RIBA Regent Street Windows Project 2011

Just finished a project in May working with Scott Brownrigg helping to create an installation as part of RIBA's Regent Street Windows Project 2011. Hope to work with them again soon. :)

Design Synopsis: Advancements in technologies and communication will have a profound affect on the development of the Cities of Tomorrow. Despite their geographical distances, cities will become increasingly more connected and accessible in everyday life as the result of the ever growing use and impact of the internet on our lives.

Essentially we all live in a giant network of cities, where there are no boundaries. This will create new dimensions to architecture within tomorrow’s world. Reflecting this idea, each pyramid represents a City of Tomorrow; each city is effectively limitless, and forms part of this ever growing global network.

Cities are also symbolic of the manmade world, but it is a world which is gradually being destroyed by those who have created it. With the issues surrounding global warming becoming more evident in our lives, the dangers associated with excessive UV light as a result of ozone depletion will need to be addressed further. The coloured light from the pyramids represents these UV light issues, these will continue to cast themselves upon us as we live in our Cities of Tomorrow.

for further details see: http://www.ribablogs.com/?tag=regent-street-windows-project

We ♥ the Suburbs - Cluny Summer Pavillion

I recently got involved in building a summer pavilion alongside two fellow University of Sheffield Graduates Melanie Bax and Sarah Considine. The Pavilion was part of a project entitled We ♥ the Suburbs, dedicated to celebrating the Suburbs, understanding some of its often neglected issues and using design as a tool to tackle them. With the help of volunteers like myself, Sarah and Melanie created a temporary pavilion space in which to hold summer events in the Cluny Estate, South End. Events will be taking place in the pavilion throughout the summer. See the website for details.

For more information see the website http://weheartthesuburbs.blogspot.com/