removed from current
realities to focus solely on the information
and mood set by the exhibition. The
accommodation is situated north of the
museum, mostly buried underground
with a central social hub and three
accommodation pods pushing out from
the dunes.
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Thomas Savage
Awards
The project is located on the outskirts of
Blyth. A distinct change in visitors and
uses occurs between winter and summer.
This is highlighted by the project,
which switches functions (for its human
inhabitants) between bird-watching
in winter and spring and water sports
in summer and autumn. The scheme
provides for both human and avian
occupants to take temporary ‘roost’, each
during their season.
RIBA Presidents Medals 2013 - Bronze
Medal Nominee
Shortlisted - RIBA Hadrian Medal
Park Association: ‘the sill’ alternative
visitor centre prize
Ryder Prize for best undergraduate Runner-up
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Alex Spicer
Awards
The Genetorium
Runner up - Ibstock design prize
Mans need for energy has been Blyth’s
staple employment for centuries, from coal
mining in the 17th century to renewables
in the 21st. The Genetorium aims to
reconnect the fragmented waterfront with
the town, whilst capturing its past. In
combining rehabilitation and exhibition,
treatment becomes destigmatized for the 1
in 10 miners suffering with mining related
illness.
Shortlisted - RIBA Hadrian medal
Robert Whalley
The Blyth Shipworks scheme
occupies the mothballed and soon
to be closed Alcan ship unloading
facility, which was an essential
part of the aluminium smelting
process in nearby Lynemouth. The
Shipworks scheme aims to spark
regeneration in Blyth, address the
skills gap between Blyth school
leavers and it’s emerging off shore
engineering industry, whilst also
attracting leisure tourism to the area
through Tall Ship boat building and
highlight the key role the North
East played in shipbuilding on the
world stage.
Awards
Shortlisted - Northumberland
National Park Association: ‘the sill’
alternative visitor centre prize
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Shortlisted - RIBA Hadrian medal
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Adrian Yiu
Awards
The Blyth Museum of Sustainability
Capita Symonds prize for overall highest
mark in the Built and Natural
Environment
This project is a live- demonstration of
sustainable living located in an urban
context. Visitors will experience a new
healthy life style; exploring the meaning of
life by participating in practical activities.
It will serve as a congregation point;
reconnecting local communities thus
aiming to regenerate the town.
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Hollie Welch
The visitor centre mimics both the
natural and man made forms within its
surroundings. Each exposed structure
behaves as a living canvas, welcoming the
aesthetic changes imposed by the relentless
force of the weather and cyclic nature of
the tide.
The programme will encourage quality
outdoor learning and experience which
will further knowledge of the oceanic
environment.
Master of Architecture
The Part Two programme at Northumbria
widens the range of learning
opportunities afforded at Part One level.
The over-arching strategy is a clear move
from tutor - led teaching to self - directed
learning, with all modules in the upper
year being taught at Master’s level. This
programme is prescribed by the ARB and
validated by the RIBA.
Complex design projects again provide
learning vehicles for the taught modules
in the lower year. These modules cover
a deeper understanding of building
technologies, authentic scenario - based
assignments which cover practice,
management and law, and a broader
exposure to cultural, artistic and social
influences on the profession, underpinned
by appropriate research skills. Students
are encouraged to develop inquiries
of personal and professional interest,
in order to shape their own learning
throughout the course.
The central philosophy of contextualism,
in all its forms, remains at the heart of the
programme. The course structure allows
flexibility for a variety of student learning
and outputs. Regional engagement is
promoted via a choice of project sites
which challenge the student to develop
imaginative yet authentic proposals.
However, the programme avoids
parochialism by developing transferable
scholarship and skills, such as high level
inquiry, complex problem setting and
critical evaluation, which can be applied
to national and international contexts.
The programme seeks to synthesize peer
and dialogical learning, collaborative and
individual inquiries, social and ethical
concerns, and design pluralism, in order
to generate complex design proposals that
demonstrate understanding of current
architectural issues, originality in the
application of subject knowledge and,
where appropriate, test new hypotheses
and speculations. In less than six years,
the Master of Architecture programme
has established itself as one of the best
in the country, with clear aspirations to
improve from year to year.
Peter Holgate : Programme Leader
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1.
Master of Architecture Year One Places for Ceremony
The first year of the Master of
Architecture is an exploratory year.
Across the academic year, students’ design
projects addressed one location at three
scales:
Strategically = urban scale
Tactically = building scale
Operationally = 1:1 scale
Initially working in groups, they analysed
their chosen sites to identify inherent
narratives and potential programmes,
before engaging directly with the site
to record or make visible a physical
observation. Those speculative briefs
are developed as individual, design
proposals during the second semester
exploring the connections between people
– both physical and social – and their
relationship with, and use of, the site over
time.
In 2012-13, the starting points for the
students’ projects were the “Titanic
Quarter”, the failed redevelopment of
the Harland And Wolff docks in Belfast;
“Silt Island” and South Gare, the liminal
landscape of the Tees estuary; historic
South Shields at the mouth of the river
Tyne; and the temporary return of the
Lindisfarne Gospels to Durham from the
British Library in London.
Sebastian Messer RIBA
M.Arch year one tutor
The students are “embedded” in these
communities. They are encouraged to
find ways to engage with their “clients”, to
present and discuss their observations and
speculations with those for whom their
proposals are intended.
