London Public Infrastructure: The In-Between (London, United Kingdom)
The Life Within the Barbican
London Public Infrastructure: The In-Between
London, United Kingdom
This research explores how public spaces in dense urban contexts become active zones of everyday life. The study focuses on open spaces between buildings such as courtyards, terraces and plazas, which serve as settings for people to pause, meet, and linger outside private or commercial interiors. Using London as a field site, with a primary focus on the Barbican’s Lakeside Terrace, the project documents patterns of use, movement, and behavior to understand how design and programmatic choices turn transitional areas into lived public spaces. By mapping, observing, and analyzing these environments, the study highlights the subtle architectural and social conditions that make the in-between truly habitable.
About the M.Arch Travel Awards Program
The Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program grants travel awards each spring for selected students to support work grounded in architectural design research. The awards facilitate research related to a range of diverse contexts, practices and cultures. Students are encouraged to take on research projects in areas of their choice that will be further developed through research papers, a thesis or independent study.