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.

07/06/2024

'The Blackhorse Lane Collective' proposal by Nabiha Warsame

The Blackhorse Lane Collective proposal envisages the historic industrial shed to be preserved, adapted and transformed into a centre for productive activities for the existing community of creative organisations and a place of knowledge exchange for the implementation of circular economy models including re-use of local material resources of buildings destined for demolition. Project by year 3 architecture student Nabiha Warsame 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.