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About the Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Location Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 | Courses BA (Hons) Architecture, MArch, Architect Degree Apprenticeship Level 7 | Head of school Paul Ring | Full-time tutors 29 | Part-time tutors 34 | Students 456 | Staff to student ratio 1:7
Undergraduate
Tim Caswell
Course BA (Hons) Architecture
Studio/unit brief Peri-Urban Place-making
Project title A strategic proposal for the post-industrial cultural regeneration of the Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard
Project description The project aims to counter England’s North-South imbalance for access to the arts by creating a large-scale arts complex in an abandoned shipyard on the outskirts of Newcastle. Proposals aim to intensify the qualities of the existing site through the reappropriation of its constituent spatial elements. There are three principle architectural interventions in the site. The first is the alteration and extension of an early 20th-century masonry administration building to provide a gallery and studio complex. The second is the reuse of a vast, steel-framed shed to house large-scale installations and performance art. The third is the conversion of a former dry dock into a lido with bleacher seating and changing rooms.
Tutor citation Tim’s project for the disused Hawthorne Leslie shipyard in Hebburn is an ambitious undertaking that has resulted in a subtle and sophisticated proposal for the reappropriation of a series of existing buildings and landscape conditions of distinct character. Shaun Young
Postgraduate
Sara Hurley
Course Architect Degree Apprenticeship Level 7
Studio/unit brief N/A
Project title Reviving Chapeltown
Project description This project proposes the regeneration of wasteland in Chapeltown, one of the most deprived inner-city communities in Leeds. It seeks to empower the local and diverse communities through programmes of education, skills development, outreach and activism. This is realised through a hub that acts as a catalyst for change in the locale, incorporating four interrelated buildings that embed the themes of ‘play’, ‘learning’, ‘support’ and ‘celebration’. The result is a suite of community places and spaces that celebrate the unique character and potential of Chapeltown in architectural form, presenting positive outcomes from a contextually responsive agenda for the benefit of all.
Tutor citation Sara has exemplified best practice from her degree apprenticeship, learning critically from the workplace, developing knowledge, skills and behaviours towards professional and academic development. Her continual research and testing retains a focus upon architecture as a socially beneficent art.
Peter Holgate
