MArch: Reflective Journal

Oliver Haigh

May 14, 20202 min read

Phone call welcome into UVW-SAW

This evening a member of UVW-SAW, Taty, phoned me to welcome me to the union and explain to me more about its workings and ways that I...

Oliver Haigh

May 1, 20202 min read

Joining United Voices of the World: Section of Architectural Workers

In a previous blog post, I mentioned how Geraldine Dening of ASH brought the new trade union for workers in the architecture industry to...

Oliver Haigh

Apr 25, 20202 min read

Arup engineers correspondence

As one of our two sessions with engineering consultants for technology was cancelled in the run-up to lockdown, and as we have been...

Oliver Haigh

Apr 6, 20203 min read

Video call with Peter Corbett of Corbett & Tasker

About a month on from having a discussion with Chris Matthews, I've now had the opportunity to run my scheme past another engineer, Peter...

Oliver Haigh

Apr 2, 20202 min read

Fabricate 2020

As I sit and write this blog post from my flat in Leeds, I was supposed instead to be in London attending the Fabricate 2020 conference....

Oliver Haigh

Mar 11, 20202 min read

Technology lecture and tutorial with Rosemarie Andrews of Bryden Wood

Keith Andrews organised for Rosemarie Andrews from Bryden Wood to come and talk to us and then give us each individual tutorials on our...

Oliver Haigh

Mar 6, 20205 min read

Video call with Chris Matthews of Atelier One

A few weeks ago, Nick mentioned that a contact of his, Chris Matthews, a structural engineer from Atelier One, may be a useful person for...

Oliver Haigh

Feb 21, 20202 min read

Rhino, Grasshopper and Revit tutorial with Adam Atraktzi

Nick arranged for Adam, who had been the guest critic for our final review of last semester, to come and give us some tuition on Rhino,...