Date |
Luke's
Teams |
Molly's
Teams |
July 2 |
Arrive Edinburgh—orientation
meeting at 16:00 (meet at Reception Desk)
Edinburgh Conference Center at Heriot-Watt University (check-in
begins 15:00)
Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS -info
bus: from Princes Street take the numbers 25, 34 or 45 to Heriot-Watt
University.
train: from Edinburgh Waverley to Curriehill then a 1-mile walk -map |
July 3 |
10:00
Scottish Parliament sketching session & group photo
10:30 Enter for Scottish Parliament Tour (11-noon) -map
You'll have to go through airport-like security (20 min). -more
info
You may sketch and photograph once inside security, but neither is allowed during the tour.
Scottish Parliament is located in the Holyrood area of central
Edinburgh at the foot of the Royal Mile, on Horse Wynd, opposite
the Palace of Holyroodhouse. EH99 1SP
25 minute walk from bus stop on Princes Street or from Waverley Station |
16:00
Glasgow School of Art sketching session
16:30 Glasgow School of Art Tour
Visitor Entrance: 11 Dalhousie Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ -map
Book
the 13:15 train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
anytime day return with railcard £8.30 |
July 4 |
9:30 John
Hope Gateway (West gate) sketching session
10:00 John Hope Gateway Tour w/Jasper Rea (90 minutes)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 20A Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR -map
walk from Princes Street is
about 2 miles (a brisk 40 minutes)
or bus #23 or 27 from Hanover St
or #8 from Leith Street or North Bridge (stop NA) to RBGE East gate on Inverleith Row
(which doesn't open until 10am) £1.50 exact change
you'll have to walk around the gardens to the (west) Hope Gateway (20 minutes) |
15:00 Queen
Margaret University Campus
Tour
meet Steve Watson at Main Reception
Book the 14:43 train from Edinburgh Waverley to
Musselburgh -map
Off-peak Day return £2.10 (note Train takes 4 minutes, bus 40
minutes!) |
July 5 |
Check
out of Conference Center no later than 10:00 (store luggage)
10:00
Sue Roaf, "Trends and Directions in Building Design
to meet European GHG Targets"
Room WA3.11 (William Arnold Bldg, #10 on campus map) Heriot-Watt University |
15:30
Falkirk Wheel
sketching session
16:10 Falkirk Wheel Boat Ride (50 min.) -map
Visitor Center closes at 17:30
Book
the 13:25 train from Curriehill to Camelon
anytime day return with railcard £6.20
It's a brisk 30-minute walk from the station to the Wheel. |
Depart Edinburgh |
July 6 |
Arrive London
(you may drop your luggage at Passfield before check-in time)
Tip: There's a great Saturday am Farmers' Market at the nearby
Brunswick Center.
Check into Passfield Hall after 15:00
16:00 London Orientation w/ Luke & Molly
Passfield Hall Courtyard |
July 7 |
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July 8 |
10:00 Serpentine Pavilion
Site Visit—map
tube:
Lancaster Gate or Hyde Park Corner, then a 15-minute walk through the
park |
13:30 St.
Paul's sketching session
14:00 St.
Paul's tour (90 min.) [meet on St. Paul's front
steps at 13:50]—map
tube:
St. Paul's
|
City of London Walking Tour [after St. Paul's—walk in small groups]—map
or guide
|
July 9 |
9:00 Arup
Visit (4 hours w/lunch)
8 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ
walk 10 minutes from Passfield Hall -map
9:00 Josef Hargrave "Foresight
and Innovation at Arup – Exploring the Future of the Built
Environment"
9:50 Nick Birmingham
"Works by Arup Associates"
10:40 Alice Blair "Rock on top
of Another Rock"
11:30 Florence Lam "A Museum of
Daylight–the New Acropolis Museum"
12:00 Lunch and socializing
|
14:00
Discover London
Experience L1
(Luke's Students)
Pick one of the eleven |
16:00–Building Science chat with
Bill Bordass (Molly's Students)—map
meet just outside 10 Princess Rd.
