EmPowering The New Women of Somers Town Claire Taggart- Yr 4 -UNIT 22
ireland
pakistan
india bangladesh ethiopia
somers town
somalia
Displaced Migrant Communities of Somers Town
ampthill square estate:
issues/difficulties in your home/community life and how you might solve them...
hopscotch asian women’s centre:
ravenscroft primary school:
conversations with migrants in somers town issues/suggestions that came up in conversations with members of somers town migrant communities
somers town female migrants more susceptible to: depression and mental health issues ill health due to confinement, lack of activity and excercise
due to:
financial difficulties and unemployment social isolation sustained domestic abuse due to dependency on partner difficulty with integration culture shock change of family structure and role difficulty with english language lack of education and employable skills cultural/religious boundaries
female migrant communities vulnerabilities of new migrant women in somers town
aurat enterprise berkshire ‘to empower and encourage women from minority groups to engage in learning’
community cleaning services tower hamlets ‘tackling social exclusion’
free training and ESOL classes flexible working hours for family commitments staff away days and women’s group networking to encourage integration
hopscotch asian women’s centre camden ‘supporting social and economic empowerment of women and their families’
shaah iyo sheeko women’s group barnet and harrow ‘breaking isolation through volunteering’
‘understanding and appreciation of the arts among muslim women’
‘supporting muslim women to participate in sports at all levels’
ESOL english classes craft and sewing classes training in homecare for carers of children, disabled and elderly advice on housing, employment and health issues
building awareness of eductaion system, political processes and legal system involvement in parent-teacher associations, local councils and communtiy consultative groups
ulfah arts birmingham
muslim women’s sport foundation
targeted regular community newsletter emplomyent and enterprise centre training schemes job club and forum for single parents
all-female music tuition sessions ulfah collective band- performing publically
training sessions in all-female environments with professional coaches providing faith-sensitive competitive opportunities
Case Studies empowering migrant women in their communities
state and connect
meet and chat
learn and develop
visit and share
collaborate and produce
exercise and socialise
Six Ways to Empower Migrant Women of Somers Town shared and private feminine spaces in and around their homes
Staircases on housing facades state a presence and connect balcony spaces
Not-So-Secret Staircases stating the women’s presence in their homes and privately connecting them
state and connect
steel frame staircase fixes onto facade framework
drawing
Sliding Staircases staircases could slide up and down facade to be used in different homes
meet and chat
park seat with encorporated children’s climbing frame provides a social meeting point
Park Bench providing opportunities for social encounters outside the house
Deployable shelter with seating creates privacy in public spaces
action: sharing a cup of tea, bringing intimate indoor activities out
Park Bench creating private space in public area
collabortate and produce
communal farming balcony
communal micro-farming project where food is is cultivated and shared between the women
Communal Farming Project hanging baskets within homes and along balconies to grow food
Structure creates connected, communal social spaces along balconies
Trellises begin to construct new building facade
Growing boxes and foldable trellises for small-scale farming Produce
Communal Farming Facade farming project begins to become part of the building facade
collapsable planters fabric planters in-built sprinklers
Trellises hinge out from main framework
Removable, collapsible fabric growing containers hook onto structure Collected rain water flows through pipes in framework to sprinkle plants
bent ply structure
folding trellis
connecting steel wires pull trellis structure into shape
framework fixes onto balconies
waste plant produce composts and feeds back into base of soil bed
Framework Details of Facade System trellises fitted onto a main framework
trellis folds out from facade
planting, cultivating, harvesting and composting
Cultivation of crops along balcony spaces
Book Exchange LibrarySecret Bricks slip out from brickwork between apartments and along walkways and corridors
private, personal home study space
Book Exchange Private and Shared Spaces
food Exchange WallTwo-way kitchen wall opens between neighbours and into communal spaces
books farming produce toys household items
Sharing of food, household items in specified deposit boxes and fridges
Opens and connects home to home creating opportunity for other social encounters- to be appropriated, used and mis-used as desired...
Exchange & Sharing Wall Sharing of food and household objects between homes
exchange walls create sharing interfaces between homes
placing, taking and replacing
Exchange windows -exchange of objects between different rooms in housess
Route connects parks, streets and homes goldington estate
community oakley square sports centre gardens
brill place
Excercise and play stops distributed around neighbourhood
phoenix court
prince arthur
Somers Town Trail Neighbourhood walking route
route guided by electronic and physical markers organised and planned by members of walking group and published online each day
screens connected to published online route information screen changes gradually over time to indicate route electronic glass screen creates window shading as desired and publishes information for route stops
Digital Window Interface marks out house or flat as a stop on walking route
Play Net levels overlap for safe
Can be accessed from floor above
Safe enclosed playground with seating, adult supervision and socialising below
Built on rooftops and within courtyards
Existing walls and built fences enclose
Play Landscape layered landscape for children and parents
plastic funnels collect rainwater
water released down through pipes to farming facade climbing nets tensioned from rings
Rain Collection for Farming Facade rooftop play landscape also collects water for
community farming project
Piezoelectric generating fibres woven into netting generate current to light leds integrated into fabric clamps leds integrated into fabric clamps Clamps fix two levels of netting together
Reactive Fabric responds to movement and friction, lighting up to show activity within landscape
Play Landscape landscape lights up with movement through peizoelectric vibrational generatoion
play landscape collects water for farming facade
play/social landscape on rooftops
sharing walls between flats
door and window interfaces indicate and link the women’s homes
trellises make up exterior facade
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Connections Between Designs designs inserted into housing typologies
chat
share
grow
connect
meet/play
excercise
Zoetrope Actions ways to empower migrant women of somers town
connect play/meet/chat
grow chat
share
meet/exercise
Zoetrope interactions with designs
grow chat connect share meet play
exercise
Zoetrope interactions with designs (see animation)
changeable anchor points for facade cable net, altering module size
inserted functions
inserted modules
solid steel framework with cable anchor points
facacde anchor points for steel cable net
Parametric Facade Exploration madrid workshop- adjustable cable framework facade system to insert add-on spaces
gillfoot
oxenholm
somers town
dalehead ampthill square estate
ampthill square estate, hampstead road
euston station
ampthill square estate ampthill square community facility
Site: Ampthill Square Estate, Hampstead Road 1:2500
run-down ampthill square estate towers
disused ampthill square community facility
Specific Sites to be addressed Ampthill Square Estate
demolition site
current
proposed hs2 route
ampthill square estate ampthill square community facility
ampthill square community facility
HS2 high speed rail demolition 1:5000
Sites of Intervention in the existing and proposed new build 1:2500
Elderly
...provide oppotunity of socialising for...
Children ...free up... ...feeds...
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Neighbours
...look After...
...produce...
Food
...cultivate...
...provides for...
Electricity
Homes...for...
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...sold to...
...irrigates...
Plants
...made into...
Rainwater
Mothers ...sold to...
community
Sunlight
Somers Town Community
...powers...
power station aims: replace and revive community facility for ampthill square estate residents give increased independence, social opportunities and aid community integration for resident migrant women
provide educational resources to the women, their families and ampthill estate community combat isolation and depression through involvement develop language, organisational, managerial financial skills
Power Station Proposal
Compensation Scheme
Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets (GELLM) Comittee
Power Station Clients
ampthill Power Station