+ LOCKDOWN SPACE
This project was a collaboration with the design research studio Collectarium in 2021.
The Lockdown Space project invited people to submit images showing how their home environment had changed during lockdown or how they had adapted thier behaviours in this period to cope with the collapse of all space into the space of the home.
Domestic spaces became extraordinary through the way people had to rapidly re-imagine their homes. The Lockdown Space collection documents these temporary, simultaneous and liminal spaces. The collection demonstrates how the home became the place where we work, socialise, exercise, learn, create, entertain, play, celebrate and escape.
The best place to see all the submissions to the project including some amazing videos is at the Collectarium Website:
https://collectarium.co.uk/collections/lockdown-space
+ Collectarium Lockdown Space: Sharing domestic transformations and innovations for pandemics.
Paper presented by Sophie Beard, Alyson Waller and Peter Maloney at Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI + Big Data conference, June 2021. As part of (AMPS) Architecture, Media, Politics + Society at the University of Hertfordshire.
+ Maker: Louis Nixon Location: Sha Tin, Hong Kong Text: Beach tent camping on the balcony.
+Maker: Nick Allen Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Text: 'Day Six: The insanity may be setting in. This is what happens when I can’t get out to climb. It’s a pretty fun challenge!’
#climbingspaces #climbingwalls #stayathome
+ Maker: The Smallest of Worlds - A Social Landscape of Collected Privacy Location: Berlin, Germany Text: 'Spaces are an invitation to curiosity, imagination, and exploration. They are open to multiple readings and are meant to be looked at, listened to, and felt!'
#virtualhome #domesticspace #selfisolation
+ LEFT Maker: Rick Horne Location: Harrogate, UK Text: 'Replaced my gym membership. Saved me from a mental health perspective in the early part of the pandemic when I was asked to shield. I can meet up chat and cycle in the virtual world with real-world friends without getting the virus'.
#virtualcycling #indoorcycling #ridewithfriends
+ RIGHT Maker: Britney Pierini Location: New York, USA Text: 'How to vacation during quarantine’. 1. Put on your bathing suit. 2. Make yourself the perfect poolside cocktail (there are no drinking rules during vacation or quarantine). 3. Find the perfect sunny spot (likely from that one window in your apt). 4. Bring in plant life for the ultimate jungle feel.
#staycation #outsideinside #lockdownimagination
