MOBILELAND & YELLOWFIELD 2015 by Dr Cristian Suau Ibanez

Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities COST Action TU1201 6TH PLENARY SESSION AND WORKING GROUP MEETING 7TH MC MEETING september 3 – 5, 2015

gardens

30 Jan

Intro + Reflections and Visions I MOBILELAND© presentations, groups 2 & 3 Student group presentations DoA (James Weir, level 3)

06 Feb

Reflections and Visions II MOBILELAND© presentations, groups 1, 4, 5 & 6 Student group presentations DoA (James Weir, level 3)

yellowfield glasgow 2015 13 Feb

Group Dynamic + Design Selection for MOBILELAND EXPO (MEX) Cristian Suau & group leaders Teamwork at DoA (James Weir, level 3)

20 Feb

Key Lecture @ 09.00 Nicola Atkinson http://bynadfly.com/ Lecture at DoA (James Weir, level 3)

Dr cristian suau mobileland university strathclyde lectureof series 2015

MAKING 27 Feb

Key Lecture @ 09.00 Norrie Innes BAaD - Barras Art & Design Lecture at DoA (James Weir, level 3)

06 Mar

Key Lecture @ 09.00 Heather Claridge Glasgow City Council http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/ Lecture at DoA (James Weir, level 3)

13 Mar

Key Lecture @ 16.00 Dr Carmelo Zappulla External Reference, Barcelona http://www.externalreference.com Lecture at DoA (James Weir, level 3)

20 Mar

Key Lecture @ 09.00

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glasgow - scotland

MOBILELAND© GARDENS https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com MOBILELAND© is a radical landscape recovery action that reactivates abandoned sites through temporary uses of vacant plots and community led placemaking. MOBILELAND© is the first Stalled Spaces award held by the University of Strathclyde. It is supported by GCC, BAaD, Gorbals community and Strathclyde. It represents a unique Knowledge Exchange initiative led by Dr. Suau since October 2014. This radical landscape solution is the core project of the Glasgow Project Office led by Dr. Suau and supported by both the Glasgow City Council (with one award and KE services) and the University of Strathclyde through the VIP and MUSE programmes. In few months MOBILELAND© has established an innovative public space fed by recreational and open art events. MOBILELAND© is an adaptable, portable and modular compact landscape scheme, which has the potential to enhance other public spaces and empower future communities. Structures are entirely made from reclaimed materials such as containers, timber pallet boards, metals and any reused material based on the principle of remaking. Internationally MOBILELAND© has debuted in the Month of Design 2014 in Ljubljana (Slovenia) http://monthofdesign.com; Glasgow Pecha Kucha Show (2014); and recently joined the COST Action TU1201 Network ‘Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities’ as new active member (2015). In October the outcomes will be disseminated in an international conference in Kaunas, Lithuania. MOBILELAND Garden performs as a catalyst for community actions; produces an improvement in the aesthetics by remaking; contributes to the green infrastructure of the city; and generates safe public places for local dwellers. It offers a variety of opportunities to deliver locally social, environmental and economic benefits. Over 62,5k has been allocated to enhance this playplace. Both planned and completed activities (inc. design management and public events) are: • MOBILELAND HUB (reused container for meetings & storage; billboard) MOBILELAND TERRACE (outdoor amenities w/ canopy and long table) • • GARDEN FURNITURE & PUBLIC GAMES (based on recycled pallets) • ARCH GATEWAY (paving painting) • CEPELINA AIRSHIP (inflatable pop-up cinema pavilion) COMMUNITY EVENTS & CLINIC (outdoor recreational activities seasonally) • • YELLOWFIELD (current 60k phytoremediation & landart project) Dr Cristian Suau MOBILELAND© & YELLOWFIELD coordinator

