Advanced Sustainable Design

11/03/2024

Calling all friends and graduates of Advanced Sustainable Design in and around Edinburgh. John is giving his inaugural professorial lecture on 20 March at 5.15 at Edinburgh College of Art in the West Court. Admission is free with a drinks reception afterwards. Book a free place through Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-lecture-by-professor-john-brennan-sustaining-rural-architecture-tickets-825069313527?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

14/06/2023

24/05/2023

New Scholarships for ASD Students for EU Citizens. Edinburgh College of Art part of the University of Edinburgh are offering One Hundred unique Scholarships. Each scholarship award provides the value of £14,100, which will be deducted from the usual fee rate for Overseas applicants. These are competitive but are a great opportunity to study Advanced Sustainable Design in Edinburgh. More information here

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is delighted to announce the ECA EU Scholarships Award Scheme for postgraduate taught Master’s programmes.

29/07/2021

Promote your Sustainable Design!
A coalition of over 100 partner organisations including the University of Edinburgh) have launched an international Open Call for projects and a centrepiece installation to form part of the global COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion, which will be delivered as part of COP26 in November.

The Virtual Pavilion will explore key sustainability themes through a digital exhibition of global projects and places, as well as a major series of events and downloadable content. To ensure the very best and most impactful projects are chosen, an Open Call has been launched for entries to two elements of the Virtual Pavilion – (1)exemplary projects for the exhibition and (2) a sustainability focused installation that will act as a centrepiece within the exhibition. The chosen entries will be promoted as part of the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion communications campaign, and will be available to view long after COP26 ends.

(1)Exhibition Open Call
The Open Call is seeking global projects, built or planned, that best represent the built environment sector and its role in tackling the climate and ecological crisis. Submissions are expected to exhibit outstanding performance against at least one of the Virtual Pavilion’s environmental themes: climate mitigation, climate adaptation, natural resource use, and nature and biodiversity – whilst demonstrating how they also benefit people and communities. The final exhibition will feature a diversity of project types, with different contexts and geographies, each of which will have a virtual space within the exhibition.

(2)Installation Open Call
The second opportunity to respond to the Open Call is with a design for an installation that will sit within the heart of the Virtual Pavilion and act as a centrepiece. The Open Call is looking for the best new or existing playful interventions, interactive spaces and abstract art pieces that demonstrate how or why the built environment is both part of the problem and part of the solution to climate change. The selected entrant will work with the Virtual Pavilion partners and technology team to bring the idea to (virtual) reality and will be explored by visitors in the Virtual Pavilion. It should capture people’s attention and help visitors understand the significance of the sustainability of our built environment.

The deadline for entries is Monday 2nd August 2021 at 23:59 BST. Judging will take place during mid-August by an international team of built environment experts, with winners and commendations scheduled to be announced in late-August. Those interested in submitting projects and ideas should read through both Open Call briefs (attached) and decide where their project best fits.

Link here:

The Open Call This Open Call is seeking entries for two main elements of the virtual pavilion: EXHIBITION: Built environment projects that offer solutions to the climate crisis. These projects …

28/07/2021

Scotland’s Rural Home by John Brennan tells nine stories about rural buildings, lives and landscapes. It describes what lies behind the postcard view and how we can make sustainable lives in the countryside.
Available at all good bookshops online and on the high street.

09/07/2021

Just Published!
This is all about rural architecture that has sustainable development baked in often in quiet but really effective ways.
Published by Lund Humphries and available at all good bookshops....https://www.lundhumphries.com/products/152668

14/08/2019

Have Your Say: Future Sustainability.
I'm setting up a sustainability pathway for the Edinburgh Futures Institute. It's a new institute for Edinburgh University that brings together academics and students from the social sciences, engineering, business, law, policy, computer science, design disciplines, humanities and the arts, along with people from industry and other organisations.

We're setting up a portfolio of new, interdisciplinary programmes offering students new ways of studying. This will include a set of postgraduate opportunities in the broad area of Future Sustainability.

W’d like to hear from you including those of you who are graduates from MSc ASD. What would you say would be great new courses and curriculum that would have relevance and interest in your field of sustainable development. Follow this link to complete the survey:

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10/06/2019

We have now completed our project catalogue. It's a comprehensive record of the work we've done along Union Canal. The publication is free to download as a pdf file from www.regeneratingunioncanal.com

10/06/2019

You are cordially invited to the launch of an exciting partnership between Edinburgh charity People Know How and Polwarth Parish Church.

ALL Aboard - navigating Life together
at Polwarth Church gardens on 15th June 2019 as part of The Edinburgh Canal Festival and Raft Race.

We will celebrate this exciting canal-based project with Gateaux for the Bateaux, music, and of course the exhibition of the work of Edinburgh University Students with their regeneration project for the canal.
Saturday, 15 June 2 - 4pm
Polwarth Parish Church 36-38 Polwarth Terrace Edinburgh, EH11 1LU

13/03/2019

13/03/2019

We explore building behaviour and use packages such as IES to figure out if natural ventilation strategies can be effective. This is work by Markos Seferiadis.