Morag Myerscough: Digital Rug

Love love loving this digital rug by Morag Mysercough for the playspace at Barts....

Architects' Desks: Carma Masson

'I have two desks, one in my bedroom at home and one amongst the book stacks in the library. Majority of my work gets done at my desk in my bedroom, one of the only things in my room which is not infact rainbow coloured (its blue). 

On my desk you normally find random bits of material from projects I am working on - currently bits of toys, origami, and inflatables as well as a card my boyfriend made me one birthday with his face on it, and my proudest possession - a Bearbrick I bought from a trip to Tokyo. 

My trusty WHsmith chic sketchbook complete with a box of ancient rainbow coloured pens I’ve had since First Year, and a black fineliner sit on my desk as my architectural weapons of choice. A cutting mat and tools are stashed directly underneath my desk in various toolboxes, with bottles of spray paint, card and glue filling every available nook and cranny around my room.

At my feet, due to an unhealthy obsession with Diet Coke, you’ll always find a big bottle, and a fair few empty ones in the bin by my side.

Any free surface (mainly the Floor) is covered in a sea of stacks of books, the brightly coloured picture kind that smell nice, mostly on architecture or product design, with the odd pop up one thrown in for good measure. The stacks continue outside my bedroom door to form an impromptu floor to ceiling bookcase, which in a student house, where space is short, should probably be paying its own rent. 

The walls surrounding my desk are adorned with a mixture of Eboy city graphics, To Do Lists and ‘inspirational’ Post It notes which say things like ‘sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is’ which I bluntly ignore as I snuggle in my rainbow stripe bed opposite. 

Above my head sits my old friend - the clock from my childhood bedroom, set 20 minutes fast so I get to places on time, still looking out for me all these years later.'

I`m turning Japanese.....

Currently in Tokyo with Canterbury School of Architecture. The weeks architectural delights include the recently completed Skytree, the Tokyo Forum building and Yokohama terminal, although I'm rather looking forward to the Cup Noodle Museum, and seeing some Cosmo play in Harajuku and Karaoke!

New Website

Posted my first project up on my new Cargo site. Its not much at the mo, but aim to have all my projects up there by the end of the summer!

http://cargocollective.com/carmamasson/Carma-Masson

Croydon - Public City | London Festival of Architecture

I will be presenting my Graduate Diploma work on New Addington as part of a debate on the future of Croydon running in association with the London Festival of Architecture. For more info please see link below:
Croydon - Public City | London Festival of Architecture

A 'Festival' Bridge for York

I have recently been working on tweaking my undergraduate portfolio. Here's one of my 3rd year projects - a moving bridge for York

Canterbury School of Architecture End of Year Show 2012

 Just been to CSA End of Year Show private view that I have been helping to create over the past week. Its running from Mon 11th-Wed 13th of June 2012 10am-5pm at UCA Canterbury. Well worth a view. Heres some of my highlights.....

                                          

Rooftop crazy golf.....

Currently designing a rooftop themed crazy golf course. Only got one day to do the design. Pictures will follow shortly!

My blog QR reference, how very 21st century.....

Care of my boyfriend, my blog now its own QR reference! Thanks Nick

Plane Sailing | London Festival of Architecture

Check out the details for the event im hosting with fellow student Kervoelen Yves at London Festival of Architecture this year. More info to follow!

Plane Sailing | London Festival of Architecture

to follow progress on this project see our tumblr

http://yacstudio.tumblr.com/

Glue Magazine

Check out my work, as well as other inspiring artists work across its five campuses, in the latest issue (March 2012) of The University for the Creative Arts in school magazine 'GLUE.'

http://gluehere.com/magazine/

'Welcome to Suburbia' New Project.....

Currently designing new leisure facilities for New Addington as part of  Charles Holland's studio 'The New Civic' at Canterbury School of Architecture. Heres a little taster of things to come......

great minds think alike......

Steve Keil: A manifesto for play for Bulgaria and Beyond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT_XvLzNd0o

Flushed with Pride: The Ideal Public Toilet 'Tempio Della Toilette'

For our most recent studio project 'Welcome to Ruburbia' we were given the task of identifying a building and designing and the ideal version of it to sit within the fictional suburb of Ruburbia. After much deliberation, I chose to design the ideal public toilet 'Tempio Della Toilette' (Temple of the Toilet)

More details and photos of project to follow.....

Manifesto for a Playful City

The entire essay is posted on my other blog: http://ramblingsofanarchitecturestudent.blogspot

what he said.....

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” 
George Bernard Shaw

London Festival of Architecture 2012 - 'The Playful City'

As an eager follower of the London Festival of Architecture for many years now, I was, in light of the new year, eager to see if NLA and AF had thought of a theme yet. To my delight the theme has been chosen 'The Playful City' - it couldn't be more relevant to my current train of thought! The synopsis is as below. Expect details of my festival contribution here shortly!

'The theme of the 2012 the London Festival of Architecture is The Playful City. As the UK’s largest celebration of buildings and the built environment, the next Festival will take place across London from 23 June – 8 July 2012 and be delivered in partnership by four key organisations: The Architecture Foundation, New London Architecture, RIBA London, and a new partner- to enable an expanded international element in the Olympic year- the British Council.

The LFA’s mission, since its origins in 2004, has been to reveal the potentials latent within the city, in particular its public realm, by increasing access and suggesting alternative positive uses.

The Playful City continues this mission by proposing ways in which Londoners, as well as visitors to this global hub, can be active participants in the city. From reinterpreting familiar places through new installations and animations, and redesigning public spaces to encourage physical fitness in the spirit of the Olympic Games, to testing interactive forms of consultation and planning for future urban development, festival participants will be encouraged to play in, and play with, the city around them.'

http://www.lfa2012.org/