Venice Biennale 2012: British Pavillion Preview, design boom online magazine:

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/22758/venice-biennale-2012-british-pavilion-preview.html/

Elena Pascolo has contributed to an article on Charter Cities by Debika Ray published in the September issue of Icon magazine focusing on The Shifting Metropolis. The article is a critique of a proposal to establish autonomous cities run by foreign countries in the developed world.

UPB have been commissioned by Blueprint Magazine to make a film about London 2012 for London Design Festival. The film will be shown at Design Junction in the Old Sorting Office in Holborn.

Catriona Mole, an MArch student in UPB’s studio at the University of Brighton published in the Architect's Journal as a ‘stand-out student’ 2011-12 for her design thesis 'A Collaborative Town Centre for Elephant and Castle.'

UPB are very happy to have gained full planning permission for the extension of Sandbrook Road. The project includes a remodelling and extension of the ground floor of a Victorian terrace house to make an enlarged kitchen and living area, with feature glass lantern and protruding bay window seat overlooking the garden. Work to begin on site in the autumn.

As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, Alex Warnock-Smith runs a design workshop exploring future urban development in the historic centre of Tainan, Taiwan. The workshop included design consultancy for future uses and development proposal on 4 ex-military owned sites around the city centre.

An exposition of academic speculations beyond 2012, showcasing academic design work by the Architectural Association, Bartlett School of Architecture, Cambridge School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture at UCA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Greenwich University, Kingston University, Oxford Brookes University, the Royal College of Art, London Southbank University, Sheffield University, the University of East London and the University of Westminster.

Organised by Colin Priest. Hosted by Assemble.

As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, Alex Warnock-Smith runs a design workshop exploring future urban development in the historic centre of Tainan, Taiwan. The workshop included design consultancy for future uses and development proposal on 4 ex-military owned sites around the city centre.

An exposition of academic speculations beyond 2012, showcasing academic design work by the Architectural Association, Bartlett School of Architecture, Cambridge School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture at UCA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Greenwich University, Kingston University, Oxford Brookes University, the Royal College of Art, London Southbank University, Sheffield University, the University of East London and the University of Westminster.

Organised by Colin Priest. Hosted by Assemble.

A Hard Working House features in BD online magazine.

UPB, with planning consultants Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners, are very happy to have secured full planning permission for the proposed refurbishment and extension of 33 Grafton Way / ‘A Hard-Working House’. The project includes a new-build roof-top pavilion and terrace, and a major remodelling and reorganisation of the existing building fabric. Work begins on site in September 2012.

Alex Warnock-Smith lectures at University College London, Development Planning Unit.

Urban Projects Bureau have been appointed to exhibit at the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2012. Working with public works (www.publicworksgroup.net) and Owen Pritchard, we will be exploring projects around the world to bring back ideas to revitalise UK architecture, as part of the British Council-curated Venice Take-Aways theme.

Public round-table discussion on themes of Engaged Practice, hosted by MArch students from the University of Brighton, at Elephant in The Room, in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre. Invited speakers include Carlos Villanueva Brandt, Hugo Hinsley, Torange Khonsari, Colin Priest, Owen Pritchard, Andreas Lang, Harbinder Singh Birdi, Assemble, and Mary Jane Rooney.

Invited participants: Alfredo Brillembourg (Urban Think Tank and chair for Architecture and Urban Design at ETH Zurich), Jose Castillo (arquitectura 911sc, Urban Age and LSE Cities advisory board member), Jorge Juaregui (Atelier Metropolitano), Dr Felippe Hernandez (Lecturer in Architectural Design, History and Theory at the University of Cambridge), and Franklin Lee (SUBdV, AA Unit Master 2005-10).

10 day residency , exhibition and events in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre speculating on the potential of the civic economy, with MArch students from the University of Brighton.

Alex Warnock-Smith taught at the Making Zuidas International Design Workshop in Amsterdam, hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Amsterdam Municipality and Urban Planning Office, the Zuidas Project Office and the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

Jack Champ, an MArch student in UPB’s studio at the University of Brighton, awarded the Future Visions Award by the Landscape Institute for his MArch Thesis, Decoding the Vice Labyrinth. The prize was awarded for excellent consideration of social inclusion and implementation of integrated spatial responses to complex social conditions.

Symposium at the AA hosted by our Design and the Informal City Research Cluster. Invited participants: Dr Julio Davila (Senior Lecturer, Development Planning Unit, UCL), Professor Ann Varley (Department of Geography, UCL), and Dr Felippe Hernandez (Lecturer in Architectural Design, History and Theory at the University of Cambridge).

