Buildings and People

Some comments from the Year 12 students from the La Swap sixth form on the Buildings and People project with Central St Martins MA students:

“I’m glad we did our exhibition and I got it completed in a short space of time.”

“I enjoyed it, and was able to experience with various methods of developing photos in the darkroom.”

“Well there were lots of things that I enjoyed. However, there wasn’t really a lot of time to do the work so there was no chance to improve.”

“I think we could have seen more of the Central St Martins students and they could have given us more of their ideas.”

“We could have had a larger variety of options, like using props or choosing our own places to capture.”

“I really enjoyed it. Pleased with my shots and how my work displayed.”

Long time no blog

It's been a long time since the last post. The second half of the October half-term was a very busy one for the project. Here's a quick update:

The Buildings and Patterns after-school club at St George the Martyr School with Year 2 went really well. The pupils created some amazing models of their fantasy buildings and the teacher is now going to follow-up in school with a buildings unit in art and design.

The Buildings and Spaces project got started with St Michael's School in Camden Town. Year 4 have researched Victorian gardens, visited Harrington Square gardens and produced their final design for the central circular bed. The plants are being ordered. This term Year 4 will learn how to grow plants from scratch and we hope to use some of their plants in the final design.

The Buildings and People and Forensic Architecture Projects were delivered by Central St Martins MA Design for Narrative Environments students to La Swap and South Camden Community School students at the British Museum, Foundling Museum and Hunterian Museum. The school students' artworks were exhibited at Central St Martins Innovation Centre and several pieces were sold!