CarverHaggard

Our latest newsletter is out now, including retrofit projects starting on site for Manhattan Loft Corporation and Raw Material Music & Media, and public realm transformations for Newham and Islington Councils. Subscribe or read it online here! https://lnkd.in/gVTFtqwV

Josh Carver and William Haggard will be representing CarverHaggard at UKREiiF in Leeds this week - please do get in touch if you’d like to connect or catch up!

Work in progress in collaboration with BOB Design Ltd – new pitch markings at Chapel Market for Islington Council. Installation and aerial photography by Marlborough Highways (Russell Bowman, Ashley Magill, Neil Adams)

We’ve recently started work on an exciting new project for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, working with the London Legacy Development Corporation to transform the Park's remarkable central spaces into powerful pockets of activity. The 560 acres of the Park include parklands and some of London’s major venues for sports, music and culture, a thriving business district, and East Bank, the UK’s newest cultural quarter. East Bank includes UAL’s London College of Fashion and UCL East, which are already home to nearly 10,000 students, and will be completed by 2025 with Sadler’s Wells East, V&A East, and BBC Music’s new studios.

Our latest newsletter is out now, with updates on new projects in Folkestone and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, award shortlists, and funding success for Wigan Council. Subscribe or read it online here https://lnkd.in/eJRztHDn

Young People in the Centre of Brixton, our collaboration with 8 young people from We Rise and Tisserin Engineers for the London Festival of Architecture, has been named as a finalist in the Inspire Future Generation Awards. We're delighted to be on such a great shortlist – sign up for the event at Building Centre on Monday 4th December to find out more. https://lnkd.in/eKYrweNP The awards are organised by TET (ThorntonEducationTrust) and promote the value of youth-led design within the built environment sector, aiming to demonstrate how projects like this can share valuable skills, opportunities and knowledge with children and young people, inspire the next generation of designers, and inform future policy. Thanks to Victoria Thornton OBE HonFRIBA FRSA and the shortlisting panel! If you'd like to find out more about the project, we've written about it here: - Process https://lnkd.in/eRBiXJSH - Ideas https://lnkd.in/ey2gTWYS - Proposals https://lnkd.in/etA_2zWu

Last year we partnered up with Inner Circle Consulting to support Wigan Council’s funding bid for the key district centre of Ashton-in-Makerfield. In Spring, the project for Levelling up Ashton Town Centre was awarded £6.6 million from the government's Capital Regeneration Projects fund. An Innovation Board has now been established in Ashton to drive the project forward; bringing together local businesses, community groups and organisations to ensure the funding delivers the best results for the town.   The project celebrates Ashton’s heritage while addressing its key barriers to growth. It includes a modern market square to support independent businesses and local makers, upgraded streets and public spaces, and new green walking and cycling routes connecting the historic market site with the town centre. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eAvgA-Fm

Bobby’s department store opened on Sandgate Road in Folkestone in 1931, and became a Debenham’s in 1972. After winning an open design competition in September, we’re excited to be exploring new uses for this Art Deco landmark. “Ewan Green, Director of Place at Folkestone and Hythe District Council, said CarverHaggard and its team brought ‘a wide breadth of skills and experience and demonstrated their understanding of the brief and evolving requirements of the project exceptionally well’. Green added: ‘Their experience of working  successfully on similar projects, with a focus on ensuring flexibility throughout the building design, will be key to the success of this project.' ” Architect’s Journal https://lnkd.in/ey6gZ7iw The site was acquired by Folkestone and Hythe District Council to support the regeneration of the town centre, and was renamed “Folca” after a public competition in 2020. This project is part of Folkestone’s Levelling Up project based on priority projects from the Place Plan prepared by We Made That. Our team includes REDO, PRD, Stockdale, Max Fordham LLP, and Price & Myers.

Who gets to write the history of a place? How can a diverse set of voices be gathered, preserved, and shared in order to become part of a place’s heritage? The publication of South Norwood in Print (read online at https://lnkd.in/e4xx8uvh) brings together the different strands of our project with a Year 8 art class at Harris Academy South Norwood to share stories about the local area through a series of printing workshops. The publication, designed by Europa, is in three parts. The first section – WORKSHOPS – shows the energy and activity of the workshop sessions with the young people with photos by Jas Lehal. The second section – PRINTS – shows a selection of the prints that were created from the objects, scanned and reproduced in the publication using risograph printing. The prints are accompanied by the voices of the young people talking about the objects and compositions that they were printing. The third section – STORIES – takes a closer look at the places connected to the objects and the stories told about them. These are shown through archival imagery and new photographs by Yusuf Islam and CarverHaggard. Thank you again to all the workshop participants: Oritseseyisan, Abdullah, Alesha, Hayleigh, Taye, Suzannaz, Harry, Ugaas, Colin, Cillian, Tia, Adam, Eshaan, Zoya, Hana, Gabriel, Shanise, Lily, Makhi, Lexie, Kopithan, Serah, Harmony, the staff of Harris Academy South Norwood, and Tanguy Bertocchi. The project was a collaboration with Europa supported by Croydon Council Greater London Authority and Historic England.

Who gets to write the history of a place? We invited a group of Year 8 students from South Norwood to bring in an object that would tell a story about their area, and we showed them a selection of objects evoking the local histories that interested older residents. The group then used both sets of objects to make monoprints by inking them up directly using printing rollers and printing onto paper. As they made the prints, they shared stories ranging from anecdotes about their favourite places to eat on the high street, to their thoughts about the renowned musician who once went to their school. The publication https://lnkd.in/gpqTrHbs includes the reproductions of the original monoprints from the workshops, accompanied by the voices of the young people talking about the objects and compositions. Their collective voices provide an insight into the lives and interests of young people using the High Street in South Norwood. In collaboration with Europa.