Shaping Spaces - Architectural Models in Context.
Lead Research Organisation:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Department Name: Research
Abstract
Shaping Spaces - Architectural Models in Context is an outreach programme with engagement and learning at its heart. An exhibition of architectural models, drawn from a range of practitioners and makers, will provide a visual focal point for a survey and celebration of the making and use of architectural models and the pivotal role they play in the design process, both historically and today. A rich events programme will target, and serve the needs of, different audiences.
The Architectural Models Network, an AHRC-funded international research network, brings together those interested in the history, current practice and future of architectural model-making. Through its collaboration with the Building Centre, the Network will share the results of its work with, and have an impact on, diverse audiences.
The V&A Research Institute, MAP (Models and simulations for architecture and heritage, CNRS laboratory) and the Building Centre will collaborate to curate and deliver the 'Shaping Spaces' exhibition and accompanying public programme, free to visitors.
Featuring work by a wide range of makers, the exhibition will provide a striking visual display of innovative and inspiring architectural models accompanied by interpretation, sharing the importance of this form of design expression over time. Thanks to the collaboration with MAP the exhibition will also present cutting-edge digital technologies for the public interpretation of architectural models.
The exhibition will be hosted by The Building Centre. Established in 1931, it promotes innovation in the built environment with an internationally-recognised public programme to inspire, inform and educate. Its audience is comprised of construction industry professionals, but central to its history and ethos is the ambition of raising awareness among and delivering information to the general public. The Centre receives 18,500 physical visitors per month.
Free guided tours will explore the topics presented in the exhibition. A blog series on the Network's and on the Building Centre's websites will respond to the show. The Building Centre's website has 40,000 unique visitors per month. A Twitter campaign for the Centre's 22,000 followers will feature an architectural model on display each week and similar initiatives will be run through the Network's social media channels.
As part of the public programme, a series of workshops for architects and model-makers, Key Stage 2-5 children and teachers will be run by a trained educator and a professional model-maker or architect, thanks to links formed by the Network with a variety of professionals, who have shown great interest in the project.
Workshops for professionals will examine model-making in a wider context, exploring how other creative industries use models. These events will offer opportunities for sharing best practice and will investigate how physical models and interactive technologies combine to help engage audiences and communicate ideas.
Workshops for schools will illuminate problem-solving through model making and the properties of materials. Cross Curricular links built by the workshops include: DT, Art, Physics, Media, Maths, English, Citizenship and Geography. A workshop for teachers will provide Continuing Professional Development.
Legacy Materials, such as learning plans and resources, will be produced and made freely available on the Network's and the Building Centre's websites.
A commissioned short film of interviews with architects and model-makers will be shared amongst the Network partner institutions, together with short films documenting our events, to expand the reach and maximise impact.
We will produce a publication to present in an accessible way the results of the Network's work, a flyer will detail the models on show in the exhibition and list events.
The Architectural Models Network, an AHRC-funded international research network, brings together those interested in the history, current practice and future of architectural model-making. Through its collaboration with the Building Centre, the Network will share the results of its work with, and have an impact on, diverse audiences.
The V&A Research Institute, MAP (Models and simulations for architecture and heritage, CNRS laboratory) and the Building Centre will collaborate to curate and deliver the 'Shaping Spaces' exhibition and accompanying public programme, free to visitors.
Featuring work by a wide range of makers, the exhibition will provide a striking visual display of innovative and inspiring architectural models accompanied by interpretation, sharing the importance of this form of design expression over time. Thanks to the collaboration with MAP the exhibition will also present cutting-edge digital technologies for the public interpretation of architectural models.
The exhibition will be hosted by The Building Centre. Established in 1931, it promotes innovation in the built environment with an internationally-recognised public programme to inspire, inform and educate. Its audience is comprised of construction industry professionals, but central to its history and ethos is the ambition of raising awareness among and delivering information to the general public. The Centre receives 18,500 physical visitors per month.
Free guided tours will explore the topics presented in the exhibition. A blog series on the Network's and on the Building Centre's websites will respond to the show. The Building Centre's website has 40,000 unique visitors per month. A Twitter campaign for the Centre's 22,000 followers will feature an architectural model on display each week and similar initiatives will be run through the Network's social media channels.
As part of the public programme, a series of workshops for architects and model-makers, Key Stage 2-5 children and teachers will be run by a trained educator and a professional model-maker or architect, thanks to links formed by the Network with a variety of professionals, who have shown great interest in the project.
Workshops for professionals will examine model-making in a wider context, exploring how other creative industries use models. These events will offer opportunities for sharing best practice and will investigate how physical models and interactive technologies combine to help engage audiences and communicate ideas.
Workshops for schools will illuminate problem-solving through model making and the properties of materials. Cross Curricular links built by the workshops include: DT, Art, Physics, Media, Maths, English, Citizenship and Geography. A workshop for teachers will provide Continuing Professional Development.
Legacy Materials, such as learning plans and resources, will be produced and made freely available on the Network's and the Building Centre's websites.
A commissioned short film of interviews with architects and model-makers will be shared amongst the Network partner institutions, together with short films documenting our events, to expand the reach and maximise impact.
We will produce a publication to present in an accessible way the results of the Network's work, a flyer will detail the models on show in the exhibition and list events.
Planned Impact
The funding will allow the Architectural Models Network to take results from its research to a wider and new audience including schools, architecture schools, architectural practices and the public realm. Academic audiences - though not at the centre of this project - will also benefit from the project.
Some of the partners of the original network will collaborate with new institutions. In particular with the Built Environment Trust (BET) at the Building Centre, an ideal partner to reach and engage professionals and the building industry.
The BET will support the project with four staff members, also further liaising with industry partners and professional bodies who have already indicated significant interest.
