January 25th, 2012
No big deal… it’s just the Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron announcing his new bill on co-operatives at 00:/’s social co-working space, Hub Westminster.
Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his ideas about “moral capitalism” in a speech on the economy. He touched on greater transparency in pay and bonuses and suggested measures to make it easier for businesses to become co-operatives. The speech came as the City of London Corporation won its High Court bid to evict anti-capitalist protesters from outside St Paul’s Cathedral.
See a video of the speech recorded by The Guardian, here.
An official transcript of the PM”s speech on “Start up Britain” from Number 10, here.
And, coverage of the PM’s speech on “Moral Capitalism” from the Huffington post, here.
-DS
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January 13th, 2012
Sneak peak of Wikihouse in the February 2012 issue of WIRED magazine! Thanks to the lovely Hub Westminster Host, Miriam Wistreich, for modeling the article.
Scans of the full-page spreads to come soon…
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January 9th, 2012
00:/’s Joni Steiner has been working hard as the lead architect for the building redesign of The Winch in tandem with the launch of their new initiative, ‘The Promise Academy’.
The Promise Academy is being powered by The Winch to make good on our promise to children and young people.
It’s four pillars are:
- A cradle to career commitment.
- Putting enterprise at the heart of things.
- Getting everyone together.
- Investing in impact.
This short film, made with children and young people from The Winch, should clarify a little of what it’s all about.
If it challenges, inspires or interests you please get in touch on info@thewinch.org. You can also read more about The Promise Academy and it’s founder, Geoffry Canada, here.
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December 26th, 2011
Happy Holidays from everyone at 00:/ !
From Top Row, Left to Right:
Timothy, Olivia, Sarah, Joost, Indy, Alice, Joni, Nick, Debbie, Alastair, Jean, David, and Lynton
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December 16th, 2011
To our great delight, 00:/ have completed their latest new build:
On Friday 09th December 2011 SOAR Works (www.soarworks.co.uk), 00:/âs latest project, was officially opened by Sir Bob Kerslake Permanent Secretary Communities & Local Government, Cllr Julie Dore Leader Sheffield City Council & David Blunkett MP.
The building was commissioned for SOAR Enterprises Ltd, the trading arm of a community-led area regeneration partnership, and Sheffield City Council. The building provides artistsâ studios, workshops, and workspaces for start-up enterprises and community organisations along with meeting and conferencing spaces in a flagship centre in Parson Cross, North Sheffield. SOAR Works aims to revitalise and improve the long term social and economic prospects of the local community through supporting and furthering arts and enterprise.
The design of SOAR Works represents the strategic aims and ambitions of the client and multi-headed grant funders. With a fixed capital budget from the outset, 00:/ led their multi-disciplinary subconsultant team, which included responsibility for cost control, from design competition to completion. Deploying the budget strategically to deliver both a landmark building and also affordable workspace, was fundamental to creating something of design excellence. The cantilevered entrance canopy and playful use of dichroic glass behind perforated security shutters on the South facade, provide a highly functional yet surprising statement at the heart of the regeneration area.The steel-framed and steel-clad (inside and out) design builds on Sheffieldâs cultural heritage of industry and progressive workspaces.
SOAR Works was led by architects Sarah Hollingworth and David Saxby from 00:/, with the help of their partners Steve Fisher & Austen Cook (Momentum), Philip Boulcott & Michael Perkins (AppleyardsDWB) and Trevor Barrett & Lujun Zhou (pha/Foster & Partners) and their respective teams.
See photos of the interior design below, more photos to come!
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November 23rd, 2011
Classic Sir Richard Branson cheeky title for his campaign on changing the way we look at business, a la “Screwing Business as Usual”.
The book launch took place last Tuesday at the Hub Westminster, ft. a host of people who shared their stories about challenging business norms and of course, Sir Richard Branson in the flesh (and hair!).
âLarge enterprises and government can and must do more to helpâŠyoung entrepreneurs.â – Sir Richard Branson
Rajeeb Dey, CEO of enternships.com, said of the figures: “With youth unemployment exceeding the million threshold itâs now important we send a message to young people that they can make a job rather than take a job and that entrepreneurship is a viable and rewarding career path in its own right.
âRight now young people need work experience to secure jobs and face a “catch 22″ situation in obtaining these placements. By looking beyond the more traditional corporate employers and engaging with start-ups and small businesses, we can create new opportunities and inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs.â
Read more about it here.
- DS
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November 21st, 2011
00:/’s Joni Steiner and Debbie So had loads of fun this weekend filming a new video for the relaunch of The Winch, a fantastic multi-purpose community centre out by Swiss Cottage.
Stay tuned for news of the relaunch (and redesign by 00:/) of The Winch in early December.
The Winch reaches over 2,000 children, young people, families and members of the local community each year, through their Play, Sport and Youth programmes and through community events, festivals, initiatives and the use of their space. A charity established by local young people in 1973, the Winch works in a radical and relational way, responding to the needs and hopes of the local community.
Take a peak at the behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes from the afternoon…
CEO and Director of The Winch, Paul Perkins, is showing the youth how to do “a wave” with paper cutouts of the number 6 billion, helping illustrate the cost of criminal activity of ten to sixteen year-olds in the UK is 6 billion pounds a year – but in Camden, 61% of young people on the youth offending register did not take part in any youth activities in 2009.
Here is film director Steve Reynolds talking to Zac (nicknamed “Zac attack”) for his up-close-and-personal interview.
The Winch showing their enthusiasm for 00:/!
-DS
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November 21st, 2011
Thanks to Chris and the Alma-nac guys for inviting 00:/ down to speak at Emerging Group for a second time. An interesting night of short presentations was enjoyed around the theme of mistakes – as a positive, fundamental and incredibly productive part of designing: Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
I spoke about the WikiHouse and the potential that we see this open platform having as a facilitator for âversioningâ diverse design ideas â beyond the house -Â where we hope to see crowd-sourced critique and mass collaboration help to resolve design challenges, question and solve âmistakesâ and couple an atomised design community with the possibility of truly local fabrication â bringing about the idea of the corner-shop factory; the local Fab Lab.
It was great to see recent work from We Made That (and commiserate on both missing out on a recent project), hear about a fantastic construction in the Nevada desert by Warmbaby (nice name) and to meet some folks doing amazing things with new 3D scanning technology.
WikiHouse Chelmsford in Construction
- JS
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November 14th, 2011
Monday morning blast from the past -
Here at 00:/ we opened up the time capsule (we don’t really have a time capsule, maybe we should?) and dug up polaroids of the team working on the Bristol Urban Beach project in 2006.
Beach babe Lynton Pepper relaxes after a hard day’s work
“An inclusive beach environment for the people of Bristol City as an experimental forum for debate on ideas of place-making, civic branding and public space. The design created an informal amphitheatre for creative, community and green aspects of Bristol’s community in conjunction with a structured programme celebrating Bristol’s cultural verve in areas such as digital media, music and performance poetry.”
Nick Ierodiaconou, Joni Steiner, and Lynton Pepper at the beach bar
Clara Maguire, Joni & Nick taking in the sun
Youth getting their feet wet and exploring their urban environment
The 00:/ team admiring their handiwork in the sand.
Don’t these make you wish you were back on the beach?
- DS
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November 10th, 2011
Silicon Roundabout Project (ft. lead designers Alastair Parvin and David Saxby from 00:/) was recently featured in this week’s edition of the Independent.
A digital makeover for the “Silicon Roundabout”
“Silicon Roundabout in East London looks about as close as being digital utopia as any slightly decrepit British roundabout, ie. not much. This is why Russell Chopp, head of London property firm, Space Station (plus architects 00:/), is proposing to turn the space above Old Street Tube/rail station into an all-singing, all-glowing LED advertisement with space for tech firms and start-ups inside.”
Read more below…
- DS
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