Category Archives: Student Blog
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : USA
USA: While the most theatrical Brutalist buildings remain in the former USSR, there are plenty more of these controversial concrete complexes around the world, including the United States of America. The image above shows St. Joseph Medical Centre in Washington. This building
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : USA
USA: While the most theatrical Brutalist buildings remain in the former USSR, there are plenty more of these controversial concrete complexes around the world, including the United States of America. The image above shows St. Joseph Medical Centre in Washington. This building
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : Glass
Glass: Towards the middle of the 19th century, the glass industry entered a period of intensive development; the end of the century saw the introduction of the first mechanised processes for making glass, backed by a systematic investigation of the
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : Glass
Glass: Towards the middle of the 19th century, the glass industry entered a period of intensive development; the end of the century saw the introduction of the first mechanised processes for making glass, backed by a systematic investigation of the
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : Steel
Steel: The modern movement, in the period after the First World War, took the steel frame for granted, as an indispensable instrument for achieving freedom and rationality in design. The outburst of building activity after the Second World War helped
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : Steel
Steel: The modern movement, in the period after the First World War, took the steel frame for granted, as an indispensable instrument for achieving freedom and rationality in design. The outburst of building activity after the Second World War helped
Chelmsley Wood
In Group 4 we have decided to expand on some of our studio work based in the council estate of Chemsley Wood, near Solihull. Below is some quote from Lynsey Hanley describing her experience of growing up in the estate:
Chelmsley Wood
In Group 4 we have decided to expand on some of our studio work based in the council estate of Chemsley Wood, near Solihull. Below is some quote from Lynsey Hanley describing her experience of growing up in the estate:
Keeley Travel- Week 3
To relieve a tourist of “going round the Wrekin” (taking a long and rambling route to a destination) and give them the important stuff they don’t want to miss. To push the boundaries of what is seen to be the definition of
Keeley Travel- Week 3
To relieve a tourist of “going round the Wrekin” (taking a long and rambling route to a destination) and give them the important stuff they don’t want to miss. To push the boundaries of what is seen to be the definition of
A walk to remember around Birmingham
By Thilini Wijesekera – Level 05 Architecture (BA) We went on a walk around Birmingham city center to discover lots of amazing places. It was interesting because I daily walk pass some of this places but never researched or was
A walk to remember around Birmingham
By Thilini Wijesekera – Level 05 Architecture (BA) We went on a walk around Birmingham city center to discover lots of amazing places. It was interesting because I daily walk pass some of this places but never researched or was
Keeley Travel – Weeks 3-4
Over the last fortnight, we have begun to use our experience of walking through Birmingham and viewing the city through the eyes of a ‘tourist’ to enable us to discuss potential ideas and concepts for our travel publication. After watching
Keeley Travel – Weeks 3-4
Over the last fortnight, we have begun to use our experience of walking through Birmingham and viewing the city through the eyes of a ‘tourist’ to enable us to discuss potential ideas and concepts for our travel publication. After watching
Abandoned spaces in Birmingham
Abandoned Palladium Cinema, Hockley From the outside, the abandoned Palladium Cinema looks like the grimmest of all wrecks. A narrow, grimy white box that rises up high into the sky, it seems to cast a gloomy shadow over the surrounding street.
Abandoned spaces in Birmingham
Abandoned Palladium Cinema, Hockley From the outside, the abandoned Palladium Cinema looks like the grimmest of all wrecks. A narrow, grimy white box that rises up high into the sky, it seems to cast a gloomy shadow over the surrounding street.
Innovative Urban Lighting – Group 1 | Week 5 | Product development
On week 5 we started looking at different forms for our product, we looked back at our references, and into the use of bollard like structures, that could house an acrylic box on top of it to house our lighting
Innovative Urban Lighting – Group 1 | Week 5 | Product development
On week 5 we started looking at different forms for our product, we looked back at our references, and into the use of bollard like structures, that could house an acrylic box on top of it to house our lighting
BHX MOD SOC MAP_GLOSSARY: Frederick Gibberd
Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd was an English architect, town planner and landscape designer.He was born in Coventry and was articled to a firm of architects in Birmingham and studied architecture under William Bidlake at the Birmingham School of Art. He
BHX MOD SOC MAP_GLOSSARY: Frederick Gibberd
Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd was an English architect, town planner and landscape designer.He was born in Coventry and was articled to a firm of architects in Birmingham and studied architecture under William Bidlake at the Birmingham School of Art. He
BHX MOD SOC MAP_GLOSSARY: Werkbund
Context It started i establish a partnership of product manufacturers with design professionals to improve the competitiveness of German companies. It became a German association of artists, architects, designers, and industrialists founded in 1907. Principal characteristics The Werkbund was less
BHX MOD SOC MAP_GLOSSARY: Werkbund
Context It started i establish a partnership of product manufacturers with design professionals to improve the competitiveness of German companies. It became a German association of artists, architects, designers, and industrialists founded in 1907. Principal characteristics The Werkbund was less
BHX MOD SOC MAP_GLOSSARY: Brutalism
Context The term was associated with the architects Peter and Alison Smithson in the 1950s and 1960s. Principal characteristics Structure, materials and services expressed honestly Expressing the functional spaces and their relationship. simple, block-like forms and raw concrete construction Rough
BHX MOD SOC MAP_GLOSSARY: Brutalism
Context The term was associated with the architects Peter and Alison Smithson in the 1950s and 1960s. Principal characteristics Structure, materials and services expressed honestly Expressing the functional spaces and their relationship. simple, block-like forms and raw concrete construction Rough
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : Reinforced Concrete
Reinforced concrete: “Reinforced concrete is an artificial monolithic materials, derived from the union of steel and concrete, when the latter hardens after the mix has been poured in a fluid state into specially prepared shuttering.” Rough unfinished surfaces are one
BHX MOD SOC MAP_ Glossary : Reinforced Concrete
Reinforced concrete: “Reinforced concrete is an artificial monolithic materials, derived from the union of steel and concrete, when the latter hardens after the mix has been poured in a fluid state into specially prepared shuttering.” Rough unfinished surfaces are one
THE BRICK PROJECT-GROUP C | WEEK TWO
WEEK TWO Throughout the Colab session on week two, we planned a timetable for the following weeks as well as allocating different research topics for each person. As the timetable illustrates the aim for the presentation on the 21.02.2018 are:
THE BRICK PROJECT-GROUP C | WEEK TWO
WEEK TWO Throughout the Colab session on week two, we planned a timetable for the following weeks as well as allocating different research topics for each person. As the timetable illustrates the aim for the presentation on the 21.02.2018 are:
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