Over a period of eight years, the Illegal Town Plan (ITP) team have worked with the people of Rhyl, North Wales, to use participatory design methods to engage in alternative forms of social, economic and material speculation. Our (co)design and (co)architectural speculations aim to gather momentum around alternative futures for towns that have been stripped of political and economic agency.

In 2019 Loizeau and Ward were invited to Murska Sobota, Slovenia to use their methods with the residents of the town to help them define the form, function and future of a fragile speculation. The project centered around the production of a ‘collective model’... a reimagined town plan, defined and designed by the participants, formed into an architectural model that embodies some of the communities cultural and historical ambitions. During the two year process, the project engaged with over 120 residents in Murska Sobota, including 80 local school children. In this time, we produced; a double sided single produced with local musicians and poetry from the children; ceramic models for the future of Murska; sticks of rock to celebrate the future; prints and graphics of historical modernist buildings; an exhibition to showcase the best work to the rest of the town; a disco to dance in the future.

The project has been disseminated widely through national Slovenia radio and television.

• Loizeau, Jimmy and Ward, Matt. 2021. Disco School: Murska Sobota Castle - MIKK. In: "Disco school: Reimagining the future of Murska Sobota", Park Theatre (Gledališče Park)/MIKK Gallery, Murska Sobota, Slovenia, 11 - 22 September 2021. [Show/Exhibition]
• Ward, Matt; Loizeau, Jimmy; Božanić, Sara and Ružič, Mihaela. 2021. Disko School: Firminy. In: "My neighbourhood, my city", Cite le Corbusier, The Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy, France, 15 - 24 October 2021. [Show/Exhibition]
• Ward, Matt; Loizeau, Jimmy; Božanić, Sara and Ružič, Mihaela. 2021. Disco School: Reimagining the future of Murska Sobota. In: "Disco School: Reimagining the future of Murska Sobota", Institute for Transmedia Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia. [Show/Exhibition]
• Loizeau, Jimmy and Ward, Matt. 2021. Vö Fajna!. [Audio]

Children collaborators:
Dunja Ana Colombo, Neli Čep, Lucian Dujanovič, Gaja Krčmar, Tija Murgelj, Lara Copot, Aneja Gomboc, Betina Pucko, Urša Šlibar, Ana Žvokelj, Zarja Garcia, Hana Marinič, Taja Horvat, Žana Martinec, Marsel Meleš, Tine Šalamon, Mia Topovšek, Nina Bohnec, Maj Balažic, Katja Egić, Lučka Gostenčnik, Lan Graabar, Žiga Grah, Gaja Horvat, Kiara Horvat, Tjaša Horvat, Vanja Horvat, Lana Tia Kuhar, Žan Luk, Luka Pojbič, Lan Šalamun, Alina Šarkezi, Julija Šinko, Samanta Šipoš, Luka Škaper - Meško, Alex Vukan, Mai Borovič, Bor Patrik Burjan, Maruša Durič, Jure Garcia, Luka Valentin Grabar, Iztok Kikec, Kiara Kolbl, Luna Kuhar, Neža Küplen, Vid Mlinarič, Neli Režonja, Zoja Šantavec, Lara Šebjan, Aleksander Škafar, Keanu Švenda, Kim Kuzmič, Enei Lucu, Tian Mesarič, Ajda Oček, Katarina Petrović, Lado Ratkai, Mia Topovšek, Kio Červek, Lina Felkar, Lem Forjanič, Erik Gomboc, Tajda Gostenčnik, Jaša Grčar, Val Hajdenkumer, Filip Horvat Mohar, Aljaž Kokol Povh, Izabela Zala Kranfogel, Jure Kumin, Matic Kranfogel, Jakob Cigüt, Maruša Durič, Blaž Tobias, Dej Duričić, Eva Kuronja, Aleks Horvat, Luka Mesarič, Maša Kos, Matic Brunec, Tine Šalamon, Alex Gutalj, Naja Gjerek, Taja Marič, Urška Obal, Zana Zrim, Tia Lülik, Lara Kuzmič, Eva Kumin, Eva Marija Fičer, Dina Ismajlović, Hana Ismajlović, Zara Sabotin, Ula Sabotin, Miha Šebjan, Vasja Pertoci, Taras Kikec, Katjuša Pertoci

Production Team:
Ana Nicol Ropoša, Mateja Filipović‑Sandalj, Tomaž Županec, Petar Božanić, Oleg Šuran, Sebastijan Škraban, Žan Bedenik

Music Production Team:
Matej Končan aka kleemar, Big Pappa, Izabela Zala Kranfogel, Maruša Durič, Matic Kranfogel, Jakob Cigüt

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31064