Willesden Green Town Team

2012 Partners: Brent Council, Portas Pilots The Willesden Green Town Team was formed as a result of the Mayor’s Outer London Fund Round 1, a collaborative initiative delivered for Brent Council, Design for London, The Architecture Foundation, Meanwhile Space, and Blue Consulting. The project focused on bringing positive change to Willesden High Road, but its […]

Queens Parade

2012-onwards Partners: Brent Council, GLA, Meanwhile Foundation Queens Parade is made up of nine vacant high street units reactivated in collaboration with local construction students for use by local SMEs.

Coming Soon Club at Wembley

2012 Partners: Brent Council Coming Soon Club transformed a former retail space and warehouse on Wembley Triangle into a pop-up for people to try out their nascent business ideas or community activities with mentoring and support. 79 projects were part of the Coming Soon Club, including a milliner, bike repairs and a juice bar. Three […]

Meanwhile in Craigavon

2011 Partners: Craigavon Council Meanwhile Space visited Craigavon Borough Council, a local authority in Northern Ireland, in November 2009. An initial exploratory and workshop with local authority officers from various departments, including regeneration, economic development, arts and culture and tourism, explored the potential for developing a parallel empty shops project in two of the borough’s […]

New Windows

2011 Partners: Brent Council, GLA, Architecture Foundation New Windows on Willesden Green was an exciting opportunity to revive and improve Willesden high Road bringing positive change to the area. The New Windows on Willesden Green project has left behind a strong and active partnership of residents and businesses that can continue to build on the […]

Finchley Road 02

2011 Partners: Land Sec Working with New Deal of the Mind (now The Creative Society), Meanwhile Space took on the O2 Centre in Camden. The former restaurant was situated on the 1st floor of the shopping centre managed by Land Securities. After an initial clean up, Meanwhile Space set about marketing the space to their […]

Exmouth Market

2011 Partners: Workspace Group Meanwhile Space occupied a former sandwich shop on Exmouth Market in mid 2011. Over 4 months we hosted projects looking for space from a week to a month, all offering a range of services and business ideas. A fantastic opportunity for start-up businesses to promote their services at a low cost […]