MArch STB: Exhibition 2012

Fisheye lens view of most of the 2012 exhibition

June 2012: The Tall Building studio have a 'room of our own' in Paton house of the University, so we can put an exhibition up, and will leave it there until the start of the 2012-2013 session - so that the incoming students can see the work on the wall.

Here is Nirav's poster for the door to the exhibition. Then, starting from the door and moving in clockwise direction, we have some of the best schemes pinned up.

Above: Elephant and Castle: Udayan and Wezha's Migrant tower, and Sian Hodgson's Vertical Farming tower, and then the University triple tower by Deepika and Rishika.

Above: Elephant and Castle: The University triple tower by Deepika and Rishika, and the Flexitower by Nirav, Sayali and Pelin.

Above: Elephant and Castle: The Green Core tower by Veronica and Alejandro

Above: The Singapore rain-catching Roofscraper twin tower by Jue Shi and Pelin

Above: Views of the first semester work, with the Roofscraper (Singapore) by Jue Shi and Pelin, the Sikkas tower (Abu Dhabi) by Mimi and Alejandro, the Oasis tower (AD) by Aaron and Clarissa, the Aviary tower (SP) by Owen, Anh Nguyen and Yiwei Ding, Vertical Villages (SP) by Nirav and Jin Huang, and the Floating Clouds tower (New York) by Jing Huang, Chen Hu and Yu Miao.

Above: Another view of the first semester work, and in the foreground, the Elephant and Castle Healing Tower by Noura, Jing Huang and Rong Xu.

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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