Architecture Student Portfolio (in)-Habits: Economy Student Housing in the conflicted city of Belfast. Cities, like dreams, In Italo Calvino’s fanciful and acclaimed novel Invisible Cities, he states ‘even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are are made from desires and fears, absurd, their perspective deceitful. and everything conceals something else. You […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Créer Cavalier | Habiliter Les Femmes Creating Riders | Empowering Women by Emily Martin Créer Cavalier | Habiliter Les Femmes is a project which aims to contest and combat the long-standing gender inequalities of France through empowering the women of Marseille using equestrian activities to build physical and mental strength as well […]
Architecture Student Portfolio A Second Countryside by Lotta Tiselius How can a coastal community, a marine research station and a fleeting tourist population merge in an architectural framework within the discussion of the sea as a future place of distinct resources? This thesis proposes an architecture that mediates between the qualities, as well as challenges, […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Turning our Backs to the Cars to Face the Water by Felicia Emanuelsson Transforming parking space to meeting point and market in the city centre of Gothenburg In the city centre of my hometown Gothenburg, Kungstorget (The Kings Square) is situated. The square is placed in front of Saluhallen (Gothenburg’s food hall), […]
Architecture Student Portfolio The Reunion of the European Union by Liam Bedwell On the backbone of the United Kingdom’s EU referendum, a new political movement rises to fruition. The London Sovereign Parties manifesto is a simple one: The (Re)union of the European Union. Lambeth becomes the first independent borough within the city and the birth […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Centro cultural de Paseo by Robin Cals In the late 19th century, Vedado started as a city expansion of Havana. Rich sugar cane entrepreneurs built their grand colonial villas. In the 1950s the area became very popular among tourists. The increase in tourist arrivals during these years was to a large extent […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Re-coding the Hellenic Parliament by Bob Rattray Syntagma Square is a space steeped in a history of civilian mobilisation. It gained its name (Constitution Square) from a historic uprising. Today, a tension is held between the square and the opposing parliament. The spaces feel entirely distinct from one another. The parliament is […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Anthropocenia by Chris Behling An·thro·po·cene Noun 1. The geological age during which mankind was the dominant force on Earth. 2. The age when humanity departed Earth. Anthropocenia, my Degree Project at the USC School of Architecture and recipient of the Raymond S. Kennedy Award for Innovative Perspectives, is a collection of wondrous […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Kleptomaniacalism by Ian Masters and Adam Ferrari Entitled “Kleptomaniacalism,” this project plagues Prora, an existing building in Northern Germany designed by Adolf Hitler himself. Although never fully completed, Hitler had planned to use this proposed three-mile long building as a supposed vacation destination to secretly brainwash German citizens into adopting his beliefs. […]
Architecture Student Portfolio Parliament Studios by Peter Davies Abingdon Street Gardens are a popular strip of grass in Westminster, London, where TV news crews regularly conduct interviews with politicians, with the backdrop of the Houses of Parliament. However, Parliament is undergoing restoration. The iconic facades of Parliament could be covered in scaffolding for a prolonged […]
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