LIVE PROJECT - COMMUNITY HUB/ MARKET

by Haseeb Qadeer

This was a live project in which we worked with the Waltham Forest council to design a community hub in the Bakers Arms area of Leyton, East London. A constantly busy and diverse area filled with people of many different backgrounds, yet it needs something to bring the community together. My take and focus was to create a community space, used for many different activities for all people, as well as a pop up market, giving the chance for the youth in the area to work with elders in society and take them away from the gang culture that is also affiliated with the area. I also wanted to include workspaces/ offices for new start-up businesses to make this a place for fresh, new advances towards the future.