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02/2012FoRM projects published in art+scape and nature+scape books in China

FoRM's Bull Ring Wind Wands, Mersey Wave and Northala Fields Park are amongst 50+ selected projects published in an international landscape and urban design book collection in China. art+scape and nature+scape are published by Dopress Books, a leading Chinese publisher in the area of architecture, landscape and design. Extracts from the books can be viewed in our Media section.

12/2011Pylon design selected for exhibition at the London Building Centre

Pylon Salon des Refuses showcases 90 of the 250 designs entered into the RIBA Pylon Design Completion earlier this year. Celebrating the ingenuity, craft and ambition of all the designs, the exhibition is free and runs until the 23 December 2011 at the Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT

11/2011FoRM at Architecture festival in Bratislava

Igor Marko is giving a talk on Placemaking during Architecture festival in Bratislava

10/2011Igor Marko supervising Stadslab Master Class in Belgrade

FoRM's Partner Igor Marko will be supervising a ten day international design workshop master class in Belgrade from 13 - 24 October 2011 together with Mira Miljanovic from urban planning department of DRO Amsterdam. The programme is organised by the Netherlands based Stadslab urban design laboratory.

The Master Classes in Belgrade will focus on urban mobility, urban regeneration and the related urban strategies. Partners in the organization are the Urban Planning Department of Belgrade, the Serbian Railway and the Belgrade Architecture Week. 

Stadslab was established in 2006 to create a European urban design laboratory where professionals and academia would meet to exchange knowledge and know-how, while addressing real time cases proposed by our hosting cities. 

09/2011FoRM headlining at Bergamo Conference

FoRM's Partner Peter Fink will give a talk about FoRM"s approach to green urbanism at the Bergamo INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN this weekend.

The conference is bringing together both professionals and citizens to promote architecture, environmental protection, parks and gardens, creativity, art and education. It is promoting, informing and enhancing both natural landscapes and those modified by human intervention, thereby allowing sustainable development.

http://www.arketipos.org/2011_speakers.html

 

09/2011Open House London: Northala Tour

FoRM Associates is taking part in Open House London weekend. Peter Fink, one of the designers of Northala Fields Park will be giving a guided tour of this largest and most innovative new park in London.The tour is taking place on Saturday 17 September at 11 AM. Booking is essential.

Arguably the most significant feature of the Northala Fields design is the construction of a new monumental landform on site, utilising substantial volumes of imported construction rubble from a pool of London-wide development projects such as Heathrow Terminal 5, White City and Wembley Stadium. The controlled deposition on site has successfully delivered £6million income, delivering the project at no cost to the tax payer.

Northala Fields Park has received numerous awards, most notably the Landscape Institute Award and the Green Flag award.

08/2011Trafford promenade opens to public

Trafford Wharf Promenade has been opened to the public - the new quayside completes the first section of the Irwell City Park, am 8km long river edge park developed by FoRM Associates which will link Salford, Manchester and Trafford.

The new design of the quayside plays with convex and concave geometries, creating an imaginative public realm complementing the designs of both the Imperial War Museum North (Danial Libeskind) and the new Media Bridge (Wilkinson Eyre Architects. 

05/2011FoRM at Americans for the Arts confence in San Diego, California 16-18 June 2011

FoRM's Partner Peter Fink will give a presentation on 16-18 June 2011 to an international forum of professionals and artists working in the sphere of public art at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention Public Art preconfence in San Diego, California.

The presentation will focus on Transportation/Industrial Infrastructure projects undertaken by Form associates with special emphasis on the San Diego Coronado bridge lighting project.

http://convention.artsusa.org/schedule/public-art-preconference

 

04/2011FoRM wins second prize in Urban Landscaping for Kiev, Ukraine

FoRM was awarded second prize for their proposal Dnieper River Park in the international competition Urban Landscaping in Kyiv for Euro-2012 and for Future. The competition has been promoted by Kiev City State Administration and Kiev Central Agency for Urban Planning, Architecture and Urban Design.

