London Open City is on till the 27th of April and is about the uses of London and how it can be changed to be more fun and useful to us all. I thought this was a really good exhibition due to the way it was designed and that through a series of spaces a different topic is discussed.
By the entrance are three telescopes and when you look through them instead of seeing the view across to the South Bank you see views of various projects that are shown within the exhibition. The exhibition is split into three rooms titled City of Surprises, Changing Places and Greening The Grey.
In the first room are a series of plywood houses on stilts and each house is an individual theme. Ranging from geology and the Green Grid in one house to an illustrated map of London and a film of how current areas in Aldgate can be transformed into pedestrianised areas of fun and calm.
In the second room is a large map of London on a wall mapping the proposed 100 new public spaces, as well as people's thoughts of what they think should be going on in their area. There are also three circular canvas's showing moving images from the city supported by a series of works from current projects happening in London including Potters Field Park and Bankside Urban Forest, which was my favourite. The work showed that you could create detailed and accurate drawings or diagrams that can be creative, artistic and have their own identity.
The third room is called "Greening The Grey" and is to do with London's existing green space, how they can be improved and linked together so that London can have a complete Green Grid. The room has chipboard flooring and photographic prints of woodland on the walls to make the room seem like a woodland.
By the entrance are three telescopes and when you look through them instead of seeing the view across to the South Bank you see views of various projects that are shown within the exhibition. The exhibition is split into three rooms titled City of Surprises, Changing Places and Greening The Grey.
In the first room are a series of plywood houses on stilts and each house is an individual theme. Ranging from geology and the Green Grid in one house to an illustrated map of London and a film of how current areas in Aldgate can be transformed into pedestrianised areas of fun and calm.
In the second room is a large map of London on a wall mapping the proposed 100 new public spaces, as well as people's thoughts of what they think should be going on in their area. There are also three circular canvas's showing moving images from the city supported by a series of works from current projects happening in London including Potters Field Park and Bankside Urban Forest, which was my favourite. The work showed that you could create detailed and accurate drawings or diagrams that can be creative, artistic and have their own identity.
The third room is called "Greening The Grey" and is to do with London's existing green space, how they can be improved and linked together so that London can have a complete Green Grid. The room has chipboard flooring and photographic prints of woodland on the walls to make the room seem like a woodland.
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