The free Exhibition and workshops, hosted in a central London location, will establish a much needed platform for all those interested in architectural models. They will facilitate the sharing of knowledge and skills, amplified by posts on the Network's and Building Centre's websites/ social media channels. We will create a hub for unique material on model- making in all its forms.
The widening participation workshops will impact on school children and facilitate the use of architectural models as a teaching resource, leading to skill-focused learning delivery. Participation will foster creative problem solving, critical engagement with environment considerations and different techniques for communicating design work. Teachers will be able to access a pedagogical framework based on embodied cognition, that could lead to project-based learning beyond the exhibition, using legacy resources. By fostering meaningful connections between industry, schools and museums, we will encourage deep engagement with pupils that could lead to access to careers in the cultural sector.
This will be the first opportunity to develop and run a workshop for teachers on model making and embodied learning. It will enable interaction with school professionals and the collection of feedback on a different level than possible so far.
Such data will feed into the V&A Research Institute's work, in particular the Andrew W. Mellon funded 'Encounters on the Shop Floor' project, a collaboration with artists, makers and academic/ cultural institutions such as UCL, Imperial College, Royal College of Music and Tate. The follow-on project will have academic impact, helping to inform an embodied learning pedagogy. Embodied learning involves a full sensorial engagement, situated in social exchanges and promotes learning that changes patterns of thinking/acting (Addison & Burgess 2007). The funding will allow to develop and test -together with teachers- strategies for applying such methodologies.
The project will also have an impact on the delivery of educational programmes in institutions which are part of the original Network (V&A, RIBA, Sir John Soane's Museum) and more widely in the sector through legacy material. The Building
Centre does not currently run programmes of this kind and aims to acquire skills to engage young audiences.
Funding will enable to widen the collaboration between cultural organisations and the project partner 'Models and simulations for architecture and heritage' (CNRS Laboratory) in the field of digital humanities reflecting on the opportunities and challenges posed by fast developing technologies for the scanning and digital 3D representation of models. The collaboration so far contributed to inform the way MAP is developing experimental tools. Funding will enable to develop ways of sharing these results -and similar academic outputs- with the general public, enhancing significantly the impact of the Network's work.
Results will also be shared by the individual partners at academic conferences in different disciplines and the project will produce at least one academic article.
Some of the partners of the original network will collaborate with new institutions. In particular with the Built Environment Trust (BET) at the Building Centre, an ideal partner to reach and engage professionals and the building industry.
The BET will support the project with four staff members, also further liaising with industry partners and professional bodies who have already indicated significant interest.
The free Exhibition and workshops, hosted in a central London location, will establish a much needed platform for all those interested in architectural models. They will facilitate the sharing of knowledge and skills, amplified by posts on the Network's and Building Centre's websites/ social media channels. We will create a hub for unique material on model- making in all its forms.
The widening participation workshops will impact on school children and facilitate the use of architectural models as a teaching resource, leading to skill-focused learning delivery. Participation will foster creative problem solving, critical engagement with environment considerations and different techniques for communicating design work. Teachers will be able to access a pedagogical framework based on embodied cognition, that could lead to project-based learning beyond the exhibition, using legacy resources. By fostering meaningful connections between industry, schools and museums, we will encourage deep engagement with pupils that could lead to access to careers in the cultural sector.
This will be the first opportunity to develop and run a workshop for teachers on model making and embodied learning. It will enable interaction with school professionals and the collection of feedback on a different level than possible so far.
Such data will feed into the V&A Research Institute's work, in particular the Andrew W. Mellon funded 'Encounters on the Shop Floor' project, a collaboration with artists, makers and academic/ cultural institutions such as UCL, Imperial College, Royal College of Music and Tate. The follow-on project will have academic impact, helping to inform an embodied learning pedagogy. Embodied learning involves a full sensorial engagement, situated in social exchanges and promotes learning that changes patterns of thinking/acting (Addison & Burgess 2007). The funding will allow to develop and test -together with teachers- strategies for applying such methodologies.
The project will also have an impact on the delivery of educational programmes in institutions which are part of the original Network (V&A, RIBA, Sir John Soane's Museum) and more widely in the sector through legacy material. The Building
Centre does not currently run programmes of this kind and aims to acquire skills to engage young audiences.
Funding will enable to widen the collaboration between cultural organisations and the project partner 'Models and simulations for architecture and heritage' (CNRS Laboratory) in the field of digital humanities reflecting on the opportunities and challenges posed by fast developing technologies for the scanning and digital 3D representation of models. The collaboration so far contributed to inform the way MAP is developing experimental tools. Funding will enable to develop ways of sharing these results -and similar academic outputs- with the general public, enhancing significantly the impact of the Network's work.
Results will also be shared by the individual partners at academic conferences in different disciplines and the project will produce at least one academic article.