Images:
(1) Emily Scullion
(2) Chris Brown
Mark Scott
The Open Source Space Project, Silt
Island, Teesmouth
After first visiting the site, Mark
observed his shoes and trousers were
stained red. Returning with his dog,
Minty, he collected samples of the
pigment from the Marram grasses.
This material, Iron II Oxide, is
carried on the wind from the blast
furnace at Coatham.
Iron II Oxide (a component of
Thermite, an explosive used in
fireworks) also gives the planet Mars
its rust red colour. According to the
Augustan historian, Livy, Campus
Martius (the Field of Mars) to the
north of Rome, which had belonged
to the King, was harvested following
the revolution and the grain thrown
in to the river Tiber, where it settled
and formed islands.
Sited on a peninsula formed by
silt in the Tees Estuary, Mark
proposed a facility for rehearsing
manned Mars missions, affording
opportunities for high-G training
and rocket testing inspired by
the UK-based SpaceX and by
Copenhagen Suborbitals – a not-forprofit, open-source space project.
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Mark constructed a jugaard device
incorporating a colour wheel and
analogue spectrometer, to reveal the
“hidden” colour(s) of the site.
Fabian Danker
Biophilia, South Shields
Located between the eastern edge of the
town and the coast, the site comprises
of parkland sloping steeply down to
the dunes and thence the North Sea.
Dividing this site into linear jardin
potager of between 1 & 1.5 acres, for
groups of 30 to 40 terraced houses,
Fabian proposed “community share
allotment” to generate all of the fruit
and vegetables sufficient for all of the
households each year. These allotments
can be maintained by 120 hours of labour
per week from the local community.
Four biomes act as fish hatcheries and
nurseries and as greenhouses housing
aquaponics growing tomatoes, peppers,
cucumber and salad crops utilising the
nutrients in fish waste. Seasonal changes
bring new varieties to harvest in the
permaculture garden. Excess fruit and
vegetables are soldin the market place.
Dawn breaks. The sun burns through the
clouds. Flowers blossom, bringing colour
and fragrance to the morning air.
Study Trip Madrid
With it’s strong talent for building
restoration, Madrid was the perfect
city for Year 2 Interior Architecture
Students and Year 5 Master of
Architecture students to visit.
An exploration of the city’s finest
building interventions and adaptive
reuse was in order.
The week long visit took in the
likes of Herzog and de Meuron’s
transformation of a former power
station to the sculptural and
apparent law of gravity defying,
CaixaForum. There was also a
visit to the alteration of the old
municipal slaughterhouse into
the cultural centre - the Matadero
and the converted brewery,
by Aranguren & Gallegos, to
the MuseoABC museum and
underground gallery.
The visit also offered students the
opportunity to become immersed
in art and culture. Jean Nouvel’s
addition to the Museo Reina Sofia
gave host to Picasso’s masterpiece,
the Guernica, whilst the important
extension of the Prado by Rafael
Moneo represented great Spanish
artists such as Velázquez and Goya.
Students were also free to make their
own pursuits and even went as far
as the UNESCO world heritage city
of Toledo.
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Photographs:
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5.
(1-4) Alastair Speak
(5) Sebastian Messer
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M(Arch) Year Two
Live Theatre - Performative narrations
Live Theatre was founded on Tyneside
in 1973 by Geoff Gillham, Val McLane
and amongst others, actor Tim Healy.
The company originally toured its work
regionally to non traditional theatre
settings, such as community halls and
working men’s clubs, but the aim was
to create a venue committed to creating
plays with a regional identity for North
East audiences and, in particular,
for people who didn’t usually go to
the theatre. Over 35 years later, the
company has a fantastic, well equipped
theatre in which to perform its plays,
but the mission to create work which is
challenging, popular and relevant to all,
remains as important as ever
Students have developed propositions for
the broader site upon which it the Live
Theatre resides, developing an event space
and cultural hub for the city riverside.
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Preface - Memory Theatre
Image: Jon Dennis
Guangyirg Bao
Trinity Chare: A Palimpsest
Visitor Centre, Exhibition spaces &
Local information Centre
The proposed functions were
developed following a study of the
sites potential visitor activity and
resulted with an additional tourist
attraction.
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The site is located within the
medieval town wall of Newcastle
Upon Tyne. The project aims to
reveal the site’s hidden memories;
presenting to the public the chare,
courtyard, and urban pattern.
‘this is one of the best schools of architecture in Britain………. it is
relatively young, has excellent staff, attracts high calibre of students and
very importantly, has the right size of year classes.’
Roger Stephenson (formerly Stephenson Bell Architects)
External examiner in Architecture at Northumbria University
Model: Adam Dalby
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Adam Dalby
The Last Gap on the Quayside
The development brings together the
rich and listed heritage of the site, with
a modern function and recalls on the
historic lofty bonded warehouses that
lined the chares for centuries. The new
building creates a retail arcade running
north from the Quayside, connecting the
street front to the backlands of the city.
The mixed-use development will create a
centre for the modern guild and craftsman
and the neutrality of the scheme evokes
memories of former structures, but
without stylistic references to the past. It
will provide functional and specific spaces
for design, development, prototyping,
producing, retailing and exporting
garments and shoes all from the banks of
the Tyne.
Jonathan Dennis
Reviving the Mysteries of Newcastle’s
Quayside
Live Theatre is a charitable
organisation located within the
historic heart of Newcastle’s
Quayside that promotes and
supports young playwright talent.
