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Annual Design Review Stakeholder Event Monday 31st March 2008
The inaugural DRWM service users event was held at Baskerville House, Centenary Square This event was to celebrate the first year of this regional Design Review service and take the opportunity for feedback from a wide variety of parties engaged within the process. read more...
Under the Influence Symposium Wednesday 19th March 2008
MADE held a symposium entitled “Under the Influence (The power of young people to inform public space). The symposium that is part of MADE’s Creative Communities programme attracted 70 delegates from a range of professions as well as speakers from national agencies such as Bill Badham from the National Youth Agency and Joost Beunderman from DEMOS. The day also included a timely presentation from Wanda Brown from DCSF regarding the play pathfinders and international inspiration from Pihla Meskanen, director of ARKKI, school of architecture for children and youth in Helsinki, Finland.
A summary of the day’s proceedings will be available on our website shortly, if you would like to be informed when this is online please contact
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Design & Historic Environment Champions EventMonday 17th March 2008
Delegates from design, planning, Elected Members, highways, and design & historic environment champions attended from authorities across the West Midlands region at the Courtyard Theatre in Hereford. read more...
Model Cities, Exhibition until February 2008, MADE*, 122 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5RS
This haunting exhibition was held at MADE during February 2008.
MADE* invites you to the launch of an alternative guidebook, which is being held as part of the opening night of the "Rugby Open 2007" Exhibition.
The guidebook reveals local distinctiveness as defined by locals and in this case by a local artist who decided that looking up would uncover something new about the town.
Dudley (A Critical Path)-Guidebook Launch, Thursday 18th October
MADE* held the launch of “Dudley (A Critical Path)”, in the Banqueting Suite of the Dudley Concert Hall. This alternative guidebook, from a distinctly local viewpoint is part of the Making Sense of Places Project.
Edible Eastside 8th October 2007
Over 45 people attended a dinner to celebrate MADE's services over the last year and to thank the design review panelists for their hard work.
An empty factory building was transformed into a restaurant set against an enchanting backdrop of canalside fauna and plantlife to reflect a menu inspired by Eastside.
Advised by Pamela Smith of Botanical Connections (who also sourced the plants), Chef David Peevers developed a menu from local ingredients, including nettles, mugwort, chickweed, plantain and local duck. Dessert paid homage to Bird's custard and even the elderflower cordial was made by local school children. The guests were inspired to think about local resources and local distinctiveness in the most literal sense.
To celebrate Architecture Week 2007 MADE ran a series of events:
Making Sense of Places MADE invited members of the public to help make an alternative visitor map about their town. This regional series of artisit led walks will result in maps being published later in the year. Contact
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The City of the Immortals Exhibition
Birmingham based Artist Michelle Lord, influenced by a short story 'the Immortal' by Jorges Luis Borges has created an exhibition of 'other-worldly' images which were displayed at MADE's Fazeley Street offices throughout architecture week.
Warwick Bar Soundwalk
Artist/Architect Practice Liminal returned to birmingham to discuss their soundwalk created around the Warwick bar area, a downloadable 30 minute walk capturing peoples' views, past and present sounds in a 30 minute walk
MADE Christmas Party - 13.12.2006
Still glowing from their Scandinavian experience of huggelig* whilst on their Copenhagen Delegation, MADE invited its freinds to share some seasonal fare, mulled wine and warm company at its Fazeley Street offices.
*Huggelig is a word best translated as 'warm, fuzzy, cosy, basically a comfortable feeling of well-being' Huggelig is found in all that is Danish and related to food, the friends you keep, the furniture you dress your home with, family traditions and music.
Icknield Port Loop Community Consultation Event. - 6.12.2006
Creative Community Roadshow - ENYAN Launch – 29.11.2006
MADE took the Creative Communities Roadshow to Shrewsbury in November, presenting to an audience at the regional launch of ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network) showing the Youth Space DVD and giving out publications. For more details about this project see the Creative Communities section of this site
Launch of Coleshill Youth Space – 18.11.2006
The Coleshill Youth Space, created as part of MADE's Youth Space Programme, was unveiled at a party in the park in November. Vanessa Brothwell, MADE Project and Partnerships Manager attended the event along with the artists, architects and young people who were involved in the design of the shelter.
Tilman Latz Presentation – 16.11.2006
“In my projects I am always interested in the ‘genius of the place’ rather than in the genius of my office. Even motorways or industrial wastelands can be filled with a new spirit and can be made worth living by keeping visible the spirit of the existing site. Landscape and open space contain a wealth of information layers. These layers of information can exist physically, they can be visible or invisible…or remembrances - lying within or out of the place. The challenge is to make the right selection, to liberate our senses and to be open to new impressions."
