Festival Village Arts Hub by TILT and LYN Atelier |
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| DESIGN NAME: Festival Village PRIMARY FUNCTION: Arts Hub INSPIRATION: We are a collaborative design practice, emphasising social design. We wanted to create a vibrant, socially engaged community arts Hub in the centre of London's South Bank. What attracted TILT to this project was the extent to which the client was willing to embrace our collaborative design approach and recognise its potential as a tool to inspire participation and build community. We were also inspired by the challenge to make the space almost entirely from recycled materials. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Festival Village was designed as the social hub of the Festival of the World, a summer arts festival organised by London's Southbank Centre in 2012. There were three key principles. First, that the space was regenerative, bringing new life to an underused part of the Southbank site. Secondly, that the space was conceived and delivered through the participation of the local community. Lastly, that the space would function as a hub for all the 4000 artists performing as part of the festival. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: We see space design as designing interactions, and therefore as a way to enable the social sphere. We practice a codesign and comake approach as it empowers ownership and leads to richly diverse spaces like Festival Village. It is difficult to measure the social impact that a space can have on people, but we know that including people in the design leads to an end result that is unique, enabling and performs far better for a community of users than a space designed in an non-participative way. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project began in January 2012 and completed in May 2012 in London, The Festival Village formally launched in June 2012. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Social Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: We used a methodology rooted in codesign and comaking. We built a community of 200 local people, including artists, young people and staff to deliver the space. By applying an adaptable approach to the design, we maximised the use of the space, incorporating a cafe, cinema, meeting rooms, lounge, library, bar, outdoor area, and performance space all within the one space. A blog, Facebook and Twitter account were created and regularly updated by the community, feeding the momentum of the project. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Reclaimed site plywood and graffiti boards, donated bricks, British Library exhibition shelving, recycled bottles, concrete, ratchet straps, felt, found tables legs and chairs, build mesh, corrugated polycarbonate and softwoods. TAGS: codesign, comake, collaboration, arts, community, sustainability, recycled, pop up RESEARCH ABSTRACT: TILT is a design practice, leading the industry in codesign. Our methodology has been tried and tested in numerous projects around the world. At the heart of TILT's practice is a unique codesign methodology that transforms the way people interact with each other and the spaces around them. By including people in the design and making of their spaces TILT encourage users to explore the role of objects and furniture and its impact on their own culture and behaviour. CHALLENGE: The hardest part of the project was creating and curating the community. We worked with the client to appeal for volunteers, held regular workshops and used social media to help them stay in touch. Having a diverse range of participants, from students to retirees, was a challenge, as we needed to find activities that suited all levels. Comaking raised building compliance issues. We employed expertise as required. It was crucial to abide by the law and prove that spaces can be made in this way ADDED DATE: 2013-02-27 05:31:49 TEAM MEMBERS (2) : The Festival Village was a collaboration between the design practices TILT and LYN Atelier. and There was also contributions to the design and making from over 200+ volunteers whose names appear in the space itself but are too numerous to list here. IMAGE CREDITS: TILT and LYN Atelier, 2012. |
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NAME: The Southbank Centre PROFILE: Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings (the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Hayward Gallery), and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than three million visitors annually. Nearly a thousand paid performances of music, dance and literature are staged at Southbank Centre each year, as well as over 300 free foyer events and an education programme, in and around the performing arts venues. In addition, three to six major art exhibitions are presented at Hayward Gallery yearly, and National Touring Exhibitions reach over 100 venues across the UK. |
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Festival Village Arts Hub by Tilt and Lyn Atelier is Winner in Social Design Category, 2012 - 2013.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with TILT and LYN Atelier. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by TILT and LYN Atelier. |
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