Project35 News

Roma Gypsy Survival Strategies: EuRoMa in London

Mon, 8 June 2009 10:53:22 BST

Following successful workshops in Rome, Bucharest and Volos, the Eu-Roma partners are coming to London for a final series of events throughout June, to coincide with the second Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month.

Here are some public highlights:

Throughout June, an exhibition of research and work by the Eu-Roma partners: EU-ROMA DWELLING at the second floor galleries of the RIBA, London. More information at architecture.com and the london architecture diary. (01-29.06.2009)

Lecture and performances by Ioana Szeman and Lucy Orta at the London College of Fashion (LCF). (22.06.2009)

International seminar at the LCF (booking essential). Speakers will include Thomas Acton, Ian Hancock, Delia Grigore, Rocky Deans and Eva Sajovic, plus Eu-Roma partners including Sue Konu and David Knight of Project 35. (23.06.2009)

Project screening at the Autograph ABP Gallery. (24.06.2009)

Book launch of Eva Sajovic's 'Pavee Widden' at the Peckham Settlement. (25.06.2009)

Back from Volos

Fri, 17 April 2009 17:58:33 BST

Sue Konu and David Knight of Project 35 have returned from the research trip and symposium in Volos, Greece, undertaken as part of the Eu-Roma project. It was an inspiring and provocative trip and we will be assembling a summary of new information shortly.

Our mapping of Roma and travellers in the London context will, in the meantime, be shown as part of a Europe-wide exhibition of Eu-Roma work at the RIBA, Portland Place, in June. This will coincide with the second UK Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month.

More to follow...!

Project 35 in Volos

Mon, 30 March 2009 12:00:35 BST

Sue Konu and David Knight of Project 35 will be in Greece next week for the next stage of the European Roma Mapping project- and participating in the Building Together symposium organised by Maria Papadimitriou at the University of Thessaly, Volos. Sue will deliver a presentation covering recent research produced by the practice and contemporary narratives of Roma and travellers in the London and UK context.

Redesign your School!

Mon, 16 March 2009 11:01:02 GMT

Following our visit to Thames Christian College's 'Careers Evening' in late February, we recently organised a day workshop for students interested in pursuing architecture or design. To give them a taste of architectural processes, we took their school building as a project, ran a consultation on its qualities and things missing, and then worked in groups to develop new solutions and visions for the school based upon those new understandings.

We also talked the students through a range of ideas affecting architecture, and took them through the processes that happen after these initial brainstorming sessions- right up to the finished, inhabitable building.

The workshop, which we ran with Nick Coombe and Fenella Collingridge, will shortly have a follow-up session - and crit - to present the students' developed proposals.

Roma Preview Pavilion in Bucharest

Fri, 13 March 2009 16:54:57 GMT

The 'Roma Preview Pavilion' is on show, with photographs of Roma life by Marina Obradovic, at the 'Muzeul Taranului Roman' in Bucharest.

The exhibition closes on the 3rd April.

New images of kent spa

Sun, 1 February 2009 09:03:35 GMT

A project page for a Spa development in rural Kent has been put on-line. A set of new images of the project can be found there and we will continue to update it as the project progresses.

See it here.

Season's Greetings!

Wed, 17 December 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Project 35 would like to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

This year's Christmas card is shown on the right, showing our scheme design in Thamesmead which is now nearing completion. This same project was the subject of our 2005 card- though then in sketch form. The snowflakes remain the same...

Flood-proof houses for the future: A compendium of design

Fri, 12 December 2008 10:55:06 GMT

Project 35's entry to the Norwich Union / RIBA Flood Design competition has been published in 'Flood-proof houses for the future: A compendium of design', a document launched at the Thames Gateway Forum.

Visioning a Spa

Fri, 5 December 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Project 35 are developing proposals for a new spa complex in south-east England in collaboration with Nick Coombe. The work is currently at the visioning stage, and has led to the study model on the right. We'll post more soon.

