Year 01
Coming back into the studios has been a breath of fresh air for everyone and we have rediscovered the enjoyment of the social dimension of the studio. The Live projects jump started the year working with local collaborators and the key local site at the Oxford Covered Market. Weekly tutorials were supplemented with specialist workshops including model making, diagramming, urban design, and way-finding. Emerging from the pandemic hybrid learning became part of the everyday and so work became communicated both physically and digitally. The final pieces on show in this exhibition represent the culmination of skills developed over the course of the whole year; a synthesis of different learning modules including Architectural Design, Technology, Representation, and History + Theory.
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A live project collaborating with Transition by Design and Meanwhile in Oxfordshire to design and construct 1:1 prototypes including: table space, seating, window displays, wall / freestanding displays, information displays, payment areas, a stage, changing area, storage, lighting etc. A client consultation event was held to test the prototypes and discuss ideas for a larger Catalyst Space.
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In this theoretical brief, students explored reusing vacant retail space in the Oxford covered Market as a catalyst space for independent shops, cultural venues, creative studios or co-working spaces for underrepresented communities.
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Dealing with an existing building, the Brasenose College Squash Courts and its surroundings was the premise of this theoretical project brief. The project deals with heritage, legacy and community. Connections to and development with an existing building as well as designing for a collection that connects us to the past but also is a living legacy connecting to the community were key to this project.
Module leaders:
Ralph Saull
Khisha Clarke
Jane Anderson
Tutors:
Tom Dawson
Shravan Vaidyanath
Caroline Beck
Vita Rossi
Sebastiano Giannesini
Aidan Gibb The Climate Warning Museum A museum dedicated to climate change for everyone to witness and physically experience foreseeable catastrophes. Visitors are immersed in a journey understanding past and present disasters, direct impact on them, whilst engaging in debates and speeches to discuss possible solutions. The Climate Warning Museum A museum dedicated to climate change for everyone to witness and physically experience foreseeable catastrophes. Visitors are immersed in a journey of understanding past and present disasters, their direct impact on them, whilst engaging in debates and speeches to discuss possible solutions.
Alex Greenall The Oxford Indigenous Textiles Museum This design is an answer to the sprawl of fast fashion and a humble offering to Indigenous communities and victims of diaspora, displacement and genocide. The aim is to facilitate connection and conversation between cultures on the basis of textiles and to encourage a counter-culture of handmade goods.
Amelie Rahman Smith A Museum of Birds The museum is designed as a space for the local community to educate themselves on the local birdlife and observe them in their undisturbed habitats.
Anastasiia Dubrovski Optics Museum This is the design/idea of the optics museum. The concept was to create a walk through/see through public space in the existing building retaining most of the facades and treat the extension in a similar way.
Anastasiia Dubrovski Optics Museum This is the design/idea of the optics museum. The concept was to create a walk through/see through public space in the existing building retaining most of the facades and treat the extension in a similar way.
Andre Topacio
Charlie Bright The untold story museum focuses on the stories of minority groups and those who are often unspoken of when it comes to Oxford's historic figures and groups. The building is also used as a hub for protests, where communities can gather and then march into Oxford city.
Chiara Aquilani Museum of alternative Music The Museum offers people of all age to discover unique instruments and learn about simple and amusing ways of making music. Most of the exhibits have an interactive element, therefore the visitor is encouraged to make and explore sound throughout the journey, with the aim of having an educational but nonetheless fun experience.
Devon Wright My project is based around classical music and has rooms for music lessons, making instruments, learning history and a concert hall. The aim of the design is to encourage younger children to become more involved in the genre.
Elena Strudwick The Design Room A living museum that celebrates artisans and craftspeople, displaying special exhibits of past handcrafted items, as well as hosting community workshops in the studios. The Hindu Culture Centre A ‘meanwhile’ space for Hindus to share their culture with wider Oxford and help raise funds to secure a permanent space for a temple and community centre.
Emily Burke The Museum of River Wildlife A Thames river wildlife museum that imitates the layers of nature with exhibitions on fish in the basement, insects on the ground floor, and birds on the first floor. It also houses a cafe that serves insect-based foods.
Emily Burke The Museum of River Wildlife A Thames river wildlife museum that imitates the layers of nature with exhibitions on fish in the basement, insects on the ground floor, and birds on the first floor. It also houses a cafe that serves insect-based foods.
