Portsmouth School of Architecture (ARCH)

The School of Architecture has within it a range of courses that are associated with architecture, spaces, places and the interior. We offer now a range of scales of design problem for our students, from understanding the City, both regionally and internationally, to designing public spaces, landscapes, buildings, interiors, rooms, exhibitions and installations. The common ground between all our projects and investigation is an understanding of the physical world of the city, the building and the interior. We investigate it conceptually through drawing, sketching and idea: physically, through understanding material, structure, environmental systems: and theoretically through ideologies, texts, commentary and writing.

This year the exhibition opening on 21st June at the School will bring together examples of work across each course and each academic year to give a flavour of the experiences that our students have and the skills that they have developed during their time in the School.  These skills are about critical thinking around design, but also practical skills in drawing, making, designing, CAD, modelling.

Each year offers new opportunities to apply these skills, our design project sites have ranged from the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth, to the City of London, to Brighton, to sites on the University campus. We have had post graduate study projects in Norway, Morocco and Sicily.

This breadth of experience has been facilitated by the enthusiasm of staff. We want to celebrate the achievements of the School in the yearbook and wish our graduating students success as their careers develop.

– Pam Cole, Head of School and Dr Lorraine Farrelly, Professor of Architecture and Design