STORE a London-based association of artists, architects and designers and a socially engaged design practice ran a an architecture, art and design workshop during activities week for our prospective architects and artists. The day was led by two expert award winning tutors from RCA and UCL Kevin Green and Viktor Westerdahl.
The focus of the day was signposts which serve to organise the understanding of urban landscapes. The Headington School’s campus provided a great opportunity to explore the dual quality of art and sign. Our L6 student’s own experiences of the school grounds was a starting point, for designing and making a new object in concrete and wood for wayfinding to be placed outside the Art Department.
The L6 worked in teams designing two interlocking elements of a sculpture. The girls starting by planning, researching, discussing and developing their ideas. Throughout the day they realised their ideas drilling, sawing wood and mixing and pouring concrete. Just before 6.30 pm the girls finished and located their sculpture outside the Art School, after a compelling, creative, engaging and exhausting day.
