10 Beyond the Studio | Technical Studies THE TECHNICAL STUDIES teaching in the School of Architecture + Cities has been designed as a linear progression from first year Undergraduate through to final year MArch. For each year of study, a lecture series underpins the structure of the teaching. In first year, a four teen-week lecture series is delivered by Pete Silver that sets out an approach to the structure, form, material and environmental principles that constitute the ‘technologies’ of the built environment. In second year, Scott Batty runs the Site Diary assignment that affords many students their first experience of a construction site and introduces students to the Sustainable Design Principles devised by Scott Batty. In the third year Will McLean delivers a lecture series on environmental design – highlighting sustainable approaches to construction, material choices, heating, cooling and remediation. Materials Buffet This year saw the launch of the first ‘Materials Buffet’, an interactive seminar session for undergraduate students Pete Silver, Will McLean, Simon Banfield, Scott Batty, Aleksandra Cannock, Chris Leung & Andrew Whiting (top) 2nd year student site visit; (bottom) Technical Studies lecture series posters which makes use of the materials and models library collected by Technical Studies staff. Material samples were made available to handle and led to many good discussions about material proper ties and provenance. Consultant Surgeries Consultant Surgeries are organised for our final year Degree and Masters students of architecture. This provides students access to professionals including architects (with specialist construction/fabrication knowledge), structural engineering, environmental engineering and materials science. Visiting Lecture Series Will McLean organises theThursday evening ‘open’ lecture series, which highlights new technological developments in the fields of architecture, engineering and environmental design. The talks were simultaneously streamed and attended in person, and featured an international mix of speakers from the UK, Africa and the USA. Technical Studies Simon Banfield is an architect, educator and entrepreneur working on projects across the UK. Simon is interested in the hands-on act of construction within the building process. Scott Batty is a sole practitioner architect, teaches technical studies across degree and MArch and coordinates the second-year degree Technical Studies programme. Aleksandra Cannock founded architecture firm TAK Architecture and Design. She teaches students to create architecture grounded in sustainable practices. Chris Leung is an architect and associate professor at The Bartlett (UCL) and tutors environmental design and fabrication strategy for final year degree and MArch students. Will McLean lectures, writes and publishes about the technology of architecture. With Pete Silver, he recently co-authored Environmental Design Sourcebook: Innovative design ideas for a sustainable built environment (RIBA Publishing). Will teaches Technical Studies at all levels and organises the visiting lecture programme. Pete Silver is a practising architect and former building contractor. He has taught at the Architectural Association, The Bartlett (UCL) and the Royal College of Art. He has co-authored five books with Will McLean, including the 3rd edition of Introduction to Architectural Technology (Laurence King). AndrewWhiting is the director of HÛT Architecture. He has a particular interest in education and practice and teaches at Degree and MArch level. He is an RIBA Awards judge, and RIBA Part III Professional examiner. We would also like to specially thank Teo Cruz who films the evening lectures which are available on the Technical Studies website: technicalstudies.tumblr.com Guest Lecturers and Visiting Consultants: Ian Abley (Fire Protection Association), Jan Balbaligo (FACIT Homes), Bruce Bell (FACIT Homes), Henry Burling (Morph Structures), Allison Dring (Elegant Embellishments / Made of Air), Marc Exley (Morph Structures), Carlo Gagliani (Morph Structures), Dr Jim Glockling (Fire Protection Association), Fotis Grammatikopoulos, Kirsten Haggar t (Waugh Thistleton), Cath Hassell (ech2o), Dave Heeley (Morph Structures),Thomas Hesslenberg (Elliot Wood), Pedro Hur tado Silva (FACIT Homes), Asif Khan (PAD), Jason Lai (HÛT Architecture), Leslie Lok (HANNAH), Nzinga B. Mboup (Worofila), Steve McCloy (McCloy + Muchemwa), Bongani Muchemwa (McCloy + Muchemwa), Alastair Ogle (Waugh Thistleton), David Rayment (Morph Structures), Ehab Eleana Savvidi (Morph Structures), Rebecca Sawcer (Waugh Thistleton), Ian Seabrook (Laing O’Rourke), Guy Sinclair, Urna Sodnomjamts (HÛT Architecture), Doris Sung (University of Southern California/ Dosu),Ton Venhoeven (VenhoevenCS Architecture + Urbanism), Andy Watts (Grimshaw), Sasa Zivkovic (HANNAH)
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