Today I received the 'Compandium for the civic society' put together by 00:/, Nesta and Cabe which is full of inspiring case studies among them - as a foot note only - the Wick Curiosity Shop.
you can see and get it here:
http://civiceconomy.net/
http://issuu.com/architecture00/docs/compendium_for_the_civic_economy_publ
We recently started work with aaa on a 3 year long EU funded project called Life+, which takes place across two neighbourhoods: the suburb of Colombe in Paris and Hackney Wick in London. It addresses issues of urban cycles of ecology, economy and culture, and aims to result in four prototype buildings fit for local communal living, trading and recycling. A first workshop in Paris takes place on the weekend 15th and 16th September, combining ad hoc on site design from reclaimed material with some presentations of work in the Wick and research in recycling and architecture.
Come & join us at Wick Green & help transform the play equipment using materials from the Albion Kids Show.
TAKE OVER
WICK GREEN
OCTOBER 6TH 2011
1PM - 6 PM
Opposite St Mary's Church
Pirate Ships, Puppet Theatre, Parachute Tents, Wheels & Swings will be available for you and your family to play on.The day will help inform more permanent future changes to Wick Green.
