January Portfolio

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Wings ofdesire

wim Wenders 1987 lm Wings of Desire (DerHimmel ber Berlin, translated literally as Te SkyOver Berlin) is set in Berlin beore the demolition othe Berlin Wall.

Te lm ollows invisible, immortal angels livingamongst mortals in Berlin. Te angels do not exist inthe physical world thus are unable to interact directlywith humans. Only able to roam the city, unseenand unheard the angels listen to the thoughts o theBerliners. Te only orm o manageable contact istheir ability to provide emotional comort to those in

distress.

Given the divisive nature o the city at the time, manyo the people are eel isolated and estranged rom theirloved ones, despite the city being so densely populated.

Te main characters in the lm are two angels calledDamiel and Cassiel, who roam the city, unseen andunheard by the people, observing and listening to thediverse thoughts o Berliners. Aer becoming aware o

a human, who was once an angel, making a lm about

the Nazi history o Berlin, Damiel, played by BrunoGanz, chooses to become human too so he may be ableto experience lie..

Te lm explores a number o elements ranging rompeople to the city itsel. However, the lm is essentiallyan exploration o the idea o longing; or lie and loveas well as existence and reality.

Project 1.1:Wings o Desire_Chronogram

Context

the lm explained . . .


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ScoreInspired By John CagE

i elt that the best way to understandthe meaning o the lm was to analyseand interpret the music that ormsthe backdrop to the library clip that

we were tasked with translating intoa chronogram. Te manner in whichthe music is able to heighten thesense o emotion and eeling to analmost euphoric state is impressiveand assists with the mood piececharacter o the lm.

Project 1.1:Wings o Desire_Chronogram

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in 1865 the Revocation o the Edict o Nantes led toFrench Protestant (Huguenots) reugees establishingthemselves in Spitalelds. Tey settled in the areawhich was outside the bounds o the City o London soas to avoid the restrictive legislation o the City Guilds.So began the long association between Spitalelds andthe silk industry.

A report commissioned towards the end o 1687 oundthere to be 13,050 French reugees settled in London,but primarily around Spitalelds.

Te late 17th and 18th centuries saw an estate o terracedhouses built in the area to accommodate master weaverscontrolling the silk industry. As well as terraced housesthe Huguenots built ten chapels in the area, thus ChristChurch was built to control the dissenting Huguenots.

Te low houses are all huddled together in close and darklanes and alleys, presenting at rst sight an appearanceo non-habitation, so dilapidated are the doors andwindows:- in every room o the houses, whole amilies,

parents, children and aged grandathers swarm together.Te Poor Mans Guardian (18 February 1832)

Following the decline o merchant housing into multi-

occupied slums, Spitalelds became synonymous withdeprivation, this in turn led to the outbreak o cholera.

During the 1840s, the Irish potato amine led to a heavyinux o immigrants rom Ireland. Te Irish economycentred heavily around agriculture thus the immigrantsle in search o work; inevitably they ound their way toSpitalelds, where there was a need or workers to buildthe nearby docks.

A treaty with the French in 1860 allowed or cheapersilks to be i mported into England, thus the silk industry

in Spitalelds became less workable. As a result, thehuguenots began to move away rom the area and newtrades such as urniture and boot making arrived; thelarge windowed Huguenot houses were ound suitableor tailoring. A new population o Jewish reugeesmoved into the area, drawn to live and work in thetextile industry.

In the late 20th century the Jewish presence diminished,to be replaced by an inux o Bangladeshi immigrants.As the Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century, sotoo were the Bangladeshi community attracted to thearea by the local textile industry.

Many o the Bangladeshi people have set up thereown business. Tese are predominantly restaurants inthe Brick Lane area. Tis has resulted in Brick Lanebecoming the curry capital o London.

