The COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted our routines and is forcing us to remain physically apart. Challenges, however, can also mean opportunities. And architects know that well. At the Liverpool School of Architecture, we turned the necessity of working online into a chance to experiment with new forms of creativity and foster a sense of belonging. During foundation week, we ran the City of Fragments Lab: a three-day collective design studio organised in groups of students from all years. Over 400 students came together to design fragments of a larger city that was then assembled. While making friends and familiarising themselves with design software, students envisioned a wide range of urban forms addressing pressing challenges including COVID, climate change, and social justice. Below are the projects that received special mentions and awards.
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City of Isolation
Winner, 1st
Bright Adam
Bone-Knell Lucy
Bicaku Xhesika
West Ella
Boroniec Alicja
Bucuroiu Ioana
Nation of Isolation
2nd Award
Callum Hewitt,
Charlotte Whittingham
George Brandon
Lubomir Ondo
Melanie Ho
Peter Mitchell
Olivia Richards
Zuzanna Staniecka
No Hope street
3rd Award
Matthew Magee
Daniel Aston-Clarke
Anan Tian
Alaa Al-Shamahi
Ibrahim Albusaidi
Alina Angelova
Alice Antoszkiewicz
Ria Aulak
Oluwabukunmi Awofisayo
Special Mentions
Memoir of the Mesoamericans
[s.m. Social Justice]
Eleanor Drever-Marshall BA1
Sam Duncan BA1
Isabelle Gould BA3
Qianye Hu BA2
Xiaoyan Huang BA2
Daniella Hudson BA2
Huanzhong Zhang BA3
Ines I. Carrilho da Fonseca BA3
Oliver Hamilton MArch4
Christopher Matthew MArch5
Utopia vs. Dystopia [s.m. Background Research]
Alexandra Neal BA1
Daniela Nunes BA1
Elena D. Smith BA2
Zihan Zhang BA2
Emma Smith BA2
Niamh F. McNamee BA3
Owen Cornes BA3
Yiran Ye BA3
Xinyue Tian MArch4
Premature Pedways [s.m. concept]
Luke Hickiling,
Joshua Pemberton,
Monty Maginn,
Timothy Malikov
Lauren Heatherington
Surreal City [s.m. visionary 1]
Angus Parkin MArch4
Tianli Zhang MArch5
Laura Madden BA1
Yasmin Magan BA1
Hentry Omotosho BA2
Katarzyna Piechula BA3
Kris Ramos BA3
The Replicant City [s.m. visionary 2]
Philippa Mack
Christian Ward
Akram Kablan
Edward Kamal
Natasha Mallin
Bo Wang
Louis Marchini
Jiayi Yang
Jiahe Yang
Zhixuan Song
Selected
Liverpool 2049
Burrun, Adarshin
De Saram, Kavindu
Williams, Beth
Bryson, Katherine,
Brooks, William
Chen, Jiayi
Cheung, Tsz H.
Zou, Dengyu
Simpson, Thomas
Self Sufficient City
Dariga Moldakhmetova BA1
Louise Mongan BA1
Jana Rukute BA2
Jingshu Zhang BA2
Ben G. Rylance BA2
Megan Mew-McAdam BA3
Mirta M. Silvestri BA3
Yuqi Zhou BA3
Helena Kat Sarney MArch4
Esam El-badri
Minicity
Jin Zhenhao,
Thomas Matthews, ,
Krishan Patel,
Myah Phelan,
Phoeuk Somviset,
Zheng Qinxian,
Xuan Xueqi
Covid City
Connor Rowland
Millie Mo
Megan McIntosh
The Fluid CITY
Farokh Damania
Emma Hartley
Khant Yan
Ryan Farrell
Dillon Fisher
Grzegorz Niedzwiecki
Su Liu