{"id":17203,"date":"2025-07-23T05:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/17203\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T05:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:41:13","slug":"secret-structure-made-by-cat-students-to-be-unveiled-in-trafalgar-square-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/17203\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret structure made by CAT students to be unveiled in Trafalgar Square next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

A secretive structure created by CAT students will be revealed next week in Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n

Sustainable architecture<\/a> students at Machynlleth<\/a>\u2019s Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) have been creating a bespoke structure for installation at London<\/a>\u2019s iconic square.<\/p>\n

All will be revealed on 26 July as part of a finale celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery.<\/p>\n

\"Throughout<\/p>\n

Throughout the build, students have had help from members of the CAT community and members of the local public with weaving willow using simple techniques to form the woven frames that are part of the roof of the structure. (Centre for Alternative Technology)<\/p>\n

The students were commissioned to create a structure for the celebrations, inspired by CAT\u2019s lineage of self-build construction and working with natural materials, for the Triumph of Art<\/a> event<\/a> – a nationwide art performance by artist Jeremy Deller commissioned for the National Gallery\u2019s Bicentenary.<\/p>\n

CAT students Hannah Maxey and Anna Drost designed the creation, helped by lecturer Gwyn Stacey and a team of students.<\/p>\n

Hannah Maxey said: \u201cThis has been an exciting, challenging and inspiring project to be a part of. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe skills I have picked up working as part of a team to take the project from brief to build are innumerable \u2013 from liaising with Jeremy Deller and Mostyn Gallery in Llandudno, researching and specifying materials, to improving my confidence in the workshop. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunity to get hands-on in such a supportive environment is exactly what I wanted from my Master\u2019s at CAT. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn top of this, it is especially exciting that the project will go on to showcase the beauty of natural materials in the centre of London.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The structure taking shape (Centre for Alternative Technology)<\/p>\n

CAT is calling those who would like to join them at the Triumph of Art<\/a> celebrations, an event that has been touring across the UK, culminating in the free party at Trafalgar Square on 26 July.<\/p>\n

The structure will be revealed as part of these celebrations running from 11-4pm, beginning with a procession at the Bacchanalian, before moving along Whitehall to Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n

The celebrations will feature live music, performances, making workshops and a big birthday tea party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A secretive structure created by CAT students will be revealed next week in Trafalgar Square. Sustainable architecture students…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-17203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}