Dreaming Spires: Dreaming Spaces 25 - 27 June 2009

24 June 2009

OVADA Gallery will be hosting a short exhibition of work by Berman Guedes Stretton architects opening this Thursday 25 June from 10am.  Please see below for further information about the show.

Local architects Berman Guedes Stretton displays ideas about improving public spaces in Oxford.

Streets, squares and parks are vital parts of our city and provide a gallery for many of Oxford’s beautiful buildings.  Passionate about the city in which they work, designers from local architects Berman Guedes Stretton are showing visionary images of how Oxford’s public spaces might be transformed if imagination was given a free reign.

Intended to spark debate, the exhibition is part of the South East Festival of Architecture and aims to communicate and celebrate the value of creative urban design.  Ideas range from transforming Broad Street with a sunken amphitheatre for concerts and events; to creating a large open people-friendly space in Frideswide Square, with pavement cafes, stalls, tourist information and planting, to welcome visitors to Oxford and create a positive first impression.  Ideas are also being shown for The High, St Giles, and the Radcliffe Infirmary site.

Images from the air show that Oxford has significant open spaces – more than many other cities, but very few of them are available to the public.  Some of the public spaces that are do not live up to the quality of Oxford’s historic architecture and have been the cause of local debate.  We all flock to European cities for our holidays, which have been designed for citizens in a way that encourages people to spend leisure time enjoying the public realm.  Using Oxford’s historic buildings as a back-drop, Berman Guedes Stretton has used hand drawings and computer modelling techniques, to create public spaces that could become as exciting and attractive as those in Paris or Barcelona.

Website: /www.ovada.org.uk

Editor’s note

For more information please contact:
Sarah Parker
Marketing Manager
Berman Guedes Stretton
25 Cave Street
Oxford
OX4 1BA
Tel: 01865791728

sarah.parker@bgsarchitects.co.uk

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