The proposed scheme aims to revive
Newcastle’s lost medieval Guilds by
providing workshops for creative
artisans that will raise revenue for
the theatre to continue its charitable
operations. The workshop units aim
to attract young creative individuals
and craftsmen including; jewellery
makers, web designers, graphic
design, print makers, pottery, metal
smiths, and glassblowers; who will
bring activity, trade and diversity
that has been lost from the area. A
modern interpretation of pageant
carts from medieval theatre will
provide a facility that can be used to
transform the Quayside, facilitating
a variety of events and taking
performance out onto the street.
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‘The standard of the school practice is excellent, creative and thorough.’
David Page
Model: Jen Naden
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The development of a performing arts
school on the current vacant plot of No.57
Quayside, Newcastle, is proposed in order
to generate a renewed and continual
source of income for Live Theatre and
act as an extension of the existing art
programmes in the quayside area. The
School will generate income through its
taught programs and draw attention to the
Live Theatre and its facilities, both
physically and through awareness,
consequently acting as catalyst for the
associated services.
Neil Sedgley
The brief calls for a development
to support the client’s existing
theatrical programme.
The aim of the project was to
create a mixed-use development
for creative and performing arts,
designed around a new Chare. The
building improves connectivity
between the Quayside waterfront
and existing client operations –
improving public realm spaces
through courtyards, chares and open
spaces.
The principles of construction have
been inspired by the unique works
of WIKIHouse CC, which are based
on the principles of low cost, high
quality architecture. The process
uses CNC cut plywood to create
sustainable low cost structures.
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Image: Neil Sedgley
South Shields
However, these points don’t all join up –
unemployment is high, and despite the
best efforts of the local council, the town
has stagnated over time.
How can interventions be made that
capitalise on these positive factors,
and contribute towards a thriving and
inclusive community? Thesis projects
consider this question and develop
propositions for the broader site.
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South Shields has it all; transport links
with Tyneside and Northern Europe,
a rich historical, religious and cultural
context, an attractive coastline and a
quayside of huge potential, a traditionally
diverse population, and a market square
ripe for redevelopment.
Image : Fabian Danker
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Jonathan Crilly
The River Tyne is cleaned through a
dredging project excavating Tributyltin
contaminated sediment from shipyards
into barges and a trawling project to
collect debris from the river. Located in
South Shields this scheme redevelops
the brownfield site while celebrating
the industrial character and history of
the area. The barges are planted on site
to Phytoremediate the Tributyltin. A
system of gantries, following the sites
geometries, transports the barges within a
pattern based on the footprint of the Old
Holborn neighbourhood. Trawled debris
is thermally decomposed into bio-char
and used as fertilizer. Mature plants are
harvested and processed into biofuels.
The cleaned sediment is returned to the
dredged sites to re-establish biodiversity.
Leah-Alwyn Ruff
The proposal is set on the empty
Middle Docks site on the South
Shields Riverside and will
incorporate links with local colleges
and businesses to teach visitors
about the RNLI; train the RNLI
volunteers in essential lifesaving
skills and facilitate the Construction
of the essential RNLI Lifeboat fleet.
Creating a RNLI Academy within
the area will not only generate
savings for the charity but will allow
for additional education and jobs to
be introduced into South Tyneside;
assisting with the councils plan of
‘Achieving a better future’.
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The South Shields RNLI Academy is
a manufacture and education centre
for the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution to facilitate the training
of the charity’s 31,000 volunteers.
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Bridget Shaw
The proposal is a joint venture between
South Tyneside Council and National
charity, Phoenix Futures. The scheme
is aimed at tackling the current high
levels of alcohol consumption within the
region and provides a North East base
for the charity and community facilities.
Residential accommodation and private
therapy facilities are provided for people
suffering with more severe levels of
addiction. This involves structured therapy
and full time recovery programmes.
The proposal aims to create a secure
community environment which includes
learning and activity facilities alongside
shops, galleries and cafes. The complex
is designed to encourage hobbies and
interests giving people a passion for
working and sense of routine whilst
promoting the growth of a positive social
community.
Lindisfarne - The Gospels
The Gospels represent a crucial point
in the development of the identity of
a nation. They seek to unite elements
of diverse cultures whose presence on
the island now known as Britain came
about through a turbulent history. In
the summer of 2013, the gospels will
be returning to the region for the first
time since they were seized during the
dissolution of the monasteries in the early
16th Century.
The thesis projects look to provide
a museum to house the Lindisfarne
Gospels. Projects freely interpret the
notion of ‘museum’. The Gospels are
currently to be returned to Lindisfarne
for only three months every seven years,
but momentum is building for the gospels
to permanently reside in their place of
origin.
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The Lindisfarne Gospels are masterpieces
of early medieval European book
painting. The book represents the golden
age of design and craftsmanship in
Northumbria, and has survived wars and
the ravages of time for over one thousand
years in almost perfect condition.
The freshness, intricacy and beauty
of its decoration are outstanding. The
Lindisfarne Gospels, produced in honour
of God and Saint Cuthbert, provide
a focus for pilgrimage, even for those
outside the Christian faith.
Image: Dan Leover
Dan Leover
Conceived by the monks from
Iona in the late seventh century on
the tidal Island of Lindisfarne, the
Gospels produced ‘In honour of
God and St. Cuthbert’ present one
of the most exquisite and perfectly
preserved pieces of medieval art.
Alongside the Repository, the
project proposes a new masterplan
scheme for Holy Island as a response
to the Peregrini Action Plan 2013.