EuRoMa London Mapping Report

Mon, 24 November 2008 13:40:26 GMT

A document containing our collaborative research to date on the European Roma Mapping project has gone online at the collective homepage. Please click on the link (right) to go to the download page.

New images of Grove Street online

Tue, 28 October 2008 17:20:24 GMT

Our scheme design in Enfield, Grove Street, completed in mid-2008. New images of the completed project have now been uploaded to the project page here.

News from Bucharest

Sun, 26 October 2008 11:23:45 GMT

Project 35 director Sue Konu has returned from her trip to Romania to attend the 'Roma(nia: Severe and Extreme Poverty' event held as part of the ongoing European Roma Mapping Project. More details can be found on the project page- see link on the right!

Another journey to Thamesmead

Fri, 24 October 2008 12:09:38 BST

Our scheme designs in Thamesmead are edging ever nearer to completion, so we took another journey over there to see progress.

ARK HOUSE AT THAMES GATEWAY FORUM

Fri, 17 October 2008 09:30:00 BST

Project 35's 'Ark House' design is to be showcased at the 2008 Thames Gateway Forum event at London's ExCel centre, 26-27th November. The project, selected as a "strong contender" in the recent RIBA/Norwich Union Flood Risk Design competition, has today been added to our research projects section of the website.

'The Rule of Regulations' at the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam

Wed, 15 October 2008 13:12:39 BST

Having finished its run at the Architecture Foundation's Closet Gallery, the 'Rule of Regulations' is travelling to the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The exhibition was co-produced by Project 35 team member David Knight and Finn Williams.

It will be on display there from the 25th November to the 19th December.

Project 35 go to Bucharest: EuRoMa

Tue, 7 October 2008 12:58:52 BST

Project 35 Director Sue Konu will be travelling to Bucharest in mid October for a series of workshops and seminars, "ROMA(nia). Between Severe and Extreme Poverty", part of the European Roma Mapping project. Sue will discuss the findings of our mapping and research phase conducted to investigate the nature of Roma dwellings in London.

The image on the right is of a map produced to represent traveller sites and their capacities across the Greater London area.

The event is from 19th-26th October and we will keep you posted with its findings.

Lucy Orta at London College of Fashion

Wed, 1 October 2008 09:04:42 BST

Lucy Orta, collaborator with Project 35 on the European Roma Mapping project and Professor of Art, Fashion and the Environment at the London College of Fashion, is currently showing some recent work in the LCF's Fashion Gallery. The free event, entitled 'Survival', shows new work never before seen in the UK including some pieces from Lucy's Antarctica project.

EuRoMa at the Venice Biennale

Sat, 20 September 2008 13:10:49 BST

The Roma 'preview' Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale is open to visitors and features work by EuRoMa collaborator Lucy Orta, supported by CNCR Bucharest, ATU Bucharest, LAN Napoli and TAMA Athens. The show features specially produced tents dressed in Roma fabrics.

Important: Change of Address

Mon, 1 September 2008 15:47:09 BST

Project 35 have now formally moved into our new Herne Hill studio.

The address follows below, so please update your details accordingly and note our new contact telephone number. E-mail addresses remain unchanged.

Project 35 Architects, 77-79 Shakespeare Road, London SE24 0PT

Telephone +44 (0) 20 7733 5550

The Rule of Regulations

Mon, 25 August 2008 17:38:22 BST

Working with Finn Williams , Project 35 team member David Knight has developed an exhibition for the Closet Gallery, a temporary venue commissioned by the Architecture Foundation in a railway arch beside the Union Gallery, London SE1.

'The Rule of Regulations' investigates current UK housing legislation in a serious but playful way, applying five current policy documents, including the 'Code for Sustainable Homes' and 'Housing Quality Indicators', to Le Corbusier's famous Maison Citrohan.

The exhibition documents in detail the various iterations applied to Le Corbusier's 1927 ideal home in order for it to achieve 21st Century notions of 'quality' - along the way raising the question of whether we may well be creating a whole new 'international style' through the rule of regulations.

The Closet Gallery, Union Gallery, 57 Ewer Street, London SE1 0NR; Monday - Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-5pm