This exhibition is at Out of the Blue until tomorrow (Friday 30 September. The organisers tell LCCC:

‘Edge Conditions’ exhibits a summary of the work carried out by students of the Master of Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. It showcases selected student work from of a studio led by academics Christos Kakalis, Zeynep Kezer and Ivan Marquez Munoz between 2019-2022, which set Leith as the context of intervention. Using this area as its primary site of inquiry, the studio encouraged explorations of architectural responses to edge conditions, conceived literally and figuratively, proposing them as a deliberately loose frame. This enabled a wide range of experimentations and interpretations, from the most literal and material translations of the notion, to the most ephemeral and metaphorical. The projects developed in this studio included attempts at stitching the boundaries between the land at the sea, addressing the effects of water pollution and rising sea levels, as well as interventions to mend the fragmented urban fabric where it frays, identifying components of abandoned assemblages to reconfigure them for new uses, thereby reducing waste and improving the resilience of local communities. The projects exhibited include ‘Reclaiming Playtime’, winner of the RIBA Award for Sustainable Design at Part 2 at the RIBA President’s Medals 2021, and winner of the RIBA Presentation Prize at the RIBA North East Student Awards 2021, proposed for the Shrubhill site by graduates Nic Honey and Rob Thackeray.

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