Join this event with BA Interior and Spatial Design (BA ISD) staff and graduating students, to celebrate the successful start of an innovative virtual collaborative project with IED Kunsthal Design Centre in Bilbao, Spain.

Launched in 2020, ‘A Place in Transition’ saw BA ISD students use the transformation of the Papelera Building, a former papermill in Bilbao, into an art and design school as an inspiration for their final major project.

Final year students were tasked with proposing and designing new uses for a chosen site or industrial building on Bilbao’s Zorrotzaure Island. The regeneration of the island is the latest and most ambitious project in Bilbao, set to transform more than 60 hectares of industrial area into a Creative Island - a new district of residential, commercial, office, and civic uses.

BA ISD students were aided and supported in their work by students and staff at IED Kunsthal who provided images, videos, plans and live virtual tours of the island.

This project is part of UAL’s Creative Cities initiative in Bilbao, through which the university has forged long-term relationships and value-based partnerships to respond to local challenges.

Join us for an online event to showcase the collaboration and discuss the value of collaborative international projects, especially during challenging times like the pandemic.

The event will include:

A presentation by Shibboleth Shechter, Course Leader, BA Interior and Spatial Design, and Gaizka Zuazo, Director of IED Kunsthal Design Centre, to introduce their collaboration (5-5.20pm).

A showcase from the graduating students who participated in the project, where they will present their work (5.20-5.40pm).

A panel event with the academic team and Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon’s international development team, reflecting on the value of this international collaboration and others, with time for questions (5.50-6.30pm).

This event is of particular relevance for students who want to learn about opportunities for international collaboration through their course, as well as colleagues across UAL and our network of international partners who are interested in developing virtual collaborative projects.

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This event is part of our end-of-year celebrations for this year’s graduating students from Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon.

You can see more of their work and discover the next generation of creatives from University of the Arts London at the UAL Graduate Showcase which launches on 30 June

Visit graduateshowcase.arts.ac.uk

#ChelseaClassof2021

#UALShowcase

Image: A Place In Transition / Urban Pergola. Image credit: Isabella Fontana