msa Manchester School of Architecture

Staff / Dr Craig Martin

Senior Lecturer

0161 247 6973

c.martin@mmu.ac.uk

Projects

Ph.D Research: Phenotypic Plasti-City

Phenotypic Plasti-City: Heuristics For Climatically Derived Urban Form Adapting to Seasonal and Daily Environmental Forces and Rhythms. The solar city is an oxymoron: buildings close together shade each other and thus prevent insolation (solar exposure). This is particularly true in Northern Latitudes, where low sun angles in winter cast long shadows. European cities contain other problems; their early development has left remnants of medieval street plans that have no inherent solar orientation. In England in particular, it seems very unlikely that there will ever be any large-scale urban re-planning of cities on solar principles. More Details >>

Research

Exhibitions

Martin, C. L., 2008. Event Month MSA, Cube Gallery, Manchester.

Martin, C. L., 2003. Heliodays in the Rainy City, Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester., 11th Jan – 23rd Feb 2003.

Martin, C. L., 2002. Changing Place, Holden Gallery, Faculty of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, Cavendish Street., 15 April – 15 May 2002.

Compositions

Martin, C. L., 2008. 'Biomimetic Solar City'.

Presentations

Martin, C. L., 2009. 'Syn-City – Explorations into the Biomimetic Solar City: A Synergy of Urban and Celestial geometries within a Forest-Inspired Masterplan.', 3rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE), TU Delft, The Netherlands, 15-19 June, 2009, in (Pending).

Martin, C. L. and Keeffe, G, 2007. 'The Biomimetic Solar City: Solar Derived Urban Form using a Forest-growth Inspired Methodology', 24th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), University of Singapore, 22-24 Nov.

Keeffe, G. and Martin, C. L., 2006. 'Phenotypic Plasti-city', 2nd International Solar cities Congress, Oxford, England, 3rd April 2006.

Martin, C. L., and Keeffe, G., 2001. 'The Synergy Crystal: Climatically Derived Urban Form Computer Implementation of a Solar Urban Planning Strategy for Mixed-Use Building in Northern European Cities', The 9th International Conference on Solar Energy in High Latitudes, NorthSun 2001, in Leiden, The Netherlands., 6-8 May 2001, in NorthSun 2001, 8.