Keynote Lecture*
Bob Sheil
Design through Making
University College of London
The Bartlett School of Architecture
London
United KingdomBob Sheil has worked as a designer and maker in architectural practice, furniture and exhibition design, fabri-
cation, information management and education. Following 10 years in practice, his teaching career began in
the Bartlett workshop in 1995 where his key interest and curiosity in the relationship between architecture and
making evolved into his present research interests. Since then he has taught extensively at undergraduate and
diploma levels, running BSc Unit 6 between 1997-2003, undertaking the role of Year 1 technology coordinator
and lecturer between 2000-2004, and coordinator of Diploma Unit 23 since 2004. In 1994,he co-founded the
workshop based practice sixteen(makers) with Nick Callicott, a research organisation that now includes Phil
Ayres and Chris Leung. Sixteen(makers) have exhibited and been published at international level, incl AD and
FRAME, the RIBA and The Crafts Council.
In 2004 Bob was appointed coordinator of the Bartlett's Diploma
Programme.
*included in the attached DVD