Jamie Trevillion

Reclaiming the BT Tower 

Studio 4 places emphasis on deploying the intrinsic strategic potential of architecture within the city, using considered urban and typological analyses to create architecture that provides a greater contribution back to the city. 

This thesis explores the process of breaking up the urban fabric into increasing large fragments known as Superblocks, focusing on the problems that arise when large private structures project public intent into the city.  The design project therefore proposes adapting the existing BT Tower to realign its function with its representational performance as a city monument.  

The project proposes the BT Museum, a public, mixed use scheme that transforms the private podium at the base of the iconic tower into a structure that operates as an animated civic element that introduces porosity into the dense urban environment of Fitzrovia tower and reunites the public with a civic monument that has been intangible for the past 40 years.  

Within the unit I was able to pursue my architectural and urban interests, exploring the evolution of different cities. I was encouraged to consider the performance of architecture at both and human a urban scale which enabled me to address the city’s changing dynamics and address the city’s contemporary issues.