Contributors
As a studio we would like to give special thanks to all those who were so incredibly generous with their time during our visits to Dundee, Firth of Clyde, the Inner Moray Firth and Aberdeen. This information was invaluable to us as a studio to begin to understand and reveal the economic, cultural and social threads that underpin the transition of the of both areas.
2024/2025 Dundee
Contributors from Inverness
Ewan Imrie and Reece McCallum - Collective Architecture
Gillian Easson and the team - Creative Dundee
Richard Tough - Tayport Community Trust
Defind Stone Pitarlie Quarry
Dundee Civic Trust
Viola Marx, Claire Gillespe and team - Dundee Council
Studio Guests
Jude Barber – Collective Architecture
Eleanor Brough – Public Practice
Beth Williams – Momentum Engineering
Emily Glynn - Archisource
Prof. Darren Robinson – Sheffield School of Architecture and Landscape
6th Year Students
Lee Chi-Jung
Lizzie Clarke
Aakash Mathialagan
Luca Philo
Emma Stone
Jade Tickle
5th Year Students
Tamilla Ahmadli
Jacob Downey
George Hadley
Mawra Saleh
Bryan Purta Parsada Sinaga
Study Abroad
Yifan Chen (Sem 1)
Jennifer Jonson (Sem 2)
Studio Lead
John Sampson – SSoA
2023/2024 Firth of Clyde
Contributors from the Firth of Clyde
Ben Connor and Alex Cameron-Smith – Climate Ready Clyde
Robert Buirds – Campaign to Save Inchgreen Dry Dock
Gavin Murray and Douglas Evans – Inverclyde Council
Josh Doble and Carey Doyle – Community Land Scotland
Studio Guests
Jude Barber – Collective Architecture
Eleanor Brough – Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Yasser Helal – Atkins
Edmund Harrison-Gray - Morris and Company
Anthony Powis – Sheffield School of Architecture and MOULD
6th Year Students
Yann Bracegirdle
Samuel Cook
Katie Cottle
Hereward Leathart
Mariya Nesheva
Bethan Mullard
Sebastian Slater
5th Year Students
Saorla Hanley
Jaimie Neal
Chalisa (Amy) Nitithum
Eleanor-Rose Parsons,
Emma Willis
Studio Lead
John Sampson – SSoA
2022/2023 Inner Moray Firth
Contributors in Inner Moray Firth
Julian Paren, Julie Gibson, Peter Moffatt, Sheila Currie, Alaine MacDonald, Martin Sherring, Anne Thomas
- Transition Black Isle
Kate Andrews - Carbon Clever, Highland Council
Scott Delgarno - Development Planning, Highland Council
Neil Ross - Communities and Net Zero Tourism, HIE
Audrey MacIver / Keith Masson - Energy and Net Zero Transition, HIE
Alison Sharp / Lorna Gregson-MacLeod - HIE Strategy Overview, HIE
Studio Guests
Jude Barber – Collective Architecture
Eleanor Brough – Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Yasser Helal – Civic Engineers
Edmund Harrison-Gray - Morris and Company
6th Year Students
Jack Hodges
Wangyang Liu
Scott Mckenzie
Antonia Quashie
Emily Ronayne
Emily Straw
Will Tankard
Ho Chi Dominic Wong
Haonan Zuo
Studio Lead
John Sampson – SSoA
2021/2022 Aberdeen
Contributors in Aberdeen
Claire McArthur – Policy & Strategy Manager, Aberdeen City Council
Angela Scott – Chief Executive, Aberdeen City Council
Sinclair Laing – Policy & Strategy Manager, Aberdeen City Council + Aberdeen Community Energy
David Dunne – Chief Officer of Strategic Place Planning, Aberdeen City Council
Douglas Campbell – Project Officer, Aberdeen City Heritage Trust
Shaun Norman – Environment Planner, Aberdeenshire Council
Russell Borthwick – Chief Exec, Aberdeen and Grampion Chamber of Commerce
Studio Guests
Jude Barber – Collective Architecture
Eleanor Brough – Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Ellie Radcliffe – Senior Researcher, Centre for Local Economic Strategies
5th Year Students
Greg Cockburn
Dylan Fardon
Ella Murrell
Slavena Simeonova
6th Year Students
Elle Clemens
Irene D’Aurelio D’Arpino
Thomas Franks
Harry Henderson
Qiaochu Yan
Lawrence Loc Wong
Studio Lead
John Sampson – SSoA and URBED