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Northumbria University, Newcastle
Department of Architecture and the Built Environment
Enquiries:
ie-practice-2024@northumbria.ac.uk
Conference / Workshop Introduction
Northumbria University’s Interior Architecture Programme is delighted to host the 2024 Interior Educators International IE Practice 2024 Conference / workshop.
This upcoming conference & workshop will be the first Interior Educators has held since the Covid-19 pandemic, coinciding with 10 years of Northumbria University BA(Hons) Interior Architecture Alumni and occurs at a critical moment as we define the next 10 years of our pedagogic and practice-based landscapes on the interior and the adaptation of existing space.
IE Practice 2024 will bring academics, research practitioners, creatives, industry leaders and design practitioners together to discuss current and future issues critical to interior architecture, interior design, and adaptive reuse in academia and in practice.
Adaptive reuse is the topic of our times for the built environment, as an unwavering response to the climate crisis through a reuse first principle and as a continued response to the maintenance of the collective memory of place and space. It is redefining current practice and shaping future creative practices in our field. It defines our current design pedagogies in academia and underpins the next chapter in the education of our future design practitioners as cultural, climate and resource literate designers.
The conference will explore contemporaneous topics on innovative practice, on practising innovation, on definitions of creative practice, and on the practice of creatives. It will cover such topics through an implicit sustainability lens and focus on research, theoretic and practice-based ideas of collaboration and the heterogeneous role of academia in practice.
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Interior Educators (IE) is the Learned Society for the subject of the interior in the UK and is at the forefront of research and pedagogic discourse on the interior and adaptive reuse.
As the leading authority on interior education, IE champions the advancement and acknowledgement of excellence and scholarly rigour within the diverse array of interior-based courses nationwide. As a registered charity, IE operates on a not-for-profit basis. IE fervently advocates for the subject's diversity and multiplicity, providing a robust support network for both its members and students throughout their educational journeys. Serving as a unified collective, IE represents the voice of member institutions, addressing current and future shared challenges and aspirations within the realm of the interior.
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Based in the North East of England, UK, our studio-based programme is concerned with the creative reuse, adaptation and rehabilitation of buildings, whether old, new, forgotten, redundant or in disrepair.
It is concerned with the manner by which interiors are conceived and integrated into the existing site, with an emphasis placed on the recognition of built fabric and site narratives as precursors to the development of an adaption.
Additionally, the programme considers material reset and sustainability within interiors. It advocates for responsible stewardship of resources and promotes a holistic approach that considers the environmental impact of design decisions. Furthermore, the programme encourages the exploration of innovative ways to repurpose materials and minimise waste through design practice.
Creative expression is an underpinning fundamental of our programme, where interiors serve as a canvas for creative expression. The programme explores the interior as a platform from which we investigate challenges and innovative approaches to creative practice, continuity and its profound impact on cultural and collective aesthetic sensibilities.
Finally, our programme uses the design project as the central vehicle for learning. It is designed to stimulate and provoke imaginative responses to the reuse and adaptation of existing architectural space through an understanding of the interior, place and context.
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Call for Submissions - CLOSED
IE Practice 2024 invites academics, research practitioners, creatives, industry leaders and design practitioners together to discuss current and future issues critical to interior architecture, interior design, and adaptive reuse in academia and in practice.
We invite three contribution types from researchers, practitioners, and creatives:
Illustrated Papers / Practice Case Studies
Photo Essays
Constructed Artefacts
Contributions will celebrate explorative practices within the conference themes and the diverse forms of interior architectural knowledge production occurring within academia and practice. Submissions are invited to consider and traverse the following themes but are not limited to:
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An examination of immediate and future academic and practice-based methodologies and approaches for the adaptation of extant buildings, places and matter, as a transformative practice for our built, heritage and material cultures. This theme discusses the pedagogic and design-based methodologies that promote reuse first principles and affirm an appreciation of the existing, its reuse, its adapted reuse, and its reconstitution as critical behaviours for the continuity of our built environment.
