#WHOSE MOVES?

The background of this spatial planning idea started with Architectural Review’s #NOTOPIA initiative in 2019 lamenting a (potential) loss of place. We asked why in terms of Regents Canal the city seemed not to be building on what it has already in place, rather than reinventing everything. By doing that we would manage to generate valuable, differentiated, realised pieces of city, #Topias! The postcard showed the river in London, the Thames with the Adelphi project marked & the Regents Canal running from West to South-East.

Now we witness a period of hyper-mobility (& delapidations) which gathers pace.. This is differentiated from picturesque texture or any “cosy” urban grit, it is more a disruptive and chaotic scramble. This is how things are, so many moving parts, some very fast, a lot of work, new & old modes (DIYed carts, scooters, suicidal on-roading) even tuk-tuks. Is this just big city stuff trying to “rub along”?

We see a lot of neglect and simultaneously sustainability thinking is asking us to consider repair and maintenance as existential problems. But this is just inevitable, slow renewal right? You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs…

*We are working with local authority & a TRA group on #futures, visions.. plans.

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