Proposals for 33 Grafton Way / A Hard-Working House submitted for planning approval. The project includes a full-scale renovation, reorganisation and reinterpretation of an existing 4-storey Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia, central London, to create a mixed use development comprising residential units, a commercial unit, and a three-bedroom maisonette. The proposals include a two-storey cantilevered light-weight glazed extension to the rear, and a light-weight roof-top pavilion and garden.

UPB were excited and intrigued to meet Mayor of London Boris Johnson at Tooting Market. In town to meet the Brick Box and their newly founded enterprise hub, the Mayor was keen to visit the range of socially-oriented public realm projects taking place in and around Tooting.

Construction work for our new public living room in the centre of Tooting Market has started on site. The space is being transformed to create a multi-purpose public space and events venue, in association with the Brick Box arts collective.

Tooting Town Centre Strategy was submitted to the GLA for the Outer London Fund 2011. A joint venture with the Brick Box and the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Public Lecture by Mukesh Mehta at the AA, hosted by our Design and the Informal City Research Cluster.

Exclusive interview of Ole Scheeren by Alex Warnock-Smith, published in Blueprint magazine issue 306 (September 2011).

'Profiled in Blueprint this month is architect Ole Scheeren. The German architect, who has become both a figurative and literal poster boy for Asian architecture, recently opened his own design practice, Buro Ole Scheeren. He speaks to Alex Warnock-Smith on his near-celebrity status, the differences between designing Western and Far Eastern buildings and his vision for the future of his business.' www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk

Alex Warnock-Smith invited to speak about Public Engagement in Architecture, and the Late-Nite Review at the Victoria & Albert Museum London. Organised by Future Cities Project.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/about-friday-late/
www.futurecities.org.uk

Article by Alex Warnock-Smith, titled 'The Urban Economy' published in the Times newspaper as part of the 'Future Cities' supplement by Raconteur media.

www.raconteurmedia.co.uk

Alex Warnock-Smith commissioned by Blueprint Magazine to review architecture and design schools end-of-year-shows. Selected projects from around the UK will be published in The Best of the Student Shows 2011, Blueprint Magazine September issue.

www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk

As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, and in association with NCKU Tainan and NCTU Hsinchu, Alex Warnock-Smith runs a design workshop exploring future urban development in the historic centre of Tainan, Taiwan. The workshop included design consultancy on an 8km long strip of railway infrastructure that bisects Tainan city centre in two, segregating its historic centre from the university district.

With Sascha Haselmayer, Interlace Invent & Living Labs Global
www.interlace-invent.com
www.livinglabs-global.com

Alex Warnock-Smith delivers paper and takes part in round-table discussion at the Engaged and Enraged Non-Institutional Forum for Architectural Education at public works. With Colin Priest, Professor Ruth Morrow, Julia Dyer, Helena Webster, Andreas Lang, Torange Khonsari, Ro Spankie, Bethany Wells and Trenton Oldfiel

Alex Warnock-Smith nominated for the 2011 Teaching Excellence Award, for excellence in facilitating and empowering learning, at the University of Brighton.

Live residency, exhibition and public debate of alternative visions for BrixtonÕs future, at The Brick Box Gallery, Brixton Village Market, SW9 8PS. With March students from the University of Brighton Department of Architecture and Design.

www.thebrickbox.co.uk

Alex Warnock-Smith reports on recent urban development in Taiwan and Taipei's transformation from a manufacturing based economy to a world centre for Creative Industries.

'Once upon a time, 'Made in Taiwan' was shorthand for something cheap - and possibly nasty. But not any more. Nangang 2050 is a project that re-casts Taipei as an international creative hub.'Blueprint Magazine 298 (January 2011).
www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk

Alex Warnock-Smith delivers presentation at Nangang 2050 International Urban Design Conference in Taipei. With Dominic Papa of S333. For AA Housing & Urbanism.

Alex Warnock-Smith gives public lecture ÔUrbanism and Current AffairsÕ at the Huashan Creative Park, Taipei

Alex Warnock-Smith examines RIBA III students at London Metropolitan University.

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, School of Architecture and Design

Alex Warnock-Smith examines RIBA III students at London Metropolitan University.

