As part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture (LFA), we’re excited to open the doors of our Clerkenwell Studio for a special event exploring the theme “Reworking the City: Turning Forgotten Places into Thriving Spaces.”

Where: Chetwoods Studio, 13-16 Britton Street, Clerkenwell, EC1M 5SX

When: 5 June 2025 17:00 - 20:00

Free / Drop-in / All welcome

This drop-in interactive workshop invites visitors to step into the future and reimagine how we can shape our shared urban future, transforming overlooked and underused parts of our urban fabric into inclusive, sustainable and thriving spaces. What does a people-focused city really look like? How can we make London more liveable, imaginative, and future-ready? Through hands-on making, sketching, discussion, and shared creativity, we’ll explore how hidden and neglected pockets of London can be adapted to better serve the people who live, work, and move through the city. Whether it’s rethinking redundant infrastructure, finding new life for historic buildings, or uncovering the potential of spaces in-between, we’ll delve into how we can repurpose the overlooked into the essential. Visitors will have the opportunity to connect with our team of architects and peers in an informal, collaborative setting where everyone can share ideas, insights and inspirations about the city’s hidden potential. You will be able to experiment with model-making and sketching to explore future-focused design, and discover projects that showcase the adaptive reuse of forgotten urban spaces: from reclaimed basement spaces, transformed underground car parks and disused brownfield sites, to new office typologies, visions for a new era of ecological urbanism, and a pioneering approach to social, ecological, and material circularity.

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