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An examination of the interior as a setting for climate literacy, action and redress, and the role its academics and practitioners play as agents of sustainable design practice. The theme calls for a reset, through explorations of environmental consciousness, applied theory, pedagogic and practice-based strategies and innovative practices that redefine hierarchies of design behaviour. It asks how the interior and its ambassadors answer to UN Sustainable Development Goals and embed them as principles of practice.
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An exploration of the role of interiors in creative practice and the creative practice of making interiors, examining the challenges faced and innovative approaches employed in ensuring the continuity and relevance of this valuable creative practice. This theme will explore provocations on the changing landscape of interiors practice and pedagogy, its definitions within creative arts practice, and its profound impact on our collective spatial, cultural and aesthetic sensibilities.
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
Keynote Speakers
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Jonathan originally studied Anthropology and has always been interested in the varying ways spaces and places can be reused and remodelled. This theme has also recurringly shaped his extensive teaching experience. Jonathan studied under and taught alongside Fred Scott and has long been one of the UK's leading advocates for remodelling and radically transforming old buildings for modern uses.
Founded on the principle of reuse, Tuckey Design Studio’s portfolio features many buildings that once served purposes, such as schools, workshops, churches, offices, and homes. The reuse of existing structures presents Tuckey Design Studio with an opportunity to conserve resources and contribute to a fascinating dialogue between old and new, maintaining the rich patina and history of a place in preparation for a new purpose. The practice has worked on commissions such as the interior architecture for the King’s Cross Gasholders, Michelberger Hotel in Berlin, Trevarefabrikken Hotel and cultural venue in Norway, the RIBA Award-winning Horris Hill Theatre and Wachthuus, a restaurant and ski lodge in Switzerland.
Having previously worked for David Chipperfield Architects and Fletcher Priest Architects, Jonathan founded his multi-award-winning practice 25 years ago in London. This spring, the practice became Tuckey Design Studio, to acknowledge the collective efforts and collaborative nature of the wider team, and opened its first international studio in Switzerland.
Tuckey Design Studio explores the cultural, social and emotional connections formed with buildings over time. They seek to transform structures, through adaptive reuse of existing buildings or sustainable new construction, into places that serve their occupants for generations. With a cohesive approach to architecture and the interior, the practice pays particular attention to the human scale of a project.
tuckeydesign.com
Adaptive Reuse
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Lionel Devlieger, co-founder of Rotor in 2005 and Associate Professor at Ghent University, is a pioneering figure in material culture. Combining his extensive experience, he develops critical positions through practice and academic research, Lionel advocates for the integration of reuse and circularity in building.
Rotor, the acclaimed Belgian cooperative design practice, is internationally recognised for its ground-breaking work in material reuse and circular design principles. Through innovative research projects, exhibitions, conferences, and publications, Rotor not only fosters debate but also challenges conventional approaches to waste and obsolescence in the construction sector. Rotor undertakes interior projects crafted around reclaimed elements to develop projects as a bespoke answer to client needs.
Lionel's influence extends beyond his roles at Rotor and UGhent, teaching at universities across Europe and the US, including UC Berkeley, TU Delft, Columbia University, and the AA School, among others. In 2018, he co-authored "Deconstruction et Réemploi," the influential textbook on building component reuse (EPFL Press), and co-authored Ad Hoc Baroque, Marcel Raymaekers’ Salvage Architecture in Poswar Belgium, published by Rotor in December 2023.
With a commitment to reshaping the discourse on resources, waste, and urban mining in the construction sector, Lionel Devlieger and Rotor continue to lead the way towards a more sustainable and resilient built environment.
rotordb.org
Material Reset
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Dr. Jane Hall is a founding member of Assemble, a multidisciplinary collective known for its work across architecture, design, and art. Founded in 2010 for a single self-built project, Assemble quickly gained recognition and won the Turner Prize in 2016 for their work in Granby, Liverpool. The collective is celebrated for its democratic and cooperative working methods, which enable a broad spectrum of projects that span built, creative, social, and research-based work.
