Tag: Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: The King’s Cross journey to carbon neutrality | Monday, October 25 at 16:00, Robin Evans Room (M416) + Online

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When: Monday, 25th of October, 4pm (BST)

Where: Robin Evans Room (M416) and online; book at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kings-cross-journey-to-carbon-neutrality-tickets-183433162527

Organiser and Moderator: Johannes Novy

Speaker: Stephen Kellett, Sustainability Manager, Ardent Services LLP

Discussant: Roudaina Alkhani

The King’s Cross Estate is one of Europe’s most significant regeneration projects – this talk will highlight the key decisions made from the projects inception through to the design of its buildings and the management in operation that have enabled it to achieve carbon neutrality, on its journey to net zero carbon.

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Launch of Design Competition for a material reuse station for the studios | Monday, October 25 at 13:00 in Studio, Marylebone Campus

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When: Monday, 25th of October 13:00-14:00

Where: Studio, Marylebone Campus

Who: Diony Kypraiou, Stefania Boccaletti, Paolo Zaide and Tabatha Mills.

For both students and architectural designers, the physical model is a manifestation of ideas. The act of physical model-making is central to architectural education and our studios. It presents the opportunity to test, explore, speculate, compose and further the design process. How can you as students begin to challenge wasteful practice? Can we make our studio practice more circular?

Five teams of 4 L5 students each, drawn from each of the undergraduate degrees (Interiors, Architecture, AED, Technology) will participate in this design challenge for a week.

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: What about ‘the other half’ of the ‘UN sustainability goals’? | Monday, October 25 at 13:00, M523

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When: Monday, 25th of October 2021 at 1pm

Where: M523, Marylebone Campus

UoW students-as-co-creators project team 2021: Dana Al Khammach, Elantha Evans, Rebecca Kelly, James Mason and Lavinia Peninno.

Join us for a curated, interactive and enjoyable 15-20 min session at 13:00 on Monday 25th October 2021. This is about what YOU think we can do together, and is part of a wider project about architecture, empathy and the empathic imagination. Come along! And sign up here for more info on the project and future collaborations.

Offered as part of ‘Sustainable Disclosures’ // Expanding architecture education to better nurture people, places and practices for sustainable, inclusive futures (http://eepurl.com/hFy9q1).

Join the Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce (ArCCAT)

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The Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce (ArCCAT) was formed in May 2021. It comprises staff and students from the School of Architecture + Cities, the Westminster Business School and members of the University Estates team committed to meeting climate, biodiversity and planetary
system challenges. Over the next three years it aims to:

  • develop short, medium and long term strategies for the school to address the climate crisis
  • build collaborative relations between staff and students to collectively develop a more climate, biodiverse and planetary conscious curriculum
  • establish links between disciplines in the school around climate change
  • raise levels of climate change literacy in the school
  • promote climate conscious practice

ArCCAT comprises four working groups – Strategic Planning, Curriculum Change, Climate Conscious Practice and Events, Campaigns and Communications and works collaboratively with student societies – Westminster Environment Society, Westminster Architecture Society and WestCAN.

In the autumn semester of 2021 ArCCAT activities and events will include:

  • A student competition for the design of an ArCCAT logo (see below)
  • Climate Action Week (25-29 October), part of a month-long series of special events on sustainability across the university to coincide with the start of COP 26 in Glasgow
  • The launch of a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Dispose Campaign in partnership with the Fabrication Lab and the Marylebone Estates Team
  • An exhibition on the Learning Platform as part of Climate Action Week
  • A student competition for the design of a material reuse station for the studios

To join ArCCAT contact Lindsay Bremner at L.Bremner@westminster.ac.uk , or through Westminster Environment Society, Westminster Architecture Society or WestCAN.