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At The Bartlett, we don’t want our research to simply sit in an academic journal to be read by other academics.
So each issue we commission writers to speak to the people behind the big stories of the year to reveal how our research and collaborations are having real-world impact.
2016’s stories are collected under six themes, with an in-depth lead story and a series of short reports - browse the sections below to find them.
Themes
- Design
Hackable workspace (lead story)
Modern business requirements change more quickly than the physical workspace can keep up with, but does a new collaboration between Google and AHMM point towards a workable future?Raising damp up the agenda
New UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings contributes to substantial improvement in the understanding of moisture in buildings.The first 175 years
2016 ushered in a new era for The Bartlett School of Architecture, as it marked its 175th anniversary and launched four new courses.The Healthy Revolution
More than 50 years since its inception, the EDE’s expanding remit reflects new demands on buildings to deliver wellbeing.Buildings for dementia
‘Losing Myself’ at the 2016 Venice Biennale explored a research collaboration between two Bartlett architecture lecturers and a group of UCL dementia specialists.Excellence in architecture
The RIBA’s Annie Spink Award 2016 goes to The Bartlett School of Architecture’s Professor Christine Hawley.- History
History is written by everyone (lead story)
The Survey of London has embarked on its most experimental and collaborative project in more than a century of publishing: Whitechapel Histories.Preserving the smells of history
Heritage scientist Cecilia Bembibre wants to add an extra dimension to the study of historic locations and objects: smell.Three years of urban pamphleteer
A collaboration with Central Saint Martins explores the long tradition of using pamphlets to instigate change in cities.Preserving fantastic plastics
Dr Katherine Curran has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to explore how polymers degrade – and how better to preserve them.- Equality
Building a just urban agenda (lead story)
Making urban policy-making work for those that need it most in the Global South means elevating the voice of the urban poor. The DPU is showing how it can be done.The London Prosperity Board
How do you close the health, wealth and opportunity gap between the capital’s richest and its most deprived?Night-time politics
Research from UCL Urban Laboratory shows impact of LGBTQI nightlife venue closures on London’s communities.Learning from Jerusalem
The way migrant communities are integrated, or segregated, within cities in the future may determine if a city functions successfully.How should society value itself?
Students interested in reconceptualising prosperity for the 21st century should look no further than a new MSc in Global Prosperity.Relocation or dislocation?
Too often, the response to climate-related disasters is to relocate local inhabitants. The answer instead lies in managing urban growth, new research suggests.- Data
(Smart) Parklife (lead story)
At the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, CASA is putting a human face on the Internet of Things.The truth about shipping
CO2 emissions from international shipping for 2012 were estimated to be 796 million tonnes – so why don't more people care about it?A feel for the future
Prestigious industry-prize win for two Bartlett School of Architecture students hints at new collaborations possible in architecture.Telling stories with big data
How CASA created the UK’s largest data display for the London Transport Museum.- Place
Time + Place (lead story)
How the School of Planning picked up where the Farrell Review left off, helping to create and nurture the Place Alliance into a leading voice on best practice in urban design.Driving diversity
New project aims to show that urban diversity is an asset in European cities.Shardology
What does a 360-degree view of western Europe’s tallest building tell us?A new Estate of mind
The Bartlett’s soon-to-be-launched Real Estate Institute will look afresh at how we define and value the built environment.The power of unlikely connections
Dr Ben Campkin talks about how Engaged Urbanism can help us reimagine cities and think about urban challenges with fresh vigour.- Infrastructure
Why London leads the world at Megaprojects (lead story)
New approaches to major construction works in London have set a model of efficiency for delivering megaprojects on time and on budget.What’s the Hinkley point?
Analysis from UCL Energy Institute suggests that the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear plant will be obsolete within a decade of being built.Diesel and taxes
New report outlines tax options to tackle the growing public-health emergency of air pollution from diesel cars.Strong action needed on resource efficiency
High-profile report shows resource-efficiency policy can help in tackling climate change, while increasing global economic output.Behind the Carbon Budget
UCL Energy Institute model plays pivotal role in helping to set targets to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions.