UrbanPioneers Stadtpioniere is founded as a landscape architecture office in Edinburgh, Scotland involved in landscape, design, play, research and art. Its aim is to create urban common and private spaces, which are inclusive, meet the needs of the community, inspire and enhance the quality of their living and working places to sooth and re-centre our sense of well-being. The involvement of the local community as well as key players is crucial to reach this aim.
Day 30: Blowing goodbye kisses UP is supporting a healthy lifestyle, sustainable communities and quality, local food for everyone. We have decided to reinvest some of our profit to buy chickens and orchards trees for Cyrenians farm, helping young people improve their self-confidence, self-esteem, motivation and ability to manage their own lives. If you would like to support Marion on this project that would be more than appreciated. Saturday 12 November 3pm @ the junction Princess Street / Lothian Road in Edinburgh. A pdf of the Public Art Plan is also available for download. A radical transformation of the area around the War Memorial from an unusable and cluttered traffic island to a contemporary town square, giving the centre of Kinghorn a new, longed for identity.
30 Wonders
April 30, 2012
As part of Living Copenhagen Marion curated and produced daily interventions and activities during the month of April which activated and raised awareness of existing open spaces within the neighbourhood of Skt Kjelds, Copenhagen, encouraging users to engage and see their environment in new ways. All other activities can be viewed here: 30Wonders
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6 participants
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What’s stopping you?
Living Copenhagen
February 27, 2012
Marion is currently taking part in the research project Living Copenhagen working and living in the Skt Kjelds Neighbourhood in Copenhagen. You cand read here what she has been up to within the first month.
Publications
February 27, 2012
Our ‘Jump the Barrier’ event has been extremely successful. It has been discussed and written about nationally as well as abroad. Articles are now published within the German landscape architecture magazine Garten+Landschaft as well as on the Landscape Institute website.
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
December 19, 2011
School of Critical Engagment
November 12, 2011
Marion has been accepted to Living Copenhagen a program ‘of research and development for a full sixteen-week project, testing out methods of public practice, ethnographic research, and semi-permanent public space installations.’
Martial Arts School
November 12, 2011
UP is supporting active and healthy lifestyle choices and has just secured planning permission for a new Martial Arts School in Dunfermline.
Jump the barrier
October 19, 2011
As part of our next blog post UrbanPioneers Stadtpioniere is hosting the event ‘Jump the barrier‘ by co-founder and artist Marion Preez / Myself for You with Edinburgh traceurs Gordon Tsang, Spencer Selwood & Zak Corney:
The Wood of Ones Own & The Journey Through
October 11, 2011
NADFLY and UrbanPioneers submitted the Public Art Plan for Huntly Woodlands which shows that the woodlands can be enjoyed, used and managed creatively.
Promoting Renewable Energy
September 19, 2011
UP has been commissioned with another exciting project: Graphic design for advertising boards at the Energy Park in Methil, Fife. In future the boards will display news and information about the Energy Park and renewable energy in short headlines without having to pause and stop.
Perennials for Soldiers
September 19, 2011
UP’s first project has been completed!