FROMTHEGROUNDUP (FTGU) is an interdisciplinary art and architectural design studio based at Primary in Nottingham. Made up of a core team of William Harvey, Elin Keyser and Jacob Kelly who bring in a range of collaborators for specific projects bringing together a range of experience in architecture, sustainability, art, research and making.
Our projects are carefully considered to be as low impact as possible by using Passivhaus design principles together with low embodied carbon materials, helping to reduce the environmental impacts of construction on the planet. We use participatory design methodologies to co-produce work, which doesn’t always end-up as a building. Agency throughout design stages is shared, a process which fosters a sense of ownership with those who inhabit and use the resulting space. We believe this creates richer and more sustainable projects.
We work at multiple scales from furniture to domestic up to the organisational and institutional. This includes private clients, arts organisations and community groups with whom we seek to create joyful places and spaces for human and more-than-human cultures to thrive in.
FTGU is a not-for-profit worker’s co-op, with shared responsibility and ownership among its members, creating a more ethical working culture. Any profits are reinvested into community projects, research, art and writing. This allows for explorations into the ethics, philosophies, and the practicalities behind climate change mitigation, material (re)use, and participatory design.
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THE MATERIALS STORE (2023)
The Materials Store is a space for facilitating material reuse. Situated at Primary in Nottingham, this new facility aims to tackle the material culture around art production and exhibition making. This
structure employs circular economic thinking as a model that is
restorative and regenerative by design, through shifting perspectives on waste,
thus reducing pollution by keeping products and materials in use out of
landfill or incineration.
Designed and built by FTGU, the structure is split into three
bays. The first bay is for storing Primary’s equipment and materials. The other
two bays are used for residents to store, process and remake materials.
The
store has been constructed in keeping with its aims, using reclaimed materials where
possible and screwed and bolted together so that it can be reassembled elsewhere
at the end of its life at Primary, or the materials repurposed.
Project Team: William Harvey & Jacob Kelly
Structural Design: Lois Plaistow Structural Engineers
Build team: Will, Jake, Rob, Danny & Pat
Volunteers: Nick, Connie & Primary residents
Client: Primary
Location: Nottingham