London Festival of Architecture 2014
7th June 2014, 3-5 pm
We will hold a community event for families and the community, including small businesses and community groups in the Canalside area of Hackney, East London on 7th June. The theme of this event straddles the concepts of social, natural and cultural ‘capitals’ as part of the theme for the 2014 London Festival of Architecture.
Canalside comprises housing estates on Haggerston and Whitmore Estates, on either sides of the Kingsland Road, E2 including Hoxton and Haggerston. The events on the day will include a herb growing workshop by St Mary’s secret garden-
http://www.stmaryssecretgarden.org.uk
and story writing workshop for children by local charity, Ministry of stories-
http://www.ministryofstories.org
Plus, there will be a community photobooth, ‘Portraits of Canalside’, run by Counterpoints Arts and Shoreditch Trust.
We will also be consulting on design ideas for the community space. On the same day, there will be a street festival on Phillip Street, E2 (across the road) with local foods, music and film events centred in the community centre there. Together, the events on 7th June in the Blueprint space and Phillip Street, E2 will kick off the year long programme of events based on participation and community engagement.
(Photo shows previous work done by a community gardening group)
A specific focus will be on ‘everyday integration and migration’. Through the event, we wish to navigate the human and lived dimension within a local setting and creatively document communities living on Canalside. We hope to use the information to become drivers of the participatory projects in the area. The project aims to implement an action learning initiative through the prism of the creative arts and film.
(photos above show work already carried out by the community)
Address for event on 7th June
‘Blueprint space’: Community space of Bryant Court, How’s Street, Hackney, London E2 (behind Bryant Court on Whiston Road, London E2.
Project Partners:
This is part of a year long project run by Charushila in partnership with Counterpoints Arts and Shoreditch Trust.
Charushila is a small charity working with young people using participation and engagement. Charushila believes that by engaging with children and youth, it encourages their potential and creativity and discourages apathy, vandalism and crime. We work with local artists in our projects, alongside the community and other professionals to help achieve these aims. We have worked in the UK, Venezuela, Palestine and India. Charushila directors include architects Sumita Sinha (eco=logic) and Ken Rorrison (hhbr) and other experts on participatory design.
Counterpoints Arts is a hub of creative arts and cultural projects exploring refugee and migrant experiences. It believes in the dynamic power of the creative arts to inspire social change and enhance inclusion and cultural integration of refugees and migrants. Its work aims to ensure that the rich cultural and artistic contributions of refugees and migrants are recognized and welcomed within British culture, history and identity. Counterpoints Arts co-create, develop, produce, facilitate, promote, curate, research, publish and disseminate a range of arts and media projects.
counterpointsarts.org.uk
Shoreditch Trust works with communities to improve the quality of life of residents promoting opportunities and experiences that facilitate enjoyment, enrichment and raised aspirations. Shoreditch Trust, in partnership with the University of the Arts London, has developed a unique Creative Mentoring project working with young people from east London and creative organizations based in Shoreditch.
Designing Participation 
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