Project 1.2:Multiplicity: One & Several Spaces

Site Context: Spitalelds

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okrom the start o this project I was

interested in the social perception obehaviour. Initial research broughtup the history o Jack the Ripper andhis obvious association with the area.Te link with the 10 Bells Pub, a placewhere he apparently met some o hisvictims, and its location adjacent to

Christ Church appeared to provide aparadox. People drinking to excess,glutony, rivolity, all occuring underthe watchul gaze o the Lord.

My initial thoughts with regardingthe lm were to use a City workerleaving his/her place o work inthe evening. Tey would walk tothe pub to meet riends and havedrinks. During the journey romthe oce to the pub they wouldtransorm rom wearing a suit tocasual attire (symbolising the shirom one personality to another).

Te idea would attempt to allude tothe thought that in an oce peopleare disciplined to look, act and speakin a certain way, yet the majority opeople abandon this discipline assoon as they leave work and adoptanother persona. Why?

I a series o behavioural mannerismsare good enough or the proessionalworld then surely they are alsoacceptable outside o that realm.

As the thought/concept or the lm

evolved the ocus became moreabout the road which divided thepub and the church. Fournier Streetbegan to symbolize a grey areawithin society where morales arequestionable but only questioned bythe ew. Within the conneds o eachspace a set o rules govern which arewidely accepted by everyone withinsaid space. However outside o theseboundaries the road became an areawhere judgement upon those withineach place could be served.

Project 1.2:Multiplicity:

One & Several Spacesinitial thoughts


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Project 1.2:Multiplicity:

One & Several Spaces


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Project 1.2:imelinePre-shoot Chronogram

initial thoughts were to use a relatively rapid speed o changebetween scenes. By not using any ade or slide rom one toanother I hoped the abrupt nature o change would heighten the

already obvious diferences between the two spaces, the churchand the pub.

Te scenes within the Church were intended to be a slow: aparadox to o a heavily increased rame rate utilised or sceneswithin the pub. Tis slow nature/speed was aimed to reect asense o ordered behaviour within the work place or indeed aregimented order to be adhered to within society as a whole.Te alternatively increased rame rate or scenes within thepub was aimed to be a direct contradiction demonstrating theparadoxic behaviour o society within a space where rules andrestrictions are relaxed by comparison to an oce. Te speedvariations between the 2 were important in protraying a senseo glutony, excess and consumption by comparison to a moresimple, aithul existence, i.e. certain behaviour is dictated by

rules and circumstance.

Shots looking along Fournier Street, both towards Brick Laneand back towards Commercial Street were intended to providethe anchor point or the lm. Tese act as a grounding orviewers away rom the other 2 locations.

Te audio or scenes in the pub and the church was switched sothat sounds usually heard within a busy pub are heard duringscenes o the church interior and vice versa. Te reason or settingthe audio in this way was to instill the eeling o displacementTe scenes o Fournier St have audio typical o a busy road.

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due to constraints regarding access to the churchinterior lming was done over two days. Te camerawas a handheld digital camera capturing ootage usingthe movie clip mode.

Moving shots were recorded by holding the camerabelow chest height whilst walking at a moderate pace

and keeping the camera as still as possible.Alternatively,stationary shots were taken using immovable objectssuch as street railings and bollards to hold the camerain position and x the shot.

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camera work

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Filming


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the high street 2012 documentation really servesas a PR exercise. Vibrant colours and superlativelanguage are used to represent the scheme in apositive manner; it reads as a maniesto or the

project, as i it were selling something to you.

high street 2012 is an ambitiousproject to improveand celebrate one o Londons great high streets.Tis ribbon o London lie is both everydayandr emarkable. It is historic and modern, andconstantly evolving.high street 2012

Te images dont do anything to represent thisremarkable area. Bold colours are used torepresent the diferent areas that will be treatedunder the initiative. But it simply serves to suggestthat a coat o paint will make everything better.

Diagrams will always have a place in representingthemes but representing historic buildings with aclipart image o a castle and plastering an areain brightly coloured shapes that bear no relationto anything is almost insulting to the area. theoverlysimplied aesthetic o their documentsseem to entirely contradict the very essence o theproject that is being undertaken and explained inthe text.

