An introduction to Studio12

Cities create things, consume them and produce their by-product which we call waste. The efficient functioning of a city depends on its ability to deal with this waste. In our economy the patterns of production, consumption and waste management are global, but the effects are localised.

We believe that we are embarking on a new era in which we cannot afford to throw 'away', hide or ignore the unwanted things we produce. This is beginning to affect the producers, making designers and manufacturers responsible for the eventual recycling of the products they make, as well as the consumer, demanding that we take responsibility for our own waste.

This begins to re-conceive the basis of our relationship with goods and materials. In place of the current linear process (produce, consume, discard), goods we no longer want or can use must become the beginning of something else, forming a cyclic process.

We will speculate on what this might mean for architecture, for our lives and for the city.

Sunday 27 December 2009

Mo/Embarrassment/Guts to make a fool is not wasted

£40 was raised for the fight against prostate cancer and depression in men through my Mo/my Embarrassment/my Guts to make a fool of myself (delete as appropriate).

Thank you very much for your support!

Movember

Wednesday 23 December 2009

Interesting [esp. for those focusing on 'material' waste[s]...

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/12/21/bei-teesside-power-plant-by-heatherwick-studio/

Great chat at the bottom...is that you George?

Happy Christmas Eve Eve

x

Monday 21 December 2009

Friday 18 December 2009

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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106269908638693327442.00047b0204026d4010545&ll=52.118945,4.343719&spn=4.074969,8.679199&z=7

Merry Christmas


Hi Everyone,

Thanks for a really interesting day yesterday. All of you seem to have some really great ideas to kick start your projects at the beginning of next year. Have a good christmas and new year, see you in 2010.

George

Wednesday 16 December 2009

Friday 11 December 2009

Wasted or best use of finance

This is a really interesting website showing recent trends in public spending. Very graphic

http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org/prototype/

Thursday 10 December 2009

Waste no skills

The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

Alternative job centre ?


















http://www.eastlondondesignbureau.com/rara

Wednesday 9 December 2009

Do not Waste the Soul

Panorama - Can Tesco Save the World?

http://bbc.co.uk/i/p67m8/

It has been blamed for concreting over the countryside, and running up endless air miles importing food and trucking it the length and breadth of Britain, but is Tesco now leading the business fightback against man-made global warming?

Local communities and a new breed of business entrepreneurs increasingly see delivering a low-carbon economy as an opportunity to make money, while politicians are wary of forcing the pace of change because of its potential to lose votes.

Broadcast on:
BBC News Channel, 8:30pm Sunday 6th December 2009
Duration:
30 minutes
Available until:
8:59pm Tuesday 30th November 2010

Free Food Idea

Tuesday 8 December 2009

Monday 7 December 2009

Project D - Back Pass Rule



Created jointly with Josh Wilcox

Project C - Paradise Park Children's Centre






Ferry option


This is the ferry company I mentioned last thursday. The crossing is from Dover to Dunkirk, so a bit more driving, but if anyone is dead set on driving but unable (too young!) to hire a car, it might be a option.... We really need to decide and let SWA know - maybe have a chat about it when we're compiling the presentation tomorrow?


A couple of images of the model looking at the potential for reuse of, and adding value to, problematic materials - in this case, through the transfer of waste Japanese Knotweed.


Just realised I didn't even show this last thursday... Time mapping, distribution & crossed references.

Hasn't she changed!

Heras Fencing (Design Module)

The design module is lowered into construction site (Heras) fencing. When the architect opens the structure to being work he/she makes the site part of the public realm. The passers by can then be observed as a 'sustainable' source of inspiration for design.















































...the coop

Sunday 6 December 2009

Project_e: Productive gaps

project e >> productive gaps

Fibre Optic Strands Create a Visual Image
Movement in the Air Moves the Strands Changing the Visual Image

project c & d >> waste tranfser and legislation

Geographical London Tube Map - Nodal Knowledge and Conenctions

The Vertical Streets Disconnected

Visual Re-Connection Through 'Periscope' Network

project b >> wasted knowledge

Tourism is a Valuable Commodity to a Region's Economy
Tourism Can Cause an Area to Push Aside Tradition and Culture in Pursuit for Increased Financial Gain
The Desire of a Tourist for a More Connected and Often Westernised 'Feel' Can Create a
Similar, Almost Homogenous Village/Town/City the World Over


As Technology has Developed Allowing Greater Freedom and Access to Knowledge
The 'Local' has become less. This Development has Meant that the Vernacular has Often Become Less Important,
Homogeneous Cities Appearing the World Over, all Having the Same Key Components to those Across the Globe
- Is the Airport the New City Center?

Friday 4 December 2009

Project f - Time Log



Project d - Section 106

Project c - Wasted Local Network





















Project_c: Wasted Opportunities?

Project_b: The Forms of waste













Studying the job centre

Neil Cooke // Project E + F - Productive Gaps




links

hi all

here some links we found that might be of interest for some of your projects (might still be interesting for the rest of the studio too):

luke:
http://domevillage.tedhayes.us/

amy:
http://d-thinkfashioning.blogspot.com/2009/07/next-gen-notables-no-waste-pattern.html

http://www.tea-makipaa.eu/parasite.htm

http://fakemuseum.egloos.com/4445783

http://gizmodo.com/363823/backpack-house-plummet-to-your-death-in-style


adam:
http://www.tom-carden.co.uk/p5/tube_map_travel_times/applet/

http://bioval.jrc.ec.europa.eu/products/gam/sources.htm

http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2004/12/14/space-and-place-anamorphosis-maps-of-europe/

Project b - Waste EV















Project C/D: Wasted Couture


Thursday 3 December 2009














Regional Architecture Job Centre: A New Vision?










Analysing Knowledge Transfer In The Job Centre














Analysing Knowledge Transfer In Education