Unit A

Unit A is a research-led BSc Architecture Design Studio at the University of East London, lead by Carsten Jungfer and Fernanda Palmieri. We work with live-project situations and connect design learning with research through knowledge exchange between students and external partner organisations. Unit A focuses on social-spatial conditions within contested urban contexts and understands architectural design both as a spatial and strategic response to specific socio-spatial contexts.

10/07/2023

Observer Article Sun 9 July 2023

 

It's encouraging to see the issue of affordable artist studios being discussed in the wider public! If artists' communities are considered the roots of London's creative industries (worth £47 billion) what impact would their displacement have on London?


As a design studio, we engaged with this topic during the past academic year, and working in collarboartion with SPACE Studios, we set out to better understand and research what social value existing local artists working in Hackney generate across the community.

LINK to Observer Article

LINK to unit A design studio 'Artists in the City' 2022-23 

LINK to SPACE Studios