research and academic work
My work combines practice, teaching, making and research - integrating experimental research and design processes, experiential, existential and geological philosophy, with drawing, making, craft and materials.
UWE Bristol: Associate Lecturer leading a RIBA Part 1 Final Year Design Studio Unit (BSc), focusing on Regenerative Design Through Making. RIBA Part 3 Examiner.
Oxford Brookes RIBA Studio: Design Examiner across RIBA Part 1 and RIBA Part 2 studio programmes.
Studio in the Woods Workshop 2017
studio in the woods 2017
THE OCULUS
Studio in the Woods is an experimental research and educational summer workshop where architects, students and makers build and test timber structures at a 1:1 scale.
Studio in the Woods Workshop 2018 - images coming soon
studio in the woods 2018
THE DRAGONS NEST
From concept to 1:1 scale across 4 days. 22 hands together negotiating with 225kg of twisted and writhing felled waste logs, placed until comfortable through agreement with the forest - reminiscent of the now lost charcoal kilns, reformed around a tree that once stood - a place to contemplate or gather.
UWE 2021/22
REGENERATIVE DESIGN CLUSTER (BSc Architecture)
Presidents Medal Part 1 Project Entry
Located at the gateway to the River Avon, this proposal acts as a catalyst for the process of rewilding the water of Bristol Harbour. Using a hybrid of biophilic and regenerative architectural design, the building also aims to encourage the circular growth of the local tourism industry by promoting sustainable production and consumption.
A settling reservoir and natural swimming pool start the filtration process, using newly established natural biofilters that filter the harbour water over a long period of time. Large distillation vessels inform the architecture of interior learning spaces that help to illustrate the filtration process, with biophilic views to the southwest.
The sweeping forms of water have influenced the sculptural rammed earth walls and the timber shingle clad diagrid roof, which integrate the architecture into the local landscape. The building acts as a landmark within the local context to encourage positive attitudes to rewilding.
Regenerative Design Studio Cluster Leader., UWE 2022/23. Student Submission by Jack Greening. RIBA Presidents Medal Entry