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Successful growth is typically measured by indicators such as numbers of jobs and the total amount of wealth, but these measures don’t tell the whole story. In our latest Spotlight, Jonathan Kay, Senior Regeneration Manager, explains why LB Brent is taking a new approach to economic growth through its new Inclusive Growth Strategy.
How do we measure the success of a place when compared to its surrounding neighbourhood or city-wide economy? FoL Alumni and invited guests came together to explore this question and consider how some of London’s most high-profile regeneration projects perform against a more holistic view of placemaking.
Following our field trip to the Lower Lea Valley in May, which looked at how the CRT maintains, funds and manages uses along their sections of London’s waterways, FoL invited the CRT to facilitate a workshop exploring some of the challenges – and opportunities – that arise when designing with water.
On 25 April, we visited South Acton to learn how Countryside Properties and L&Q are maximising social value in a major estate regeneration scheme.
Constructed in the late 1960s on low-lying marshland criss-crossed by decommissioned military canals, Thamesmead was designed around water. Today, the estate’s 7km of canals and 32ha of lakes are an anchor for Thamesmead’s regeneration.
Canary Wharf and Poplar lie less than a mile apart – but while Canary Wharf is an icon of global finance, Poplar communities are amongst the 10% most deprived in the UK (DCLG). FoL’s 6 June field trip found us in the East End exploring the physical barriers that separate the two.
Our 2018 programme will investigate impacts of road, rail, and red line boundaries throughout London and share ways to reconnect severed communities.
Our 2017 Workspace Matching event brought together cross-sector practitioners to find out about opportunities for workspace-related regeneration.
The numbers are coming in: Just 22 of the dozens of housing delivery models emerging across London are set to deliver some 55,000 homes, averaging 53% affordable.
This grassroots walking tour offered a first-hand look at and insight into a proposed ‘Camley Street Sustainability Zone’ north of King’s Cross.