Events programme
EXHIBITIONS
RAILINGS EXHIBITIONS
16 – 25 June
Twenty temporary exhibitions along the Biennale Walk Route hung on railings describing the architecture and history of buildings and places along the route.
LAB and Jason Bruges Studio, AIG, CLP, Lovejoy, MOLAS, Farrell and Partners, Benedict O’Looney.
‘CHANGE’
16 – 25 June
Smithfield House
A major exhibition curated by Tom Dyckhoff and designed by Piercy Conner, investigating the theme of the Biennale – how the city changes itself. Looking at programmes, plans, projects, conflicts and solutions.
LAB
THE WORLD IN ONE CITY
16 – 25 June
Venue tbc
An exhibition of work by overseas architects working in London or producing projects for London.
Matteo Coiner
PETER ACKROYD’S THAMES
16 – 25 June
Millennium Bridge
The exhibition sits on the Millennium Bridge, designed by Arup, Foster and Partners, Bisset Adams, Wordsalad, with Peter Ackroyd. The West side of the bridge will deal with all that is ‘noble’ and the East side of the bridge will deal with the ‘darker’ side of the Thames.
Peter Ackroyd, Bisset Adams, Wordsalad Arup and Fosters
WORLD CUP 2006 STADIA
16 – 25 June
SmithField House
Exhibition by the German Detail magazine on designs for new stadia for the World Cup 2006 including Herzog de Meuron’s Bayern Munich ground as well as refurbished building. A screen will provide live coverage of matches from Germany.
Detail magazine
THE WORK OF DIXON JONES
17 – 30 June
Newsroom, Guardian and
Observer Archive and Visitor
Centre
An exhibition curated by Observer correspondent Deyan Sudjic on the designers of the new Guardian newspaper offices in Kings Cross.
SOUTHWARK ARCHITECTURE: THE SOUTHWARK EFFECT
16 – 25 June
The Ragged School
This exhibition, designed by thomas matthews will seek to demonstrate current architectural activity in Southwark with work by major international figures. It will show buildings of significance and seek to tell the story of the area’s heritage and development.
London Borough of Southwark
ZAHA’S LONDON
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
An exhibition focusing on Zaha Hadid’s projects in London.
EYE DREAM
16 – 25 June
Fish and Coal Offices, King's
Cross
An Exhibition resulting from a residency, by Minnie Weicz, in the Coal and Fish Offices on the King’s Cross Development site. Transforming the building into a camera-obscura, images of the changing King’s cross terrain were observed by the building and recorded on photographic paper.
London Borough of Camden and Minnie Weicz
SUBTERRANEAN LONDON
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
A photography exhibition that will bring to light the hidden architectural spaces below the streets of London.
A-EM Studio and Alan Williams
BLOOMING ST LUKE'S
16 – 25 June
St Luke's, Old Street
A garden designed by graphic design guru Peter Saville who is basing his bedding design on the four colour printing process in reference to Clerkenwell’s long printing tradition.
London Borough of Islington / Scarlet Projects
URBAN CARPET
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
An exhibition of carpets created by architects Leitwerk, based on the development of King’s Cross Central.
London Borough of Camden
VISION FOR THE EUSTON ROAD
16 – 25 June
Camden Town Hall
Interactive exhibition about the Euston Road and plans to improve its status, public realm, and traffic management including work undertaken by Sir Terry Farrell.
London Borough of Camden
KING’S CROSS – CRADLE OF THE OLYMPICS
16 – 25 June
The German Gymnasium
Exhibition about the birth of the British Olympic movement which was centred on the German Gymnasium in the late 19th century.
London Borough of Camden
AGORA: CITIES FOR PEOPLE
16 – 25 June
Bankside Gallery
The Agora London team, from Central Saint Martins, studied a route from the Globe Theatre and Tate Modern along the South Bank westwards over Hungerford Bridge towards Trafalgar Square. The exhibition illustrates this three year research project concerned with the planning and sustainability of the urban environment.
Innovation Centre - Central Saint Martins
JEWELLERY AND TEXTILES INSPIRED BY ARCHITECTURE
15 June – 15 July
Lesley Craze Gallery,
Clerkenwell Green
The exhibition will showcase the work of jewellery, metalwork and textile artists inspired by Architectural forms.
Lesley Craze Gallery
AVANTI ARCHITECTS – 25 YEARS
16 – 25 June
Avanti Architects office
A review of the themes and projects which have shaped Avanti Architects over the last 25 years.
