The Loughborough Estate in Brixton is one of the poorest and
toughest areas in London, and so, to help to improve its social and economic
potential, this project envisages the provision of communal gardening and
retail facilities such as 'pop-up' shops, greenhouses, youth centre,
allotments, park spaces, etc. Many of the temporary units can come and go
depending on whatever demand there is from small local entrepreneurs, or else
spring into life when a festival-type ritual is taking place. Meanwhile, the
main permanent elements in the scheme are to be constructed out of brick by
local residents, using many different types of bonds and jointing, thereby
acting also as a skills training exercise through its very creation.
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