Exhibition and Workshop

Last week, me and my peers visited two exhibitions at the welcome collection. Both States of Mind and This is a Voice are very well thought out exhibitions due to the way the images where illustrated and how people used the space to interact with the art work.

After the exhibition, we then did a workshop reflecting on the things we found from the exhibitions and used them to create our own work based on our experience at the Welcome Collection.

The research at the welcome collection helped me with understanding how sound and light can be controlled inside a building, these are important values for a piece of architecture and is something i will do more research on to include it in my FMP.

During the workshop, i also learnt how to use the RISO printer, which is a very colorful way of printing. This technique can we use for my final design pages and diagrams which illustrates the final piece rendered and information about how the design work. These new skills and ideas which i have gained from both the exhibition and the workshop will be researched in more depth and implicated in my FMP as I believe they will enhance my project.




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FMP floods research

My chosen project for my FMP is to design a flood proof house. I have decided to make this my FMP because thousands of houses in the UK are vulnerable to floods, especially the ones near rivers. Millions of pounds are also invested to replace the loses of floods in the UK and I believe architects should have their part in designing houses that are more sustainable to such natural causes which are out of our control. 

In London, the areas which are most at risk of floods is Hammersmith and Fulham. this is because they are located right of the river Thames which means houses in that are should be prepared to expect a flood at any time. Although there are river banks holding back the Thames from flooding London, there is still a chance that it is very possible therefore houses and other infrastructure should be designed with this possible outcome in mind.



My aim with this project is to design a house which is able to stay on soil and keep flood water out, in case river banks fail to hold back the river, This is more of a plan be concept in the flood process, because first thing to do is to keep draining clear and keep the river back so that it prevents flooding. On the other hand, if plan a fails, Architecture would be able to fight of the floods and protect its residents.

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