UNIT A
Makeshift means “ to do what one wants to do, in spite of not having ideal conditions”. We feel sums up what we are all experiencing at this time and we also like the combination of “make”, to create, and “shift”, to change or move. Makeshift suggests: working with the existing, making-do and mending, embracing the ad-hock and bricolage, designing through doing, reusing, repurposing and learning to love the rough, direct and unfinished.
By temporarily taking away many of the things that people love about cities (socialising, culture, working with others) and overnight moving many people to work from home the pandemic has revived and intensified a discussion about what our cities are for and how they are organised. The changes are on a scale never seen before, but many of the issues have been growing for some time. Clone high streets, the hollowing out of town centres, towns being overrun by cars and out-of-town shopping. This year Unit A has waded into this discussion by designing buildings that bring people together.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Rachel Alton
Wing Yi Yeung
Jessica Rowell
Helena Gatland
Aida Rechid
Alex Malone
Oxford University Museum
Oxford University Museum Street View
Year 2
Front Elevation
Oxford University Museum Side Elevation
Antonia Sofia Arbert Guila
Second Chance Centre
Second Chance Centre Elevation
Plan Drawing
Year 2
Jessica Biggerstaff
Project 01: The Stone Tower Working Retreat Project 02: Slow Fashion House
Project 01- Tower Working Retreat: Physical Model
Project 01: Section Drawing
Project 02-Slow Fashion House: Fast Fashion Production
Project 02: Perspective View
Year 2
Ivanova Antoaneta
Dance Centre
Dance Centre Front Elevation
Interior View
A History of Dance
Year 2
Khimji Rahul
Project 01: La Casa Mallorquina
La Casa Mallorquina Section Drawing
La Casa Mallorquina Interior Perspective View
Project 02 : The Half Way House
La Casa Mallorquina Interior Perspective View
The Half way House Front Elevation
Year 2
Anisha Middleton
Working Holiday
Axonometric Drawing
Working Holiday View
Year 2
Joseph Musgrave
A Social Cooking School
Elevation Drawing
Section Drawing
Physical Model
Year 2
Jayan Parmar
Refuse: Zero waste super market
Zero Waste Market : Perspective View
Zero Waste Market: 3D View
Zero Waste Market: Nightime View
Year 2
Saif Saeeid
Cueva Contemporáneo, A working retreat in Majorca
Plan drawing
Physical Model: Perspective View
Year 2
Sindre Stenslokken
St Aldates Textile Workshop and recycling
Exploded Axonometric Drawing
Perspective View
Perspective 3D View
Year 2
Mollie Baker
Working Holiday - The Almond Blossom Retreat
Perspective View
Physical Model
Plan Drawing
Year 2
Wing Yi Yeung
THE CATS’ SPOT.
Cat Cafe as a passive means of urban sanctuary for mental health improvement within the community.
Plan Drawing
Section Drawing
Technical Details Drawing
Year 2
Christopher England-Rendon
Oxford Tech start up incubator
Section Drawing
Isometric Section drawing
Perspective 3D View
Year 2
Simon Bossen
A Museum of Communication.
Section Drawing
Physical Structural Model
Perspective View
Year 3
Rachel Alton
Project 01: Working Holiday
In this project we are going to investigate how a building can be relevant to a particular place. The aim of this project is to design a piece of architecture that makes a clear statement about the relationship between climate, material and landscape today.
Axonometric Drawing
Perspective Section Drawing
Project 02 :The Power Garden
This project deals with an existing building that was once a mighty power station. It is given a new life coming out of a pandemic, it provides a dual use space for people who work from home, and a winter garden where nature is only a hands stretch away.
Perspective Section Drawing
Section Drawing
Year 3
Ollie Longmore
Project 01: The Step House, Majorca
Section Drawing
Physical Model
Project 02 :The Slice: Timber construction innovation centre
Perspective View
Front Elevation
Year 3
Graham Munroe
Oxford Mental Health Centre
Floor Plan Drawing
Perspective View
Aerial View
Year 3
Aidah Reshid
Project 01: Working Holiday: A Retreat House in Mallorca
Physical Mode: 3D View
Plan Drawing
Project 02 : Osney Power Station, A socially conscious counter proposal for a business school and homeless shelter.
Perspective Section Drawing
Perspective View
Year 3
Jessica Rowell
Project 01: Working Holiday: a home cut into a rock
Plan Drawing
3D View
Project 02 : Osney Power Station College and Youth Support Centre
Front Elevation
Isometric Section Drawing
Year 3
Gabriel Cunnigham
Osney Power Station Creative Centre
Perspective View
Section Drawing
Aerial View
Year 3
Helena Gatland
Project 01: Working Holiday: A boundary between working and living.
Plan Drawing
Physical Model
Project 02 : CO-HOUSING, Gaining by sharing.
Perspective View
Isometric Section Drawing
Year 3
Joanna Horne
Project 01: Working Holiday: Work Retreat, Mallorca
Plan Drawing
Physical Model
Project 02 : The Film Factory
Project to bring people together creating a piece of architecture that responds to the city. The building should respond to what is existing and the street landscape surrounding it, exploring make/shift
Aerial View
Perspective View
Year 3
Rachel Cannon
Working From Home
Section Details Drawing
Front Elevation
Plan Drawing
Year 3
Contributors
Studio Leader: Tom Randall-Page + Theo Molloy
Technology Tutor: Ogi Ristic
Structural Tutor: Martin Waters
Second Years:
Antonia Albert Guila
Mollie Baker
Jessica Biggerstaff
Simon Bossen
Christopher England-Rendon
Antoaneta Ivanova
Rahul Khimji
Alex Malone
Anisha Middleton
Joseph Musgrave
Jayan Parmer
Saif Saeeid
Sindre Stensløkken
Wing Yi Yeung
Third Years :
Rachel Alton
Rachel Cannon
Gabriel Cunningham
Helena Gatland
Munroe Graham
Joanna Horne
Ollie Longmore
Aïda Rechid
Jessica Rowell