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This thesis proposes a Repository
for the Lindisfarne Gospels and
other objects of Anglo-Saxon art,
installed within the Norman Priory
built on the site of the first wooden
church, in which the gospels were
brought to life. The architecture
of the Repository is derived from
a typological study of Christian
churches, the architectural language
is borrowed from Anglo-Saxon art.
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Solila Tran
The proposal is a reaction to the campaign
to return the Lindisfarne Gospels to the
north-east every 7 years. The structure
exhibits the Gospels on the site they were
written, within an environment which is
sympathetic to the artistic and cultural
traditions of the society that created them.
Returning the Gospels to Holy Island/
Lindisfarne aims to enhance the cultural,
religious, and artistic heritage of the region
but also offers a unique opportunity to
create an initiative that would tackle many
of the social and economic limitations
faced by the island community.
The Lindisfarne Gospels are set to
return to the North, but they will
not rest solely in one place. The
project proposes that Lindisfarne
should be the home of the Sacred
Manuscript. Lindisfarne will be
a permanent repository for the
majority of the year, however it is
important that the Gospels continue
to move on a journey, as they have
done throughout it’s lifetime.
Traveling between three main
locations; Lindisfarne, Durham
and Chester Le-Street. Once every
four years the book will move off
the island to an exhibition in a
temporary repository at Durham,
a plate at Chester Le-Street lies
waiting for their return.
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South Gare - Silt Island
Ships the size of small cities travel up
the Tees, importing and exporting
good and services that are redistributed
nationally and internationally. These ships
have altered the landscape by dragging
sand and silt from the North Sea and
depositing it as new landscapes; these
sand banks have also become a haven for
wildlife. This new land is interesting in
that it also provides an opportunity for
habitation. The new island is positioned
at the mouth of the Tees and can therefore
support a vast array of programmes, from
wildlife reserves, to industry, to new
human settlement.
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The estuary containing the mouth of the
Tees, and the surrounding landscape, is
one of the most interesting in the country.
There is a juxtaposition of manmade
and natural landscapes perhaps unlike
anyway else in England. The industry
is predominantly heavy engineering,
with enormous smelting works and oil
infrastructure colonising the landscape.
In complete contrast are a number of
nature reserves and SiIt that support rare
fauna and animal species and exist at a
completely different scale.
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Tom Bowey
The Heterotopian Isle of Fish
The design proposal is a reaction to the
North Sea’s decreasing fish stocks which
are a National and European problem.
The fish hatchery and processing plant
encourages sustainable fishing through the
introduction of a fisheries management
structure, where local communities are
encouraged to take ownership of the
fishing grounds and be responsible for
restocking.
The structure’s form is directly influenced
by the environmental forces which will act
upon it. The exposed location means that
the building needs a defensive outer skin,
to protect the community and processing
units housed within.
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Drawing upon the observation of
severe coastal erosion within the
region, the scheme seeks to research
sustainable means of prevention.
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The concept for the building
captures the progressive nature
of the gare with a projecting
laboratory capable of tracking the
tide and recessive coastline. This
is complimented by smaller beach
labs that can be closed down,
offering protection from the harsh
environment.
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Retaining the areas heritage in
power production, the proposal will
introduce the UK’s first full scale
osmotic power plant. This will feed
and replenish salt marsh ecosystems
aiding the prevention of coastline
erosion.
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Seb Cunningham
Artifact of the Anthropocene
The term Anthropocene suggests
humans and things are being absorbed
into an endless round of production
and consumption, transforming nature
into commodities without replenishing
nature’s self-reproductive powers. With
advancements in technology humanity
will, before long, be able to ‘engineer’ the
planet to take control of key planetary
systems to optimise them for human
habitation and prevent ecological collapse.
This project highlights the notion of
anthropocene and man’s control over
nature through the concept of restoration.
Applying a new and advancing technology
known as protocells, the building cleanses
the estuary combating the effects of
industry. Protocells are an artificial cell
system able to self-maintain and selfreproduce. The building transforms into
an anthropogenic landform as the carbon
dioxide is filtered from the river.
‘Your students are incredibly well looked after and nurtured. This has been a
strength of the school during the four years I have examined.’
David Page
Model: Seb Cunningham
Judith Forster
Biodiversity and Climate Research
Centre
The building will provide
accommodation for researchers that
need to stay on site and a visitor
centre to encourage the wider
community to be involved with
the area. The building provides the
necessary requirements for scientists
to monitor, manage, research and
ultimately improve the local area
and the habitats and biodiversity
onsite. It will also research the
effects of climate change on the area
and make predictions to prepare for
the future.
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The Biodiversity and Climate
Research Centre is located in the
area of Coatham Sands in the
Tees Estuary. The landscape has a
backdrop of heavy industry which
contrasts greatly with the shoreline
of salt marshes and beaches. The
site of the building comprises of
SSSI, polluted land and non SSSI.
The development sits on a varied
topography of undulating rises and
falls which are due to years of slag
being dumped on the site by nearby
industry.
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Restorative aquaculture of Silt Island
The scheme cross-programmes a seaweed
farm and a fish processing facility. The
Tees currently suffers high levels of toxicity
from decades of pollution leeching from
the contaminated land and watercourses.
By farming laminaria digitata, a species of
seaweed which is a particularly effective
phytoremediator, the pollution is filtered
and extracted, collected within the
structure of the plant, specifically the
bottom half of the roots. That is disposed
of through incineration. The top half
of the seaweed is used in a number of
different industries including cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals and as a health food,
consequently providing work for local
communities.
