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Faculty of Built Environment (The Bartlett)

Meet the current Faculty lead for The Built Environment (The Bartlett), view current and past projects and interventions.

Thomas Parker

Thomas Parker is Associate Professor (Teaching) at the Bartlett School of Architecture. He is an architectural designer, fabricator and photographer who graduated from the Bartlett School and his interests lie in experimental architecture and spatial design, which he explores through the deployment of speculative devices and scenarios. 

Thomas explores a range of mediums in his work, including 3D scanning, analogue and digital photography, creative coding, as well as fabrication and simulation modeling, all with a focus on learning through a process that aims to tease out a truer speculation around the intricacies of experimental architectural design.

He has been a Student Success Lead since September 2024.

 

Current work

Intervention

Theme

Outputs, Outcomes and Impact

Status

Central UCL Recruitment and Advisory Committee (RAC) raising contextual offer grades across the Faculty of the Built Environment.

Other
  • Report/Paper for Recruitment and Advisory Board (RAC).
  • Agreement entry requirements remain at BBC
  • Continuing pipeline for Access students into Bartlett
Ongoing

Undergraduate Programme Working Groups

Staff Initiatives
  • Track Progress via termly reporting – with actionable agendas and outcomes from each meeting.
  • The interest of Programme Directors taking part in work arouns Student Success.
  • Reporting awarding gap figures from all programmes to an external governing body; Architectural Registration Board. 
Ongoing

Student Curriculum Partners programme

Curriculum Changes
  • More modules reviewed over the coming years to previous.
  • Inclusive curriculum changes made by module leads after the reviews.
  • Creation of a positive student experience during the next iteration of the module.
Ongoing - 2025-26

 

Previous work*

  • Development of an Asian culture awareness survey
  • Creation of B-Asia - a student led endeavour to deliver undeclared, untold and unsuspected stories related to Asia. https://issuu.com/bartlettarchucl/docs/b-asia_issue_001_the_stew
  • Improvement to personal tutoring
  • Creation of cross faculty survey to explore attitudes and support for underrepresented students
  • Development of a cross faculty working group to apply for funding from awarding gap fund.

*previous Faculty Lead for The Bartlett was Dr Judy Stephenson