Project 2.1:Urban Design Project

High Street 2012: Representation

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6.1 ower Hamlets occupies a key position within London, with thecity to the west and the opportunities ofered by an area dened as theEast Tames corridor (stretching rom ower Bridge on both sides o theTames into Essex and Kent), to the east. Te development o Docklandsin particular has placed ower Hamlets at the centre o Londons uture,providing new homes and entertainment but perhaps most dramaticallyo all, a new business centre or the capital. ower Hamlets occupiesa position at the centre o improvements to the inrastructure o the

capital(covering road and rail). Tis combined with the continuanceo major development opportunities places ower Hamlets in a keyposition to shi the direction o development in the capital to the east.

6.2 In recent years there has been a massive amount o investment incommercial development in the borough, targeted at city unctions, withmore planned in the uture. Tis is matched by an equally signicantinvestment programme in road and rail inrastructure to service this growth.Tese processes will link the b orough physically and unctionally to the cityand the west end. With these changes the character o parts o the boroughwill change to resemble more closely that o the central area. Te plan hasbeen ormulated to recognise the growing importance o ower Hamlets to

the national and international unctions o the capital.

6.3 ower Hamlets is also located at the gateway to the East Tamescorridor, an area identied by Serplan and the Government as an under-used asset which needs to be developed to its ull potential. Te area has anumber o natural strengths: access to central London and east coast ports,an abundance o land or development and its proximity to the Channeland through this, to Europe. the area contains a series o development sitesterminating at Docklands, together with proposals or major inrastructureimprovements. Realising the areas potential will take a number o years butcentral Government has committed itsel to assessing this potential and

is preparing proposals on the uture o the area. Te implications o theseproposals or ower Hamlets will be incorporated into uture revisions tothe plan.

6.4ower Hamlets is at the centre o Londons transport improvements.it lies within easy reach o Londons newest international airports: atStanstead, and London City airport at the Royal docks in Newham. Majortransport inrastructure investment in road and rail (including the astraillink to the channel tunnel) is taking place or planned or, or adjacent to, theborough.

6.5 ower Hamlets, thereore, enjoys a singularly good location ata pivotal point between existing growth in the west and uture growth tothe east, which will enable it to benet rom new investment in Londonand the south east in terms o improved employment, shopping, leisureand cultural activities. Te plan sets a context to enable these changes to beaccommodated satisactorily using the existing resources o the borough, interms o land, and physical and social inrastructure.

6.6 Te policies o the plan must also enable the borough to takeadvantage o these opportunities while ensuring that residents enjoy the

benets o these changes, and that the amenity and environment o theborough generally are protected and enhanced.

6.7 One o the means o ensuring that the amenity o residents and theenvironment are protected is to ensure that economic growth takes placein a balanced way . ower Hamlets cannot achieve this on its own. It hasthereore co-operated with other boroughs and through lpac and others, toagree a common approach to the development o Londons central area. Tisapproach includes the location o growth areas or particular central Londonunctions; such as policies or t ransport, parking and or the environment.this approach is ully reected in this plan.

tower hamlets udp, p.11

tower hamlets in the london context

Te udp or ower Hamlets is interesting in its presentational language. Onequestions the nature o the salesman like undertone that is threaded throughthe document. Te borough is seemingly being auctioned o to the City oLondon. An auent area would serve residents well. But the residents in theauent area are unlikely to be the same residents that have existed in the area

or centuries. Tey will be pushed out as a result o the commercialsation othe area.

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Project 2.1:Urban Design ProjectWhitechapel High St. 1841

Once the centre o the community, local residentsoccupied dense terraced buildings and were able tovisit a range o shops; cheesemongers, butchers, bakers,tailors, drapers, saddlers, chemists . . .


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Project 2.1:Urban Design ProjectWhitechapel High St. 1934

by 1934 terraces on the southern side o the highstreet had been demolished to make way or a newroadn etwork and trams were operational in the area.

