The Urban Islands Project – reviving places:
www.urbanislandsproject.net
The Urban Islands Project is part of an ongoing project SPACEPILOTS introduced in 2009 under the title of Unlocking the City, aiming to excite young people about their city, engage them with their environment, and to empower them to get involved in the actual shaping of places.
We are inviting young people aged 16-25 from all over London to participate in the research and development of design ideas for Urban Islands.
- Join us on www.urbanislandsproject.net to receive the latest news and to help us detect existing or potential urban spots, overlooked and/or ignored, and revive them into Urban Islands!
We will launch the project in form of a small pilot at this year’s London Festival of Architecture [LFA'10], 19th June – 4th July 2010, in the Borough of Southwark, South London.
dates: 19th June 2010, project start;
4th July 2010 @ The LFA 2010, finale
place: Southwark, Southbank
theme: ‘reviving places through urban interventions and architectural
actions’
method: creative, collaborative exploring, mapping, filming, making,…