Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Street Hoops

Bringing space back to the streets...

As Mike has outlined in the last post, we have slightly changed our idea for the London Festival of Architecture from a large single steel I-beam construction, to hopefully many lightweight basketball hoop structures. What would the impact on London be if overnight 20 of these were attached to lampposts? Could these transform disused space in the urban heart of London, into areas of play and fun? Would it be possible to have a space where city bankers come in their suits during lunchtime, and then a youth club in the evening?

We believe it is possible, and we think the London Festival of Architecture is a fantastic opportunity to start this off.

To help visualise what it would look like, have a look at some of the working sketches below.




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