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A pilot report prepared for the RSA by Centrestruct Associates

Report commissioned by the Arts Advisory Group, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Arts Council of England

Summary and commentary on a study initiated by the RSA and carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)

The Art for Architecture scheme, managed by the RSA, was a collaborative initiative with the Department of National Heritage. It was established with core funding from the Department of the Environment and restricted only to England initial. In 1992, the scheme was extended to Scottish applicants due to Scottish Office funding and similarly to Welsh applicants in 1993 due to Welsh Office funding. The scheme also had a number of private sponsors. Its objective was to enhance the urban environment by encouraging cross disciplinary approaches to building and landscape projects by appointing and providing funds for artists to work as part of a design team from the earliest stages of a development. Michael Wrotesley, DOE, conceived the idea, which stemmed from RSA Student Design Awards. The scheme has been operating since 1990.\n\nDirectly related to the Scheme was the Jerwood Art for Architecture Award. The Award is a financial reward, sponsored by The Jerwood Foundation, to recognise the project which on completion represents both excellence in artistic quality and design and best practice in collaboration. It was presented to the artist and architect, landscape engineer, who are working together. The Jerwood Award was introduced in 1994.\n\nRecords include administrative correspondence, printed items and publicity material, and photographs.

Project files contain records relating to projects which received an award from the RSA Art for Architecture scheme. Each file includes a grant application form and notification letter; correspondence, notes and reports detailing project progress; images in various formats; press information, publications and other sundry items regarding the artist(s), architects or other built environment professionals and their work. In some project files, one or more of the aforementioned items are missing due to loss. Additional images have been archived separately. Project No. 1 is the first project to receive a grant under the scheme, each project thereafter has been given the successive number. Publication grants are numbered separately, and will be recognised by the suffix (Pub) after the project number. Project No. 1 (Pub) is the first publication to receive a grant under the scheme. Project completion dates indicate the completion of the design stage and the artist's involvement in conjunction with the RSA Art for Architecture scheme.\n\nOne image from each project has been attached if such an image exists.

Michael Brennand-Wood was appointed to the design team working on the new Braintree Tabor County High School and Braintree Leisure Centre, Essex. The architect for the project was Ian Fraser from Essex County Council. Brennan-Wood designed decorative flooring and textiles for a foyer and identified a number of other areas within the buildings where the work of artists and craftspeople might be incorporated. This led to the commissioning of a variety of artworks and an artist residency at the school. Client: Essex County Council. Award value £15,000 (sole grant made in the pilot year 1989/90).\n\n

Ian Hunter was commissioned by Rossendale Borough Council and the Bacup and Stacksteads Estate Management Board to consult and carry out work on this improvement scheme for a local housing estate. The project incorporated features and benches sculpted in stone and wall, pavement and bench carvings. Ian Hunter worked in close collaboration with landscape architect Nick Bishop, faciliting the integral involvement of local residents and school children, enabling their individual expression in the proposed works. Client: Rossendale Borough Council. Award value £2,275.\n

Tom Wood was selected through an open competition to collaborate with Allen Todd Architects on the refurbishment of the bar area of the Square Chapel in Halifax. The Square Chapel has been repaired and restored incorporating innovative contemporary design and is an important arts venue in the town centre. Client: Square Chapel Building Trust. Award value £4,500.

Alexander Beleschenko designed a series of stained glass windows for the Mottisfont Court Offices in Tower Street, Winchester. Hampshire County Council Architects brought in Beleschenko and other artists to work with them on the design of the offices. The project recognises the dichotomy of putting a modern office block into a medieval city by presenting an Arts and Crafts/Post Modern brick exterior to the street, while allowing the modern interior to be expressed on the rear elevation through a sheer glass and steel facade. Client: Hampshire County Council Architects Department. Award value £5,000.\n\n

Keir Smith was commissioned to develop a sculptural work for the embellishment of the exterior of Henrietta House in Henrietta Place, London. This prime office development was designed by the multidisciplinary practice Building Design Partnership. Smith took inspiration from the 'Progressive Classicist' architectural style of this and the neighbouring buildings to create a frieze of fifteen high relief sculptures entitled 'From the Dark Cave'. Client: Lynton Plc. Award value £11,000.\n\n

Kate Addison and Rick Faulkner of Chrysalis Arts collaborated with Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Architects Department on the refurbishment of Old Trafford Children's Library in Manchester. The aim of the project was to create an attractive and stimulating new environment for the children's library and to revitalise the exterior, carefully considering the needs of the local diverse community. In developing the designs, Chrysalis Arts ran workshops with local groups, schools and individuals. The Architects Department were keen for this project to pave the way for further Council involvement in arts schemes. Client: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. Award value £2,000.

Brian Fell collaborated with The Landscape Practice on the design of the external and internal spaces at Dean Clough Industrial Park, a development formed with the regeneration of disused Victorian mill buildings. Fell worked on the design of a range of functional items including seating, tree grilles and lighting to enhance the unique character of the development. Client: Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd. Award value £4,500.

Tess Jaray played a major part in the re-design of all the pedestrian areas in the city centre surrounding Wakefield Cathedral. Working with Wakefield Metropolitan District Council's Transportation and Engineering Department at design concept stage, Jaray produced a new floorscape, seating, lighting columns, bins and planters. The result is a zone in which superb design and the highest quality materials have been combined to create excellent new public spaces for residents and visitors to the city. Client: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Award value £4,000.

Jyl Friggens and Graham Robertson worked with architect Max Brewer to incorporate architectural features including ceramic ridge tiles and a decorative balustrade for the Fish Quay design centre. A row of dilapidated buildings was refurbished to create the centre which is now a venue for local artists and craftspeople. Art and architecture have combined to reawaken a sense of place, inspiring interest and creating opportunities for the community, the arts and other business development. Client: Fish Quay Design Centre. Award value £2,320.

Graeme Willson worked with architect Nicholas Rank at St John's Church in Manchester. The building was radically reordered, incorporating a remodelled worship area in the nave of the church as a new centre of focus. Willson produced two paintings and two stained glass windows, and worked closely with Rank to select materials, fabrics and lighting designs to be introduced into the church building. Client: St John's Church. Award value £4,000.