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Be Our Guest
You Are Here
Wembley Vision
Help Build a Folly
Help me build a folly for Wembley. Details here.
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Exhibition,
News,
Wembley Vision,
Wembley Vision Report
Read my report on the research phase of my project for Wembley Vision here.
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News,
Research,
Wembley Vision,
Civic Space
Conversations today revealed the idea of a free, civic space in Wembley. Somewhere like Speakers’ Corner where people could freely express their ideas.
It was noted that Wembley doesn’t feel like it has a central square. A possible idea would be to create a Speaking Podium that allows a number of people to stand and have a conversion or debate on equal terms. This structure could be position in the square outside Wembley Central station (which is currently a little sparse) or incorporated into the Civic Centre.
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Research,
Wembley Vision,
Self-sufficiency
One of the really interesting conversations I had yesterday was with a gentleman who wanted somewhere to grow his own vegetables. His suggestion was that Wembley should have a city farm run by the community.
One of the recurring themes of my stay here has been the notion of more community and social activity - a city farm would be a wonderful addition to this.
So my thinking for how the project will progress is starting to focus on something that is useful, that has a purpose, and that people can use together.
The problem of somewhere to grow your own vegetables in an area of limited space inspired the idea of a rotating, stacked vegetable trough.
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Research,
Wembley Vision,
Some pictures of Wembley
To get people looking at Wembley slightly differently I’ve been taking some photographs of the area.
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Research,
Wembley Vision,