Limehouse Cut, London: linking place and creativity

Alexandru Malaescu; Kate Swade; Mark Walton; Isobel Ward; Pat Brown; Carine Brannan

Limehouse Cut, London: linking place and creativity

Alexandru Malaescu, Kate Swade, Mark Walton, Isobel Ward, Pat Brown, Carine Brannan

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Abstract

Shared Assets and Kingston University‘s Landscape Interface Studio developed a methodology and tools for engaging local people and creative industries in imagining a future for the Limehouse Cut, a canal in Tower Hamlets, London‘s poorest borough. The Cut links two regenerated parts of London - the Olympic Park to the north and Limehouse to the south. It has the potential to be a substantial local asset but remains an underused and intimidating place, a place to be ‟got through” as quickly as possible. Part of London‘s industrial heritage, it is a dead straight mile of water, surrounded by local businesses and residents, in an area with limited access to green space. As rents rise in Shoreditch and Dalston, creative businesses are looking for space elsewhere. This research has examined how engaging creative industries in re-imagining the Limehouse Cut could best benefit local people, reconnecting them with this local asset whilst expanding the infrastructure to support London‘s creative economy. This project involved digital mapping of the Cut, land ownership, planning strategies and future visioning, developing a methodology for engaging local creative industries and people in imagining a shared future for the Cut thus providing scalable, replicable models for use elsewhere in London. By undertaking the research a mixed methodology has been developed which brings people together with a place and works with their direct experience of that place to co-create ideas for the future. Landscape Interface Studio (LIS), Kingston University was selected by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to develop and present an exhibition of their recent collaborative project at the AHRC Creative Economy Showcase 2014 at King‘s Place, London.

Original language	English
Publisher	Landscape Interface Studio
Number of pages	142
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Note: Creativeworks Vouchers Scheme

Impact: Awarded funding from the Inside Out Festival (2014) - curated and produced by The Culture Capital Exchange, in association with Times Higher Education. Funding supported the 'Limehouse Cut Floating Workshop‘ (October 2013), run by Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University, to gather your stories, reminiscences, experiences and shared history of The Cut - listening to and recording local history and knowledge of The Cut.

The ‟Limehouse Cut pilot project - linking place and creativity” research documents were used by participants Delvendahl Martin (UK) and GAISS Architects (Latvia) during the International Architecture Showcase as part of the London Festival of Architecture (2014). Project promoted collaboration and exchange by asking each team of architects to analyse and explored different themes - Culture, Housing, Nature, Town Centres and Transition - for four key sites across Poplar, including the Limehouse Cut in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Landscape Interface Studio (LIS), Kingston University selected by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to develop and present an exhibition of collaborative project, ‟Limehouse Cut - linking place and creativity” at the AHRC Creative Economy Showcase, London on March 2014.

Keywords

Architecture and the built environment
landscape architecture spatial planning

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