The Architect Pitch – Crossing Boundaries
Thursday 27th June, 2019 | 5pm-8pm
HOK
90 Whitfield Street,
W1T 4EZ
Archiboo and HOK’s London Studio are looking for seven architects to pitch problem-solving and entrepreneurial ideas to a panel comprising Usman Haque, David Weatherhead, Savannah de Savray, Nick Searl and Safia Qureshi.
The winner will receive a significant marketing and development support package with a value of almost £5,000 to help take their idea to market. It includes media support and a half -day messaging workshop by global business advisory firm FTI , a half -day digital marketing 101 session led by Digital Storey, a 2-day PR workshop supported by Big Fish Training and a thought leadership masterclass by HOK London Studio.
The panel is looking for self-generated projects with the potential to have a genuine impact. It is especially keen to hear of projects that are socially engaged and have the potential to develop into feasible solutions, from low-cost housing and ideas on how retail property can be recycled to one-off projects that have community or healthy living benefits.
There should be a minimum of five slides that explain the challenge that’s being addressed, its social purpose and proposed outcome.
Projects need not have been professionally costed but the panel would be interested to know about any attempt to access finance such as grants and other forms of funding, including crowd-funding.
As with previous pitches, architects have just three minutes to present, after which the panel will give their feedback and a winner will be announced.
Current examples of architects’ self-generated projects include Studio Octopi’s Thames Pool, AL_A’s Pitch/Pitch and the architect-funded Project Compass, which provides free access to OJEU.
Archiboo founder Amanda Baillieu said: “There’s an abundance of practices generating their own projects. Some of them have a social purpose while others are more entrepreneurial but all of them show architects moving outside their traditional role”.
Archiboo is grateful to HOK London for supporting this initiative.
The Architect Pitch is part of the London Festival of Architecture
If you would like to be considered for the pitch, please fill in the form below by June 5th
If you would like to watch, please book here
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