Artists involved in urban design projects
I'm doing some research into artists involvement in urban design projects. I would be interested to learn about any practices that employ artists to work on projects from the initial stages of design.
If anyone is interested in this there was recently a good article by Tarek Merlin, an architect at SMC Alsop, who has recently appointed a lead artist on a mixed-use residential scheme http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=31&storycode=3086020&c=0
I know of a few artists working in this way, but they do seem thin on the ground. I am also aware of the PROJECT initiative run by Public Arts South West, CABE and Arts & Business, but would be really interested to hear about any other projects that have involved artists in the design process.
many thanks
Tom



Artists in Urban design projects
artists involved in urban design projects
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