Organisations
Publications
| Title | Wooden architectural model of the Royal Albert Hall created by Dr. Simona Valeriani of the V&A and Scott Miller of the University of Manchester |
| Description | Wooden architectural model of the Royal Albert Hall created by Dr. Simona Valeriani of the V&A and Scott Miller of the University, with shipping and storage case. The Model consists of a main body representing ¾ of the building, a separate quarter which can be slotted in, and a detachable roof construction. The detachable quarter is a scaled down 'replica' (1:125) of the fragment of an original working model (1/4''=1'-0; ca 1:48) used in the 1860s to develop the Royal Albert Hall's design, which survives in the Royal Albert Hall's archive. The remaining portions of the building have been reconstructed using clues contained in the available fragments, archival documents and historical drawings. The aim was to construct a model as similar as possible to what the original model would have looked like. The minutes of meetings of the advisory committee reveal how a wooden model was used as a starting point for discussions around the design of the building. Members would regularly meet with the RE Henry D. Scott, who was in charge of the project, in front of the model and suggest alterations to the design. Following these meetings, the model would be modified through an iterative process. It is a very rare occurrence that such a working model exists and it is even rarer that such rich archival documentation survives, giving a sense of how it was used. The exterior is very plain, showing only a limited portion of the façade, as a 'stick on' two-dimensional coloured drawing. The model was built, in fact, to develop the design of the building's interior. Separate models (some of which are in the V&A collections) were made to work out the architectural features of the exterior. Judging from the material evidence, it is likely that the model was constructed in a way which would enable users to inspect the interior closely from different points of view. The roof could be lifted to look at the auditorium as a whole from above. Furthermore one quarter (or maybe a half) could be extracted to allow a closer view from the side. It is also likely that the model did not have the arena's floor. Such a solution, given the considerable size of the object, would have allowed a viewer to stand inside the model shoulder-high and look around, simulating, to a wider extent, the impression of the architecture on a visitor standing in the finished building. The model being donated is the outcome of a collaboration between Dr. Simona Valeriani (V&A Research Institute) and Mr. Scott Miller (B.15 Workshop, University of Manchester). It is based on the research carried out by Simona Valeriani on the building history of the Royal Albert Hall, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. It was made to coincide with the 'Shaping Space: architectural Models revealed' exhibition at the Building Centre (funded by this grant), where it was on show alongside the original fragment and a digital version of it. The artefact has grown out of a sustained conversation between Simona Valeriani and Scott Miller. The process of making the model has brought to light- questions around different possible architectural and technical solutions. Similar considerations, undoubtedly, were at the forefront of the designers' minds in the 1860s. This collaboration has been crucial to interpreting the original model and understanding its place in the design process, as well as leading to a detailed critical analysis of the drawings kept in the archive. The collaboration and the making of the model have been enabled by generous funding by Manchester University. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The architectural model of the Royal Albert Hall was prominently displayed in the exhibition Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed at the Building Centre. Its production solidified the relationship between the V&A and the University of Manchester, leading to additional funding for the project from the university and the delivery of a series of special workshops for students from the university and prospective sixth-form students. It was a key object used by all primary, secondary and tertiary educational outreach for the exhibition. It has also created a professional model of how historic research and contemporary model-making skills can through an act of re-making produce innovative research into historic building practices and our built environment today. |
| URL | https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=27101 |
| Description | The award allowed us to bring to the general public an awareness of the importance of physical model making in contemporary architectural practice. Furthermore, it allowed us to pilot ways in which model making can be used as a methodology/ resource for learning through making with school aged children, engaging them in questions around space, materiality, technology but also as a way of expressing complex relationships with the built environment and the communities who inhabit them. The insights gained from the collaboration with schools were really interesting and led to a collaboration with the Craft Council. Insight son the historical and contemporary use of architectural models have also been gained. |
| Exploitation Route | The teachers resources we have made available on our webpage (lessons plans and recorded CDP sessions) will enable teachers to use these methodologies in their practice. Researchers will also benefit from the materials available on our website, which can act as a springboard for further work in the field. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | https://archmodelsnetwork.com/ |
| Description | The materials produced for teachers have been used in classrooms both in primary and secondary schools. Collectors have been contacting us, with follow up questions, having engaged with our project and its legacy materials. I have been asked to advise on an upcoming display on/ of models in the new V&A storehouse building. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Education,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | Arts University Bournemouth donation to continuing research and academic outputs for Shaping Space |
| Amount | £200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts University Bournemouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| Description | Grant from University of Manchester to support the work of Shaping Space |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| Description | Support for Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed exhibition and public programme |
| Amount | £13,233 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Built Environment Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Amalgam - Shaping Space |
| Organisation | Amalgam Modelmaking Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The curatorial team decided that the exhibition would be mainly about physical models but that we would tackle the digital dimension with a few, thought-provoking exhibits. The architect Sam Jacob is well-known for his work (also exhibited at the Biennale and at the V&A) reflecting on the relationship between copy and original, image and object. The on show in Shaping Space continues Jacob's interest in the idea of architecture as a form of representation - in this case drawing on the self-declared significance of an otherwise unremarkable barn as the subject of photos. In this way these are models of the patchy, touristic, photographic records of the barn, and not the architectural form of the barn itself. When we approached him, Sam had worked on this project but he had not transformed the digital files back into a physical object, quite a costly endeavour. Through the partnership with Amalgam, brokered by the project, we enabled the creation of this installation which attracted interest by the public. We also organised a public event in which Sam presented his project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Amalgam, a professional, well-established model making firm, was asked to help create a three dimensional model of the Moulton Barn in Wyoming, US. Labelled as the 'most photographed barn in the world' the architect Sam Jacob wanted to explore what could be created physically using photogrammetry as the only source of information. They were given a few 3D CAD models from Sam that showed the range of success he had in using photogrammetry. The brief was to print three models showing this varying degrees of success. The CAD needed to be thickened from just being surfaces and some elements needed to be tweaked to make the models printable. The models were printed on one of their Formlabs SLA 3D printers in a grey resin. Once printed, each model was mounted on a clear acrylic rod and displayed in a row above a 20mm thick polished black acrylic base. It took the team approx. three days to prepare the CAD for printing, print the models themselves, make the base and clear acrylic stanchions and assemble the whole model. Amalgam reported "we were more than happy to do this as a donation from Amalgam to the exhibition (especially as the exhibition was promoting the importance of scale models!!!) and we were very appreciative of the time you gave us on your social media posts and mentions in the exhibition literature and graphics. This has been a fantastic project to be involved with and a great way to make ourselves known to a wider audience as well both yourselves and Sam Jacob Studio." |
