LSA Summer Show 2025: Designing a more equitable London
Posted on: 23 July, 2025
Between Land and Water by Corben Lai
In a capital where a range of issues continue to drive inequalities, the London School of Architecture (LSA)’s Summer Show showcased a variety of innovative projects that address these issues through building design and urban planning.
Students from LSA, which recently merged with our University, showcased their Part 2 MArch in Designing Architecture projects at their annual Summer Exhibition, called ‘A Seat at the Table’, this month, focusing on four key areas: architectural reuse, inspiring positive change, practical and social flows, and challenging convention.
Projects on display included:
- Teenager City by Alfonso Pedrosa Campoy
Reimagining Churchill Gardens Estate as a place that supports teenage identity, autonomy, and belonging. - The TEXTile Collective by Jack Hartley
Using the “false binary” of career vs family as a launchpad to propose a new method of live/work using London’s disused industrial stock. - Dalston: Dig Where You Stand! by Jasmin Yeo
A call to action for residents to reclaim their histories of cultural heritage – building to counter “oppressive policing” of cultural space. - Between Land and Water by Corben Lai
Looking at retrofit and new builds in Clapton Park to combat flood risk in social domestic spaces. - School is City, City is School by Amy Wilkinson
Looking at “material failure” of UK mainstream school buildings and distributing educational activity into the fabric of the city. - Rapid Conservation by Isabella Hicks
Exploring the “immediate need” to retrofit existing housing stock in particular heritage terraced housing.
Dave Betts, School Director, LSA said: “The show was a triumph and I was bowled over by the quality of students’ work and their enthusiasm for running the event. Feedback from architectural practices were excellent and we look forward to working with them in providing jobs and placements to the LSA’s next generation of students. Now part of the University of Built Environment, we are confident that next year’s show will go from strength to strength.”
Marc Fleming, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader, Architectural Design Technology, at the University of the Built Environment, said: “I was hugely impressed with the talent on display at The London School of Architecture summer show. Kudos to all staff and students for pulling this together on a successful industry evening with our practice network.”
LSA has the full article featuring all the projects on its website.
