OUGD603 - Brief 08 - Tony Broomhead - Brief

This morning Tony Broomhead came in and visited us. A group of 7 students had put their names forward to partake in his workshop this morning. Firstly he introduced himself and showed us some of his work. Whilst he was setting up his presentation he asked us several questions about our course and the kind of work that we do. He was really interested as he is also a lecturer at Sheffield University on the architecture course there.


Background info about Tony Broomhead -

OS31 is based in Sheffield (this is where he works alongside two others)

Teaches at Sheffield University

He created a restaurant on ice which is currently being build and will be open in January in Canada

He has also worked on a building which has a projection on the side and is operated by people's text messages

Worked on Leeds Light Night a couple of years ago

Manchester pop up installation

Children's play area design - When the cushions are placed in the correct sequence this triggers a movie to start playing

They have also done a lot of work in Holbeck Urban Village (Leeds)

Designed a pop up park for 6 months and 6 years later it is still there

Inside the Marshall Mill at Holbeck Urban Village, they designed a tree for life - It has a framework to put plants on


The Brief:

The creative brief was to work in teams and build a sculptural christmas tree to present to the Holbeck Urban Village. Tony Broomhead him self had build a large tree that was already situated at Holbeck. The creative challenge was to spend the day creating a structural christmas tree out of the materials that he had provided. I decided to team up with Bobby Jones and Tristan Currie.