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Ian Banks / Atoll CV

Contact Details:

Ian BanksDirectorAtoll Ltd73 Manchester RoadKnutsfordCheshireWA16 0LX

Web: www.atoll-uk.com

Linked-in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/atollTwitter: https://twitter.com/AtollUKBlog: http://atolluk.blogspot.co.uk/Email: ian.banks@atoll-uk.comTel: 07717710014

Practice Profile:

Atoll is a deliberately small art + architecture collaborative that works creatively with a network of artists,architects, landscape architects, engineers, designers, and other creative individuals and organisations. Atollis involved in many creative areas, explored through both strategy, policy, project management, curatorialdelivery and Joint Lead Artist type roles all set up on a project-by-project basis to meet the needs of

particular projects and clients.

The role that Ian Banks provides is both a traditional (essentially reactive) public realm consultant andcurator, and also a collaborative (more proactive) creative enabler to explore wider commissioningopportunities for place-making - i.e. beyond just public sculpture, artisan craft and integrated arts. This latterrole often involves acting as a 'cultural broker' for the client, design team, community, cultural advocacybodies (i.e. Local Authorities, Arts Council England etc) and artists to question the brief and then produceand deliver innovative curatorial approaches that help us all to question, identity, understand, appreciate andenhance our public sense of space and place.

As well as being an RIBA Chartered Architect, professionally speaking, Ian is both a Fellow of the RSA, anda Built Environment Expert (BEE) for Design Council Cabe. From a voluntary perspective, Ian is also anappointed Member advising on culture in the public realm for the Manchester & Pennine Waterways

Partnership for the Canal & Rivers Trust.

Professional Experience Abridged:

Director of Atoll, Ian Banks qualified as a Chartered Architect in 1990 after a 2-year VSO posting as HeadArchitect for the Maldives Ministry of Education. This was followed by 10-years working in the UK in thecommunity architecture and commercial design sectors. For 4 years between 2000 and 2004, in a mid-career sabbatical, he began to expand on his past interests in public art whilst on a temporary secondmentas the Public Art & Architecture Officer for Arts Council England, North West. Following this, Ian launchedAtoll, his public art and architecture collaborative in January 2005.

Eight years-on from this, he has been involved in fronting in a broad portfolio of public realm projects, mostlybased in a 'Greater North'. As such, he is currently leading on a project called ArtistCall for Blackburn with

Darwen Council, in delivering 8 Lead Artist residencies and a wider public art programmes for Blackburn'sBuilding Schools for the Future projects; He has recently completed work on public art consultancies for both

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the Isle of Man government (with artist Noah Rose); and for Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen; In 2012,he prepared the public art feasibility for the 3.5m Staffordshire Saxon sculpture, linked to the StaffordshireHoard for Stoke-on-Trent City Council; and in 2011, working for Lancashire County Council (and linked toBAE Systems and the NW Aerospace Alliance), developed the creative feasibility for a potential 1.5maerospace public art commission(s) for Lancashire and the North West; In October 2010 he facilitated WhatsUp-Whats Down, a 3-city tour for the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture; InMarch 2010 he co-facilitated with artist Noah Rose a Space Shapes Learning school design study tour totake 20 head teachers to Copenhagen; and in 2009, he co-curated with Noah the CreativityWorks award-

winning mini-festival for public art called Hiddenplace for Burnley Borough Council.

As well as these collaborations, other recent consultancies have included preparing a range of public art andcultural review strategies for Burnley, Carlisle, Lancaster & Preston City Council and Weaver Valley RegionalPark (with Taylor Young) in the North West; For Sunniside Partnership and Wearmouth-Jarrow PartnershipWorld Heritage bid in the North East; And for Bradford Metropolitan District Council in Yorkshire - where heproject managed the pre-construction phases of a 1m public art commissioning proposal for the 25mMirror Pool City Park; In addition to this, in October 2008 he was commissioned to act as public artconsultant to review past and future public art policy throughout Cheshire County Council - leading up to theLocal Government Restructure of Cheshire in April 2009. In 2006, he acted as the lead facilitator for ArtsCouncil England WMs region-wide Explore pilot - a 3-year project to try to seed public art projects and bringthe client base closer to artists, consultants and professionals.

