Work has commenced on-site and the MassBespoke cassettes are being fabricated and assembled in a workshop in Hull.
Park Road flats – Our First MassBespoke project for DCDT, Doncaster.
NDSA Book Talk on How to be A Happy Architect
We’re excited to have Irena joining in a discussion about her publication, “How to be a Happy Architect” in the Nottingham & Derby Society of Architects Book Talk
Date: 11th March 2020
Venue: The Quad, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS
Time: 6.30pm -8.00pm
For more Details: https://www.ndsa.org.uk/events/2020/3/11/how-to-be-a-happy-architect-irena-bauman
Four-day Work Week
A great program about 4 day work week on BBC Radio 4 The Bottom Line https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000fpc7
The Museum of Making is one of 20 new UK attractions to visit in 2020
Thrilled to see The Museum Of Making listed in New Attractions to visit in 2020 :
Good Places Leeds Housing Conference: Sold Out!
Irena is pleased to be presenting Built InCommon and MassBespoke at this oversubscribed conference focusing on how housing can contribute to making good places.
For more information about the event:
https://www.leedscommunityhomes.org.uk/2019/12/09/good-places-leeds-housing-conference-2020.html
BLA Masterplan proposal for Darlington Railway Heritage Quarter goes public!
Great to see the BLA masterplan proposal for Darlington Railway Heritage Quarter go live on BBC News!
The Darlington Railway Heritage Quarter masterplan is in plans to be a world-class railway tourist attraction, as mentioned in the following link:
BBC news – Darlington Railway Heritage Quarter
For more information about the project:
https://baumanlyons.co.uk/projects/darlington-railway-heritage-quarter
Merry Christmas from the team at BLA
A big thank you to all the wonderful people who we have worked with and for in 2019!
With the turbulent conditions of climate change, and growing injustice in resource distribution we continue to be inspired by the constancy of human kindness and creativity.
And the capacity to have FUN!
We look forward to more of both in 2020 and wish you all a cracking break.
Landing a jet engine in the middle of a Grade II-listed Silk Mill
Boasting a rich history of industrial firsts, it is unsurprising that the former Silk Mill in the centre of Derby is at the forefront of a potential step-change for the construction industry, as well as a striking permanent exhibit – a seven-tonne jet engine
Read more here
Using Timber in Affordable Housing
We look forward to discussing disruptive approaches to centralised off site manufacture of timber construction with Wessex Community Assets and Assemble Studios.
Discussing how digital construction systems such as MassBespoke can enable local small scale fabrication of affordable homes.
Find out more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-local-timber-in-affordable-housing-workshop-tickets-74272108877
York Collaborative Futures – Bauman Lyons with Built InCommon and Massbespoke at the York Design Week
Join us for an evening of explorative talks inviting new and old ways of thinking. Talks by Irena Bauman from Bauman Lyons, Richard James MacCowan from Biomimicry UK and James Newton from Yorspace are coming to talk about how we could redesign our economic, building and planning systems to create a more democratic, circular and innovative model for housing, cities, and our futures.
York Design Week is a weeklong celebration of design and creativity taking place from 23rd-30th October 2019. With over 20 events in several different locations, there’s something for everyone: check out yorkdesignweek.com for more information.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biomimicry-and-the-baked-potato-party-talks-tickets-73041742819
York Design Week
Bauman Lyons are pleased to be participating in the co-owned neighbourhoods session at York Design Week. We will be taking part in these discussions with Matt Murphy of MassBespoke.
For more information see: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-design-week-co-owned-neighbourhoods-on-york-central-tickets-70004251601?aff=ebapi
RIBA Smart Practice Conference 2019: New Ways of Working
Current and important issues for Future Architectural Practice will be discussed at the RIBA Smart Practice Conference on 1st October 2019.
Together with the full Client and Contractor team we are happy to present early thoughts on the process of the collaborative IPI contract which we are testing at the Museum of Making – a £17m HLF, ACE and local authority funded cultural project in Derby.
Abbey Mills, Kirkstall, Leeds
We are discovering forgotten and magical areas of the Grade II Listed complex of Abbey Mills hoping to create a trailblazer project community led project. We look forward to working with Leeds City Council, Kirkstall Valley Development trust and the local communities.
Research Leads in Practice at University of Reading
We are looking forward to discussing the Social Value Tool Kit for Architecture, the Integrated Project Insurance (IPI) contract we are following on Derby Silk Mill and presenting updates from our Built InCommon fellowship at the Research Leads in Practice workshop on 6th September hosted by Ackroyd Lowrie Architects and chaired by Professor Flora Samuel.
MassBespoke & Built InCommon Photoshoot
Photograph by Eleni Stefanou.
Photoshoot in progress at BlOK CNC workshop – https://www.blokcnc.com/
with Blake House Filmmaker Cooperative – https://blake.house/
for the Built InCommon explainer to be launched at the Oslo Architecture Triennale Degrowth Festival called ‘Enough’ –http://oslotriennale.no/en/om-oat-2019
Creswell Feasibility Study
We are pleased to be appointed with GVA and BWA by Bolsover District Council to carry out a feasibility study into re-purposing existing train station building and adjoining land in the village of Creswell.
We look forward to working with BDC again.
Knaresborough CLT
We are pleased to be appointed to work with Knaresborough CLT on their first project to build 3-4 flats in Knaresborough.
Very challenging site in a conservation area with trees, bus road, changes of levels- just as we like it!
Stir to Action Festival – A Playground for the New Economy – 16th-18th July, Frome, Somerset
We are pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the Stir to Action Festival. We will be demonstrating our MassBespoke system and Irena will be discussing the Future of Housing with Mark Walton – founder and Director of Shared Assets, Tim Crabtree – founder and Director of Wessex Community Assets, and Paul Chatterton founding member of LILAC co-housing.
Find out more at https://www.stirtoaction.com/festival
East Leeds Project – The Pavilion
Big congratulations to East Leeds Project for overreaching their crowdfunder target of £10,000!!!
The Pavilion will provide a shared space where Makers based in East Leeds can come together to share their skills and learn new ones, meet other Makers and access affordable tools, equipment and training. The Pavilion will be open to everyone interested in Making, including people who’ve never made before but would like to try their hand.
Watch the inspiring story of community imagination and perseverance as it evolves and gains momentum and find out more at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/east-leeds-pavilion
Modernism as a Promise – Disruptions and New Orders
Whether in the form of architectures, urban concepts, as an instruction in knowledge institutions or as a lifestyle – modernity is discussed as a socio-political construction, criticized and placed in relation to the current zeitgeist. But how does modernity work? What role do transition, ambivalence and in-betweenness play? In general, can the postulates of modernity be negotiated and updated, or are they no longer viable and therefore historicized?
This year HafenCity Lectures (https://hafencity-lectures.de) at the University of Hamburg are a series of talks to explore this subject.
Irena will be participating in a discussion on the 25th of June in Hamburg with:
Valentin Groebner (Historian, Luzern)
Cesar Peña (Architectual Theorist, Bogotá)
Steven ten Thije (Curator, Eindhoven)
