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# Studio Gil

Studio Gil is an architecture and design practice established in 2009. We blend design sensibility and craft with social agency, working closely with ethnic minority groups and organisations.

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- [Home](https://studiogil.org/) - Studio Gil is an architecture and design practice established in 2009. We blend design sensibility and craft with social agency, working closely with ethnic minority groups and organisations.
- [Studio](https://studiogil.org/studio/) - Pedro is passionate about the creative process of crafting buildings and the subtleties of designing for people, places, and communities.
- [News](https://studiogil.org/news/) - View this post on Instagram A post shared by Studio Gil (@studiogil) The Pineapples 2025 Shortlist 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
- [Contact](https://studiogil.org/contact/) - Email mail@studio-gil.com Address SPACE Ilford, Studio 3, 10 Oakfield Rd, London Borough of Redbridge, IG1 1ZJ Social LinkedIn Instagram
- [News](https://studiogil.org/news-2/)
- [Work](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/)

## Work

- [Ilford Housing ](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/ilford-housing/) - Ilford Housing is a socially driven proposal for a constrained site adjacent to Ilford Station, developed in response to the GLA Small Sites Design Challenge. The project reimagines underused urban land as a catalyst for neighbourhood renewal, combining high-quality family housing with an enhanced public realm and integrated green infrastructure. The scheme is structured around
- [Latin American Cultural Centre](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/latin-american-cultural-centre/) - The Latin American Cultural Centre is a strategic vision for a new civic and cultural anchor in London, rooted in the long-standing presence and contribution of Latin American communities across the city. Developed through research and engagement, the project responds to the displacement of established cultural hubs in areas such as Elephant and Castle and
- [Ilford Multiverse](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/ilford-multiverse/) - Ilford Multiverse is a large-scale illustrated artwork commissioned by SPACE Studios for their headquarters in Ilford Town Centre. The project emerged from a participatory workshop hosted by Studio Gil in February 2023 at SPACE’s community outreach hub, The Room. Local residents of all ages were invited to collectively reimagine Ilford not only as it is today,
- [Waterden Green Space for Teenage Girls](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/waterden-green-space-for-teenage-girls/) - Waterden Green Space for Teenage Girls is a pioneering public-realm project in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, created through meaningful co-design with teenage girls and young women from the local area. Working with LLDC and Elevate Youth Voice, Studio Gil’s role is to act as spatial translators, turning the group’s priorities and lived experience into a clear
- [Playbooth](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/play-booth/) - Playbooth is a public-realm installation conceived as an immersive, playful environment that invites participation across ages and backgrounds. The project is composed as a series of interactive elements inspired by children’s games, nursery rhymes, puzzles and riddles, which animate and wrap the internal surfaces of the assigned space. These familiar references encourage curiosity, learning and
- [Urban Patchwork](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/urban-patchwork/) - Urban Patchwork is a public-realm project that uses a simple gridded geometry as a framework for inclusive, adaptable and sustainable community space. The design begins with a two-dimensional pattern laid across the site and carefully tailored to its boundaries, movement routes and desire lines, ensuring the public realm responds directly to how people already use the area.
- [Distriandina](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/distriandina/) - Distriandina is one of the principal social and cultural hubs for the Latin American community in Elephant & Castle, London SE17. The project brings together a restaurant, bar and an internal market that supports a range of small, independently run businesses, including food vendors, money transfer services and legal advice, creating a vital ecosystem of
- [Flex](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/flex/) - Flex is a new-build house in Colombia structured around two clear and complementary architectural ideas. The first is a pair of thickened walls that “flex” along the plan, integrating storage, services and structure. This strategy minimises freestanding furniture, maximises spatial efficiency and allows living spaces to remain open, adaptable and uncluttered. The second idea is
- [Plashet Grove Community Theatre](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/plashet-grove-community-theatre/) - Working with Applecart Arts, Studio Gil undertook a feasibility study to look at the conversion of the Grade II listed Passmore Edwards Library into a community theatre, flexible and affordable workspaces, and a new community cafe. We identified key opportunities to connect the spatial programmes to the wider park, enhancing the original client brief. Within
- [Ilford Public Art Strategy](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/ilford-public-art-strategy/) - Studio Gil explored the development of a public art strategy for Ilford Town Centre, London Borough of Redbridge. Activities were identified as opportunities to improve the public realm and get local people involved and invested in their neighbourhood. The strategy identified local community groups and artists who could be involved in producing artwork; potential
- [St Michael's Church](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/st-michaels-church/) - We have been appointed to aid in the restoration of the Grade II Listed St Michael’s Church in Ipswich, the future permanent home of The Ark of the Lord Church congregation. Following a fire in 2011, the roof of the church suffered extensive fire damage, leaving the 19th century building derelict. Working in collaboration with
- [Wolves Lane Community Centre](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/wolves-lane-community-centre/) - Studio Gil in collaboration with Material Cultures have developed the masterplan for a 1-hectare site situated in Wood Green, North London, as part of the Mayor of London funded Market Garden City project. The project re-animates a dilapidated site by retaining existing glasshouses and adding much needed community assets by way of creating new teaching,
- [Joyce & Snell's Estate](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/joyce-snells-estate-regeneration/) - As part of the 2000-unit masterplan by HTA Design, we have conceived a 19-unit social housing block within the Joyce & Snell’s Estate for LB Enfield. The design consists of 9no. apartments and 10no. townhouses with an emphasis on convivial living, social inclusivity, and doorstep play. The scheme looks to create a neighbourhood of high-quality sustainable
- [Ledbury Estate](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/ledbury-estate-regeneration/) - Studio Gil collaborated with Lead Masterplanner Karakausevic Carson Architects on the renewal of the Ledbury Estate in Peckham, alongside other practices Office Sian and nimtim. The project – which has achieved planning permission – will re-provide 224 council homes for existing residents with an additional 116 mixed-tenure homes, alongside a new community (TRA) hall, commercial
