Author Archives: Bham Co:LAB Staff
PROJECT PROFILE: STEAMhouse
Organisation: Birmingham City University / STEAMhouse / Eastside Projects Location: Digbeth, Birmingham Function: Production workshops, event space, co-working, offices, creative project space Floor Area: 1650m2 STEAMhouse is an innovation centre with a production space for artists, designers and SMEs to
PROJECT PROFILE: STEAMhouse
Organisation: Birmingham City University / STEAMhouse / Eastside Projects Location: Digbeth, Birmingham Function: Production workshops, event space, co-working, offices, creative project space Floor Area: 1650m2 STEAMhouse is an innovation centre with a production space for artists, designers and SMEs to
Dual Works Storefront
DUAL WORKS STORE + WORKSHOP Organisation: Dual Works Location: Jewellery Quarter Function: Showroom, workshop Floor Area: 120m2 Dual Works is a design studio and makers workshop in the heart of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. They produce a number of home products
Dual Works Storefront
DUAL WORKS STORE + WORKSHOP Organisation: Dual Works Location: Jewellery Quarter Function: Showroom, workshop Floor Area: 120m2 Dual Works is a design studio and makers workshop in the heart of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. They produce a number of home products
Birmingham Open Media 2.0
Organisation: Birmingham Open Media Location: Southside, Birmingham Function: Gallery, co-working, event space, cafe Floor Area: 510m2 Since opening in 2014, BOM has developed an international reputation of distinctive place for art, science and technology. They increased their portfolio to support
Birmingham Open Media 2.0
Organisation: Birmingham Open Media Location: Southside, Birmingham Function: Gallery, co-working, event space, cafe Floor Area: 510m2 Since opening in 2014, BOM has developed an international reputation of distinctive place for art, science and technology. They increased their portfolio to support
Future Workplace: Joseph Joseph
COLLABORATOR: Joseph Joseph STUDENT GROUPS: BA (Hons) Architecture, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture, MArch Architecture PROJECT TYPE: design feasibility, work space ‘Imagine a workplace that monitors your blood sugar levels and heart rate for signs of hunger and exhaustion, a space
Future Workplace: Joseph Joseph
COLLABORATOR: Joseph Joseph STUDENT GROUPS: BA (Hons) Architecture, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture, MArch Architecture PROJECT TYPE: design feasibility, work space ‘Imagine a workplace that monitors your blood sugar levels and heart rate for signs of hunger and exhaustion, a space
Creating a Culture of Production
We were invited to contribute to Arup’s pop-up studio as part of Birmingham Design Festival and Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s Future programme. Building on the long terms strategies and impact of STEAMhouse and Knowledge Hub projects, Co.LAB has been developing
Creating a Culture of Production
We were invited to contribute to Arup’s pop-up studio as part of Birmingham Design Festival and Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s Future programme. Building on the long terms strategies and impact of STEAMhouse and Knowledge Hub projects, Co.LAB has been developing
Elective Projects for 2018-19
A new year is upon us. And with it comes an exciting new range of projects our students will be working on. Staff and students will be updating progress on each of these here on the blog. Here is
Elective Projects for 2018-19
A new year is upon us. And with it comes an exciting new range of projects our students will be working on. Staff and students will be updating progress on each of these here on the blog. Here is
KEELEY TRAVEL: Vol.1 Publications
What if Birmingham were Venice? The over saturated postcards from the Kesterton Collection illustrates the city in a dramatic scene. What students have produced in the first iteration are just as bewildering, insightful but also considerate to Chelmsley Wood today’s
KEELEY TRAVEL: Vol.1 Publications
What if Birmingham were Venice? The over saturated postcards from the Kesterton Collection illustrates the city in a dramatic scene. What students have produced in the first iteration are just as bewildering, insightful but also considerate to Chelmsley Wood today’s
PROJECT PROFILE: Expanded City
COLLABORATORS: RIBA WM, Argent, Scan The World STUDENT GROUP: MArch Architecture LOCATION: K4, Fazeley Street PROJECT TYPE: transdisciplinary practice, exhibition Urban planning should leave room for the incongruous, the vulgar, or the strange. – Jane Jacobs in The Exploding Metropolis, 1958
PROJECT PROFILE: Expanded City
COLLABORATORS: RIBA WM, Argent, Scan The World STUDENT GROUP: MArch Architecture LOCATION: K4, Fazeley Street PROJECT TYPE: transdisciplinary practice, exhibition Urban planning should leave room for the incongruous, the vulgar, or the strange. – Jane Jacobs in The Exploding Metropolis, 1958
PROJECT PROFILE: Production Make Do
COLLABORATORS: Eastside Projects, Ash & Lacy Building Systems, Peter Nencini STUDENT GROUP: March Architecture LOCATION: Digbeth, Birmingham PROJECT TYPE: transdisciplinary practice, prototyping Students studies CAD/CAM techniques from industry manufacturing of aluminium cladding systems and use this as a basis to
PROJECT PROFILE: Production Make Do
COLLABORATORS: Eastside Projects, Ash & Lacy Building Systems, Peter Nencini STUDENT GROUP: March Architecture LOCATION: Digbeth, Birmingham PROJECT TYPE: transdisciplinary practice, prototyping Students studies CAD/CAM techniques from industry manufacturing of aluminium cladding systems and use this as a basis to
PROJECT PROFILE: Free City Guide
COLLABORATORS: Keeley Travel STUDENT GROUPS: BA (Hons) Architecture, MArch Architecture, BA (Hons) English PROJECT TYPE: Transdisciplinary practice, creative writing. Free City explores the overlooked city spaces remaining at the edges of our consciousness both as city dwellers and designers. They
PROJECT PROFILE: Free City Guide
COLLABORATORS: Keeley Travel STUDENT GROUPS: BA (Hons) Architecture, MArch Architecture, BA (Hons) English PROJECT TYPE: Transdisciplinary practice, creative writing. Free City explores the overlooked city spaces remaining at the edges of our consciousness both as city dwellers and designers. They
Documentary of the Brick Project
There are many opportunities for cross-over in the number of departments at the Faculty of Arts, Design & Media – where Co.LAB sits in. Media students recently completed an assignment to document different activities occurring in the faculty. One of
Documentary of the Brick Project
There are many opportunities for cross-over in the number of departments at the Faculty of Arts, Design & Media – where Co.LAB sits in. Media students recently completed an assignment to document different activities occurring in the faculty. One of
PROJECT PROFILE: Antigone
COLLABORATOR: The Young REP LOCATION: Jewellery Qtr, Birmingham STUDENTS: BA (Hons) Architecture, BA (Hons) Interior, MArch PROJECT TYPE: Event, set design, multi-media work The Young REP is Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s youth theatre company, working with young people across Birmingham and the West
PROJECT PROFILE: Antigone
COLLABORATOR: The Young REP LOCATION: Jewellery Qtr, Birmingham STUDENTS: BA (Hons) Architecture, BA (Hons) Interior, MArch PROJECT TYPE: Event, set design, multi-media work The Young REP is Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s youth theatre company, working with young people across Birmingham and the West
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