longcuts
For
Architecture Fringe
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In production with
Jenny Jones
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In collaboration with
Restalrig Road & Railway Path Litter Pick
Sarah Calmus
Make ShiftEd
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Restalrig, Edinburgh
2017
For the Architecture Fringe Festival 2017, and in response to their provocation of Infrastructure, Civic Soup produced a weekend of activity around a constructed gathering spot on Restalrig Railway path – a well-used route connecting Easter Road with Seafield, through Lochend and Restalrig.
Leith and the north of Edinburgh have a well documented, rich industrial legacy ranging shipbuilding to glassmaking. The infrastructure of railway lines that underpinned this extensive production remains surprisingly intact and still function as important places of transit.
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We sought to encourage pedestrians and cyclists to slow down, enjoy, and reframe their understanding of the site as a piece of infrastructural heritage on a prolonged amble of activity. With a team of collaborators, we created these spaces through the use of recycled furniture and found materials.




Over the course of the weekend, Longcuts was:
The Restalrig archive, the junk-furniture-drawing-room, the City Factory, picnic lunches, story sharing, collaborative music making, fence weaving with MakeshiftEd and a special appearance from artist, Sarah Calmus.
















