PROJECTS
20 VACANT LOTs, London
1 VACANT LOT,London
VACANT LOT@ Louis Vuitton, London
GREENING ROMFORD RING ROAD, London
FOOD FACTORIES, London
PLANT ROOM, London
EXTENSION, London
OUT-POST, Liverpool
SIT IN, Liverpool
HATFIELD, Slough
THE TRAVELLING SHED, Surrey
MOBILE STAGE
BERMONDSEY SQUARE, London
SHRINKING CITIES, Liverpool
FACING EAST, London
ROOF GARDEN, London
REFURBISHMENT, Germany
PRODUCE, London

TEACHING/RESEARCH
PUBLIC WORKS, London - Marseille
FACING EAST, London - Istanbul
SUBVERTING THE REAL, Portsmouth
PLUG IN, Liverpool - Berlin
PLACES OF UNCERTAINTY, Liverpool - Berlin
PLACED IN BECKTON, London
PLACES OF UNCERTAINTY, Sheffield
MODESTY SCREENED, London



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What if: projects have just moved to a shop:
39 Cropley Street, N1 7HT London. Tel. 020 72533376

Photo: Inge Clemente www.ingeclemente.com



GREENING THE ROMFORD RING ROAD
WHAT IF: projects are developing a masterplan and a series of pilot projects for the Romford Ring Road including Roundabout and Subway improvements, the first Havering Green Route Map, tree planting and the creation of wildflower meadows along the Ring and an Art Strategy for the Town Centre. Improvement works to the North Street Roundabout have started on site in September 09. Planting of wildflower meadows and native trees will start in February 2010. Read more

Join the Friends of the Ring Road group and get involved with tree planting and sowing of wildflowers along the Ring Road.

20 VACANT LOTs
What if: projects have been mapping vacant and neglected spaces that surround inner city housing estates in London. Gaps within the urban fabric both detach and isolate communities. The team has been developing a strategy for how these unloved spaces could be appropriated to accommodate the needs of the local population. The basic need for food and outside space for socialising and recreation was developed into a proposal to transform formerly fenced off and neglected pieces of land into allotment gardens. The first Vacant Lot allotment garden was established in Shoreditch, London in May 07.

The What if team is now working in partnership with a team of four gardeners from Groundwork to establish 20 new allotment gardens over 3 years for the production of food on inner city housing estates in London. Site clearing and work with the different communities started in November 2009. Read more

GREEN ROOF
It is anticipated that green roofs will be a pragmatic and often the only means of adapting the urban fabric especially in central London, to climate change. What if: projects completed this small green roof with roof terrace in Kilburn, London in September 09. Read more

EXTENSION
What if: projects completed this extension with green roof + rooflight, new kitchen and bathroom in Kew in September 2009. Read more

Architecture of Change 2
Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment