ABSTRACT
At the University of Cambridge Department of
Architecture, I ran graduate design studios based in
London, Istanbul, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth,
and in Hemel Hempstead New Town. The studio
looked at the role of architectural creativity in
the context of very large-scale planning and the
interaction of design with political and economic
dynamics. John Tuomey, a visiting critic to the studio,
memorably described what we were seeking to
accomplish as ‘thinking big, but in a particular way’.
