M.Arch Project 03 - Troubleshooting
I may as well be upfront and say that what follows is fundamentally a rant. I just needed to type it down and let it all out.
M.Arch Project 03 - Interim Crit
We had the interim crit for the first phase of our year-long project on Friday, and whilst the tutors and guest were happy enough with what I presented, one of the main (and wholly understandable) points they raised was that the body of work so far is incredibly dry: throw in some collage, or something!
M.Arch Year 5 - Group Project Crit
We had our first crit of the year on Friday 15th, which was the culmination of the introductory group project (myself, Keerthigan Thavaseelan and Rebecca Alexander). This year the project centred around the idea of relocating the Herbert Reed Gallery (currently re-purposed as a teaching studio) to somewhere within Canterbury.
Edinburgh Revisited
Last weekend I decided to pay a visit to Edinburgh, which I haven’t walked through for around nine years (having lived there for around four). The intent of the visit was partly nostalgia, but mainly to do some more photography and visit parts of Edinburgh that I did not got to visit whilst I lived there. In that regard, the visit was a mixed success, and prompted me to look through my photographic archive to see if there are any older shots I took that may be worth uploading - something to still be decided upon. Meanwhile, I have uploaded a selection of photographs I took on this trip to the Edinburgh photography page.
Dublin Revisited
I think I may have left a bit of my heart in Dublin. When I was living over there for a brief period last year, I did not get the chance to visit the galleries, museums, or even as many of the suburbs as I originally wished to. In essence, this was due to lockdown restrictions coupled with academic time pressures. Hence, the desire to return and (re)visit parts of Dublin as well as investigate new areas! This did lead to a lot of walking around, managing to clock around 100km of walking over the 5 days or so, despite the sore feet. In addition to these photos here, I’ve updated the Dublin photography page.
M.Arch Project 02 - Final Crit
And just like that, we’re nearly at the end of the first year of the Master’s programme. We have our final crit of the year today, followed by two weeks to polish and finalise our portfolios prior to submission.
M.Arch Project 02 - Interim Crit
We had our interim crit for Project 02 (which is more like Project 01 Part 2) on Friday 16th. Having watched another tutor group’s presentations the day before, I realised that I was rusty when it came to project presentations (as I’d only WIP drawings to show, no visuals etc). In part, it is because I learnt the hard way in undergraduate that it is far quicker, and as I’ve found, more useful to rapidly iterate in 2D first, moving to 3D modelling after.
M.Arch Project 01 - Final Crit
We had our final crit of the first phase of the project today, and my feedback was predominantly as expected (to sum - still missing some of my workings, oh how maths teachers of old would be rolling their eyes). However, these are missing due to my continued troubleshooting of how best to diagrammatically represent them, rather than because I’m being lazy!
M.Arch Project 01 - Mini Review
Here are work-in-progress slides for step 2 of our brief - mapping the site and the reasons behind choosing a particular site.
M.Arch Project 01 - Critical Review
We have our first critical review tomorrow for the project, and my biggest concern is whether I have managed to string together a coherent argument for my research direction. I’ve been pulling at a lot of threads over the past 4 weeks, my brain is fried, and I worry that I’ve overstretched and still have a too abstract approach to it. I’ve uploaded what I plan to present tomorrow, and it is shown below.