MArch Architectural Studies

Bourdon Building, 14 students

The Master of Architectural Studies is research and project driven providing multi-disciplinary input through a series of specialist pathways which include Urban Building, Urban Design, Creative Urban Practices, Digital Creativity, Energy and Environment, Zero Energy, Mass Customised Housing and History and Theory of the City.

Students are encouraged to work within the City of Glasgow and its environs, as these offer an ideal laboratory for studying architectural and urban design. The city is a living resource, bearing the characteristic morphological imprints it shares with its European counterparts but also those of the ubiquitous gridiron planned cities of North and South America. The varied legacies of the city’s medieval origins, 18th century extensions, dramatic 19th century expansion and post war decline together with the initiatives taken to secure its present recovery have all endowed the city with a wealth of not only source material for investigative study, but also in the diverse range of circumstances it offers for speculation on the future city.

The Individual Research Project is a culmination of 3 semesters work where students develop an architectural response to a self defined research question. Each body of work evidences the gathering, organisation, analysis, synthesis and deployment of data, research and theory, thus generating an original intellectual position, and a creative, responsive architectural proposal. Our graduates, showcased here, operate with professionalism, independence and self-direction in preparation for the start of their architectural career.

from Revitalizing Sauchiehall Street’s retail experience Bringing Scottish traditional culture and whisky culture to the heart of Glasgow and creating an innovative retail concept.

from Revitalizing Sauchiehall Street’s retail experience Bringing Scottish traditional culture and whisky culture to the heart of Glasgow and creating an innovative retail concept.

from Revitalizing Sauchiehall Street’s retail experience Bringing Scottish traditional culture and whisky culture to the heart of Glasgow and creating an innovative retail concept.

from Revitalizing Sauchiehall Street’s retail experience Bringing Scottish traditional culture and whisky culture to the heart of Glasgow and creating an innovative retail concept.

from Revitalizing Sauchiehall Street’s retail experience Bringing Scottish traditional culture and whisky culture to the heart of Glasgow and creating an innovative retail concept.

from Tree Facade with Wind Simulation

from Tree Facade with Wind Simulation

from Tree Facade with Wind Simulation

from Tree Facade with Wind Simulation

from Tree Facade with Wind Simulation

Project location and site analysis

from Front open space led high-density neighbourhood building and spatial layout design, Townhead, Glasgow

from Front open space led high-density neighbourhood building and spatial layout design, Townhead, Glasgow

from Front open space led high-density neighbourhood building and spatial layout design, Townhead, Glasgow

from Front open space led high-density neighbourhood building and spatial layout design, Townhead, Glasgow

from Front open space led high-density neighbourhood building and spatial layout design, Townhead, Glasgow

from Noise Attenuation in a Community Square

from Noise Attenuation in a Community Square

from Noise Attenuation in a Community Square

from Noise Attenuation in a Community Square

from Noise Attenuation in a Community Square

become pure through series of simulacra stages

from Theory

from Perspective

from Perspective

from Perspective

from 4 Stages of Simulacra

from Embodying Non-Humans in The City

from Embodying Non-Humans in The City

from Embodying Non-Humans in The City

from Embodying Non-Humans in The City

from ALGORITHMICALLY OPTIMIZED GENERATIVE DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE OUTCOMES –ENDLESS VERTICAL CITY IN URBAN SLUM AREAS FOR EDUCATION

from ALGORITHMICALLY OPTIMIZED GENERATIVE DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE OUTCOMES –ENDLESS VERTICAL CITY IN URBAN SLUM AREAS FOR EDUCATION

from ALGORITHMICALLY OPTIMIZED GENERATIVE DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE OUTCOMES –ENDLESS VERTICAL CITY IN URBAN SLUM AREAS FOR EDUCATION

from ALGORITHMICALLY OPTIMIZED GENERATIVE DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE OUTCOMES –ENDLESS VERTICAL CITY IN URBAN SLUM AREAS FOR EDUCATION

from ALGORITHMICALLY OPTIMIZED GENERATIVE DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE OUTCOMES –ENDLESS VERTICAL CITY IN URBAN SLUM AREAS FOR EDUCATION