Programme Director Graduate Diploma in Architecture
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Design Tutor Unit
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Room 121
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Wates House, 22 Gordon Street
London WC1H 0QB |
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+ 44 (0)20 7679 4510 |
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+ 44 (0)20 7679 4831 |
| e: |
r.sheil@ucl.ac.uk |
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www.sixteenmakers.com |
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Key words: Design, Making, Analogue,
Digital.
For almost 500 years the role of the Architect has been
defined by the status of the drawing. In the first instance,
as a visionary medium that could represent a three dimensional
world from ideas contrived in the mind, then as a process
that developed and projected intellectual meaning, and
finally as a document that conveyed information sufficient
to translate these ideas into matter. Within the past
ten years however, the architectural drawing has changed
its status more fundamentally than at any time since its
inception. Now as a transmission of binary data, digitally
modelled information produces machine code for direct
use in the making of things. The maker of the drawing
is thus entering a territory formerly the exclusive realm
of experts in craft and manufacturing. Whilst this has
unleashed extraordinary potential for design experimentation,
it presents a fundamental challenge on the architect's
scope of knowledge in the disciplines of working with
physical and tactile matter. Not since the medieval notion
of the master builder has the architect occupied the realms
of representation and fabrication with such interdependency.
In the first instance therefore, I have an interest in
defining a critical position in relation to this challenge.
In the second, my interest is in occupying this position.
Architecture has been discussed as something more than
building…..an endeavour that is greater than the
sum of its parts. It is discussed as a pursuit that shapes
not only the tactile such as a shelter or an enclosure,
but the intangible such as meaning or memory. Central
to this understanding is the capacity to adapt to change
such as the diverse conditions of time, use, technology,
and need. Furthermore, the capacity to appropriate shifts
in social, political and cultural realms is part and parcel
of architecture's realm. Across this spectrum my research
interests reside in the physical and tactile dimensions
of architectural design, particularly the territory where
ideas are translated into artefacts. In response to the
challenge on expertise and discipline, the research that
I carry out, largely in collaboration with my colleagues
in sixteen*(makers), is twofold;
1. Design that explores the innovative potential of making.
2. Artefacts and environments that respond to change.
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| Artifact, Exhibition, Refered Paper,
Book Chapter, Reviews |
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| Title |
Blusher |
| Type |
Artifact, Exhibition. |
| Author(s) |
Ayres,P., Callicot,N., Leung,C.,
Sheil,R. |
| Date: |
Feb - Oct 2001 |
| Location |
'Making Buildings' a UK Crafts
Council touring exhibition: |
| Tour venues |
New Art Gallery Walsall
Crafts Council Gallery London
Centre North East Middlesborough
The Turnpike Gallery Leigh
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Brighton University |
| Media: |
Pressed steel sheet, layered polymer
sheet, sensory array, lighting array, microprocessor,
dedicated software. |
| Dimensions: |
Varied according to venue. |
| Curator: |
Prof Greg Votolato/Crafts Council
UK |
| Funded by |
Crafts
Council UK |
| Support: |
Ehlert
GmbH |
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| Additional Exhibitions (2) |
The Bartlett School of Architecture,
UCL [2001]
'Material Intelligence' Entwistle Gallery,
Cork Street, London [2002] |
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| Title |
Sixteen*(makers) |
| Author(s) |
Callicott,N., Sheil,R., Till,J. |
| Date |
2001 |
| Location |
Architectural Design, Young Blood.
(Ed) Spiller, N. |
| Publisher |
Wiley |
| ISSN |
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| Title |
Making Paraforms |
| Type |
Refereed Paper |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R. |
| Date |
2003 |
| Location |
The Journal of Architecture, 8 (2),
203-210. |
| Publisher |
Routledge |
| ISSN |
1360-2365 |
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| Title |
Responsive Behaviour |
| Type |
Review |
| Author(s) |
Jones, W |
| Date |
2002 |
| Location |
Frame Magazine (26) Amsterdam |
| Publisher |
Frame Magazine |
| ISSN |
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| Title |
High-tech
and Customisation |
| Type |
Review in Exhibition Catalogue |
| Author(s) |
Melhuish, C |
| Date |
2001 |
| Location |
'Making Buildings'
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| Publisher |
The Crafts Council |
| ISSN |
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| [Overview
of Blusher] |
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| 2. DESIGN THROUGH
MAKING (2004-05) |
| Edited book, Article, Conference
proceedings (2) |
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| Title |
Design through Making |
| Type |
Edited book |
| Editor |
Sheil, R. |
| Author(s) |
Ayres,P., Bessley,P., Burry,M., Callicott,N,.
