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Materials for Change was an investigation into the relationship between the city, the body, architecture and space. The project brief operated at three scales: 1:1 scale of the body, the building scale and the city scale. We examined whether built structures, as well as the clothes, actions and identities that surround us and are expressed by our bodies, are tailored to our needs.
We analysed six linear territories in London. In the first phase, we focussed on understanding the scale of the city and buildings in relation to our body. In the second phase we delved into the design of independent propositions for small buildings. This project allowed us to use the magic and the power of design, as a tool for imagining other realities, to create new spaces. Imagination needs freedom of expression and relies on the memory of past lives, places, events and cultures. We have created a new series of tailored and liberating spaces, within which the body can thrive and become an act of empowerment.
Projects based along the proposed Camden Highline are represented below.
The factory produces moss to filter particulates and improve air quality. This is grown for self harvesting to take home for indoor air improvement, as well as creating a series of calm, contemplative spaces to reduce anxiety and clean the mind.
The project seeks to reimagine the busy intersection of Camden Town Station as a place of shelter, protection, and solace. Sited in the gap between two bridges, and lifted above the junction, is a reimagined homeless shelter and counselling centre.
The building is a soup and smoothie kitchen, with the produce grown and stored onsite in the allotments and greenhouse. The aim of this project is to provide a space for the local residents of Maiden Lane Estate to access locally sourced food.
The project is for a language assistance and cultural centre, aimed at the elderly migrant populations of Camden with specific focus on Bangladeshi, Arabic and Portuguese communities. The building provides a space for knowledge sharing and learning.
The building aims to operate as an eco-system in Camden, having a collective oversee the
development of a start-up while collaborating with a publication studio to publicise opportunities for engagement between the creative industry and public realm.
The programme for the site is a launderette and swimming baths, focussing on the element of water in the nearby Regents Canal. The building provides alternative activities that can enhanced the time given to the mundane task of laundry.
The building is a communal workshop which promotes the repair of household appliances and handmade furniture. The space blends the functions of repair, making, and educating while supporting conscious environmental and economical responses to waste.
The design is for a pair of towers located on the site to create an atmosphere which makes possible the cohabitation of people, animals (concentrating on bats and small-size birds) and plants.
Challenging the proposed development for the site of the old Constitution Pub in Camden, the project proposes a repurposing of the space into a new practice and jamming space for amateur and professional local musicians.