Spaceagency is delighted to join the OMA led team for the design competition for the new Qatar Media Headquarters.
Emirates Air Line Now Open!
We are excited to see the new London cable car, the 'Emirates Air-Line' completed and launching prior to the 2012 London Olympics.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/emirates-air-line/
Spaceagency joins the Eastland Design Team
Spaceagency joins the London design team led by Seventh Wave as the wayfinding and graphic communication consultant for this large, retail-led masterplan in Melbourne, Australia.
We are intrigued by the opportunity to rethink the role of retail and shopping in today's urban environment. We will be working with ACME, Universal Design Studio, Softroom and SEAM on the development of designs for the refurbishment and expansion of this shopping centre, public Library and Town Square.
Spaceagency joins OMA on 740 ha Qatar Masterplan
Spaceagency is delighted to be appointed as wayfinding and signage consultant to Office for Metropolitan Architecture for a 740 hectare masterplan in Doha, Qatar. The project team comprised of OMA, Michel Desvigne Paysagistes, Licht Kunst Licht, RWDI, Hyder and Chris Jopson Consulting will develop five unique precincts as part of the masterplan
The Lazy Eight
Spaceagency begins work on the branding and interiors for a new, chef-owned, chain of steakhouse restaurants in London, joining Xul Architecture.
RCA publishes book on 'The Edge of our Thinking' Conference
Students at the Royal College of Art have published a book stemming from their inaugural conference last year, pulling together a rigorous body of international art and design research.
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/student-publication-brings-together-body-of-intern/
Peter invited to Centre Pompidou to lecture in the Advances in Architecture Geometry Conference
We are delighted that our director Peter was featured in 'Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012' for his paper on the Emirates Air-Line.
Work on the Emirates Air-Line has been published here: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-7091-1251-9
Pamphlet Architecture 33
Spaceagency was invited to participate in the 2012 Pamphlet Architecture competition, hosted by Princeton Architectural Press. The submission proposed interventions along the Panamerican Highway which foster a shared identity among the American nations.The Panamerican Highway spans 11,000 miles from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south.
Edge of Our Thinking - RCA
We have been invited to to present the result of the Smartgeometry workshop and conference at the 'Edge of Our Thinking' conference at the Royal College of Art in London.
Looking forward to it!
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/student-publication-brings-together-body-of-intern/
Chicago Navy Pier Competition
Space Agency joins the international team led by Zaha Hadid Architects for the Navy Pier Competition in Chicago, USA. The team, including ZHA, TVS Design, Balmori Associates, Seam and Halvorson & Partners was shortlisted for the competition.
Smart Geometry Copenhagen
Peter Feldmann was invited to lead a Smart Geometry Cluster together with Judith Kimpian and Josh Mason at the 2011 Symposium in Copenhagen. We will be looking at the energy footprint of the different workshops throughout the challenge.
Looking forward to it!
http://smartgeometry.org/
Spaceagency moves to new Office premisses
To accomodate our expanding team, Space Agency moves office to Phoenix Yard – a 300 year old building near Exmouth Market on Kings Cross Road. Phoenix Yard is host to a community of creative companies and start-ups in architecture, interiors and graphic design.
Heathrow Terminal 2 Forecourt and Car Park
We are excited to start working on the wayfinding and signage strategy for the forecourt and multi-storey car park to the new Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport.
The forecourt will be the primary approach to the new terminal for departing passengers, and for arriving passengers it is one of the first impressions after landing. The project is lead by Aedas Architects, London, and Contractor Laing O'Rourke.
http://www.ahr-global.com/Heathrow-Airport-MSCP-Terminal-2A
Stone Towers
Spaceagency was appointed as the Wayfinding and Signage consultant to Zaha Hadid Architects for a large mixed-use masterplan in Cairo. The project comprised 18 office towers, 5 retail clusters, a 5 star hotel, exterior public space and 2 levels of basement parking. Space Agency’s scope included all public areas.
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/stone-towers/
Teaching at UCL
Sarah Manning and Peter Feldmann will be co-teaching the Master Course in urban Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture this year. We will we working in the amazing City of Istanbul. Looking forward to it!
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What are your ambitions?
The name Space Agency refers to our interest in the agency of space itself. We see the architect as an
inventor of space. We aim to make design, and the real value added by design, apparent to the client.We come from a variety of backgrounds within the field where we each have developed expertise at different scales of space - from graphic design and interiors to architecture, urban spatial analysis and pedestrian wayfinding