Barbican or not to Barbican? That is the question...

The Barbican are thinking about possibly getting me to design a travelling pop up installtion for them for over the summer based on my design for LFA 2010. The idea would be that it would be an interview room that records peoples responses to all the summer creative events they are holding..... Watch this space....

POP UP and CONFESS! Sponsored by New London Architecture!

Having visited the London Festival of Architecture a few times now, I finally mustered up the courage to design my own installation for the Festival. The theme this year is 'Preparing for the Olympics' - which got me thinking about all the new building that will soon start to take place that will begin to transform London as we know it. Still today, there is a great level of distrust between architects and the public, and I was keen to create something, ahead of all this building, repair this relationship. New London Architecture took a liking to the scheme and have provided me with sponsorship to run with the project and get it made!

POP-UP AND CONFESS!

A TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL CONFESSIONAL FOR LFA 2010

Ever stolen your mate's idea? Bribed your way to the front of the print queue? Blagged your way through a design review? Yeah sure you haven't......

As us architects prepare for the architectural transformation of our city ready for the 2012 Olympics, wouldn't it be nice to be able to clear your architectural conscience and start a fresh?

Based on the South bank, on 3-4 July as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2010, The Pop -Up confessional allows just this.

Come tell us your architectural sins and receive your' I've Confessed!' badge (sure to be a collectors item,)

Remember to come visit me 3-4 July on the South Bank! 

Architecture for Humainty - London Architecture Week 2010

I am currently busy designing a structure for London Architecture Week on behalf of ASF + Article 25 and AFHUK. Will be around Regent Street somewhere- site not yet confirmed 19-20 of June. Check it out.

New Job @ WHAT_architecture

Just started work at WHAT_architecture. Farah says hi.


Heres a little bit of background as taken from their own website..............


WHAT_architecture produces designs, applied research and buildings in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape. Early projects such as the Venice exhibit (‘91 Bienale Prize), the Temple of Laughter (Artifice ‘94, AD ‘95) and House on Motiti (Blueprint ‘98, Experimental Houses + New Vernacular ‘99) brought WHAT_architecture to the attention of a wide field of clients and gave the office critical acclaim. WHAT_architecture continues to pursue its fascination with space and mobility described in the book ROAM: “the contemporary world is one characterized by the mobility of people, goods and information”. Spatial mobility embraces responsive uses to space (012hil_rooftop nursery has numerous operational modes), circulatory space (001sar_sargeant gallery has curatorial circulation), infrastructural space (000fly_flyover house generates garden housing over offramps), transport nodes (000vac_ office tower as vertical roundabout)...

WHAT_architecture uses an iterative process to design space that produces greater choice for the client. Options, variations and permutations install confidence and mitigate against risk as the design process is informed by selection and elimination. The products of this approach vary in size and type: from installation to master planning. Current projects include both public and private and are scattered around the globe including: an eco-tourism hotel in NZ, a hotel extension in Rotterdam, an old person’s home in Germany, an Olympic landmark, childrens’ centres, an art cell and housing in London. By simply asking 'what?' everything is discourse!
www.whatarchitecture.com

Photos of its award winning rooftop nursery......