Image: Carl Harper
Nikki Hoggarth
Sanare - Marisque
The Sanare - Marisque project
responds to the growing concern of
greenhouse gasses and their effect
on our climate and the increasing
recognition of CCS (Carbon
Capture & Storage) as a means of
mitigating carbon emissions from
anthropogenic activity. Inspired
by the Reiner Pilz concept of ‘upcycling’, the scheme’s objective is to
transform the waste carbon dioxide
flue gas from industry into minerals
for reuse, wiring the landscape
to demarcate new territories and
bringing industry and leisure
together in symbiotic harmony.
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The tidal Teesmouth estuary is the
maritime gateway to a plethora
of post industrial towns. Once a
vast delta of sand flats and marsh
land, the influence of the industrial
revolution has choked the rivers’
mouth into an impenetrable narrow
jaw of slag concrete. The last
remaining steel works on Teesside
continues to release up to six million
tonnes of carbon dioxide pollution
into the atmosphere per year.
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Restorative landscapes ~ Healing through
phytoremediation’
site. There are two main components to
the proposal:
The thesis project consists of a multi-use
building which includes a visitors centre,
a perfume distillery and a research/
education faculty. The proposal aims
to re-generate the local community by
providing sustainable employment for
local people, working to combat the issue
of pollution and contamination on the
The first requirement is mitigating
pollutant concentrations in contaminated
soils, using plants with the ability to
contain, degrade, eliminate metals and
its derivatives, through the process of ’
‘phytoremediation’.
The project provides a distillery, distilling
metallophyte plants and extracting oils
used to create perfume and advance
research in . The proposal seeks to achieve
an educational continuum, providing the
facilities and the opportunity to research,
educate and learn about pollutants and
contaminants that are leached out into sea
and on land.
Lisa Rogan
The Isle of the Dead is a nonreligious crematorium located on
a new island on South Gare at the
mouth of the Tees Estuary. South
Gare is an area of reclaimed land
where there is a juxtaposition
of heavy, industrial and natural
landscapes. The industry sits
alongside a number of nature
reserves and SSSI that support
rare fauna and animal species.
The cemeteries in the surrounding
residential areas are reaching full
capacity. Redcar & Cleveland
Borough Council is proposing to
offer alternative burial facilities
to Brotton Residents within
the surrounding villages and in
particular to Skelton Cemetery.
Locating the project on a new island
in the bay of South Gare will create
intertidal habitat and contributes
to reducing the impact of coastal
squeeze on the area.
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Located in the North East of the UK,
situated within Teessides industrial
coast, the project highlights and explores
the impacts and solutions surrounding
coastal erosion, climate change and ocean
acidification.
The project develops a new artificial reef
system as way of reducing current coastal
erosion rates
whilst protecting and enhancing marine
environments. The proposal imagines a
standardised research and building system
that can be implemented around Europe.
Image: Ella Foster
Interior Architecture
This studio based programme is
concerned with the rehabilitation of
buildings, be they old, new, forgotten,
redundant or in disrepair. It is concerned
with the manner by which interiors
are conceived and integrated into the
existing host site, with an emphasis
placed on the recognition of built
fabric and site narratives as precursors
to the development of an adaption.
The programme uses the design project
as the central vehicle for learning and
is designed to stimulate and provoke
imaginative responses to the re-use and
adaption of existing architectural space.
Interior Architecture is studied jointly
with Architecture in Year One where key
principles and processes are examined
and exploited within the context of
the interior. Students benefit from this
associated relationship, working together
within a broader studio culture where
ideas and attitudes towards Interior
Architecture are discussed and acted
upon.
Thereafter the curriculum is entirely
subject specific, with Year Two using
the design project to test strategies
for adapting and occupying existing
buildings. Year Three design projects
present opportunities for a deeper critique
of the subject and are both directed and
self-initiated. Alongside studio projects,
students examine both academic and
practical aspects of Interior Architecture
such as its history and theory, as well
as associated construction, sustainable
design and management principles. These
subjects are critically aligned to studio
based project work, and provide valuable
preparation for work in practice.
This coming academic year sees the
programme’s first graduating cohort,
which we are delighted to announce. The
summer show will take place June 2014.
Paul Ring
Programme Leader
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Year One
This introductory year establishes the
territory and the processes associated
with the subject. Studio based design
projects are central to the curriculum and
they develop in length and complexity as
the year progresses. Students are taught
applicable techniques and approaches and
are encouraged to develop their creativity
and practical knowledge through project
work and supporting contextual studies.
Projects are explorative and are a vehicle
for developing knowledge, skills and
attitudes to the interior. Understanding,
recording and manipulating existing space
informs the studio activities with projects
ranging from small to medium scale.
Students understand the spaces we occupy
and how they relate to and are used by
society.
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(2) Peter Winterburn
(3-5) Natasha Shrimpton
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Year Two
This exploratory year is again centred
on the studio based design project
as the principle vehicle for learning.
Interior Architecture students work with
autonomy from Architecture and develop
a body of knowledge on approaches to
interior interventions and the relationship
between the host site and the adapted
interior. Design projects range from
medium to large scale and will focus
on key areas of site history, narrative
and context, re use, adaptation and
environmental and technological attitudes
towards the occupation of an existing
structure.
Projects focus upon regional and urban
environments, including live projects
with the National Trust and Seaton
Deleval Hall. Studio activities develop
an approach to user needs and the
fabrication of space with cross programme
briefs for social and cultural venues.
