Title:PLACE/Ladywell
Date: 2015
Location: Lewisham, London, UK
Client: Studio Raw & Lewisham Council
Date: 2015
Location: Lewisham, London, UK
Client: Studio Raw & Lewisham Council
PLACE/Ladywell is a Lewisham Council funded project and is the first ‘pop-up village’ in the UK. The site provides temporary housing for 24 homeless families and ground-floor space for community and enterprise use.
The building, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, is demountable and can be re-located to different sites of vacant land throughout the borough.
Occupying the site of the former Ladywell Leisure centre, vacant land pending redevelopment, PLACE/Ladywell offers a short-term solution to the high demand for housing in the Borough.
Anticipating these forthcoming changes, I was tasked by Studio Raw, alongside Tearlach Byford and Jeff Lambert to share and discuss the plans with local residents.
We designed an open and welcoming space situated within a nook of hoarding that surrounded the development. Interactive panels provided the basis of the consultation, displaying different ways for community members to share their ideas.
Alongside the consultation I devised a series of events and workshops including: 3D modelling, a pop-up playground, a temporary cinema, a construction workshop and other events co-hosted with local community organisations.
All insights gathered throughout this process were compiled and shared with Lewisham Council to inform the future use of the building and site. This included the provision of a community cafe and creative workspace.