Emma Lee-Mohan Elemental Climate Change Museum The Four Elements in Climate Change Museum is designed to exhibit the four elements whilst also being educational for the visitors. It is aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about it, specifically children, so they grow up aware of the issues of climate change.
Fauzah Mahri The Art of Arms museum This museum is a way to introduce the performing arts within Oxford - a heavily academic city. Focusing on three dance styles : Tutting, Waacking and Voguing, the museum provides dance studios and runways to emulate and experience the dance scene.
Fizzy Wilks
Henry Wooldridge The Carpentry Museum Due to consumerism, the dexterity and craftsmanship that goes into bespoke wooden furniture is often neglected; the artisan is a dying breed. Hence, there is a need to preach the works of carpentry furniture. To enable this, visitors of this museum can walk through the living history of wooden furniture, gain advice from Oxford institutions as well as participate in workshop activities, such as veneering, wood treatments and joint crafting.
Hosea Cheung The Pigment Museum Oxford is mingled by a floating population, where it is always hard to find a community to be a part of or a community to be a part or commit. The experience is tailored to passing travellers and short-term residents who seek to "blend" with the local community by exploring their own "shade".
Irene Zolla The Ployseum The Polyseum is a space for families to learn about the impact of plastic on our lives and the environment through art exhibitions and recycling workshops where kids will learn to upcycle plastic in creative ways. Bring your own plastic waste and watch it transform into art!
James Ellwood Living in the Future: Virtual Reality The museum of Virtual Reality allows visitors to explore VR technology interactively. The museum is split into past and present zones. VR pods are provided to enable visitors to experience the adapting world of VR. The design allows for community social interactions with access to amenities and public space.
Jerin Akter Museum Of Dreams The Museum Of Dreams showcases the journey through three types of dreams: Fantasy, Reality and Nightmare. With a combination of interior and exterior exhibitions, the museum targets dreamers of all ages to directly interact with artworks and installations and experience nightmares through activities.
Kieron Champion
Mateo Bertolotti Ghersi This space exhibits Oxford’s development of its railway and tramway transportation systems and provides a private gathering space for trainspotters and railway enthusiasts. The exhibition is also intended for academics, students, and the general public in Oxford.
Molly Winters Museum of Graffiti This project was a graffiti museum involving renovating the squash courts located on Abingdon Road. Graffiti within Oxford is a problem for businesses. I wanted to give people somewhere safe and effective to learn about its history and practice doing it.
Nicole Deakin A museum that brings people from all backgrounds together to celebrate music in Oxford. Learn about how instruments are made and about iconic local bands, musicians and their favourite instruments! Enjoy famous album art and memorabilia displays, as well as live intimate indoor events or outdoor summer concerts. Take centre stage in an interactive experience sitting in on a rehearsal with your favourite band and playing along with them live in the workshop!
Oscar Thomas Museum of Photography My design is aimed at capturing the 'true' community of Oxford. Stemming from the temporary nature of Oxford's community, composed mainly of students and tourists, unfortunately resulting in the real Oxfordian slipping through the cracks. Workshops and gallery spaces in the museum celebrate creativity, as well as capture the building's surrounding community: acting as a camera itself.
Robert Roth Automotive Design Museum This project aims to draw attention to car design/technology history, as Oxford is a main car manufacturing city in England with many local plants for manufacturing and dealing cars for Mini, BMW, Aston Martin and Toyota. The museum is catered mainly to students interested in product design and engineering, and to the local community, many of whom may be plant workers in and around Oxford. The program would take on a recreational learning approach, digestible for younger audiences, with a community function aimed at families or enthusiasts, in the form of an outdoor café and an RC car racing track.
Tamilore Oniyelu
Thomas Warwick-Oliver Peoples Tennis Museum This piece captures the playful essence of my design; the activity, people and the colours come together to showcase the life for which I hope my museum will attract and influence the surrounding community.
Will Polito The Botanical Garden and Research Museum Inspired by Oxford’s rich horticultural history, the Botanical Garden and Research Museum is designed to be an interactive, community-oriented space which promotes botanical cultivation, research and sustainability: with an emphasis on working with nearby schools, allotments, and community centres. In doing this the museum aims to further engage in ecological discussion. The museum’s gallery will house various collections of botanical art, specimens and archival material – alongside a reading room for contemplation.
Zsofi Jaszberenyi The Oxford River Isis Museum This museum is dedicated to the River Thames, also called River Isis, in Oxford. The museum invites visitors to engage and interact with the history and processes of the river on many scales and through various media: installations, film, models, art, science, and photography.
