Senior Lecturer

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Samuel Penn

Bio

Samuel Penn is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Design at the new campus in China, the Institute of Creativity and Innovation, opened in partnership with Xiamen University.

Research statement

Since 2003 Samuel has taught architecture at several highly ranked universities and engages in projects with respected international collaborators. In 2011 he established the AE Foundation with Penny Lewis, which has over the years, brought together fellow architects and educators to discuss different schools of thought, the challenges facing the discipline and how it is taught. The Foundation organises events, curates exhibitions and publishes.

Co-founder and director of the AE Foundation (Foundation for Architecture and Education), 2011

Publications:

  • Accounts, Softcover, 248 pages, 16.5 x 23 x 2.1 cm, Colour Offset, ISBN 978-973-0-29787-4, Published by Pelinu Projects SRL, 2019, Editor: Samuel Penn, Associate Editor: Cameron McEwan, Design: Alin Cincă, Printed at Fabrik, Bucharest.
  • Island: Eight Houses for the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Softcover, 255 pages, 15 x 21 x 2.2 cm, B/W Offset, ISBN: 978-0-9930804-0-1, Published by AE Foundation, 2014, Editor: Samuel Penn, Texts: Penny Lewis, Cameron McEwan.
  • Outsiders, Newspaper, 30 pages, 26.5 x 37 cm, Colour Offset, Published by Scotland+Venice, 2014, Editor: Samuel Penn, Texts: Samuel Penn, Cameron McEwan, Penny Lewis, Hugh Lawson, Volha Druhakova, a residency at the British Pavilion as part of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, 'La Biennale Venezia'. Directed by Reiach & Hall Architects, 2014.

Exhibitions:

  • White Oil on Walnut, Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh, Solo Art Exhibition, 2016.
  • Island: Eight Houses for the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Whitespace, Edinburgh, 2014. Lighthouse, Glasgow, 2015. Curated by Samuel Penn and Penny Lewis. Exhibition Design by Rowan Mackinnon-Pryde. Models by Eck Johnson, Steven McCullough. Houses by Angela Deuber, Pascal Flammer, Christ & Gantenbein, Neil Gillespie, Johannes Norlander, Raumbureau and Raphael Zuber.
  • Outsiders, for Scotland+Venice, Past+Future, a residency at the British Pavilion as part of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, 'La Biennale Venezia', 26th September—24th October, 2014. Directed by Reiach & Hall Architects, Curated by Samuel Penn, Texts by Penny Lewis, Volha Druhakova, Hugh Lawson and Cameron McEwan. Drawings by Samuel Penn, Cameron McEwan and Volha Druhakova. Models by Fergus Denoon.
  • Model Rooms, Gatehouse, University of St. Andrews, External exhibition of work by year 3 students at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, 2011.
  • Retracing, Bradshaw Art Space, University of Dundee, Solo Exhibition, 2005.
  • Traces, Centre-space Gallery VRC, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Guestbook Gallery, Berlin, Solo Exhibition, 2004.

 

 

Articles:

  • Teaching Architecture: three positions made in Switzerland, London: Building Design Magazine, 2010.
  • A Textbook Example. Schoolhouse in Grono, London: Building Design Magazine, 2011.

 

Text contributions:

  • Iowa, Mazzocchioo #7 as part of an exhibition at the New Gallery of ICR (the Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice) Campo Santa Fosca, 17th Biennale Architettura Venice, 2021.
  • Raphael Zuber, Four Projects, Hardcover, 372 pages, 11.5 x 24 cm, Colour Offset, ISBN 978-973-0-29819-2, Published by Pelinu Projects SRL, 2020, Author: Raphael Zuber, Design: Alin Cincă, Raphael Zuber, Texts: Samuel Penn, Raphael Zuber. Visit pelinubooks.com
  • Stravaigers / Wanderers, Hardcover, 137 pages, 24 x 18 cm, Colour Offset, ISBN 978-0-9556148-6-6, Published by Sleeper Publications, 2015, Curation: Neil Gillespie, Laura Kinaird, Design: Scott Masser. Visit reiachandhall.co.uk
  • Three Inteviews, Building Scotland, Past+Future, Newspaper, 52 pages, 26.5 x 37 cm, Color Offset, Published by Scotland+Venice, as 2014, Interviews: Sven-Olov Wallenstein, Dirk van den Heuvel, Emmanuel Petit, A residency at the British Pavilion as part of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, 'La Biennale Venezia'. Directed by Reiach & Hall Architects, 2014. 

 

Projects: 

  • Treaton Muir Steading, Studio/Office, Star of Markinch, United Kingdom, Completed, 2020.
  • Crosswoodhill, Concept Study, West Lothian, United Kingdom, 2019.
  • House and Fence, Small Holiday Home, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, 2019.
  • Archive and Ambulance Headquarters, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, with Reiach & Hall Architects and Andrew Mackintosh, Open Competition 2017.
  • Double Villa, Alexander Thomson Society, Glasgow, Scotland, Open Competition, Special Mention, 2017.
  • Riehenenergie Headquarters, Tamins, Switzerland, with Raphael Zuber Architect, Invited Competition, 2016.
  • Tetrahedron, a room for London, United Kingdom, with Andrew Mackintosh and Reiach & Hall Architects, Open Competition, 2010.
  • Europan 10, Lerum, Sweden, with Douglas Ardern, Robert Harvey and Philip Bond, Open Competition, 2010
  • Cheltenham Art Gallery, United Kingdom, with Robert Harvey and Graham Mitchell Architects, Open Competition, 2009.
  • Twelve houses for Preston Guild, Preston, United Kingdom, with Robert Harvey, Open Competition, 2009.
  • Office Building, Preston, United Kingdom, with Robert Harvey and Graham Mitchell Architects, Open Competition, 2007.
  • Murton Wildlife Trust Visitors Centre, Forfar, Scotland, Private Commission, 2005—06.
  • Garden House, Extension and Renovation, St. Andrews, Scotland, 2005—06.
  • Tayside Recyclers Warehouse, Adaptive Reuse, Dundee, Scotland, with Stuart Dickson, Private Commission, 2005—06.
  • Green Party Headquarters, Facade Renovation, Dundee, United Kingdom, with Stuart Dickson, Private Commission, 2004.
Samuel Penn