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	<title>Oliver Merkin</title>
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		<title>East Southsea Station Mural</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This large mural was painted on the last survivng wall of the former East Southsea Railway station (1885-1914). The train depicted is taken from the only extant photo of any train at the station. The wall was in need of repair and repainting, but the residents went one step further, did all the research themselves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/murals/east-southsea-station-mural/</link>
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		<title>City Photography Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This fullscreen website is to showcase photography of Portsmouth, taken by residents. A collaboration with Deer Park Alpha and Claire Sambrook of Portsmouth University. Try some pictorial tourism and visit the website.]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/projects/city-photography-website/</link>
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		<title>Broadlaw Walk Entrance Sculpture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design for steel artwork, to be erected as a height restriction barrier placed at the entrance to the new Broadlaw Walk estate. Currently being manufactured.]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/projects/broadlaw-walk-entrance-sculpture/</link>
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		<title>Surrealism Workshops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using Surrealism to teach students in Hampshire about urban design and architecture. The EPP was established to create a teacher focused approach to exploring ways that the designed built environment. As part of the Education Partner Programme, we have been working with Portsmouth College on a project that links urban design and surrealism.  The exhibition, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/education/portsmouth-college-surrealism-workshops/</link>
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		<title>Bay House School &#8211; &#8216;Earthquake!&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Deer Park Alpha project. In a continued relationship with Bay House School in Hampshire we worked with the Geography department to design and run a series of lessons that enabled students to learn about the design of earthquake proof buildings. We involved staff and students in the initial planning and together produced lessons that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/education/bay-house-school-earthquake/</link>
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		<title>Somerstown Adventure Playground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Deer Park Alpha project. We were approached by the Portsmouth City Council to research and design an innovative play space. The playground, incorporating a small building, opened in summer 2010 to rave reviews. The final design is the result of an intensive research and community involvement stage. We visited all the playgrounds in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/projects/somerstown-adventure-playground/</link>
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		<title>Tricorn Greenery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photomontage showing the possible transformation of an ugly carpark into something that gives visitors driving into Portsmouth a more positive impression of the city.  The planting would be undertaken by volunteers in a sort of sanctioned &#8216;guerilla gardening&#8216; action. A Portsmouth Society project, and a work in progress. The photo below shows the site pre-transformation: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/projects/tricorn-greenery/</link>
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		<title>Youth Arts Live!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mural for &#8216;Youth Arts Live!&#8217; festival, Poole. 16ft x 8ft This mural, based on ideas and images from local young people, was painted during the inaugural &#8216;Youth Arts LIVE!&#8217;. You can see a video of the event here. The young people who helped paint really got into it and stayed till it got dark to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/murals/youth-arts-live-2/</link>
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		<title>The New Foyer Mural</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Mural was designed and painted with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people from the Portsmouth Foyer centre . The painting now occupies a really prominent site in Portsmouth and the quality is testament to the pride and effort everyone put in. Well done! A First Wessex project, supported by Lovell. Painting in progress&#8230; Detail. In reality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/murals/the-new-foyer-mural/</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth Pavilion Remodelling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An elegant new restaurant and bar design for theatre-goers in Dorset. A Deer Park Alpha project with architect Carl Leroy-Smith. Built in the 1920&#8242;s, Bournemouth Pavilion puts on great shows for its patrons. Sadly the entrance level bar and restaurant did not live up to the same standards. After analysing the existing building, its proportions, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://olivermerkin.co.uk/projects/bournemouth-pavilion-remodelling/</link>
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