The work shown on these pages is a mere glimpse of the vast amount of material that students produce every year in Environmental and Technical Studies. Throughout the five year course of study through the Experimental Programme and the Diploma Programme students undertake continuous development in this area and grow not only in factual knowledge, but also in their capacity to discern and make design decisions that enable them to acquire an all-round, balanced and mature approach to the architectural project.

This development constitutes three clear stages. Firstly, asking the right questions, which leads to research and investigation and, of course, to finding the right answers. Secondly, testing the information gathered, which leads to the identification of key issues and the validation of sources. And, finally, applying of the knowledge acquired through well-reasoned technical design decisions, which supports, initiates, defines or gives detail to the studio project and enables it to respond to a myriad of issues in a harmonious and coherent way.

In the first year, the three disciplines of materials, environment and structures are dealt within a single, unified studio. Students begin to develop a technical understanding that prepares them to radically rethink architectural practices and reduce their environmental impacts. In the second year, these three disciplines are dealt with separately, and each is explored in greater depth. Students are provided with the tools and methodologies that enable them to integrate informed structural, material and environmental considerations into their design work.

In the third year, the three disciplines are developed further to highlight the construction and sustainability of each student’s design, and this research culminates in the ETS3 Design Project. The fourth year lecture courses then provide an opportunity to examine particular technical areas in detail, and support students in the production of their fifth-year ETS5 Design Thesis: a major piece of work that requires the rigorous research, development and documentation of technical design decisions that justify and underpin the claims made in their studio work.

Staff List

Xavier Aguiló
Francesco Anselmo
Simon Beames
Delfina Bocca
Giles Bruce
Javier Castañón
Sinéad Conneely
Chris Davies
Laura De Azcárate
Simon Dickens
Aude-Line Dulière
Ian Duncombe
Lena Emanuelsen
Kenneth Fraser
Wolfgang Frese
Evan Green
Pablo Gugel
Alan Harries
Jonathan Hawkshaw
David Illingworth
Sho Ito
Angel Lara Moreira
Alistair Lenczner
Cíaran Malik
Emanuele Marfisi
Nacho Martí
Patricia Mato Mora
Anna Mestre
Anna Pla Catalá
Danae Polyviou
Ioannis Rizos
Tom Raymont
Giancarlo Torpiano
Chiara Tuffanelli
Anna Wai
Pablo Zamorano