Hannah Vowles
Deputy Head of School and Associate Professor
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design
- Email:
- hannah.vowles@bcu.ac.uk
- Phone:
- 0121 331 5106
Studied architecture at Kingston and the Architectural Association. Worked in architectural practice for 10 years, public and private sector. Founded art practice / project Art in Ruins with Glyn Banks – exhibitions, published critical writing, curating, teaching. Founding Chair of association of architectural educators [aae].
Current Activity
Collaborative fine art practice - interrogating authenticity, originality and individuality of art and the artist; critical practice as propositional, collaborative and post-disciplinary basis for cultural production
Architecture design studio culture - interrogating advocacy of the physical design studio as central and essential to architectural pedagogy
Areas of Expertise
- Design
- Cultural context
- Architecture pedagogy
Qualifications
RIBA Part 1 and Part 2
PG Cert in Education & Professional Development
Memberships
Association of Architectural Educators
Architectural Association
RIBA (associate member)
Teaching
Design studio, theory, dissertation.
Research
2013 INVESTIGATING ARCHITECTURE STUDIO CULTURE IN THE UK: A PROGRESS REPORT
Paper by Hannah Vowles, Professor Jim Low and Holly Rose Doron
Journal for Education in the Built Environment
Vol. 7, Issue 2, proof. ISSN: 1747-4205 (Online)
2012 STUDIO CULTURE IN ARCHITECTURE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UK
Paper by Hannah Vowles & Professor Jim Low in Improving Learning Quality In Architectural Educational Environments
Constantin Spiridonidis & Maria Voyatzake eds. EAAE Transactions on Architectural Education No. 60
2011 THE TRIUMPH OF CULTURE
Article by Hannah Vowles & Glyn Banks
Theory Beyond the Codes tbc019
Marielouise and Arthur Kroker eds.
2010 ‘ART IN RUINS AND UNKNOWN STRANGER, LONDON 1994 AN UNPUBLISHED PROJECT FOR FRIEZE
I Wonder What the Silence was About
Studio Culture project
2011—13 The aim of this project was to interrogate and reach an understanding of the prevailing provision, use and attitudes toward design studio culture and pedagogy, and emerging trends in the context of diminishing institutional funding, increasing institutional use of space charging, technological innovations, increasing student debt and increased SSRs within UK schools of architecture.
Key questions on how the design studio facilitated the formation of the cohort as a supportive teaching and learning community and how technology contributed to improved assessment and feedback. A secondary question was whether these in turn may enhance progression and retention. This was carried out in such a way to engage academics and students in contributing toward influencing and formulating policy both at a local and also at national level.
Funded by Higher Education Academy – Centre for Education in Built Environment (CEBE) Innovations in Teaching and Learning Award.
Art in Ruins
2009—11 Art in Ruins has been the subject of an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts project (by artist Eva Weinmayr) interviewing artists, curators, publishers and writers about Art in Ruins’ ‘silence’ in the art world. This has resulted in a video work, publications, exhibitions and performances in London, Berlin, Warsaw, Florence and New York.
Postgraduate Supervision
PhD supervision
Publications
Vowles, H. (2012) 'Investigating Architecture Studio Culture in the UK: A Progress Report', Journal of Education in the Built Environment [JEBE]. With Jim Low and Holly Rose Doron.
Vowles, H. (2011) ‘The Triumph of Culture’, article by Art in Ruins, Theory Beyond the Codes tbc019, Marielouise and Arthur Kroker eds.
Vowles, H. (2010) ‘The Triumph of Culture’, project by Art in Ruins, RIBA Journal January.
Vowles, H. (2009) ‘Architectures of the Near Future’, ‘Recent History’ project by Art in Ruins, Ed. Nic Clear, Architectural Design, London
Art in Ruins’ ‘Silence’ Publications
Vowles, H. (2010) Art in Ruins and Unknown Stranger, London 1994: An Unpublished Project for Frieze, Book by Eva Weinmayr, Occasional Papers, London
Bibliography
Bonacina, Andrew. (2010) Misty Boundaries. Exhibition review, Frieze, London. Issue 131. May 2010
McLean-Ferris, Laura. (2010) Misty Boundaries Fades and Dissolves. Exhibition review, Arts Review, London. Issue 42. May 2010
Mapinska, Malwina (2010) I Wonder What the Silence Was About. Exhibition review, Dziennik, Warsaw. July 2010
Radio
2010 ‘Wavelength’ 10 December, William English interviews Ed Baxter about Art in Ruins (30 mins), Resonance Radio
2010 ‘Wavelength’ 17 September, William English interviews Ed Baxter about Art in Ruins (30 mins), Resonance Radio
Group exhibitions
2009 On the Margins of Art: Creation and Political Engagement, curated by Guy Schraenen, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
2008 Art & Business, Galerie Inga-Pin, Milan, Italy
Conference presentations
2012 Invited presentation on architecture studio culture project at Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture [SCHOSA] conference
2012 Invited presentation (with Jim Low) at European Association of Architecture Education [EAAE] Annual Conference, Chania Crete (forthcoming)