Skip Garden
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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