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Wolverhampton Youth Shelter
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Wolverhampton Youth Shelter
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Wolverhampton Youth Space
This design-led process offers an alternative to the mass-produced
shelters that are available through catalogues. Commissioned through Midlands Architecture & Design
Environment and the Government office for the West Midlands. The idea of this
project is that each shelter will be different; each will reflect a different
design response to the people and place and each will be the result of a unique
collaboration between architect, artist and young people.
Our given site was in the centre of a traffic island in the centre
of Wolverhampton, reached only by subway the space had been used to create a
skate park for young people.
In collaboration with artist Gwen Heeney
we developed two designs during a number of workshops, in which the youth took
a central role. The form is derived from the analysis of the movement of
skaters as they perform tricks and moves, creating a form that blurs the
distinction between art and architecture.
This design-led process offers an alternative to the mass-produced
shelters that are available through catalogues. Commissioned through Midlands Architecture & Design
Environment and the Government office for the West Midlands. The idea of this
project is that each shelter will be different; each will reflect a different
design response to the people and place and each will be the result of a unique
collaboration between architect, artist and young people.
Our given site was in the centre of a traffic island in the centre
of Wolverhampton, reached only by subway the space had been used to create a
skate park for young people.
In collaboration with artist Gwen Heeney
we developed two designs during a number of workshops, in which the youth took
a central role. The form is derived from the analysis of the movement of
skaters as they perform tricks and moves, creating a form that blurs the
distinction between art and architecture.
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