Avanti Architects
REBUILDING THE BARBICAN CENTRE
16 – 25 June
Barbican
A display highlighting the work AHMM are doing in the redevelopment at the Barbican Centre.
Barbican in conjunction with AHMM
FLEET RIVER
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
A rerun of the last Biennale’s highly successful exhibition on the history of the River Fleet which runs beneath Farringdon Road.
McDowell Benedetti
THE ANTE PAVILION
19 – 23 June
St James' Churchyard
London’s response to the British Council’s decision to ignore the capital in this year’s Venice Biennale. This exhibition will study the core of British architectural talent in London to explore ‘the meta-city’, as they like to call it.
David Morley Architects with Price & Myers
THE THAMES – A PERSPECTIVE
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
An exhibition of continuous Thames photographs by Richard Holt from the Thames Barrier to Teddington Lock.
Richard Holt
MAPPING THE MARKET: SENSING PASTS – PRESENCES – FUTURES
16 – 25 June
One Cathedral Street
This exhibition will celebrate Borough Market’s 250th Anniversary, reveal a wealth of empirical knowledge and offer blueprints for a better more collaborative future.
Borough Market
REINVENTING THE BIKE SHED
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
New solutions to the problem of bike parking in public spaces, work places and the home. How to house a bike in minimal accommodation, how to retrofit bike parking in offices, schools and public venues - and how to create innovative bike parking in the public realm. Bike parking from around the world, together with the results of a public one day workshop and student workshops from around the UK.
Feilden Clegg Bradley, Blueprint and Southwark Cyclists
MODEL IMAGINATION: "STRUCTURES FOR LIVING"
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
The "Structures for living" by secondary school pupils from a Biennale Architectural workshop to be held at the Building Exploratory in Hackney. Designs will be modeled computer graphically and displayed as glow in the dark structures.
Brady Mallalieu Architects, Price & Myers Engineers and The Building Exploratory
CHANGING LONDON SCHOOLS
16 – 25 June
BDP
An exhibition describing the architecture and design of schools within the inner London Boroughs post the the millennium. With an accompanying series of school workshops and a debate featuring a panel of architects and designers.
AF and BDP
MADDER ROSE
22 – 25 June
Whitecross Street
New contemporary art gallery opens with an exhibition of new sculptures by Rachel Kneebone. This new innovative split-level gallery space has been designed by Lynch Architects.
Flora Fairbairn and Angus Maguire / Madder Rose Gallery
ANATOMY OF ENGINEERING EXHIBITION
17 – 25 June
The House of Detention,
Sans Walk
The exhibition explores the design evolution of ten extraordinary structures, including buildings, bridges, stadia and sculptures, using advanced 3D modelling and computer controlled manufacture.
Price & Myers 3D Engineering and architects Piercy Conner
THE WATER CLOCK PROJECT (PART OF THE CLERKENWELL COMMONS)
Clerkenwell Green
An urban design analysis of the strategic importance of Clerkenwell Green and the formative role of water in the district’s development.
Mike Franks / The Regeneration Trust
MAKING IT IN THE CITY (PART OF THE CLERKENWELL COMMONS)
Clerkenwell Workshops – tbc
A celebration at the newly refurbished Clerkenwell Workshops of the centuries old artisan skills that made Clerkenwell famous.
Mike Franks / The Regeneration Trust
DESIGN INSPIRATION – EUSTON UNDERPASS
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
Children of South Camden Community School will exhibit their ideas of the Euston Underpass. The children worked during their Enterprise week with Terry Farrell Architects and EDCO landscape designers to create inspiring design ideas for the improving the Euston Underpass.
British Land and Terry Farrell and Partners in collaboration with EDCO, Squint Opera and South Camden Community School
INSTALLATIONS
URBAN OASIS
16 – 25 June (could be
permanent)
Clerkenwell Green
An interactive, naturally powered centrepiece for the Green that will respond to external stimuli in order to create a haven and meeting place that refreshes, stimulates and inspires people caught up in the urban grind.
Laurie Chetwood / Chetwoods
AUNT-SUE: ACCESSIBILITY, URBAN DESIGN AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
16 – 25 June
Venue: tbc
Organised by the Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University, AUNT-SUE is part of a Sustainable Urban Environment (SUE) action research programme. The project is investigating and producing design solutions to mobility and transport access through urban design and user led planning.
Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University
THE PERCEPTION THING
16 – 25 June
Pine Street
A project by Pine Street-based ORMS Architects to subtly (or otherwise) alter people's perceptions of the Pine Street environment, to help people see London's buildings in a different way; provoking the engaging questions of 'Why?' and 'How?'
ORMS
VIVACITY: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE 24 HOUR CITY
16 – 25 June
Hoopers Gallery, Exmouth Market tbc
VivaCity is part of the Sustainable Urban Environment (SUE) action research programme funded by the Engineering & Physical Science Research Council with the ODPM and Housing Corporation. Following an intensive case study based in and around Clerkenwell the key themes include mixed use and quality of life; street and property crime; amenities (WCs!); environmental quality (noise, pollution) and housing design. Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University
ARCHITECTS IN PUBLIC TOILETS
16 – 25 June
Public toilets along the Biennale walk route.
This installation, by Architects in Residence, involves decorating toilet cubicles including wallpapering and installing a series of objects, which relate to the domestic toilet, i.e. crocheted toilet brush holders, lampshades and pink splash mats in order to re-evaluate the harsh internal environment of most facilities.
Architects in Residence
UNDER CONSTRUCTION (PART OF ARCHITECTURE RABBIT)
16 – 25 June
South Bank
A sandy beach will be created replete with deck chairs, ice cream vans and donkey rides. This project aims to change people's perception of the City and the way they behave in it. It will also change the typical city environment in the summer months to a place many would rather be.
Us & Us with Scarlet Projects
DISINFORMATION
16 – 25 June
Albion Stables
New music composition and sound installation exploring the atmospheric acoustics of a particular building.
London Borough of Camden
RE-COVER(Y)
17-25 June
Vernon Square
The installation will use reclaimed materials to create an abstract shelter that inhabits the public square by responding to the roads and various views to create an improved public place. The participants will be engaged in constructing, designing and inhabiting the installation as it develops through the course of the week.
Architecture sans Frontieres UK
OVERLOOKED
16 – 25 June and can remain
Green Dragon Court, Borough Market
An installation by Angela Wright to consist of a white carpet of unfired porcelain pieces. The pieces are stacked together, supporting each other and have echoes of a city/landscape or a thrown down fleece. The carpet will produce a luminous white floor in the gloom.
Angela Wright
K6 INSTALLATION
16 – 25 June
Outside The German Gymnasium, King's Cross
A temporary art installation in a classic K6 red telephone box. The K6 was designed by Gilbert Scott and based on Sir John Soane's tomb in nearby St Pancras Gardens. London Borough of Camden and Model Citizen
PUSS AND MEW
16 – 25 June
Venue - tbc
The Puss and Mew transaction begins with the purchase of a brass trade token, Participants will then trace a route through Southwark to find the gin vending machine.
Luis Carvajal and Annie Davey
FILM AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
TRANSIT, A NEW FILM BY EMILY RICHARDSON.
16 – 25 June
Smithfield Market Car Park
Over the last year Emily Richardson has been researching the shifting architectural and social landscape of the East End of London. transit is a three screen film projection hidden within the only original vaults left under smithfield market. Exploring themes of people and place, the film will be experimental in form and will capture something of the changes taking place.
Measure Arts
TEMPORAL FACADES
16 – 25 June
various venues
An exploration, by Nina Noor and Andrew Stiff, into the material and dematerial nature of London in 2006. Six projections at six nodes along the Biennale walk route.
Nina Noor and Andrew Stiff
FILLING UP / EMPTYING
16 – 25 June
Caledonian Road, Clerkenwell Green, Exmouth Market
A site specific video installation. The video will be projected onto the front window of a shop front along the route and will be most visible from early evening. The installation will create an illusion of the space within the shop filling up with water and then draining away. A sound element will also be incorporated.
Helen Dewhurst
DEBATES
BRING BACK THE FRONT DOOR
Date: tbc
While the public realm and outdoor spaces generally are being improved around London, people have forgotten the front garden area. Home owners seem to turn their back on the front to accommodate cars and rubbish bins and have created a blight in our residential streets.
Terry Brown - GMW
CREATIVE KING'S CROSS
Date: tbc
The German Gymnasium
Discussion about the creative life of King's Cross, the role of local creative and cultural industries and the potential for it to become a creative hub.
