OPEN2013 Westminster End of Year Show

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Our end of year exhibition opens tomorrow night, 6pm-9pm and will be opened by Vicky Richardson, Director of Architecture, Design and Fashion at the British Council.

You are all welcome to join! You will see our students’ best work.

Department of Architecture
University of Westminster
OPEN2013

PREVIEW:
Thursday 13th June, 6-9pm

University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5LS

Tube: Baker Street

 

2012-2013 DS10 Unit trip to Zurich and Lausanne

Below is our schedule and some pictures from DS10′s Unit Trip to Switzerland which took place from the 15th until the 18th November 2012. We would like to thank all the following people for their generosity.

-Thursday 15th: Visit of the ETH University’s CAAD groups. Presentations by Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenberger, Ammar Mirjan of DFAB (Gramazio and Kolher) and Philippe Block of the Block Research Group. Party at Gonzo Club in Langstrasse.

– Friday 16th: Walk through the city and SPA day at the Thermalbald & Spa Zurich in the former Hürlimann Brewery designed by Althammer Hochuli.

-Saturday 17th:  Early train to Lausanne. Visit of the EPFL university Laboratory for Timber Constructions – IBOIS.  Presentations by Markus Hudert and Christopher Robeller.  Visit of the EPFL campus and workshops with Mitch Heynick.  Visit to the Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA.

Pictures by Dan Dodds, Luka Kreze, Phil Hurrel, Jake Alsop and Arthur Mamou-Mani.

Above: Presentation by Philippe Block of the Block Research Group

Above: MLK Jr. Park Stone Vault, Austin, TX, USA Project by the Block Research Group

Above: Ammar Mirjan of DFAB (Gramazio and Kolher) showing us the robotic facility

Above: Ammar Mirjan of DFAB (Gramazio and Kolher) showing us a brickwall assembled by a robotic arm.

Above: Presentation by Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenberger

Above: Waterjet cut, Folded aluminium structure made by EPFL students.

Above: One of the IBOIS research structures with Markus Hudert

Above: Mitch Heynick showing us the Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA.

Above: Moustaches floating at the Thermalbald & Spa Zurich

Above: Emma Whitehead learning that the ETH campus is larger than expected.

Above: Freitag Recycled Shipping Container Store in Zurich

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Unit Trip to Stuttgart, Germany

Below is our schedule and some pictures from DS10’s Unit Trip to Stuttgart which took place from the 4th until the 7th November 2011:

-Thursday 3rd: Visit of the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) by Prof. Achim Menges and lecture on the institute by the latter and Sean Alhquist.

– Friday 4th: Visit to the Baubotanik Structures with Daniel Schonle. Visit to the Mercedes Benz Museum by UN Studio. Visit to the Institute for Lightweight Structure (ILEK) with Christian Bergman. Party at the School of Architecture at the University of Stuttgart.

-Saturday 5th: Sleep. Visit to the Porsche Museum by Delugan Meissl. Relax at the Shwaben Quellen Spa. More Party.

-Sunday 6th: Visit to the Platanenkubus by and with Ferdinand Ludwig.

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