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London Festival of Architecture issues open call for entries!
United Kingdom Architecture News - Feb 26, 2016 - 10:31 6647 views
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The London Festival of Architecture has issued a call for entries for the 2016 event, which promises a city-wide exploration of the theme “community” through a wide range of events between 1 – 30 June 2016. The 2016 London Festival of Architecture aims to connect with as many people as possible, in ways that demonstrate architecture’s relevance to London and its diverse communities. The community theme will explore how Londoners and visitors to the city can be active participants in its growth and evolution – from reinterpreting or redesigning familiar places and spaces through installations and animations, to testing interactive forms of consultation and planning for future development.
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Proposals are now being invited for potential stand alone events, as well as practices wishing to take part in the successful Open Studios strand of the Festival, which will include landscape architects and chartered architectural technologists for the first time. Information and application forms for potential London Festival of Architecture 2016 partners are available from the Festival website. The call for entries is open to all until 26 March.
contested space round table series. image courtesy of London Architecture Festival
The London Festival of Architecture is an annual public celebration of architecture, and will return to venues across the capital throughout June 2016. The Festival programme will feature exhibitions and events organised by London’s leading architectural, cultural and academic institutions alongside practising architects, designers, curators and community groups from around the UK.
at King Cross. image © John Sturrock, courtesy of London Architecture Festival
London Festival of Architecture director Tamsie Thomson said: “Community is at the heart of successful development in London, and the London Festival of Architecture 2016 is a fantastic opportunity for many different people and organisations to come together and demonstrate architecture’s relevance to London’s diverse communities.
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“We will be posing challenging questions in lively and interesting ways. How, for example, can communities genuinely be placed at the heart of responses to London’s housing crisis? How should commercial development adapt to fluid workforces, co-working and other new ways of working? What is the role of leisure and retail in enriching communities through new urban development? The 2016 Festival will be an exciting opportunity to explore how people and communities can address those issues together.”
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The London Festival of Architecture celebrates London as a global hub of architectural experimentation, practice and debate. Taking place throughout June, the annual festival provokes questions about the contemporary and future life of the city, and promotes positive change to its public realm. The city-wide programme is delivered by leading cultural and academic institutions, including the V&A, Design Museum, Serpentine Galleries, New London Architecture, the Architecture Foundation, RIBA, the Landscape Institute, CIAT and London Transport Museum alongside associated projects by practices and individuals.
Public Realm Masterclasses. image © Agnese Sanvito, courtesy of London Architecture Festival
Highlights of the London Festival of Architecture 2015 included Architecture Open – an exhibition of London practices at POP Brixton, the Giant Dolls House participatory art project by Shelter, temporary Irish Design pavilions at King’s Cross, Thomas Heatherwick’s NLA Annual Lecture, Routemaster tours of the West End by TfL Commissioner Peter Hendry, tours of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre with Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, Public London - a showcase of London’s public spaces, and Assemble’s interactive Brutalist Playground exhibition at the RIBA.
The RA Lego Architecture Challenge. image courtesy of London Architecture Festival
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