Images from our two day workshop where urban design professionals and students worked with local residents, businesses and members of the public to initiate creative responses to the area’s key contested development sites. over theCONTINUE READING
Category: Opinion
Planning Pub 02 : 25.01.2017 – Nice carpets at Kentish Drovers
Blast its cold! Our second Planning Pub outing takes us to the Kentish Drovers. Pints are even cheaper, £2.55 for a guest ale! A really good session tonight. The roll of brown paper is nowCONTINUE READING
Planning Pub 01 : 18.01.2017 – A New Year starts at the Lord Nelson
The Lord Nelson on the Old Kent Road hosted our first Planning Pub evening. Over the last few weeks the Weeklies have been soul searching. We’ve been meeting consistently for over 2 years but recently we’veCONTINUE READING
spaces at risk
There are currently nearly 30 sites around central Peckham – shops, squares, car parks, garages, cafes and forecourts – that have been designated as ripe for development in a map released by Southwark Council inCONTINUE READING
‘Co-design’: what’s in a name?
Co-design and collaborative design have become buzzwords within the architecture, design and planning community. However, as with the word “sustainability”, their increasing usage does not imply meaningful engagement with the fundamental principles. Southwark Council’s co-designCONTINUE READING