Unit A

Unit A is a research-led BSc Architecture Design Studio at the University of East London, led by Carsten Jungfer and Fernanda Palmieri since 2015. 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.

05/06/2024

Lockwood Cycle & Leisure Centre proposal by Anik - Md Chowdhury

Lockwood Cycle & Leisure Centre promotes closer integration of spaces for well-being into Blackhorse Lane’s industrial landscape with a focus on activities for the benefit of the local community. The proposal carefully adapts and reconfigures the found shed to lower the carbon impact and provides a new indoor pool, a cafe, a bicycle workshop, green spaces and extends the Walthamstow wetlands bicycle network. Project by year 3 architecture student Anik - Md Chowdhury for a site at Blackhorse Lane in Waltham Forest working with Unit A's 2023-24 theme of Productive City by exploring alternative approaches to spatial production and city-making through strategies promoting a local circular economy.