Igor Marko presented FoRM's project to the international jury and general public at the CANactions architetcure festival on 29 April in the House of Architects in Kiev:http://www.canactions.com/

Photos on 2011FoRM Associates facebook album CANactions 28-30 April

03/2011 IZOLYATSIA project at TED Talks

Rick Rowbotham presents FoRM's IZOLYATSIA Landscape Park masterplan at TED talks in Donetsk, Ukraine.http://tedxdonetsk.com

Photos from the event at FoRM Associates facebook page

 

 

11/2010FoRM wins San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge lighting in California

An international team led by FoRM’s director Peter Fink and lighting designer Mark Major (Speirs + Major) in association with Buro Happold in Los Angeles has been announced as the winner of the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America. The San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge, built in 1969 in the spectacular context of the bay, has become a symbol of the San Diego area – just as the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges are symbols for San Francisco.

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/los_angeles/san_diego_bridge.htm

11/2010Completion of Skinner's Academy

The Skinners’ Academy in Hackney, North London opened its doors for the new school year in September.  Delivered together with Studio E Architects and Willmott Dixon Construction, the academy is the first of several developments in the neighbourhood’s regeneration plan.  The scheme features sustainably sourced materials and landscape systems to reduce its impact on the local environment and community.  Form Associates was on site weekly to ensure the scheme was delivered to its highest standards.  The Skinners’ Academy achieved BREEAM Very Good.

11/2010Completion of Ark Wembley Academy

The Ark Wembley Academy located within a short walk from Wembley Stadium in West London opened the first of three phases in September.  Another scheme delivered together with Studio E Architects and Willmott Dixon Construction, the scheme offers facilities from reception to sixth form.  The academy provides a wide range of sports pitches, play spaces and a nature conservation area.  The Ark Wembley Academy achieved BREEAM Very Good.

11/2010Completion of Fairlop Waters Park

A 4ha area to the north of the main lake in Fairlop Waters Country Park, which has been identified as a natural play area, has been completed and opened to the public. FoRM Associates in collaboration with the artists Olivia Fink and Stephen Shiell has created within this footprint a natural and adventurous play experience for children particularly aimed at 8 – 13 year olds. The design focuses on selected areas with maximum potential for natural play when integrated with existing trees and vegetation. The aim was to create stimulating environments, which invite children to take a hands-on approach to explore their surroundings as well as inclusive social interaction.

10/2010New masterplan for art gallery and park revealed at IZOLYATSIA’s “A New Life of the Industrial Past” conference in Donetsk, Ukraine

The IZOLYATSIA Landscape Park masterplan has been for the first time presented to the members of general public at the opening of the IZOLYATSIA Art-centre, which is to become part of the first industrial gallery complex of its kind in Eastern Europe.

“The participants of the international conference, Cultural Conversion: A New Life of the Industrial Past, organised by the foundation IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives. on the 25th and the 26th of September 2010, all came to the conclusion that the creation of a multifunctional art-platform within one of the defunct warehouses of the Izolyatsia plant, situated in the industrial outskirts of Donetsk, is “a highly relevant and necessary initiative not just for Donetsk, but for the whole of Ukraine.” The participants also appreciated the first practical step in the realisation of the project: the conceptual plan of the “cultural conversion” of the former industrial territory, and the exposition IZOLYATSIA 2.0. - a summer art-residency organised by the foundation.”

A New Life of the Industrial Past conference:
http://www.izolyatsia.org/en/catalog/?id=106

Opening of the Izolyatsia Art-centre:
http://www.isolyazia.org/en/catalog/?id=3

10/2010Shortlisted for Bridgegate new public realm in Irvine, Scottland

FoRM is one of 6 teams shortlisted to design new public realm that will re-vitalise a key town-centre location of Irwine. The competition is hosted by the Irvine Bay Urban regeneration Company who is seeking to re-establish the area as a landmark location for Irvine town centre and the wider area; to act as a catalyst for the economic and social regeneration of the town centre; and to provide a high quality, innovative design solution that becomes recognised as a future destination in itself.

09/2010Irwell Park strategy completion

The pre-implementation stage of Irwell Park, one of the largest public realm-led regeneration strategies in the UK, has been completed. The design team, led by FoRM Associates and Broadway Malyan and supported by Gifford, was appointed in January 2009 to develop a conceptual vision into a viable strategy consisting of a series of deliverable projects. The aim of the strategy was to provide a strong design framework to safeguard the coherence and integrity of the vision throughout a potentially long and fragmented implementation process.

09/2010Launch of Irwell City Park website

Salford Urban Regeneration Company has launched the Irwell City Park website, providing detailed information about the development of the project and investment opportunities into one of the largest regeneration scheme in the UK. 

