237dog_George and John: what barkitecture!

Chiba, a Japanese Akita rescue dog and a roving ‘barkitect’ sniffs out spaces of interest in Shoreditch… \,,,,> Another dog in Shoreditch!? For three years, George has sat every day with John Dolan on Shoreditch High Street. Sitting on the street every day and watching the world go by, George and John became part of the community, barking to passers by about his life, his experiences, his drawings. For George sat for John who began to draw the buildings on the street, elevating the old, decrepit buildings that are so often ignored and under appreciated…”

WHAT_architecture 11-Jul-2014
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237dog_DOGS OF SHOREDITCH:

Chiba, a Japanese Akita rescue dog and a roving ‘barkitect’ sniffs out spaces of interest… \,,,,> What are the dogs of Shoreditch? “The Gentle Author”, aka Dan Cruickshank, consulted his copy of Thomas Bewick’s General History of Quadrupeds 1824 to see what breeds were familiar two hundred years ago and discovered the major difference is that many breeds which were working dogs then are domestic dogs today.” So a husky in Hackney indeed has history (which partially explains the appearance of one on Shoreditch Station). Local resident and art critic John Berger (who’s seminal text ‘Ways of Seeing‘ and subsequent serialisation on TV became one of the most influential art programmes) recently collaborated on ‘TAŞKAFA – Stories of the Street’, a film about urbanism and belonging and observed relations between street dogs and humans.

WHAT_architecture 04-Jul-2014
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000off_Gilbert and George go for a kick about with Maui

WHAT_architecture 03-Jul-2014
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148log_CHICKEN MUSEUM

Chiba, a Japanese Akita rescue dog and a roving ‘barkitect’ sniffs out spaces of interest… \,,,,> I walk with my nose close to the pavement. I was surprised to smell a live hen coming from a shop. Except this shop is a gallery with a show called Chicken Museum. Imagery from the web typical of that which saturates our everyday lives is placed next to real live chickens in a bizarre artistic ‘pen’ which is at once a ‘museum’ and a living environment. Offsetting this artistic juxtaposition of art and animal is the garish trash aesthetic of everyday fast food consumption.

WHAT_architecture 23-Jun-2014
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000off_Architecture AWARD CEREMONY

WHAT_architecture 04-Jun-2014
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WHAT_architecture 18-May-2014
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000off_I DON’T CARE URBANISM

“Corbusier spends a great deal of the Radiant City manifesto elaborating on services available to the residents. Each apartment block was equipped with a catering section in the basement, which would prepare daily meals (if wanted) for every family and would complete each families’ laundry chores. The time saved would enable the individual to think, write, or utilize the play and sports grounds which covered much of the city’s land. Directly on top of the apartment houses were the roof top gardens and beaches, where residents sun themselves in ‘natural’ surroundings – fifty meters in the air. Children were to be dropped off at les unités day care center and raised by scientifically trained professionals. The workday, so as to avoid the crisis of overproduction, was lowered to five hours a day. Women were enjoined to stay at home and perform household chores, if necessary, for five hours daily. Transportation systems were also formulated to save the individual time. Corbusier bitterly reproaches advocates of the horizontal garden city (suburbs) for the time wasted commuting to the city. Because of its compact and separated nature, transportation in the Radiant City was to move quickly and efficiently. Corbusier called it the vertical garden city.” Lewis Mumford called this city “buildings in a parking lot. The space between the high-rises floating in a superblock became instant wastelands, shunned by the public….”

WHAT_architecture 10-May-2014
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179prs_PITCH: OFFICE RECONFIGURATION

The reconfigurable office: vs project team (players): WORK MODE 1 vs CPD lecture / project review (formal play): WORK MODE 2 vs Lunch time / office drinks (informal play): PLAY MODE 1

We are not alone: Particular Architects build themselves a reconfigurable studio

WHAT_architecture 04-May-2014
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000off_WHAT_chocitecture

Welcome to the Feastive Holiday that is Easter. The city of London is trying to get out, the roads are choc-a-block when your objective is merely to find an Easter Egg. Stay at home and make a Block-of-choc. After all, a House is for life, not just Easter. (How does it stand up? A load of waffle. WHAT_chocitecture.)

WHAT_architecture 17-Apr-2014
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000off_Say what!?

Through the inquisitive of ‘what?’ everything becomes discourse!

WHAT_architecture 01-Apr-2014
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