A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture 2022

Examining a way of reversing the urban sprawl found within northern Italian towns Above/Below by Joe Sampey from Mackintosh School of Architecture is a tactile design that the Judges called “grounded and humble”.

The project aims to revitalise and connect unused open spaces within the city. This creates a network of green spaces that invigorates the city with new ecosystems, reduces traffic and encourages human interaction. In particular, the Judges admired how this design “integrates biodiversity into several uses within a city and helps to build communities”.

Since the pandemic, weaknesses of the food system have been exposed. The People's Food Exchange by Terence Ho from University of Strathclyde attempts to address this by building local and regional food systems that reduces the number of intermediaries between the producer and consumer.

The project recognises the scale of the coming challenges and the Judge's study of this project noted that while ambitious, “it is essential to tackle the challenges we face” and commended the project for using the natural geography of the area.   

The Maryhill Food Exchange, by Philippa Cook from Mackintosh School of Architecture, positions urban farming at the heart of a new sustainable food plan for Glasgow. The Judges admired how you could “project yourself into the space to get a feel for the project”.  The Food Exchange uses natural materials to connect occupants to the landscape beyond, where planted orchards, vegetable gardens and wildflowers sprawl along the canal.

The Urban Food Exchange by Joachim Brönner from Mackintosh School of Architecture was complimented by the Judge’s by its “genius use of the industrial wasteland along the canal”. It connects people from near and far who are keen to learn from each other's skills and understanding to master growing, cooking, and living on a healthy diet. Here, fruit, vegetables, and grains are prepared, shared, and distributed to local and wider communities.

Lisbon is characterised by the river Tagus and this project by Ioulia Voulgari from Mackintosh School of Architecture, seeks to create an urban park and water treatment centre that includes public pools within the park area to show how the harbour can regain its public and recreational identity. 

Following a collect-treat-enjoy approach, water from the valley is collected, treated through mechanical treatment and wetlands and used by the public bath house, as well as irrigation for the landscape surrounding it. The Judges complimented the good use of natural resources of the city and how it could work to improve the lives of the local population.

Above/below Joe Sampey from Mackintosh School of Architecture aims to revitalise and connect unused, existing open spaces within northern Italian towns through a new green infrastructure masterplan. 

The Judges complimented how “the cross-section of big to small is well resolved and thought through”. Each space took on different typologies, creating a complex network of green spaces invigorating the city with new ecosystems, reducing traffic and encouraging human interaction.

This project by Rachel McLure from University of Strathclyde aims to highlight how people and biodiversity can work together to create a productive, sustainable landscape in Scotland.

The Judges admired this “hugely ambitions” project which highlights how people and biodiversity can work together to create a productive, sustainable landscape in Scotland. Since the beginning of Rewild Scotland fifty years ago, a network of projects has been set up throughout Scotland, each working towards increasing biodiversity and productivity.

The thesis by Tze June Goh from Mackintosh School of Architecture tells a tale of two cities divided by a wall, erected by the wealthy communities to the north of River Clyde to protect themselves from flooding caused by rising sea levels.

These “remarkable drawings” show a fortress of dryness versus a resilient city using water as an urban shared surface. Portrayed through a progression of futuristic timeline, the Two Cities undergo degradation, adaptation and rebirth as beginnings of the new hydro-age Glasgow.

How can Glasgow utilize the extremities of the weather and farm it into resources, fuelling a utopian city in a dystopian future? 

Examining a way of reversing the urban sprawl found within northern Italian towns, Above/Below by Joe Sampey from Mackintosh School of Architecture is a “very intriguing and engaging” set of drawings. Each space took on different typologies, creating a complex network of green spaces invigorating the city with new ecosystems, reducing traffic and encouraging human interaction.