Bartlett Review 2017
Explore the 2017 edition of the Bartlett Review.
Short stories
Future welfare: Universal Basic Services
New report says UK needs to rethink the welfare state for 21st-century challenges.
BiotA Lab is designing an architectural bark for buildings that has bio-receptive qualities – a stage set for cryptogams.
The Lancet Countdown tracks 40 indicators on links between climate change and health.
The UCL Energy Institute’s UKTM energy model underpins UK’s Clean Growth Strategy.
Architects’ assumptions may be steering clients away from making sustainable choices for their homes.
High-rise office and residential buildings use more energy per square metre than low-rise.
A different view of resources
The resource nexus offers new models to manage global resources sustainably.
The need for infrastructure in Nigeria is being used as a pretext to displace low-income communities to release urban land value.
Homebuyers could borrow more if they could accurately forecast their energy bills.
How do pathogens get introduced into urban populations and how do they spread?
New study investigates the links between heritage science and sport science.
Leading scientists and artists are teaming up to research how modern art can best be preserved for future generations.
Two pilot projects are building a picture of prosperity for residents of East London.
Three sold-out conferences for The Bartlett School of Architecture in 2016/17.
Trio of symposia explores situated practice in contemporary art, architecture and urbanism.
Long stories
Can a video game and three million minds help to defuse a global health timebomb?
The UK has a critical skills shortage in the construction industry, one that poses a significant risk to the delivery of planned major projects. Will Brexit push it over the edge?
The Bartlett’s sell-out 2016 conference, ‘Drawing Futures’, proved that obituaries for the role of hand-drawing in architecture practice have been premature.
We all like the idea of major renewable energy infrastructure projects but what about when they’re built next door?
Today’s food system is depleting groundwater reserves faster than they can be replenished. What happens next could determine the future of global food security.
What does AI-driven generative design mean for creativity and production in architecture?
Faculty news
Urbanisation, globalisation, automation, social and environmental disruption. All of these affect the way the built environment is created – and all set challenges The Bartlett needs to solve.
Today’s real estate model is increasingly limited in its scope and lopsided. A new Bartlett institute aims to create a concept for the sector that’s fit for the 21st-century city.
The Bartlett’s 22 Gordon Street has attracted plenty of industry attention. But how is the building standing up to its first year of occupancy? We find out what users think.
From broadband to genetic sequencing and solar panels, the public sector has always been a nurturer of innovation. It’s time the state’s role as innovator is recognised.
Here East is The Bartlett’s first significant footprint outside its traditional stomping ground in Bloomsbury. We speak to its architects.
Infographic: Growing ambition (pdf)
A new cutting-edge space in east London and two new institutes with bold cross-disciplinary mandates underline The Bartlett’s goal: to be the world’s number-one faculty of the built environment.
Essays
The challenge of mass displacement requires a new vision of prosperity. To develop such a vision and deliver positive results, universities must work with a range of groups in the countries affected. By Hannah Sender and Nikolay Mintchev
Educational environments are integral to effective learning and safe, healthy, and sustainable cities. So why has the science of designing them been overlooked for so long? By Clare Melhuish and Alexi Marmot
It is unfortunate that Eritrea is more likely to evoke images of migrant crises than outstanding architectural heritage. Asmara’s listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site could change that perception. By Edward Denison
Drones can do a lot more than deliver the shopping. How about making urban planning a more democratic process? By Flora Roumpani
A new manifesto for data and co-creation in the digital city wants to put social value at the centre of today’s smart-city rhetoric. By Claire McAndrew
Research by UCL Urban Laboratory has found that the number of LGBTQ+ venues in London has more than halved in the past decade, eroding a crucial social infrastructure. By Ben Campkin and Laura Marshall
Policymakers, listen up! Recognising the contribution that heritage makes to the wider UK economy starts with semantics: we’re talking about a heritage “industry”. By May Cassar
08: Cracking energy efficiency
The UK’s Clean Growth Strategy shows that the government is starting to understand that energy efficiency is compelling when climate and competitiveness drivers reinforce each other. By Peter Mallaburn
09: Reimagining the potential of urban design
Changing the ways in which we frame and intervene in the built environment requires a critical engagement with the political nature of the production of space. By Catalina Ortiz