DressForTheWeather
@dftw_
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Shaped through community and stakeholder #engagement the DRAFT #localplaceplan with 36 (!!) projects has been produced. During August a summary of the proposal can be viewed and commented on at various #communityfacilities in #westerhailes #20MinuteNeighbourhood
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We’re being supported by Zero Waste Scotland to provide a 12 week paid internship. The role will best suit someone with a product / industrial design or architectural background Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Cheers! #circulareconomy
#circulardesign
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Some fun chalking today #localplaceplan #engagement
Another #engagement session on #westerhailes #localplaceplan at the Calders fun day. Today focussing on improvements within the Calders. #20minNeighbourhood
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1 more sleep… @ImaginedMaking
@StrathclydeCW
@AGrayArchive
#alasdairgray
#thealasdairgrayarchive
#makingimaginedobjects
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Essential Shifts: Ecological & Climate Emergencies in Architectural Education: How do we deliver a responsive education? Join us for a morning of provocations, discussion, inspiring studio work, and collaboration in teaching and learning. Register: https://t.co/VIWVAYaTdZ
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We want to hear your thoughts & ideas on #community #centres #hubs, #greenspaces, #publicspaces & #housing Come along to our #communityevent #workshop Saturday 14th May #westerhailes #localplaceplan #communitydesign
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@S_M_Architect @m_holms_coats @BarnabasCalder @HistEnvScot @ArchitectsJrnal @DrRayLucas A direct approach to @nlcpeople as they own it once again, calling for a international competition, run by @scotgov, with a creative re-use brief focused on green industries and backed by @ScotGovFM and @patrickharvie, @RIASmembership and @RIBA and even @number10gov
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No matter how often you visit, you always feel lucky not to have been be abducted by the Dollan Baths.
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Vinci Construction is a partner of ours, working together to make surplus materials + waste from their Glasgow site available for reuse within the local arts community. If you would like some more information contact info@canarts.org.uk.✉️ #circulareconomy #Sustainability
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One of our favourite entries in the programme last year was the @AGrayArchive. Housed at @WhiskyBond, the archive holds an incredible collection of sketches, drawings, notebooks and artworks, which visitors are able to get up close with.
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Looking forward to zooming into the @GarnethillMCC AGM this evening. We’ll be presenting our concept design work to refurbish and make the centre fully accessible. It’s an open invite so if you are involved or interested in the area then head details on GMCs timeline and website
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Today we will be taking our #engagement cart to @CanalViewPSEdin @WHALE_Arts and #Calders talking living in #WesterHailes #20minute #neighbourhood #localplaceplan Come and talk or walk with us!
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We invite you to a presentation of our proposed remodelling & refurbishment plans 🙂👇🏾 https://t.co/p2fdqYNSf9
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Park Bench designers announced! Delighted that Rekha Barry, C. A. Walac, @c_i_dobson & Stefanie Cheong and @dftw_ selected to design benches for @mountstuart, Isle of Bute. Commissioned by DES, they will be ready for sitting, picnicking & enjoying the view from July!
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A cowardly and wasteful decision has been announced to demolish #Cumbernauld Town Centre in its entirety. It's had a hard life, but it's enormously important as an urban experiment. #Retrofitting imaginatively and well is the right thing for #carbon and #heritage.
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On the record here: This is the best airport logo of all time.
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How should #westerhailes be developed and changed in the future? We will be out and about over three days in March. #localplaceplan #engagement
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This Wednesday 23 Feb join ACAN Scotland, @ArchiFringe and @Decolonise_arch for an evening on Agency and Action for students from schools of architecture, in collaboration with their student societies and climate action groups. 🏴 https://t.co/xf6Blr2Qpf
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Champion the agency each of us has to take positive action, before and after graduation - within and beyond traditional practice.
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Regulate Embodied Carbon! This is essential if we want to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Please ask your MP to support Duncan Baker's Bill to bring clear legislation for the built environment, and sign ACAN's #DecarboniseConstruction petition: https://t.co/rymZywT8eP
On Wed, I launch my Bill to help decarbonise the construction industry. It’s a simple ask - when 150m tonnes of carbon stems from our homes and buildings, a 1/3 - 50m, is from the construction process itself. Yet nothing in legislation to reduce this! https://t.co/ypC5O21sD1
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