Community – Page 2

14/09/2017

by bd

RUSS Community Led Housing

Roundfield in collaboration with social enterprise Landstory have been invited to work with the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) to deliver their pioneering Church Grove housing project in Lewisham alongside Architype and Jon Broome Architects. On what is a demanding urban site, we are developing a highly multifunctional landscape that will provide space for growing, socialising and playing whilst harnessing as much rainwater and sunlight as possible to create a vibrant, resilient setting for this new community. "RUSS is a volunteer-led community land trust based in Lewisham south east that aims to provide homes for those priced out of the housing market. The group's vision for Church Grove is to build high quality, sustainable homes providing a combination of one bedroom to four bedroom homes with a range of purchasing and renting options based on the needs of the residents who come forward for the scheme. This will include social rent, affordable...

01/11/2016

by Tom Barnsley

DIY Deptford

Roundfield helped to create and facilitate a series of artistic interventions aimed at raising awareness for a community garden project situated on one of the only remaining areas of open green space nearby to Deptford high street. DIY Deptford was the name of the campaign to reconnect the local community with this space as well as engaging and educating about local food production and resilience. One intervention was a seventeen metre wide willow circle constructed as land art by Roundfield with the help of the local community. The aim of this work was to populate this threatened green space and act as a focal point for activity and discussion ahead of the creation of the planned community garden. As a broad community endeavour it was incredibly effective which was helped by being based in a meanwhile project space on Deptford High Street (Utrophia), which was also the venue for a pop...

18/10/2016

by bd

The Camel Shed Garden

We are very excited to be working with Frome Town Council to redesign and build a pocket park on the site of the Singer Foundry Workshop. The site is steeped in the history of Frome having been the site of the foundry that created some of the most iconic statuary in the UK. The workshop that stood on the site was known as the camel shed as this is where a famous statue of ‘Gordon of Khartoum’ atop a camel was cast in 1889. The site also features the factory gantry that was used to move the heavy bronze casts, this 9 tonne industrial relic is going to be restored and moved and will act as a feature piece. As an area identified as a problem zone by the council and residents in the surrounding area due to the original awkward design we embarked on an extensive programme of community engagement...

06/10/2016

by bd

Station Farm

Shortlisted for the RIBA Forgotten Spaces competition and featured in the London exhibition at Somerset House. This "meanwhile" design is a vision of what the central Croydon site could be used for during the 5 to 10 years prior to phased construction. Proposals are two fold: provide a community urban farm and revitalise the existing theatre by creating an events space at the southern end of the farm forming a dialogue with the train station. The idea being that if you are waiting for a train and you have time to spare you can spend some time shopping for local produce, wander through the farm or rest on the terraced ramp and watch whatever is happening in the events space. Additionally, if you are just arriving into Croydon for the first time the space acts as a welcome mat, whilst also directing you towards the centre of the town via the...

04/10/2016

by bd

University of Greenwich: Edible Garden

Roundfield were invited to design and implement an Edible Garden project at the Avery Hill Campus of the University of Greenwich. We worked with the sustainability team, volunteer employees and students to co-design, build and plant the garden in three phases. The first phase included extensive allotment style planting beds, a community composting area, a covered seating area, a coppice shelterbelt, and the initial structure planting for the forest garden (the trees!). In phase 2 we planted the rest of the forest garden with hundreds of bush fruit and groundcover herbs. The final phase was the creation of a large wildlife pond and decked seating area. Community landscape projects like this are so rewarding as we get to share knowledge and experiences with so many volunteers....

04/10/2016

by bd

Spitalfields City Farm

Roundfield were appointed by Spitalfields City Farm in July 2012 to design a new community garden on a corner of the farm that was recently handed back by Network Rail following the construction of the East London Line. The brief put food growing at its heart, and included a challenging list of other requirements such as integrating animal grazing, encouraging wildlife, providing shelter and seating, a forest garden, water harvesting and incorporating a totem sculpture for outdoor events. And of course a spiral… The design features a traditional intensive food growing area to the south, which includes raised beds and an experimental ‘mini-field’ area. This is contrasted with a more perennial based system in the proposed forest garden to the north. This creates a south to north transition from high to low maintenance food production. The two areas are separated by a planted swale, and linked via a sheltered boardwalk which...

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RUSS Community Led Housing

DIY Deptford

The Camel Shed Garden

Station Farm

University of Greenwich: Edible Garden

Spitalfields City Farm