A feasibility study to progress the viability of an interim use project under the Westway, undertaken in collaboration with Westminster Council and JKA. Our role involved local engagement to inform the mix of uses and design process, alongside business model and operational strategy.
Partners: Westminster Council, JKA
A collaboration with Spiral Skills and Lambeth’s Future Workspace Fund to develop the concept of a young person’s led enterprise hub within the borough. The resulting project will be taken forward for funding, and brings together enterprises supporting young people, alongside space for enterprises within desirable industries for young people to gain experience, and programmes to support young people to start and grown their own businesses.
Partners: Lambeth Council
A joint venture between Hastings Commons CLT, Meanwhile Space and Jericho Road, Hastings Commons is a cluster of buildings, growing since 2014, that represents a pioneering example of community-led regeneration. Having secured 8000m2 of assets for community ownership in perpetuity, Meanwhile Space will eventually step away from the project once the enabling and capacity building stage is over.
2022-2024
Partners: Newham Council, IF_DO
Meanwhile Space and IF_DO Architects were appointed by LBN to design and build a demountable building on a vacant plot of land opposite Manor Park Station for minimum 10-year meanwhile use period. The proposed building maximises its available footprint by offering a playful and innovative design over two storeys that forms a visual beacon from the town centre on a neglected corner of the high street. The 124sqm building (GIA) proposes a community hub with a flexible use, a cafe and individual studios aimed at the hyper-local SME rental market.
2023-2025
Islington Council
Located in an old Victorian school building, Dingley Space was a hub for charities and entrepreneurs in Islington.
2022-2025
Partners: North Somerset Council
Located within the Sovereign Centre in Weston-super-Mare’s town centre, two former retail units have been transformed into 30+ private studios and 20+ coworking desks, as well as meeting rooms and break-out areas. The site serves as a large, important addition to Weston’s professional workspaces, housing a community of local companies, freelancers and hybrid workers. We are Super also has a multi-purpose meeting room and event space that is used to stage professional events.
2020-2030
Partners: Southwark Council, Karl Turner Architects
Elephant Arcade is a former indoor car park transformed into retail space with a collective of 11 independent businesses, including retail, hair salons and two cafes.
The arcade was designed by Turner Works in partnership with LB Southwark and Meanwhile Space, to help transition local traders from the now-demolished shopping centre. An affordable rent policy and flexible contracts with no up-front deposit provide the opportunity to test and grow businesses. The units are let at between 50-80% of market rate.
2014-2016
Partners: JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Network Rail, Lambeth Council
Launched in 2014, The Platform offered local entrepreneurs free, low-risk space in a repurposed WC block to pilot their business ideas on a rotating short-term basis. Successful participants were offered follow on space in renovated railway arches, with four businesses successfully moving to commercial leases. The evolution of this neighbourhood-led approach in partnership with local community organisations has led to the transformation of a triangle of wasteland between a railway viaduct and the Loughborough Estate. Purpose-built work, events and growing space, LJ Works, was launched there in 2023.
2014-2015
2013-2014
Partners: Brent Council
We contributed to the establishment of Wembley Park Traders Association, a food and drink directory of independent businesses that showcases the diverse offer on Wembley Park Drive as an alternative for Wembley stadium goers and to the Wembley shopping centre. The small businesses represent the distinct character of the neighbourhood with Indian, Turkish, Nepalese or Italian food on their menus.
2013-2014
Partners: Brent Council
Meanwhile Space were employed by Brent Council to test uses and facilitate the re-use of a conventional building in South Kilburn that was not effectively serving the local community. Carlton Kitchen was developed to provide access to quality facilities for a variety of food-based community uses. The space hosted community events and food skills workshops, including bread making and a young people’s food academy, as well as supper clubs and a winter food market.
2012-2013
Partners: Hillingdon Council
Rolling 6 week capacity building programme funded by Hillingdon Council supporting new enterprise with space in 2 different buildings and mentoring.
2012-2013
Partners: Brent Council
Setup and operation of short term Meanwhile use available for events/ activities/ workspace.
Partners: Populo, Tibbalds, Met Works, LDA
Meanwhile strategy as part of estate wide regeneration, progressed into the creation of a community garden, a cafe in a repurposed train carriage and workspace for local people in refurbed trio.
Partners: Populo, Jan Kattein Architects
Meanwhile strategy as part of estate wide regeneration, progressed into the creation of a community garden, a cafe in a repurposed train carriage and workspace for local people in refurbed trio.
