What_if_projects

What if: projects Ltd have been commissioned by the London Borough of Brent to develop and manage The Albert meanwhile project in South Kilburn. We have brought together a team of more than 100 artists, cooks, architects, trainers, musicians, photographers, carpenters and performers who now work at No 1 and 5 Albert Road and will continue to share their expertise, skills and knowledge with the local community through regular free classes, workshops and events.

For more information go to: www.thealbert.org.uk or contact Liam Morrisey

STEPNEY CITY FARM: on site

What if: projects Ltd are helping Stepney City Farm improve their café and offices. A timber screen will enclose the existing container building to create a backdrop for the outside seating area and play space at the entrance to the farm. Works has started on site early February 2013.

Hanover School: new playground (completed in February)

This imaginatively designed playground commissioned by Hanover Primary School is going to have several distinct areas. It will include a fitness course, a natural planted " green island" and two climbing towers overlooking the canal and towpath.Works are scheduled to start on site in October 2012. More info

Help Hanover play! Additional funding for the project has been successfully raised via Spacehive.

new MUGA (launch: 21.05.13)

Improvements to the communal spaces at the Samual Lewis Trust Estate/Amhurst Road started with the Vacant Lot allotment in May 2011 and have been extended to the refurbishment of the Community Hall and the play space commissioned by Southern Housing Group. Phase 1 has been completed this summer with phase 2 works following in December 2012. More info

In July 2012 the Charterhouse Road MUGA project received additional funding from the Mayor of London Facility Fund administered by the Football Foundation.

VACANT LOT programme: year 6

over 800 new allotment plots
on 2 acres of new community growing space

What if: projects initiated the VACANT LOT program with the aim of transforming neglected and unused spaces on inner city housing estates into environments that provide neighbourhoods with the most basic of requirements: outside space, a place to grow food and a place to socialise. Projects investigate forms of neighbourhood engagement and aim to start processes of sustainable change. In deprived urban areas across London small pockets of vacant land have been made accessible and are now occupied by bespoke design elements that enable new communal use.
The What if team is working in partnership with Groundwork, Tower Hamlets Co-operative Development Agency, Social Housing Providers, volunteers and construction teams and has established 21 new allotment gardens so far since 2007.

In July the VACANT LOT program received additional funding from the Big Lottery. More info

VACANT LOT is part of the Carrot City touring exhibition

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GREENING ROMFORD RING ROAD

WHAT IF: projects have developed a masterplan, design guide and a series of pilot projects for the Romford Ring Road including Roundabout and Subway improvements, the first Havering Green Route Map, tree planting, the creation of wildflower meadows along the Ring and an Art Strategy for the Town Centre. More info
Masterplan
Design Guide
Pilot Projects

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