“Making It Happen: New Community Architecture” at RIBA, London
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is currently hosting an exhibition titled “Making It Happen: New Community Architecture,” which tells the stories behind four very different examples of new or reimagined public areas. The exhibition is on“Making It Happen: New Community Architecture” at RIBA, London
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is currently hosting an exhibition titled “Making It Happen: New Community Architecture,” which tells the stories behind four very different examples of new or reimagined public areas. The exhibition is on view through April 27, 2019. Describing the exhibition, RIBA states, “This immersive exhibition charts and celebrates the coming together of communities and architects to craft and create spaces that work for all.” It adds, “Four immersive installations, representing recent projects from around the UK, offer pragmatic yet inspiring examples of architects and local communities working together. This exhibition tells the stories behind the creation of new or reimagined public spaces; making them happen despite difficult economic circumstances.” In recent years, many public buildings in Britain have faced an uncertain future as a result of budget cuts or the withdrawal of funding. In response, communities have come together to keep public buildings open and functioning, campaigning, and fundraising in the face of closure or catastrophe. “Making It Happen: New Community Architecture” features four such recent projects that offer ideas for the redesign of existing spaces and methodologies to build new ones: Hastings Pier by dRMM Architects; Coniston Institute by Grizedale Arts + Hayatsu Architects; Old Manor Park Library by APPARATA; and The Lookout by Processcraft. Commenting further on the exhibition, RIBA states, “The exhibition designed by Hayatsu Architects presents a series of immersive installations that reflect the materiality and spatial qualities of each project, with displays that demonstrate the roles that the four practices took on, working as designers, contractors, makers, cheerleaders, and activists.” For too long, architects have split into the rival camps of the “do-gooding community activists” and the “material-led, detail-obsessed maestros.” In its review, the Guardian writes, “This exhibition shows it is possible to be socially worthy, environmentally conscious, people-centred and also be interested in the beauty of things and how they are made. Community architecture doesn’t have to mean scaffolding planks, straw bales, and bits from a skip nailed together ad hoc.”“We wanted to show how the role of the architect can go beyond just designing,” says the exhibition’s curator Pete Collard. “In these projects, they’re involved in many different ways, from organizing, to building, to fundraising, and beyond.” A program of events for adults, children, and young people are scheduled throughout the duration of the exhibition, which is on view through April 27, 2019, at the Architecture Gallery, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD.For details visit https://www.architecture.com https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more