Partners: Clarion Housing
Meanwhile Space was commissioned to develop meanwhile use strategies to shape the development of two sites within the Merton Estates Regeneration Project – a £1 billion initiative regenerating areas across south-west London by creating 2,800 new homes, upgrading existing homes and improving greenspace, retail, and community facilities. Our strategies looked to harness the 10-year regeneration period as a window of opportunity to pilot community and commercially led interventions.
Partners: Lambeth Council, Spiral
Meanwhile Space partnered with Spiral Skills (a Lambeth-based social enterprise supporting young people with careers education) to explore the viability of a dedicated enterprise and support space for Lambeth’s young people. The brief was to work in partnership with local young people to develop a vision for a dedicated professional environment supporting career paths, skills growth and the provision of business opportunity to an under-represented audience.
Project research was carried out in partnership with Spiral Skills Young Leaders, many of whom have first-hand experience of the barriers faced by young people in the community. Feasibility work included exploration into potential buildings and sites, best practice design, business and operational review, and social value potential. Collaborative knowledge-building was at the heart of this project, with a series of workshops and one-to-one conversations held with both Lambeth’s young people and youth sector organisations. Funded by the Future Workspace Fund (FWF) concept development grant, the project ultimately produced an ambitious yet achievable vision for the proposed enterprise hub.
2023 – Current
Partners: Lambeth Council, LJ Farm, Public Works, Architecture 00
A multi-use site housing retail, studios, offices, a kitchen and coffee roastery, connected by a yard and growing space.
Partners: Harrow Council
Meanwhile Space are working with Jan Kattein Architects and the London Borough of Harrow to transform a prominent town centre car park into a creative destination for a five-year meanwhile use period. Funded by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) under the Future High Streets Fund (FHSF), this project runs in parallel with wider town centre improvement works.
Meanwhile Space was first appointed to conduct a viability analysis for the site and were then appointed to deliver the project through RIBA design stages 0 to 6.
The project addresses community needs for creative workspaces, gathering, and leisure space, aiming to form new, and strengthen existing, relationships within the town centre, diversify the local offer and create opportunity for small businesses. Designed to be demountable, the project is to be relocated after five years. Meanwhile will operate the site upon build completion in February 2024.
2023
Partners: Lambeth Council, IF_DO
Lambeth Demountables is a collaboration between Meanwhile Space CIC and architects IF_DO. The project consits of a series of feasibility studies around Lambeth to determine which vacant sites (both council and privately owned) would be most suitable for new demountable buildings, and which would deliver the most social and economic benefit. Market demand analysis ensured that selected sites were in locations with a clear need, and are therefore viable and capable of delivering social value.
The outcome of this project enables applications for funding to realise new workspace on a number of the sites identified. Buildings should be demountable and subsequently relocated to other sites within Lambeth, dependent on the redevelopment plans and timelines for the selected sites.
2023
Partners: Lambeth Council
A study commissioned by the Station to Station Business Improvement District (BID) to support businesses and property owners in Lambeth to activate their surplus or underused building space as workspace.
Station to Station involved developing partnerships with local businesses and delivering on-site space audits: an analytical tool to study the physical space that landlords inhabit; their business drivers for change; and identifying the estimated funding and operational support required to re-purpose, activate or unlock space. We took a hyperlocal approach to the analysis tool and report framework, partnering with Lambeth Council to develop them in tandem with key stakeholder ambitions, business demands and in response to available funding.
2022
Partners: Tower Hamlets Council
2022
Partners: The Vaults
2022
Partners: Greenwich Council
Mentoring Heritage England to unlock the potential of high streets across England, fuelling economic, social and cultural recovery and breathe new life into town centres for future generations.
2022
Partners: Birmingham City Council
Meanwhile Use Study and Framework was commissioned by Birmingham City Council to explore potential meanwhile use opportunities accompanied by a framework and proposals for sustainable delivery, intended for use by Local Authority officers, BIDs and city council stakeholders.
The study focused on a variety of underused spaces in key areas across the city, identifying opportunities for meanwhile retail, workspace and makerspace. It details step by step guidance for initiating, implementing and delivering meanwhile projects, including the appropriate selection of premises, coordination of delivery partners and how to maximise outputs that benefit local people and are bespoke to the neighbourhood in which each project is situated.
