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DAVID
CARR-SMITH - IMPROVISATION / DESIGN / ART / KITSCH / CHANCE
IMPROVISED
'ECO-VILLAGES'
KEW BRIDGE ECO
VILLAGE, LONDON
INDEX
AN
ARTIST'S PUBLIC-SITE INSTALLATION WORKS
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MPROVISED
ARCHITECTURE IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS & COLLECTIVES
IMPROVISED
OPEN-SITE: ("THE NOMADIC COMMUNITY GARDEN")
IMPROVISED
VILLAGES: (WANDSWORTH & KEW BRIDGE 'ECO VILLAGES')
ALLOTMENT
IMPROVISATIONS - PUBLIC, LEGAL, SOCIALLY INDORSED
TEMPORARY-ARCHITECTURE:
("FRANK'S CAFE" & "SOUTHWARK LIDO")
VERNACULAR
- PRAGMATISM & STYLE: (BERDUN VILLAGE BARNS & HOUSES)
"HOME"
- MY LOCATION VIA MASS-PRODUCTS & TASTE - LIV-RM
"HOME"
- MY LOCATION VIA MASS-PRODUCTS & TASTE - HOUSE
"HOME"
- MY LOCATION VIA PERSONAL CHOICES
ART
- GOTHIC INTO RENAISSANCE INTO EARLY 20thC
ART
- 20thC COLLAGE INTO MASS-MEDIA
GRAFFITI
INTO STREET-ART
KITSCH
CHANCE
& DESIGN
OPEN-SITE
IMPROVISED VILLAGES
IMPROVISED
VILLAGES - p1 - WANDSWORTH
IMPROVISED VILLAGES - p2 - KEW-BRIDGE
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KEW
BRIDGE ECO VILLAGE (6-06-2009 to 27-05-2010)
KEW BRIDGE RD X KEW
ROAD, LONDON, TW9
[written mid 2010]
I
visited this site only once, near the beginning of its establishment.
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ECO-VILLAGE
[01]: EXTERIOR
OF SITE ACROSS KEWBRIDGE ROAD
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [02]: EXTERIOR - KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE AT THE SITE'S NW-CORNER
(pic 24-8-09 / to E)
The north side of the site's boundary wall, put up by the developer "St
George", which owns the site.
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ECO-VILLAGE [03]: EXTERIOR - KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE
WITH SITE-INFO PAINTING & NOTICES
(pic 24-8-09 / to SW)
The
text-notices inform the curious about the site and its offered facilities
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ECO-VILLAGE [04]: EXTERIOR - KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE
WITH SITE-INFO NOTICE
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSE)
[Read
text-notice]
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ECO-VILLAGE [05]: SITE -
MAIN STORE-DUMP
(pic 24-8-09 / to NE)
The
site's main collecting area for found and donated materials and objects runs
behind the north-side boundary fence, from the site's entry to its NE corner.
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ECO-VILLAGE [07]: VISITOR-RECEPTION & KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE
(pic 24-8-09 / to NNW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [06]: VISITOR-RECEPTION AT KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE
(paste-up 2-pics 24-8-09 / to SW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [08]: VISITOR-RECEPTION & KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE
(pic 24-8-09 / to N)
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ECO-VILLAGE [09]: WEST-SIDE PATH TO/FROM KEWBRIDGE ROAD ENTRY GATE
(pic 24-8-09 / to N)
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ECO-VILLAGE [10]: WEST-SIDE PATH NEAR N END - CULTIVATION OF THE TIP-MOUND
(pic 24-8-09 / to NE)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[11]: WEST-SIDE PATH
AT SOUTH JUNCTION
(pic 24-8-09 / to NW)
The
graffiti was pre Eco-Village. The new addition is the flower border edging the
west side of the path from the site entry and visitors reception.
