GATE81 WORKSHOP
re-imagining preston bus station
To round off the day there were two more very interesting presentations. The first was by multimedia artist Nayan Kulkarni whose work; “engages with ideas of site specificity, time, technology and perception,� and who works using a variety of media including; light, video, installation, sculpture and photography. Throughout his presentation he showed various examples of his own work and how with the use of light and installations in particular buildings can be visually transformed. Following Nayan, the final speaker of the day to finish things off was Kevin Rhowbotham who is the head of architecture at UCLan. He gave an interesting talk on the future of contemporary cities and the potential demise of commercial business districts with a need to refocus city centres from commercial activity to community needs.
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