Date: 2022
Location: Camden, London, UK
Client: Street Space & Camden Highline
Collaborators: James Corner Field Operations & vPPR Architects
Location: Camden, London, UK
Client: Street Space & Camden Highline
Collaborators: James Corner Field Operations & vPPR Architects
Co-designing the Camden Highline
Working as part of the award winning team chosen to design the Camden Highline, Street Space created a 6 month engagement programme to involve local people in turning a disused stretch of railway viaduct into a new elevated park in the sky.
Our approach focused on engaging with those who hadn’t yet heard about the Camden Highline, in particular two major estates adjacent to the proposed route. To do this we hired a local, young engagement producer from the area as part of our team and hosted pop-ups, events and workshops.
Listening to fears around noise and anti-social behaviour we tested a number of interventions within the existing public realm to respond to concerns and build local support for the project. We explored different lighting solutions in dark passageways that felt unsafe, built a playbook of inspirational examples of child friendly spaces with 10 year olds and gathered hopes and aspirations for the Highline from locals using our roving lemonade stand, hosted some ‘walk the line’ walking tours and created large scale collaborative and colourful murals of the future.
Working as part of the award winning team chosen to design the Camden Highline, Street Space created a 6 month engagement programme to involve local people in turning a disused stretch of railway viaduct into a new elevated park in the sky.
Our approach focused on engaging with those who hadn’t yet heard about the Camden Highline, in particular two major estates adjacent to the proposed route. To do this we hired a local, young engagement producer from the area as part of our team and hosted pop-ups, events and workshops.
Listening to fears around noise and anti-social behaviour we tested a number of interventions within the existing public realm to respond to concerns and build local support for the project. We explored different lighting solutions in dark passageways that felt unsafe, built a playbook of inspirational examples of child friendly spaces with 10 year olds and gathered hopes and aspirations for the Highline from locals using our roving lemonade stand, hosted some ‘walk the line’ walking tours and created large scale collaborative and colourful murals of the future.
