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Tony Meadows AssociatesCurrent Activities, September 2017
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Collaboration must be learnt
Laura Esperidón Parres, TMA alumni and now teacher of Arts & Crafts at Colegio de Fomento Altozano, Alicante, is continuing to nurture the craft of collaboration amongst the next generation of designers. The challenges they will face in the modern world make collaboration ever more necessary to overcome them.
The aim of her course is for students to work together to gain a better understanding of architecture through an examination of some of the finer historical examples.
Alongside her mentorings of the collaborative nature of an architect’s work, Laura also teaches that many of the 20thC architects did anything but collaborate, and that this independence of spirit lay behind some of our more exalted architectural heritage.
The students come together to discuss and create architectural models of the selected buildings that are then presented to and critiqued by esteemed professors of architecture from the University of Alicante.
Laura’s encouragement of the next generation to initiate, embrace and craft this essential requirement is an important first step and predicts a strong foundation for the future.
Crossrail Eastern Stations - Before and After
The Crossrail works for the eastern stations are open and in full swing, in preparation for December 2019, when the full Elizabeth line service brings them so much closer to London.
Customers and staff are already benefitting from all the improvements to the ticket halls at Seven Kings, Manor Park, Ilford, Chadwell Heath and Brentwood.
New equipment, new finishes, new lighting and the new clean and simplified lines of the public spaces are doing their best to reflect the quality of new train services, while the local architectural qualities of their Edwardian exteriors have also had a makeover to give them a new lease of life.
Learning Crossrail Stations
Abigail Working Experience
We have been enjoying the company of Abigail, a bright and clever future civil engineer, on her two week work experience in our office.
Abigail has been learning different software and techniques in Sketchup, Photoshop, Indesign and Microstation. She has been attending meetings (which apparently was her favourite part - she’ll make a good engineer :-) and helping Trisha and Mariela taking pictures of our recently completed projects for the Crossrail stations to the east of London.
On her last day, Abigail prepared an excellent presentation that summarised her experience and the new skills acquired while at the office. We all hope this will help her decide her future career, and of course we did our best to point her towards architecture.
Abigail’s integrity, fast-learning skills and willingness to help made us all consider her as one more integral piece of our team, even in such a short period of time. All power to Abigail!
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Cultural Wednesdays
Following our tradition of enjoying a weekly cultural walk, and invaded by our colleague Abigail’s youthful spirit, we have visited the exhibitions at the Bartlett and the Architectural Association as well as the Institution of Civil Engineers. With hundreds of drawings, models, installations and photographs from the 2016/2017 academic year, we can honestly say we came away with inspiration, stimulation and amusement in equal measure - born of sacrifice and work capacity rarely seen in the real world.
Serpentine Pavilion
As every year the Serpentine Pavilion is a mandatory stop for architects. This time Francis Kéré’s African canopy makes a play of the London environment - sunlight and heavy rain - with a bold structure inspired by the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in his home town of Gando.
Out and AboutAnd while we have enjoyed the delights of London’s student architects, Tony has headed off in the opposite direction, to Mongolia where the architecture is pure and un-theorised.
Boat Trip
Luisa, Jayne, Jerome and Tony attended this year’s London Bridge Associates Boat Trip. The excellent weather allowed us to enjoy the splendid views of the riverbanks from the top deck, while socialising with some of the 200+ merry folk on board.
Mudlarking
In the interstitial yards described by the wax and wane of land and water lies opportunity and tradition undiscovered and, by necessity, explored with infrequency. It is the province of the Mudlark, that distinctly London character, the fundamental exponent of the City’s opportunism and inquisitiveness.
Asides Opportunities
Swan Lane pier is gone, transport infrastructure of times past abandoned and removed to make way for new potential at this historic shoreline. Nearby, at Bank station, a more recent transport infrastructure that knits our city is being modernised and expanded.
Mudlarking
Mudlarking
Classroom
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Mudlarking
In time-honoured fashion, the Mudlark platform extracts a marginal benefit from these changes in our City. Laying just below the water’s surface at high tide, the platform awaits the revolution of the firmament while dispelling the heat of the underground.
The Mongolians are nomads at heart and in lifestyle moving their Gers four times a year in response to vegetation and season. The sequence of pictures shows a Ger being dismantled by Tony’s hosts, stripping the layers of felt and
cotton that make up the 50mm of skin between the home and the +35 to -50 deg weather conditions. Reminiscent of those seemingly regular architectural competitions for instant housing, is it a scene from the past, or is it our future?
