RIBA Beyond Borders Exhibition London, Liverpool Architecture 2017, News

RIBA Beyond Borders Exhibition

Royal Institute of British Architects Event part of International Week (3-7 July), England, UK

7 Jun 2017

RIBA Beyond Borders Exhibition 2017

RIBA reveals selected projects to feature in ‘Beyond Borders’ exhibition

Humanity is Unity, by Doing Bits Studio:

The Periscopic Pavilion, by Max Dewdney Architects:

The Refugees and Befriending Project, by Merrett Houmøller:

The Gate Between the Wall, by MMAS:

An interactive installation to encourage unity, a portable dining space for refugees, an optical viewing device, and a project that links communities either side of Belfast’s Peace Wall will be exhibited in Liverpool and London next month as the result of the RIBA Beyond Borders open call.

As part of its International Week (3-7 July), the RIBA invited architects to propose ideas that reach beyond borders. Four selected architects will now work with the RIBA Young People’s Forum to develop and build site-specific installations. The projects that have been selected and will be exhibited next month are:

Humanity is Unity by Doing Bits Studio – at RIBA North, Liverpool
– 4 July-17 September
Doing Bits Studio’s project is an interactive installation, developed with local asylum seekers and refugees, as a symbol of inclusivity and social integration. Visitors are encouraged to weave coloured fabric through the structure, allowing the installation to develop over the course of the exhibition period. Gradually, an entangled and evolving symbol of acceptance, integration and unity is produced. Once deconstructed, the installation will be unwoven and the material utilised to run a series of craft activities for asylum seekers and refugees.

Interface to Place – a process of transforming a ‘Peace Wall’ by MMAS – at RIBA, London, W1
– 3 July-17 September
Designed to be situated at any interface structure in Northern Ireland, MMAS proposes adapting a section of wall into a pair of gates-come-benches that open to create a public space straddling the divide between neighbourhoods, some separated for several generations. The project corresponds with the government’s strategic commitment to remove the interface structures by 2023. MMAS are currently working with communities at an interface in one area to develop their design idea. A documentation of their progress will be shown at the RIBA.

The Periscopic Pavilion by Max Dewdney Architects – at RIBA, London, W1
– 3 July-17 September
The pavilion provides an intimate space with three periscopic viewing chimneys to look beyond physical boundaries, allowing visitors to see the world in new and unexpected ways. The concept of ‘looking beyond’ refers to both military instruments and to an unexpected form, aiming to challenge expectations of space and consider how perception is vital tool of understanding physical, political and cultural boundaries. It is intended that the pavilion will be semi-permanently installed at the University of Greenwich after September.

The Refugees and Befriending Project by Merrett Houmøller – at RIBA, London, W1
– 3 July 17 September
This project brings vulnerable young people together who have crossed borders to get to the UK. Facilitated by British Red Cross volunteers and staff, the outdoor packaway unit provides space for young asylum seekers and refugees in the UK to gather, to cook and eat a meal, as well as the chance to have fun, build confidence and improve their English. Using mealtimes as a starting point, it attempts to address the shared tensions, aspirations and debate that surrounds immigration and the global refugee crisis. The mobile unit is designed to move between communities following its installation at the RIBA.

Model for a new Victorian Pub, Aberrant Architecture:

photo : Simon Kennedy

RIBA Exhibition Curator, Anna Holsgrove said: “Architecture encourages an exchange of ideas and promotes the sharing of languages, tools and technologies. These projects were chosen because of the imaginative way in which they soften or remove the physical and psychological borders that can divide society. We hope they will provoke debate and inspire new ways of engaging with architectural ideas in London and Liverpool.”

RIBA Late – July 3, 6pm to 10pm FREE entry (registration essential)
The Beyond Borders installations will be launched with a RIBA Late event during RIBA International Week on the evening of 3 July at RIBA HQ in London. The evening will take an experimental format, featuring events ranging from film to performance, with open bars and live DJs. The Beacon of Light, a specially commissioned interactive installation by Dessi Lyutakova, which signifies the invisible force of the UK economy that drives the country, will also be on display.

Pea Soup House 1-1 installation at RIBA by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios:

photo : Francis Ware

Beyond Borders Exhibition, 7-25 June 2017
53-55 East Street, Elephant and Castle, SE17 2DJ
Thursday – Sunday 12pm-7pm, (preview Wednesday 7 June, from 6pm-9pm)

Eleven commended responses to the RIBA’s open call will feature in this exhibition of images and small models, as part of London Festival of Architecture. In partnership with the Peabody Trust, architecture practice Studio Gil and community group Carnaval del Pueblo are developing three vacant shop units on East Street in Elephant and Castle. One of these units will become the temporary exhibition space for the Beyond Borders exhibition featuring work by:

• ALEKSA studio
• Erin Poppy Whalley
• Intervention Architecture
• Lingge Yang
• MAC.3
• Studio MORGENWIRDSBESSER
• Niall Anderson & Ross Melbourne Architects
• PUG
• Studio Cullen Williams & Benjamin Kee
• Tohill Architects
• WUH Architecture

Background:

The selection panel was:
• Rachael Davidson – Associate Director, HUT Architecture
• Suzy Jones – Director, RIBA North
• Marie Bak Mortensen – Head of Exhibitions, RIBA
• Rebecca Roke – Architecture writer
• Susanne Tutsch – Erect Architecture (2016 winner)
• Chris Bryant – Director, Alma-nac and Chair of RIBA Small Practice Group

Royal Institute of British Architects
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London W1B 1AD

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The Tiny Travelling Theatre, Aberrant Architecture, 2012:

photo : Simon Kennedy

Model for a new Victorian Pub, Aberrant Architecture. Photo:

photo : Simon Kennedy

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image from RIBA

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