However, a wide range o services provided by the highstreet were still available. to local residents


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Project 2.1:Urban Design ProjectWhitechapel High St. 2011 today the high street is less dense; a result o long

narrow plots being replaced by wider plots rontingthe high street.

Te new oce buildings dominate the pavement; theacades are unwelcoming and secure. Empty plotspermeated the high street; historical buildings havebeen demolished but building has not yet begun toreplace them. Tere are ewer services to or the localcommunity, a high proportion o shops are either

closing down or are vacant. It is no longer a hub orthe local people, shop and restaurant owners say theirtrade is now reliant upon passing trade.


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where has it gone?

hese diagrams demonstrate thedecline since 1841. What was once athriving shopping hub is diminishing.As with many high streets the demiseowes to many actors; a rise in onlineshopping, increasing numbers o out-o-

town shopping centres and the growtho supermarkets. However WhitechapelHigh Street has another actor whichis contributing to its ailure; theencroachment o the City o London.Te city is expanding; spitalelds andbanglatown exist on the city ringe andtower hamlets have identied city growthas an opportunity or new development.Tis will consist o large scale oce

buildings serving the city. Te role o thehigh street has shied rom providingservices to the local community toproviding land or the expansion o thecity.Te diagrams represent the servicesprovided along the high street. In 1841it was catered or all requirements, nowthe high street is sparsely populatedwith shops. Te tightly packed terraceshave been demolished to accommodate

new development. One solitary buildingremains unchanged since 1841; theWhite Hart on the north side o the highstreet. At least one service is still beingprovided to the local community . . .these diagrams represent the decline othe high streetrom 1841. whitechapelhigh street was once a thrivinghighstreet, but like many high streets inthe countryits status as a shopping

high street 1841

high street 1934

high street 2011

unchanged uses since 1834

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Project 2.1:Urban Design ProjectWhitechapel High St.

the changing ace o ahigh street

he diagrams demonstrate thedegree o change that has happenedupon the high street since thebeginning o 1841. A great numbero buildings have been constructedand a great deal more are currentlyrising up rom the ground.

Te appearance o the high streetis ever evolving with little signo the evolution slowing. Teconservation area as determined in1998 goes some way to protectingremaining historical buildings butonce the ace o the high street

has been changed it would beimpossible to redeem the characterit once possessed. Untouchedbuildings remain, isolated, asragments providing a glimpseinto the past against a backdrop onew development.

buildings demolished since 1841

surviving buildings from 1841

newly constructed buildings

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s y m p a t h e t i cmodernisation?

many historic buildings along thehigh street 2012 route have alleninto a state o disrepair, lost theirarchitectural eatures and haveoen undergone unsympatheticmodernisations. as a key highstreet 2012 street action, clusterso especially important historic

buildings in strategic conservationareas have been targeted orimprovements.high street 2012

Due to their location [directlyopposite a prominent exit orAldgate East station] 64-68Whitechapel High Street wereidentied as one such cluster ohistoric buildings. High Street2012 acted to restore the buildingswith sympathetic modernisation.

improvement works to the sixbuildings were concentrated on the

ront elevations and parts o thebuildings that aced the high street.the buildings have benetted romextensive conservation repair.high street 2012

Te High Street 2012documentation unapologeticallyconrms restoration to elementso the building that will be seenduring the 2012 olympics. Tey

are alsiying a view based upona romantic notion o the past. Byrecladding acades, buildings onlyrepicate their past without beingused in the same way; their contexthas changed. Many people appearto yearn or yesteryear; they seemto look back with ondness throughrose tinted glasses imaginingbetter times. Yet the reality showsthis area to have housed some othe worst slums known in London.Replicating history is entirely

diferent to retaining history.Retention requires a nuturing ohistoric layers that have developedthrough time, not sheathing all thelayers rom the building only toreplace them with alsication and

