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Wednesday 12 November 2014

A trip to Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Kings Cross


On Wednesday 5th November the Islington History & Architecture Group visited Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design in Kings Cross, accompanied by Aiden McMahon, the project architect from Stanton Williams and Linda Florence, Senior Lecturer at the college.


The group was captivated and inspired by the experience and it was wonderful to see such a building in full swing! 


The group really enjoyed Project Architect Aiden McMahon’s insights and explanations – helping to understand the building from an architect’s perspective and make sense of how the new building fits in with the old.



It was wonderful for us to see the building from Linda’s perspective: we visited the weavers, a screen printing workshop and the main 'street' space at the heart of the building. The building design allowed the group to see the building in action – looking down from above at the potters and jewellery makers: ancient crafts in a modern environment.
 



We also loved exploring the library – set in the historic granary building.



1 comment:

  1. screen printing workshop and the main 'street' space at the heart Boom Lift...

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