Staying curious
Alongside design projects, Amanda makes time for research, teaching (at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University), reading, observing and reflecting on the world around us and the issues affecting architecture, art, landscape and placemaking in Wales and beyond. In this blog you can find a collection of essays, reviews and reflections relating to the work of Situated Studio.
Building Simply 02: Learning from the vernacular
On our travels and when exploring the local context for new projects, we are often drawn to vernacular architecture and traditional building patterns. This article, the second in the Building Simply series of essays, considers the value of learning from vernacular architecture for building today, and how it can inspire a contemporary approach to design which avoids pastiche.
Building Simply 01: An introduction
Introduces the concept of Building Simply and explores the benefits and challenges of this approach to architecture in the UK. It sets out why the ethos of building simply is a beneficial and sustainable antithesis to the wasteful, lazy and irrational way of building which prevails in current, commercially driven architecture.