REGISTER FOR ATTENDING THE CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

You can now register to participate at the Creativescapes workshops.
To register e-mail: creativescapes@soton.ac.uk


The Solent Centre for Architecture and Design is delighted to be leading the Spaceshaper Event and the Creativescapes Vision Workshops as part of the Creativescapes project.

9th June 2010 – Spaceshaper Event (9.30am – 3.00pm)
Using the Spaceshaper tool developed by Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) we will adventure and explore the campus, including Building 38 and its character and potentials. If you can, we would like you to attend one of the Vision Workshops on 9th or 10th June, but it is not necessary to do so. It is open to all Highfield Campus users, eg students, academics and other University staff

10th June or 11th June 2010 – Creativescapes Vision Workshop (9.30am – 4.00pm)
The Creativeescapes Vision workshop will involve a day of creative thinking and activity based on the materials and ideas collected during the Spaceshaper Event. Each workshop will involve 15-20 attendees, working alongside artists, architects and designers. If you plan to attend one of these workshops, we suggest that you attend the Spaceshaper event on 9th June, a good starting point to get you thinking about campus space and creativity.

Attendance is free, but spaces are limited, so if after registering your circumstances change and you cannot attend anymore, please let us know so we can involve someone else.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided to all attendees.

Take part to our Creative Workshops

The project revolves around three creative workshops. These workshops will include creative practitioners (designers, artists, architects etc.) as well as students, academics and other users of the Highfield campus.

The proposals, visions and ideas emerging from the workshops should provide an innovative and creative challenge to the current uses of the space within the campus, suggesting alternative visions and solutions.

9th June 2010 - Spaceshaper event (10.00am - 3.00pm)
Using the Spaceshaper tool developed by CABE we will adventure and explore the campus and Building 38 and its character and potentials.
This workshop, led by Solent Centre for Architecture and Design is open to students, academics and users of Highfield Campus. Lunch will be provided.
To register and attend e-mail: creativescapes@soton.ac.uk

10th June 2010 - Creativescapes Vision Workshop (9.30 - 4pm)
This workshop will involved a day of discussion and creative thinking around the materials and ideas collected during the Spaceshaper event and will involve 15-20 attendees as well as artists, architects and designers.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided
To register and attend e-mail: creativescapes@soton.ac.uk

11th June 2010 - Creativescapes Vision Workshop (9.30 - 4pm)
This workshop will involved a day of discussion and creative thinking around the materials and ideas collected during the Spaceshaper event and will involve 15-20 attendees as well as artists, architects and designers
Lunch and refreshments will be provided
To register and attend e-mail: creativescapes@soton.ac.uk


The ideas will be collected and developed by the creative practitioners and will be exhibited in an in these pages. Additionally, the concepts will be displayed at an exhibition in Building 38, aiming to directly engage the campus users.

Take part in our survey

The project will initiate with a period of research and consultation with the users of Building 38 and its surroundings. After the first data collection period a ‘working document’ will be prepared containing key findings, issues, positive practices, difficulties and aspirations emerging from interviews and surveys.

TAKE PART IN OUR SURVEY

These findings will be shared and discussed during three creative workshops. These workshops will include creative practitioners (designers, artists, architects etc.) as well as students, academics and other users of the Highfield campus. The proposals, visions and ideas emerging from the workshops should provide an innovative and creative challenge to the current uses of the space within the campus, suggesting alternative visions and solutions.

The ideas will be collected and developed by the creative practitioners and will be exhibited in an in these pages. Additionally, the concepts will be displayed at an exhibition in Building 38, aiming to directly engage the campus users.

Get Involved

The project aims to stimulate debates and ideas around the spaces that we use and experience every day. Your involvement in the project is essential. Whether you are student, a member of staff or a regular user of the campus cultural or sport facilities, you are welcome to get in touch and provide your views for the project.

You can get involved in many ways:
- Completing our online survey and providing your views for a new heart of Highfield Campus
- Simply emailing us (link to contact us) your experience and views about a new heart for Highfield campus: creativescapes@soton.ac.uk
- Taking part in our Creative workshops
- Visiting and commenting on the Creative visions that will be exhibited at the end of the project

Creativescape project

CreativeScapes is a project taking place at the University of Southampton, supported by the Creative Campus Initiative. It is designed to involve students, architects, artists, designers, academics and other users in thinking imaginatively about the Highfield campus. This would focus on the concept of a new Creativescape (a building, a space and new landscape) taking the place of Building 38, the centre of Highfield Campus. This new Creativescape and its surroundings will be designed and imaged as a new hub for interaction, knowledge sharing and creativity within the campus.