London Made

Actar, Essay, Imminent Urban Commons, Middle Density, Senseable Technologies, Technology and fabrication, We Made That

City services, Civic Technologies, Co-production strategies, Collaborative work, Emergent technologies, Essay, Future Commoning Cities, Imminent Commons, Local production, london, Making, Multifunctional building, Multifunctional space, Production, Productivity, Responsive technologies, Self-production, Seoul, Seoul Biennale 2017, South Korea, Technology, UK

Previously published in Archinect.

London made good splash at the inaugural Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism which opened at the beginning of September in Zaha Hadid’s DPP Cultural Centre. Taking one of the Biennale’s themes of ‘The Productive City’ the London installation showed a film curated by We Made That and director Alice Masters which explored the complex thread of suppliers, from costumiers to scenery makers, that are needed to deliver a production in the Barbican arts centre. The film featured interviews with the artisans, creatives, manufacturers and suppliers, who contribute to London’s role as a productive city.