- [Old Peckham Library Housing](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/old-peckham-library/) - Old Peckham Library is a new mixed use social housing scheme commissioned by LB Southwark, providing six residential units, a Women’s outreach centre, and a community café for local charity Pecan. Designed in collaboration with Architecture Doing Place (ADoP), the 250m2 building sits within the diverse community of Peckham, on the infill site of the single-story
- [STACK](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/stack/) - Competition to design a temporary pavilion on the grounds of the Lightbox Museum in Woking. Our proposal consists of a series of staked modules that combine to create a large enclosed space and exhibition surfaces.­­
- [Illustrious Ilford!](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/illustrious-ilford/) - We have developed a proposal which creates a Community Infrastructure Kit of parts that allows flexibility, adaptability, and portability for practical use in Ilford / Redbridge. Potential uses for the kit of parts might include community festivals, community events, pop-up retail and stands , public consultations, performances, etc. Each of the parts of the ‘Kit’
- [2(Point)88](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/2-point-88/) - Commissioned by a private client to remodel, renovate, and extend a 1960s residential property originally designed by the Modernist architect, John Winter. An internal lining sleeve of birch plywood was applied to surfaces and extended onto bespoke furniture pieces. A new steel stair was fitted and the existing 1960’s concrete frame was exposed in selected
- [Ginger & Grey](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/ginger-grey/) - A self-build refurbishment and modernisation of a Victorian terrace house in South East London for the Architect Christo Meyer and Rosalind Lee-Meyer. The project retains some of the original features of the property, but with an extensive upgrade of fixtures, fitting, finishes, new electrical and plumbing services throughout. A simple and modern material palette were
- [Green](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/green/) - Studio Gil completed a stand-alone new build pavilion for Woodcote High School. Working closely with the School client to translate their brief and understand their specific needs, we developed the internal layout, orientation for the building, and a variety of external cladding finish options. The scheme incorporates an external garden for growing seasonal fruit and
- [Billboard](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/billboard/) - Invited competition to design a temporary pavilion for a public building at the heart of the Elephant and Castle regeneration project. Our proposal provides a community resource where the building’s surfaces are spaces for the local community to post and broadcast news about upcoming events. The 3 storey building includes a performance space, seminar rooms,
- [Carnaval HQ](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/carnaval-hq/) - We worked in close partnership with Carnaval del Pueblo Association and Peabody in order to develop three vacant sites on East Street SE17 into vibrant community facilities. The internal design of the units takes inspiration from three iconic Latin American women from the performing arts sector: Carmen Miranda, Celia Cruz and Selena Quintanilla. The project was supported
- [East St. Live Project](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/east-st-live-project/) - Installations created by architecture students from the University of Brighton to promote Carnaval del Pueblo and London’s East Street Market. The installations included a market stall of interactive games and a cocktail-making machine, and featured in the London Festival of Architecture 2016. The live project installations are an extension of a long-running partnership between Studio
- [Vertical Screen](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/vertical-screen/) - Studio Gil were commissioned by a commercial client to develop a vertical six storey building in Bogota, Colombia. The client has expertise in steel fabrication and so much of the building has been designed out of a steel palette varying in scale. Screen surfaces have been developed as a layering device to provide shading, visual
- [Beyond Borders](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/beyond-borders/) - We were commissioned by RIBA to design their temporary pop-up exhibition for the ‘Beyond Borders’ competition. The design of the exhibition consists of a series of modular units that allow for varying exhibiting opportunities – both vertical and horizontal. The exhibition units were built and fabricated by Studio Gil in collaboration with our archicture students
- [Toy Box](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/toy-box/) - The concept for ToyBox focuses on being a giant toy box for children. A 1500mm x 750mm box frame supports three landscapes at different heights. These landscapes act as a surface and support frame for a series of interactions and games accessed through a screen running along the perimeter of the box.
- [Intergenerational Living](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/multi-house/) - In collaboration with ArchitectureDoingPlace, we were selected as one of the finalists for an open competition run by LB Enfield and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH). Our proposal is interested in multi-generational living as a method for facilitating community and civic pride in a North London locality. We blended elements of mixed tenure housing, open communal spaces, entrepreneurial
- [Plaza Latina](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/plaza-latina/) - Studio Gil has worked closely in collaboration with ‘Carnaval del Pueblo Association’ to design and develop a series of market stalls and performance spaces for the ‘Plaza Latina’ festival in Nursery Row Park, London SE17. The stalls were designed to allow for a number of festival uses and to be easily assembled and disassembled by
- [Wire Frame](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/wire-frame/) - Studio Gil were commissioned by Lendlease to design an external performance stage for one of the new parks developed as part of the wider Elephant and Castle regeneration. WireFrame has been conceived as a piece of ‘Urban Furniture’ to be used by the wider public as a seating and benching apparatus when not used for
- [Life-Span House](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/life-span-house/) - Families, personal relationships, social dynamics change and evolve over time. We propose an architecture to adapt with the rhythms of life. Flexibility and adaptability are key driving factors by providing a framework for multi-generational and multi-use housing to flourish. Our work is often inter-generational by nature – we are interested in designing for a variety
- [Concrete House](https://studiogil.org/portfolio/concrete-house/) - Situated in Mile End, East London, Studio Gil were commissioned by the owner of a Victorian terraced house within a conservation area to look at options for creating an extension towards the rear of the property and improved remodelling of the existing interior spaces. The proposed solution consisted of creating an ‘infill’ rear extension with

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