Peter Latz
(www.latzundpartner.de )
As partners with Kinetic AIU on the sucessful competition entry for the Warwick Bar developement in Birmingham's Eastside Landscape Architect Timlan Latz of Latz and Partners visited Birmingham to discuss the philosophy and work of the practice at an evening event organised by MADE.
A meeting of the DEWM cross discipinary network for designed environment professionals took place in Ironbride where amongst other things Dominic Church, Senior Policy Advisor at CABE spoke about CABE's Regional Housing Audit and Julia Ellis of MADE talked about the new Regional Design Review Service
Copenhagen Delegation 11.10.2006-13.10.2006
MADE took a delegation of over 30 professionals from across the built environment to Copenhagen and Malmo for its 3rd International Delegation. For a report of the visit see the Delegation Section
Liminal Soundwalk 10.09.2006
As part of Arts Fest 2006 Sound Artists Liminal created a Warwick Bar Soundwalk.
"The soundwalk developed out of our approach to our role as lead artist for the Masterplanning project for the Warwick Bar site. We were keen to ensure that initial investigations of the site incorporated a rigorous historical and social perspective as well as exploring the soundscape as it now is and amongst other techniques, the practice of soundwalking presented itself as a valuable research tool. We used soundwalking in three different ways; first as a personal investigation of the site, second as a way of introducing the architects to new ways of hearing the city and lastly as an audio survey of the site"-Liminal
On the day the public were invited to visit the MADE offices, pick up MP3 players which had the soundwalk on, then take a walk round the Warwick Bar site. For further information see the Warwick Bar section of the site where you can download the soundwalk for yourself.
Creative Communities Roadshow – Walsall Art Gallery – 25.08.2006
MADE was invited by Walsall Borough Council to disseminate the Youth Space publication and methodology and to run workshops engaging young people with Walsall’s new Borough Design Guide SPD within Walsall’s ‘Ready Steady Summer ‘ programme of young peoples’ activities. This led to a Creative Communities Roadshow on 25th August at the New Art Gallery Walsall as part of the ‘canal workshop’. Approx 150 young people participated in the roadshow which was designed to engage young people with Walsall Borough Council’s Design Guide.
Creating The Irish Quarter Exhibition at MADE – July 2006
MADE HQ was the venue for and exhibition of proposals, models and plans for Birminghams Irish Quarter.
The exhibition included more than 10 models of exciting new developments that are planned for this up and coming area of the city. The exhibition will showcased the models of future innovative and cutting edge schemes devised by top quality developers and included Glenn Howells Architects and Kinetic AIU.
“This exhibition is a clear example of the exciting vision we have for the City’s Irish Quarter, future developments include preserving some of the city's best industrial and architectural heritage and blended it with new, dynamic and unique facilities to create a modern, attractive and inviting place to live in, work and invest in.” . MADE Director Julia Ellis said, “We are delighted to be hosting this exhibition which demonstrates the value and importance of good design for building cohesive communities that are vibrant and contribute to the life of the city.”- Clive Dutton, Director of Planning and Regeneration, Birmingham City Council
MADE was proud to co-ordinate Architecture Week 2006 on behalf of the Arts Council. In addition to this we organised a number of events detailed below:
Walk of Neglected Buildings
Architect and Urban Designer Joe Holyoak created a walk of neglected buildings in the Eastside Area.
"There are many interesting and attractive buildings, of many kinds, within the area. This walk chooses to focus on ones, which are neglected. Some are empty, some are occupied, but they are all deserving of better treatment than they are currently receiving. We invite you to take a stroll down the back streets of this fascinating district, and imagine what it might be like in a few years with the right kind of investment, and the right kind of regeneration plan. These tired old buildings could be rejuvenated and once again buzzing with life" - Joe Holyoak with thanks to Andy Foster
The Embassy in Brindley Place
Pupils from Small Heath School, along with artist Dave Pollard created 'the embassy' a micro-structure in Brindley Place, in response to thinking about cultural idenity and the built environment.
Cinderella Cities Conference
Confronted by challenges from de-industrialisation and declining population to environmental decay and global competition, European cities are reinventing themselves. A new generation of visionary public and private sector leadership are redefining the urban agenda. The ‘Cinderella Cities’ conference explored urban success stories from around the world. For more information see the ULI website.
Fort Dunlop
For the national launch of Architecture Week aerial dancers Gravity and Levity performed against the elevation of Fort Dunlop. There were also speeches by Marjorie-Allthorpe-Guyton, Director of Visual Arts, Arts Council England, Charles Knevitt, Director of the RIBA trust, Julia Ellis, Director, MADE and Hazel Rounding of Shedkm, architects of Fort Dunlop.
Youth Space Publication Launch, GOWM – 23.05.2006
MADE launched the Publication and Film detailing its Youth Space project at an event held at Government Office for the West Midlands which was attended by the artists, architects and some of the Young People involved in creating these spaces. For further information about this project see the Youth Space Section.
