EME3 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE
Ed’s project studio has work featured in the 7th edition of the International Festival of Architecture. eme3, the think tank that initiate, host and curate the festival, are keen to present ‘bottom-up’ projects that work between architectural space and society. >>>
DES MOINES WATER WORKS PARK
In December, Ed led a team, with Christian Gabriel of Thomas Balsley Associates, in the final stage of the Des Moines Water Works Park Competition.
We put together an ambitous proposal that was only made possible by a fantastic London/US based team. Thank you to Christian Gabriel (Thomas Balsley Associates), Brett Douglas (Genus), Fred Schwartz (Frederic Schwartz Architects), Steven Handel (Green Shield Ecology), John Paul Goedken (JP-SE), Mark Land (Snyder Associates), Bryan Bertrand (CPMI), Tim Marshall (ETM), Helena Rivera (A Small Studio), and Matt Parker and Leo Thom (Room 60). Finally, without the design critique and stunning drawings of Aaron Carpenter, Harry Bix, and Joe Sanders this proposal would have only been a jumble of ideas. Thank you.
FINALIST FOR DESIGN OF 1500 ACRE WATER WORKS PARK
The finalists for the Water Works Parkitecture competition were announced last week. Ed’s Project Studio led a team that has been shortlisted. Other finalists include Sasaki Associates, Martha Schwartz Partners, AECOM and Nomad Studio.
The project, titled Park Works, is a collaboration across landscape, engineering, infrastructure and architectural disciplines. >>>
PROJECT FEATURED IN LONDON EXHIBITION
The latest exhibition at the Garden Museum, From Garden City to Green City, features work across art, architecture, horticulture, landscape and urbanism. The exhibition ”explores the many visions, designs and projects that have inspired the ‘green city’ movement over the last 150 years.” The Roaming Forest project by Ed Wall, Yael Bar Maor and Mike Dring was selected to be included as part of the exhibition.
KINGSTON
Check out the end of year show coming up at Kingston on June 4th.
TOPOS 73
Ed has written an article for Topos 73: City Regeneration. The article reports on the Landscape Urbanism Biennale in 2010 and the many diverse projects that take an alternative view on landscape urbanism process.
BIENNALE OF LANDSCAPE URBANISM 2010
The Biennale of Landscape Urbanism opened on Saturday 25 September. Ed joined the opening event in Bat-Yam, Israel following several days of finalizing the Roaming Forest project with Yael Bar Maor.
Timing 2010, the Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, explores the tension between the temporary and the permanent and between the planned and the experienced. This municipal-led initiative, curated by Yael Moria-Klain and Sigal Barnir, offers the city of Bat-Yam as a laboratory for examining alternative uses for urban space. Landscape architects, artists and architects were invited to reinvent the spaces, processes and conditions that give rise to conditions of temporality in the city.
This project is a collaboration with Yael Bar Maor and Mike Dring. Selected and built for the Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, the Roaming Forest is an exploration of adaptation and temporality in the public realm of the city.
80 FOR NO.8
All the entries for the Gasholder 8 competition were exhibited at the Building Centre with New London Architecture.
The Gasholder 8 Competition was held in 2009 as a major public space component of the King’s Cross Masterplan. This proposal was a collaboration between Ed Wall and Room 60 (Leo Thom and Matt Parker). The proposal was exhibited at the Building Centre (New London Architecture) and at the German Gymnasium at Kings Cross.
MIGRATION TRIPTYCH: VATNSMYRI
An urban design master plan for a former airport in Reykjavik, Iceland.
This 2007 competition entry was a collaboration with Mike Dring and Christian Gabriel.
PHILADELPHIA’S CATALYSTS: URBAN VOIDS
This project was a competition proposal developed with Daphne Kao. The design involved a matrix of innovative solutions for vacant land areas in Philadelphia, PA.