2022
Partners: North Somerset Council
A study commissioned by North Somerset Council seeking alternative strategies of placemaking in order to support local people and businesses. Exploring various sites across North Somerset, learning from successful projects implemented across the country, and building on pre-existing groundwork to propose pilot schemes and staged delivery projects that have the potential to kickstart locally-led development and bring about growth in the area.
2022
Partners: Tower Hamlets Council
Mentored the delivery of community-led cultural activities on the high street as part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zone on Wentworth Street.
2022
Partners: Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
We worked with Jan Kattein Architects and Metropolitan Thames Valley on a feasibility study to look at creating a temporary commercial scheme. Through engaging with the community we ascertained what locals wanted the space to provide in the time before permanent shops were built.
2022
Partners: Ealing Council
Meanwhile Space takes over management of the council’s Grade II listed building for the next two years, reviving the iconic Manor House by bringing it back into use as a property that benefits the local community in Southall. Supporting entrepreneurs, offering affordable rents and providing an environment for new businesses to test out their ideas.
2022
Partners: Stevenage Council
Mentored the meanwhile use of a former bus station in Stevenage Town Centre during wider regeneration initiatives.
2022
Partners: Makespace Oxford, Oxford City Council
Meanwhile in Oxfordshire was a pilot programme aiming to revitalise vacant shops and buildings following the Covid-19 pandemic. It saw vacant retail units in high streets across Oxfordshire transformed into independent shops, cultural venues, creative studios and co-working space. It helped accommodate a range of entrepreneurial, ethical and social enterprises in premises. Meanwhile Space were on the project board, working alongside Makespace Oxford and Oxford City Council.
2022
Partners: Jan Kattein Architects
A feasibility study for the re-animation of The Quadrant Arcade, a dilapidated shopping centre in Romford.
2022
Partners: Brighton & Hove City Council, Meanwhile Foundation
Led by Meanwhile Space, ‘Creativity & Meanwhile Use‘ was a series of discussion that introduce the opportunities for accessing temporary space in the city from the perspective of creative and cultural user groups, as well as how asset holders including landlords, developers and agents can make spaces available. Asking how meanwhile use could unlock space in Brighton & Hove for the city’s creatives, and what practical steps we can take to realise this ambition.
2021 – 2031
Partners: Southwark Council, IF_DO
The Hithe was commissioned in 2018 to transform a vacant site situated at a pivotal point between Canada Water and Rotherhithe Station. The demountable structure was designed to breathe life into the space for a 10-year meanwhile use period. The Hithe fosters a sense of community and identity with its striking aesthetic statement and also by extending its benefits to the local community through partnership initiatives. It serves as a cultural hub supporting entrepreneurship, skill-sharing, and community engagement.
2021 – Current
Partners: Hastings Commons, IF_DO, Hastings Council
Hastings Commons is a cluster of buildings, growing since 2014, that represents a pioneering example of community-led regeneration.
2020 – 2024
Partners: Westminster CC, Jan Kattein Architects
Designed in collaboration with Jan Kattein Architects, Meanwhile Space delivered and now operate the award-winning project. Timber worksheds provide street-facing retail spaces and offices sitting adjacent to a cafe, community hall and garden.
2019-2020
Partners: Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
“Open Doors was a pilot scheme activating vacant space on five high streets across England, matching landlords struggling to find tenants for their empty properties with community groups looking for space. The project was managed by Meanwhile Space CIC in partnership with the Meanwhile Foundation charities.
The spaces were fitted out and opened up for local people and organisations to test community-focused ideas which could make positive use of a high street space and bring people together.”
2019-2023
Partners: Ecoworld, Jan Kattein Architects
Aberfeldy Street was a meanwhile project helping to manage change in a neighbourhood where existing housing and retail units were being demolished to make way for a denser redevelopment. It was a two-part programme of business support and shop frontage makeovers delivered in partnership with JKA, with the intention of supporting existing businesses while providing opportunities for incoming ideas and the integration of existing and new communities.
2019
Partners: School for Social Entrepreneurs
2018-2022
Partners: Brent Council
A 5-floor office block near Wembley Stadium was converted into a multi-use community and enterprise centre. All tenants using the space had a focus on community activities, training and support; they included London Hackspace, Stonebridge Boxing Club, London Rangers FC and Community Systems.
2018
Partners: Waltham Forest Council
The pop-up shop programme was funded by the London Borough of Waltham Forest, via New Homes Bonus funding as part of wider South Leyonstone high street regeneration. This six month programme gave free pop-up space for up to four weeks for local startup businesses to test and develop their business, and is operated by Meanwhile Space with support from Jan Kattein Architects.
