MANE alumni Melissa Mongiat’s studio, Daily Tous Les Jours, has collaborated with Sidewalk Labs recently to create a public lab for the future of urban life. The design transformed the ground floor of 307, Sidewalk Lab’s first experimental workspace in Toronto, into an interactive space that engages local inhabitants in conversation through games, a generative …
A collaboration between MA Narrative Environments, Central Saint Martins, UAL and ARUP Foresight and Innovation. MA Narrative Environments joined up with Arup Foresight, who specialise in identifying trends shaping the future of the built environment, to imagine how technological convergence could change London. Arup’s contribution to the London cityscape over the past 70 years can …
With the global population likely to hit 8.5 billion by mid 2030, there is a growing need to explore the possibilities for high quality and sustainable housing solutions. Future Living Lab Space 10 invited students from Central Saint Martins to imagine the possibilities of shared living. The collaboration bought together students from MA Narrative Environments, …
How can play areas in cities open up new ways to interact with and experience space? Narrative Environments’ alum Leticia Lozano works at Laboratory para la Ciudad in Mexico City and leads the playful city research area. Here, they explore the scope of play as a tool for urban development, placemaking, underused public space activation and social cohesion, and …
Visiting critic and mentor Adam Scott of FreeState on smart cities vs human cities. “We believe that whether you are designing a coffee shop, a workplace or a new city you need to first understand what the ideal experience should be before working out what the ideal environment should be.”
Does participatory design lead to better buildings? How and why do architects benefit from a close collaboration with users during the design process? The third event in our Architecture and Citizenship season takes the format of a debate to understand whether getting the users involved results in better designs. Alum Carolina Caicedo of The Decorators …
A collaboration between Central Saint Martins’ MA Narrative Environments and Arup Foresight + Research + Innovation. Declining physical activity is a global phenomenon, affecting both developed and increasingly developing nations. Many parts of our daily life have been mechanised and urban dwellers appear to create paths of ‘least resistance’ or effort and, as a result, …