MArch STB: December 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Mobile access to the website

28 Dec '10: DNC writes: I just discovered that it's possible to view this blog (and the others that I do) using a Mobile device. Normally, you need a phone with a large screen and very good reception to pick up a full web page. Most of the heavily used sites like the BBC, Eurosport, Guardian have Mobile versions.
Well thanks to Google blogger, we have too! If you have a mobile phone, try this site with your iPhone or Android phone. (I hope it works for you).
I already use my iPhone as the hand held device for my PV roof, now it is even more useful, for checking my various blogs!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Tall Building Students for lunch!

14 Dec '10: We invited the Tall Building students for lunch at DNC's house in West Bridgford. We couldn't do it earlier because the term has been so busy, and we have some weeks of snow and icy roads making the house somewhat inaccessible.
It was a 'bring your own', so there was an interesting variety of food, and some students brought flowers - Thankyou!

One of the purposes of the visit was to discuss interseasonal storage, heat pumps, photovoltaic and underfloor heating all of which have some relevance to the high rise we are designing for New York. There wasn't time to show the PPT file, but there was every chance to discuss the ideas.
Some of the students (who were not with us) are in Scotland on a road trip - good luck to them, and we hope they escape before the next lot of snow falls!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Graduation of the first MArch STB cohort

9 Dec '10: Phil and DNC attended the graduation, and we had the pleasure of seeing our first cohort of MArch STB students graduating, Savita Poojari, Ashwin Chaudari (and Pranali Shah in absentia).

In this photo, Sim yee Lee, Phil, Savita and DNC. Being December, we all emerged into darkness, so we do not have the usual rituals of throwing hats in the air. There was snow on the ground and below freezing temperatures, so we all rush off to the Conference centre for refreshments.

In this photo there are six Tall Building graduates, with Savita and Ashwin 2nd and 3rd from right.

Congratulations, and good luck for all your future careers!

Introduction

The Masters course in Sustainable Tall Buildings: (STB) introduces tall buildings as a strategy for urban sustainability and densification for the 21st C. It explores advanced concepts of urban and social living, smart structures and systems, vertical landscaping, construction, and bioclimatic design for super-tall skyscrapers.

The course is the first of its kind, and runs at the University of Nottingham, England, and is accredited by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The Faculty of Engineering decided to merge it with the all purpose MArch Design unfortunately (in 2015), but the taught modules continue.

In 2011, we took part in the Isover international student competition for the vertical Passivhaus skyscraper, New York, with three teams in the finals. In 2012, we had 2 groups of students as semi-finalists in the international CTBUH competition, one of which came 4th.

In the year 2013-2014, we were designing towers in Tianjin, Rotterdam, Singapore and London. Two of our designs won first and second prize in 2014, and we won first prize in 2015, with many teams in the semifinals.

In the years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, we are designing 'Pocket Towers' in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, in first semester, and High rise clusters in London in the second semester.

This blog is about the whole Tall Building design studio, not only the STB course.

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[Note for New Applicants: The course has now been merged with MArch Design. So you cannot enter as MArch STB, but if you complete all the credits required for the degree of MArch STB, you can graduate with STB degree.)

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