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simulacra and simulation

High street 2012 intend to transport international visitors to thegames via an idealised version o the past; yet with this intentionthey have ignored the vibrancy, diversity and culture o the area asit exists so as to eign a perceived reality o what once was. In hisessay, simulacra and simuation, Baudrillard talks o a constructedperception o reality through the utilisation o images o the past.

natural, naturalistic simulacra: based on image,imitation, andcountereiting. they are harmonious,optimistic, and aim at thereconstitution, or the ideal institution, o a nature in gods imagebaudrillard, simulacra and simulation

Trough the showing o this perceived reality, high street 2012 seemintent on ooling visitors into the belie that they are somewherediferent. Tere is a eeling that they are sterilising this cultural areaby trying to create, in their words, a thriving high street o whichLondon can be proud and which the world will admire. Yet, aerthe restoration works at 64-68 Whitechapel High Street, 3 o the 5retail units are vacant. Have they created a thriving high street, orglossed over a ailing high street?

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the site is in the east end o London inthe borough o ower Hamlets.

It is locate between Brick Lane to thenorth and Whitechapel High Street tothe south. Osborn Street. An abandonedormer stone masons is located on thesouth side o the site.

Te stone masons has been vacant or anumber o year whilst the buildings thatoccupy the northern sector o the site iscurrently housing a number o homeless.Predominantly, the proposed site iscurrently vacant.

osborn street

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the sun will as ar as possible be utilised withinthe design. By giving ull consideration to the sunpath and orientation o the site that there will be areduced need to light the building articially, thus

reducing energy requirements or the proposal.

ORIENTATIONsun - lighting

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Urban Design ProjectSite: rafc & ravel Analysis

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Exploration o massing potential or the proposed sitetaking into consideration adjoining and neighbouringbuildings as well as the exisiting street scene.

It is unlikely that the building proposal will entail ulloccupancy o the site. Te possibility o elevating anybuilt orm above street level to reduce the visual impactand limit the public sense o overbearing by a building

has been considered.

Te vertical scale o the existing built orms withinthe site create a gradual reduction rom the corner oOsborn Street and Whitechapel Road to the south up tothe building immediately adjoing the site to the north.

Spatial & Physical

horizontal ull ll - building mass using ull width o site

elevated horizontal ull ll - portraying open space at streetlevel

horizontal & vertical ull ll - vertical height comparable toadjoining northern plot

existing site arrangement

existing building height

vertical ull ll building height in relation to TeCity Hotel opposite

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A youth on his way to be inducted into theBrick Lane Massive. A Bangladeshi gang.

As he makes his way north along on OsbornStreet he is conronted by the vacant StoneMasons. A transorming mass makes intrigueshis better nature. Curiousity gets the better ohim as he eels the sense o a better uture thanthat ofered by being part o the BLM.

Lie suddenly appears to have more to oferthan hatred and crime. He is ofered the chanceto make something o himsel


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Project 2.2:Urban Design ProjectChronogram: Pre-edit


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Project 2.2:Urban Design ProjectChronogram: Post-edit

MALEVOLENCE

During the research undertaken in project2.1 it became clear to see that Spitalelds andBanglatown is an area that has been and is stillthe home to many diferent cultures.

Historically this lead to clashes between the

diferent walks o like as they each looked tocarve out a place o the East End to call thereown.

In the 1970s . . . the Bengali communitywere expanding, and racial attacks werecommonplace. Te atmosphere was tense, as

gangs o skinheads repeatedly charged downBrick Lane, smashing windows, throwingconcrete blocks and bottles.on brick lane, p.43

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Frustrated youth

On 6th August 2011London became the centre onational attention. Riots tookhold o ottenham, NorthLondon. Following a againstthe atal shooting o 29-year-old Mark Duggan which hadoccured 2 days previously.Duggan died o a singlegunshot wound to the chest.

It is believed that he was atallyshot by a Police Ocer aerPolice stopped a mini-cab thatwas carrying the 29-year-old.

