The origin of the WSA Exhibition 2023 logo traces back to a discarded iteration from the previous year’s logo design. The concept revolved around the notion that a logo could be crafted by employing rotations and transformations of a single shape, offering endless configurations. Building upon this idea, we adapted and implemented it into this year’s logo design, utilizing three identical shapes to elegantly showcase the inscription ‘WSA 2023 Architecture’. This artistic representation serves as a metaphorical reflection of the very essence of architecture itself. Just as architecture utilises fundamental building blocks to generate infinite possibilities for creating spaces, our logo embodies the boundless creative potential that stems from the manipulation and arrangement of basic elements.

Curating the show has involved the identification of a series of cross-cutting themes each of which relates in some way to adaptability and serves to group together different student work. The themes encompass a wide array of the topics that students are taught to skilfully navigate and adapt to in their creative pursuits. From the realms of memory, culture, and heritage to the complexities of existing structures, the challenges of urban regeneration, the importance of public engagement, the preservation of ecology, the urgent realities of climate change, and the dynamic interplay of politics, each theme serves as a guiding beacon for students to explore and adapt to the multifaceted dimensions of their design journey.

Mae tarddiad logo Arddangosfa Ysgol Pensaernïaeth Cymru 2023 yn olrhain yn ôl i iteriad a ddilewyd o ddyluniad logo’r flwyddyn flaenorol. Roedd y cysyniad yn ymwneud â’r syniad y gallai logo gael ei saernïo trwy ddefnyddio cylchdroadau a thrawsnewidiadau o un siâp, gan gynnig ffurfweddiadau di-ben-draw. Gan adeiladu ar y syniad hwn, fe wnaethom ei addasu a’i roi ar waith yn nyluniad y logo eleni, gan ddefnyddio tri siâp unfath i arddangos yr arysgrif ‘WSA 2023 Architecture’ yn gain. Mae’r gynrychiolaeth artistig hon yn adlewyrchiad trosiadol o hanfod pensaernïaeth ei hun. Yn union fel y mae pensaernïaeth yn defnyddio blociau adeiladu sylfaenol i gynhyrchu posibiliadau diddiwedd ar gyfer creu gofodau, mae ein logo yn ymgorffori’r potensial creadigol di-ben-draw sy’n deillio o drin a threfnu elfennau sylfaenol.

Mae curadu’r sioe wedi golygu nodi cyfres o themâu trawsbynciol y mae pob un ohonynt yn ymwneud mewn rhyw ffordd â’r gallu i addasu ac yn fodd i grwpio gwaith myfyrwyr gwahanol gyda’i gilydd. Mae’r themâu’n cwmpasu amrywiaeth eang o’r testunau y caiff myfyrwyr eu haddysgu i ganfod llwybr trwyddynt ac addasu iddynt yn fedrus yn eu gweithgareddau creadigol. O feysydd cof, diwylliant a threftadaeth i gymhlethdodau strwythurau presennol, heriau adfywio trefol, pwysigrwydd ymgysylltu â’r cyhoedd, cadw ecoleg, realiti brys y newid yn yr hinsawdd, a chydadwaith deinamig gwleidyddiaeth, mae pob thema yn gweithredu fel esiampl arweiniol i fyfyrwyr archwilio ac addasu i ddimensiynau amlochrog eu taith ddylunio.