Being brought up in Yorkshire, Edinburgh presented a very different setting to develop academically, personally and professionally. I have deliberately explored this through part time work in practice, combined with my academic study within ESALA.
Due to the pandemic my education has involved a combination of online and in studio learning, which presented some quite unique challenges and opportunities to learn a variety of techniques.
Tectonics, as my final design course, has been be both challenging and engaging, it has enabled me draw upon experience in practice but also previous phases of academic study.
My Tectonics studio “Constructing atmosphere: The gathering place”, has enabled me to develop projects which have fused my personal interest in music and sound scape, while addressing some of the critical challenges which influence the future of our townscape, and broader themes of social sustainability and the climate emergency through architectural study.
Researching through the lens of an individually inspired pavilion, in the landscape of Dalkeith and using digital and physical modelling techniques, has broadened my understanding of the role architecture, seeing it as a means to reinvigorate our townscapes, designing through scales, working iteratively to a level of refinement in in both atmospheric tectonic expression and construction detail.
