Conference and Exhibition Opening

PhD Research Projects 2012 is the sixth annual conference and exhibition related to doctoral research at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. The event is open to the public and involves presentations by students undertaking the MPhil/PhD Architectural Design, MPhil/PhD Architectural History & Theory or the MPhil/PhD programme at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. Its purpose is to encourage productive discussions between presenters, exhibitors, staff, students, critics and the audience.

Leading to a PhD in Architecture, the two Bartlett School of Architecture doctoral programmes encourage originality, creativity and coherence. Over 60 students are currently enrolled and the range of research subjects undertaken is broad. However, each annual PhD conference and exhibition focuses on a smaller selection of presentations from students who are starting, developing or concluding their research. The conference papers are organised thematically while this year’s exhibition considers the relations between doctoral research and architectural design.

Organised and curated by Dr Penelope Haralambidou, Professor Jonathan Hill, Dr Barbara Penner and Dr Willem de Bruijn, PhD Research Projects 2012 has five invited critics: Professor John Aiken, Slade School of Fine Art; Professor Philip Beesley, University of Waterloo; Dr Maarten Delbeke, University of Leiden; Professor Murray Fraser, Bartlett School of Architecture; and Dr Sophia Psarra, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies. Presenting this year are Ricardo Agarez, Alessandro Ayuso, Fiona Curran, Catja de Haas, Popi Iacovou, Guan Lee, Brent Pilkey, Pilar Sanchez, Ben Sweeting and Anna Tchernakova.

The catalogue is edited and designed by Dr Willem de Bruijn of Atelier Domino. PhD Research Projects 2012 is supported by the Bartlett School of Architecture and the UCL Graduate School Skills Development Programme.

Tuesday 6 March 2012
G01, G04 and Gallery
22 Gordon Street, London WC1H OQB

Professor Jonathan Hill
Director, MPhil/PhD Architectural Design

Dr Penelope Haralambidou
Co-ordinator, MPhil/PhD Architectural Design

Dr Barbara Penner
Director, MPhil/PhD Architectural History & Theory

PhD Research Projects Timetable

Morning
9.30     Introduction

Chair: Barbara Penner
9.40     Brent Pilkey, ‘”A Gay Plumber?”’ The Queering of London’s Homes by Tradespeople’
10.20   Fiona Curran, ‘Geographies of Colour: Armchair Travellers and the Tropical Imaginary’
11.00   Coffee break

Chair: Penelope Haralambidou
11.20   Catja de Haas, ‘The Doll’s House and the Enclave: A Domestic Toolkit’
12.00   Popi Iacovou, ‘Performed Places: The Remaking of the Casa Malaparte’
12.40–2.00      Lunch break

Afternoon
Chair: Willem de Bruijn
2.00     Pilar Sanchez, ‘Rethinking Camouflage through Colombian Modern Architecture’
2.40     Ricardo Agarez, ‘Mistaken Identities and Other Tales: Buildings and Constructs in the Algarve, c1950’
3.20     Anna Tchernakova, ‘Chronotope, Isovist and Practical Authorship in Interactive Immersive Cinema’

4.00     Coffee break

Chair: Jonathan Hill
4.20     Guan Lee, ‘Grymsdyke Farm, An Architectural Practice’
5.00     Alessandro Ayuso, ‘Body Agents: An Investigation of Figures as Agents for Design’
5.40     Ben Sweeting, ‘Design as Its Own Paradigm’
6.20     Discussion

7.00     Exhibition opening & bar