Ton Matton - Surviving the Suburb: the Climate Machine
This installation explores the urban dwelling of the future. Described as 'an optimistic research machine', it presents possibilities for day-to-day city life transformed by climate change and continuing globalisation. The elements exhibited include adaptations of familiar domestic objects like a 'shitake' kitchen sink with mushroom bed beneath, or other more speculative 'white goods' of the future such as an urban chicken house. It is not climate change itself but how society reacts that is researched here: what effect will it have on how we live, on our urban structures and domestic space?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Back to the Future: Sir Basil Spence (1907-76) Celebration of a Modern Architect
This exhibition celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sir Basil Spence, charting the career of one of the most important British architects of the Post-War Era. It focusses on his most important buildings and projects: such as the Sea and Ships Pavilion at the 1951 Festival of Britain and the iconic Coventry Cathedral (1956-62), as well as other key projects like the British Embassy in Rome (1971).
This exhibition celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sir Basil Spence, charting the career of one of the most important British architects of the Post-War Era. It focusses on his most important buildings and projects: such as the Sea and Ships Pavilion at the 1951 Festival of Britain and the iconic Coventry Cathedral (1956-62), as well as other key projects like the British Embassy in Rome (1971).
Thames Barrier Park
Set within 22 acres of lawns, trees and uniquely contoured Yew and Maygreen hedges you can discover the delights of this urban oasis. There is children's play area, 5 a side football/basketball court, great places to picnic and play, the Thames path, with magnificent views of the barrier, and a fountain plaza where 32 jets spring from the ground to provide a cooling and entertaining delight for children to splash and play. The Green Dock is the centre piece of the park and the most attractive features is. Renowned international horticulturalist Alain Cousseran and Alain Provost selected colourful flowers and shrubs which reflect the river's ever changing spectrum of tints, shades and shapes creating a micro-climate where varieties of plants. Unfortunatley the weather was very wet so the park was pratically deserted but it was nice to get out of the rain and get a coffiee in the Visitor Pavilion Coffee Shop. Here you can indulge yourself with hot and cold beverages, sandwiches, salads, snacks, pastries, confectionery and ices while enjoying panoramic views in a relaxing atmosphere.
Set within 22 acres of lawns, trees and uniquely contoured Yew and Maygreen hedges you can discover the delights of this urban oasis. There is children's play area, 5 a side football/basketball court, great places to picnic and play, the Thames path, with magnificent views of the barrier, and a fountain plaza where 32 jets spring from the ground to provide a cooling and entertaining delight for children to splash and play. The Green Dock is the centre piece of the park and the most attractive features is. Renowned international horticulturalist Alain Cousseran and Alain Provost selected colourful flowers and shrubs which reflect the river's ever changing spectrum of tints, shades and shapes creating a micro-climate where varieties of plants. Unfortunatley the weather was very wet so the park was pratically deserted but it was nice to get out of the rain and get a coffiee in the Visitor Pavilion Coffee Shop. Here you can indulge yourself with hot and cold beverages, sandwiches, salads, snacks, pastries, confectionery and ices while enjoying panoramic views in a relaxing atmosphere.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Cityscape
Cityscape had its annual show at Earls Court, this is the industry show for Architects and Landscape Architects it also focuses on current issues in the industry with a series of seminars. This year the focus was based heavily on sustainability and green products. There was a massive amount on Green Roof technologies as well as some of the more mundane aspects of the industry. Students of Kingston University were represented in the form of the ‘Slick’ stand, the stand had samples of our work and was manned to two third year Kingston students
Cityscape had its annual show at Earls Court, this is the industry show for Architects and Landscape Architects it also focuses on current issues in the industry with a series of seminars. This year the focus was based heavily on sustainability and green products. There was a massive amount on Green Roof technologies as well as some of the more mundane aspects of the industry. Students of Kingston University were represented in the form of the ‘Slick’ stand, the stand had samples of our work and was manned to two third year Kingston students
WATERFRONT LONDON:REDISCOVERING THE RIVERS AND CANALS OF THE CAPITAL
The Blue Ribbon Network is a major feature of the London Plan; it includes the Thames, the canal network, the other tributaries, rivers and streams within London and London’s open water spaces such as docks, reservoirs and lakes, as well as culverted parts of rivers, canals or streams.
The Blue Ribbon Network is a major feature of the London Plan; it includes the Thames, the canal network, the other tributaries, rivers and streams within London and London’s open water spaces such as docks, reservoirs and lakes, as well as culverted parts of rivers, canals or streams.
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