A west facing folding glass wall and balcony allows an intimate connection between the studio and the panoramic view - the independent artist’s studio at the top of the house is a large open plan self contained private space.
Garden facing light box connects main family spaces with external deck, lifted glass lantern scoops in afternoon and setting sun.
With our bespoke domestic extensions the vision is to link our clients gardens and views with their living spaces - these could be kitchen/dining rooms or artist studios. To bring green space, panoramic views and light in and extend the living space out. All extensions and loft conversions focus on ecological specifications (non toxic or renewable materials) and making the garden feel part of the home by opening up large folding glass walls, doors, balconies and roof lights. We work with reputable builders and offer services from initial sketch design through to planning and supervision on site. All our current clients have come to us by recommendation.
This years Unit 5 Workshop under Nicola Gerber with Farida Makki and Stuart Buckingham was a great success.
25 students Nicola Gerber and Farida Makki sampled the very varied delights of contemporary architecture in Berlin.
At the Technical Institiute in Braunschweig students teamed up with their Germany counterparts and produced over 20 models looking at 2 sites Birling Head near Eastborne and Rugen in North East Germany both chalk cliffs and each with its special characteristics and emotive history.
This Easter break continued the exchange when 11 students from Braunschweig visited Unit 5 and worked together with the Nottingham students on individual pieces depicting the key essence of their project this culminated in a suspended exhibition showing over 30 glimpses of what is to come.
There has been fantastic supportive feedback and interest for the Co Lab Network which is great news, practices are spreading the word and people are working together.
2HD have joined the Co Lab network with enthusiasm! and a already working on a competition with with another member we wish them luck!
We have had positive feedback from students re Co Lab who think it is a great flexible way to get good experience amongst like minded professionals.
Potential new Co Lab members/students feel free to contact Redmak
3 Co Lab members have been asked to go en masse to act as reviewers at the School of Architecture at De Montfort University in Leicester
Up dated Co Lab Network
LeadsDesign have just issued a Globe Award 2007/08 to Farida Makki for Professionalism with creative integrity -
Redmak received a very tasteful glass globe as our trophy thank you LeadsDesign!
For a while now we at Redmak have been muttering…how can we run a creative responsive small studio without having to employ a great number of staff, how can we find colleagues to work with us on specific projects, how can we have a list of favorite students who may want to collaborate on competitions, how can we easily offer students work during their holidays, how can we pool our experience and resources to tender for bigger jobs, when one of us is in crisis where can we go for support or even when one of us needs to communicate with similar minded others how can we do that.
Co Lab is our way of collecting friends to become a network to support each other, its a collaboration its possibly a co operative Laboratory it is what we make it - so far it seems to be changing and responding to peoples needs.
In Brief:
Our vision is to create a network of support for small studios working in and around architecture - the aim is to create a membership who can via the Co Lab network collaborate on tenders, projects and be available to support each other.
So since the start of 2008 Farida from Redmak has been talking to different people and everyone seems really interested. The current Co Lab network is
www.sharedarchitecture.com
www.groundworksarchitects.co.uk
So far in the last month 2 CoLab projects have happened… Redmak and Groundworks Architects have been working together on an architectural project in Leicester, Shared Architecture have shown Redmak how to get music into our ears! and Redmak have been encouraging Learning -space in the language of the BLOG.
Any students wishing to become members please comment on this with one 5 line paragraph about yourself and why Co Lab would be good for you.
No blog entry’s must mean one of two things ! Too busy or we have fallen off the edge of the planet, happily its the former, our new years resolution is to BLOG MORE…
As a brief update:
September Farida started teaching again at Nottingham University School of the Built Environment 3rd Year Architecture Students with Nicola Gerber more on their fab projects soon…
Nottingham Trent 2nd year Architecture students also get a dose of our healthy meddling they are currently grappling with an Urban Design project that looks at that long forgotten area off Parliament Street near Wilkinson’s in Nottingham
De Montfort University in Leicester is our last teaching outpost where Farida Teaches 1st year students who have probably produced 150 models since September!
November To celebrate its Golden Jubilee The Department of Architecture, University of Khartoum held a three-day conference titled ‘Rethinking our Design’.
a trip Khartoum was made - the first in 15 years ! to meet past and present staff and students.
Here’s a little snap shot..
Full details have been demanded in the form of a talk so we will blog it
see also Ian Haywoods Article on the RTPI web site
Thanks to Jon Legge who took these photos on the grand opening and to the children and parents who allowed us to use them.
