Gestures/Exchanges

Project details

Programme

Year 1

The philosophy of the project had a key questions at its centre:

How can one as an architect make a difference? Can it be done by highlighting hidden stories, qualities of places, based on personal readings of what matters there? Could it be about recognising a hidden, forgotten event/ quality, or even imagining an alternative reality?

The public square has been a reference point for the project. More specifically, the power and vital role we play in the city in outdoor collective places and spaces has been the epicentre of our investigation. The square is seen as a place of identity, a place which enhances our quality of collective and individual experiences. A place that can enable, encourage and host unplanned, unforeseen experiences for a group or an individual.

Together, we questioned how design can be used to connect people together; how we achieve radical transformations of such public spaces though minimal means?

The Year One cohort was split across 6 public squares in London.

Students

Ariel Alper Year 1 Collaborating with Community Prize
Sasha Audas Year 1
Lucy Ayres Year 1
Beau Beames Year 1 Public Engagement Prize
Salima Begum Year 1
Siya Bhandari Year 1
Charlotte Burden Year 1
Clive Burgess Year 1
Thomas Butterworth Year 1
Mason Cameron Year 1
Diego Carreras Year 1
Nathan Cartwright Year 1
Joshua-Jefferson Celada Flordeliz Year 1
Yufei Cheng Year 1 Craft, Technology & Invention Prize
Jenna Ching Year 1
Lok Chiu Year 1
Ifsah Chowdhery Year 1
Sarah Chuwa Year 1
Rosa Crossley-Furse Year 1
Myla Danwachira Year 1 Craft, Technology & Invention Prize
Natania De-Marro Year 1 Site & Cultural Strategy Prize
Laura Dietzold Year 1
Sammy Doublet Year 1
Sean Fan Year 1
Iris Feng Year 1
Delphi Fothergill Year 1
Jess Georgelin Year 1
Kiran Gosal Year 1
Harshal Gulabchandre Year 1
Serena Haddon Year 1
Tom Henly Year 1 Prize for Recycling and Response to Local Fabric
Aocheng Huang Year 1 Collaborating with Community Prize
Holly Hunt Year 1
Vladut Iacob Year 1
Dahee Im Year 1
Kai Jackson Year 1
Helen Joung Year 1
Aryan Kaul Year 1
Nadiya Khan Year 1
Hashaam Khan Year 1
Libby Ko Year 1
Yuna Lee Year 1
Lily Lin Year 1
Laura Maczik Year 1
Jillian Mak Year 1
Duncan Mcallister Year 1 Prize for Recycling and Response to Local Fabric
Caitlin Mchale Year 1
Junjie Mei Year 1
Allyah Mitra Nandy Year 1
Kullaphat Ngamprasertpong Year 1 Prize for Recycling and Response to Local Fabric
Lily Nguyen Year 1
Tilly Ollerenshaw Year 1
Sean Ow Year 1
Kai Pentecost Year 1
Alex Perez Escamilla Year 1
Bryan Png Yiliang Year 1
Akif Rahman Year 1
Adam Raymond Year 1
Iolo Rees Year 1 Craft, Technology & Invention Prize
Regan Reser Year 1
Jess Richard Year 1
Arthur Ritchie Year 1
Jio Ryu Year 1
Mattia Salvadori Year 1
Andrew Seah Year 1
Ryhan Sheik Year 1
Hannah Simon Year 1
Soph Siney Year 1
Nikki Sivakumar Year 1 Site & Cultural Strategy Prize
Charlie Smare Year 1
Pasathorn Srichaiyongphanich Year 1
Sofi Stiekema Year 1
Sally Sun Year 1
Hossain Takir Year 1
Aleksandra Tarnowska Year 1 Site & Cultural Strategy Prize
Alessandra Villanueva Year 1
Shuheng Wang Year 1
Lola Wilson Year 1 Collaborating with Community Prize
Theo Wolf Year 1
Tina Wu Year 1
Amy Yam Year 1
Min Yoo Year 1
Michaelia Zheng Year 1
Peiyan Zou Year 1

Beatriz Goodwins Banuelos Year 3

Marcus Lam Year 2
Laura Noble Year 2
Yaowen Zhang Year 2

Guildhall Yard: A Performance of Memories

Guildhall Yard, a historic civic place which lies dormant, was temporarily filled with performance and sound to re-enact past memories. Movements of the body, costume, and sound are harmonised, enabling memories of Guildhall Yard to resurface.

Jess Georgelin, 'Fin and Stand Detail'

Jess Georgelin, 'Procession Mapping'

Pasathorn Srichaiyongphanich, 'Wings Stand Detail from Above'

Neals Yard: The Lovers, The Barista, The Botanist and The Gatekeeper

The response to Neals Yard was to host a performance that accentuates the curated nature of the space. Drawing on existing protagonists on the site, we created four contraptions exploring the gestures and exchanges of the yard.

Lily Lin, 'Barista Detail and Oscillating System'

Arnold Circus: Resurfacing the Buried

Arnold Circus stands on the site of the demolished Old Nichol Slum. The installation resurfaces the buried by reimagining architectural and domestic elements in the Victorian slum, inviting the community to recall the contested history of the site.

Yufei Cheng, 'Resurfacing the History of Arnold Circus'

A Cloud in Southend Green

South End Green’s fountain is a reminder of the River Fleet that flowed down from Hampstead Heath. A collection of found objects (cans, bottles, lighters, canisters) are displayed underneath a cloud of fabric draped around the fountain.

Peiyan Zou, 'Rope Handle Detail'

Sarah Chuwa, 'Deployment Sequence'

Queens Square: A Royal Revival

The installation reinvigorates historic remnants of Queen Square, refocusing the site back on the Queen. Through the use of forced and false perspective, the royal procession reinforces the royal intimacy shared by the Queen and her husband.