Climate Action Week Beyond Studio

“The University of Westminster’s School of Architecture + Cities held several Climate Action Week events for 375 first-year students to learn about climate change and work together to consider how the built environment might respond.”

“Between 14-18 October during Climate Action Week, students from six of the School’s courses attended three collaborative events, where they considered how the built environment might respond to significant climatic, ecological, social and political issues.  

The students came from various courses within the School, including Architecture BA Honours, Interior Architecture BA Honours, Architecture and Environmental Design BA Honours, Architectural Technology BSc Honours, Urban Planning and Design BA Honours and Architecture with Foundation BA Honours. While related subjects, the courses are largely taught separately, so one objective of Climate Action Week was to challenge subject boundaries and get students working together collaboratively early in their degrees and learning the value of collective intelligence.” (University of Westminster News)

The organisers: Ro Spankie and Richa Mukhia

Thank you to Neil Kiernan, Julian Williams, Sam Sam Hui, Diony Kypraiou, Alastair Blyth for training as Climate Fresk Facilitators

And: Kate Cheyne, Anastasia Lydaki, Lucy Gardner and Sarah Forsey for the first session. Andy Pitchford, Holly Jones, Pascale Crangle, Cecile Molinas, Victoria Howat and all the facilitators from Climate Fresk. Finally to Alessandro Ayuso and Urma Sodnomjamts for drumming, Seth Oliver for joining us for the day and Peter Bonfield, Dibyesh Anand, Diony Kypraiou, and Will McLean for acting as judges.

Read more about his event here.