Category: KSAP News and Events

All the latest updates on the School’s activities!

The Canterbury Diocese and Queen Anne’s Bounty

Timothy Brittain-Catlin will be joining Professor Catherine Richardson and Professor Kenneth Fincham of the Schools of English and History in an event on Saturday 28th September that celebrates the treasures of Kent’s diocesan archives. He will speak about the fascinating collection of late Georgian and early Victorian mortgage application drawings submitted by architects that can be found in the Archives and Library of Canterbury Cathedral. The full story is told in his book The English Parsonage in the Early Nineteenth Century (Spire Books) that was launched at the University in 2008 during the Lambeth Conference that took place here that year. The illustration seen here is the design of 1841 for the elevation of Stalisfield vicarage, between Charing and Faversham, designed by the architect F. Brown of Torrington Square.

The event, ‘LUCIT IN TENEBRIS VERITAS’: researching the archives of Kent’s Anglican dioceses’, will be held at the Kent History and Library Centre Maidstone, and more information can be found about it here.

 

First DARC Open Lecture of the year: Pablo Zamorano, Heatherwick Studio

Digital Architecture Research Centre (DARC) are pleased to announce their first open lecture of the year will be given by Pablo Zamorano from Heatherwick Studio on Tuesday 1st October at 6pm in Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1.

Pablo Zamorano is Head of Geometry and Computational Design at Heatherwick Studio. As head of the studio’s specialist modelling group, Pablo works across all studio projects providing expertise and guidance on new technologies and techniques, and the execution of challenging geometries. He has been instrumental on award-winning projects such as Coal Drops Yard. Prior to joining Heatherwick Pablo was based at SOM London. Pablo has lectured widely, and his personal work has been published and awarded internationally.

Translating complex geometry for real-world fabrication

The lecture will feature the work of Heatherwick Studio. Showcasing the processes behind their world-renowned designs, explore how the studio is engaging with emergent technologies and utilising Rhino and Grasshopper in the realisation of recently completed projects including New York’s Vessel, as well as their current explorations of mixed-reality in construction, to enable collaboration with local craftsman, ensure quality throughout the build process and allow designs to be pushed to their limits.

All welcome!

Chloe Street-Tarbatt wins RIAI Silver Medal for Abbeyleix Library

The RIAI Silver Medal is the highest award for buildings that have undergone a process of conservation and is awarded to the architectural practice by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, several years after the completion of the project so that the success of the building can be confirmed by the passage of time. This year’s medals were announced at a ceremony in Dublin yesterday, 19th September, and were awarded for projects completed in 2005-2007, 2008-2010 and 2011-2013.

Chloe Street-Tarbatt, BA (Hons) Architecture Programme Director, was the Project Architect for Abbeyleix Library which was awarded the RIAI Silver Medal for 2008-2010. She worked closely with the partner in charge, Shane de Blacam, over a period of four years (2005-2009) to bring this project to fruition. The library, which also includes a small gallery, is housed in the original market house located in the centre of the town, and has become an enormously popular community facility, set within a newly landscaped town square.

First KASA Open Lecture of the year: CJ Lim

Kent School of Architecture and Planning are pleased to announce the first Open Lecture of the academic year will be given by CJ Lim, titled, ‘Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes and Eco-Warriors’ on Tuesday 24th September at 6pm in Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1.

The book represents a crucial voice in the discourse of climate change and the potential opportunities to improve the ecological function of existing habitats or create new landscapes which are considered beneficial to local ecology and resilience. The notion of the Smartcity is developed through a series of international case studies, some commissioned by government organisations, others speculative and polemic. Following on from the success of the first edition ‘Smartcities + Eco-Warriors’ (2010), this second edition has nine new case studies, and additional ecological sustainability studies covering sensitivity, design criteria, and assessments for ecological construction plans. The book concludes with two new essays on the romance of trees and the empowering nature of resilient landscape.

CJ Lim is the Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at The Bartlett UCL, and director of Studio 8 Architects. His research is in urban design/planning and architecture, focusing on issues of resilience, sustainability and the challenges posed through climate change, population growth, socio-economics, and the reciprocal benefits of simultaneously addressing the threat and the shaping of cities. CJ has authored 10 books including ‘Virtually Venice’ (2006), ‘Short Stories – London in two-and-a-half dimensions’ (2011), ‘Food City’ (2014) and ‘Inhabitable Infrastructures: Science fiction or urban future?’ (2017).

All welcome!

Booking now open for ‘Architecture at Kent’ Day

Booking is now open for our upcoming ‘Architecture at Kent’ day taking place on Saturday 9th November 2019 from 10am – 4pm.

This day is designed for students who are interested in studying architecture at Kent School of Architecture and Planning, and will give a snap-shot of what life is like as an architecture student.

