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The Oxford Comm[Union]

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Student Ismail Mir
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Unit Studio 2A
Year 2

The project imagines a meeting space and visitor centre in the ecologically protected wetland meadows of Oxford. Why are crucial deliberations on climate typically held in the austere world of corporate architecture? The Comm[Union] is designed to merge harmoniously with its natural environment in both considerations of materials and spatial design. A series of transitional thresholds are curated between architecture and nature. The inhabitant is to enter a sense of immersion in the natural richness of the site. As such the architecture hopes to offer a new environment for vital deliberations on the climate where nature is both psychologically and physically brought to the fore, a pervasive reminder of Earth’s ecological rights.

Gathering Hall

Gathering in the grass under the dappled light of the forest of trusses

Rethinking the Architecture of Discussion

The architecture hopes to offer a new environment for vital deliberations on the climate where nature is both psychologically and physically brought to the fore, a pervasive reminder of Earth’s ecological rights.

The Hard, Soft and Natural Architecture

The architecture hopes to offer a new environment for vital deliberations on the climate where nature is both psychologically and physically brought to the fore.

Areal View

The sculptural thatch roof drapes over the heavy cob walls; hanging close to the ground they become a continuation of the hedge. From the hard architecture emerges a soft architecture formed of paths blended into the grassland landscape.

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The Bartlett
Summer Show 2022
01 – 16 July 2022
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