Although the protest wasdescribed as peaceul theresult was anything but.Tings escalated as ill eelinggrew in relation to the natureo his death and led peopleattacking police vehicles.Although it is hard to saywhether this led directly

to the ull scale riots thatenguled the ottenham areait was certainly a contributingactor.

In the ollowing days acts orioting and looting spreadthroughout the nationscapital. Youths aged rom asyoung as 11 upwards could beseen committing crimes.

Following public uproar,many o the youths have

suggested that actions werethe result o rustration at thecurrent diculties many ace.Diculties that many eelwill prevent them rom everbreaking out o the deprivedareas in which they live.

In a House o Commons debateon the riots Home SecretaryTeresa May stated that theriots were symptomatic o

a wider malaise includingworklessness, illiteracy, anddrug abuse but also statedthat Everybody, no matterwhat their backgroundor circumstances, has thereedom to choose betweenright and wrong

A study by the TeFinancial imes publishedin September 2011 ound a

strong link between riotingand deprivation.


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Te aim is to provide Spitalelds and Banglatown witha youth community centre. Te centre will be usedexclusively by 16 to 20 year olds. Te centre will providerecreational acilities but the principle aim is to prepareyouths or stepping into the world and providing supportand skills that will allow them to tackle lie.

Te centre will be an interace. Youths will occupy pods/spaces or up to 4 years. Te spaces will be linked tooces, actories, construction sites by technology. From

the centre the youths will be mentored and educated incareers o their choosing.

Te outlook or many o the nations youths is bleak,however given the scenes o the London riots its eels asi many believe that the word owes them something. Tecentre will provide them with a sae environment, thatwill keep them out o trouble by educating them.

Te proposal is to take on the ideals o the restaurantapprenticeship scheme, Fieen, whilst adhering to someo the principles o Cedric Prices Fun Palace.

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Building: Case Study -15

Fieen is a restaurant group that uses ood to give unemployed youngpeople a chance to have a better uture. Te group consists o threerestaurants: the agship Fieen London established in 2002, FieenAmsterdam in December 2004 and Fieen Cornwall in May 2006.

Fieen London ofers a 12-month Apprentice Programme that combineson-the-job-based learning (65 per cent), college-based work (8 percent) and personal development (11 per cent). Each year, 18 young,unemployed people, between the ages o 18 and 24, are recruited andtrained to become proessional ches.

90 per cent o apprentices regard their time with Fieen as a positive,

indeed, lie-changing experience.

Each apprentice, while in the Fieen London kitchen, is trained across anumber o sections o the kitchen:

BakeryBreakastFish and mainsFood preparationMeats and grillPastaPastry and dessertsStarters and salads

Over the course o the year, as they develop in condence and skill, the

apprentices begin spending less time at college and more time in therestaurant. Te culmination o this is Ches Week where the apprenticestake over the Fieen London kitchen or a week, under the guidance othe proessional ches.

Following this, the apprentices spend three weeks working in top-endrestaurants to gain experience o how other kitchens work.

How the programme works...Once on the course, each apprentice works up to six days per week.Tis includes ormal training at catering college, hands-on experienceat Fieen London, sourcing trips to suppliers, personal developmentactivities and work experience at some top-end restaurants.

Te programme is divided into three cycles:Cycle 1

One-week induction to the programme

Six weekstraining combining:Tree days at catering collegewo shis in the Fieen kitchenOne day at Fieen or theory (sourcing trips, welare activities, team-

building sessions, lie-skill workshops, one-to-one coaching, ormalmeetings and special events)

Cycle 230 weekstraining combining:wo days at catering collegeTree shis in the Fieen kitchenOne theory day, as noted above

(Tis cycle includes specialist training in artisan skills such as butchery,bakery, shmongery etc.)

