"Filmmaker Marc Isaacs sets himself up in a London tower block lift. The residents come to trust him and reveal the things that matter to them creating a humorous and moving portrait of a vertical community."
Dir: Marc Isaacs / UK / 2001
UNIT H: CULTURAL GEOMETRIES
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Showing posts with label community. Show all posts
Monday, 6 October 2014
On Play in the City
Some inspirational projects, books and blogs on play in cities...
The Child in the City by Colin Ward
Skateboarding, Space and the City by Iain Borden
Aldo Van Eyck - Playgrounds in Amsterdam
Aldo van Eyck transformed urban spaces (and bombed sites) in Amsterdam into more than 700 playgrounds between 1947 and 1978. Beyond the sites' spatial designs, van Eyck also developed a whole series of sandpits, climbing frames, and other equipment in his radical, charming recreation of the city into a space for play. This book considers the importance of the playground in general and more specifically within the international postwar developments in city planning. Van Eyck's sources of inspiration, from Kurt Schwitters to Jacoba Mulder, are surveyed. The playgrounds themselves are examined on the basis of how they were received at the time of construction, through letters from neighborhood residents, memoranda by public officials, and the reactions of contemporary architects. A separate essay traces what happened to the playgrounds after 1978, and how van Eyck's ideas resonate in the design practices and spatial planning policy of today.
Playscapes is a comprehensive blog on play: http://www.play-scapes.com
Tim Gill London play consultant: http://rethinkingchildhood.com
The Child in the City by Colin Ward
Skateboarding, Space and the City by Iain Borden
Aldo Van Eyck - Playgrounds in Amsterdam
Aldo van Eyck transformed urban spaces (and bombed sites) in Amsterdam into more than 700 playgrounds between 1947 and 1978. Beyond the sites' spatial designs, van Eyck also developed a whole series of sandpits, climbing frames, and other equipment in his radical, charming recreation of the city into a space for play. This book considers the importance of the playground in general and more specifically within the international postwar developments in city planning. Van Eyck's sources of inspiration, from Kurt Schwitters to Jacoba Mulder, are surveyed. The playgrounds themselves are examined on the basis of how they were received at the time of construction, through letters from neighborhood residents, memoranda by public officials, and the reactions of contemporary architects. A separate essay traces what happened to the playgrounds after 1978, and how van Eyck's ideas resonate in the design practices and spatial planning policy of today.
Playscapes is a comprehensive blog on play: http://www.play-scapes.com
Tim Gill London play consultant: http://rethinkingchildhood.com
How to use film to show complex spatial relationships: Section through a Banlieue
La Haine (1995), dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4qo3EwozH0Y
A classic scene from La Haine which gives an overview of a Parisian ‘banlieue’ through an excellent panning shot which is almost like a section through the housing estate. If any of you get to the top of one of the blocks consider how you can use film to show the experience of being up there... and the relationship between neighbouring blocks and the public spaces below.
A classic scene from La Haine which gives an overview of a Parisian ‘banlieue’ through an excellent panning shot which is almost like a section through the housing estate. If any of you get to the top of one of the blocks consider how you can use film to show the experience of being up there... and the relationship between neighbouring blocks and the public spaces below.
public / private
relationships between inside and outside, between the individual and the public
section through a housing estate
communities
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The Human Scale
A fantastic film, focusing on the work of Jan Gehl and Gehl Architects and the role is making cities happier places to live in.
It would be worth grabbing a copy and screening it in the studio. It is good fuel for our work in Earl's court….
video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BxywJRJVzJs
video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BxywJRJVzJs
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