PCUK began its 2022 programme of field trips on a bright, January afternoon with Tim Jones and the extraordinary team involved in reshaping the Cultural Mile in the heart of the City of London. The fascinating and culturally rich tour gave great insights into the area’s challenges and exciting transformations coming forward over the next decade.
Read MoreBrighton, an inclusive and happening coastal city with creativity in its DNA, presents an ideal environment for placemaking-led regeneration. On the PCUK visit to Brighton in June, we got to see how that comes to life.
Read MoreManchester was a brilliant location for a PCUK tour. We visited three ongoing ambitious projects that are adding to the city’s rich industrial and cultural heritage – and proving that change and regeneration can be done in ways that cater to all needs.
Read MoreFor our first PCUK visit since our relaunch in March 2021, we were thrilled to be hosted by Westminster City Council on a tour of its multi-faceted Church Street regeneration. In three words, the place is energetic, colourful and tasty (yes, we were lucky enough to be given free local delicacies!).
Read MoreThe Placemaking Collective UK was treated to a tour of Brighton at the end of November, care of Richard Wolfstrome and Shed KM. Brighton is the town where everything is tolerated but intolerance, a moniker that applies as much to the physical make-up and commercial offer of the place as to the lifestyles and politics.
Read MoreTo outsiders, Bristol’s One City Plan – navigating its first year of challenges, tweaks and additions – seems to embody exactly the kind of inclusive vision this unique place needs as population, sustainability and economic pressures bear down.
Read MoreA thrilling ride, hosted by London Borough of Lambeth, through the variety of regeneration projects in Brixton and Loughborough Junction. Including LJ Works, Brixton Market, Pop Brixton, Lambeth Town Hall and Squire & Partners.
Read Moreshedkm and Stanhope/Schroders hosted a tour of the Ruskin Square development adjacent to East Croydon Station. A masterplan conceived by Fosters some years ago to effectively change perceptions and become a new ‘shop window’ to the South London borough, the scheme had been on hold for some years due to the inherent values in the area.
Read MoreAn early spring tour around “the most exciting square mile in London”, learning about Poplar HARCA and it’s Accents’ team broad-based approach to regeneration and placemaking.
Read MoreThe Placemaking Collective visited on a frigid February day as guests of FutureCity’s Tim Jones. The visit focused on FutureCity’s Cultural Placemaking work for Wembley Park developer Quintain and followed Olympic Way from Wembley Park Station to the Brent Civic Centre. In one sense, this is a tiny slice of the area. In another, it is the locus of change in this key outer London borough.
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