Y O U R M O V E - F E A T U R E

'Elsewhere in the city the Friends of the Flyover campaign, proposing to transform a flyover that has been earmarked for removal into a ‘promenade in the sky’ – a lively hub of green spaces, activities, retailers, cafes and market stalls – achieved a £43,809 crowdfunding total last year from 344 supporters, helping to progress the ambitious project through its feasibility stage.“It enabled us to do a lot of the structural survey work that we need to do pre-planning application for the whole project and a test event where we closed the flyover for the day and hadlots of people up there,” says Kate Stewart from We Make Places,  a social enterprise formed by the team behind the plans.

“We have moved forward and made an application to put a building up underneath the flyover as our first big intervention, so we’re about 10 weeks away from knowing whether that will happen. And we’re planning a programme of workshops and activities which are about occupying the space under it and above it, it’s very exciting.”

Again, as well as funding, this particular crowdfunding project has achieved huge support from across the city and way beyond. The trial Flyover Fest event also won an England EPIC

Award, which recognises voluntary arts initiatives. “It’s about creating something that’s a visitor attraction but is also something for local people to use.” adss Kate. “It’s a venue for culture and community activity, and a place for learning, nature and cultivating. I think people think it’s a complete no-brainer and it’s beautiful.”

The success of the campaign so far, which is also “talked about internationally”, has prompted We Make Places to use its positive experience to help others “turn a great idea into a

great project” and it recently launched an online MerseyHive outlet for other crowdfunding projects in the Liverpool City Region, such as festivals and attractions, to follow in its footsteps and gather support.

For further details visit www.spacehive.com/initiatives/merseyhive.'

Words from yourmovemagazine.com

S C R E E N P R I N T

Just a bit of a sidetrack..............These are just some screen prints I drew and created, more of local football hero's. The textures of screen prints when designed correctly really add to the quality of the print. Might put them up for sale, may not, was just a try out of different types of illustrations. I actually quite like the outcome. Go on sale soon!

F L Y O V E R F E S T

I spent the day at Flyover fest, a festival showcasing the work completed on the flyover up to now. It was a really successful day and great to see people interacting with the space and how positive the community was to the concept and space really humbled me. Congrats to all Friends of the flyover for all the work putting this event on in just under 2 weeks. Surreal experience!!

Fantastic concepts from Farm Urban

C H U R C H I L L W A Y - F L Y O V E R F E S T

Poster by Sam Jones

F R I E N D S O F T H E F L Y O V E R - L I G H T I N G T H E W A Y

Took part in LightNight Liverpool as part of Friends of the flyover, and my mate the Churchill Way flyover!

B U I S N E S S C A R D S

Business Card - Designed by Joshua Kinsella

T H E H U B S P A C E

I N T E R I O R S C R E E N P R I N T S

Hand drawn stenciled screen print

L I V E R P O O L V I S I O NS - W H E R E D O W E G O F R O M H E R E - SevenStreets

Work featured and talked about here

Liverpool Visions: Where do we go from here? - SevenStreets

Render of sketchup model. Trying out different effects to create mood.

Outdoor Pallet Design

Currently working on a park for the inner city, in which materials are raw and locally sourced. This was my design for a outdoor multi configurable cinema/seating arrangement . Simple and effective use of cargo crates which combines seating, performance, cinema and allowance for vertical allotments.

Featured on Sevenstreets.com and LCC

Featured on Sevenstreets.com new article up soon

And on Liverpool Chamber of commerce! http://www.liverpoolchamber.org.uk/article.aspx/show/1907

Published!

The project was published in a local newspaper about all topics Liverpool, SevenStreets!

Churchill Overpass Liverpool (Strategic Investment Framework)

Here is a project I lead during my time at studio F.

Words by Studio F - article  found here  http://www.wearestudiof.com/portfolio/concept-work/the-flyover.aspx

studioF is a multi-disciplinary design practice based in the Baltic Creative area of Liverpool. Passionate about the city and with a history of creative and collaborative projects that engage end users of spaces, we have taken it upon ourselves to create a series of design proposals for various spaces within the city.

Overhead. Image by Joshua Kinsella

The Flyover

The 2012 SIF (Strategic Investment Framework) document for the city proposes the removal of the Churchill way flyover. 2 flyover structures run from Islington, sweeping past the rear of the library and World Museum though to Dale Street and Tithebarn street with a number of walkways beneath them.

