Park Works featured in Des Moines Register
The Park Works project, the shortlisted entry to the Water Works Park competition in Des Moines, Iowa, was featured on the front page of the Des Moines Register.
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. >>>
ONE ILLUSION / TWO OCCUPATIONS
The Spring edition of Landscape, The Journal of the Landscape Institute, featured ten short essays on the near future of landscape. It was introduced by a quote from William Gibson, “The future’s already here: it’s just not evenly distributed”, and it featured a photo essay by Ed that illustrated the contrast between the planning, occupation and control of Paternoster Square in London. Authors of other articles included: Anna Minton, Ian Thompson, Ruth Olden, Eleanor Lawrence, Paul Campbell, Jon Hazlewood, Simon Bell, Paul Reynolds and Rob Holmes. >>>
INFRASTRUCTURAL URBANISM
DOM publishers have recently released their book, “Infrastructural Urbanism. Addressing the In – Between”. This book features an essay by Ed exploring the relationship between large infrastructure and the public realm of the city.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infrastructural-Urbanism-Peripheries-Thomas-Hauck/dp/3869221313 / www.dom-publishers.com
INFRASTRUCTURAL FORM, INTERSTITIAL SPACES AND INFORMAL ACTS
‘As we drive across a motorway intersection, through the elaborately signalled landscape that seems to anticipate every possible hazard, we glimpse triangles of waste ground screened off by steep embankments.’
Concrete Island, J.G. Ballard
Ed submitted a book chapter for a forthcoming book on infrastructural urban design. The essay explores the interstitial spaces of the Westway in London through literature, planning and its use. The book follows the INFRASTRUKTURURBANISMUS conference organised by Thomas Hauck and Volker Kleinekort at TU Munich, www.infrastruktururbanismus.de, and is due to be published by DOM Publishers in the Autumn 2011. >>>
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.
LANDSCAPE
Ed co-wrote an article for Landscape explaining the conceptual origins of the Roaming Forest project. The article explains the ambitions of the project and the potential issues involved with experimental installations such as this.
Landscape: The Journal of the Landscape Institute: Winter 2011. Wardour. ISSN:1742-2914
BASICS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: URBAN DESIGN
The book, Basics Landscape Architecture: Urban Design, was published by AVA Publishing in December 2009. This collaboration between Tim Waterman and Ed Wall is an introductory text examining the relationships between landscape and urban design. There were many generous contributions from colleagues and friends to realize this work – and, of course, the patient editing of Renee Last.
www.avabooks.ch / www.amazon.co.uk / www.timwaterman.wordpress.com
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.