Since 2004, Ian Banks have occasionally acted as Associate Consultant at Beam in Wakefield part of thenational Architecture Centre Network. Here, his past strategic roles have included preparing the 4.5 millionpublic art funding strategy for the pan-regional Icons of the North pan-regional marketing programme forNorthern Way (with part-funded projects including Anthony Gormley's Another Place on Sefton Beach andJaume Plensa's Dream at St. Helens - amongst others); Prepared the East Midlands regional public artreview for Arts Council England, East Midlands; Has curated and delivered a public art delivery programmefor the Widnes Waterfront EDZ; Co-written the Public art and Wayfinding Strategy for Derby City Council;And most recently (April 2010) wrote the Sustainable Art & Design in Public Realm Strategy for Craven DCand Public Art Delivery Plan for Markham Vale in Derbyshire.

Ian Banks has written regularly on art and architecture for a number of specialist publications, which haveincluded: Art & Architecture Journal, The Art Times supplement to the Times newspaper, Prospect NW, AMagazine, Architecture Centre Networks Snapshots, and the US publication Public Art Review. He is

currently the Deputy Editor of the Art & Architecture Journal. He have also written the feature article PublicArt - Guidelines for Commissioning ' in the Manual for Historic Streets' produced by the English HistoricTowns Forum.

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Current Affiliations & Memberships

Fellowship of RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).http://www.thersa.org/fellowship - October 2012 and ongoing.Membership of Arts Development UK Skills Bank (AD:uk), national charity and one of the largest nationalorganisations representing the interests of those working in arts development for local communities.Membership represents almost 400 organisations and local authorities working in the arts and communitiessector.http://artsdevelopmentuk.org/ - 2012 and ongoing.Built Environment Expert (BEE) appointed to a new expert network by the Design Council Cabe. Seehttp://www.designcouncil.org.uk/bee- appointed July 2012 and ongoing.Memberappointed to the Manchester & Pennine Waterways Partnership, 1 of 10 volunteer advocates andadvisors acting regionally for the Canal & Rivers Trust . See:http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/noticeboards/manchester-and-pennine-waterways/whos-who- from March 2012and ongoing.Executive Memberacting voluntarilyfor the Love & Etiquette Foundation a Lancashire based initiativewhich uses Art, History and Culture as a means of communication - http://www.loveetiquette.com/about.html- appointed February 2012 and ongoingNominated Beam Associate, 1 of 12 appointed from a pool of experts drawing on place-making, culturaland other practitioners. See: http://www.beam.uk.net/beam_associates/ - appointed 2011 and ongoingRegistered Memberof Architects Registration Board and Chartered Architect of Royal Institute of Architectssince 1990 and ongoing.

Atoll Project Experience - January 2005 to Present:

Invited to Call for Evidence regional workshop on Farrell Review of Architecture & Built Environment inEngland. July 2013. See - http://www.farrellreview.co.ukArts Strategist for Blackburn with Darwen Council working on the 88m BSF programme for 8 new schools.See: www.artistcall.net- appointed July 2010 and ongoing.Public Art Consultant appointed for Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen to develop campus wide publicrealm programme. See http://publicartandtheriverside.blogspot.co.uk/. appointed April 2012 and ongoingPublic Art Coordinatorfor Isle of Man for the regeneration of Douglas, Peel, Ramsey, Laxey, Port St Maryand Port Erin. See:http://sevenmanxtowns.blogspot.com/ - December 2011 and ongoing.Advisor for Stoke on Trent for the public art business plan for their Staffordshire Saxon, linked to the

Staffordshire Hoard See:http://staffordshiresaxon.blogspot.com/ - December 2011 and ongoing.Aerospace Monument consultant for BAE Systems and members of the NW Aerospace Alliance workingon behalf of Lancashire County Council to develop a delivery plan for a 1.5m celebration of the Aerospaceindustry in the region - delivered July 2011.Multi-disciplinary team as part of Ian Simpson Architecture bid for the NW Construction Hub Engineering &Professional Services Framework with GVA Grimley, WSP and Planit.Joint Facilitatorwith Liverpool Biennial of the UK art and architecture study tour to Manchester, Leeds andLiverpool for The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture's wider European tour.See: http://www.whatsup-whatsdown.blogspot.com/. - delivered October 2010.Lead Consultant acting in collaboration with beam in delivering the Sustainable Art in Design in PublicRealm strategy for Craven District Council - completed April 2010.Joint Facilitation with artist Noah Rose ofSpace Shapes Learning teachers study tour (5 days) to viewexemplar school design in Copenhagen for MMU's Centre for Urban Education - delivered March 2010.

