2022 to 2023 MArch studios

An introduction to the MArch studios we ran in the academic year starting in September 2022. The range of studios are curated to provide opportunity to explore and develop responses to the pressing social and environmental challenges facing society.

Architecture as a Gesture - student work

Architecture as Gesture

Addressing an architectural approach that is gestural, ie the idea that minute observations of human life and situations can lead to convincing architectural responses to the human condition (in all its forms), responses that need not be of a large scale or even permanent to be effective.
Building with Nature

Building with Nature

Exploring how the extraction and processing of building materials can aid our transition to net carbon zero whilst helping to restore the environment.
Civic Delight - student work

Civic Delight

What it means to work in a city and how new projects can work as a catalyst for change.
Collaborative Production student work

Collaborative Production

Informed by post-capitalist theory, this studio explores an alternative model based on interdependency, social capital and local value, transforming the way people engage with local governance, education, recreation and cultural exchange.
Industrial Ecologies - student work

Industrial Ecologies

Thinking as ecologists, we sought to understand Attercliffe as we found it. Through bio-based retrofit and nature-led landscape design we repurposed what we found, creating exciting places for community to grow in our post-carbon future.
Invisible cities - student work

Invisible Cities

Studio Invisible Cities was this year located in Cyprus, a complex and contested island, exploring the idea that architecture is contingent, and part of a broader and richer ecology.
Just Transitions - student work

Just Transitions

Explore how the move from an extractive to a regenerative economy can be delivered in a way that ensures the benefits of climate action are shared widely.
Landscape and Urbanism - student work

Landscape and Urbanism

Exploring the cultural and historical legacy of our relationship with coal production.
Networks of resourceful Architecture - student work

Networks of Resourceful Architecture

Revealing the potential that exists by exploring networks and resources both in the design and making of architecture.
ReActivist - student work

(re)Activist Architecture

Promoting the systematic integration of the “urban poor” into the city of Cairo.
Resilient Futures - student work

Resilient Futures

Exploring Sarajevo’s periphery; the vast mountains and forests, derelict industrial sites from the Yugoslav period, unregulated settlements and inter-entity borders.
Studio in Residence - student work

Studio in Residence

Working ‘in residence’ with Castlegate stakeholders to develop speculative design proposals that will directly inform co-production with the council, community groups, independent businesses and arts organisations.