Category Archives: Keeley Travel

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COLLABORATOR: Keeley Travel
STUDENT GROUP: BA (Hons) Architecture, MArch Architecture
PROJECT TYPE: Transdisciplinary practice, creative writing, publishing

Birmingham may or may not be a traditional tourist destination, despite having more canals than Venice. But what might the gaze of tourist uncover when we look at the city in a different way?

This project invites you to create an experimental tourist guide to a single aspect of the city. Starting from a series of routes across the city, students engage with the environment – real and imagined – in order to understand the city from a different point of view. Each student will identify an object of study along the route – be that a building, landscape, a historical event, a person you may or may not have met, or something else entirely – and produce a visual and textual response to it.

Remake the city in paper and ink… building on references including Guy Debord, Patrick Keiller, Reyner Banham, and Doreen Massey; as well as ideas of ecology, walking, art practice, and site-specific approaches to reading and writing.

Wish you were here!

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

Keeley Travel – Group 3

This week we began by interpreting the text we have produced for our booklet into Trump style language. This involved looking into some of the repetitive and common words he uses by watching various speeches given by him as well

Keeley Travel – Group 3

This week we began by interpreting the text we have produced for our booklet into Trump style language. This involved looking into some of the repetitive and common words he uses by watching various speeches given by him as well

Keeley Travel, Group 3, Week /

Book making process Monday 12th March 2018   After last week,  we discussed as a group our publication form for the project booklet. The publication would use the form – hard cover book. So we did some research about how

Keeley Travel, Group 3, Week /

Book making process Monday 12th March 2018   After last week,  we discussed as a group our publication form for the project booklet. The publication would use the form – hard cover book. So we did some research about how

Keeley Travel – Group 4: Interview day

Chelmsley Wood is a large Council Estate that was rapidly built in the 1970s on greenbelt land in the north of Sollihull, near Birmingham. The estate has dealt with many social issues and crime resulting in the area receiving negative

Keeley Travel – Group 4: Interview day

Chelmsley Wood is a large Council Estate that was rapidly built in the 1970s on greenbelt land in the north of Sollihull, near Birmingham. The estate has dealt with many social issues and crime resulting in the area receiving negative

Finalising our publication

So as the last week draws in we as a group have now started collating all of our work together and have started putting together our final document. After final discussions with tutors we have pushed forward with our proposal

Finalising our publication

So as the last week draws in we as a group have now started collating all of our work together and have started putting together our final document. After final discussions with tutors we have pushed forward with our proposal

Group 2 Publication – Keeley Travel

  We have concluded that Birmingham is always in the run to redevelop itself by demolishing buildings and replacing them with new ones. We believe that maybe the buildings that were demolished had more identity and served Birmingham with more

Group 2 Publication – Keeley Travel

  We have concluded that Birmingham is always in the run to redevelop itself by demolishing buildings and replacing them with new ones. We believe that maybe the buildings that were demolished had more identity and served Birmingham with more

Keeley Travel – Group 2

Today’s session really helped finalise our ideas and consolidate what we had all been working on during the pervious week. We have agreed to look at our chosen sites, which is a loop around the city centre as shown in

Keeley Travel – Group 2

Today’s session really helped finalise our ideas and consolidate what we had all been working on during the pervious week. We have agreed to look at our chosen sites, which is a loop around the city centre as shown in

Publication Making Workshop

Our group attended a workshop set up to show us how to bind simple publications. The workshop was really interesting it introduced us to tools such as Bone Folders and Awls. We also learnt some of the terminology used within

Publication Making Workshop

Our group attended a workshop set up to show us how to bind simple publications. The workshop was really interesting it introduced us to tools such as Bone Folders and Awls. We also learnt some of the terminology used within

Creating a story line.

A long time ago in a classroom far far away, four architecture students found themselves in a bit of a pickle. Their idea for coLAB was creative and fun but sometimes their thoughts were fickle. walkers, drivers It is the

Creating a story line.

A long time ago in a classroom far far away, four architecture students found themselves in a bit of a pickle. Their idea for coLAB was creative and fun but sometimes their thoughts were fickle. walkers, drivers It is the

Critical Tourism – The Art of Bookmaking

During this week’s session, we were joined by Simon Goode from the London Centre for Book Arts who taught us the art of making and binding books by hand. The idea of the session was to learn the skills required

Critical Tourism – The Art of Bookmaking

During this week’s session, we were joined by Simon Goode from the London Centre for Book Arts who taught us the art of making and binding books by hand. The idea of the session was to learn the skills required

Keeley Travel – Group 2 – Book Making

Today’s session was run by Simon Goode from the London Centre for Book Arts, who taught us all about different book binding techniques. Simon took us through a step-by-step tutorial on how to do simple stitch binding and how we

Keeley Travel – Group 2 – Book Making

Today’s session was run by Simon Goode from the London Centre for Book Arts, who taught us all about different book binding techniques. Simon took us through a step-by-step tutorial on how to do simple stitch binding and how we

Choose Your Own Adventure? Group 1-Keeley Travel

After our feedback session last week Group 1 decided to ask ourselves some specific questions to help us to pin point our final decided route. Who will the travel guide be written for? The tour guide will be aimed towards people

Choose Your Own Adventure? Group 1-Keeley Travel

After our feedback session last week Group 1 decided to ask ourselves some specific questions to help us to pin point our final decided route. Who will the travel guide be written for? The tour guide will be aimed towards people

Keeley Travel, Group 3, Week 5

Informal Group Presentation & Feedback Discussion Monday 12th February 2018   We discussed as a group our initial findings for the sites we highlighted last week, this included sharing images and key information that related to the themes we had

Keeley Travel, Group 3, Week 5

Informal Group Presentation & Feedback Discussion Monday 12th February 2018   We discussed as a group our initial findings for the sites we highlighted last week, this included sharing images and key information that related to the themes we had

week 2

On week two we walked around Birmingham and discovered new and interesting places. We started with digbeth walked through the city centre and the canal and we finished the journey at the mailbox. Even though the group was mainly formed

week 2

On week two we walked around Birmingham and discovered new and interesting places. We started with digbeth walked through the city centre and the canal and we finished the journey at the mailbox. Even though the group was mainly formed