Skip Garden

  • Skip Garden . Lunch And Learning At The Skip Garden
  • Skip Garden . Axonometric view by Yangyang Liu & UG3
  • Skip Garden . Client Presentation
  • Skip Garden . Start On Site
  • Skip Garden . Work Progressing On Site
  • Skip Garden . Chris Checking Clay For Rammed Earth Wall
  • Skip Garden . volunteer day // photo: John Sturrock
  • Skip Garden . Kinetic shelter by Charlie Redman // photo: John Sturrock
  • Skip Garden . Kinetic shelter by Charlie Redman // photo: John Sturrock
  • Skip Garden . Kinetic Shelter by Charlie Redman
  • Skip Garden . Eartbag Coolstore by Ali Conning-Rowland
  • Skip Garden . Eartbag coolstore by Ali Conning-Rowlande // photo: John Sturrock
  • Skip Garden . Eartbag coolstore by Ali Conning-Rowlande
  • Skip Garden . Glasshouse Lantern by Rachael Taylor
  • Skip Garden . Glasshouse Lantern by Rachael Taylor
  • Skip Garden . Glasshouse Lantern by Rachael Taylor
  • Skip Garden . Glasshouse Lantern by Rachael Taylor
  • Skip Garden . The Glasshouse Lantern by Rachael Taylor
  • Chicken Coup Detail by Valerie Vyvial
  • Chicken Coup Lantern by Valerie Vyvial
  • Skip Garden . 100 Hands Hall by Chris Dembinski
  • Skip Garden . 100 Hands Hall by Chris Dembinski
  • Rainloos by Carrie Conningsby
  • Skip Garden . Inhabitable Hedge by Iman Mohd Hadzhalie
 
  

with: Julia King, The Bartlett School of Architecture, Global Generation, William Hodgson, David Eland, Arup, Expedition, HTS, Structure Mode, Mark Whitby, Rammed Earth Consulting, Argent, generously supported by: Argent, The Bartlett School of Architecture Project Fund, Carillion, City of London, EPSRC’s Impact Acceleration Fund, Globe Scaffolding, Grow Wild Fund, Kier, Rotamead Scaffolding, Lawsons, Roca, award: Best temporary project winner, NLA Awards, photographs: Jan Kattein Architects & John Sturrock, student projects by: Richard Aina, Carrie Coningsby, Ali Conning-Rowland, Francis Hardy, Iman Mohd Hadzhalie, Angus Iles, Charlie Redman, Louise Rymell, Shona Sharma, Rachael Taylor, Chris Dembinski, Yangyang Liu, Pan Tzannetakis, Valerie Vyvial, Max Worrell

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The Skip Garden is an urban food oasis in the middle of the King’s Cross development site. It has relocated 3 times already during the last ten years to make room for the advancing regeneration of the area, but its transient nature is also its most important asset. Each move brings about new spatial opportunities, new ways of doing things and the chance to engage new communities. In 2014 Global Generation – the charity which operates the skip garden – teamed up with Bartlett degree tutors Jan Kattein & Julia King to bring a novel educational experience to 15 Architecture students and local communities involved with the work of the garden.

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The project challenges architecture students to engage with a real client and a real site. School children, local residents, contractors, and stakeholders are given insight into architectural practice. And the Skip Garden will – among others – benefit from a carefully designed grey-water recycling scape, a kinetic rain shelter, an evaporation cool store, a twilight gardening space, a chicken coop and a composting toilet. Architectural education rewards individual excellence. Successful architectural practice relies on collaboration and teamwork. Our skip garden project seeks to address this imbalance and realise the spatial potential that arises from collaborative working methods.

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Sustainability is at the heart of the design agenda. Reclaimed materials from nearby construction sites give rise to innovative design solutions. Local volunteers from all walks of life are supporting the construction process to help generate a sense of ownership in the local community. Leading London design professionals are giving their time to ensure the best design outcomes.

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