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WIA WORKSHOP: Colour Design for Spaces with Impact

Colour builds better places for people.

Colour is at the heart of human experience with the world and the past year has shown us how important it is to get colour right in our built environment for a sense of positive wellbeing.

Book your free ticket here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-colour-design-for-spaces-with-impact-tickets-160866204147

In this interactive session Justine Fox, colour expert at London agency Calzada Fox will share insights into the use of colour, going beyond pure aesthetics to understand its role in renovation, placemaking, community and sustainability. She will be joined by guest presenter Sonja Karapiperidis, an associate at CZWG Architects in conversation to explore the relationship between colour and materiality, sharing experiences of the challenges they have faced navigating colour and planning.

We invite you to bring your most challenging colour with you to the session where we will help you see it form a new perspective and be more confident talking and specifying colour in the future.

Workshop Format

Presentations from the workshop hosts followed by a colour Q&A and discussion.

Learning outcomes

By the end of our workshop, you will:

  • Understand the importance of colour in architecture for people and planet

  • Recognise the opportunities colour innovation presents within the built environment

  • Talk more confidently about colour to your clients and planning

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for large and small practices as well as freelancers and sole traders, in fact anyone who wants to know more about the transformative power of colour.

About the Workshop Hosts

Justine Fox

Justine Fox is a colour specialist and Co-Founder of Calzada Fox. Her unique understanding of applied colour psychology, colour trend, insights and colour ergonomics with futures thinking informs a multi-disciplinary perspective to design. Calzada Fox’s recently launched Colour for Cities manifesto looks to colour beyond aesthetics within the built environment to make better places for people. www.calzadafox.com

Sonja Karapiperidis

Sonja Karapiperidis is an Associate at CZWG Limited with a strong interest in the craftsmanship of design. Her keen eye for detail and knowledge and understanding of specifications and materials is a key asset to the practice. She has extensive experience as Project Architect across a range of sectors, scales and tenures.

www.czwg.com