Explore our Architectural Design and Technology students work.
Sustainable Environments: Maxwell Retrofit & Masjid Sakinah This portfolio presents two final-year Architectural Design and Technology projects exploring how sustainable architecture can improve building performance, extend building lifespan and enhance user wellbeing. The primary project focuses on the environmental retrofit of the Maxwell Building at the University of Salford. Instead of proposing demolition, the scheme […]
Sensory Led School for the Blind This project proposes a sensory-led school for blind and partially sighted students, designed around clarity, independence, and safe navigation. The building is organised around a central circulation spine, creating a simple and legible route through the school. This spine acts as both the main movement route and a tactile […]
The Salford Foundry The Salford Foundry is an art gallery project in Salford that celebrates the city’s industrial heritage while creating a contemporary space for creativity, culture, and community engagement. Inspired by the structure and character of traditional foundries, the building uses strong vertical elements, robust forms, and open public spaces to reinterpret Salford’s manufacturing […]
Environmental Retrofit and Community Architecture in Salford This exhibition presents two final-year Architectural Design and Technology projects exploring environmental performance, adaptive reuse, and community-focused design. The primary project reimagines the Maxwell Building through a holistic retrofit strategy. The proposal integrates façade redesign, environmental systems, and low-carbon technologies to improve thermal performance, reduce operational energy demand, […]
Common Ground – Veterans’ and Community Wellbeing Centre CIAT Outstanding Student Award 2026 Common Ground is a veterans’ and community-focused PTSD rehabilitation centre in Salford. The project challenges the idea that recovery should take place in a clinical or isolated setting. Instead, it brings veterans, families, and the wider community together through shared therapeutic, social, […]
Salford Central Mosque Garden Salford Central Mosque Garden is a community-centred development designed to support worship, education, social interaction, and community events. Located in Salford, east of the river and surrounded by residential neighbourhoods, the project transforms a previously dilapidated parking site into a modern, sustainable mosque complex with gardens and open green space. The […]