Focus Week 5 - Design Museum

Given that they house hundreds of millions of people, African cities are not much talked about over here. With few exceptions, their monuments are unknown in Europe and places like Yaoundé, Nouakchott and Niamey conjure few mental images. Only occasionally are expeditions launched to explore them. Rem Koolhaas did a study of Lagos a few years back and there was a prize-winning study of Kinshasa at the Venice architecture biennale.
Architect David Adjaye, born in Tanzania of Ghanaian parents and living and working in London, has done something truly unusual. Over a period of 10 years he has travelled to every capital city in Africa, bar only, for reasons of personal safety, Mogadishu and Algiers.

The show works best as a collection of vignettes and as a way of delivering a message: look at African cities. These things are worth doing, but David Adjaye's monumental act of tourism could lead to so much more.

Art Car Parade

Focus Week 5 - Potters Field

The Big Dance Bubble launches its tour of London in Southwark's Potters Fields Park. It give Children the chance to learn and develop there skills for dance.
In Potters Field park there is also an asian exhibition taking place, located around the park there are several elephant sculptures that are representing the asian culture.There are wonderful cultural performances that will be seen on stage including music, dance, yoga and a stunning fashion show

Visitors to the show will be able to see a wide range of Asian-inspired exhibitors including cooking utensils & ingredients, artefacts, fashion and expert advice on travel to Asia.

There is also a Pan Asian food court and public bar to round off a perfect day

Focus Week 5 - Metwork Architects

Metropolitan Workshop is a largely based organisation that takes part in competions globally and have currently won a number of projects

Metropolitan Workshop has won a closed competition for the new Museum of Conflict in Tripoli, Libya. The museum will house permanent and special exhibitions on Libya’s unique history, telling the story of campaigns and conflicts that have shaped the country from colonial power to independent state.

The building’s main design concept is inspired by tented structures used by the Bedouin. The 15,000 sqm museum will be enclosed by a light weight, camouflaging veil, giving the building a dynamic, environmentally responsive and functional form.

Very good Landscape Design around a home

Focus Week 4 - Paris

Landscape Views Whilst in Paris

Focus Week 4 - Eiffel Tower, Paris

Champ-de-Mars park

The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius in Rome, a tribute to the Roman god of war. The name also alludes to the fact that the lawns here were formerly used as drilling and marching grounds by the French military.

Hampton Court Palace

The park covers 750 acres (304 hectares), the formal gardens 60 acres (26 hectares) and the palace buildings 6 acres (2.5 hectares), all set within a loop of the river Thames.

In the Gardens there are many formal and Symmetrical Gardens. Visiting Hampton Court Palace is a Great place if your into flowers

Focus Week 3 - St Paul's Scultpure

Whilst walking around in St Pauls I noticed this steel sculpture, it is shaped as 2 staircases back to back.

Focus Week 3 - Bridge Street

Bridge Street is a small reminder of More London, it has the same water feature and is secluded around offices and shops. However it is a small area that is based to the correct usage which is for buissness men and workers.

Focus Week 3 - Sculpture in St Paul's

Focus Week 3 - Paternoster Square

The Paternoster Masterplan has been designed to create an appropriate setting for St Paul’, with the Cathedral as its chief point of reference, reflecting the traditional texture of the City. The new buildings provide 1m sq ft of office and retail space, yet are independent of each other as a result of the Central Infrastructure design which provides underground vehicle access to each building, leaving the piazza to be enjoyed by pedestrians. Thus the new Paternoster Square, linked with the landscaped churchyard of St Paul’s Cathedral, offers a pleasant environment for office users and tourists together with a series of shops and restaurants providing services and amenities.

Focus Week 3 - Camley Street

When We First Got to Camley street we didnt know what to expect, as there was a long stretch of canal alongside and narrow paved route. The werent many people walking past except and few cyclists and dog walkers.





We later discoverd that we were right on a pathway which is part of the Kings Cross Re-Development, and that many people in the not so near distant will have populated the area.

Focus Week 2 - Mile End Park

This Park is a Wonderful place. Its so special that its mantained by volunteers. The park itself runs alongside the canal parrallel to a main road on the otherside. Features of the park are gym, sports facilities, a childrens park, terraced gardens, wetland area and Pub. There is still alot of free activities such as football.

Focus Week 2 - Restored Rectory Park - Greenford

At the heart of the area Northolt and Greenford Country Park now has four conical man made hills, built using recycled rubble and building materials. They mean the rest of the park is shielded from the nearby A40 sounds. These hills give an excellent vantage point, from where among other sights Canary Wharf and Wembley National Stadium can be seen on a clear day.

The country park has a number of lakes, which are frequented by Wildlife including swans, ducks, moorhens and geese. It has wetland areas to encourage other wildlife as well. Another shallower lake is designated as a model boating lake - with easy wading depth. The hills offer a natural shield to RF interference making this a great spot for model boating or flying model planes - more on this below.

There are a number of playing fields for football, three playgrounds for younger children, a skatepark and play areas for older children.

Walking towards Camley Street

On the Walk towards Camley street from kings Cross Rail, we noticed that there was some construction on the way.








The Large Land of construction was based on a Re-development programmes worth £2 Billion of infrastucture works.
There are many areas that are improving across kings cross, a few structures that will be developed are Offices, Residentials, Retail, Open Space, Energy, Transports, Arts & Culture and Heritage.

67 acres of brownfield development, creating 8 million sq ft of mixed use makes this the most significant opportunity in Central London. A new piece of the city with outline planning permission is already on-site. The first offices, homes and a university are expected in 2012.