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Mr Michael Westthorp

Senior Lecturer in Interiors

Michael Westthorp

  • School Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries

  • Department School of Design

  • Location London

Research activities

Michael's background is in Commercial and Leisure based Adaptive Reuse projects which focus on Sustainable Practice within the Construction Industry. In 2021 he won the 'Conversations about Climate Change' competition with his work being exhibited at the Building Center in London. Michael's practice has been included in many publications around the world.

His technical design and construction knowledge has led to an increasing focus on green practice and sustainabilty throughout the modules he writes and teaches. Michael presented a paper at the Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2023,  which highlighted the links between student's work, sustainability and future proofing of skills, this was based on the Project ArCc project, sponsored by the British Council, which represented 13 countries.

Michael is a member of Barnet Council's Cultural Advisory Group and has hosted several community events with Middlesex's local borough about community engagement and the built environment. 

Michael is interested in how technology affects and enables our understanding of space. In 2018 he worked on 'Digital Showscapes' presenting Final Year Interior Design student's work in VR. He has recently published a paper on how emerging digital technologies can be used as teaching tools, enabling new forms of architectural representation to be communicated to the public.


Current Teaching

Programme Leader for MA Interiors(Architecture and Design) 

MA Module Leader for:

Rethink and Reuse

Research and Record

Design Development

Research by Design

Sustainable Interiors: Synthesis

Interior Design Year 3 Module Leader for:

Interior Design Studio: Branded Environments

Interior Design Studio: Explore Sustainable Futures

Interior Design Studio: Design Sustainable Futures


Biography

Michael Westthorp MA(RCA) FHEA, is Programme Leader for the MA Interiors (Architecture and Design) course and Year 3 leader of the BA Interior Design course. 

Prior to his role as Programme Leader, Michael was the founder of the award winning Outline-Projects design practice, which concentrated on Commercial Adaptive Reuse projects and had work published around the world.

Qualifications

Title: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education

Date: 29 Nov 2018

Institution: Middlesex University


Title: Fellow

Date: 01 Nov 2018

Institution: Advance HE


Title: MA(RCA) Architecture and Interior Design

Date: 01 Jul 1995

Institution: Royal College of Art


Title: BA(Hons) Interior Design

Date: 01 Jul 1991

Institution: Kingston University


Prizes and Awards

  • Conversations about Climate Change Competition Winner, Timber Trade Federation, 2021
  • Winner- Bangalore Express Bar, Restaurant and Bar Design Awards, 2010

    • Publications

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