Talk

Urban Jigsaw: open ‘crit’

Monday 16 November 2015 6.30 - 8pm

Sir Hugh Casson Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts

Free, no booking required.

Join us at the first opportunity to hear the architects taking part in our ‘Urban Jigsaw’ project present their proposals for the creative reuse of London’s brownfield sites.

In July, the RA launched ‘Urban Jigsaw’ – an open call inviting architects to propose speculative uses for London’s unused brownfield sites. This event will be first opportunity for the public to view the proposals being developed by the four practices chosen to work up their ideas. Each practice will present their ideas to an expert panel who will offer feedback and advice, alongside the opportunity for comments from the public audience.

Expert Panel

Martyn Evans – Creative Director, Cathedral Group
Robert Bevan – Architecture Critic, Evening Standard
Kate Goodwin – Head of Architecture, Royal Academy of Arts

Chaired by Owen Hopkins – Architecture Programme Curator, Royal Academy of Arts

Free, no booking required.

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Make Good: Waterloo

“The continuing upward trend of rent prices … is forcing certain groups of people out of central London, including young artists and makers. To counter this we are proposing a live-work-teach environment including a central hub and a series of workshops on smaller brownfield sites [in and around Waterloo].”

Chetwoods (Laurie Chetwood) with Brookfield IDI Gazeley (Pat McGillycuddy), Quod (Sue Wilcox), Arup, Savills (Simon Collett)

WELL-line

“Transforming London’s longest brownfield site, the underground Postal Railway, into a supply line linking a series of ‘wells’ built on brownfield sites to support and re-connect city-centre manufacturing, logistics and social enterprise.”

Atelier Kite

Hackney Kitchen

“Combining the space of a food market hall with compact affordable rental housing units … Hackney Kitchen is a new imaginary hybrid … it enables affordable living and promotes a sustainable urban food supply chain.”

Maccreanor Lavington and East with Max Fordham, Price and Myers and BAQUS

Future Justice

“We seek to convert potential land redundancy from outdated public functions into additional capacity directly accessible to the local community. Imminent reform of the justice system offers an opportunity to apply this approach to a sector with inherent potential to support the social infrastructure requirements which need to develop alongside London’s growth.”