here are a few projects that have a bearing on what we intend to do. the common theme is the reusing of space, getting the most out of previously dead spaces. (I mentioned them in our meeting the other day, but here's a bit more info)
1) frank's cafe - practice architecture and price&myers
A cafe/campari bar on the top deck of a multilevel car park in peckham - amazing views, overpriced drinks. good architecture though. what's interesting from our point of view is the rooftop location, the retractable canopy and the use of old scaffold planks as primary structural members (something these architects have used elsewhere).
2) cineroleum - people loosely connected to practice architecture (inc. myself in a very minor role)
They converted a disused petrol station in farringdon into a 'pop-up' cinema for a few weeks. again, they transformed a dead site into something much more valuable with minimum outlay. also, they cut up the old scaffold planks to make the cinema seats. the project was so successful that there was strong pressure to keep it running beyond the original timeframe but the architect insisted that it was 'pop-up' not permanent.
3) southwark lido - LFA 2008
temporary transformation of a fallow site next to the railway line in southwark (normally used for car parking and storage, I think).
please read this, it gives a good overview of what's involved in a project like this, as well as what it's really about - these are the kind of things that we should be thinking about
