What better way to bridge the gap between architects and students than to set them the challenge of building a public bar out of a pile of junk?
The inaugural One to One project saw twenty-one architects and twenty-one students turn a heap of unwanted materials into a fully functioning bar in just one day. It was then opened to the public.
One to One was launched by Tim Hastwell of JDH Architects as a way of bridging the divide between professional and student bodies. The project aimed to create an environment that put students and architects on the same level, allowing them to actively engage in a fun, fast design-and-build project.
Materials were carefully selected from junk that would otherwise be destined for landfill. Each of the seven teams were assigned two core materials and tasked with creatively thinking about how they could overcome the materials’ inherent limitations to fullfil the brief. They rose to the challenge, constructing items such as bike-wheel chandeliers, tables made from carpet rolls and a plastic container chill-out room.
Upon being dismantled, 95 percent of the materials used in the project were donated to creative reuse organization Reverse Garbage.
One to One will be run annually in Sydney, and other states are being encouraged to take up the project.
Participating firms included JDH Architects, Hassell, BVN Architecture, Hames Sharley, Woodhead, Fitzpatrick & Partners, Snell Architects and SJB.
Participating universities were the University of NSW, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney.
Watch a time-lapse video of the event below.
