Delightful Fun: a Cedric Price Thinkbelt for our times – Opening Symposium

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A collaborative project between a network of UK schools of architecture to celebrate the legacy of Cedric Price (1934-2003).

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<h3>The event will take place in the Wash Houses</h3> <h3>Presentations by:</h3><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-hardingham-364362183/?originalSubdomain=uk" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-hardingham-364362183/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Samantha Hardingham</a>: author of Cedric Price Works 1952-2003 and Year 3 studio tutor with John Walter (Uni of Westminster)<a href="https://www.arup.com/contact-us/nick-jackson/" title="https://www.arup.com/contact-us/nick-jackson/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nick Jackson</a>: Director at ARUPs<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-jolliffe-19669648/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-jolliffe-19669648/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eleanor Jolliffe</a>: Associate at Allies and Morrison and BD columnist<a href="https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/staff/bo-tang/" title="https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/staff/bo-tang/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Bo Tang</a>: ARCSR and Diploma and Unit 6 (London Met)<a href="https://www.t-sa.co.uk/" title="https://www.t-sa.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Takero Shimazaki</a>: t-sa architects and Diploma Unit 8 (London Met)<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasios-varnavas-a65573b1/?originalSubdomain=uk" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasios-varnavas-a65573b1/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nasios Varnavas</a>: Urban Radicals and Year 2 Studio Tutor with Tadeáš Říha (Uni of Westminster) <h3>Discussants</h3><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kester-rattenbury-17536220/?originalSubdomain=uk" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kester-rattenbury-17536220/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Kester Rattenbury</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lea-3b649122/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lea-3b649122/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nigel Lea</a>: Design Director Gensler&amp; others <h3>Chaired by<a href="https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/staff/christian-frost/" title="https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/staff/christian-frost/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Professor Christian Frost</a></h3> Hosted by <a href="https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research/centres-groups-and-units/the-centre-for-urban-and-built-ecologies/" title="https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research/centres-groups-and-units/the-centre-for-urban-and-built-ecologies/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CUBE</a>, amidst a touring exhibition of the works of Cedric Price, this event will discuss, in relation to teaching and practice (and Price’s legacy), enduring architectural questions of re-use, circular economics, participation, community-led development and transdisciplinary methods of working which all require careful consideration of how time impacts design. <h3>Itinerary for Tuesday 1st April 2025</h3>5.30 – 6.00pm: All assemble / set up / refreshments6.00 – 6.30pm: Welcome/introduction – Christian Frost and Samantha Hardingham6.30 – 7.30pm: Speakers’ presentations 6 x 10 mins7.45 – 8.45pm: Discussion/responses9.00pm: Close Thinkbelt – Delightful Fun: a Cedric Price Thinkbelt for our times is a collaborative project between a network of UK schools of architecture to celebrate the legacy of Cedric Price (1934-2003) for its relevance today. The Thinkbelt network explores, collects and shares knowledge on the move – embodying the dynamism, expediency and inclusiveness invested in Price’s work.The idea picks up on three of Price’s projects: POTTERIES THINKBELT (1964) - a design for a new kind of university in Staffordshire that regenerates skills and knowledge reusing and adapting its existing infrastructures; POLYARK (1973) - a plan for a circular knowledge economy between UK schools of architecture inspired by his National Schools Plan (1966); and WESTAL (1986-90), a set of three ‘store-and-display’ units commissioned by Westminster Council to improve the conditions of the borough’s street markets. For Price the project was about making everyday experiences better for people living and working in cities.The centrepiece for the exhibition is two of Price’s WESTAL market stalls with a range of facsimile and archival drawings and reference materials presenting the diversity of his practice. The stalls speak to the idea of exchange in the city and associated events encourage exchange of ideas. Each school stopover will make their own display, make new materials to add to the exhibition and host a public event to be recorded and included in a cumulative catalogue. <h3>Exhibition route:</h3>1. October 2024 : Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert GordonUniversity, Aberdeen2. November: ESALA, Edinburgh3. December: Glasgow School of Art4. January 2025: University of Staffordshire5. February: Birmingham City University6. April: London Met/Westminster7. June: Glasgow Fringe Architecture Festival This event is supported by RIBA London, London Metropolitan University and the University of Westminster to promote uniting academia and practice through knowledge exchange. Image: Thinkbelt – Delightful Fun Exhibition at ESALA Edinburgh For internal use only: XX063 / XX055 / XX050 / XX051 / XX005 / XX081/ XX028

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