Our Future Foyle
Client: Public Health Agency NI
Overview
Our Future Foyle is a transformative, innovative cultural and health intervention focused on the River Foyle in Derry/Londonderry. The project has been developed over the past three years through extensive community and stakeholder engagement in association with the Public Health Agency, Health Agency NI and Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design.
Fields of Practice
Mental Health
Communities
Resilience
Public Space
Culture
Regeneration
Economy
Technology
Services
Policy Scoping
Market Analysis
Stakeholder Consultation
Public Engagement
Strategic Vision
Design Strategy
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www.futurefoyle.org
This project delivers three interventions
Foyle Reeds
The Foyle Reeds seek to be a cultural installation with the dual purpose of a suicide prevention mechanism on the Foyle Bridge. This installation would be the largest public sculpture in Northern Ireland and aims to develop and inform suicide prevention measures for cities worldwide. Linking the Atlantic Way and Causeway Coastal routes this bridge also links Ireland and Northern Ireland. Utilised and developed to its full potential, the Foyle Bridge has the ability to enhance tourism of the wider area, following the success of the Peace Bridge and the landmark that it has become in the city of Derry.
Foyle Bubbles
The Foyle Bubbles; multi-use spaces, designed to be placed on the river banks for creative public engagement with each pod being used by local creative and commercial enterprises within the city. With mental health training and education an essential part of the residency, the occupiers will be a public-facing network of support and response for both the people they are engaging with path and with incidents along the riverside. The potential of the Foyle Bubbles is unlimited for tourism and the success of the engagement. The ability for a pod to answer questions, play songs and monitor the pedestrian flow is an engagement tool able to revolutionise tourism and how the public engages along the river.
Foyle Experience
The Foyle Experience is a series of creative and innovative installations aiming to benefit “residents and visitors experience of the city, improving connectivity and reducing isolation.” Based around community involvement and engagement, sculptures around the river seek to increase footfall, enhancing city connectivity and increase wayfinding, incorporating social media and digital technology and promoting civic engagement on all levels.
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