London+10 reviewed in Blueprint magazine 292 (July issue): 'The book is a manifesto of a unit exploring how architecture can occupy LondonÕs political landscape.' (Owen Pritchard)

Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith lecture at the Xue Xue Institute, Taipei, as part of the ÔInnovative Regions and Creative Cities - Governance of Technology, Culture and Knowledge in Regions and CitiesÕ conference. With AA Housing and Urbanism, NCTU Graduate Institute of Architecture, S333 Architecture and Urbanism, and Living Labs Global.

As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, and in association with the Graduate Institute of Architecture NCTU Taiwan, Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith run design workshops exploring methods of urbanising innovation in the Nangang region of Taipei and the Jubei area of Hsinchu.

Exhibition and book includes original drawings and writing by Alex Warnock-Smith, who co-edited the book with Carlos Villanueva-Brandt.

Exhibition 26/02/2010-19/03/2010 London +10, AA Publications, www.aaschool.ac.uk/publications

Alex Warnock-Smith examines RIBA III students at London Metropolitan University.

Exhibition showcasing diploma student work from Brighton University Department of Architecture and Design, exploring the potential of food systems to transform urban space.

Jubilee Library, Brighton, 10/12/2009 Ð 22/12/2009

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for 3rd year BA Architecture / RIBA I at London Southbank University.

As part of the ÔThis Is Not A GatewayÕ Festival of Urbanism 2009, Urban Projects Bureau presented recent work and took part in a round table discussion along the theme of Productive Dystopias, with Darryl Chen (TomorrowÕs Thoughts Today), Liam Young (TomorrowÕs Thoughts Today), Finn Williams (Common Office), Austin Williams (Future Cities Project), Tomass Klassnik (Klassnik Corporation), and Amin Taha (Amin Taha Architects).

This Is Not A Gateway Festival, 23/10/2009-25/10/2009
www.thisisnotagateway.net

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for 3rd year BA Architecture / RIBA I at London Southbank University.

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for 3rd year BA Architecture / RIBA I at London Southbank University.

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for 3rd year BA Architecture / RIBA I at London Southbank University.

Urbanism & The Informal City research cluster was launched at the AA in October 2009 by Jorge Fiori, Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith. The aim of the cluster is to explore the concept of the 'informal' as a parallel modality that shapes the urban condition. Previously associated with cities in developing or emerging economies, it is now a pervasive phenomenon spanning a spectrum of economies and cities. Is this a threat to formal processes of city formation and the institutions which govern them, or does it define an alternative response to producing and planning cities? Can these contrasting ways of producing and appropriating cities, with their different logics and rules, co-exist? With particular emphasis on spatiality, the cluster is looking for ways in which 'informal' processes contribute to a radical re-thinking of the space of the city and its institutions.

www.informalcity.aaschool.ac.uk

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for Diploma in Architecture / RIBA II at the University of Brighton Department of Architecture and Design.

As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, and in association with the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering University in Hanoi, Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith run design workshops exploring methods of urbanising innovation in Vietnam, as part of the planned expansion of Greater Hanoi.

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed Lecturer in Management, Practice & Law, BA Architecture, London Metropolitan University Department of Architecture and Spatial Design.

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for 3rd year BA Architecture / RIBA I at London Southbank University.

Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor at the Architectural Association MA Housing and Urbanism course.

The Food Exchange Ð a series of participatory projects and live installations by students at London Metropolitan University, with tutor Alex Warnock-Smith, explore the character of Smithfield Market and speculate about its future, as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008.

Festival dates: 15/07/2008 Ð 20/07/2008
www.lfa2008.org

Using public works' Granville Cube project as a point of departure, Alex Warnock-Smith and Anna Mansfield host a round-table discussion investigating ways of representing autonomous areas and objects in public space, as part of public works' 'Can You Show Me The Space?' exhibition at the Stanley Picker Gallery, University of Kingston. With Polly Brannan.

www.stanleypickergallery.org
www.publicworksgroup.et

Alex Warnock-Smith and Anna Mansfield exhibit map of the social networks created by Public Works' Granville Cube, at the 'Can You Show Me The Space?' exhibition, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, as part of a programme of presentations, mapping workshops, exhibitions and publications, organised by the art/architecture collective public works.

www.stanleypickergallery.org
www.publicworksgroup.net

As part of the London Design Festival 2007 and London Fashion Week 2007, Alex Warnock-Smith and Christina Godiksen designed a set design, shop installation and window display for a site specific play in Tracey Neuls TN29 shoe boutique. With Tracey Neuls, Nordic Nomad Productions, and Weird Scenery.

'Quality', the play, runs from 06/09/2007 - 23/09/2007
www.tn29.com
www.qualitytheplay.co.uk
www.londondesignfestival.com