As the inaugural recipient of the British Council Lina Bo Bardi Fellowship in 2013, Jane focused on the intersection of art and architecture, and exploring alternative architectural methods. She earned her PhD at the Royal College of Art in London, where her research explored the legacy of modernist architects in Brazil and the UK.
Jane has lectured internationally at institutions such as The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Princeton University, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. She is also a visiting lecturer and regular critic at the Royal College of Art, the Bartlett School of Architecture, and the University of Cambridge.
Her research has been widely published, including the books Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women (Phaidon, 2019) and Woman Made (Phaidon, 2021), which examine the work of female designers worldwide.
Assemble’s projects have been featured in prestigious venues like the Venice Biennale and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Recently, they curated the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition architecture room. Under Jane’s direction, Assemble continues to push the boundaries of socially engaged architecture, crafting creative spaces that meaningfully serve communities.
Creative Practice
Key Dates
Publication
Travel and Accommodation
Credits
Convenors
Call for Abstracts
30 April
Abstract deadline (extended)
10 June
Notification of acceptance
w/c 15 July
Early bird registration opens
w/c 29 July
Early bird registration closes
16 September 23:59
Submission of accepted contributions
13 September (ext)
Acceptance for presentation & publication
w/c 30 September
Conference programme announced
w/c 21 October
Standard registration closes
7 November (ext)
IE Practice 2024 Conference
21.11.24: Conference Registration opens 09:30, Welcome and Introduction 10:15.
22.11.24: Conference closes 17:00.
(local time UK)
21 - 22 November
A special conference issue of IE:Studio, will focus on Practice in the context of the interior and the conference themes through selected submissions and all conference contributions in abstract form.
The IE Practice 2024 Conference and Northumbria Interior Architecture are coordinating with publishers to develop a post-conference reader from the conference themes, containing selected Papers, Practice Case Studies, Photo Essays and Artefacts.
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Northumbria University, Newcastle
Department of Architecture and the Built Environment
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture Programme
Sutherland Building
College Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
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For those arriving by air, Newcastle Airport is connected directly to the city centre (and hotels etc.) via the Metro network.
For those arriving by train, Newcastle Central Station is in the heart of the city, close to many hotel options, and has immediate access to the Metro network.
Sutherland Building is approximately 1.5km/an 18 minute walk from Newcastle Central station -
Accommodation Discounts
There is no university accommodation available for the conference. However, we have arranged for a range of discounts with local places to stay, through our partner, the Newcastle Gateshead Initiative. Please followthis linkto view.
It is recommended to please book your accommodation asap as hotels will start releasing rooms 2-4 weeks prior to the conference.
Scientific Committee
Andrea Couture
Paul Ring
Prof. Graeme Brooker
Royal College of Art
Prof. Edward Hollis
Edinburgh College of Art
David Littlefield
University of Westminster
Andy Milligan
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & DesignUniversity of Dundee
Dr Francesca Murialdo
Middlesex University
Karen Nugent
KNArchitects
Dr Bie Plevoets
UHasselt, Belgium
Andy Stone
Director-Trustee, IE
Ben Couture
Northumbria University
Dr Peter Holgate
Northumbria University
Dr Francesca Lanz
Northumbria University
Dr Patrizio Martinelli
Northumbria University
Dr Lesley McIntyre
Northumbria University
Organising Committee
Andrea Couture
Northumbria University
Ben Couture
Kathleen Gatward
Dr Francesca Lanz
Dr Patrizio Martinelli
Paul Ring
Elisabetta Tafaro
Visual Identity and Web-Design
Will Fraser
Conference Sponsorship Opportunities
Northumbria University
Andrea Couture
Northumbria University
Paul Ring
Lucerne University, Switzerland
Prof. Ralph Stoian
Thursday 21 & Friday 22 November 2024
If you are interested in sponsoring the IE Practice 24 conference, please contact us with an expression of interest. Any questions can be directed to the conference email: ie-practice-24@northumbria.ac.uk