Mr Derek Hill
Senior Teaching Fellow
Architecture
Personal statement
To be Continued....
Prize And Awards
- Best Overall Teacher - Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards 2019
- Recipient
- 10/5/2019
Qualifications
2002
Part 3 Qualification ARB (No. 067418D)
2001
Post Graduate Diploma, Advanced Architectural Design
Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde
1999
BSc(Hons) Architectural Studies, Second Class Honours, Upper Division
Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde
Publications
- University of Strathclyde Vertically Integrated Project for Sustainable Design : Faculty Working Group
- Hill Derek
- (2024)
- Becoming an architect : a day long workshop with S2 pupils exploring the skills pathway to becoming an architect
- Hill Derek
- (2024)
- University of Turku Curriculum Mapping Workshop : Peer Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Transfer
- Hill Derek
- (2023)
- A Highline for Glasgow : Remapping Collaborations at Strathclyde, London Biennale: Eureka! 2023
- Hill Derek, Doriwala Henish, Sideri Theodora, Young Jakob
- (2023)
- Collaborative Mini-Charrette : Buchanan Galleries Public Realm
- Hill Derek
- (2023)
- STEAM Workshop: East Renfrewshire Council : Mearns Castle High School, Faculty of Art and Design
- Hill Derek
- (2023)
Research Interests
COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
This area of research is a developing interest and bridges between my experiences in architectural practice and education. As a practicing architect, a collaborative approach was vital to the success of any project, either through internal design team collaborations or across industry during the design and construction phase of a number of projects.
Collaborative processes are often limited to ‘group work’ within student, academic projects with little real collaboration. Instead, students work on related or similar tasks with individual outputs and submissions. Having developed a number of curricular activities related to ‘Collaborative Practice’ I have been in a position to test theories while developing student skillset in areas directly applicable to architectural practice.
Examples of ongoing outputs include:
2023 - University of Turku Curriculum Mapping Workshop. Focus group exploring parallel activity and peer to peer knowledge transfer.
2023 - Amity School of Architecture and Planning Workshop. Focus group exploring teaching and exchange opportunities.
LIVE BUILD PROJECTS AS TOOLS FOR ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION
The architect, as ‘chief builder’ requires a good, broad understanding of construction detaiiversity of ling to ensure that any designed idea is both practical and achievable. Without the ability to test through ‘making by doing’ students of architecture are in danger of not appropriately understanding the reality of problem solving.
Working on ‘live build’ projects within the curriculum, from as early as the initial weeks of Year 1, ensures students have a good sense of the practical processes of the profession.
Registration for PhD study planned for spring 2025 which will align with key teaching and curriculum activity, serving as a formal platform for reflection and documentation of a wide variety of topics and modules.
Examples of ongoing outputs include:
2024 – “Pathways: Secondary Education to Higher Education”. Careers talk, Mearns Castle High School, to S4 Art and Design Pupils.
2023 – “Pathways: Secondary Education to Higher Education”. Careers workshop, Woodfarm High School, with S2 Art and Design Pupils.
2023 – “Remapping Collaborations at Strathclyde”. Project Submission/Exhibition. Eureka! 2023 London Biennale. To delivered in collaboration with Year 3 Design Studies students from the Department of Architecture.
2023 - AAE Conference “Productive Disruptive” (Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University). Paper (Abstract): “CRITICAL PATHS: Conversations on an Alternative Symbiosis between Academia and Practice”https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture/events/association-of-architectural-educators-conference-2023
2023 - Collaborative mini-charrette with Glasgow School of Art and New Practice (https://new-practice.co.uk/) public realm proposals for the new Buchanan Galleries urban district. Delivered as part of module AB966.
2019 – Glasgow City Council Partnership. Meanwhile Use Project: Development of 279-281 High Street Glasgow as a meanwhile use space (Art Gallery) by Glasgow City Council. Project launch with exhibition of Department of Architecture student work (Drawing on High Street).
2019 – Glasgow City Council Partnership. Student Collaborative Project: Relocation of Greenfriars Community Garden working in partnership with Glasgow City Council and the Greyfriars gardeners.
2019 - Glasgow City Council High Street Area Strategy Document: Contributor/Partnership Working https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=56273&p=0
2019 - Routes through Practice Charrette in partnership with ThreeSixty Architecture. Invited speaker / creator. A panel discussion and presentation on the various post study routes to, and through architectural practice.
2012-2019 Collaborative Live Build with Wiston Lodge. A 10 year project in collaboration with Year 1 students and Wiston Lodge (www.wistonlodge.com)
https://liveprojectsnetwork.org/project/to-shelter/
2018 - Glasgow Institute of Architects “PaperCut” Series (16/02/18): Panel Member: “Lines of Inquiry – Collaborative Practice”. Invited speaker. A panel discussion and presentation on various collaborative working opportunities developed in the BSc(Hons) Architectural Studies Degree programme
2016 – Strathclyde International Architecture School (SAIS). “The City and the Land”. Inner Mongolian University of Technology. https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/
2016 - AAE Charrette “Architectural Education in Scotland” (Spring 2016) Paper: “Contextual Explorations through the City: Short Stories from the Architectural Design Studio”
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/arched/char/2016/00000003/00000001/art00007
2015 – Merchant City Festival. “Future Architects Workshop”. Single day workshop for future architects. https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/
2015 - Merchant City Festival / Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Festival of Architecture. “ChalkTalk” Mobile Installation, in collaboration with Andrea Hickey and Neal Hemmingway.
https://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/visit/exhibition/chalk-talk
https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/
2014 - AAE Conference “Living and Learning” (Sheffield School of Architecture). Paper: “The Real Deal: Case Studies in Alternative Teaching Strategies”
2014 - ADU 2020 Conference “Creative Adjacencies” (KU Leuven University, Ghent). Paper: “The Real Deal: Case Studies in Alternative Teaching Strategies”
https://issuu.com/arnhrn/docs/creativeadjacencies
2013 - Live Projects Network. Workshop: “Urban Brandscapes – The Ghosts of San Jose” (San Jose, Costa Rica 2013)
Professional Activities
- Pathway Pedagogy: National 5 to University Degree
- Presenter
- 25/1/2025
- Becoming an architect Workshop
- Contributor
- 27/1/2024
- East Renfrewshire Council - Mearns Castle High School
- Visiting researcher
- 23/1/2024
- Amity School of Architecture and Planning Workshop.
- Speaker
- 1/8/2023
- Remapping Collaborations at Strathclyde, London Biennale
- Participant
- 1/6/2023
- University of Turku Curriculum Mapping Workshop
- Speaker
- 1/6/2023
Projects
- University of Strathclyde Sustainability and Environmental Services: Grounds Staff Accommodation
- Hill, Derek (Principal Investigator)
- A live project for Year 2 and Year 4 students to collaborate on research and design proposals for new University accommodation on campus.
- 23-Jan-2019 - 13-Jan-2020
- Scenic Routes Project 2014 - 2015
- Hill, Derek (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2014 - 01-Jan-2015
- ADU 2020: Urban Brandscapes
- Hill, Derek (Principal Investigator)
- Conference and Workshop on the importance of local and global societal branding in relation to the built environment
- 08-Jan-2013 - 18-Jan-2013
Contact
Mr
Derek
Hill
Senior Teaching Fellow
Architecture
Email: derek.hill@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3003