| Impact | Model was on display at the Building Centre and the subject of a public talk. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | B.15 Modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Simona Valeriani instigated this collaboration seeing the potential for research, and for communication in the exhibition, intrinsic in a joint exercise recreating the missing parts of the fragmentary Royal Albert Hall model from the 1860s. The process was used as a research tool to better understand the development of the Hall's design over time, and the place occupied by the historical model therein. The collaborative production of the the model was a very interesting experience and an example how research can be conducted by a team bringing together different skills and methodologies, from archival analysis to research through making. The participation of Manchester University staff and the funding they brought allowed to involve 6th form students intensively in the project's schools outreach program, going well beyond what the original project was set to deliver. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The B.15 Modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester produced a 1:125 scale section model of the Royal Albert Hall. This was based on the original fragment model and took reference from the original building plans in order to decipher and recreate the missing pieces. Secondly Scott Miller, Head of the Lab, took part in two outreach events aimed at 6th form students. One event was a presentation about his career and role as a modelmaker which was done along with fellow staff member and senior lecturer Matt Ault. This was followed by a practical session where students undertook sketch modelling activities. B.15 also contributed financially to the exhibition and associated events, providing sponsorship of £3000. Shaping Space has provided a great focus point for students that has helped reinforce their views about the value of modelmaking in architectural practice. The recorded material produced in the supporting events will continue to be used as points of reference when discussing the subject. |
| Impact | There have been several visits to the exhibition by our students, some guided some independent. This has helped to inspire their ongoing modelmaking work. The model we produced was a unique undertaking that helped to better define our understanding of the original heavily damaged model. It will be donated to the Royal Albert Hall and added to their collection for future display. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | London Design Festival |
| Organisation | London Design Festival |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We collaborated with the London Design Festival 2021 with an installation in the Theatre and Performance Galleries. Shaping Space was mentioned in the official program. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The LDF team enabled our participation in the festival covered some of the costs involved in setting up the display and publicised Shaping Space. |
| Impact | The Shaping Space display at LDF featured two sets by puppets maker and model maker Andy Gent for the "Safe Ralf' short film. Another set used for the film was in the Shaping Space Exhibition. The short film campaign for a stop to animal testing for the cosmetic industry This fitted nicely into the LDF's theme of activism. The display attracted a great number of visitors. We also organised guided tours and press tours. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | The Building Centre: Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed exhibition and public programme |
| Organisation | Built Environment Trust |
| Department | Building Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Simona Valeriani (project's PI) co-curated the exhibition, co-devised and co-delivered the public program with colleagues from the Building Centre. Marta Ajmar (project's CI) was responsible for overseeing the pedagogical aspects of the project linking the devised activities and carried out as part of the public program to current, wider methodological debates and experimentations. Rebecca Goozee (Schools coordinator, employed by the V&A specifically for this project) developed the schools workshops in conversation with PI and CI. She delivered the sessions and reached out to teachers and institutions for the CPD events. These activities were carried out in conversation with the Building Centre, which is looking to expand their provision in this field and were eager to gain insights and engage new audiences. Georgia Haseldine, V&A project coordinator, took care of the overall organisation of the project and ensured financial accountability, as well as contributing significantly to the production of outputs such as blog posts and social media engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Building Centre curatorial team comprised of Vanessa Norwood, Harriet Jennings and Mathilde Savary co-curated the exhibition and events programme alongside Simona Valeriani of the V&A . Building Centre staff have used their experience in the curation and organisation of a varied public programme of events to deliver a successful programme of free talks, tours, and workshops. All staff time has been given in-kind by the Building Centre. The in-kind cost of the gallery spaces given by the Building Centre equates to 24 weeks at £1,500 = £36,000. In addition, The Building Centre has contributed £13,233 towards the staging of the exhibition. The Shaping Space project has allowed the Building Centre to increase their engagement with a wider public audience. They have worked with schools to deliver educational projects that will positively impact both the Building Centre and the V&A. Through the exhibition the Building Centre has successfully positioned itself as a welcoming and inclusive place to learn and discover the importance of making. |
| Impact | The education programme has established links with schools, sixth form colleges and universities that will be taken forward to establish educational work at the Building Centre and beyond. The schools workshops in particular enabled deeper and more long-lasting engagement than previously ever achieved, and these relationships and practices will be built upon in the coming years. We have closely collaborated with the V&A on events that have taken place both at the Building Centre and the V&A. Our website will host learning materials for teachers and students to be freely available. We have written and commissioned blog posts for both the Building Centre website and the Architectural Models page hosted by the V&A. Our online talks are available on our YouTube channel where they continue to gain viewers. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | 'Shape your Space' sixth form careers session, hybrid format |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On 2 December, 60 students attended a hybrid sixth form careers session which was led by senior lecturer Matt Ault and model maker Scott Miller from Manchester School of Architecture. They talked to potential undergraduates and sixth formers that were interested in studying architecture at university. A recording of the event has been made available on youtube and so far has had 129 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Arts University Bournemouth PG self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for post-graduate students on 19 January 2022 from the University of Bournemouth of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arts University Bournemouth, teaching session online (seminar) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online seminar style teaching session led by Simona Valeriani with Wynne Leung (AUB Industry Fellow) for MA students on 28 January. Students deeply engaged with the themes of the exhibition and reflected upon their own practice as architects-in-training. They shared their experience of model making and a discussion around their work and that exhibited in Shaping Space developed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arts University Bournemouth, BA Architecture course, year 3 self guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 24 students on 19 January from Arts University Bournemouth, BA Architecture course, year 3 programme of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Arts University Bournemouth, research seminar online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An online event on 28 January 2022 for students at Arts University Bournemouth entitled 'Curating Models: the why, how and who of modelmaking'. This was a sort of remote guided tour for Under Graduate and Post Graduate students some of whom were set to visit the exhibition in the following weeks. As a preparation students were asked by their tutors to watch recordings of some of our on line evening events. The students seemed very interested and actively engaged with the topic. The talk allowed students to have some background information when visiting the exhibition and gave food for thought also to those unable to make the journey to London. As a consequence of the event, students reported a greater awareness of the different kinds of model making techniques and materials as well as of the different uses models can be made to perform. Such information and experience feed directly into the students'' activities on the course. In particular this cohort of students benefitted from such experience, as they have largely missed the model making and hands-on experience during the pandemic. Teachers reported how important the show was in helping to bridge that gap. