Geodesic physical model: applying formwork
The second module to construct was the formwork applied to the bamboo. To make this, I first of all laser-cut the net in mountboard. I...
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Oliver Haigh
Nov 13, 20192 min read
Technology Symposium
The first symposium of the year focused on Technology, and displayed a diverse range of subject matter presented by four speakers from...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Geodesic physical model: bamboo structure
The first module that I made was the bamboo structure. This is something which could be clad in some form of sheeting or textile to be...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 10, 20192 min read
Testing temporary to permanent ideas with geodesics
To test the idea of using bamboo for creating temporary structures and for the structural basis for casting permanent parts of the site,...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Bamboo for construction: a means rather than an end?
Up until now, I haven't particularly considered or tested bamboo in terms of how it would create the structures on the site, as I have...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 7, 20192 min read
Semester 1 interim review
This was the first pin-up for this project with all previous tutorials being table-top tutorials. The selection of work that I showed...
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...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 30, 20191 min read
Developing the site: grid based on historical development
So far, most of my design development has been around the programme and materiality. Whilst I am only near the beginning of the project,...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 29, 20193 min read
Learning Revit
I took the opportunity to sign up for Revit tutorials, as it is software which I have never used before, and I know that it is a...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 28, 20192 min read
Site-grown materials: bamboo
Having adopted agroforestry and permaculture as principles for the food-production programme on the site, I am now beginning to think...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 26, 20191 min read
Representing time: slides box idea
As my project is going in the direction of food production and possibly using site-grown materials for developing parts of the site, it...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 24, 20192 min read
Chora 'EOTM' exercise
This week's studio took a rather unique approach, where we undertook a design process exercise or 'game' all together. This was based on...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 23, 20192 min read
'Our Earth's Ice is Melting', Andrew Shepherd lecture
In the second session of this Autumn's Open Lecture Series, Andrew Shepherd, Professor of Earth Observation from the University of Leeds,...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 21, 20195 min read
Permaculture and agroforestry
After reading Vincent Walsh's article in Fruitful Futures: Imagining Pomona, I decided to undertake more research into the topic of...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Fruitful Futures: Imagining Pomona
Visiting the site for the first time really emphasised for me the importance of the nature and ecologies present on the site, so I then...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 17, 20193 min read
First Pomona Island site visit
After a period of a couple of weeks of undertaking precedent studies for design philosophy, methodology, and process [see blog post Oct...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 16, 20192 min read
'Spatial Listening', Alex de Little lecture
Leeds School of Architecture organises an Open Lecture Series, which platforms a number of speakers on a diverse range of topics. The...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 13, 20193 min read
George Haydock film: 'Pomona Island' (2014)
"It's waiting, but I'm not quite sure what it's waiting for." ––– Luke Bennett [00:49] George Haydock's 2014 film Pomona Island is a...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 10, 20194 min read
Shin Egashira: a precedent study of design philosophy, methodology and process
In the first studio session of the year on the 3rd October, once the brief had been introduced, we were then given a precedent study...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 5, 20192 min read
Field Works studio position, brief and project site
My thesis project is going to be developed within the 'Field Works' studio, led by Nick Tyson. This is a new studio this year, making it...
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