Images:
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(2-3) Ella Foster
(4) Laura Diggens
Image: Sebastian Messer
Extra Curricular Studies
The students’ at Northumbria are
encouraged to develop inquiries of
personal and professional interest,
in order to shape their own learning
throughout the course and enhance studio
culture. These extra-curricular activities
could be part of their own individual
learning journey which informs their
studio work or attending RIBA events,
external exhibitions or as a group
activity organised through the University
Architecture Society (ArchSoc).
For the cohort of 2013 activities involved
visits to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a
site visit to see the progress of the new
Steven Holl building at the Glasgow
School of Art; through to charrettes
with the RIBA, workshops with Baltic
39, the ArchGRAD programme and
performances and exhibitions with GUTS
Festival of the North East and Love
Architecture Festival 2013.
RIBA Charrette
‘A Northern Soul’
This unique event saw the northern
schools of architecture come
together for what promises to be the
first of many collaborative events.
Hosted by Manchester School of
Architecture and supported by
Aedas, Ibstock, Stockport Council
and RIBA Bookshops.
Students from architecture schools
across the North West, North East
& Yorkshire came together for a one
day design charrette, held at the Hat
Museum in Stockport on Friday
3rd May.
12 Northumbria students from fifth
and second year amalgamated with
involved university students to form
mixed teams to compile a design
presentation focusing on central
Stockport near the A6.
Fabian Danker played a key role
within the winning team, a scheme
that brought attention back to the
Mersy River through sustainable
energy and a visionary water
infrastructure.
The creation of a dam provided
an energy resource as well as a
watersports platform, boosting
tourism.
Participating Northumbria Students:
Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Year One
During Induction Week, Year 1 students
visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near
Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Despite less
than favourable weather, the trip provided
an excellent opportunity for students to
roam an established open air gallery and
explore award winning architecture; The
Underground Gallery design by Feilden
Clegg Bradley Studios and Arts Council
Sculpture building by Tony Fretton
Architects. Students returned from the
trip having bonded as a year, enthusiastic
about the prospect of the coming
academic challenges.
Will Campbell
Images - Rachael Raine
Alastair Speak
Fabian Danker
Sean Normington
Laura Brown
Daniel Goodricke
Kimberley Whitfield
Jamie Nicholson
Jake Boardman
Sam Sedgewick
Undergraduate:
Alfie Stephenson-Boyles
Charlotte Snell
Abby Tidswell
Matthew Chamberlain
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BxNU/ BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art
Revisiting Form: Architecture,
Socialism, Modernism
REVISITING FORM was organised
by BALTIC curator Alessandro
Vincentelli and Sebastian Messer,
Northumbria University. The
conference took, as its starting point,
the BALTIC’s major retrospective
exhibition of Croatian artist, David
Maljkovic.
During the morning Owen Hatherley,
architectural critic and writer, talked
about abstraction and figurative
sculpture in political, memorial art.
Agata Pyzik, author of forthcoming
book “Sexy But Poor”, discussed the
erasure of social and cultural landmarks
in former Warsaw Pact countries and
the rise of the new left in politics in
those countries.
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Northumbria Architecture
Workshop
The Northumbria Architecture Workshop
involves young people with architecture
and the built environment whilst still
at school, with the goal of encouraging
them to look at, question and think
creatively about their environment.
Northumbria Architecture Workshop
delivered a series of three exploratory
workshops which were offered to schools
in North East for pupils aged between
15 - 17. The workshops were inspired by
the BALTIC’s major spring exhibition
“Sources in the Air”, a retrospective
of the work of Croatian artist, David
Maljkovic. Nine students and three
teachers from the Royal Grammar School,
Newcastle took part in the architectural
workshops considering themes of:
INSPIRATION, ABSTRACTION and
REINTERPRETATION
Four first year M/Arch Architecture
students from Northumbria University
designed and delivered the Workshops
which took place between 23rd May and
13th June. Workshops Designed and
Delivered by;
Chris Brown, Laura Brown, Lucy
Furniss, Peter Noel.
Special Thank you to;
Sebastian Messer, Roger Candy
(Northumbria University) Christine
Egan-Fowler (RGS) Sara Cooper
(Northern Architecture) Vicky Sturrs
(BALTIC)
The seminar concluded with Sebastian
chairing a panel discussion with Nic
Clear and Matt Ozga-Lawn about the
future of architectural design, practice
and education.
Revisiting Form was followed by No
Sleep Till Zagreb at the NewBridge
Project organised by curator,
Hannah Marsden, with Sebastian
Messer. This post-seminar event
comprised a screening of “Unfinished
Spaces”, a documentary film about
the construction of the Schools of
Art in Havana, Cuba, and a DJ set
of 60s and 70s Europop and funk
music originating in Yugoslavian and
Mitteleuropa, accompanied by period
photographs of modernist/ Brutalist
architecture.
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Baltic © 2013
After lunch, Sebastian and Alessandro
discussed some of the themes raised
by the Maljkovic exhibition, which
was followed by a presentation of
“Animate Landscapes” (Pamphlet
Architecture 32) by Matt Ozga-Lawn,
Stasus, who discussed his working
practices and research aims. Nic Clear,
Head of Department of Architecture
and Landscape at the University of
Greenwich, discussed architecture in
relation to science fiction, particularly
the utopian/ dystopian tradition,
explored by his post-graduate students
in Unit 15 at the Bartlett, University
College London, and at Greenwich.
