The Bartlett

UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

Type	Public
Established	1841
Founder	Sir Herbert Bartlett
Parent institution	University College London
Dean	Prof Alan Penn
Administrative staff	300[1]
Students	2,100[1]
Location	Bloomsbury, Central London, England 51°32′N 0°08′W / 51.53°N 0.14°WCoordinates: 51°32′N 0°08′W / 51.53°N 0.14°W
Campus	Urban
Website	www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk

The Bartlett is the Faculty of the Built Environment of University College London (UCL) and one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties.^[2] University College London created the first chair of architecture in 1841, making The Bartlett the first architecture and built environment school established in the UK. The school is named after the original benefactor, Sir Herbert Bartlett. It is home to The Bartlett School of Architecture, one of the most prestigious and competitive architecture schools in the world, ranking 2nd in the world in both the 2015 and 2016 QS World University Rankings by Subject.^[3][4]

Education

The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment is the UK's largest and leading multidisciplinary faculty of the built environment, covering architecture, planning, construction and project management, development planning and environmental design as well as many other specialist fields. It is particularly well known for its architecture and planning schools following the leadership of Sir Peter Cook and Sir Peter Hall respectively in the 1990s. The faculty undertakes research in the built environment, and is known for developing the space syntax theory.^[5]

School of Architecture

In 2011 the university appointed Frédéric Migayrou as the new Bartlett Professor of Architecture.^[6] Current professors also include Iain Borden (Professor of Architecture & Urban Culture), Mario Carpo (Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory), Nat Chard (Professor of Experimental Architecture), Adrian Forty (Professor of Architectural History), Murray Fraser (Architecture & Global Culture), Stephen Gage (Professor of Architecture & Innovative Technology), Christine Hawley (Professor of Architectural Studies), Jonathan Hill (Professor of Architecture & Visual Theory), CJ Lim (Professor of Architecture & Urbanism) and Jane Rendell (Professor of Architecture & Art). The Director of the School of Architecture is Bob Sheil, Professor of Architecture and Design through Production.

The Bartlett School of Architecture courses are validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects.^[7] The school has been rated by the Architects' Journal as the best architecture school in the UK for the past 11 years,^[8] and consistently ranks in the top in the Guardian university league tables for architecture.^{[9][10][11][12]}

School of Planning

In 2011 Fulong Wu was appointed as Bartlett Professor of Planning.^[13] There have been a succession of eminent Bartlett Professors of Planning at UCL including Stanley Adshead, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Lord William Holford, Lord Richard Llewelyn-Davies, Gerald Smart, Sir Peter Hall and Michael Batty, all of whom have been associated with planning and cities in Britain and elsewhere. Sir Patrick Geddes, the father of town planning, studied physiology at the College in the late 1870s.

Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis

The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) was set up in 1995 by the first Director Michael Batty who is now the Chair. The current Director is Andy Hudson-Smith. The Centre specialises in the application of new technologies to cities and regions and its current focus is on smart cities. It has introduced a new masters program in smart cities.^[14]

Development Planning Unit (DPU)

Professor Julio D. Davila is the current Director of The Bartlett's Development Planning Unit (DPU) having been appointed in August 2012. The DPU focuses on the importance of sustainable and socially just planning and policy in development, particularly in the global south. It originally began as the Department of Tropical Architecture at the Architectural Association in 1954, and moved to UCL in 1971. The DPU's first Director was Professor Otto Königsberger. Subsequent directors are: Professor Colin Rosser, Professor Nigel Harris, Professor Patrick Wakely, Babar Mumtaz and Caren Levy.

School of Construction & Project Management

Dr. Andrew Edkins is currently Director of the School of Construction & Project Management.^[15] Current school professors are Professor Peter Morris (Construction and Project Management), Professor Michelle Baddeley (Economics and Finance of the Built Environment), Professor Andrew Davies (Management of Projects) and Professor Jim Meikle (Economics of the Construction Sector).

Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources

The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) is constituted of the UCL Energy Institute, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering and UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage.

Notable academics

• Sir Patrick Abercrombie
• Michael Batty CBE FRS FBA
• Iain Borden, Professor of Architecture & Urban Culture
• Sir Peter Cook
• Richard Llewelyn-Davies, Baron Llewelyn-Davies, Professor of Architecture (1960 to 1969), Professor of Urban Planning and Head of the School of Environmental Studies (1970 to 1975)
• Thomas Leverton Donaldson, first Professor of Architecture at UCL
• Adrian Forty, Professor of Architectural History
• Sir Peter Hall FBA
• Nigel Harris, Emeritus Professor of the Economy of the City
• Jonathan Hill, Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory
• Otto Königsberger, Professor at the Development Planning Unit (DPU)
• CJ Lim, Professor of Architecture & Urbanism
• Frank Gehry, Professor of Good Design

References

1. "Students". bartlett.ucl.ac.uk. 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
2. "UCL Bartlett voted best UK school of architecture – again". University College London. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
3. "World University Rankings by Subject 2015 - Architecture / Built Environment". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
4. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/architecture#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
5. Hinde, Julia (17 April 1998). "Londoners develop own space craft". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
6. "New appointments at the Bartlett School of Architecture". University College London. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
7. "UK Schools of Architecture with courses validated by the RIBA" (PDF). Royal Institute of British Architects. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
8. "Bartlett voted best UK school of architecture". Bartlett UCL. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
9. "University guide 2012: Architecture". The Guardian. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
10. "University guide 2013: league table for architecture". The Guardian. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
11. "University guide 2014: league table for architecture". The Guardian. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
12. "University guide 2015: league table for architecture". The Guardian. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
13. Rogers, David (14 June 2011). "Bartlett appoints Fulong Wu to school of planning". Building Design. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
14. "Study Smart Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis". Smart Cities at CASA UCL. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
15. "Academics". The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management, University College London. 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

• Official website