Common Treasures
Common Treasures is a new organisation founded by members and collaborators of Assemble to bring practical responses to rural communities.
The first Common Treasures project is a series of books that bring together stories from practitioners working on the ground – often literally in the field – in communities and rural places across the UK. Volume 1 focuses on contributions from people working for change in food, farming and land systems, whether on the site of a single small holding or at the regional or national scale. Volume 2 tells stories that relate to the ways that we design, build and plan housing and infrastructure for rural people and places.
This event will present the wider Common Treasures project as well as the two books, with readings and thoughts from some of the books’ contributors.
Both volumes will be available to purchase at the event for £15.
Maria Benjamin is an artist born in West Lothian. She worked with Grizedale Arts Before moving on to a Lake District farm. She founded Dodgson Wood, a farm diversification business that set up Lake District Tweed and The Soap Dairy, and co-founded The Wool Library, which works to make positive change in the wool market.
Loretta Bosence is a researcher, designer, and co-founder of Local Works Studio. The studio takes a landscape-led approach to design, using site-based resources and processes to plan, make, and repair. Loretta teaches and writes on themes related to vernacular placemaking, circular economy and bioregionalism.
Jez Ralph is a forester and co-founder of Evolving Forests, a multi-disciplinary practice based in Devon that promotes a closer, mutually beneficial relationship between trees and people. His work connects responsible forestry practices with innovative uses for locally grown wood in construction and design. Jez has been involved at Hooke Park for the past twelve years firstly as Estate Manager and latterly within the Woodlab forest research project at Hooke.
Giles Smith is an architect, educator and writer. He is a co-founder of architecture collective Assemble and play organisation Assemble Play, currently teaches at the University of Cambridge and has taught at the Architectural Association, London School of Architecture and University of Westminster. His architectural work ranges from whole industrial neighbourhoods to individual rural dwellings.
Image: Kaye Song
Please get in touch to let us know of any access requirements that you might have and how we can best accommodate these. If you are unable to attend physically but would like to participate in the event remotely please email publicprogramme@aaschool.ac.uk
Common Treasures is a new organisation founded by members and collaborators of Assemble to bring practical responses to rural communities.
The first Common Treasures project is a series of books that bring together stories from practitioners working on the ground – often literally in the field – in communities and rural places across the UK. Volume 1 focuses on contributions from people working for change in food, farming and land systems, whether on the site of a single small holding or at the regional or national scale. Volume 2 tells stories that relate to the ways that we design, build and plan housing and infrastructure for rural people and places.
This event will present the wider Common Treasures project as well as the two books, with readings and thoughts from some of the books’ contributors.
Both volumes will be available to purchase at the event for £15.
Maria Benjamin is an artist born in West Lothian. She worked with Grizedale Arts Before moving on to a Lake District farm. She founded Dodgson Wood, a farm diversification business that set up Lake District Tweed and The Soap Dairy, and co-founded The Wool Library, which works to make positive change in the wool market.
Loretta Bosence is a researcher, designer, and co-founder of Local Works Studio. The studio takes a landscape-led approach to design, using site-based resources and processes to plan, make, and repair. Loretta teaches and writes on themes related to vernacular placemaking, circular economy and bioregionalism.
Jez Ralph is a forester and co-founder of Evolving Forests, a multi-disciplinary practice based in Devon that promotes a closer, mutually beneficial relationship between trees and people. His work connects responsible forestry practices with innovative uses for locally grown wood in construction and design. Jez has been involved at Hooke Park for the past twelve years firstly as Estate Manager and latterly within the Woodlab forest research project at Hooke.
Giles Smith is an architect, educator and writer. He is a co-founder of architecture collective Assemble and play organisation Assemble Play, currently teaches at the University of Cambridge and has taught at the Architectural Association, London School of Architecture and University of Westminster. His architectural work ranges from whole industrial neighbourhoods to individual rural dwellings.
Image: Kaye Song
Please get in touch to let us know of any access requirements that you might have and how we can best accommodate these. If you are unable to attend physically but would like to participate in the event remotely please email publicprogramme@aaschool.ac.uk
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- 1 hour 30 minutes
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