About Me
- Simon Drayson
- Southsea, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- I grew up in a semi-detached 1930s house in Croydon with my policeman father, nurse mother and younger brother. Ever since my childhood I wanted a career, which like my parents' was people-centric whilst not suppressing my creativity; architecture seemed to offer the perfect balance, and so I relocated to Portsmouth in 2005 to study for my degree at the university there. After graduating in 2008, I moved back home for my year out at Bell Associates Architects and Designers. I returned to Portsmouth in 2009 to study for my diploma. For my thesis foundation I designed a Community Hospice on the site of the Hilsea Lido; affirming my interest in existential architecture. Around this time, I wrote my manifesto Out of the Ordinary, which called for architects to create an everyday architecture of simplicity and honesty; based not on quasi tradition or nostalgia, but rather a hidden reality that ought to be revealed.
Showing posts with label Vinesh Pomal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vinesh Pomal. Show all posts
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Saturday, 18 December 2010
Writing | Symposium Video
Sameness: The Indian Transgression
A short talk discussing my experiences of domestic life (dwelling, eating, bathing and sleeping) in India with feedback from Roger Tyrrell and former head of school Professor Geoffrey Broadbent of the University of Portsmouth, and Adrian Carter and Lars Botin of the University of Aalborg.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Publications | Coming Soon
Tectonic Transgressions
A photobook recording the unique qualities of light found whilst on study trips to Finland, Denmark and Estonia (the North) and Morocco (the South).
INDIA Summer 2010 (with Vinesh Pomal)
A photobook recording our travels from inception (Vinesh being awarded the RIBA Barrington Smith Travel Award 2010) to reflection (Vinesh and I giving a lecture at the Portsmouth School of Architecture).
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Indian Transgressions | Lecture
Vinesh Pomal and I gave a lecture on our travels to India at the Portsmouth School of Architecture in aid of the Hope Foundation School in Bhuj where Vinesh and I ran an architectural workshop with the pupils.
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