Cycle 3No catering collegeTree weekstraining combining:Up to seven shis in the Fieen kitchenOne Ches Week, where the apprentices take over the kitchen

(with the proessional ches on standby)Tree weeks work placement (in a well-established restaurant)

= otal o one-year duration (including our-week holiday entitlement)

As well as ormal criteria, candidates must demonstrate:A passion or ood and cookingA genuine desire to be a cheDetermination and enthusiasmAn ability to work as part o a team

Te necessary ingredients...In order to be eligible or the programme, candidates should be:

18 to 24 years oldNot currently in education, employment or trainingAble to work in the UK or the duration o the Apprentice Programme,

with guaranteed housingLiving in the Greater London area or the duration o the programmeYou must be able to demonstrate a good command o spoken English

(Applicants should not possess an NVQ qualication higher than Level2.)

Te door is always open...As well as ormal on-the-job learning, apprentices are provided with arange o support to make the transition to qualied ches. A trainingteam helps with complex issues, such as housing, debt, relationship

problems and anger management. Proessional educationalists andcounsellors are also on hand to provide apprentices with the skills theyneed to make the most o their programme. Tis is just one way ohelping the apprentices to leave behind the negative belies they mayhave about themselves.

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Architects are the biggest whores in town.Tey talk in platitudes about improving thequality o lie, and then get out drawings o

the prison theyre working on.(Cedric Price)

PROFILE:Cedric Price

cedric Price (11 September 1934 10 August 2003) was an Englisharchitect and inuential teacher and writer on architecture.

From 1958 to 1964 Price taught part-time at the AA and at the Councilo Industrial Design. He later ounded Polyark, an architecturalschools network.

As a working architect, he was associated with Maxwell Fry andDenys Lasdun beore he started his own practice in 1960, workingwith Lord Snowdon and Frank Newby on the design o the Aviary atLondon Zoo (1961). He later also worked with Buckminster Fulleron the Claverton dome.

One o his more amous projects was the Fun Palace (1961), developedin association with theatrical director Joan Littlewood. Although itwas never built, its exible space inuenced other architects, notablyRichard Rogers and Renzo Piano whose

Centre Georges Pompidoui n Paris extended many o Prices ideas. wherediferent.Te project was to be a laboratory o un with acilities or dancing,music, drama and reworks. Central to Prices practice was the beliethat through the correct use o new technology the public couldhave unprecedented control over their environment, resulting in abuilding which could be responsive to visitors needs and the manyactivities intended to take place there.

As the marketing material suggested, there was a wide choice o

activities: Choose what you want to do or watch someone else doingit. Learn how to handle tools, paint, babies, machinery, or just listen to

your avourite tune. Dance, talk or be lied up to where you can seehow other people make things work. Sit out over space with a drink andtune in to whats happening elsewhere in the city. ry starting a riot orbeginning a painting or just lie back and stare at the sky.

Te principles o the design proposal or Osborn Street aim to take someo the undamental elements o the Fun Palace project or adaptationand application to the chosen programme.

Inormation sources incl. (Wikipedia, Te elegrapg newspaper &www.interactivearchitecture.org)


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P E R S O N A LS p a c e

Pods will provide youths with somethingo their own, something to take ownershipo and responsibility or. Each youth willbe given one pod, to be occupied or thepurpose o mentoring. Each youth mayurnish and decorate the space as theywish.

Each pod will be built by the end userbut the shape o the nished pod will bexed by design. Te nished pods will bearranged around the main building thatwill serve as the recreation area.

It is intended that the building o the podswill create a sense o achievement, instillcondence and insentivise youths to takecare o their new environment, whilstbeing respectull o others.

pods o their own

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proessionals within industry will mentoryouths in their chosen career path. Tis willenable youths to develop skill sets directlyrelated the industry that interests them, thusproviding an increased chance o obtainingmeaningul employment aer completing asuitable period o education.

Te benets are not limited to developingcertain work skills. Other benets are likely

entering society . . .

to include; interaction with colleagues, clientsand senior gures alike encourageing youthsto mature; the youths will begin to develop anetwork with proessionals in their chosen eld.

Te hope is that the mentoring will demonstrateto the youth that society has something to oferthem as long as they are willing to engage withsociety in a way that too benets society

Mentoring

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