{"id":10067,"date":"2014-10-06T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T12:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/movement-cafe-2\/"},"modified":"2015-06-20T15:51:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T13:51:52","slug":"movement-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/movement-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caf\u00e9, theatre, local landmark, meeting place and poem \u2013 the Movement Caf\u00e9 in Greenwich is all of this and more.
\nThe caf\u00e9 turned a hole in the ground left by demolition into a fabulous community space run by the not-for-profit Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency which has hosted poetry readings, acoustic performances and a pop-up cinema.
\nThe Movement Caf\u00e9 is a new temporary caf\u00e9 next to the DLR station in Greenwich, South East London, designed by Morag Myerscough. Built from scratch in just sixteen days to coincide with the opening of The Olympics, The Movement Caf\u00e9 is an explosion of colour and type and sits at the centre of an amphitheatre-like space created from the natural level of the site, post-demolition. It\u2019s the result of a public art collaboration between Myerscough and poet and prolific tweeter Lemn Sissay. Myerscough chose this tweet: Lemn Sissay, June 27th 2012
\nTHIS IS THE HOUSE.
\nTHIS IS THE PATH.
\nTHIS IS THE GATE.
\nTHIS IS THE OPENING.
\nTHIS IS THE MORNING.
\nAs there was such a short build time, the solution was to use existing shipping containers. Then the work started cutting holes into the containers, attaching hand painted geometric exterior plywood cladding. The structure is crowned with a tower of scaffolding to hold the words from the tweet with an illuminated \u2018M\u2019 and a wind sock.\u00a0The words from the tweet were painted by hand on large wooden panels, positioned over the core structure of the building which is covered in an original hand-painted Myerscough multi-coloured geometric pattern. All furniture is designed and made by Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan from reclaimed laboratory tops. Cushions are hand sewn from kite fabric.
\nThe outdoor amphitheatre seating area built from scaffolding and scaffolding boards accessible by a ramp and surrounded by planting provides a lovely, contemplative, sheltered place of respite for commuters and visitors to Greenwich and several times a week plays host to storytelling, poetry reading and acoustic performances.<\/p>\n