PechaKucha: Pretty Vacant

PechaKucha pretty vacant 3As part of the ongoing GREEN2014 programme, Architecture and Design Scotland were invited to curate the first PechaKucha to be held at The Whisky Bond.

The event titled ‘Pretty Vacant’ welcomed an exciting group of speakers to give their own take on transforming vacant space, animating public space and urban food growing. The event demonstrated what’s possible, sparked new ideas and will hopefully encourage future collaborations.

It was a full house for event which sold out a week in advance. Over 80 people turned up to hear from speakers including Nicola Atkinson from NADFLY, Anthony Engi Meacock – founding member of Assemble, Sinead Fortune – Founder of Urban Catch, Paula McCabe from Concrete Garden and many more.

For those who didn’t make it to the event, A+DS have kindly uploaded videos of each talk. At only 6 mins and 40 seconds each, they are well worth a watch!

IT WAS MY IDEA
Nicola Atkinson, Artist, NADFLY

Playing on the Edge of Chaos
Anthony Engi Meacock, Founding Member, Assemble, London

The Power of Fish Poo
Sinéad Fortune, Founder, Urban Catch, Glasgow

What If? Realising Vacant Potential
Jenny Humberstone, Founding Member, Urban Fabric Collective, Melbourne

Radical Gardening: Growing People, Places and Power
Paula McCabe, Concrete Garden, Glasgow

BETWIXTING
Peter McCaughey, Artist, WAVEparticle, Glasgow

The Societal Consequences of Play in Reclaimed Spaces
Mick McKeen, Glasgow Parkour coaching, Glasgow

Pop-Up Cinema and Community Audiences
Megan Mitchell, Coordinator, Pop-Up Programmers, Glasgow

Re-Connect Re-Use Re-Activate
Cristian Suau, Laura Petruskeviciute, Paulina Naruseviciute, MOBILELAND, University of Strathclyde

Wastelands Collected
Liz Thomas, Landscape Architect and founding member the Wasteland Collective, Edinburgh

The Big Lunch, It’s Right Up Your Street
Emily Watts, Country Manager Scotland, The Big Lunch

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PechaKucha is devised and shared by Klein Dytham Architecture.
Event produced by TAKTAL and curated by Architecture and Design Scotland.
Event supported by Creative Scotland.