London Festival of Architecture open for entries
The London Festival of Architecture has issued a call for entries for the 2016 event, which promises a city-wide exploration of the theme “community” through a wide range of events between 1 – 30 June 2016.
The 2016 London Festival of Architecture aims to connect with as many people as possible, in ways that demonstrate architecture’s relevance to London and its diverse communities. The community theme will explore how Londoners and visitors to the city can be active participants in its growth and evolution – from reinterpreting or redesigning familiar places and spaces through installations and animations, to testing interactive forms of consultation and planning for future development.
Proposals are now being invited for potential stand alone events, as well as practices wishing to take part in the successful Open Studios strand of the Festival, which will include landscape architects and chartered architectural technologists for the first time. Information and application forms for potential London Festival of Architecture 2016 partners are available from the Festival website: www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org. The call for entries is open to all until 26 March.
The London Festival of Architecture is an annual public celebration of architecture, and will return to venues across the capital throughout June 2016. The Festival programme will feature exhibitions and events organised by London’s leading architectural, cultural and academic institutions alongside practising architects, designers, curators and community groups from around the UK.
London Festival of Architecture director Tamsie Thomson said: 'Community is at the heart of successful development in London, and the London Festival of Architecture 2016 is a fantastic opportunity for many different people and organisations to come together and demonstrate architecture’s relevance to London’s diverse communities.
'We will be posing challenging questions in lively and interesting ways. How, for example, can communities genuinely be placed at the heart of responses to London’s housing crisis? How should commercial development adapt to fluid workforces, co-working and other new ways of working? What is the role of leisure and retail in enriching communities through new urban development? The 2016 Festival will be an exciting opportunity to explore how people and communities can address those issues together.'