and those people mobile studio list are either the same people (upper middle class white families that hang around the british mus. or exhibition road or as they say, tourists! that aint a festival of london!)

but these people are SO out of touch they count these people! its not their fault, they dont know any different.

In terms of spending public money, I hope people visited our temporary pavilion right outside the British Museum tucked into CG’s Skywalk niche. It was an amazing spot.

We reckon approx 5000x walked through our pavilion, which included lost tourists, LFA visitors, friends and family and members of the public looking for our organised events alongside the pavilion.

2x bespoke events were arranged.; a Tour of Bloomsbury and a Family + Young People’s Activity Fun Pack. More than 60x people embarked on the tour with our lovely tour guide. And approx 250x families took part in our family activity pack, which included an architectural/historical treasure hunt, drawing materials and chalk to scribble onto our pavilion!! And all this for FREE for the PUBLIC!

deffo agree with alison

jon, i’m not a reverse snob, i’m an architect too, i think architectures pretty cool, but architects have hidden themselves away in a little bubble – what we do doesn’t talk about the world – it talks about the world of architecture
stuff like this sky walk (well the opening party) just emphasise this in a comic way

its also obvious when you see people doing ’sustainability research projects’ like diller and scrofidio’s latest abortion – total garbage
garbage thinking
do favellas need architects? no
does any NEED architects? well in some form – maybe

woooooo we’re part of a dead profession

lets just enjoy all the champagne and hogroast we can get

BTW architecture ought not be considered as art, art can go on walls and be ignored. It is important, art, but not critical. Architecture really ought to be considered as a social work, as a social service- it is where people live, work, pray – this is not just important – but critical.

I do agree, such an event does seem an awful waste of money and resources.

And yes an event in a public space should NOT be private! Gosh that makes me angry when I think of the Festival of London Architecture stated aims – what a load of …. it all seems now. It all seems back to front and upside down to me!