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 03: Order and composition
The Building Simply ethos advocates a rational and justified approach to architectural composition, which leads to calm, ordered and timeless buildings. This essay sets out our framework for Building Simply, focussing on the composition and form-making elements of the design process, which need to be ordered and rational. In a sense, the framework is a non-prescriptive guide for how to build simply; it establishes a set of criteria for Building Simply, but there are many ways in which it can be achieved.