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12 SEP
12 SEP
16 SEP / 17 SEP
13 SEP
08:30 - 10:30
Where:The Building Centre26 Store StreetWC1E 7BT
18:45 - 20:45
Where:Cinema 2BarbicanBeech StreetEC2Y 8AE
Sat-Sun 09:00 - 18:00
Where:Multiple venues across LondonE1 8JD
Leaving tma at 13:00
Where:Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery28 Charlotte Street, FitzroviaW1T 2NA
WEDNESDAY tmawalk
EVENT OF THE WEEK
OTHER EVENTS
ARCHITECTURE ON FILM
Planning the nightJoin us for a breakfast event which takes an international perspective on 24-hour cities, understand the complexities of night-time
The Substance (La Substància) + Q&A with Lluís Galter An imaginative blurring of fiction and documentary, exploring the real life recreation of Cadaqués, Spain as a replica resort in Zhangzhou, China
Open House LondonNow in its silver anniversary year, for a weekend, hundreds of great buildings of all types and periods open their doors to all, completely for free
Holly Zandbergen: I sit in the Blue of the Hills Landscape paintings reflecting on particular moments in the natural world. A sense of changeability and possibility
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4 SEP ONWARDS
05 AUG / 12 NOV
06 SEP
06 SEP
Mon-Sun 10:00 - 17:00
Where:The Postal Museum15-20 Phoenix PlaceWC1X 0DA
Sat-Thu 10:00 - 18:00Fri 10:00 - 22:00
Where:The Sackler WingBurlington HouseRoyal Academy of ArtsW1J 0BD
18:30 - 20:30
Where:The Building CentreStore StreetWC1E
Leaving tma at 13:00
Where:1 Granary SquareKings CrossN1C 4AA
WEDNESDAY tmawalk
EVENT OF THE WEEK
OTHER EVENTS
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Ride Mail RailJourney back in time on a specially made train through the original tunnels and station platforms under Mount Pleasant
Matisse in the StudioFocusing exclusively on the important role in his work for the first time, we will reveal how this eclectic collection took on new life in his transcendent art
Navigating the waterways: canals for night and dayThe 200-year-old canal system offers some of the most complex development opportunities in the UK
Exploring King’s Cross A walk through the area of the north of the King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, which is being transformed into a vibrant new city quarter
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21 SEP / 22 SEP
16 SEP / 24 SEP
20 SEP
20 SEP
08:30 - 10:30
Where:Stanley Building 1 Pancras RoadN1C 4AG
10:00 - 17:30
Where:Clore Study Area, Room 55Victoria and Albert MuseumCromwell Road SW7 2RL
19:00 - 20:30
Where:Make32 Cleveland St, FitzroviaW1T 4JY
Leaving tma at 13:00
Where:RIBA66 Portland PlaceW1B 1NR
WEDNESDAY tmawalk
EVENT OF THE WEEK
TALKS & DEBATES
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Where Design Meets London 14 talks with lively discussions and debates, each session will focus on a theme including architecture, colour, home and technology
Design Medal Exhibition The British Land Celebration of Design Awards is held every year to recognise leading design figures for their outstanding contribution to London and design industry
RIBA West London Architects meeting at Make The point is to decide what we’ll be focusing on in the coming year, and there will also be a drinks following the discussion
When in Rome - A collective reflection upon the Eternal City An architecture born from a deep reflection on tradition which is still able to produce something new
27 SEP
12 SEP / 21 JAN
26 SEP
28 SEP
18:30 - 19:45
Where:Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington HouseW1J 0BD
10:00 - 17:30
Where:Tate BritainMillbankSW1P 4RG
18:30 – 20:00
Where:Kings Place90 York WayN1 9AG
Leaving tma at 13:00
Where:The Photographers Gallery16 - 18 Ramillies StreetW1F 7LW
THURSDAY tmawalk
EVENT OF THE WEEK
TALKS & DEBATES
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
NL Architects Talk Dutch practice NL Architects joins our programme to discuss its work, including an award-winning renovation of a post-war housing block
RACHEL WHITEREAD uses industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, resin, rubber and metal to cast everyday objects and architectural space, from the intimate to the monumental
Collaboration at Kings Place A talk Exploring architecture and music by Sir Jeremy Dixon, Peter Millican & Rob Harris followed by a short recital by the pianist Charles Owen
Cathedral of the Pines Gregory Crewdson departs from his interest in uncanny suburban subjects and explores human relations within natural environments
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04 OCT
21 SEP / 28 JAN
03 OCT
04 OCT
18:30 - 20:30
Where:RIBA66 Portland PlaceW1B 1AD
Thu-Sat 10:00 - 22:00Sun-Wed 10:00 - 18:00
Where:Barbican CentreSilk StreetEC2Y 8DS
19:30 – 21:00
Where:RIBA66 Portland PlaceW1B 1AD
Leaving tma at 13:00
Where:Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery37 Rathbone StreetW1T 1NZ
WEDNESDAY tmawalk
EVENT OF THE WEEK
TALKS & DEBATES
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
GREAT BRITISH BUILDINGS - THE BARTLETT Join the architect for a one off architectural tour as they reveal the stories behind the building, what inspired them..
Basquiat - Boom for Real Discover the work of the pioneering prodigy of the 1980s downtown New York art scene, an outstanding selection of more than 100 works
EUROPA 1: Spain + Portugal Hear from architecture practices Ensamble Studio, MAIO, Fala Atelier and Skrei at the first of the EUROPA talks series
Black SilenceIn this exhibition by the artist Lu Chao, Human kind is portrayed as many miniature characters, dwarfed by the immensity of the universe
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