Hiddenplace project awarded Lancashire County Council's CreativityWorksaward in September 2009 underBest Use of Creative Space. Programme jointly curated with artist Noah Rose as an artist animation anddevelopment programme for Burnley BC completed June 2009.Collaboration withARTS UK and landscape architects Space* landscape architects to delivera public artstrategy vision as part of the wider Townscape Study and Landscape Vision for the Wearmouth-JarrowWorld Heritage Site for South Tyneside Council ongoing.Collaborating with lead artistAmenity Space and landscape architects Gillespies on the Lancaster SquareRoutes public realm masterplan - completed March 2010.Lead Consultant for Cheshire County Council on public art policy development strategy - produced inadvance of the Cheshire LGR completed July 2009.Expert Group member for the Morecambe Bay & Duddon Regional Park, as organised by Mersey BasinCampaigns Regional Parks Xchange - completed September 2008.Sub Consultant to the Gillespies team, to deliver and project manage the 880k public art strategy as part

of the 26m Bradford Mirror Pool project for Bradford MBC completed August 2010.

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Joint Consultant with Taylor Young and arts consultant Cathy Newbery to deliver the cultural strategy forthe Weaver Valley Regional Park for Cheshire CC completed October 2008.Commissioned by Preston City Council to deliver a draft public art and landmark gateway strategy and SPD ongoing.Appointed with Landscape Architects Gillespies and Arts UK in July 2007 to develop the public art strategyfor Carlisle City Council completed 2009.Short-listed by Omagh District Council in June 2007 with landscape architects Camlin Lonsdale -www.camlinlonsdale .com - and artist Jochen Gerz - www.gerz .fr- for Stage 2 of the Omagh Bomb Memorial

Competition.Commissioned by US publication Public Art Review in June 2007 to write an article on public art inNorthern Ireland to be published as a joint publication with Art & Architecture Journal -www.publicartreview .orgAppointed in May 2007 onto the Places Matter! inaugural Design Review Panel for the North West asorganised by Renew NW.Commissioned by RIBA NW in 2007 to write an article for the inaugural edition of their new regional Amagazine writing about Turning the Place Over - the Richard Wilson kinetic sculpture for Liverpool.Curatorappointed by in 2007 by Sunniside Partnerships for their new public art programme for Sunnisidecreative quarter in Sunderland www.callforartists.org - ongoingFacilitatorfrom November 2006, for Arts Council England West Midlands Explore pilot project that supportsthe delivery of public art projects in the West Midlands. A 3-year project, Explore brought the client basecloser to artists, consultants and professionals; provided a forum to inject imagination into the development

of artists work in the public realm; and activated expertise within the region by levering in more resourcesand create better opportunities for artists www.exploreinitiative.co.ukCommissioned in August 2006by the UK Architecture Centre Network toprepare a series of six writtenevaluations for their end-of-year magazine publication Snapshot 2.Appointed in March 2006 as joint Creative Consultant with artist Noah Rose on the arts in the public realmstrategy to work alongside architects BDP on the Burnley Masterplan.Prepared theproject application and Delivery Plan in January 2006 for the 50 million Big Lottery - LivingLandmarks bid for Blackpool Council. Project is to develop community arts engaged eco lighting strategy forthe Illuminations.Consultant from 2005, working for Urban Regeneration Company Sunderland Arc alongside lead artist DanDubowitz, to set up a workable Delivery Plan for the city centres Cultural Masterplan with its anticipated 8million public art investment plan for Sunderland over the next 12 years.Completed aNorthern WayScoping Study in October 2005, for the Prospect North architectural magazine

to explore wider expansion into the North east and Yorkshire.Between October 2005 and September 2006, sat on the panel of Urban Vision, the North Staffordshirearchitectural Design Review Board - meeting regularly to design review and assess all major planningapplications in the region.Commissioned by Art & Architecture Journal from September 2005 as a Northern Correspondent to writeregularly on public art issues relating to the North of England.Commissioned in June 2005 by St Helens Borough Council, along with artist Michael Trainor as joint leadartist on the developing town centre public art strategy and focal point.Design Consultant in May 2005 for second phase of Panopticons project working for Mid Pennine Arts andalongside Structural Engineers Martin Stockley Associates and QS Colin Hayward.Consultant to RIBA NW and RENEW, the NWDAs new Regeneration Centre of Excellence in theNorthwest, in February 2005 to prepare and curate the exhibition and events for the initial events andexhibitions programme launching in summer 2005.

