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2019 Boundaries

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Festival History | 2019

Boundaries

The 2019 edition of the Festival interrogated the ‘boundaries’  that exist both between individuals and in the built environment and explored which boundaries actually need to be broken, pushed or made clearer to get us towards a better city and industry. Projects taking this theme forward, included the first ‘Manifestos: Architecture for a new generation’ collaboration between the Design Museum and LFA – later to become an annual part of the programme – the second edition of the Dulwich Pavilion,  ‘Colour Palace’, breaking boundaries of who is welcome into spaces of art and culture and the transformation of parking bays in the City of London exploring how these bays can work better for people and places in the city.

A key year for testing ideas and pushing boundaries, 2019 also saw the permanent intervention ‘Happy Street’ overhaul a gloomy underpass in Wandsworth into a space which the local community could be proud of, and have a deeper sense of safety and joy, alongside temporary interventions in Westminster which tested out ideas for the future of Harrow Road Canal in Westminster.

LFA2019: Key Projects

2019 Boundaries

City Benches: Third edition

LFA2019 saw third edition of City Benches, a competition by LFA and Cheapside Business Alliance calling architecture and design students, recent graduates and emerging architects, to develop inspired bench designs and transform the streetscape one of the City’s leading destinations – Cheapside. From curled up dogs to city blocks. Find out more ...

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Colour Palace

Colour Palace was the second edition of the Dulwich Pavilion, a design competition calling for a pavilion that would allow more people to feel welcome and included into the cultural space, by LFA in partnership with the Dulwich Picture Gallery Colour Palace by Yinka Ilori and Pricegore was a celebration of colour, pattern and light, drawing upon both European and African cultural traditions in creating a design that could be relevant ...

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Happy Street

Happy Street by Yinka Ilori saw the transformation of the dark space beneath the old railway bridge in Wandsworth into a welcoming space for pedestrians and cyclists, which the local community can be proud of and feel safer with in. The project was the result of a Thessaly Road Railway Bridge competition organised by the LFA in partnership with Wandsworth Council and was the artist Yinka Ilori’s first public realm commission.

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Manifestos: Architecture for a New Generation

A marker of the Festival’s mission to champion emerging talent, this exciting project with the Design Museum launched in 2019 by highlighting the work of 10 emerging voices in architecture, who have each been nominated by established names in the profession, for their impact on shaping a new future for London. This sell-out event saw an evening of lively pub...

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LFA2019: Curatorial Panel

Each year the LFA are delighted to work alongside our Curation Panel to shape the Festival theme and programme. LFA2019's panel includes key figures from across the built environment and beyond, including:

Robert Bevan

Robert Bevan

Architecture Critic, London Evening Standard

Sumitra Upham

Sumitra Upham

Curator of Public Programmes, Design Museum

David Ogunmuyiwa

David Ogunmuyiwa

Founder, ArchitectureDoingPlace

Meneesha Kellay

Meneesha Kellay

Public Programmes Curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects

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