Urban Design and Architecture Summer School
A week long residential course providing a practical introduction to designing beautiful, sustainable, prosperous, economically and socially successful places that will stand the test of time.
15th - 21st July 2024 in Sherborne, Dorset
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Much of the knowledge needed to create traditional places where many people want to live is no longer taught in most architecture and urban design courses.
Set in the heart of the beautiful market town of Sherborne in Dorset, this course will introduce core urban design and architecture principles and practice. It will teach students to conceive, design and create popular places, mixed-use neighbourhoods, vernacular homes and buildings and streets and squares that nestle in the landscape. You will also explore the connections between urban form and design with wellbeing, sustainability, prosperity, value and popularity.
It is aimed at early or mid-career professionals, undergraduates and school leavers who are interested in pursuing a career in the built environment. However, anyone 18 and over are very welcome.
Programme
Module 1
Urban Design (Monday 15th To Thursday 18th)
- Talks and case studies on core aspects of urban design;
- Review wider evidence into what makes for popular, healthy, happy and sustainable places;
- Tour of the town with the aim of understanding the context;
- Key aspects of English urban and vernacular design;
- Site visit for urban design study;
- Preparing site, context and policy analyses in small group workshops;
- Preparing a community consultation and engagement plan;
- Devising a site vision, design principles, concept masterplan;
- Guidance on drawing and sketching of buildings and streets; and
- Presenting the scheme to faculty and other members of the course.
Module 2
Architecture (Thursday 18th To Sunday 21st)
- Talks and case studies on vernacular architecture;
- Studying English vernacular building design;
- Review of contemporary vernacular architecture;
- Challenges of 21st building regulations;
- Tour of Sherborne with a focus on recognizing patterns between buildings and local details;
- Visiting the site for your design proposal;
- Designing a building or small group of buildings for your chosen site;
- Guidance on hand drawing and sketching of buildings; and
- Presenting your scheme to faculty and invited guests.
Module 2 run in partnership with Adam Architecture
Practical Information
- Students may enrol for either module though a discount of £100 is available for enrolling for the full course.
- Module 1: Urban Design: Monday 15th July (1 pm) to Thursday 18th July (noon) - £800 full price / £725 early bird
- Module 2: Architecture: Thursday 18th July (1pm) to Sunday 21st July (noon) - £800 full price / £725 early bird
- Combined modules 1+2 : Monday 15th to Sunday 21st July: £1,500 full price / £1,350 early bird. Please note that combination discounts will only apply (and be processed) if you pay for the modules at the same time.
- “Early bird” discount for registrations confirmed by 1 April.
- Fees include tuition, full board, lodging and drawing material and must be paid in full at the time of the booking.
- Accommodation and classes are in Sherborne School.
- The course is open to 24 people.
- Thanks to the very kind generosity of our donors, we are able to offer two places at up to a 100% bursary for those who have faced challenging social and economic circumstances. More information is available in full course details.
- Trains from London Waterloo to Sherborne are approx. 2 hours 20 minutes and leave hourly
- To apply for a place, follow the link below. You will need to provide a Google / Gmail account to do this.
Testimonials from the 2023 cohort
'A truly thought-provoking three days. The structure of the course flowed very well, with each talk and practical exercise building on each other effectively as the days went by. ... I'd like to thank the team for their rich insight and direct feedback all the way through... You delivered the course with an unrivalled bank of knowledge and sense of humour which is so important for an engaging and friendly learning experience. I learnt more in these three days than my three-year degree!!'
'Fabulous course... my mind was buzzing. Thank you all'
Tutors
Professor Robert Adam DIPL ARCH (PCL), RIBA, FRSA, Hon FRIAS is a major figure in the development of traditional and classical architecture, a pioneer of contextual urban design, an author and a scholar. In 2017 he was awarded the Richard H. Dreihaus Prize, recognising a lifetime of contribution to traditional, classical and sustainable architecture and urbanism.
Dr Lucie Bruce MA MRes DPhil, conservation and design officer with expertise in historic building materials. During her doctoral research at the University of Oxford, she worked with Historic England on lime mortar for damp buildings. She holds degrees in Heritage Management (Newcastle) and in Art and Architectural History (Ecole du Louvre, Paris).
George Payiatis BA MA, senior urban designer at Create Streets who is leading a wide range of master-planning and regeneration projects across the UK.
Led by Dr James Armitage BSc BArch (Dist) PhD RIBA, a practising architect and urban designer with a particular interest in the relationship between community and urbanism. He is a fellow of Create Streets and has lectured at the Universities of London, Bath, Cardiff, Yale (US) and Notre Dame (Rome).
Robert Kwolek BA, senior architectural designer at Create Streets who is leading a wide range of master-planning and design coding projects across England and teaches at the University of Oxford.
Hugh Petter BA (Hons), DIPL Arch, RIBA, MRIAI (IRL) FRSA is a Director at Adam Architecture. He won Rome Scholarships in 1990 and 1991. He established the Foundation Course at The Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture where he served as Senior Tutor for six years.
Jonathan Weatherill is a practising architect who has lived and worked in Italy since graduating from the Architectural Association in London over 25 years ago. He runs his own practice and has also collaborated with 2014 Driehaus laureate Pier Carlo Bontempi since they met in Milan thirty years ago. His professional experience has spanned the genres of Modernism and Classicism, in a wide range of fields from industrial design to restoration and urban planning.
Nicholas Boys Smith MBE MA MPhil (Dist) AoU FRSA, founder and chairman of Create Streets, chair of the Office for Place and the author of many studies into the links between design with wellbeing and prosperity who has lectured at many universities including Oxford, Manchester, Leeds and London.
Andrew Moneyheffer BA ARCH, CNU-A is an urban and architectural designer at ADAM Urbanism. Prior to that Andrew was project manager at Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company in Washington.
Mark Shepherd N Dip Arch MAURP, Architectural Technician with an interest in detailing, surveying and hand drawing. Mark is a fellow of Create Streets and teaches our London Dare to Draw workshops.
Contact
For enquiries, please send an e-mail to contact@createstreetsfoundation.org.uk
