Awards: Round One, November 2004: Creating Inspiring Neighbourhoods
Creating Inspiring Neighbourhoods, Blackburn
with Darwen
Blackburn, Lancashire
Client
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Artist
Denna Jones
Project partners
David Carter, Programme Manager, Design East Lancashire
Ian Banks, Public Art and Architecture Officer, Arts Council England,
North West
Salim Mulla, Chair, Audley/Queen's Park Community Board
PROJECT Award
Visionary Award £12,000
Value of design phase
£152,744
Estimated value of construction phase
£150 million
Project description
PROJECT will engage an artist as part of the design team which
will produce masterplans for two neighbourhoods within Blackburn with
Darwen's contribution to the Elevate East Lancashire Housing Market
Restructuring Pathfinder. Whilst Blackburn with Darwen has a strong
track record in procuring artists for major creative challenges, it
has not, as yet, integrated artists into housing regeneration at the
outset, so this will provide an exciting opportunity for the entire
team. It will provide an innovative and creative opportunity for an
artist to work as part of a multidisciplinary professional Design Team
on an equal footing to engineers, architects, housing professionals
and town planners to produce new visions for some of our more deprived
and declining neighbourhoods in partnership with the local communities.
The two areas involved are North Central Darwen and Audley/Queens Park which are different in nature as well as being geographically separated and will represent very diverse challenges for the team.
Further details
Rebecca Johnson, Head of Arts, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
Arts Services, Dept. of Culture, Leisure and Sport, Central Library,
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, BB2 1AG
Tel: 01254 587904; Email: [email protected]
Denna Jones; Email: [email protected]; www.dennajones.com.