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Design & Creative Practice is a 15-, 30- and 45-credit module taught across Years 1, 2 and 3 of Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies BSc. It is taken by Bartlett students and affiliate students, and may also be chosen as an elective by UCL students from other departments.
This year’s Year 1 students considered the surplus matter, energy and information in Islington’s Chapel Market. Through careful observation they worked to identify, document and collect the unseen, unnoticed and undervalued fallen by the wayside amid the market’s hustle and bustle, ranging from vegetable scraps to spilled light. This nuanced understanding of the site informed the development of new practices to harness and re-use surplus – not as a last resort, but as a first choice, rich with potential. Together the cohort brought their creative practices back to Chapel Market. They gave a performative demonstration of sustainable production cycles deeply rooted in the site, while simultaneously hinting at radically alternative futures.