30-minute walk
thru Regent's Park
|
July 10 |
9:00
Discover London Experience 2
Pick one of the eleven
|
14:00
BedZED sketching session (no photos allowed)
14:30 BedZED Tour
Wallington,
Surrey SM6 7BZ
Book
the 13:17 train from London Victoria to Hackbridge
anytime day return with railcard £5.35
|
July 11 |
10:30
Laban sketching session
11:00 Laban Dance Center Tour
Laban Creekside, London SE8 3DZ—map
tube: Cutty Sark, LRT (or Island Gardens, LRT plus walk Greenwich
Foot Tunnel) |
13:30
North Greenwich Tour—meet at Cutty Sark Bus Stop C
Sainsbury's, Millennium Village, the O2, Emirates Air
bus: 129 from Cutty Sark Stop C |
18:00 optional
Setting
the Scene with
Dr Hester Lee-Jefferies, University of Cambridge £7 (you book)
19:30 Shakespeare's Globe
Theatre
Midsummer Night's Dream
21 New Globe Walk, Bankside SE1 9DT (booked) |
July 12 |
10:30
Chiswick sketching session (no photos)
11:00 Chiswick Park Tour (photos ok)
12:00 Chiswick monthly event
Building 3, Chiswick Park, 566 Chiswick High Road W4 5YA—map
tube: Gunnersbury, District Line |
15:00
Discover London Experience 3
Pick one of the eleven |
19:30
Tutorials w/Luke & Molly
Place to be determined |
July 13 |
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July 14 |
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July 15 |
9:00
Discover London Experience 4
Pick one of the eleven |
13:00
Visit Sir John Soane’s
Museum (no tour—self-directed)
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP—map
tube: Holborn |
15:00
Discover London Experience 5
Pick one of the eleven |
July 16 |
Depart for CAT
10:43
LONDON
EUSTON to MACHYNLLETH (CAT) [already booked]
departs LONDON EUSTON at 10:43 travel by VIRGIN
TRAINS to BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET arrives 12:08
departs BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET at 12:23 travel by ARRIVA TRAINS WALES to
MACHYNLLETH arrives 14:46 |
July 17 |
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July 18 |
|
19:30
Tutorials w/Luke & Molly
Place to be determined |
July 19 |
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July 20 |
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July 21 |
Return to London
14:07 MACHYNLLETH to LONDON EUSTON
[already booked]
departs MACHYNLLETH at 14:07 travel by ARRIVA
TRAINS WALES to BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET arrives 16:24
departs BIRMINGHAM NEW STREEET at 16:50 travel by VIRGIN TRAINS to LONDON EUSTON arrives
18:17 |
July 22 |
Oxford Visit
Book
the 09:21 train from London Paddington to Oxford
and return after 19:00 with railcard from £9.55 add PlusBus £2.65
11:00–Roaf
Eco-House Tour w/Sue Roaf
26 Blandford Ave, Oxford—map1—map2—map3
bus: City 6 from Stop C3
12:00–The
Plough for lunch
five-minute walk
14:00 Keble College Tour—map—map2
bus: City 6 to City Centre then 5-minute walk
16:00 Oxford Whole House Carbon Reduction project, Rajat Gupta
Buckley Building Room BG10—map
Oxford Brookes University
bus: City 8 or 9 from Stop K4 to Gipsy Lane—map |
17:00–Explore
Oxford free time
suggested: Tower
Ascents and Sundial
Trail
Carfax Tower (open until 17:30) or
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin (open until 18:00)—map
Punting on the River Cherwell from Cherwell Boathouse |
July 23 |
11:00 Renewable Energy Systems
Tour
Beaufort Court, Egg Farm Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4
8LR—map
Book
the 10:05 train from London Euston to Kings Langley