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BSix College curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 30 students on 24 September from Bsix Sixth Form college which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition. This was the first time that these students were able to engage with architectural models first hand and the teachers reported a heightened understanding of the subject, which translated in their learning and making in their DT work. Some students were encouraged by the exhibition to contemplate a career in architecture and came back to attend the 6th formers events we organised. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Bartlett BSC Unit 9 curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 15 students on 28 January 2022 from Bartlett Bsc Unit 9 programme which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Bartlett School of Arch, landscape architecture programme self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 30 students on 6 October from the Bartlett School of Architecture's Landscape Architecture Programme of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. Teachers reported that students were inspired and it was useful to show them the value of exploring ideas and provocations through physical models. Seeing the work of Bartlett alumni was particularly encouraging for the students. (reported by Cannon Ivers, teaching fellow in the landscape architecture programme at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Director of Design at LDA Design, London). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Bartlett School of Architecture, Unit 11, Self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 15 students on 8 October 2021 from the Bartlett School of Architecture's Unit 1 module of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Brighton University curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 30 Brighton University students on 15 November 2021 which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Building Bridges family workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 12 February 2022, 18 children aged 9+ and their parents and guardians took part in a workshop where they experienced model making and discovered how bridges work with Webb Yates Engineers. By playing and drawing, they learned how over time humans have solved the problem of easing circulation covering long distances over valleys and water. Using spaghetti and marshmallows they made models to help us understand buildings and their structures. They also recreated a 'living model' of the famous Forth bridge in Scotland (1887) using a specially-made apparatus mimicking the historic one on show in the exhibition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Conference paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to present a paper at the conference "Are you a Model?", organised by the University of Darmstadt (2-4 November 2022). I presented entitled "Copying, building, sharing.Multiple approaches to the study of a historical model". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/are-you-a-model/info_ayam/index.en.jsp |
| Description | Curator tour for general public |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This in person event gave an in-depth curator tour of the exhibition Shaping Space for 40 people on 24 September 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Curator tour for general public |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This in person event on 24 February 2022 gave an in-depth curator tour of the exhibition Shaping Space for 16 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Curator tour for general public |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 4 March 2022, in person event gave an in-depth curator tour of the exhibition Shaping Space for 25 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Designer Maker MA, UAL Camberwell College of Arts self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 25 students on 28 January from Designer Maker MA, UAL Camberwell College of Art of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Forth Bridge family workshop with Webb Yates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 16 October 2021, 20 children aged 9+ and their parents and guardians took part in a workshop where they experienced model making and discovered how bridges work with Webb Yates Engineers. By playing and drawing, they learned how over time humans have solved the problem of easing circulation covering long distances over valleys and water. Using spaghetti and marshmallows they made models to help us understand buildings and their structures. They also recreated a 'living model' of the famous Forth bridge in Scotland (1887) using a specially-made apparatus mimicking the historic one on show in the exhibition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Giant Doll's House family workshop, with Care 4 Calais |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 27 November, 25 people, including beneficiaries of Care 4 Calais, attended a family workshop run by Catja de Haas as part of her The Giant Doll's House project. Participants took a simple shoe box, and using fabric scraps, pieces of paper, lolly sticks, bottle caps, and sweet wrappers made a box that reflected their current experiences, emotions, and surroundings. The resulting Dolls' Houses were displayed in the Shaping Space exhibition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | In-conversation with Andy Gent: stop-motion animation and activism at the V&A museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 150 people attended an in-conversation event at the V&A with Andy Gent of Arch Models on the theme of stop-motion puppet and model production for activism. This initiative was embedded in the London Design Festival event programming. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Instagram account for project: @archmodelsnet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | @archmodelsnet has 1175 followers (risen from 785 in March 2020, when we last reported here on the original project), and has provided an excellent platform from which to communicate with those interested in Shaping Space. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.instagram.com/archmodelsnet/?hl=en |
| Description | Interview for Architects' Journal (Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Shukri Sultan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/culture/exhibition-shaping-space-at-the-building-centre |
| Description | Interview for Financial Times (Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview by Edwin Heathcote for Financial Times online and print newspaper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/fe4838f1-71e8-4cb4-933c-3547dd69b9c6 |
| Description | Interview for Riba J (Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview by Pamela Buxton for Riba J |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ribaj.com/culture/shaping-space-architectural-models-revealed-building-centre |
| Description | Interview for The Londonist (Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Review of Shaping Space |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/building-centre-v-a-shaping-space-exhibition |
| Description | Interview with the Architectural Record (Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview about exhibition for Architectural Record |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.architecturalrecord.com/gdpr-policy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.architecturalrecord.com%2Farti... |
| Description | Interview with the Eye Magazine (Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Michèle Woodger review of 'Shaping Space: Architectural Models Revealed' at London's Building Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/dreamscapes-in-miniature |
