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EmPowering The New Women of Somers Town
Claire Taggart- Yr 4-UNIT 22
Displaced Migrant Communities of Somers Town
india
bangladesh
somaliasomers town
ethiopia
pakistan
ireland
hopscotch asian women’s centre:
ravenscroft primary school:
ampthill square estate:
issues/difficulties in your home/community life
and how you might solve them...
conversations with migrants in somers townissues/suggestions that came up in conversations with members of somers town migrant communities
female migrant communitiesvulnerabilities of new migrant women in somers town
due to:
social isolation
difficulty with integration
culture shock
change of family structure and role
difficulty with english language
lack of education and employable skills
cultural/religious boundaries
female migrants more susceptible to:
depression and mental health issues
ill health due to confinement, lack of activity and excercise
financial difficulties and unemployment
sustained domestic abuse due to dependency on partner
somers town
Case Studiesempowering migrant women in their communities
aurat enterprise berkshire
‘to empower and encourage women from minority groups to engage in learning’
targeted regular community newsletteremplomyent and enterprise centre training schemesjob club and forum for single parents
community cleaning servicestower hamlets
‘tackling social exclusion’
free training and ESOL classesflexible working hours for family commitmentsstaff away days and women’s group networking to encourage integration
hopscotch asian women’s centrecamden
‘supporting social and economic empowerment of women and their families’
shaah iyo sheeko women’s groupbarnet and harrow
‘breaking isolation through volunteering’
building awareness of eductaion system, political processes and legal systeminvolvement in parent-teacher associations, local councils and communtiy consultative groups
muslim women’s sport foundation‘supporting muslim women to participate in sports at
all levels’
training sessions in all-female environments with professional coachesproviding faith-sensitive competitive opportunities
ulfah artsbirmingham
‘understanding and appreciation of the arts among muslim women’
all-female music tuition sessionsulfah collective band- performing publically
ESOL english classescraft and sewing classestraining in homecare for carers of children, disabled and elderlyadvice on housing, employment and health issues
state and connect meet and chat collaborate and produce
Six Ways to Empower Migrant Women of Somers Town shared and private feminine spaces in and around their homes
learn and develop visit and share exercise and socialise
Staircases on housing facades state a presence and connect balcony spaces
Not-So-Secret Staircasesstating the women’s presence in their homes and privately connecting them
steel frame staircase fixes onto facade framework
state and connect
Sliding Staircasesstaircases could slide up and down facade to be used in different homes
drawing
park seat with encorporated children’s climbing frame provides a social meeting point
Park Benchproviding opportunities for social encounters outside the house
meet and chat
Deployable shelter with seating creates privacy in public spaces
Park Benchcreating private space in public area
action: sharing a cup of tea, bringing intimate indoor activities out
collabortate and produce
communal micro-farming project where food is is cultivated and shared between the women
Communal Farming Projecthanging baskets within homes and along balconies to grow food
communal farming balcony
Structure creates connected, communal social spaces along bal-conies
Trellises begin to con-struct new building facade
Growing boxes and foldable trellises for small-scale farming Produce
Communal Farming Facadefarming project begins to become part of the building facade
waste plant produce composts and feeds back into base of soil bed
connecting steel wires pull trellis structure into shape
Trellises hinge out from main framework
Removable, collapsible fabric growing containers hook onto structure
framework fixes onto balconies
Framework Details of Facade System
Collected rain water flows through pipes in frame-work to sprinkle plants
collapsable
planters
fabric
planters
in-built
sprinklers
folding
trellis
bent ply
structure
trellises fitted onto a main framework
Cultivation of crops along balcony spaces
planting, cultivating, harvesting and composting
trellis folds out from facade
Book Exchange Library-
Secret Bricks slip out from brick-work between apartments and along walkways and corridors
Book ExchangePrivate and Shared Spaces
private, personal home study space
Exchange Wall-
Two-way kitchen wall opens between neighbours and into
communal spaces
Sharing of food, household items in specified deposit boxes and fridges
Opens and connects home to home creating opportunity for other social encounters- to be appropriated, used and mis-used as desired...
Exchange & Sharing WallSharing of food and household objects between homes
food
farming produce
toys
household items
books
Exchange windows-exchange of objects between different rooms in housess
exchange walls create sharing interfaces between homes
placing, taking and replacing
Somers Town TrailNeighbourhood walking route
Excercise and play stops dis-tributed around neighbourhood
Route connects parks, streets and homes
goldington estate
brill place
community sports centre
phoenix court
prince arthur
oakley square gardens
Digital Window Interface
route guided by electronic and physi-
cal markers
organised and planned by members of walking group and published
online each day
marks out house or flat as a stop on walking route
electronic glass screen creates window shading as de-sired and publishes information for route stops
screens connected to published online route informationscreen changes gradually over time to indicate route
Play Net levels overlap for safe
Built on rooftops and with-in courtyards
Safe enclosed playground with seating, adult supervision and socialising below
Play Landscapelayered landscape for children and parents
Existing walls and built fences enclose
Can be accessed from floor above
Rain Collection for Farming Facade
climbing nets tensioned from rings
water released down through pipes to farming facade
plastic funnels collect rainwater
rooftop play landscape also collects water for community farming project
Piezoelectric generating fibres woven into netting generate cur-rent to light leds integrated into fabric clamps
leds integrated into fabric clamps
Clamps fix two levels of netting together
Play Landscapelandscape lights up with movement through peizoelectric vibrational generatoion
Reactive Fabric responds to movement and friction, lighting up to show activity within land-
scape
Connections Between Designs
play landscape collects water for
farming facade
stairs connect homes
play/social landscape on rooftops
sharing walls between flats
designs inserted into housing typologies
benches scattered in park areas
door and window interfaces indicate and link the women’s homestrellises make up exterior facade
walking route links homes and designs
Zoetrope Actions
excercise
chat
connect
grow
meet/play
ways to empower migrant women of somers town
share
Zoetropeinteractions with designs
chat
grow
share
connect
play/meet/chat
meet/exercise
Zoetropeinteractions with designs (see animation)
exercise
chat
play
connect
share
grow
meet
Parametric Facade Exploration
changeable anchor points for facade cable net, altering module size
facacde anchor points for steel cable net
madrid workshop- adjustable cable framework facade system to insert add-on spaces
solid steel framework with cable anchor points
inserted modules
inserted functions
oxenholm
dalehead
gillfoot
ampthill square estate, hampstead road
somers town
ampthill square estate
Site: Ampthill Square Estate, Hampstead Road1:2500
ampthill square estate
euston station
ampthill square community facility
disused ampthill square community facility
run-down ampthill square estate towers
Specific Sites to be addressedAmpthill Square Estate
HS2 high speed rail demolition
demolition
site
currentproposed hs2 route
1:5000
ampthill square estate
ampthill square community facility ampthill square
community facility
Sites of Intervention in the existing and proposed new build1:2500
Somers Town Community
Elderly
...look After...Children..
.provide oppotunity of socialising for...
Rainwater...irrigates...
Sunlight
Plants
...produce......feeds...
...free up...
Mothers...powers...Homes
...made into...Electricity
...cultivate...
Food
...sold to... Neighbours
...for...
...provides for...{...sold to...community {
Power Station Proposal
power station aims:replace and revive community facility for ampthill square estate residents
give increased independence, social opportunities and aid community integration for resident migrant women
provide educational resources to the women, their families and ampthill estate community
combat isolation and depression through involvement
develop language, organisational, managerial financial skills
Gender and Employment in Local Labour
Markets (GELLM) Comittee
Power Station Clients
Compensation Scheme
ampthill Power Station