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Harbour Festival presents last chance to see Bristol: Ambitious City
For immediate release: 7 June 2013
"Ambition should not be measured by size or cost but by the benefit it brings to the lives of every citizen. I hope this exhibition sparks many more projects that help define Bristol as the city of ideas."
George Ferguson CBE, Mayor of Bristol
The cityâs most visionary ambitions â covering all levels from individuals to large organisations â lie at the heart of an exhibition curated by the Architecture Centre. The exhibition uses five themes to identify different areas of ambition for the city, with contributions from some of Bristolâs key partners. Curated in consultation with the Mayor of Bristol and Bristol City Councilâs City Design Group, Bristol: Ambitious City represents an opportunity for everyone interested in their environment to get involved and help shape their city.
Alongside a packed exhibition and events programme presenting new and unknown visions paired with more established civic ambitions, visitors are invited to identify and comment on opportunities for improvement and future development in an interactive city map. Presenting ambitions, large or small, through a series of pop-up and pin-up exhibitions, Bristol: Ambitious City offers a platform for individuals, groups and organisations to show their side of the city. Forthcoming projects in the pop-in and pin-up space include:
12 to 23 June: Architecture and planning students from the University of the West of England present their consultation work and proposals for Bedminster Town Team
26 June to 7 July: Bristol UHT and Willis Newson present proposals by the three shortlisted architects for the public art commission that will bring a new façade to the Bristol Royal Infirmary
10 July to 21 July: Network Rail presents their plans for improvements to Bristol Temple Meads, plus Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (a group campaigning to improve local train services), and School for Redfield (a parent-led campaign for a new community primary school serving Redfield and St George from September 2014 aiming to ease the shortage of places in East Bristol).
24 to 28 July: Concluding thoughts on Bristol: Ambitious City. In the final week of the exhibition that culminates in the Harbour Festival, the findings from the giant city ambitions map will be presented. Over the course of the exhibition visitors have been invited to tell us their ambitions for the city providing an exciting opportunity in this final week to see a pictorial overview of what Bristol hopes to achieve in the future.
With the exhibition closing on 28 July, visitors to the hugely popular Harbour Festival will enjoy the final days of the show. The Architecture Centre will be open over the weekend, and will also be taking part in The Weekend Uprising of Happiness at the Amphitheatre, produced by Happy City.
The event marks a successful run of events, exhibitions and activities at the Architecture Centre, including the recent trail and app, Bristol Opening Doors. Allowing visitors behind the scenes of Bristolâs most intriguing buildings, Bristol Opening Doors is a chance to virtually extend the experiences usually limited to just one day of the year â Bristol Doors Open Day, celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2013.
Likewise, the Architecture Centreâs Learning and Participation programme will be working to ensure the Bristol: Ambitious City message goes out to schools, young people and families. An Ambitious City schools project with St Barnabas Primary School in St Pauls, supported by students from UWE during June and July will result in an exhibition of childrenâs work at the Centre during August. A level students from St Mary Redcliffe School will this month take part in an Ambitious City careers workshop in partnership with UWE. And the Ambitious City Family drawing event on 22 June with local artists Brillustration, features as part of Love Architecture week and the Big Green Week.
Events
Urban Wanderings: Ambitious City
May - July
A series of guided walks across Bristol exploring the legacy of Bristolâs historic and future ambitions as told through its buildings and places. Walks led by architecture and urban design expert Alastair Brook unless otherwise specified.
All walks: £6 (£4 concessions)
Hard and Soft: Bristolâs Public Spaces
Guided walk: Wednesday 19 June, 18:00
>From the âsoftâ green spaces of Queen Square and College Green to the âhardâ surfaces of Millennium Square and the Centre Promenade, this walk explores the ambition of the city as told through its public spaces.
This event is part of Bristolâs Big Green Week
Unbuilt Bristol
Guided walk led by Eugene Byrne: Thursday 27 June, 18:00
Join us as writer Eugene Byrne leads a tour round some of Bristolâs finest unrealised buildings. Donât worry - there will still be plenty to see!
