Research-Led Design (RLD)

Alana Maslen

Mnemonic Matter: How can the historical layers of Oxford be understood through the old and new remnants of the city wall?

This dissertation produced a design for the seven lost medieval gates of Oxford City wall. Through appreciating old remnants, valuable new architecture is produced which develops an understanding of historical layers of place, whilst improving modern identity. 

Anjola Owonib

Light of reconciliation

This study is a project to bring the predominant religious bodies in Nigeria together using light as a bridge and a form of sacred tool.  

Ben Hutchinson

BENFATTO. Learning from the bungalow.

An autoethnographical study of my recent self-build project, the renovation of an old bungalow in Oxfordshire. This research project helped me formalise my design process that is based on a taking a hands-on approach to architecture. 

Chi Ho Chan

Weather Activated Architecture

How can weather animate architecture to enable a stronger connection with climate?

A study of a creative industry building in Hong Kong to investigate how weather conditions can animate a building so to create a stronger connection with weather, humans and nature.

Darren Leong

Utopia of Space: Building Social Sustainability in Vertical Living in Malaysia

The paradigm shift of the pandemic that brought us to explore into the realm of the humanities aspect of ‘sustainability’, and how we can project better living spaces.

Elena Jaramazovic

The project aims to translate the dream-like intro architectural design. It explores what characterizes the oneiric and how some of these qualities can be translated into architecture, using film as a connection between the two.

Haoyu Qi

LEARNING FROM THE TREE: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OAK TREES TO RECONNECT HUMANS WITH NATURE THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN? A MEDITATION HALL IN.

This project is to obtain design inspiration from the research of oak tree’s natural habits and cultural symbols, the meditation hall in the woodland is to help people build a unique connection between meditation and the oak tree. 

Leah Lopes

A design guide for gender-inclusive work environments

How can the built environment support a more equitable work environment, which allows for women in architecture to be more visible?

The goal of this research dissertation is to design more gender-inclusive and humane work environments that will benefit the architecture profession, society, and communities at large. 

Luka Kai Yen Chang

Project: How can a play space be designed for adult and children in a London square to be accessible?

This project discusses how to create a play space for adults and children in Central London which could conquer the weather problem and encourage people to spend time in nature and how to design accessible play space for both children and adults. 

Luke Myers

Gift Architecture

 This thesis explored why some additions to the built environment are more impactful than others. This is a worked example of how architectural elements can affect communities, e.g. reducing crime with architectural intervention.

Mai Yassin Osman

The research aims to produce design principles for sustainable housing in Egypt through reflection and adaptation of architectural principles of traditional architecture in Cairo. A design project then tests the theory developed using modular design and a modern adaptation of courtyard housing and traditional urban planning.

Marianne Johnson

The Acoustic Academy of Godstow – How can our experience of sound participate in our attachment to places?

The project responds to the need to educate the next generation to use their hearing sense during their early experiences to lose the current paradigm of ocular centrism. 

Pedro Tello

Generative Design for Affordable Housing in London

An exploration on how architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) technologies could be applied for addressing social responsive architecture

Radhika Manoj Kumar

Dharavi [Unseen]

Public Legitimation: Can Public Art lend legitimacy to Informal Settlements?

Within the context of this Research, ‘Public Art’ attempts to celebrate Dharavi, in the face of a real-estate-driven fuel, by enabling Dharavi to gain recognition and value as the collective identity of the region.

Youssef Aly

Regaining the identity in a Globalised World: Cairo 

This project highlights and battles the impacts of Globalism using Cairo as a case study, identifying elements that unite and represent its identity to reshape a dystopian modern temple to become a Temple of Unity.