We are delighted that our Waterden Green Space for Teenage Girls project has been nominated for the Child-Friendly Place award as a part of The Pineapples 2025!

This project looks to address the lack of safe spaces for young women and girls by prioritising their safety and comfort in the design of a new green space within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The Design Team worked with Make Space for Girls, the London Legacy Development Corporation, Elevate, and many more young women and girls to co-create a welcoming, joyous, and inclusive space at the heart of the wider park.

The dynamic female-led team included engagement lead Black Females in Architecture, landscape architect Untitled Practice, structural engineer Simple Works, and lighting designer Light Follows Behaviour.

Winning projects will be announced and presented at The Pineapples awards party on 2nd April 2025!

Working with our client the London Legacy Development Corporation, we recently launched an exhibition on Celebrating Community and Youth Engagement in LLDC Projects in One Pool Street, UCL East.

The exhibition is designed, curated, and delivered  in collaboration with Black Females in Architecture.

It has been our great privilege to work on designing the Waterden Green Space for Teenage Girls, and we have opened up the engagement process behind this project and the Marshgate Lane Public Art Commission. Two exciting new public realm commissions in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. We are showcasing the creative contributions of the participants in both projects.

We have had the pleasure of working on the Waterden Green Space for Teenage Girls to deliver the developed design and a series of engagement events, alongside engagement lead, Black Females in Architecture. The female and global majority-led team included landscape architect Untitled Practice, structural engineer Simple Works and lighting designer Light Follows Behaviour.

The workshops for the Marshgate Lane Public Art Commission have been led by artist Sahra Hersi, facilitated by UP Projects and in collaboration with The London Borough of Newham.

Check out this great video about the exhibition by Max Mason!

If you’re in the East London area, drop by free exhibition.

Open daily from 10am-6pm until 28th February

One Pool Street – UCL East, Stratford, London

Progress on our Wolves Lane Community Hub project is moving forward at pace! 

The project re-animates a dilapidated site by retaining existing glasshouses and adding much needed community assets by way of creating new teaching, meeting and learning spaces accommodated in new build innovative spaces. The scheme has been designed with a strong emphasis on ideas relating to food education, circular economy, and social inclusion.

We have designed the new community structures based around an innovative and sustainable construction approach. This included a firm commitment for circular design principles, sustainable and low-carbon materials, and embedding opportunities for skills and knowledge transfer in the construction and management of the buildings.

Recently, our founder and director Pedro Gil co-authored an article with Matthew Lloyd, the founding partner of Matthew Lloyd Architects, for Building Design magazine.

In their open conversation, they shared their thoughts on the industry’s need to talk more openly about race, shedding light on the topics of privilege, discrimination, and equity. We all benefit from having plurality in the voices shaping our built environment.

Find the article by clicking the link above!

Our practice Director, Pedro Gil, is one of the Mayor of London’s 14 Commissioners advising on policy and diversity in London’s public spaces.

Recently Pedro spoke at the Museum of London event hosted by the Mayor’s office on themes around equity, diversity, and our shared public and cultural spaces.

Congratulations to all graduating students from Bartlett BSc Architecture Unit UG10! The unit takes an interest in Latin America and the Global South as design inspiration for London.

The students have worked hard all year based on ideals such as race, gender, equity, social justice, and community value.

The summer show is a celebration of their design projects, tutored by our Director Pedro Gil, Neba Sere, and technical tutor Freya Cobbin.

Graphic design by Celina Carlilse.

The Ledbury Estate achieves planning!

Delighted to announce that our masterplan to renew the Ledbury Estate in Peckham, south-east London has achieved planning! Created for Southwark Council, our proposals to re-envision the 1960s estate will re-provide 224 council homes for existing residents with an additional 116 mixed-tenure homes, alongside a new community (TRA) hall, commercial spaces and a green and playable landscape and public realm.

The renewal by Southwark Council was decided upon following concerns raised in 2017 by residents regarding fire safety and the structural integrity of the four existing tower blocks on the estate. Having evaluated options for the retention and replacement of buildings, residents voted via ballot in 2021 for renewal to take place. Our masterplan proposals are the outcome of sustained engagement and co-design with the estate community who have been directly involved in the design process to steer decisions on all aspects of the scheme. Work is planned to begin on-site later this year

Pedro joins Rashid Ali, Eleanor Fawcett & Fiona Scott on the jury for the 2022 AJ Small Projects Award. Since its launch in 1996, the award’s intention has remained the same: to recognise projects that may not make the headlines but nevertheless give a real indication of the design talent in Britain today.