I Can Funk, Architect, Agne Selemonaite / Architect, Urban Designer / Contact by phone: +44 7879 677542, +370 685 04247 / by email: agne@icanfunk.com / icanfunk.com http://www.icanfunk.com/blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Birmingham House (UK) 2009 http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/2010/02/birmingham-house-uk-2009/ http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/2010/02/birmingham-house-uk-2009/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:41:59 +0000 admin http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/?p=9 var flashvars = {}; flashvars.file = 'http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-gallery-slideshow/org/myplugins/slideshow/getxml.php?attr=id^9#'; flashvars.rotatetime = '4'; flashvars.autostart = 'true'; flashvars.backcolor = '0xFFFFFF'; flashvars.frontcolor = '0x000000'; flashvars.lightcolor = '0x000000'; flashvars.screencolor = '0x000000'; flashvars.screenalpha = 'false' flashvars.logo = ''; flashvars.transition = 'lines'; flashvars.shuffle = 'false'; flashvars.overstretch = 'false'; flashvars.shownavigation = 'true'; flashvars.height = '320'; flashvars.width = '500'; var params = {}; params.allowFullScreen = 'true'; params.wmode = 'transparent'; params.menu = 'false'; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF ('http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-gallery-slideshow/org/myplugins/slideshow/imagerotator.swf', 'slideshow_1', '500', '320', '9.0.0', false, flashvars, params, attributes);

An extremely challenging and exciting project aimed to:

a. Create a house typology characteristic to Birmingham, to live for Birmingham people, designed by Birmingham architects, built by Birmingham labour with building materials produced in Birmingham and
b. Bring the family living to the city centre.

The competition design will be launched for West Midlands architects to create a new Birmingham house based on new spatial standards. This project was initiated by Birmingham City Council with collaboration of Birmingham City University and BRE. As part of City Design Team I am overlooking the design evolution during the research and competition process.

Client: Birmingham City Council Project stage: work in progress

]]> http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/2010/02/birmingham-house-uk-2009/feed/ 0 Icknield Port Loop Growth Area in Birmingham (UK) 2009 http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/2010/02/icknield-port-loop-growth-area-in-birmingham-uk-2009/ http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/2010/02/icknield-port-loop-growth-area-in-birmingham-uk-2009/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:33:59 +0000 admin http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/?p=3 var flashvars = {}; flashvars.file = 'http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-gallery-slideshow/org/myplugins/slideshow/getxml.php?attr=id^3#'; flashvars.rotatetime = '4'; flashvars.autostart = 'true'; flashvars.backcolor = '0xFFFFFF'; flashvars.frontcolor = '0x000000'; flashvars.lightcolor = '0x000000'; flashvars.screencolor = '0x000000'; flashvars.screenalpha = 'false' flashvars.logo = ''; flashvars.transition = 'lines'; flashvars.shuffle = 'false'; flashvars.overstretch = 'false'; flashvars.shownavigation = 'true'; flashvars.height = '320'; flashvars.width = '500'; var params = {}; params.allowFullScreen = 'true'; params.wmode = 'transparent'; params.menu = 'false'; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF ('http://www.icanfunk.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-gallery-slideshow/org/myplugins/slideshow/imagerotator.swf', 'slideshow_2', '500', '320', '9.0.0', false, flashvars, params, attributes);

One of the strategic city’s growth areas to the West of the city centre is to be transformed to Eco Neighbourhood called Ladyport. The 400ha area has a tremendous potential due to its ‘blue’ infrastructure – 28ha reservoir and 2 loops of canal system.

We – City Design Team – were appointed to create an Urban Design Vision for the area. By improving water, cycling, foot and rail infrastructure we made sure the living/education/employment/health and business areas are equally distributed around public transport access points and sensibly mixed to avoid monogamous developments. This urban vision will inform the Development Framework Guide to form the base guidelines for future developments.

Client: Birmingham City Council & AWM Project stage: ongoing

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