Projects and processes
This is an in-progress portfolio of design and research projects by the Project Studio of Ed Wall. Please get in touch if you would like more information.
Bottom-up: eme3 International Festival of Architecture
Ed’s project studio has work featured in the 7th edition of the International Festival of Architecture. eme3, the think tank that initiate, host and curate the festival, are keen to present ‘bottom-up’ projects that work between architectural space and society.
The 7th edition of the eme3 Festival will be held in Barcelona from June 28th to July 1st 2012 in COAC (Official Catalan Chamber of Architects) and the exposition will remain open until July 15th.
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Des Moines Water Works Park
In December, Ed led a team, with Christian Gabriel of Thomas Balsley Associates, in the final stage of the Des Moines Water Works Park Competition.
We put together an ambitous proposal that was only made possible by a fantastic London/US based team. Thank you to Christian Gabriel (Thomas Balsley Associates), Brett Douglas (Genus), Fred Schwartz (Frederic Schwartz Architects), Steven Handel (Green Shield Ecology), John Paul Goedken (JP-SE), Mark Land (Snyder Associates), Bryan Bertrand (CPMI), Tim Marshall (ETM), Helena Rivera (A Small Studio), and Matt Parker and Leo Thom (Room 60). Finally, without the design critique and stunning drawings of Aaron Carpenter, Harry Bix, and Joe Sanders this proposal would have only been a jumble of ideas. Thank you.
Infrastructural Urbanism
DOM publishers have recently released their book, “Infrastructural Urbanism. Addressing the In – Between”. This book features an essay by Ed exploring the relationship between large infrastructure and the public realm of the city.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infrastructural-Urbanism-Peripheries-Thomas-Hauck/dp/3869221313 / www.dom-publishers.com
Finalist for design of 1500 acre Water Works park
The finalists for the Water Works Parkitecture competition were announced last week. Ed’s Project Studio led a team that has been shortlisted. Other finalists include Sasaki Associates, Martha Schwartz Partners, AECOM and Nomad Studio.
The project, titled Park Works, is a collaboration across landscape, engineering, infrastructure and architectural disciplines. >>>
Project featured in London exhibition
The latest exhibition at the Garden Museum, From Garden City to Green City, features work across art, architecture, horticulture, landscape and urbanism. The exhibition ”explores the many visions, designs and projects that have inspired the ‘green city’ movement over the last 150 years.” The Roaming Forest project by Ed Wall, Yael Bar Maor and Mike Dring was selected to be included as part of the exhibition.
Landscape and critical agency: Call for papers
Landscape and Critical Agency announces a 1-day interdisciplinary symposium on contemporary landscape thinking.
Landscape and Critical Agency will be a 1-day interdisciplinary symposium to explore contemporary thinking about landscape. The symposium has been jointly conceived and organised by staff from four London-based universities and will be held at University College London on Friday, 17th February 2012. >>>
Public Space London
The 6th International Conference of Critical Geography was held in Frankfurt in August. Ed presented in-progress research into the complexity of London’s public space.
infrastructural urban design
Ed submitted a book chapter for a forthcoming book on infrastructural urban design. The essay explores the interstitial spaces of the Westway in London through literature, planning and its use. The book follows the INFRASTRUKTURURBANISMUS conference organised by Thomas Hauck and Volker Kleinekort at TU Munich, www.infrastruktururbanismus.de, and is due to be published by DOM Publishers in the Autumn 2011. >>>