What if, VACANT LOT, Hoxton, London



	PROJECTS GREENING ROMFORD RING ROAD, London FOOD FACTORIES, London PLANT ROOM, London EXTENSION, London OUT-POST, Liverpool VACANT LOT,London SIT IN, Liverpool HATFIELD, Slough THE TRAVELLING SHED, Surrey MOBILE STAGE BERMONDSEY SQUARE, London SHRINKING CITIES, Liverpool FACING EAST, London ROOF GARDEN, London REFURB, Germany PRODUCE, London TEACHING/RESEARCH FACING EAST, Tower Hamlets, London SUBVERTING THE REAL, Portsmouth PLUG IN, Liverpool PLACES OF UNCERTAINTY, Liverpool PLACED IN BECKTON, London PLACES OF UNCERTAINTY, Sheffield MODESTY SCREENED, London INFORMATION CONTACT PROFILE		VACANT LOT Location: Chart Street, London N1 A SOLUTION TO INNER CITY LIVING? How might you meet the demand for ‘grow-your-own’ within dense urban areas where available land is scarce? What-if: projects together with local residents of an inner city housing estate in Shoreditch have come up with a novel solution: GROW YOUR GREENS IN A BAG. A formerly inaccessible and run-down plot of housing estate land has been transformed into a beautiful oasis of green. Seventy 1/2 tonne bags of soil have been arranged to form an allotment space. Within their individual plots, local residents are carefully tending a spectacular array of vegetables, salads, fruit and flowers. A new sense of community has emerged. On 12. July local resident Maxwell Hutchinson, the radio presenter and former president of the RIBA opened this new inner city allotment together with the Speaker of Hackney Cllr Faizullah Khan. Watch short film by Elin Moe: WHAT IF VACANT LOT ARCHIVE NEW VACANT LOT GARDENS: The Vacant Lot allotment garden in Shoreditch has become a model for further community allotment schemes. LANDSBURY ESTATE Location: Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London Realised by Landsbury Estate Garden Club with Groundwork East London in August 2008. Read more READ: Can city dwellers be more self-sufficient? Times, 28.06.08 *Bagging a bumper crop* Metro, Monday, June 23, 2008 Spacecraft 2 More Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts Vacant Lot features on page 93 Funding and support: VACANT LOT is a commission by Shoreditch Trust and funded by the Arts Council England. Shoreditch Festival information Charles Square and Pitfield Tenant and Resident Association Groundwork East London Hackney Homes and Hackney Council LOVE LONDON Festival London Festival of Architecture