Skyline of Birkenhead showing the tunnel ventilation shafts and town hall, text reading Birkenhead 2040 by students from the University of Liverpool.

Practice and Pedagogy Cluster

The Practice and Pedagogy cluster at LSA celebrates the diverse and rich pedagogic approaches, scholarship and practices the school delivers in its under – and post-graduate courses and public engagement activities in the city of Liverpool and beyond.

The group brings together the manifold specialisms and interests of our members to support and nurture multidisciplinary collaborations within and beyond the University to further enhance the school’s outstanding pedagogic and public outreach practices. Through sharing innovative pedagogies and disseminating the work of our members and students we aim to explore new ways of engagement, scholarship and practice. 

Key interests of the group:

  • Community engagement
  • Live design projects
  • Research-led pedagogy

News Items

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Unleashing Generative AI in Architectural Design and Education: Response of the LSA’s Pedagogy and Practice Cluster to the Next Frontier

Staff: Carlos Medel-Vera and Sandy Britton

Studio or year or programme module: Postgraduate Modules

As we navigate the juncture where human craftsmanship meets technological prowess, these talks and workshops aimed to elevate AI literacy among staff and students, aligning with the visionary principles recently set forth by the Russell Group on the ethical use of AI in higher education.

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Group of people wearing PPE on a building site. A High brick built warehouse is being restored around them.

Masters Programme in Sustainable Heritage Management

Staff: Ataa Alsalloum 

Studio or year or programme module: Postgraduate Modules

To bridge the gap between heritage, Policy, Pedagogy, and Practice, Ataa Alsalloum has designed a new Master Programme that incorporates ICOMOS Guidelines and the Institute of Historic Building Conservation's (IHBC) Areas of Competence.

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Birkenhead 2040 by students from the University of Liverpool

Staff: Paco Mejias Villatoro (Exhibition Coordinator) with BA2 and BA1 (School of Architecture) and Postgraduate Programme’s (Department of Geography and Urban Planning) teaching teams.

Studio or year or programme module: BA1 and BA2 Design Studios (School of Architecture) and Postgraduate Programme (Department of Geography and Urban Planning).

During the last semester, undergraduate students from the School of Architecture and postgraduate students from the Department of Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Liverpool have been working in Birkenhead. 

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Stylised image of students in a classroom with the text Productive-Disruptive overlayed in bold capitals.

‘Ideas for Huyton’ collaborative studio paper accepted for Productive-Disruptive Conference 2023

Staff: Sandy Britton  and Dr Fei Chen 

Studio or year or programme module: BA3 Studio pen and Inc

Studio teaching based conference submission accepted to Association of Architectural Educators Conference 2023 Productive-Disruptive: spaces of exploration in-between architectural pedagogy and practice to take place at Welsh School of Architecture Cardiff.

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Students standing in front of the glass doors of a modern brick building. There are posters on the windows.

'Ideas for Huyton' paper published in AAE Charrette 'Beginning Architecture'

Staff: Sandy Britton and Dr Fei Chen (authors)

Studio or year or programme module: BA3 Studio pen and Inc

Paper 'Ideas for Huyton: education through collaboration’ co-authored by Sandy Britton, Fei chen and Luke Cooper is accepted for publication in AAE Charrette - 'Beginning Architecture: Contextualising thresholds in architectural education'

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BIM & Digital Transformation Annual Spring Forum 2023

Staff: Adonis Haidar

Studio or year or programme module: MSc BIM & Digital Transformation

Following the success of the MSc BIM & Digital Transformation programme at the University of Liverpool, we have launched the BIM and Digital Transformation Annual Spring Forum 2023

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Children gathered round a table drawing local heritage they feel attached to and writing.

M’Hamid, Morocco: Your Heritage, Your Future Children Workshop

Staff: Dr Giamila Quattrone, Claudia Briguglio

Last January, Dr Giamila Quattrone and Claudia Briguglio ran the children workshop M’Hamid, Morocco: Your Heritage, Your Future, attended by 23 schoolchildren between 8 and 12 years from Ksar Ouled Youssef, M’Hamid Oasis.

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A collage of 6 images showing student models of a repurposed tower block. The models are made from a variaty of media including cardboard, plastic and MDF.

Pedagogies of Re-use: Chadwick Tower – Make Eat Share

Staff: Emma Curtin, Hazel Weir, Michael Southern, Peter Mitchell, Ranald Lawrence

Studio or year or programme module: ARCH 352 BA3 Studio Communities and Contested Spaces

Since 2018 Studio CCS has worked with existing buildings on third year final projects with an evolving a pedagogy of adaptive re-use.

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A rendered image of a street split into night and day views showing people interacting with a sail based awning.

Council Installs studio High Street meanwhile project idea

Staff: Sandy Britton and Dr Fei Chen 

Studio or year or programme module: BA3 Studio pen and Inc

Through the academic year October 2021 to 2022 BA3 Studio pen and Inc conceived of and trialled a live collaboration between their 30 students and 5 teaching staff, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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ISUF Conference presentation Krakow Poland

Staff: Sandy Britton  and Dr Fei Chen 

Studio or year or programme module: BA3 Studio pen and Inc

The presentation ‘Promoting design innovation through a collaborative process. Highstreet regeneration in Huyton village, the UK’ led by Dr Fei Chen took place via Zoom and reported on the unique process and outcomes of the symbiotic collaboration between studio teaching, urban research, policy and practice.

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Placards on display in high street

‘Ideas for Huyton’ Collaborative Studio

Staff: Sandy Britton, Sarah Green, Tony Lees, Giles Wheeldon and Stuart Gee

Studio or year or programme module: BA3 Studio pen and Inc

Third year students exhibited their High Street ideas in the windows of a disused high street shop and to public and council members at a high street launch event.

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