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dents to share ideas on improving their neighbourhoods and the Ur- ban Island project, which aims to map and revive empty spaces across London, working with Southwark schools to transform them into spaces that young people could use.
International
Architecture Showcase:
This project will see more than 30 Embassies and Cultural Institutes around London presenting a se- ries of exhibitions, installations, events and talks programmes to highlight the dynamic architectur- al projects that are emerging from their respective countries and to address the theme of the ‘The Welcoming City’.
The International Architectural Student Festival:
Students from international schools of architecture and design from countries including Aus- tralia, Austria, Italy, Lebanon, Turkey and the United Kingdom have been working on their de- signs for interventions in public spaces along High Street 2012 and in Bankside Urban Forest. The students will work together with local communities to make site-specific interventions that respond to the Student Festival theme of ‘Make do and Mend’ and ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ to highlight key environmental is- sues. They will also also act as signposts to LFA 2010. The proj- ects will be presented to a panel drawn from a wide cross section of the architecture and design community at a public Review at the Whitechapel Gallery on Mon- day 28th June 2010. ■
An architecture firm is cele- brating after being awarded for outstanding achievement in innovation at the annual Knowledge Transfer Partner- ships (KTP).
The awards recognise the most successful partnerships fostered through the Technology Strategy Board’s KTP programme, which supports innovation-led, three-way partnerships between businesses, academic institutions and graduate associates. The award for Best Partnership in London and East of England was presented to Spacelab UK Ltd for their KTP project with University College London to devel- op a business process that would examine the links between space and effectiveness in the workplace. Spacelab, which provides archi- tectural, interior and spatial design consultancy to the resi- dential, commercial and public sectors, instigated the project in order to extend its business port- folio to offer a new workplace
Displayed across four perma- nent galleries, the huge variety of objects, films, photography, hands-on exhibits and personal stories on display will paint a rich and nuanced picture of British Jewish life and religion as well as exploring contemporary social issues around immigra- tion and settlement. The new museum will also house a Changing Exhibitions Gallery, a 100-seat auditorium, an Educa-
tion Space and a café and shop. The new museum has been designed by Long & Kentish Ar- chitects, an award-winning practice who have a long history of developing museums and gal- leries. The new museum triples the space at its Camden Town site, combining its premises in Albert Street with an adjacent former piano factory.
consultancy service. Following the successful introduction of this new stream of consultancy, the company has already won new business worth £168k. Since the project’s completion, graduate Associate, Kerstin Sailer, took up a permanent position at Spacelab as Head of Research, and is now involved in an ongoing teaching contract at University College London. The award winners were con- gratulated by Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the Technology Strat- egy Board, and Tim Waterstone, Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and founder of Water- stone’s Booksellers.
KTP partnerships work by em- ploying a high-calibre graduate in a business to help address a specific needs-based project, with an academic institution acting as a ‘knowledge base’ to support the project’s development.
www.ktponline.org.uk
Outstanding achievement at KTP awards
diary dates
June 2010- March 2011
JUNE 2010 - MARCH 2011
The Vernacular
Architecture Challenge
LOCATION: EGYPT, SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, TANZA- NIA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE, BOTSWANA, MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Nyomi Rowsell is preparing to cycle 7,500 miles, from Cairo to Cape Town to research vernacular archi- tecture in Africa; learning along the way, how it can be applied towards more sustainable development. Vernacular architecture will be the main focus of the documentary, which will convey both details of Nyomi’s journey as well as seeking to expose the real underlying injustice - that until very recently there has been little coordinated ef- fort to develop community participation to find cheap appropriate shelter solu- tions to eliminate health and educational problems that exclusively affect the poorest communities. Nyomi has a professional
interest in Vernacular Ar- chitecture. Having worked in a built environment charity, Article 25, for over a year she has worked on several projects including a reconstruction of a school in Congo and a school in Sierra Leone. Cycling Cairo to Cape
Town will also help pro- mote cycling as the ultimate, healthy eco- friendly sport and could help raise awareness about action on climate change and carbon emissions. Nyo- mi will not travel by any means other than by bicy- cle overland and flights will not figure in the journey.
jade.tilley@onecoms.co.uk.
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