| Description | Joint Press release V&A-Building Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In June 2021 The V&A and the Building Centre made a joint press release announcing the exhibition, which kick-started public interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KS2, St Luke's Canning Town in-depth Schools Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Exploring Scale: On 23 November 2021, learners form St Luke's primary school were invited to the Building Centre for their first session to interact with the exhibition and to discuss and explore scale in model making. Learners were invited to look closely at the architectural models on show and consider their size and how they represented building. To further deepen understanding of this new concept we took the students to Russell Square, drawing on the model of Bloomsbury overtime on show in the exhibition, and asked teh pupils to consider how to represent the buildings they saw with their bodies. On returning to the building centre, learners then translated their understanding into models of Russell square using scale accurately and exploring different modelling materials. Student Feedback: 'My favourite model was the one that showed Bloomsbury like because of how they made it change and more.' 'I liked the fashion gallery because I loved the details' "My favourite is the looks like we've made it because it is two houses that you can flip over and it has a teeny weeny chicken' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KS2, St Luke's Canning Town in-depth Schools Workshop 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Making our world: On 29 November, learners at St Luke's were invited to design a city for 50 residents. The leaners had to consider the needs of their residents and access to services, homes, play and transport. The learners had to create models for their buildings using a scale of 1:50. During this session we talked about the role of architects in shaping public and private spaces and how to create models using only reclaimed materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KS2, St Luke's Canning Town in-depth Schools Workshop 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Playing with electricity: On 6 December, learners at St Luke's were invited to bring their town together with light and were taught the basics of electronic circuits, using electric paint, LEDs and 3v batteries. Learners were instructed to decide what areas of their city needed lights and to construct the circuits. This workshop helped the learners to bring together science based learning into a creative activity and consider how town planning occurs in architectural model making. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KS3, Hatchend High School in-depth Schools Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On 11 January, learners from Hatchend High School visited the Building Centre of their first session. They were invited to explore the exhibition theme of why we make architectural models. Learners were encouraged to explore the exhibition to gain an understanding of the different purposes of architectural model making, with a specific focus on testing. Learners then recreated the famous Forth Bridge model, exploring the role of tension in structural design. Subsequently Leaners, inspired by the models in the exhibition, used this knowledge to build a tower to withstand as much pressure as possible. Feedback: 'The New York City set was really realistic due to the detail of the trash and comics.'; 'The modes are used from many different purposes, not only for modelling'; "I'm surprised that you can make stuff out of jelly and it still stands' ; Ritika in Year 8 said: 'I loved the trip, it was amazing. It was absolutely worth it. I personally enjoyed the scaled down examples of the different pieces of architecture. I very much enjoyed it. I would definitely love to go again.'; Matilda from Year 8 said: 'The trip was amazing, and I learnt a lot when I was there. I learnt how much detail they add into sculptures and what sort of material they use to sustain the piece of work. I also learnt the different shapes and sizes they use to create.; Robbie from Year 8 said: 'It was a fun trip. We had to build a replica of the design of the Forth Bridge in Scotland using five wooden planks and connected by rope using two chairs. Because the structure had to hold bricks, we used two people to hold the bridge with tension. We then built a tower out of paper straws, which had to hold up bricks. Our tower was able to hold 3 1/2 bricks on top of it before it crushed! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | KS3, Hatchend High School, in-depth Schools Workshop 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On 17 January, learners were invited to explore how to construct a solid model for mould making, exploring clay and corrugated cardboard. Inspired by House with Catslide Roof by Charles Holland Architects, learners recreated an architectural model from dimensions provided. Learners gained an understanding of model making for moulding, explored dimension driven modelling techniques and considered the properties of materials for architectural models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | KS3, Hatchend High School, in-depth Schools Workshop 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On 18 January, for the final session, and to explore who architectural models are made for, learners were asked to recreate a model of Euston Arch using historical sources, images, some dimension and air drying clay. This was to challenge the leaners to explore how and why models of historical buildings are constructed. Learners had to piece together a model of Euston arch using scantily available details, considering how the lack of information would impact their build. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | KS4, Ursuline Academy in-depth Schools Workshop 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Exploring Bioplastics: Following on from the previous session, on 9 November 2021 learners were invited to make moulds from their cardboard and clay architectural models from alginate and cast with bioplastics made from agar agar, cornflour and cork. Throughout this session we discussed the properties and design of new materials and the place of design and architecture in the circular economy. School's feedback: 'We welcomed once again the lovely Rebecca Goozee who is one of the few delivering such programs in the classroom, she demonstrated & students experimented making their own bioplastics from Aga Aga, cornflour & cork'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KS4, Ursuline Academy in-depth Schools Workshop 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | For the third and final session on 16 November 2021 we took invited the learners into the Building Centre to explore the themes of the exhibition. The Students toured Shaping Space and were invited to take inspiration from the work of Ellie Sampson and design and model a fictional place they would like to visit. Throughout this final workshop we were asking learners to work with both familiar and unfamiliar materials and create something that represented them. We had a wide range of responses, including a model African village and the statue of liberty reimagined as a Hijab woman. School's Feedback: 'What a pleasure & privilege it was for our Year 10's to be part of this pilot, inspiring we need more young people w/i skills to translate ideas into action'. Student feedback: '[Through Architectural models]we can reflect on the past, send a message to people and the reality of how animals and people are living.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KS4, Ursuline Academy in-depth Schools Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Reverse engineering through material exploration: On 2 November 2022, learners were invited to explore how to construct a solid model for mould making, exploring clay and corrugated cardboard. Inspired by House with Catslide Roof by Charles Holland Architects, learners recreated an architectural model from dimensions provided. The school's feedback: 'Grateful for the opportunity to be working on the V&A/Building Centre Shaping Spaces Architectural model making project. Collaboration brings people & organisations closer together helping everyone to learn from each other. Superb session delivered by Rebecca Goozee'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Kingston University self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 10 students on 10 February 2022 from Kingston University of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Kingston University, Interior design, BA year 1 self guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 15 students on 19 November from the Kingston University's year 1 BA Interior Design programme of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Kingston University, Interior design, BA year 1 self guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 15 students on 18 November from the Kingston University's year 1 BA Interior Design programme of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | London Design Festival guided tours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We organised tours to accompany our presence at the London Design Festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | London Design Festival press tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | We participated in the press tour of the London Design Festival presenting our display and the connected exhibition we spoke with a number of press representatives, some of whom later came to Shaping Space |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Manchester School of Architecture, year 1 curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 44 Manchester School of Architecture, year 1 students on 3 December 2021 which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Manchester School of Architecture, year 2 curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour on 11 February 2022 for 25 Manchester School of Architecture, year 2 students which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Middlesex University, Architectural Technology Students curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour on 24 February 2022 for 30 Middlesex University, Architectural Technology Students students which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Middlesex University, BA Interior Architecture curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour on 10 February 2022 for 40 Middlesex University, BA Interior Architecture students which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Monocle on Design Podcast: interview with Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Simona Valeriani and Vanessa Norwood were interviewed on the Monocle on Design Podcast (5 October 2021). The post on the monocle's twitter account received 222 likes and was listened to by many many more. The popularity of the interview is attested by it being repeated as part of the episode "The best of Monocle on Design" streamed on 21 December, for which one of the models from the show also provided the cover image. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://monocle.com/radio/shows/monocle-on-design/521/ |
| Description | Mossbourne Community Academy, sixth form curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 20 students on 2 March 2022 from Mossbourne Community Academy, sixth form college which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition which enriched their learning in DT and was useful for career orientation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | New College of Humanities curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 5 students on 21 October 2021 from New College of Humanites which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to deepen their understanding of this subject matter, directly enriching their training as historians. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | New project webpage with legacy materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In October 2022 we launched our new project webpage, containing all the legacy material related to both the Architectural Models Network and and the Shaping Space project. The main sections it contains are as follows: - Exhibition (with videos of three curators guided tours of the exhibition) -Publication (the book published to accompany the exhibition) -Education, featuring 'Models in School education' (with recordings of CDP sessions, and short films on 'Learning through -Making- Narrative' and Learning through making- Materials', plus teachers resources) and 'Models in higher education' (featuring 4 articles) , -Research (with 10 articles) -Practitioners in focus (10 articles) -Production (8 articles and one short film) -Models in focus (23 entries) -Collecting, preserving and storing (one short film and one article) -Documentation -Production the new webpage has been shared on social media and is being viewed by a large public, we are receiving enquires by different intrested parties, from the general public to academics and professionals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://archmodelsnetwork.com/ |
| Description | Online CPD: Exploring tacit learning through Architectural Model Making for primary educations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 9 March 2022, 13 primary school educators joined an online seminar to explore architectural model making practices and their application in the classroom. Through a mix of talks and a hands on making session they explored themes of imaginative play, multiple modes of learning and how to encourage learners to discover environments through making. Chaired by Rebecca Goozee, education designer and learning coordinator of Shaping Space who ran an in conversation with Michele Gregson general secretary and CEO of NSEAD. The hands-on make along session was led by researcher and architect Catja De Haas who founded the Giant Dolls' House Project, a social arts project that asks participants to engage with their personal surroundings through making a dolls' house in a shoebox. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Online CPD: Into Architecture - Shaping and Exploring Spaces with Our Bodies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 30 individuals attended the online CPD on 3 March 2022 for teachers of art, design, and design and technology, as well as museum professionals. Simona Valeriani, co-curator of Shaping Space: Architectural Models Revealed, chaired an in conversation with Alf Howlid, Architect and architectural educator, and Karianne Ommundsen, education curator at the Norwegian National Museum. Alf and Karianne shared their longstanding experience at Design and Architecture Norway (DOGA) and the Norwegian National Museum (Oslo) engaging teens and children of all ages with architecture and the environment. Rebecca Goozee (V&A) shared her experience leading schools workshops alongside the Shaping Space exhibition. There was a focus on the bodily experience and especially modelling architecture with our bodies. Feedback form participants 'More of these sessions, please!' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Open City Accelerate self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 60 students on 15 January 2022 from Open City Accelerate of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. This tour stimulated students to make their own architectural models. They each chose a corner of an existing building, then some got around to manipulating them at a different scale. The students reported that they had found the visit to The Building Centre very inspiring, and the tutors from Accelerate have reported that they can clearly see, from the models they have since produced, that they have learnt a lot through the exhibition. Accelerate provides young people between the age of 16 to 18 with a series of skills workshops in exciting locations across London, one-to-one mentoring at an architecture practice and in-depth guidance on university applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Oxford Brookes, Undergraduate Design Unit self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 22 students on 28 January 2022 from Oxford Brookes, Undergraduate Design Unit of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Project website: archmodelsnetwork |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The website archmodelsnet contains information for the general public about the exhibition and public programming, as well as a repository of resources about the production and use of architectural models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://archmodelsnetworkhome.wpcomstaging.com/ |
| Description | Public Talk - Forensic Architecture and Alison Killing on Digital Modelling and Human Rights investigations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This online event on 20 January 2022 explored how digital modelling techniques can be used in cross disciplinary research to reveal human rights abuses in the built environment. Sarah Nankivell of Forensic Architecture and Alison Killing of Killing Architects shed light on their ongoing investigations and the modelling tools that are critical to them. This online in-conversation was attended by 140 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public talk - Collecting models, a conversation with Drawing Matter, RIBA and the V&A |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talk on the 25 January. This in-conversation was about the challenges and delights of adding models to collections with Charles Hind (Chief Curator and H.J. Heinz Curator of Drawings RIBA British Architectural Library), Niall Hobhouse (Founder of Drawing Matter) and Olivia Horsfall Turner (Senior Curator, Architecture and Design, V&A). This online event was attended by 105 people. A recording of the event has been made available on youtube and so far has had 125 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public talk - The most photographed barn in America with Sam Jacob |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 24 February 2022, 10 people attended this in person event where Sam Jacob gave a talk about how he researched , designed and made a model of the most photographed barn in the world - the T.A. Moulton Barn in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Sam embedded this project in his wider practice and explained how this was a refection around originals and copies, virtual and mediatic reality versus tangible reality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public talk - To Build or Not to Build? Model making in practice with Feilden Fowles and Stanton Williams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This online talk on 13 January 2022, attended by 250 people, explored why practices make models, considering how modelmaking forms an integral part of the working process. Weighing up the cost and