The G.R.A.D. Programme
archiGRAD, the Northern Architecture
G.R.A.D. programme, offers an
alternative experience to paid, graduate
employment, enhancing the participants’
skills, CV and portfolio. By identifying
design-based solutions to real-world
problems, the G.R.A.D. Programme
has filled a “consultancy gap” for our
25+ “clients” to date; who have included
local arts and community organisations,
charities and schools. archiGRAD help
our clients to identify and articulate a
brief for a professional consultant or to
develop conceptual proposals and graphic
presentations with which to seek grants or
facilitate fund-raising.
The G.R.A.D. Programme aims to retain
talent in the region by providing unique
opportunities not normally available to
recent graduates. Undertaking “Live
Projects”, the GRADs work directly with
the client’s representatives, developing
team management and motivational skills,
as well as receiving peer support and
mentoring. Around 60% of participants
in archiGRAD go on to paid, graduate
employment within 4 months of joining
the Programme.
The archiGRAD Summer School started
in 2012 providing six weeks office-based
experience primarily aimed at architecture
students in intermediate years of study. As
a direct consequence of their participation
in the archiGRAD Summer School, a
number of GRADs were offered part I
Architectural Assistant positions.
archiGRAD is hosted by +3 Architecture,
and is supported by Northumbria and
Newcastle Universities and the Northern
Architectural Association. GRADmag is
sponsored and produced by NBS.
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Gateshead Space Invaders
Gateshead Space Invaders was a year long project instigated by
GRAD, Rachel McDonagh, and funded by NE Generation, to
work with teenagers and young adults. The project aimed to
increase the participants’ awareness of the built environment
and how their activities could influence it. Through workshops,
activities and trips, participants from different backgrounds were
brought together on a number of projects and exhibitions.
Photographs:
(1) Chris Maines-Beasley © 2012
(2) Mining Institute/ Aaron Guy/ GUTS © 2013
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GUTS: Festival of the North East
Love Architecture - We Are archiGRAD!
GUTS was a site-specific, multi-media performance, staged in the
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers,
written by Peter Dillon (Dept. of Media and Communication
Design) and directed by Fiona McPherson (Department of
Arts). The performance leads the audience around the building
and integrates historic photography and film, contemporary
interviews and animation to describe a fictional, future New
Newcastle in which a megalomaniacal developer hopes to
transform the City Centre to a gated, eco pleasure complex for
the rich. archiGRAD worked with the Northumbria University
Visualisation Centre to produce an animation of this dystopian
vision for the pivotal scene in the Gothic library.
As part of the Love Architecture Festival 2013, archiGRAD
presented their first retrospective exhibition of posters, models
and videos from some of the projects undertaken by the 115
participants since the G.R.A.D. Programme’s inception. We
are grateful to Balfour Beatty Construction Services UK for
sponsoring the “We Are archiGRAD!” exhibition, to Quillam
Brothers’ Teahouse for providing the venue, and to +3
Architecture for sponsoring the opening night.
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David Simister (AJ June 2013) in summing up the Architecture Degree Show
Degree Show 2013
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Guangyirg Bao
Tom Bowey
Emma Bramley
James Bugler
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Johari Jappar
Elin Jones
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Tonnae Kwong
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Justin Chu
Aga Ciechanowska
Tim Corrighan
Jonathan Crilly
Seb Cunningham
20-21,22,25,29,32,68-69,70-71
106
124
168-169
188-191
Ash Lahouidek
Julia Lee
Dan Leover
Kin Leung
Maxwell Los
200-201
26,111
176-177
77
78
Adam Dalby
Fabian Danker
Jonathan Dennis
Joshua Dobson
Angus Donaldson
Front Cover, 152-155
143
16, 40-41, 156-157
109
86
Robin Eadie
Robert Eaton
Andy Edwards
Rafaella Eliadou
Laurence Elsdon
24,72-73
74
186-187
125
110
Joseph Marshall
Sarah Mcnamara
Emma Milnes
Laurence Misick
Miten Mistry
William Monaghan
Daniel Mossman
Ashley Murray
112
97
79
35,60
24,29,100-101
25,27,98
25,113
61
Jen Naden
158-161
Simon Feather
Judith Forster
126
192-193
Maurycy Olszewski
Jenny Oman
36,62-63
27,80
Zachary Gould
Heather Graham
Laura Griffiths
87
58
75
Henrietta Pissarro
81
Alice Hamlin
Carl Harper
Bradley Harrison
Stephen Hart
Louisa Heyworth
Suzanne Hinds
Nikki Hoggarth
34,88-89
12-13, 16, 30, 42-43, 194-197
90
91
28,92-93
76
198-199
Caitlin Read
Bethany Roebuck
Lisa Rogan
Christie Rowan-Smith
Leah-Alwyn Ruff
127
180-181
202-203
114
170-171
Becky Iwnicki
94
Thomas Savage
Mark Scott
Neil Sedgley
Bridget Shaw
Matthew Simpson
Harriet Smith
18-19,23,29,33,128-129
142
17, 162-165
172-173
115
116
Index
Varun Soni
Alexander Spicer
Leanne Stamp
117
25,26,130-131
14-15, 17, 31, 204-205
Solila Tran
Bella Tubbs
178-179
99
Maddy Wallace
Simon Ward
Matthew Wardle
Ben Warnock
Hollie Welch
Robert Whalley
Catherine Wheater
Johannes Wittmann
Daniel Woodbridge
82
26,118-119
64
120
136
22,28,132-133
121
102
65
Adrian Yiu
38-39,134-135
Visiting Professors
Professor David Howarth: DRDH Architects
Professor Steve McIntyre: FaulknerBrowns Architects
Chris Smiles: Marks Barfield Architects
David Morton: Northumbria University
Ian Crow: Ryder Architecture
Jack Carter: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Jonathan Bone: Jonathan Bone Architect
Jonny Flavin: Ryder Architecture
Jonny Seebacher: Ryder Architecture
Kris Eley: Mitchell Taylor Workshop
Leighton Cooksey: FaulknerBrowns Architects
Lynsey Elliott: Elliott Architects
Mark Todd: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio
Mark Clasper: Ryder Architecture
Nicky Watson: Director, JDDK Architects
Patrick McMahon: Ryder Architecture
Richard Collis: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Steve Miller: Miller Partnership
Stuart Palmer: SP Architects
Simon Brookes: North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
Suzanne Blair: Ryder Architecture
Will Mawson: Mawson Kerr
Master of Architecture
Professor Chris Underwood: Northumbria University
Clare Overton: Admin to Director, Live Theatre
Professor Dave Greenwood: Northumbria University
Iwan Peverett: Northumbria University
Hazel Juggins: Research and Business Services, Northumbria University
Jim Beirne: Director, Live Theatre
Dr Lee Pugalis: Northumbria University
Lucy Winskell: Pro - Vice Chancellor Business + Engagement, Northumbria University
Martin Hulse: Grit & Pearl
Martin Purves: Northumbria University
Index
Dr Michael Hill: Northumbria University
Dr Mike Jeffries: Northumbria University
Peter Sharpe: Art and Architecture, Kielder Water and Forest Park
Roger Candy: Research, Business and Innovation, Northumbria University
Professor Ruth Conroy Dalton: Northumbria University
Therese Lewis: Northumbria University
Friends and Contributors to the course
Allan Haines: EDICCT
Aled Williams: Higher Education Academy
Amanda McManus: RIBA North East
Andy Mace: Arups
Amy Tomlinson: RIBA North East
Andie Harris: Heritage Skills Initiative
Ben Couture: JardineCouture
Bill Gething: Sustainability + Architecture
Bjorn Wittenberg: Autodesk
Carl Turner: CT Architects
Carol Botton: Northern Architecture
Cheryl Moore: National Trust
Christian Derix: AEDAS R&D
Professor Christian Freska: University of Bremen
Christophe Hoelscher: University of Freiburg
Craig Wilson: Northumbria University
Darren Kearns: St. Gobain Glazing
David McLean: Robert Gordon University
Dolan Conway
Douglas Barber: The Quality of Life Partnership
Elaine Stowell: Architects Registration Board
Elizabeth Turner: TRADA
Ernie Garner: NU Estates
Fiona Brettwood: Halsall Llyod Partnership
Gareth Slavin: NU Estates
Georgia Villalobos: NNPA
James Southern: MH Southern &Co Ltd
Professor Jane Matthews: Curtin University
Jan Stafford: Northumbria University
John Ruddick: Ibstock
Jonathan Baker: Ryder Architecture
Jon Kemp: FaulknerBrowns
Julian Gregson: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Karen Dickson: Orangebox
Kathryn Banfield: Heritage Skills Initiative
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External Examiners
Professor Alex Wright: University of Bath
Andrew Stone: London Met / CASS
David Page: Page + Park Architects
David Simister: Aedas Architecture
Professor Flora Samuel: University of Sheffield
Roger Stephenson: Stephenson Bell Architects
Kathryn Smith: NU Library and Leaning Services
Ken Oliver: Tata Steel
Ken Smith: Ibstock
Lorraine Farrelly: University of Portsmouth
Malcolm Fraser: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Mark Hudson: FaulknerBrowns
Mark Pippard: Laing O’Rourke
Matthew Birchall: Buro Happold
Mohsen Kohannejad: South Tyneside Council
Monica Loughlin: Northumbria Student Services
Paul Anderson: Laing O’Rourke
Paul Evans: NU Library and Learning Services
Paul Glaister: Workpattern
Peter Barker: BIM Academy
Richard Killick: Laing O’Rourke
Richard Williams: VELUX
Robert Mawson: Stride Treglown
Ronnie Graham: Ryder Architecture
Simon Logan, BBC Radio Newcatle
Steven Clarke: Hopkins Architects
Professor Steve Lockley: BIM Academy
Professor Thomas Albrecht: Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht Architects
Tim Bailey: XSite Architecture
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Northumbria University Architecture Society 2012 (ArchSoc)
Alex Spicer - President
Varun Soni - Secretary
Maxwell Los - Treasurer
Richard Taylor - 1st year representative
Olivia Needham - 1st year representative
Vicky Stewart - 1st year Interior Acrhitecture representative
Matthew Cowley - 1st year Interior Architecture representative
Alex Furniss - 2nd year representative
Megan Carmichael - 2nd year representative
Frankie Paul - 2nd year Interior Architecture representative
Andrew Kemp-Dillon - 2nd year Interior Architecture representative
Jamie Bugler - 3rd year representative
Annabella Tubbs - 3rd year representative
Sarah Mc Namara - 3rd year representative
Sean Normington - 5th year representative
Chris Brown - 5th year representative
Nikki Hoggarth - 6th Year representative
Leanne Stamp - 6th year representative
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