Journal Posts - Jamie Fobert Architects

Thanks to Tim Offer Architects for posting this. Working with Joe and Máirín and their two girls on their home in County Clare Ireland, way back in 2005/2007 was a great experience. Repost @timofferarchitects with @get_repost
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Inspiration | Faha farmhouse | Jamie Fobert Architects | 2007
I keep coming back to this project for #inspiration
First saw it published in May 2007 @thearchitecturalreview – still comes out of the archive regularly.
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The #model is a little @timofferarchitects project getting ready for #planning
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Jamie will lecture next Tuesday, the 15th of October, at 7pm at the University of Hertfordshire.

This is a collaborative event between the University and the Hertfordshire Association of Architects in which Jamie will speak about our projects which have been both, inspired by art and carefully designed to accommodate it.

You may find more information and book your free tickets here.

Photograph by Jim Stephenson.

Along with more than 600 other UK practices, we have signed up to Architects Declare.

This means that we are committed to:

— Evaluate all new projects against the aspiration to contribute positively to mitigating climate breakdown, and encourage our clients to adopt this approach.
— Upgrade existing buildings for extended use as a more carbon efficient alternative to demolition and new build whenever there is a viable choice.
— Include life cycle costing, whole life carbon modelling and post occupancy evaluation as part of our basic scope of work, to reduce both embodied and operational resource use.
— Collaborate with engineers, contractors and clients to further reduce construction waste.
— Accelerate the shift to low embodied carbon materials in all our work.
— Minimise wasteful use of resources in architecture and urban planning, both in quantum and in detail.

Please read more here.

Our working models and samples of the ceramics created for Tate St Ives will be exhibited as part of ‘Hand Held to Super Scale: Building with Ceramics’ at the Building Centre. The exhibition celebrates the resurgence of ceramics in contemporary architecture, showcasing newly completed projects, buildings still under construction, handmade items and classic examples of ceramics in architecture.

The faience-clad pavilion at Tate St Ives makes reference to the history of ceramic artists in St Ives. The extruded tiles were made by Agrob Buchtal with an ochre engobe and the beautiful blue-green glaze was produced and applied by Froyle Tiles. The tiles went through many iterations – several of which are on display here – to achieve a finish which captures the colour of the sea and sky.

‘Hand Held to Super Scale: Building with Ceramics’ is at The Building Centre from 20 September 2019 until 31 January 2020

Mon to Fri: 9.00am – 6.00pm
Sat: 10.00am – 5.00pm

The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

JENNIFER LEE : THE POTTER’S SPACE. At Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. Post 3 of 3
The completed exhibition. The role of any exhibition design is to create a context for the work which assists the viewer to understand its meaning without overpowering it; you could say it’s role is to bring the work into focus. Jennifer Lee’s extraordinary pots which are both delicate and hold great strength required a setting of clarity and calm. The monolithic plaster plinth is exactly the height of her studio bench where all of these pots were made and the putty colour on the wall marks the height of her studio itself. Two benches line the walls, one along the length of the plinth and the other on the end wall. These allow quiet contemplation from a sitting position where all the pots are seen in together. A huge thank you to Jennifer and Sarah for their warms humour and intelligence, to Josh from my team for his brilliant work, and to Andrew and Grace from @kettlesyard, so great to be back! Beautiful photos by @jounderhill. #jenniferlee #ceramics #pottery #exhibition #studio #craft #beauty

JENNIFER LEE : THE POTTER’S SPACE. At Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. Post 1 of 3
Soon after meeting Jeff in her studio we began to think that a single surface, exactly (to the millimetre) the height of her workbench in her studio would be a powerful yet minimal response to the task. As always we worked in physical model, even modelling (2d) every pot in the exhibition which we gave to Jeff and Sarah to develop the placement of the potts. The second move was to demarcate the height of the studio on the gallery wall creating a containing volume shared by the visitor and the work. Here is a shot of the installation, and finally a model shot followed by the same view in the completed exhibition. @kettlesyard #jenniferlee #ceramics #pottery #exhibition #studio #craft #beauty