June 16 2021

The Mackintosh School of Architecture has held its 2021 graduate showcase, an opportunity for students to publicise their work in the form of city studies on Glasgow, the ethical city and speculative designs for a music centre and retreat at Loch Lomond.

Among the highlighted works among stage 5 students is Assembling Communities by Disassembly by Rebecca Hodalova, which seeks to turn the linear economy into a circular economy where components at the end of their life can be repurposed instead of ending up in a landfill.

The prefabricated kit design provides flexibility to house cultural and public facilities such as a library or community centre and would be fabricated at a purpose-built factory above a railway line at Bellgrove Meat Market. 

Fellow student Timothy Khoo tackles the stigmatisation of refugee and asylum seeker communities with The Common Place, a non-institutional 'open house' style building to accommodate and support new arrivals to the city - currently, the only local authority area in Scotland to receive asylum seekers.

Elsewhere Rebecca Robertson explores the relationship between the built and natural environment of the west coast by examing regional connections to Glasgow through the lens of former mine workings on the Isle of Raasay.

In tandem with this stage 3 students shared their ideas for a performance hall on the banks of Loch Lomond with submissions from Abby Hopes, Euan Clark and Ellie Cunningham among others showcasing their ideas.

A full gallery of student work is available to view now at the GSA Showcase.

5 Comments

#1 Posted by Realist on 16 Jun 2021 at 16:31 PM

This is all very well and good, but can they update a door schedule?

#2 Posted by Frank Llyod Wrights ghost on 17 Jun 2021 at 21:28 PM

#1 why you stuck on a door schedule?

#3 Posted by Realist on 17 Jun 2021 at 22:01 PM

#2 Nope, I just understand what working in the real architectural world entails. If you were an architect you would understand, but that’s ok, don’t beat yourself up about not understanding the tongue in cheek remark. It probably wasn’t very funny but it made me giggle.

I do have umpteen schedules needing updated however. I’m just not sure which of the cvs would be most suitable for the task.

#4 Posted by Ben on 18 Jun 2021 at 10:22 AM

Door schedules are pretty easy! Don't think it is an aspect of the job that needs to be studied for years at university.

#5 Posted by F.Fort on 18 Jun 2021 at 11:15 AM

Perhaps the concern by #1 is that whilst they may be able to produce well thought out studes and good graphical design, is that despite the level of knowledge and skill is that they may not know how to translate that in to working practise. One of the common compliants from some quarters within the the architectural industry business is that many students whilst they may have great graphic ability and produce theoterical designs, they lack real experitise that can be used. That the teaching of architecture is completely out of sync with that of how the inustry works and has been.

It is also a rising awareness particular in light of complaints by thousands of junior architectural staff in a joint statement at how many have found the architectural practise a hash environment to work in, and feel unsupported, because the university has not prepared them, and how many business treat their staff in such a way that many feel abused.

Those comments ,aside the level of detail and images shown in this report are very good, and show a level of interesting thoughts in regards to approach issues at hand. I am curious as to what methods/software the students used to achieve each.

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