Swan in

Over the last week, beautifully made origami swans surreptitiously invaded the MArch exhibition space on the 3rd floor. At first there was one and then a few, colourful, multiplying every day, getting bigger and bigger, in the beginning sitting on the table, in various formations, radial or spiral cavalcades led usually by the smallest one.

Eventually three took the initiative to move onto our models.

The rest are just accumulating orgone…

swans fabrication and mise en scene: Samantha Neal, 1st year BArch (Hons)

photographs: Doina Carter

GROUNDLAB of Sincil Bank Lincoln

 

The Mayor of Lincoln Councillor Keith Weaver officially opened GROUNDLAB, a new community hub housed in an unmissable, bright orange, shipping container placed in Sincil Bank, Lincoln.

GROUNDLAB is an exciting new creative design studio, developed for the Sincil Bank community by the University of Lincoln in collaboration with the city of Lincoln Council. MArch and BArch studio groups have their studio sessions in the cosy container, which will act as a community drop-in design hub for residents. Academics will work with the local community and other stakeholders on a range of projects, to provide opportunities for residents to engage in creative activities, exchanges ideas and work towards  the improvement of the public realm in Sincil Bank.

Trevor Elvin is the academic leading the project, which is already attracting a lot of interest and support. The activity of the GROUNDLAB can be followed on the hub’s website:

https://www.groundlab.co.uk/