RIBA Yearbook 2011

My image was selected for the front cover of the RIBA Education Yearbook 2011, By John-Paul Nunes, Published by the RIBA.

The book features work from the Presidents Medals, regional awards, and scholarships. And is available from RIBA Bookshops.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2011

My Model for Perruqueria Barcelona has been selected from 11,000 entries and hung in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, which is now a British art tradition 243 years old - and the largest open art exhibition anywhere in the world!
I will be exhibiting alongside the likes of Anish Kapoor, Anthony Gormley, Tony Bevan, Tracey Emin, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook, FAT Architecture, Tobias Klien, David Chipperfield, & Wilkinson Eyre.

Perruqueria Barcelona

The above is part of my third year, first semester project- entered on 23rd April for the Northern Design Competition and 30th April for the Northern Futures Award.

Perruqueria Barcelona

The project is a development of a small square adjacent to the Mercat de la Boqueria in Barcelona's gothic quarter- providing services to the square and adjacent market that has started to overflow with fruit and vegetable stalls. Included is a perruqueria (hairdresser's), a small laundrette that shares its waiting area, which spills out into the square. The day starts early for people working in the market, as a result it is traditional to take a two or three hour siesta break; currently there is no space offered for the market workers and many travel home, sleep on park benches or skip siesta altogether. The proposal offers a siesta lounge- including quiet pods, book sharing and washing facilities.
The building contains three flats of different sizes to accomodate a cross section of the community; these feature interesting split floor levels that create high ceilings in main living spaces. Balconies make reference to local vernacular, and a decorative screen shades the building from the mediterranean sun.
The screen cascades down the facade and folds to form a shading canopy for the square, with the intension of enhancing the identity and beauty of the square. The canopy is influenced by spanish lace and fans, it is made of a wire lattice draped with a weather proof fabric, there are also responsive fan-like sunshades that can be opened or closed directly by the stallholders in the market.