There will be lectures and workshops, and lunch will be provided so if you have any special dietary requirements, please ensure that you mention this on your booking form. If you have any queries regarding the event, please email ksapadmissions@kent.ac.uk.

Spaces are limited, so make sure you book online to reserve your space.

Professor Gerald Adler and Dr Manolo Guerci celebrate ‘Riverine, Architectures and Rivers’ book launch

Gerald Adler and Manolo Guerci recently launched their newly published book Riverine. Architecture and Rivers (Routledge 2019) at the London office of the architects Penoyre and Prasad, who kindly hosted the event. The poet and contributor to the book Kate Miller read from her poem ‘Waterloo Sunrise’, while Manolo Guerci recited an extract in the original dialect of ‘Er Temporale’, a poem from the 19th century Roman poet Gioacchino Belli. Gerald Adler concluded the event by remarking the genesis and range of the book, which brings together essays and photographic excursi dealing with all aspects of riverine, from east to west, north to south.

 

Dr Renganathan gives lecture at University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka

Senior Lecturer and CASE director Giridharan Renganathan was invited to deliver a lecture to postgraduate students and staff at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. The lecture titled, ‘Research Methods for Performance Analysis’ discussed categorisation of research with a specific focus on architecture, premises and characterisation of qualitative and quantitative research, and research design with a focus on case study.

Dr Renganathan used examples from his research work on hospital performance studies in UK, urban heat island studies in Hong Kong and urban albedo studies for high latitude locations to highlight the methods and techniques, with a specific focus on surveying, monitoring, modelling, statistical analysis and experimental process. The talk concluded by highlighting the limitation of these techniques and possible way forward.

Interested in studying Part 3? Come along to the PGDip Architectural Practice Open Afternoon

Kent School of Architecture and Planning are hosting a second PGDip Architectural Practice Open Afternoon on Monday 19 August from 14.00 – 16.00 in Marlowe Foyer, Marlowe Building.

The PGDip Architectural Practice enables students to complete their professional training and follows the ARB’s criteria for Part 3, thereby enabling graduates who have completed all three examinations to apply for professional registration as Architects in the UK.

This will be a great opportunity for you to meet the programme director, Peter Wislocki, find out more about the course, meet other industry professionals, and take a look around the Kent School of Architecture and Planning.

If you’d like to attend, RSVP by Wednesday 14 July 2019 to ksapadmissions@kent.ac.uk.

Dr Ambrose Gillick’s project longlisted in the Dezeen Awards 2019

Dr Ambrose Gillick’s project, ‘Happenstance‘, has been longlisted in the Dezeen Awards 2019 in both the Rebirth project category and Installation design category. Happenstance was designed as community space for both adults and children, created as a playful interactive frame that Baxendale created as part of Scotland’s contribution to the Venice Biennale in 2018. Ambrose Gillick, co-founder of Baxendale, recently joined Kent School of Architecture and Planning at the start of 2019 and is now Stage 3 Coordinator of the BA (Hons) Architecture course.

University Prize for Stage 2 Tutors and Technical Support

Tutors on the Stage Two module Collective Dwelling have won this year’s University Teaching Prize for the Faculty of Humanities. The brief for the project, which studied historic buildings in Sandwich and the design of complementary new housing, was devised by Timothy Brittain-Catlin, Benjamin Wood and Patrick O’Keeffe and delivered by a committed team of tutors which also included Dr Manolo Guerci, Felicity Atepke, Jasmine Davey, James McAdam, Tanya Kalinina and David Moore.

The judges, chaired by the Dean of Humanities Professor Simon Kirchin, praised the imaginative and coherent brief and the tutors’ success in stimulating student curiosity and enthusiasm. Stephen Proctor, of Proctor and Matthews, wrote that this was ‘a very ambitious undertaking for students at second year level: not only have the students been expected to engage with in-depth contextual analysis, but also grapple with the complexities of balancing the ergonomic requirements of contemporary domestic space with the technical specifics of servicing requirements and building fabric performance.  All combined with the difficult challenge of accommodating all this within a sensitive historic environment. Through a combined enthusiasm and in-depth subject knowledge, Ben and Patrick have successfully infused their students with a thirst for knowledge which goes beyond that expected so early in an architectural education.  I have been specifically impressed by the level of knowledge the students have attained in vernacular forms and construction detailing.’

In addition, Workshop Manager, Kevin Smith, and 3D CAD Technician, Julien Soosaipillai have won this year’s University Technical Support Award, in recognition of their significant contribution to the success of Kent School of Architecture and planning by providing essential support for both staff and students, with outstanding contribution to CASE (Centre for Architecture and the Sustainable Environment) research project, Urban Albedo.

The three lead tutors will join Kevin Smith and Julien Soosaipillai at the University’s Award Ceremony on 10th July.