time implications, the speakers reflected on how it can benefit practices of all sizes. Speakers: Ed Fowles, Director, Feilden Fowles; Rawden Pettitt, Director, Stanton Williams; Stephen Setford, Model Maker, Stanton Williams. A recording of the event has been made available on youtube and so far has had 314 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public talk - Unpacking Bags |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online in-conversation on 23 November 2021 between Studio MUTT Architects with curator Dr Lucia Savi and V&A's Head of Design Evonne Mackenzie who discussed how they used models to collaboratively design the Bags: Inside Out exhibition at the V&A. This online event was attended by 25 people. A recording of the event has been made available on youtube and so far has had 34 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RCA/V&A History of Design MA curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 30 students on 6 October 2021 from RCA/V&A History of Design MA which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as historians of design and the built environment. The exhibition directly contributed to the teaching of a session on 'Space and Place', as part of their module 'Theories, Skills and Methods for the History of Design'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Royal School of Drawing Young Artists Programme (12-18) self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 12 students on 22 January 2022 aged 12-18 years' old from Royal School of Drawing Young Artists Programme of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Building Centre blog: 'K' for Kit - from An Alphabet of Architectural Models by Vanessa Norwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for The Building Centre website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/news/articles/k-for-kit |
| Description | The Building Centre blog: Building Blocks for a Fun Palace by Vanessa Norwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for The Building Centre website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/news/articles/building-blocks-for-a-fun-palace |
| Description | The Building Centre blog: Edible architectural models - Baking the Colour Palace by Samantha Tse |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for The Building Centre website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/news/articles/baking-the-colour-palace |
| Description | The Building Centre blog: Ellie Sampson on model making and the methods behind the magic of miniatures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for The Building Centre website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/news/articles/ellie-sampson-on-model-making |
| Description | The Building Centre blog: Share your models with the Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for The Building Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/news/articles/open-call-share-your-models-with-the-shaping-space |
| Description | Twitter account |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Even after the formal end of the network as a funded entity, we have kept our twitter and instagram accounts active and have seen an increase in followers. They have now risen to 214 onTwitter, to be found @archmodelsnet. The followers of our account keep growing. In march 2023 they are 418, and our tweets reach a much wider audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.instagram.com/archmodelsnet/ |
| Description | Twitter account: @ArchModelsNet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Archmodelsnetwork has 379 followers (grown from 240 in March 2020, when we last reported here on the original project), and has provided an excellent platform from which to communicate with those interested in Shaping Space. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/archmodelsnet?lang=en |
| Description | Twitter and Instagram 'retrospective' on exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A year after the Exhibition opening the Building Centre run a 'retrospective' of the 'Shaping Space' exhibition on its twitter and instagram accounts, which was very well received by the public, viewed and re-shared by thousands of users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | University of East London, year 1 self guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 40 students on 4 November from University of East London's year 1 BA programme of Shaping Space exhibition where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | University of East London, year 2 curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 50 University of East London, year 2 students on 5 November 2021 which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | University of Giza tutors curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for four tutors on 4 October 2021 from the University of Giza which enabled them to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as teachers of architecture and model making. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | V&A Instagram presence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Leading up to an evening event organised by the project, to discussed the use of models in exhibition design, using the V&A's 'Bags' exhibition as a starting point, the V&A Instagram account (1.6 million followers) hosted a story featuring and publicising the Shaping Space Exhibition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | V&A blog post: Building bridges: models creating confidence in engineering innovation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Building bridges: models creating confidence in engineering innovation - Blog post on V&A museum website by Joana Albernaz Delgado. V&A blogs have an average of 600 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/building-bridges-models-creating-confidence-in-engineering-innov... |
| Description | V&A blog post: Designing Bags: Inside Out |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Designing Bags: Inside Out - Blog post on V&A museum website by Graham Burn, Studio Mutt Architetcs. V&A blogs have an average of 600 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/designing-bags-inside-out |
| Description | V&A blog post: Making dolls' houses, telling stories |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Making dolls' houses, telling stories - Blog post on V&A museum website by Catja De Haas. V&A blogs have an average of 600 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/making-dolls-houses-telling-stories |
| Description | V&A blog post: Making models for stop motion with Andy Gent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Making models for stop motion with Andy Gent - Blog post on V&A museum website, by Georgia Haseldine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/making-models-for-stop-motion-with-andy-gent |
| Description | V&A blog post: Piecing Together the Old and New |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Piecing Together the Old and New - Blog post on V&A museum website by Scott Miller. V&A blogs have an average of 600 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/piecing-together-the-old-and-new |
| Description | V&A blog post: Shaping Space - Architectural Models in context, call for submission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Shaping Space - Architectural Models in context, call for submission -Blog post on V&A museum website by Simona Valeriani and Georgia Haseldine. V&A blogs have an average of 600 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/shaping-space-architectural-models-in-context-call-for-submissio... |
| Description | V&A blog post: Your submissions so far to Shaping Space - Architectural Models in Context |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Your submissions so far to Shaping Space - Architectural Models in Context - Blog post on V&A museum website by Simona Valeriani and Georgia Haseldine. V&A blogs have an average of 600 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/your-submissions-so-far-to-shaping-space-architectural-models-in... |
| Description | Westminster University BA year 1 Self-guided tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Self-guided tour for 160 BA year 1 students from Westminster University of Shaping Space exhibition on 24 September 2021 where students were able to explore key themes from their module and engage with a broad range of historic and contemporary architectural practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Westminster University BA year 2 lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture for 150 students on 2 November 2021 from Westminster University BA year 2 which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Westminster University, final year undergraduate BA Interior Architecture students curator-led tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Curator-led tour for 25 Westminster University, final year undergraduate BA Interior Architecture students on 7 February 2022 which enabled students to deeply engage with the themes of the exhibition and to reflect upon their own practice as interior-architects-in-training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |