PLACE
The mission of PLACE is to positively influence the creating and sustaining of excellent places and buildings, making Northern Ireland an environment of exceptional quality for all.
> ACTIVITY <
- Community participation: community-wide consultation on the regeneration of the Andersontown Barracks site, West Belfast
- Primary School Curriculum Initiative: A Vision for the Built Environment as a Teaching Resource (delivered in association with the Solent Centre for Architecture & Design)
- Mapping the City through sound
- PLACE Colloquia
- PLACE Winter Wonderland model-making workshops at Christmas
- Saturday Kids Club
- Place Annual Report 2010-2011
> SCALE<
5 Staff
6 Interns
4 Panel members / enablers
30 Volunteers
> IMPACT <
In 2011/2012 amongst the varied activities PLACE:
- Trained 100 built environment professionals
- Involved 30 artists
- Facilitated 2 artists' residencie and 12 new artists' commissions
- Provided 10 policy and advice sessions
- Delivered 10 education events to over 200 students
- Delivered 10 informal education and participatory sessions
- Organised 5 exhibitions to an audience of over 5000
- Screened 5 films to an audience of 300
- Produced 4 publications and 4 online publications
- Organised 50 tours
- Organised 15 lectures / debates and 2 conferences with approx. 800 delegates in total
- Almost 50 participants in hands on design, arts and craft workshops for children and young people
- Developed the built environment element of the successful Derry-Londonderry City of Culture Bid 2013
> WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING <
"I can honestly say that it's the only seminar I have ever been at that I didn't leave, want to leave, or been tempted to nod off at."
Participant in the School Curriculum Workshop
"A great experience, extremely well organised, very professional, the children loved it and the outputs achieved were an unexpected bonus."
Participant at the Winter Wonderland model-making workshop
> RECENT PRESS <
PLACE
40 Fountain Street
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT1 5EE
Telephone: 028 9023 2524
Contact
info@placeni.org
Website
www.placeni.org
Links
* PLACE's Facebook group* PLACE's blog* PLACE Publications
