Wednesday saw the launch of this year’s elective projects at the Birmingham Midland Institute – in a rather grander room than what we are used to. We are pleased to say that the range of projects are incredibly diverse and more focused on research activities, as opposed to conventional design tasks. Hopefully there will be scope for several of the projects to overlap and merge to create new collaborations in the near future. The full list is as follows:
Aluminium Tectonics partner: Ash & Lacy Building Systems
industry collaboration, research & development, material research
Wyre Forest Explorations in Timber partners: Guild of St George, Wyre Forest Landscape Partnership
green timber, material exploration, innovative tectonic approaches
Zero Carbon Design partner: BCU Research MA Zero Carbon
digital simulation and optimisation of energy values of case studies
Paradise Lost partner: BMAG Collections
exhibition and publication of work curated of the museum collection
St. Edmunds FE Mentoring partner: St.Edmunds Catholic School
design pedagogy, mentoring pupils in preparations for their UCAS application
Trends Pavilion partners: Global Color, UBM, Solutions2 UK
design and fabrication of the latest Trends pavilion for May Design Series, London
Heath Town Open Platform partner: Black Country Make CIC
community engagement, social platform for architectural change
Stirchley High Street partners: Lifford Business Association
strategic design, community engagement and consultation, design brief development for S106
Malvern Outdoor partner: Malvern Outdoor Elements
feasibility design, new build for key dining facility, material exploration
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