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Beyond lending - A case study

Lovesmith, George; Miah, Mohamad Fez; Singleton, Aled

Authors

Mohamad Fez Miah

Aled Singleton



Contributors

Mhairi McVicar
Editor

Stephen Kite
Editor

Abstract

Maindee Library+ , Newport, is a volunteer-run, community initiated, piece of social infrastructure. Through a co-produced, socially engaged art programme, Maindee Unlimited appointed architects George Lovesmith (Integrated Workshop) & Sarah Hollingworth (Architecture 00) to help them reimagine the building in 2017.

Open invitations were made to bring as many people as possible into the spaces of production, exploring new forms of participatory design and shared, local ownership. Numerous art practices were deployed to test what more this small piece of civic architecture might be; social gatherings and game-like events were tailored to embed ideas of how it might feel to use the space in different ways in lived experience.

Live projects prototyped how the building could be used, enabling participating volunteers and invited student groups, within processes of creative change; and professional learning in the community.

This project allowed for reflective creative practice and collaborative experimentation within communities who are keen to expand how their inter-relationships might vary from the norm. This was a process of radical experimentation that was interdisciplinary in order to be socially sustainable and creative, with the hope of challenging people, but not intimidating them.

Expectations of risk and control were challenged throughout. The process had meaning because of a culture of community support, within which each one of us had a sense of belonging.

Citation

Lovesmith, G., Miah, M. F., & Singleton, A. (2023). Beyond lending - A case study. In M. McVicar, S. Kite, & C. Drozynski (Eds.), Generosity and Architecture (252-261). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Acceptance Date Mar 1, 2019
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date Mar 16, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Pages 252-261
Edition 1st
Book Title Generosity and Architecture
Chapter Number 24
ISBN 9781032078519
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10525977
Publisher URL https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003211815-27/beyond-lending-george-lovesmith-mohamad-fez-miah-aled-singleton?context=ubx&refId=c791aff1-8be1-4bbb-acdb-725a8d3e3c23

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The is the authors accepted version of the book chapter ‘Lovesmith, G., Miah, M. F., & Singleton, A. (2023). Beyond lending - A case study. In M. McVicar, S. Kite, & C. Drozynski (Eds.), Generosity and Architecture (252-261). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)’.

The final published version is available here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003211815-27/beyond-lending-george-lovesmith-mohamad-fez-miah-aled-singleton?context=ubx&refId=c791aff1-8be1-4bbb-acdb-725a8d3e3c23






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