Shifting Order / Data-Visuals & Loose Maps
06 Jun—22 June (17 dates)
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Exhibition Research & Design
Event Summary
An open-ended enquiry into land use in Glasgow—mapping how shifting, self-built spaces persist alongside large-scale development.
Time
9am to 5pm BST
Date(s)
06 Jun—22 June
Location
The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow
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Additional Location Info
Step-free access / Digital versions will be available / Large-scale visualisations will be legible at a range of distances.Supporters
– The Association for Industrial Archaeology
– Society for the Study of Labour History
Organiser
Unfixed Design
Social
This project examines how different approaches to land use have shaped Glasgow’s cityscape. In cooperation with Showpeople—travelling fairground workers and enduring placemakers in the city—it uses mapping as a tool to trace regulative building, lived spatial know-how, and the reciprocity between people and place.
Cities are often framed through master plans and fixed zones, erasing adaptive or resourceful spatial use. This project is a counter to that—a mapping of anomalous practices forming a consequential urban element, one displaying our tendencies while making place. Through loose maps and data-visuals, the work aims to both outline urban zones and expose the forces blurring their designs. Meshing mobilities, self-assembly, and tangled infrastructures, this project embraces a messy, process-driven approach to urban form.
Visitors can add spatial accounts on-site, expanding the archive beyond official records. An online archive extends this dialogue, forming an ongoing chronicle of Glasgow’s unfixed, in-between spaces.
There's no cost to attend, and no advance booking is required. For further details, visit Unfixed Design: https://unfixed-design.org/
