For this year’s edition of 30 Objects in 30 Days we asked 30 members of the LFA community to nominate one object that they feel best represents ‘act’ and ‘architecture’ – and share a short video explaining why.
From market stalls to the hammer, protest placards to festivals, the third edition of 30 Objects in 30 Days brings together a wonderful collection of individuals and objects as part of LFA 2022.
Ruth kicked off the series with her selection of The Tube. Ruth is dedicated to helping to shape the future of London. As a leading BID specialist, she places partnership at the heart of her work, turning collective will into collective action.
For his selection Andrew has chosen a drop of water. Andrew Tan is a Landscape Architect and Teacher of the Built Environment at London Design & Engineering University Technical Collage.
For her selection Ibiye has chosen market stalls. Ibiye is a multidisciplinary artist. Ibiye responds to new technologies, trade and material by utilising architectural tools. She creates 3D models, sound and video, accompanied by augmented reality to highlight the biases and conflicts of technology.
For their selection Andrew and Ewa have chosen architectural drawings. Andrew Tam is an architect driven to make the profession more inclusive and socially engaged at all levels. Ewa Effiom is a London-based Belgo-Nigerian architect, writer and producer.
For Barbara's selection she has chosen the fireless cooker. Barbara Penner is Professor in Architectural Humanities at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
Richard and Josie of Adapt have chosen the shoe as their object. Adapt is a creative studio using design, humour and contemporary culture to test and develop creative solutions to climate adaptation.
For her selection Aisling has chosen walking. Dr Aisling Rusk is Director of Belfast-based, design-led architecture practice Studio idir, tutor in QUB’s Streetspace MArch Studio and researcher of connections in and across spatial and social divides.
For his selection Jordan has chosen the archive. Jordan Whitewood-Neal is an architectural researcher focusing on disability and pedagogy in architectural education.
For her selection Helen has chosen the Britannia Village Hall. Helen Fernandes is CEO of West Silvertown Foundation, a resident led organisation creating community in the Royal Docks.
For their selection Ursula Dimitriou and Dejan Mrdja of Studio Syn have chosen salt. Studio Syn are an interdisciplinary architecture and interior design practice based in Central London and Athens. Their projects are creatively bold, well thought-out and radiate joie de vivre.
For her selection Hana has chosen the curtains. Hana is the Architecture Programme Coordinator at the Royal Academy of Arts.
For his selection Jeremy has chosen the home office. Jeremy Myerson is the co-founder and director of WORKTECH Academy, and Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Art.
For her selection Sanne has chosen the door. Sanne Visser is a leading material designer, researcher and maker, currently pursuing a phd research at the Centre for Circular Design and running her own practice Studio Sanne Visser. Her work is mainly recognised for her ongoing research with human hair waste.
For his selection Andre has chosen the protest placard. Andre is the founder of Andre Kong Studio, an emerging architecture practice that explores how material tradition, context and technological innovation can be unexpectedly combined to develop fun, elegant, and future-proof solutions for sustainable and inclusive buildings, objects and experiences.
For her selection Jos has chosen the Piss on Pity t-shirt, an important symbol of disability activism in the UK. Jos is Co-Director of The DisOrdinary Architecture Project, with disabled artist Zoe Partington. She is Director of the Learning Environments Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Centre (LEEDIC) at The Bartlett UCL, as well as having many years’ experience in community-based practice and research. This includes being a co-founder of Matrix feminist design collective in the 1980s, as well as more recently co-curating an exhibition and an online archive about Matrix and their work.
For his selection Adam has chosen emotion. Adam Kaasa is Senior Tutor at the Royal College of Art and co-founder of the research collective Fiction Feeling Frame, and is working on a project about Queer Loss, and on a spatial history of dialogue.
For her selection Grace has chosen the hammer. Grace Simmonds is Head of Learning and Engagement at NLA and a Creative at Woodland Tribe CIC.
For their selection Legacy Youth Voice have chosen women's safety. The Legacy Youth Voice is the flagship youth programme for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and provides a platform for young East Londoners from diverse backgrounds to give their views on all development happening on the Park, including the new neighbourhoods and East Bank.
For her selection Pamela has chosen the loud speaker. Pamela Wackett is a Director at Kohn Pedersen Fox, she is currently leading a number of projects in London and internationally.
For his selection David has chosen the Brompton. David Taylor is editor of NLA’s New London Quarterly magazine and New London Weekly, co-owner and editor of Velocity Magazine, and a strategic consultant for ING Media.
For her selection Vanessa has chosen festivals. Vanessa is the Architecture Curator and Consultant, Creative Director at the Building Centre.
For his selection Graham has chosen the lightbulb. BIO TBC
For her selection Carole has chosen the basketball court. Carole Wright manages Peabody Blackfriars and Brookwood Triangle community gardens in Southwark, South London.
For his selection Dominic has chosen the pen. Dominic Wilson is a Project Architect at Hopkins Architects and is a key member of the practice’s Sustainability Group.
For her selection Sally has chosen the mural. Sally Lewis is an architect and urban designer, and founder of Stitch Architects and The London Neighbourhood Scholarship Trust.
For her selection Sally has chosen the mural. Sally Lewis is an architect and urban designer, and founder of Stitch Architects and The London Neighbourhood Scholarship Trust.
For their selection, DCA+ have chosen the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. DCA+ is the LGBTQ+ advocacy group for David Chipperfield Architects, the international architecture practice with offices in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai.
For his selection Krishan has chosen the Tadjah. Krishan Nathaniel is a spatial practitioner, writer and Principal Urban Designer at the London Borough of Harrow.
For her selection First Sukpaiboon has chosen the passport. First is Head of Programme at New London Architecture and is architecturally trained and working in multidisciplinary practices prior to NLA.
For his selection Muhammad has chosen tracing paper. Muhammad, MSc BArch, is the founding director of Places of ARcture, A social enterprise that advocates for using art and architecture as tools to engage with the local communities, he based in Dublin, Ireland.
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