London Borough of Camden
TOURS AND WALKS
CLERKENWELL HEALTHY WALK
LAB06 Route and the Clerkenwell Historic Trail
The LAB06 walk route is approximately equal to 60% of the government recommendation that we walk 10,000 steps each day. The Looking with your Feet project, provides the remaining 40% along the Historic Town Trail, which is marked on Clerkenwell’s pavements.
Mike Franks / The Regeneration Trust
THE FLEET UNDER OUR FEET
16 – 25 June
Argyle Square
LED units embedded within paving to mark the route of the historic Fleet River, which runs from King’s Cross to the Thames
London Borough of Camden
KING’S CROSS VOICES
Date: tbc
Argyle Square
Audio trail of oral testimonies about residents' experiences of living and working in King’s Cross over the last 50 years.
London Borough of Camden
ST PANCRAS CHAMBERS TOUR
Date: tbc
St Pancras
Tour of the interior of the former Midland Grand Hotel and an opportunity to view construction work on Barlow’s historic train shed.
London Borough of Camden
OPENING OF CLERK’S WELL
The well will be open at certain times during the Biennale.
Mike Franks / The Regeneration Trust
OPEN OFFICES
OPEN OFFICES: CLERKENWELL
Venue: various
Architectural practices of Clerkenwell will open their offices to public gaze.
OPEN OFFICES: SOUTHWARK
Saturday 24
Venue: various
London Borough of Southwark
EVENTS
ARCHITECTURE RABBIT
Date: tbc
Five small events in venues around Clerkenwell / Shoreditch –a mixture of film screenings, eating events, and interactive installations/happenings.
Scarlet Projects
MAPPING THE CITY
Date: tbc
Space Syntax Offices, Riverside Studios, Borough Market
An Open Space evening event with speakers and an informal discussion/debate.
London Borough of Southwark and Space Syntax
COMPETITIONS
GATES OF THE CITY
Secondary school students from the local area will work with architects to create designs for the interior tunnels of a viaduct in Southwark. The competition will raise awareness of the way design integrates with public spaces.
Southwark Council, Sponsored by Lord Securities
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION PUBLIC CONVENIENCES
Tooley Street and Grange Road Public Conveniences
Southwark Council will run a design competition in conjunction with an architectural journal to explore the potential for redevelopment of two disused public toilets. The objective is to celebrate the architectural possibilities of both sites and raise the profile of architecture in the borough concurring with the Biennale’s theme of change.
Southwark Council, RIBA Journal (Media Sponsors)
REINVENTING THE BIKE SHED
An ideas competition to devise new solutions to the problem of bike parking in public spaces, work places and the home. We are looking for inventive solutions for urban living - how to house a bike in minimal accommodation, how to retrofit bike parking in offices, schools and public venues –and how to create innovative bike parking in the public realm.
To be launched in Blueprint, with an exploratory workshop to be held on Sunday 18th June.
Feilden Clegg Bradley, Blueprint and Southwark Cyclists
MARKETS
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S FAIR
17 June
West Smithfield
A contemporary recreation of St Bartholomew's Fair; a modern fair with amusements, stalls and food, and will also mark the events and changes that have taken place in the West Smithfield -arguably London's most important historic open space - over the past 800 years.
ttsp and Wilkinson Eyre
ARCHITECTURE, ART & DESIGN SHOW
23 – 25 June
Forecourt of the British Library
A three day weekend market housed within inflatable pavilions on the BL forecourt (originally conceived by Colin St John Wilson for market trading).
London Borough of Camden
ARCHITECTURAL BOOK FAIR
Date: tbc
70 Cowcross Street
Annual architectural book fair in the Cowcross Studios courtyard.
SAVE
ASSOCIATED EVENTS
SARACENO EXHIBITION
11 May – 23 July
Barbican
For his first major UK show Tomas Saraceno creates an environment that offers a glimpse into the future. The installation in The Curve is the latest incarnation of Saraceno’s Air- Port-City project.
FUTURE CITY: EXPERIMENT & UTOPIA IN ARCHITECTURE 1956 –2006
15 June – 17 September
Barbican Art Gallery
From Archigram to Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind to UN Studio, Future City traces the history of experimental architecture since the 1950s. Featuring over 200 original maquettes, drawings, photographs and film.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US AT:
info@londonbiennale.org.uk
London Architecture Biennale
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85 Clerkenwell Road
London
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