Unit 07: Rural

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.

Ananth Balakrishnan

Mindfulness Focusing on providing a space to help combat the rising problem of…

1 July 2020 - 15 July 2020

Petya Atanasova

People and Productivity “Fochriw-A tale about People and Productivity” is about creating a…

1 July 2020 - 15 July 2020

Judith Deak

Creativity and Dynamism Semi permanent community hub, where transportable plug in leisure/educational caravans…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Nick Cross

Alternative agricultural technologies Striving to degrow and rehumanize conventional agricultural practices while educating…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Hana Rowlands

Cultivation Exploring sustainable agricultural methods to support predicted future populations. “The ‘rural’ is…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Branwen Morus

A Stitched Community An exploration into how a return in industry can help…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Eleni Vlataki

Reactivating the community This project is about giving Fochriw a global character and…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Emily Chance-Hill

Rituals and Identity This project’s aim is to revitalise the identity and character…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Freya Rix

The Value of Unproductivity This project is an intervention to cater for the…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Motao Wang

Village of Healing In this project, Fochriw becomes the “Village of healing”, inviting…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Anna Jones

Social Awareness Bringing awareness and helping to provide domestic abuse support in rural…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020

Anait Melkonyan

Nostalgia This project focuses on using memories of the people living in Fochriw…

29 June 2020 - 15 July 2020
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