Posts about Newcastle upon Tyne
The project is located in Shieldfield – a neighbourhood just on the outskirts of Newcastle city centre. Shieldfield has a history of common land, then pottery production became prominent during the C19-20th. The area is now residential, consisting of mostly social housing. Continue reading Anna // Week 11 Review
Cirque Du Shieldfield – A Commons Based Civic Movement Context: Set in Shieldfield, a residential area on outskirts of Newcastle city centre. Was once common-land, then dominated by industry (pottery). Present day Shieldfield consists of a social housing estate slowly … Continue reading Anna // Week 5 Review
On a return trip to Newcastle, spatial types found in the emerging significant areas and streets were observed more closely. As part of the cross-pollination process, a series of tests – or pilot interventions – may arise from ideas developed … Continue reading Spatial Taxonomy
To try to project forward from some of the past spaces that emerged from studies and stories within Newcastle so far, I started to look for some examples of current and active people and places which encourage a similar ‘cross-pollination’ of sociableness, activity, meeting etc. The search has started to try to find anything from the past lives of the arcades and notable streets that still lives on.
(Given my absence for the Construction Ecologies workshop, I thought I owe it the group to share my current thoughts/where I am with regards to CE). The sheets below are my contribution to the required 4no. A4 representations on our … Continue reading A short contribution to CE: The Heraldry
A mini study of spaces of interest which encouraged mixing of people, social lives, and activities as further exploration in the notion of ‘cross-pollination’.
During week 3, both ateliers came together for a Construction Ecologies workshop. We each prepared 4 A4 images to reflect our creative approach to CE in our projects. Our first task was to quickly draw a section through a key … Continue reading Construction Ecologies Workshop
Leading on from my blog post about Jeremy Deller’s Procession, a parade to celebrate public space and the people occupying it, I have been looking at groups existing in Shieldfield, particularly ones which don’t currently have a platform. Chinese Fan … Continue reading What’s Happening in Shieldfield?
Last month, the M.Arch group visited the V&A to see the exhibition, “A Home For all”. We were met by the Curator of Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism, Rory Hyde, who had put together the display of six pioneering experiments in social housing from … Continue reading A Home For All
This post brings together the stories of John Hulme, Marion Naughton and World HQ. Together they show different significant spaces and their social connections to them, within Newcastle – observing their similarities and crossing of paths.
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