A Personal Position
It is my view that the success and value of any given piece of architecture is dictated not by its adoption of any particular style, form...
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Oliver Haigh
May 24, 20203 min read
The Design Studio Context
My MArch1 work was created in the context of Keith Andrews’ Abstract Machine studio. This studio focused on a prototypical design...
Oliver Haigh
May 23, 20203 min read
The Design Thesis
My design thesis project, Laboratory of Productive Ecologies, is sited on Pomona Island, a strip of brownfield land bounded by the...
Oliver Haigh
May 22, 20204 min read
Technical and Technological Questions
Key to my design process has been a hybrid technological toolkit, amalgamating digital and analogue tools in interlinked programmes of...
Oliver Haigh
May 21, 20203 min read
Further Development
On the Pomona site, the Laboratory of Productive Ecologies will continue to develop in 4-yearly phases. The primary programme is always...
Oliver Haigh
May 19, 20203 min read
Planning Issues
Trafford Local Plan: Core Strategy (TLPCS) (figs.1,2, Appendix E), adopted by Trafford Council in 2012 and setting out their vision up to...
Oliver Haigh
May 18, 20203 min read
Development Appraisal Scenario
The present reality of the site is that it is owned by The Peel Group and is earmarked for mixed-use development by them. Prior to this,...
Oliver Haigh
May 17, 20203 min read
Procurement and Risk
With regards to the three major project management constraints of cost, time, and scope/quality, time is the least pressing issue...
Oliver Haigh
May 16, 20202 min read
Architectural Practice
The architecture practice running this project, Productive Ecologies Architects, will work from a small office on the site. This is to...
Oliver Haigh
May 15, 20203 min read
Professional Reflection
After completing my Master of Architecture degree, I would like to find employment as a Part 2 architectural assistant in a small to...
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