With costs estimated at circa £4 million to orchestrate the removal of these structures, it would be a shame to see this level of funds spent with little in return. The city’s desire to remove this brutal structure and it’s dank and threatening pedestrian routes is totally understandable. What if there was a far more exciting and affordable alternative to demolition that really added something to the city?

studioF’s vision of ‘the Flyover’, devised with Mark Bennett at MCA, sees the highway gifted to the people, following removal of traffic and the creation of a pedestrian and cycle-friendly promenade in the sky.

With the addition of planting, kiosks, cafes, lighting and power infrastructure, this route of hustle, bustle and speed is transformed into a thriving oasis and green lung in the centre of the city, an iconic attraction for residents and visitors

Zone map overhead by Sam Jones (www.designbysamjones.co.uk)

As visitors meander along the park, they will come across cafes, raised beds with planting and allotments tended by the local community including residents and education establishments, independent retail kiosks and market stalls. Pedestrian routes, coupled with trim-trail equipment, offer a welcome space for residents and city workers to run and keep fit.

Just imagine yourself in this elevated park, having visited a farmers’ market, accessing the wifi cloud and being served with freshly-made coffee and toast, with a generous serving of honey produced by bees from hives within the park! All of this would come with a wonderful vista across the city!

By Joshua Kinsella

This proposal also animates the existing pedestrian walkways beneath the road, making them safe with lighting and activity. Artists studios and small units for start-ups, offer a link with the adjacent LJMU and the new UTC which opens on Scotland Road in 2015.

By Joshua Kinsella

           The circular pedestrian ramp to the rear of the World Museum, viewed through our eyes, is another ready-made gift to the city, transformed into a spectacular ‘theatre-in-the-round’ space which will complement the adjacent cultural attractions of the World Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Central Library and St Georges Hall. The Flyover has the potential to become a thriving promenade and meeting space within an important part of the city centre which is central to the vision
          The SIF’s vision is to enhance Liverpool’s distinctive offer, particularly through Enterprise, People and Place, The Flyover project not only underpins all three elements, but supports one of the SIFs objectives which is to provide safe and legible movement for pedestrians and cyclists from Dale Street to Lime Street. With creative use of low cost materials, there is no reason why a scheme with this amount of vision should cost the earth. Add to this, the siting of solar and wind energy generation along the park, powering a vibrant lighting scheme for night-time promenaders and cyclists, running costs can be minimized

Words by Steve.Threlfall

studioF©

More work coming soon - Churchill Way

Currently an intern for studio F in Liverpool. So been very busy, my first work should be getting published within the next couple of weeks in a Liverpool magazine called Seven Streets. The piece is a proposal for redeveloping of a overpass, Churchill Way, Liverpool that opposes the councils plan to demolish the flyovers. I am asking the question as to why spend millions of pounds to demolish the site, when you can develop upon the existing scheme for less money and create a new addition to Liverpool's growing infrastructure. The proposal is a combination of market stalls, greening, studio's for the local students of Byrom Street, and other activities included allotments and bee keeping. Will upload more soon!

JK

Final Desk Render

Augmented Reality Demonstration

Here is a quick video demonstration of work I created on my Ipad to allow a better understanding of the space in an old brief (Digital Webform). This was left for visitors to my presentation to pick up and interact with the space and get a feel for the interior, extending the experience of space that normally only comes from plans and images. Enjoy, more coming soon! (videos a bit rough but just wanted to show it quickly)

Concept - Office Desk

A quick concept incorporating the geometric design of the bench. This desk is a stripped down version of a previous concept, with a uniquely designed fordable partition.  More soon!

Geometic Public Bench

This bench is an geometric modern concrete bench. It accommodates many different ways of sitting/reclining/laying (show in the image through silhouette). The bench when combined with concrete pathing acts like an explosion of the earth, combined with street artwork (coming soon) to give a look as if the art is coming from within the earth, pushing the earth up and creating a place to relax. The artwork will spill onto the street, a balance between an art installation and a functional space for the public.

Update: Example of artwork 

Cafe and information center (revisited)

Exterior and decking area

This project I set myself was firstly a project to examine different uses of natural light. Which has now grown into a full project. The structure is influenced from rolls of turf, or sod as it is also know. This project set in the lake district creates a small center for ramblers or visitors to the area to relax, meet and set off on expeditions from. The structure itself is green roofed to insulate the cafe, and constructed from concrete for greater stability which is also very effective against weathering, specially within wind driven rain the structure has to withstand and a moist environment like the Lake District. More to come through the week!

update! sketch image, interior coming soon.

Sketch  showing back of cafe area and entrance. Geometry influence of sod