DELIVERANCE

Deliverance speculates on a future in which Deliveroo is banned from operating in London due to it’s poor treatment of workers, similar to Uber in 2017. The riders, represented by the IWGB union and still posessing the means to deliver, organise as a worker-owned delivery cooperative and occupy the ‘Deliveroo Editions’ dark kitchen in South Bermondsey. The proposal retains the existing kitchen (now to be run as a community kitchen), as well as incorporating bike repair facilities, a street-facing space for the IWGB union, emergency accommodation for riders and a sauna for relaxation and easing the muscular strain that delivery entails. The whole building is accessible by bicycle, superimposing onto the existing building a network of ramps, gangways and bike racks. The nurture extends into the city - mapping of deliveries and items identified common waypoints passed by riders, which are the sites of ‘cabby shelters’: small havens within the city with provisions and space for the riders to rest.