MOBILELANDÂŠ GARDENS https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com LINKS http://www.urbanallotments.eu/fileadmin/uag/media/Birmingham/COST-Bham-poster-programme.pdf http://www.urbanallotments.eu/fileadmin/uag/media/Nicosia_report/Nicosia_report_NK.pdf (pp. 65-68) http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/1326948-sunflowers-grown-in-glasgow-gorbals-as-part-of-landart-initiative/ http://m.heraldscotland.com/news/13628529.Sunflowers_turn_brownfield_into_green_site/ www.urbanrealm.com/diary/446/Yellowfield.html http://www.thewhiskybond.co.uk/pechakucha-pretty-vacant/ http://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/newsevents/creatingasunflowergardenatmobilelandinthegorbals/ http://www.greenglasgow.com/CalendarAug22.html http://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/workingwithbusinessorganisations/glasgowprojectoffice/ http://www.strath.ac.uk/viprojects/vipprojects/mobileland/ http://www.worldorganicnews.com/?p=23429 https://vimeo.com/107172298

from 11am-2pm open day at mobileland garden laurieston road in gorbals

yellowfield YELLOWFIELD is a landart local project supported by Glasgow City Council and led by MOBILELAND, GPO at University of Strathclyde (May-November 2015). More information is available in our official website: https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com/

august from 11am-2pm open day at mobileland garden laurieston road in gorbals

from 11am-2pm open day at mobileland garden laurieston road in gorbals

YELLOWFIELD LINKS COSTS LINKS http://www.urbanallotments.eu/ http://www.urbanallotments.eu/fileadmin/uag/media/Birmingham/COST-Bham-poster-programme.pdf http://www.urbanallotments.eu/fileadmin/uag/media/Nicosia_report/Nicosia_report_NK.pdf (pp. 65-68) MOBILELAND LINKS https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com/ https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/yellowfield-on-stv-news-and-urban-realm/ https://mobilelandglasgow.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/yellowfield/ MEDIA LINKS http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/1326948-sunflowers-grown-in-glasgow-gorbals-as-part-of-landart-initiative/ http://m.heraldscotland.com/news/13628529.Sunflowers_turn_brownfield_into_green_site/ www.urbanrealm.com/diary/446/Yellowfield.html http://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/newsevents/creatingasunflowergardenatmobilelandinthegorbals/ http://www.greenglasgow.com/CalendarAug22.html

Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities COST Action TU1201 th 6 Plenary Session, and Working Group Meeting 7th MC Meeting September 3 – 5, 2015

ALLOTMENT GARDENS

IN EUROPEAN CITIES BIRMINGHAM|3-5 SEPTEMBER 2015

Preliminary Programme Birmingham City University

OPENING SESSION

WORKING GROUP SESSIONS

Moderator Richard Coles, School of Architecture, Birmingham City University

WG 1 Ildiko Sera: Relation of Art and Urban Gardening from a sociological, art and urban design perspective Nazila Kerhavarz: Principles for a Systems Thinking Approach for Urban Gardens

Welcome Addresses Tim Wall, Associate Dean for Research, Birmingham City University Darren Share, Head of Parks, Birmingham City Council Introduction Runrid Fox-Kämper, Chair of COST Action TU1201

WG 2 Jeanne Pourias: Food function of Urban Collective Gardens in Time of Crisis

Keynote speaker Pathways to Policies Andre Viljoen (University of Brighton) Speakers The importance of allotments to society – the social, economic and environmental benefits NSALG - National Allotments Society, UK Eating, growing and involving – the power of food to bring communities together. Examples from a Birmingham perspective. Chris Blythe (Growing Birmingham) Edible cities: Incredible Edible Todmorden Pam Warhurst (founder of Incredible Edible Todmorden) Designing for food growing: the Black Country Garden City vision David Tittle (MADE, Birmingham)

The Parkside Building 5 Cardigan Street Birmingham B4 7BD United Kingdom

WG 3 Marta Weglewska: Matter and energy ﬂow through allotment gardens WG 4 Alice Claydon: Urban Agriculture in Cuba and design for urban food growing Cristian Suau: YELLOWFIELD: a Sunﬂower Garden at MOBILELAND Frederico Meireles: A Design Model of Urban Allotment Gardens to the Metropolitan Area of Porto

COST

ACTION TU1201 6th Plenary Session and Working Group Meeting 7th MC Meeting

City Centre Campus, Curzon Building 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD, United Kingdom