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ECO-VILLAGE [12]: WEST-SIDE PATH
AT SOUTH JUNCTION
(pic 24-8-09 / to SW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [13]: SITE
- SMALL BOX PLANTER WEST OF COMMUNAL BUILDING
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSE)
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ECO-VILLAGE [14]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to #)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[15]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to #)
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ECO-VILLAGE [16]: SITE -
PATH INTO E CAMP AREA
(pic 24-8-09 / to EES)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[17]: BENDER HOMES
(paste-up 2-pics
24-8-09 / to NE)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[18]: BENDER HOMES
(pic 24-8-09 / to NE)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[19]: BENDER HOME
(pic 24-8-09 / to EES)
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ECO-VILLAGE [20]: BENDER
HOME
(pic 24-8-09 / to EES)
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ECO-VILLAGE [21]: N-ENTRY
PATH S-JUNCTION - LEFT BRANCH TO COMMUNAL BUILDING (& SE HOMES) /
RIGHT BRANCH SOUTH ALONG SITE'S W-SIDE TO
SHEDS & SHOWER
(paste-up 2-pics 24-8-09 / to S)
[Ref to pic [51] for right-hand path destination]
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ECO-VILLAGE [22]: N-ENTRY PATH LEFT
BRANCH TO COMMUNAL
BUILDING (&
SE HOMES)
(paste-up 2-pics
24-8-09 / to E)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[23]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - ITS SOCIAL AREA, N-END HUT, WEST FACADE
(paste-up 5-pics 24-8-09 / to E)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[24]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to ~)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[25]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to N)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[26]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to SE)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[27]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to NE)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[28]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to NNW)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[29]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to NW)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[30]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - SOCIAL AREA
(pic 24-8-09 / to W)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[31]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to S)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[32]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to E)
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ECO-VILLAGE [33]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - SOCIAL AREA - COB WARMING-OVEN
(pic 24-8-09 / to EES)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[34]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - SOCIAL AREA
(pic 24-8-09 / to S)
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ECO-VILLAGE [35]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - SOCIAL AREA
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [36]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - SOCIAL AREA & VIEW OUT ON E SIDE
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSW)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[37]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [38]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING S-END - KITCHEN
(paste-up 3-pics 24-8-09 / to S)
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ECO-VILLAGE [39]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING S-END - KITCHEN - STOVE
(paste-up 3-pics 24-8-09 / to WWS)
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ECO-VILLAGE [40]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING S-END - KITCHEN - SINK CORNER
(paste-up 2-pics 24-8-09 / to W)
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ECO-VILLAGE [41]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING KITCHEN - WEST EXIT
(pic 24-8-09 / to NW)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[42]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to SW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [43]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING KITCHEN - NORTH WALL (SOCIAL-SPACE BEYOND)
(pic 24-8-09 / to NW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [44]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING KITCHEN NW CORNER
(pic 24-8-09 / to N)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[45]:
(pic 24-8-09 / to ~)
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ECO-VILLAGE [46]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING KITCHEN EAST EXIT (EXTERIOR)
(paste-up 2-pics 24-8-09 / to N)
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ECO-VILLAGE [47]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - EAST SIDE
(paste-up 2-pics 24-8-09 / to NW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [48]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - SOUTH FACING END
(pic 24-8-09 / to NNW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [49]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - WEST FACADE OF SOCIAL AREA
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSE)
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ECO-VILLAGE
[50]: COMMUNAL
BUILDING - WEST FACADE WITH KITCHEN ENTRY & SITE TO SOUTH
(pic 24-8-09 / to SSE)
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ECO-VILLAGE [51]: AT THE S-JUNCTION OF
THE W-SIDE PATH (FROM SITE'S N-ENTRY) - BRANCH TO W-SIDE SHEDS & SHOWER
(pic 24-8-09 / to S)
[Ref to pic [21] for left-hand path destination]
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ECO-VILLAGE
[52]: WOOD-PILE
& (PRE-EXISTING) STORE-SHED - ON W-SIDE PATH TO
SHOWER
(pic 24-8-09 / to S)
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ECO-VILLAGE [53]: STORE-PLACE - ON PATH TO
SHOWER
(pic 24-8-09 / to NNW)
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ECO-VILLAGE [54]: SHOWER
& (PRE-EXISTING) SOUTH SHED
(pic 24-8-09 / to SE)
[Shed
interior: ref pic [58]]
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ECO-VILLAGE [55]:: SHOWER
(paste-up
3-pics
24-8-09 / to EES)
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ECO-VILLAGE [56]: SHOWER
(paste-up
3-pics 24-8-09 / to NE)
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ECO-VILLAGE [57]: SHOWER
CUBICLE INTERIOR
(pic 24-8-09 / to EEN)
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ECO-VILLAGE [58]: (PRE-EXISTING) SOUTH
SHED - INTERIOR DUMP
(pic 24-8-09 / to SE)
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INDEX
AN
ARTIST'S PUBLIC-SITE INSTALLATION WORKS
I
MPROVISED
ARCHITECTURE IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS & COLLECTIVES
IMPROVISED
OPEN-SITE: ("THE NOMADIC COMMUNITY GARDEN")
IMPROVISED
VILLAGES: (WANDSWORTH & KEW BRIDGE 'ECO VILLAGES')
ALLOTMENT
IMPROVISATIONS - PUBLIC, LEGAL, SOCIALLY INDORSED
TEMPORARY-ARCHITECTURE:
("FRANK'S CAFE" & "SOUTHWARK LIDO")
VERNACULAR
- PRAGMATISM & STYLE: (BERDUN VILLAGE BARNS & HOUSES)
"HOME"
- MY LOCATION VIA MASS-PRODUCTS & TASTE - LIV-RM
"HOME"
- MY LOCATION VIA MASS-PRODUCTS & TASTE - HOUSE
"HOME"
- MY LOCATION VIA PERSONAL CHOICES
ART
- GOTHIC INTO RENAISSANCE INTO EARLY 20thC
ART
- 20thC COLLAGE INTO MASS-MEDIA
GRAFFITI
INTO STREET-ART
KITSCH
CHANCE & DESIGN
.