2026 Manchester Trip

A delegation from RISEBA FAD — Dean Rūdolfs Dainis Šmits, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Efe Duyan, Jonas Büchel, and master’s students Valts Zaķis and Jūlija Kaģe — visited the Manchester School of Architecture as part of the ongoing collaboration between RISEBA FAD and MSA.

The visit included a site study of the Arndale Shopping Centre, which served as the focus of the collaborative Urban Lab within the RISEBA FAD–MSA international master’s programme during the 2025/26 academic year. The delegation also took part in joint presentation sessions on intervention ideas for Arndale, meetings with MSA Dean Kevin Singh and architectural historian Eamonn Canniffe, and visits to MSA’s B15 Modelmaking Workshop, the internationally renowned architecture firm Chapman Taylor, and the state-of-the-art urban design studio Planit.

We are grateful to our colleagues at MSA for their warm welcome, inspiring discussions, and continued collaboration.