Chaplin,S., Chard,N., Clear,N., Dunster,D., Forney,J.,
Hill,J., Johnson,S., Packman,R., Prizeman,M., Sheil,R.,
Stacey,M., Thornton,J. |
| Date: |
2005 |
| Location |
Architectural Design. |
| Publisher |
Wiley |
| ISBN |
0-470-09093-6 |
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| Title |
Design through Making - An introduction |
| Type |
Editorial Article |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R. |
| Date: |
2005 |
| Location |
Architectural Design. |
| Publisher |
Wiley |
| ISBN |
0-470-09093-6 |
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| Title |
Make-ability -
The work of Tom Heatherwick Studios |
| Type |
Article |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R. Packman, R. |
| Date: |
2005 |
| Location |
Architectural Design. |
| Publisher |
Wiley |
| ISBN |
0-470-09093-6 |
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| Title |
Design through Making |
| Type |
Conference proceeeding |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R |
| Date: |
2004 |
| Location |
Evolving Tools, Evolving Ideas
Fabrication Conference Education Summit Papers
Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
(ACADIA) |
| Publisher |
University of Waterloo, Toronto, Canada |
| ISBN |
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| Title |
Design through Making |
| Type |
Conference proceeeding |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R |
| Date: |
2004 |
| Location |
Studio Culture 2 - Touching the Real |
| Publisher |
The Centre for Education in the Built
Environment (CEBE) |
| ISBN |
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| [Overview of Design Through Making] |
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| Artifact, Exhibition, Conference
Paper |
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| Title |
Architecture in Residence |
| Type |
Artifact, Exhibition. |
| Author(s) |
Ayres,P., Leung,C., Sheil,R. |
| Date |
2003 - |
| Location |
Kielder Forestry Park, Northumbria,
UK |
| Media |
Aluminuim sheet cut by waterjet, thermocron
sensory array, thermo activated pistons, gas return
springs, microprocessor, dedicated software. |
| Dimensions |
Vary according to micro-environmental
conditions |
| Funded by |
Art and Architecture Partnership
at Kielder |
| Suppored by |
Tynedale District Council, Northumbria
Water, The Forestry Commission, Northumbrian County
Council, Northumberland National Park, Sustrans. |
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| Title |
Kielder Probes |
| Type |
Exhibition and Public Lecture |
| Author(s) |
Ayres,P., Leung,C., Sheil,R. |
| Date |
UK Architecture Week June 2005 |
| Location |
The Queen's Hall Hexham |
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| Title |
Kielder Probes - Bespoke tools
for an indeterminate design process |
| Type |
Conference proceedings |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R., Leung C |
| Date: |
2005 |
| Location |
Smart Architecture Conference
Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
(ACADIA) |
| Publisher |
Savannah College of Art and Design,
GA, USA |
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| [Overview of Kielder Project] |
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| 4. TRANSGRESSION FROM
DRAWING TO MAKING (2006) |
| Refereed Paper |
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| Title |
Transgression from Drawing to Making |
| Author(s) |
Sheil, R |
| Date: |
2006 |
| Location |
Architecture Research Quarterly |
| Editor |
Weston, R |
| Date |
Feb 2006 |
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[Overview of Transgression from Drawing to Making] |
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Tutor
BSc Unit 6 (1997- 2003)
Tutor
Diploma Unit 23 (2003-)
Workshop Supervisor and Tutor (1995-2000)
A significant aspect of my teaching method and approach
has been involved with physical and tactile territories
of architectural design. In this respect my involvement
in this activity at the Bartlett was founded between 1994-99
when I assisted in the substantial redevelopment of the
workshop. In a fourfold expansion of the facility, we
introduced resources and teaching methods new to the school
and established new research capabilities. Essential to
the task of developing knowledge and skill in this territory
are the disciplines of trial and error. In this respect,
my own work within the group sixteen*(makers) which was
carried out in parallel to teaching duties, offered students
a means to witness and question the design process, conventional
fabrication techniques, and ultimately the role of the
architect.
Year 1
Architecture Technology coordinator and Lecturer in
'Materials and Forming Techniques (envs1101a)' (2000-2004)
As coordinator of Year 1 technology subjects, my principal
task was to develop integration and interdependency
between each component, including envs1101b (structures)
and envs1060 (environmental skills and concepts). In
this respect, the entire technology curriculum was reorganised
and new projects were introduced to include assessment
under each subject. In addition, for the first time,
all teaching material and lecture notes were digitised
and put online. Following this, I founded a new open
lecture series called 'Making Buildings' in which local
project architects and engineers would present live
projects.
| Guest Critic at Schools of Architecture |
| 2006 |
University College Dublin |
| 2005 |
Architectural Association
London |
| 2005 |
Metropolitan University
|
| 2004 |
Architectural Association
London |
| 2003 |
Metropolitan University
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| 2003 |
Architectural Association
London |
| 2002 |
University of Cambridge |
| 2001 |
University of Brighton |
| 2001 |
University of Cambridge |
| 2001 |
TU Stockholm Sweden |
| 2000 |
Kingston University |
| 2000 |
Oxford Brooks University |
| 1999 |
University of Edinburgh |
| 1997 |
Architectural Association
London |
| 1997 |
University of Edinburgh |
| 1997 |
Tulane University New
Orleans |
| 1997 |
Slade School of Art
UCL |
| 1997 |
University of Cambridge |
| 1991 |
University of North London |
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| Other Related: |
| 2005 |
Two week residency, School
of Fine Arts and School of Architecture, Arizona
State University, USA. |
| 2004 |
Conference Paper 'Design
through Making' at 'Studio Culture' CEBE, University
of Edinburgh. |
| 2000 |
Referred paper 'The Degree
Laboratory' in Changing Architectural Education.
(CUDE conference proceedings) |
| 1997 |
One week residency, School
of Architecture Tulane University, New Orleans,
USA. |
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| 2005 |
The School of Fine Arts, Arizona State
University, USA [residency] |
| 2003/5 |
The Art & Architecture Partnership
at Kielder [residency] |
| 2001 |
The Crafts Council UK, "100%
Design" [bursary] |
| 2001 |
The Crafts Council UK, "Making
Buildings" [invited exhibitor |
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