APL Degree Show 2023
The annual celebration of work by students at School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape goes on show Friday 16 June.
14 June 2023
Imaginative ideas
Students have come up with a wide range of imaginative ideas and designs including a community hub in North Shields, a climbing/day-care centre in Queensferry and transforming Wylam Pumping station into an outdoor learning school.
Roxana Caplan and Ollie Spurr are in the final year of the Master of Architecture programme. Their work addresses society鈥檚 disconnection from nature and the anthropogenic effects it has had on our shared world. They said: 鈥淥ur aim is to explore an alternative design method to create a symbiotic architecture that becomes an interface between humans and their local natural ecologies, learning to design for an integration and mutual flourishing of all forms of life.鈥�
Sarah Bushnell鈥檚 work focuses on Dawdon Colliery, in County Durham, using the area鈥檚 rich coal mining history to propose an 鈥榓lternate form鈥� of colliery living built around collective geothermal energy production.
It鈥檚 a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the incredible hard work and dedication of our students
Inventive
Dr Samuel Austin, Director of Architecture at 缅北禁地 said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to open this year鈥檚 degree show, which presents diverse and inspiring work from across our Architecture, Landscape and Urban Design programmes.
鈥淧rojects engage inventively and sensitively with urgent issues in contemporary society, from how we improve support facilities in communities affected by deindustrialisation, to how we grow new, less impactful construction materials in the face of the climate emergency.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the incredible hard work and dedication of our students 鈥� many of whom began their studies during the peak of the pandemic 鈥� as well as all academic, practitioner, professional services and technical colleagues who have contributed so much to support students鈥� endeavours.鈥�
The Degree Show opens at 5pm on Friday 16 and runs until 25 June in 缅北禁地鈥檚 Architecture and Henry Daysh Buildings and the Farrell Centre. It transfers to the Clerkenwell, London on 30 June. The Degree Shows and accompanying Design Yearbook are sponsored by FaulknerBrowns Architects in 缅北禁地, and Grimshaw Architects in London.