KASA 2010 | Project Orange

This week, we welcome James Soane of Project Orange, a young, award-winning architectural and design studio with a broad and original portfolio of work spanning a whole range of building types.

Seeking to create places that are easily inhabited be they a small café or a public building, Project Orange's work has already garnered a whole host of awards, including the coveted BD Interior Architect of the Year Award both in 2007 and 2009.

Come share a drink with us from 5.45pm - with James' lecture beginning at 6pm - to see the work of one of the most exciting young architectural practices in the country at the moment.

KASA Design Competition #2 - St(a)ge Entries

Here are the entries for KASA Design Competition #2 - St(a)ge. They represent a varied and creative response to a difficult brief. The winners shall be announced this Tuesday, by none other than James Soane of Project Orange!

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Phil Baston / Jonathan Cerowski / Morgan Grylls / Ben Prince
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Nicholas Sexton
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Maddy Allen / Sara Dowle / Lucy Healy
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Gregory Weinrich / Nathanael Wright

KASA 2010 | Llewelyn Davis Yeang

This week, we welcome Malaysian architect Ken Yeang, possibly THE leading specialist in ecological and passive low energy design.

Seen by many as an architect ahead of his time, he has delivered over 200 built projects, and his ‘bioclimatic’ towers - derived from his seminal book, 'The Skyscraper: Bioclimatically Considered' - have had a major impact around the world, fusing high-tech and organic principles.

With so many of us doing masterplanning and landscaping at the moment, this is surely one not to miss!

So come join us for a drink from 5:45pm - with Ken's lecture beginning at 6pm - to see some of his current work, and learn about his principles of design.

KASA 2010 | Discussion Forum #1 - Portfolio Building

This week, we introduce the first in a series of student-led talks, aimed to help us all through collective discussion.

While we gain the knowledge to go out and work for architects or interior designers, what we're sometimes not told is how to seek work, and how to promote ourselves.

Opinions differ from person to person: architect to lecturer, student to employer; so what we thought would be best would be to get together and discuss how we've each done things. This way, anyone wishing to build a portfolio can make up their own mind.

We'll be inviting architects from the area, and current MArch students will be on hand to offer advice on how they found work during their year out. Current alumni and current students on their year in industry would also be welcome to attend!

This event is strictly bring your own booze!

We look forward to seeing you there!

DC#2 Inspiration

Here's some inspiration for Design Competition #2 - St(a)ge. Architects Terreform have come up with an inventive use for New York City's trash - rubbish to you and me. Check it out here.

Via Inhabitat.

KASA 2010 | BDP

This week, we welcome Mehron Kirk from BDP - 'Europe's most progressive interdisciplinary design practice'.

Founded in 1961, BDP employs more than 1200 architects, designers, engineers, urbanists and sustainability experts in 15 studios across the UK, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Working closely with users, clients and the community, BDP create special places for all purposes across the world; with a leading track record factoring all major sectors.

BDP were nominated for last year's Stirling-prize for their masterplan, Liverpool ONE; and hold a whole host of other awards.

Come join us next Tuesday for a drink from 5:45pm, with Mehron's lecture from 6pm, as he talks us through their most recent projects.

KASA 2010 | de Rijke Marsh Morgan

It's our pleasure to announce our first lecture for 2010!

Sadie Morgan from de Rijke Marsh Morgan will be coming down to begin our exciting new series of open lectures for 2010.

dRMM celebrate their 15th anniversary this year, and they have achieved much in that time. The practice takes pride in carrying out work that is innovative, high quality and socially useful. Having won many awards already - several for their first, the office building in which they currently work - they strive to push boundaries.

Gaining much press for their innovative 'Sliding House'; the "boisterous polychromy" of Claphan Manor Primary School; and their wonderful presentation at the 2008 Venice Biennale; dRMM are continually causing waves in the architectural community.

So from 5pm in the Marlowe Lecture 1, come have a drink on us, and listen to Sadie Morgan talk about her practices’ current work.

Christmassy, architectural AND edible!

Find out here how to make one! Makes model making a bit more fun!

Urban Farm

Here on the KASA blog we want to post up new, exciting architecture and design that has caught our eye! So here goes...

Work AC is a firm in New York who create very experiemental designs and PF1 is one of them. It's an installation urban farm providing people with organic fruit and veg and a farmers market underneath!

KASA Cake Sale

Come to the first KASA Cake Sale!

We'll be serving up cakes on Thursday 19th of November 2009 in the Marlowe Building, just outside Studio 1. We'll be unveiling our new logo also, so come along for an edible visual feast! Come support KASA by stuffing your face!