This event is part of the Love Architecture Festival
Bristol: Industrial Ambitious City
Guided walk: Wednesday 17 July, 18:00
The area around the docks has undergone much change over recent years. Join us as we trace a path through ambitious and controversial developments near the waterâs edge.
Big Green Week and Love Architecture Festival
The Architecture Centre will be running events across both Big Green Week (15-23 June) and the Love Architecture Festival (21-30 June) including:
Unbuilt Bristol
Lecture at Arnolfini: Wednesday 26 June, 18:30
Booking through Arnolfini: 0117 917 2300; £6 (£4 concessions)
During Love Architecture week the Architecture Centre is partnering with the RIBA and Bristol Civic Society to present a lecture on Bristolâs unrealised ambitions. The lecture features author Eugene Byrne on his new book, Unbuilt Bristol, and Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson on the future ambitions for Bristol.
My Street, My Neighbourhood, My City
FREE Family Friendly Event
Saturday 22 June, 12:00-16:00
Join us at the Architecture Centre as we celebrate Big Green Week and the Love Architecture festival with an afternoon of free fun for all the family. With local artists from Brillustration on hand to provide inspiration, all are welcome to come and sketch, draw, paint or collage their ambitions for Bristol. Students from UWE will also be out on the harbourside, doing construction demonstrations with recycled materials.
The Architecture is an Arts Award Supporter www.architectruecentre.co.uk
Ends
High resolution images are available:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jrpad3w7x5pl3fb/7uk7DtCzJg
(for credit/caption information, see below)
Or on request from Jodie Marks: jodie.marks@architecturecentre.co.uk
Bristol: Ambitious City is this yearâs Spring Green, the Architecture Centre's annual programme of exhibitions and events that celebrate sustainable innovation in the built environment and ask poignant questions about the environmental and social impact of our buildings and cities.
Bristol: Ambitious City is kindly supported by:
Exhibition Partners: Bristol City Council; Network Rail; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust with Willis Newson, CODA Architects and Laing OâRourke
Exhibition Sponsors: AHMM, Alec French Architects, BDP, Bristol Airport, Bristol City Council â City Design Group, Homes & Communities Agency, Populous; Stride Treglown, Toshiba, Trevor Osborne Property Group, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, Wilkinson Eyre
The Architecture Centre: The Architecture Centre champions better buildings and places for people. By demonstrating the value of good design the Centre aims to increase public awareness and enjoyment of the built environment, and stimulate demand for design excellence. The Architecture Centre is a registered charity and is supported using public funding from Arts Council England. The Centre is also supported by corporate and private donors and income generating activities, and has a partnership with the University of the West of England.
Centre opening hours: Wednesday to Friday 11am â 5pm; Saturday and Sunday 12 noon â 5pm
Centre address: The Architecture Centre, Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA, Tel 0117 922 1540
Website: www.architecturecentre.co.uk
Image credits:
One of the watercolour illustrations from the Supporting the EZ section
Image courtesy West of England Local Enterprise Partnership
Knowle West Media Centre
Image courtesy KWMC
Playing Out (The long street shot image)
Image (c) Playing Out/ Kamina Walton
Room 13 (the exterior building shot)
Image courtesy Room 13
BDP aerial view of Southmead Hospital
Image courtesy BDP Architects
Image of proposed view of Corn Street - more pedestrian friendly
Image courtesy Bristol City Council - City Design Group
Ambitions for Old Market include moving and reducing the road to allow for a wide, sunny, pedestrian space that can accomodate street markets. Image courtesy Old Market Quarter
Bedminster Town Team's plan to launch more creative initiatives for its high streets following the success of 'Beautiful Bugs of Bedminster' , Paradise Gardens Multimedia and street fayres and markets. Image courtesy Bedminster Town Team
Bedminster Town Team plan to green up East Street with a series of 'pocket parks'. Image courtesy Bristol City Council - City Design Group.
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