c i t y // t e r r i t o r y
s o c i e t y // n a t u r e
r e s e a r c h // d e s i g n
REVITALISING PECKHAM’S HOUSING ESTATES
This design project addresses the ongoing debate of how to revitalise obsolete public space on social housing estates. Rather than demolishing these neighbourhoods in order to regenerate them, this study advocates the use of smaller scale design interventions. It supports the consideration of young people as positive generators of urban life. Using central Peckham as a case study, it looks at how and why young people use public spaces on both estates and in town centres. A set of interventions were designed to encourage cultural activities in the under used spaces of the area’s estates in order to revitalise them.
REVITALISING PECKHAM’S HOUSING ESTATES
This design project addresses the ongoing debate of how to revitalise obsolete public space on social housing estates. Rather than demolishing these neighbourhoods in order to regenerate them, this study advocates the use of smaller scale design interventions. It supports the consideration of young people as positive generators of urban life. Using central Peckham as a case study, it looks at how and why young people use public spaces on both estates and in town centres. A set of interventions were designed to encourage cultural activities in the under used spaces of the area’s estates in order to revitalise them.