Intern @ The Building Exploratory: Days 3 and 4 (18-19/5/2011)

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Days 3 and 4 (18-19/5/2011)

I spent Wednesday and Thursday formulating some ideas on a way to collect information on buildings in Bow Road as part of the Transformers project TBE has running. At the moment we have been working on how volunteers will collect information about specific buildings from archives etc. and I’m going to go to the archives next week to test out how easy this is to implement.

I also have started working on gathering a bit of information about Hackneys sporting heritage along with archaeology and long term change in the Olympic park for a school workshop and at the same time, continuing to think about changing the ‘Digging Hackney’ workshop. As you can see things get messy very quickly on my desk whenever I do research…

On Thursday I attended a staff meeting where the team discussed upcoming projects: this made me realise how much the Building Exploratory does and how many different groups they work with.

I’ve got lots to do but nice to have a wide variety of interesting projects to work on. Also it’s great to have responsibility for doing research and having some creative input too!

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About Tom

After finishing my AS levels in English, History, Biology and German I thought it would be great fun to do a week long work experience placement with the Building Exploratory. I have always had a great interest in architecture but especially in the realm of urban planning and design. I also love impressive buildings like sports stadia. Therefore I find many of the projects at the Building Exploratory really captivating, especially surrounding the redevelopment of this part of East London and the legacy of the Olympic Stadium. Whilst here I hope to help organise a workshop for primary schools, provoking thought about the legacy of the olympics and help record significant historic places in Haggerston. I hope I can develop my knowledge of the history of london but also have fun learning about something that really fascinates me.

I am also a big fan of sketching buildings, I play a bit of guitar and I am a massive West Ham fan!

About Jonny

Im undertaking my work placement with The Building Exploratory for 4 weeks from May 16th onwards. I am a Masters Student at University College London, studying Cultural Heritage Studies. Before my MA I used to work as an archaeologist for the Museum of London for three years, excavating sites all across the city, including the Olympics, Thameslink at Borough Market and in the City of London. Whilst here I hope to take part and learn about the wide variety of work the Building Exploratory does and gain experience in a dynamic, educational organisation. Hopefully I can make use of some of my past experience too to help shape some of their new archaeology workshops too.