John Edwards
MA work
MA work
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Community Layering at the Wharf, John Edwards
Mixed media
ADS2: Big Crunch!
My project addresses the relationship between education and employment by investigating the potential power of ‘Edutainment’ to bridge a growing skills deficit and create new opportunities for innovation in the New Economy.
Three main issues drive the project: The national school system is outmoded, its failings can be seen in the UK’s rocketing unemployment rates; the open-plan office space is no longer an appropriate model for new business; the ‘white collar recession’ jobless bankers are reluctant to ask for help from Jobcentres, which they privately admit are set up to deal with lower-skilled workers. Could an Edutainment campus of facilities at Canary Wharf be the solution?
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MA Degree
School
School of Architecture
Programme
MA Architecture, 2009
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Contact
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ADS2: Big Crunch!
My project addresses the relationship between education and employment by investigating the potential power of ‘Edutainment’ to bridge a growing skills deficit and create new opportunities for innovation in the New Economy.
Three main issues drive the project: The national school system is outmoded, its failings can be seen in the UK’s rocketing unemployment rates; the open-plan office space is no longer an appropriate model for new business; the ‘white collar recession’ jobless bankers are reluctant to ask for help from Jobcentres, which they privately admit are set up to deal with lower-skilled workers. Could an Edutainment campus of facilities at Canary Wharf be the solution?
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Degrees
- BA (Hons) Architecture, University of Cambridge, 2004
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Experience
- Architectural Assistant, DSDHA Ltd, London, 2006 to present; Internship, Dodd Mitchell Design, Los Angeles, USA, 2005-6