Irwell City Park will be a unique concentration of international destinations, outstanding routeways and important connections at the heart of the Manchester City Region, creating the largest employment and investment location outside Central London.
http://www.irwellriverpark.com/

06/2010Completion of Kempinski Hotel lighting in Bratislava

Kempinski Hotel River Park Bratislava opened its doors to the public, aiming to become the leading luxury business hotel of the Slovak capital. FoRM Associates delivered interactive permanent lighting scheme animating the hotel’s façade. A lighting concept has been developed for two main facades of the new hotel building – one facing the busy main road with entrance to the hotel, and the other one facing the internal courtyard opening up to the river promenade. The animated lighting plays with subtle colour changes though time in an orthogonal grid of windows, creating mood waves that capture attention of passing traffic in an elegant manner.

05/2010Commission of IZOLYATSIA Landscape Park masterplan in Donetsk, Ukraine

FoRM Associates and AID Architects were appointed to deliver an architectural and landscape transformation of a former industrial site in Donetsk, an important industrial centre for coal and steel in Ukraine. The first phase will deliver an experimental Arts centre located in the unique context of a new circular park incorporating a 45m high slag heap. The main aim of this ambitious project funded and organized by an independent foundation is to create a hub of cultural excellence as well as deliver a social, economic and ecological transformation of a post industrial landscape. The IZOLYATSIA project aims to foster a dynamic environment emphasizing the creative process, investigation and cultural production.
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/ukraine/izolyatsia_project_donetsk.htm

05/2010Millwall Dock Gardens shortlisted at RIBA Forgotten Spaces Competition

FoRM’s proposal Millwall Dock Gardens has been shortlisted at the Forgotten Spaces competition, launched by RIBA London with Design for London and developer and investor Qatari Diar. The ideas based competition aimed to highlight areas of left-over land in London and encourage innovative proposals for improving local communities.

The principal idea of our proposal is so-called ‘Migratory Green Urbanism’. Gradual introduction of interconnected floating habitats create a linear park on the water from Millwall Inner Dock into West India Dock.
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/riba-forgotten-spaces/forgotten-spaces-millwall-dock-floating-gardens-by-form-associates/5217356.article

04/2010New commission Bedford Academy

Bedford Academy (formerly John Bunyan Upper School) is a joint venture with Bond Bryan Architects and Willmott Dixon Construction, catering for 11-18 year age group. The school has a strong Science and Technology specialism in its curriculum, which is reflected in the design of the external landscape. The outdoor spaces consist of an amphitheatre for performances; molecular terrace which draws reference from DNA molecules used to define seating and grass mounds; outdoor classrooms to promote ecology and biodiversity observation; wildlife pond, bog garden and swales to provide education in the study of wildlife in context. The planting scheme uses native species in keeping with the high ecological value in the established habitat corridor along the southern periphery of the site. This is supplemented with wildflower meadows to provide colour, texture, seasonality, and most importantly, an educational facility. The landscape provides a rich source of outdoor learning spaces to enhance the indoor learning curriculum, and is robust to withstand the demands of the age group. The project commences on site in April 2011.

11/2009Trafford Wharf Promenade planning granted

The design for a promenade and public realm area in front of Imperial War Museum North by London-based FoRM Associates has been granted full planning permission on behalf of Peel Media.
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=12803

10/2009FoRM appointed to design landscape for South Shields Leisure Centre

The proposed South Shields Leisure Centre public realm landscape provides a robust setting for a new leisure centre a kilometer away from the town centre of South Shields. The site is in a prominent and exposed location adjacent to the seafront which makes it a pivotal point and key node between the town centre and coastline. It is surrounded by Grade II listed parks and encompasses Grade II listed monuments reflecting the maritime history of the site. The landscape strategy aims to unite the pier, foreshore and parade buildings with the town centre. It is intended this will provide a catalyst for further regeneration of the area. The core of this linkage is a high quality plaza populated with dune formations and ‘littoral’ rock outcrops as an allegorical representation of the foreshore features. The landscape strategy consists of a stepped ramp access to an intensive green roof with vantage points, which partially shelters a lawn performance area. Mature tree planting is used to define the plaza connection of the foreshore and town centre, and to mark the avenue approach to the leisure centre entrance. 
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