Posted by: stephanie-brandt

Call for Participation
We are looking for a small group of 16-25 year olds to participate in a pilot project at The London Festival of Architecture in collaboration with ITVfixers, Better Bankside, Love your Street and SPACEPILOTS.

Dates:
7th June 2010, first meeting & exploration of area
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 exploration, mapping, filming, making,…

if you would like to join please contact us @: http://urbanislandsproject.net/contact/

About the Urban Islands project
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.

We will launch the project in the form of a small pilot at this year’s London Festival of Architecture [LFA 2010] between 19 June – 4 July 2010, in the Borough of Southwark, South London. [more details to follow soon!]

- A citywide survey has been run in 2009 asking young people about their local environment and the improvements/interventions they would like to see put in place to improve their lives… – The Urban Islands Project is a direct response to their call to create places where they can meet each other and feel safe.

- Help us detect existing or potential urban spots, overlooked and/or ignored, and revive them into Urban Islands!

As a final outcome – we will create a complete London-Urban-Islands-map that can be accessed and downloaded by everyone; and in the long run, help making youngsters experience and use their neighborhood in new or different ways.


Source: http://www.urbanislandsproject.net/

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