Curatorfor a 10-series lecture programme called Talking of Art, exploring public art and regeneration forCentral Lancashire University and the Harris Museum in Preston began 2004 and ended 2005.Engaged as Consultant Director of the Centre for Creativity in the Built Environmentat Beam in Wakefield.First commission won involves preparing Arts Council England pan-regional public art strategy for theNorthern Way for three northern RDAs of England; as well as the regional public art scoping strategy for theEast Midlands - From December 2004 to 2011.Wrote a monthly critique on public art in the RIBA NW Prospect North architectural magazine betweenJune 2003 to October 2005.

Work at Arts Council England, NW - October 2000 to December 2004:

Appointed in 2000 part-time Public Art & Architecture Officer for the NW region (Greater Manchester,Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire & Cumbria) and contributed to the commissioning of key iconic works and

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strategic initiatives over that period and liaising with artists, community and all regional arts, local authorityand government delivery agencies. Key project associations were with the Centre for Understanding the BuiltEnvironment (Cube) in Manchester, and the Irwell Sculpture Trail.Produced in 2003, the concept feasibility, name and logo for Panopticons, the six East-Lancashirecontemporary follys produced through artist-architect collaboration. www.panopticons.uk.net Evaluations carried out between 2000 and 2004 on the architecture and public art elements to Arts CouncilEngland NWs Capital Lottery, Regional Arts Lottery Fund and Grants for the Arts programme.Created and helped establish a pilot mechanism for the North West Development Agencys Public Art

Funding Plan in 2003 carried out in collaboration with RIBA NW and Arts Council England.

Awards and Exhibitions:

Technology Strategy Board Innovation Award received in May 2013. Atoll received a 5,000 InnovationVoucher (Round 2) award from Technology Strategy Board for R&D in design & sustainable technology.Bradford City Park Mirrorpool won the highly prestigious 2012 British Construction Industry RegenerationAward. It was also shortlisted by the Association of Town Centre Manager's (ATCM) Awards for 2012 underthe categoryAnimating Public Space.Hiddenplace collaborative project awarded the CreativityWorks business awards for 2009 -www.creativityworks.infounderBest use of Creative Space www.hiddenplace.org.uk AwardedArts Council England Grants for the Arts award in 2007 for theresearch and writing of 4 articles onart in public realm for the international magazine Art and Architecture Journal www.artandarchitecturejournal.com.This also includes an International Edition in 2007, prepared inconjunction with the US publication Public Art Review - www.publicartreview .org and featuring an article onpublic art in Northern Ireland.Recipient of the 2004 RIBA Ricketts Award, to carry out research into architectureand the curriculum and to develop a pilot software version of Architrek - www.archi-trek.com - interactivearchitectural guides (a project created and solicited whilst working for ACE NW).Featured in the Prospect NW magazine www.prospectmagazine.com Power 100 list of NW most influentialpeople in the development sector - under the title Opinion Formers both whilst working as Public Art &Architecture Officer for Arts Council England NW in the 2004 poll, and independently practicing as Atoll in2005.Privately commissioned design for a Sustainable Tourist Resort on the Indian Lakshadweep islands wasfeatured in the Manchester Society of Architects Design Awards at Albion Wharf, Manchester 1993.Organic design for a steel canopy to Afflecks Palace in the Northern Quarter in 1989 was fabricated byartists and was featured in Manchester City Councils Planning and Environmental Health Handbook 1998.Diploma scheme for Pomona Hippodrome a dockside Community Education Campus was featured in theNew Voices in the City: Art & the Urban Environment exhibition at Manchester Town Hall, 1993.First Class Honours Degree scheme for an Environmental Study Retreat in Anglesey was featured in theCrown Paints Awards: National Travelling Exhibition of 1985.

Qualifications:

Full RIBA & Architects Registration Board (ARB) memberDegree: BA (Hons) First Class (1980-1984) - Manchester Polytechnic School of ArchitectureDiploma: Dipl. Arch (1984-1986) - Manchester Polytechnic School of ArchitectureRIBA Part III: Chartered Architect since 1990

Continuing Professional Development: Ongoing as RIBA / ARB professional undertakingFRSA: Fellow of the RSA

Insurances: 2013/2014

Professional Indemnity: 1,000,000 Glenham Underwriting Ltd (Policy Number GMTM370042XB)Note: Shortly to be increased to 2m.Employers Liability: 10,000,000 - Fortis Ltd (Policy Number FT429658XB)Public Liability: 5,000,000 - Fortis Ltd (Policy Number FT429658XB)Products Liability: 5,000,000 - Fortis Ltd (Policy Number FT429658XB)

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