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

Mar 24, 20207 min read

COVID-19 lockdown and university closure

The last week or so has seen a rapid change at the national level and also at the university level, due to the rapid escalation of the...

Oliver Haigh

Mar 4, 20205 min read

'Collisions' and 'Architects for Social Housing', lectures by Jay Gort and Geraldine Dening

This week in the Open Lecture Series there were two talks which very much focused on what architects can do in the community as a force...

Oliver Haigh

Feb 12, 20206 min read

Context Symposium – Practising Displacement: Modes of Engagement and Representation

The Context Symposium, organised by tutors architecture tutors Mohamad Hafeda and George Epolito, was one of the best symposiums that I...

Oliver Haigh

Dec 9, 20191 min read

Critiquing 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate final review

I was glad to be asked back to critique the same group of undergraduate students for their final review of the semester as I had for...

Oliver Haigh

Nov 4, 20191 min read

Critiquing 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate interim review

I was given the opportunity to critique undergraduates in their first review of the year, along with another student on my course. This...