off-peak day return with railcard £7.05 |
15:00
Discover London Experience 6
Pick one of the eleven |
July 24 |
9:30
Victoria Docks sketching session
10:00 The
Crystal Building Tour w/Anokhee
Shah (Arup) & Wilkenson Eyre Architects
11:00 The Crystal Exhibits Exploration
Western Gateway, London, E16 1GB—directions
tube: Royal Victoria Station, Docklands Light Rail OR
North Greenwich, Jubilee; then Emirates Air Line
note: start early, heavy rush hour transit is slower than normal |
|
16:15 White
Collar Factory (by AHMM) sketching session
17:00
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) office visit with James Santer—map
Morelands, 5-23 Old Street, London EC1V 9HL
tube:
Old Street, then a 10-minute walk west on Old Street |
18:30
Softball w/AHMM (optional)
Regent's Park—map
with optional, but popular post-game pub visit |
July 25 |
10:00 Eco
Hub Tour w/Zana Dean, Anne Thorne Architects
Lordship Recreation Ground, London, N17—map
tube: Turnpike Lane, Piccadilly; then a 10 min. walk |
15:00
Discover London Experience 7
Pick one of the eleven |
14:00 or 19:30
Tutorials w/Luke & Molly
Place to be determined |
July 26 |
11:00 University of Nottingham
Visit—bus info map1
map2
map3
11:00 Tour Creative Energy Homes (meet at Lenton Firs House)
12:30 lunch on our own
13:30 Meet with Course Director Benson Lau
15:00 Self-Guided tour of Jubilee Campus
Book
the 08:15 train from London St. Pancras to Nottingham
and return after 19:00 with railcard £27.75 add PlusBus £2.65 |
July 27 |
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July 28 |
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July 29 |
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July 30 |
10:00–Fabric of
London walking tour with Richard Lorch (Luke's students)
meet just outside Angel tube station
tube:
Angel, Northern Line |
9:00 Discover London
Experience M1
(Molly's Students)
Pick one of the eleven |
15:00
Cullinan Studio Office Visit
Foundry, 5 Baldwin Terrace, London, N1 7RU -map |
18:00/18:30
London Eye [meet at the London Eye queue at ~17:30] |
19:30
Charette Prep w/Luke & Molly
Place to be determined |
July 31 |
09:00 Design Charette
(all day) |
Arup -map
8 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ
Room 11 on the 5th floor
Team
Marylebone
Jacob Liddicoat, Kelsey Paul, Casey Whitmill, Skye Woodhouse |
BDP -map
16 Brewhouse Yard
London EC1V 4LJ
Team
Euston
Matt
McAnulty,
Brittney Moss,
Miles Williams,
Sebastian Lomas |
Cullinan
Studio
5 Baldwin Terrace, London, N1 7RU -map
Team
Blackfriars
Tim Christensen, Meghan Craig, Ciera Shaver, Brandon Taylor |
Rivington Street
Studio -map
23 Curtain Road London EC2A 3LT
Team
St. Pancras
Justin Bise, David Boyd, Jada Endicott, Antonio Fernandez |
Zedfactory
24 Helios Road—map1
Wallington,
Surrey SM6 7BZ
Team
Paddington
Ben Ferry, Dan Flesher, Carly Overton, Ernesto Ruiz
|
Aug 1 |
13:00–15:00 Charette Presentation (see
for final presentations)
Arup, 8 Fitzroy, Emmerson Room
walk 10 minutes from Passfield Hall -map
|
18:00
Celebration Dinner at Bacco—map
25 Red Lion Street, London, WC1R 4PS
|
Aug 2 |
10:30 Kew Botanic Gardens—map
1 & 2
Meet outside Victoria Gate for Group Photo
Glass houses close at 17:30
Must see list—Tropical House, Water Lily House, Temperate House,
Alpine House, Sackler Crossing, Treetop Walkway, L'Orangerie (café),
Princess of Wales House, Marianne North Gallery, Minka House, and Badger
Sett
tube:
Kew Gardens, District Line |
Aug 3 |
Check out of Passfield
Hall by 11:00 |