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Mooradian Studio (Aram Mooradian and Love Di Marco), 2022
1 Bodney Road, E8 1AY
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Bodney Road Studio's is home to a range of practitioners working in the built environment including architectural photographer Lorenzo Zandri, graphic designers Polytechnic and place futurists The Place Bureau. Join us on 19–20 September when we will open the studios in conjunction with a programme of exhibitions and events by Lorenzo Zandri, Polytechnic, Sammi Gale and The Place Bureau.
Hackney Central, Hackney Downs
30, 38, 56
Step-free access to the courtyard and Tom Raworth Project; one small step to access each studio.
12:00–17:00
12:00–17:00
Workshop
15:30–16:30
Join us to typeset a new poem for the public text-based installation commemorating writer, printer and publisher Tom Raworth.
How to book
Bookings will open at midday on 19 August. You won't be able to book a ticket before then.
Talk
17:00–17:45
Polytechnic and The Place Bureau discuss graphic design, art and wayfinding in the public realm.
How to book
Bookings will open at midday on 19 August. You won't be able to book a ticket before then.
Bodney Road Studios is a commercial studio space home to a range of researchers, designers and creatives. The two studios are set in an old joinery and share a communal courtyard. The derelict workshop was renovated with architects Mooradian Studio and shortlisted in the AJ Retrofit Awards in 2022.
'The budget was small, and as such the project is characterised by an aesthetic of ‘economy-of-means’: not using materials where they don’t need to be used, keeping and celebrating the eccentric features of the building, leaving some materials raw and exposed, designing with sheet materials in an economical way, and making simple cuts into surfaces to bring in light or allow new uses. This aesthetic grew out of the architect’s sustainable approach to building – less is truly more when designing sustainably. The project is a testament to how simple material choices and design moves can transform existing spaces.' – Aram Mooradian, Mooradian Studio
