Architect Jim Ross and myself ran two prototype-making sessions for a group of MAUD and MArch masters students at the University of Cambridge. Task: 1:1 – 1:10 prototype for an important feature of the proposed design. Scroll to the bott
First day 08/02/23
Themes: waste issues in the Maldives, eradication of the steel industry in Middlesbrough, old railway arches in Elephant and Castle, water scarcity on the border between Turkey and Syria and more
Prototypes: reeds, wires, wool threads, shopping bags, 100mm composite pipes, steel-making by-products
Second day 13/02/23
Themes: Rammed earth construction in Bagdad, vacant plots along Milton Keynes highways, rewilding / disassembly near Kyoto, chalk vaults in Cambridge, ‘dacha’-sation of Soviet panel blocks, temporary accommodation for Gen Z, honest use of brick slips and render in Devon, bombing remains in the southern Philippines, barricades in Montreuil
Prototypes: rammed earth, clay, chalk and lime stone with a variety of approaches to formwork, ‘stitching’ blocks, timber, brick slips, terrazzo with streetside debris
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