Mindfulness Focusing on providing a space to help combat the rising problem of…
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TUTOR: TOM SYKES
Unit 7’s brief focused on Rural settlements and their future. Students were called to research the qualities of rural life, and later identify a personal theme that would evolve into a hypothesis for an improved rural community. The hypothesis was then developed into an architectural thesis and was finally tested on a village in South Wales as an architectural brief.
Mindfulness Focusing on providing a space to help combat the rising problem of…
People and Productivity “Fochriw-A tale about People and Productivity” is about creating a…
Creativity and Dynamism Semi permanent community hub, where transportable plug in leisure/educational caravans…
Alternative agricultural technologies Striving to degrow and rehumanize conventional agricultural practices while educating…
Cultivation Exploring sustainable agricultural methods to support predicted future populations. “The ‘rural’ is…
A Stitched Community An exploration into how a return in industry can help…
Reactivating the community This project is about giving Fochriw a global character and…
Rituals and Identity This project’s aim is to revitalise the identity and character…
The Value of Unproductivity This project is an intervention to cater for the…
Village of Healing In this project, Fochriw becomes the “Village of healing”, inviting…
Social Awareness Bringing awareness and helping to provide domestic abuse support in rural…
Nostalgia This project focuses on using memories of the people living in Fochriw…