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Location Loughborough | ARB/RIBA courses BArch (Hons) Architecture, MArch Architecture | Head of school Malcolm Cook | Full-time tutors 11 | Part-time tutors 16 | Students 280 | Staff to student ratio 1:11 | Bursaries available Yes
Undergraduate
Juliet Huddart-Ouabdesslam
Course BArch (Hons) Architecture
Studio/unit brief Architecture in the Anthropocene Age (AAA Lab)
Project title The Eudaimonia Institute
Project description We are living through an evolutionary misalignment, where our human bodies do not match the modern world. The Eudaimonia Institute proposes a retreat for individuals to realign with nature and their evolutionary roots. The scheme acts as a filter for water, modern comforts and the human soul, guiding individuals towards a eudaemonic state. Located at the weir of Beverly Brook, the building guides water through various stages of purification. Parallel to the water’s journey, visitors embark on a path of heightened focus through five key spaces embodying the concept of Eudaimonia: the gallery, the school, the library, the office, and the chambers.
Tutor citation This project introduces a unique approach to sustainability, where the architectural character and diversity of the spatial experience emerge from a philosophical and technological approach to sustainable design. Matyas Gutai
Postgraduate
Lewis Foster-Jeapes
Course MArch Architecture
Studio/unit brief The Architect Entrepreneur (RaRe Design Lab)
Project title Bartering with Bucharest: Integrating a Flow Brokerage
Project description The exhaustion of civic resources is a condition that affects not only buildings but the people that inhabit them, as evidenced in Bucharest. The Flow Brokerage adopts a co-determined design approach whereby ‘bartering lines’ deliver urban propositions that respond reciprocally to contextual needs. Inspired by Tokyo’s Zakkyo buildings, the façades engage the reciprocal relationship between the interior programme and exterior moments established along key walking routes. From built-in seating and slides, the architecture responds to the everyday, whether it is waiting for an appointment or hosting a spontaneous wall-climbing session.
Tutor citation Lewis’s exemplary project offers a critical investigation into Bucharest’s contemporary issues and a rich offering of creativity through a speculative intervention, challenging our preconceptions of resource flows. Robert Schmidt-III
