Focus Week 4 - Tower Hill

After a long day at the Design Museum viewing fascinating Designs, I was overwhelmed with the stunning view of the Castle on the way back and loved the surrounding Landscape.

Focus Week 4 - Design Museum - Drawing Fashion

Entrance to the Drawing Fashion Exhibition

NO PHOTOGRPAHS OF THE EXHIBITIONS WERE PERMITTED

In this Exhibition I wasn't expecting to find anything interesting at all, however there were a bunch of sketching of fashion clothing that relates from the unique collections dating from the present all the way back to 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's and 40's. Present illustrations included work from Chanel, Dior, Comme des Garçons and Poiret as well as Viktor & Rolf, Lacroix and McQueen.

Focus Week 4 - Design Museum - Design of the Year Exhibition

Fiat 500 Alongside the Engine

PLUMENS Energy Saving Light Bulbs

YikeBike

Dysons Blade-Less Fans

Wall Piercing

SAYL Office Chair

Laddakh Commonwealth Peace Pavilion and Classroom Initiative

Open Air Libary Magdeburg

Entrance to the exhibition floor

The Brit Insurance Design Awards

Also known as "The Oscars of the Design World"

As I visited the museum I expected to see designs of wonders, but everything I had thought of wasn't there, however there were exceptional designs that I could never had put together.
There were many designs that characterized of architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, products and transport.
The intermix of designs set me amazed of what was developed, whether the designs were practical or just looked phenomenal. On the Jury was Stephen Bayley and Janice Blackburn OBE, Mark Follow, Pro Vice-Chancellor of KINGSTON UNIVERSITY PENNY SPARKE and Simon Waterfall co-founder of digital agency Poke.

A few of the mouth watering designs are:

Renault DeZir
Fiat 500 MultiAir Engine
GM EN-V
Riverside Hydrogen
Yike Bike
Barclaycard Cycle Scheme
Vanmoof No.5
Seed Cathedral
Diamond Coffin
ANGRY BIRDS (as you all know)
Pavegen's Paving Slab
Dysons range of Air Multiplier Blade-less fans

Sweden, Stockholm

As I arrived in London from Stockholm, I could not wait to upload my pictures.
Stockholm had a wide range of open space and the majority was covered in snow, there were many people around the streets as they was not affected by the freezing conditions. We visited many places such as Skogskyrkogarden, Ctiy Centres and more!
The Negative of the area we stayed in was the lack of Halal food which kept me exempt from Eating meat : (.
However I would love to re-visit in the summer!

Focus Week 4 - Aspirations

Finally next week is the last of all focus weeks, after this week I wished to have done enough for the year. I decided that in this week I would attend as much events and exhibitions as possible.

EcoBuild was the main focus, as Ed had previously said "I expect everyone to attend", this was the occasion most of world architects and designers love to attend. It is a 3 day event and this year it's supposed to be more than double the size and turnout as the previous year.

Also running the following week is the Design of the Year Exhibition, and event held at the Design Museum.

Landscape Restoration of Landfill - La Vall d'en Joan

Category Energy: Waste & Recycling

Location: El Garraf, Spain

Architects: Batlle & Roig Architects, Esplugues de LLobregat, Spain

WAF Entry 2008

Award World Architecture Festival 2008 - Category Winner


Area: 150 ha

Cost: 26000000 Euroes








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The landscape restoration project of the controlled dumpsite of “la Vall de’n Joan”, is located in Parc del Garraf within the municipal borders of Begues and Gavà, both in the Baix Llobregat region.

Since 1974 it is used as a rubbish dump not only most of the Barcelona urban waste but also for other cities in the metropolitan area.

Nowadays, it has a size of 60 hectare (600.000 square meters) 20 he (200.000 sq. m.) of which have been restored with the giving up of the dumping activity and the “Restoration project of the controlled dump “la Vall de’n Joan” 1-2 areas and site access”.

The restoration project defines a pattern of topographic configuration with terraces, side slopes, drainage system of internal fluids (separated of the external drainage net), biogas extraction net, pathways and plantation by phases.

The whole restoration project goal is that Parc del Garraf absorb the dump by using the local forest tissue and supporting the establishment of primary ecosystems and its development and succession which thought the time will turn to adapted situations to the site environment. The plantation process is done through strong local species with a few pouring demand and already adapted to the place environment. The vegetal structure planned with different local sorts of shrubs (such as bardissa, brolla or mediterranian màquia) and trees organizes the plantation project.

Waste Deposit Restoration seeks to return the public use of this area. The proximity to urban areas, access and parking facilities make of it, a well linked side as well as a new entrance or “gate” to Parc Natural del Garraf which is also in connection with the long distance GR pathway.

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