Thursday, 25 November 2010
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
RIBA President’s Bronze Medal Nomination / best design portfolio at Oxford Brookes University / Mike Bell 3rd year
Michael Bell (Unit E, Oxford Brookes University), The fantasy world of Montparnasse – Celebration of hybridized garden and office, 2009-2010
This project explores the symbiotic relationships of gardens and offices through the narrative of a mysterious exploration into the filmic spaces as experienced by a girl named Ophelia (inspired by the main character in Pan’s Labyrinth). Sited in the brutalistic Montparnasse Office Tower in Paris (commonly known as one of the ugliest office tower in Europe), Ophelia explores a hidden fantasy world of living willow trees concealed within the void spaces of the office tower. Ophelia’s exploration is driven by the prophecies from her dreams that foretold fragments of curious spaces depicting a world inhabited with spirited trees and wonderful architectural forms. She was lead on into a mystical journey to eventually discovering portals and entry points hidden within the office interior that allowed her to mediate into the fantasy world.
Digital Flora: Urban Agriculture Bridge / Viral Shah 3rd year
Digital Flora: Urban Agriculture Bridge / Viral Shah 3rd year
The project addresses a contemporary interpretation of the ‘Inhabitable Bridge’. Providing spaces for urban agricultural growth, public and retail food market, organic food restaurant and cafe, viewing platforms, and most significantly, staggered docks for floating restaurants, below the structure, that will take people along the River Seine to see the sights of Paris.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Leslie Jones Memorial Prize (RIBA) 2010 / Michelle Evans 3rd year
Leslie Jones Memorial Prize (RIBA) 2010
Michelle Evans (Unit E, Oxford Brookes University), The ritualistic veins of a winery – Celebration of wine tasting, 2009-2010
The project attempts to investigate cross programming the wine making process with the visitor routes, a winery allows visitors to celebrate and indulge in the art of winemaking through all the different stages. The ritualistic circulation system blurs the boundaries between public and private, ascend and descend, external and internal, sin and sacrament. The roof is integrated with transparent pipes (the veins of the architectural body), servicing and pumping crushed grape juice from the core (interception heart) to various levels of the topographical building. The building makes use of the natural slope of the landscape through a gravity flow system within the winery to minimise energy use and the need for hydraulic systems.
Berman Guedes Stretton Architects Prize 2010 / For creative originality in Design / Anna Bear 2nd Year
Berman Guedes Stretton Architects Prize 2010
For creative originality in Design
For creative originality in Design
Anna Beer (Unit E, Oxford Brookes University), Pinnacle moment– Celebration of garden
The water garden attempts to experiment a spatial boundary between land and water. The organic symmetrical form commemorates the 8m water rise in the 1910 Paris floods. A meteorological research laboratory not only celebrates Paris’ rich academic history, but also regulates and displays the weather conditions, and warns of severe climatic changes.
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