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31/10/2013 Cross-Crit 1

Here are couple images of our first Cross-Crit which concludes Brief01:Systems and marks the beginning of our brief2A:Festival. Students will now chose a festival of their choice and use their design systems to submit a proposal for it. Thank you Michael Clarke, Kester Rattenbury and Andrew Yau for the great crit today!

Natasha Coutts' stacking spiky shingles system — Natasha Coutts’ stacking spiky shingles system

Joe Leach's soft reciprocal system — Joe Leach’s soft reciprocal system

Andrei Jippa's RepRap 3D prints. — Andrei Jippa’s RepRap 3D prints.

John Harding's woven lattice — John Koning’s woven lattice

FINAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW

The academic year is almost over, the graduation show and prize ceremony is in two weeks. Toby and I just assessed everyone’s portfolios with the help of other tutors from Westminster. This is a very stimulating day in which all the studios’ year-long student work is seen and its diversity revealed. Students could not be part of the process and witness the efforts and beauty of the some of the work so here it is, a little selection of some of our most creative portfolios this year:

Georgua Rose Colard-Watson - Temple for Love - Winner of the Burnin gMan Festival Grant — Georgua Rose Colard-Watson – Temple for Love – Winner of the Burnin gMan Festival Grant

Luka Kreze's Temple for the revolution in Tahrir Square — Luka Kreze’s Temple for the revolution in Tahrir Square

Dhiren Patel's Temple to Chakras on the Mount Meru — Dhiren Patel’s Temple to Chakras on the Mount Meru

Jacob Alsop's Temple to Bees and Wax Experiments — Jacob Alsop’s Temple to Bees and Wax Experiments

Michael Clarke - Temple to Making and WikiVault — Michael Clarke – Temple to Making and WikiVault

Josh Haywood - Monastic and Prison Cells — Josh Haywood – Monastic and Prison Cells

Mihail Andrei-Jipa - A Temple to Infinity - Inhabitable Fractals — Mihail Andrei-Jipa – A Temple to Infinity – Inhabitable Fractals

William Garforth-Bless - Temple to Water ion the Thames — William Garforth-Bless – Temple to Water ion the Thames

Marilu Valente - Bio-Polymer's Temple — Marilu Valente – Bio-Polymer’s Temple

Philip Hurrel's Temple to the Transition Movement in Totness — Philip Hurrel’s Temple to the Transition Movement in Totness

Christopher Ingram - Village to Electro-Sensitivity — Christopher Ingram – Village to Electro-Sensitivity

Thanasis Korras - Memento Mori Temple - Winner of the Burning Man Festival Grant - Recursive Koch Structures — Thanasis Korras – Memento Mori Temple – Winner of the Burning Man Festival Grant – Recursive Koch Structures

Tim Clare - Temple to Knowledge — Tim Clare – Temple to Knowledge