Please have a look into this Call for Residency (bellow), which is the first in a series that we initiate within the R-Urban project currently developed in Colombes(http://r-urban.net/).

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. We are really excited about possible collaborations and look forward to receiving your expression of interest!

Recyclab is part of the R-urban network of projects.

PS. Please feel free to circulate the information within your networks

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The discussion will address different forms of knowledge exchange and modes of learning as an essential part of experimental and engaged spatial practice, and the potential for alternative forms of education as a driver of change within the architecture and design professions.

16 April, 6:30pm
The White Building, Unit 7, Queens Yard, White Post Lane, London E9 5EN

www.open-charter.net

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The project was conceived and delivered by public works, in collaboration with ROOFLESS art practice and clothing collection, as part of SHOPPORTUNITY – a project to improve shop frontages on Wood Street, Walthamstow, E17. New Life Charity Shop at 135 Wood Street hosted the project, providing 70% of the raw materials used to create a shop window display system, and an upcycled clothing collection called ‘A New Life’. public works also worked with staff and students from the Fashion Department, HND course at Waltham Forest College to breath new life into an odd assortment of clothing donated to the shop. Together they have produced a range of fabulous high fashion items all with specific stories behind them.

New Life Charity Shop is an incredible place of hidden treasures. A bespoke window display unit aims to highlight these treasures within old picture frames found in the shop. The display unit was designed and built by public works and accommodated a workbench for a short period, to enable the design team to work in the shop window upcycling clothing and shoes.

The upcycled clothing collection – ‘A New Life’ will be unveiled, alongside the students’ works, at a fashion show on Saturday 23rd March 2013 at 12 noon in Wood Street Plaza, E17. The designers will be present to describe the project and the stories behind each item of clothing, and share upcycling tips. Following the fashion show items can be purchased from New Life Charity shop itself. The proceeds of the sales will go to New Life Charity supporting children's education and welfare in third world countries.

Saturday 23rd March 2013

12 noon – 1.30 p.m

Wood Street Plaza, E17

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The OPEN
CHARTER, Our collaboration with Owen
Pritchards and "http://www.urbanprojectsbureau.com">Urban Projects Bureau for
the Venice Biennale  is coming to the London. From the 26th of
February until the 27th of April it will be on display at "http://www.architecture.com/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/At66PortlandPlace/2013/Spring/VeniceTakeawayIdeastoChangeBritishArchitecture.aspx">
RIBA as part of "http://www.venicetakeaway.com/?portfolio=test6">Venice
Takeaway.

Open Charter Agency is a platform for
discussion and action for the architecture profession and those
disciplins involved with architecture to clarify, critique and act
upon critical issues determining the wider role of the architect
and their identity as a catalyst for change.

Open Charter Agency supports politicised and
experimental practices that are searching for change within and
outside of the accepted norms and codes of the established
profession.

Open Charter Agency is motivated by a desire to
reaffirm the social, ethical and political qualities of
contemporary spatial practice that are vital to the progress of
society and the architect as a valuable agent in the world.

What we are doing

Open Charter Agency was conceived after
extensive direct research into the image, role and definitions of
the architect around the world, collecting over 5000 voices which
revealed widespread confusion and fear of architecture as a
profession. You can see all these profiles and comments at the RIBA
exhibition.

There are a number of ways to participate and offer your
thoughts:

Open Charter Agency at the RIBA


Three afternoons a week, the OCA will be in residence at the RIBA.
Here you will be able to contribute to the ideas further and look
through the research that underpins our current themes.

Activism in Architecture


Empowerment


Architects in residence


Knowledge transfer and models of learning

Visitors can also feed back at the residency desk when it is
unmanned. It is possible to record comments under the themes on the
wall, which will be collated and incorporated into the discussion
evenings.

Open Charter Agency Discussion Forums:


Over the course of five events we will be inviting speakers and
guests to participate in critical conversations surrounding
alternative modes of architectural engagement within the built
environment. We invite you to join us to offer ideas, criticism and
support for the OCA and play an integral part of forming and
informing this way of working.

The four themes for the evenings have been established in
response to the thousands of submissions we gathered on our
research trips and through the installation at the Venice
Biennale.

25th March – Opening Discussion - Open Charter Agency

9th April – Architects in Residence

16th April – Knowledge exchange and modes of learning

20th April - Empowerment

23rd April – Activism

Please check "http://open-charter.net/%20">http://open-charter.net/ for
research upto Venice Biennale

RIBA, 66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD 


26 February 2013 - 27 April 2013 


10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

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WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL X-MAS BREAK AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

FROM ALL OF US AT PUBLIC WORKS

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WHEN: Sunday 2nd December 2012, from 1 - 3pm
WHERE: Car park outside the Lee Valley Riding Centre, 71 Lea Bridge Rd., London, E10 7QL
RSVP: Places are limited, so please book in advance: mail@household-knowledge.net

38 years ago Newham resident Charlie Seber adopted an overlooked piece of land in the Lee Valley. Ever since, he has used it to cultivate masses of comfrey. Charlie will give us a guided tour of his field, talk about comfrey' s unique qualities and his many different experiments with the plant.

The walk will set off from the Lee Valley Riding Centre car park, where a workshop will be set up within Wick On Wheels – our mobile project space made from a specially re-purposed milk float. The workshop will feature various experiments from Charlie’s home laboratory, ranging from plant regulated growing systems using recycled bath tubs to a cure for blight using garlic pulp.

This event is part of our Experiments in Household Knowledge – a series of collaborations with East London ecological and environmental innovators. The project will explore and showcase unusual and inventive ways of making and experimenting. From new gardening techniques to alternative forms of energy production or innovative recycling methods, we’ll be sharing a range of unique and often self-taught skills through walks, talks and hands-on workshops.

Experiments in Household Knowledge is a public works project commissioned by the London Legacy Development Corporation anticipating the opening of the new North Park Hub building in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the summer of 2013. The project is also part of R-Urban, a two year long project establishing practices and networks of urban resilience supported by the EU Life+ programme on environmental governance.

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works we like to show - questions we ask ourselves

We are exicted to have self published a collection of our
projects in a print on demand book. 12 selected projects,
"works we like to show", illustrate and explain
our take on spatial production, accompanied by an interview with us
- "questions we ask ourselves". You can order a
print on demand copy of the publication via "http://www.lulu.com/shop/public-works-kathrin-b%C3%B6hm-andreas-lang-torange-khonsari/public-works-works-we-like-to-show-and-questions-we-ask-ourselves/paperback/product-20397032.html">
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Independent culture can be a powerful lobbying force in political discourse and in various processes of change such as urban planning, unfortunately it is not always on the agenda. Through a number of workshops and presentations at this meeting, we will investigate and develop new, far-reaching methods and approaches aiming at creating an impact on audiences, policy-makers and the public. This may involve mobilizing advocacy campaigns, learning about public policy and decision-making or how to use artistic expression as a means of attract public attention. All these action initiatives come from the Bottom Up, instead of from the Top Down, where free culture must adapt to the decisions made from above. Through examples and lively discussions, the conference will illuminate the value of culture. It will also inspire independent cultural operators to engage in direct action.

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