Bristol City Council's Public Art Strategy - Public Art Online

Tree surround by Marion Brandis
for Linden Homes
Cleo Broda has researched and
documented the area and consulted with
local residents. Her research will
culminate in a postcard booklet which
represents some of the unseen aspects
of Hartcliffe. Kathrin Boehm has worked
closely with the Spacemakers group in
order to deliver an active learning
programme and on-site experience with
regard the perception and design of
public space.
Spacemakers is managed locally by a
dedicated project officer employed by
the Architecture Centre in Bristol and
based at Hartcliffe Community Campus.
The project is supported by Bristol City
Council, the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation, Urban 2 and The Glass-
House, a new national design advisory
service aimed at empowering tenants
and residents of low income
neighbourhoods to creatively participate
in decisions affecting the renovation and
rebuilding of their local environment.
Bristol City Council received a full
planning application from Linden Homes
for residential and commercial
development on the former British
Telecom site in Horfield. The application
was agreed by the Planning Committee
in February 2003. As part of the planning
and development process, Linden Homes
recognised the importance of art within
the development and agreed to invest in
a public art scheme, confirmed within
the Section 106 Planning Agreement. A
lead artist, Marion Brandis was
appointed to devise a series of sitespecific
durable works, integral to the
scheme.
Walter Jack Studio and Reckless Orchard
were commissioned in February 2003 to
develop an Art Programme for The Dings,
a small and tight-knit community close
to the centre of Bristol. The artworks
were designed in conjunction with the
Home Zone proposals designed by
Sustrans and with a group of residents
with an interest in and enthusiasm for
art and its potential application into
their streets and spaces.
Major capital development of the
Colston Hall will offer opportunity for
artists to become part of the design
process identified via a lead artist as an
appointed member of the Colston Hall
Design Team. The Design Team will
identify opportunities for prospective art
commissions for each development
phase. Design criteria used to advise the
appointment of the lead artist and
inform first stage and detailed design
stages of the art commissions
programme profile:
- a distinctive, high profile, public
space and meeting point in Bristol’s
cultural quarter, for day and night
time use;
- site specific links with visual,
historical and architectural elements
of the site;
- coherent integration of art, design
with architecture and interior design;
- interior and exterior lighting, colour,
furniture, visual features;
- a grade 11 listed façade with
sculptural reliefs depicting wrestlers,
music and ballet;
- a respect for the past but an
innovative approach towards future
refurbishment;
- good contemporary design, modern -
of the present;
- renewal of design quality over an
extended period of time;
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