2018
Partners: UnLTD
Spaces 4 Change was a five-year programme delivered by UnLtd as part of Our Bright Future.
Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, Our Bright Future was managed by the
Wildlife Trusts who managed a consortium of 31 projects. The programme supported young
social entrepreneurs, aged 16 to 24, to create, shape, and manage their own space through
the transformation of unused or under-utilised spaces for the benefit of the community.
Spaces included community gardens, event spaces, and retail spaces.
2018
Partners: Clarion Housing
Design and feasibility study in partnership with Jan Kattein architects for Clarion Housing to deliver options for recently completed community and office building.
2018-2019
Partners: Waltham Forest Council, Jan Kattein Architects
Switchboard Studios was a workspace for local creatives and entrepreneurs which repurposed a former call centre on an industrial estate in Waltham Forest. The building was transformed into 25 studios, with café space for hot-desking and informal meetings. The project formed part of the wider regeneration initiatives of Waltham Forest’s new Creative Enterprise Zone
2017-2018
2017
Partners: Waltham Forest Council
Tricolor was appointed to review the options and feasibility study for Chestnuts House, an 18th century Grade II listed property in the heart of Hoe Street regeneration area in Waltham Forest, East London, which had been out of use for over a decade.
2017
Lambeth Council
Independent assessment of applications from an operator perspective for asset transfer of Carnegie Library for Lambeth Council
A low-budget project initiated by Haringey Council to activate vacant space to support the town centre through a period of regeneration, this mixed-use creative hub transformed a former youth services building into creative studios and activated an underused car park through the construction of worksheds and a bus-cafe.
2017
Partners: Lambeth Council, GLA, Buono Prismontas
Since 2017, Meanwhile Space and Boano Prismontas (BP) architects have worked in partnership with the GLA, LB Lambeth and Network Rail (now The Arch Company) to deliver a design-led strategy that continues the work to unlock underused spaces and provide business incubation opportunities. Meanwhile Space wanted to find a “kit of parts” solution which will cost less, or on par with, £10,000 which is the standard Network Rail cost to do the basic lining of the arch and make it water tight and safe. Network Rail does not include any thermal qualities and capital cannot be reinvested into another arch. This kit of parts allows the capital investment required for a meanwhile use to be reused in many subsequent arches once the initial meanwhile use term had expired or when an earlier break is required.
In Summer 2017, The Arches Design Challenge competition was launched. Following design development with Atkins, the project was awarded to Boano Prismontas.
Their design was chosen as it is freestanding, provides a secure space internally, creates a warm and dry space, it is demountable and repeatable. The design is flexible enough to change to suit different arch shapes (tall, narrow, double length etc), making it an attractive choice to deal with an array of difficult arches and undercrofts nationwide. The design is also fully demountable, can be compactly stored (20 kit of parts could be stored in a single arch) and be moved to another location should the landlord require the arch back for further redevelopment.
2017
Partners: Lambeth Council, Met Works, Network Rail
Urban Design study (led by Metropolitan Works) on enterprise and Meanwhile opportunities in Waterloo West area for Lambeth Council.
2017
Partners: GLA
2017
Partners: Sutton Council
Business plan feasibility study (led by RCKa) for Sutton Council.
2017
Partners: Brent Council
JV delivery with jan Kattein Architects (High Street Works). GLA project with Brent Council delivering shopfront improvements, business support, open design competition and forming a trader group.
2017
Creative Land Trust builds a new financial and operating model to secure workspace that would otherwise be unattainable.
2016-2021
Partners: Waltham Forest Council, Gort Scott Architects
Guided by local engagement, Central Parade saw the transformation of a Grade II listed building into a creative hub providing space for 20 businesses including retail, freelancers and a cafe. The two-year meanwhile use was extended to five before operation was transferred to the local council.
2016
Hastings Commons, Power to Change, Big Issue Invest
Meanwhile Space joined forces with Jericho Road Solutions Ltd and Power To Change to form White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures Ltd, together purchasing and redeveloping a previously financially unviable nine-storey office block in Hastings Town Centre.
2016-2021
Lambeth Council, IF_DO
Granby Space was an affordable workspace near Waterloo station providing affordable workspace to harness the creativity, knowledge and entrepreneurial talent. Spaces were let to local start-ups and growing independent enterprises at rates 50-80% of market value as part of a wider initiative to protect and support SMEs in the borough.
2016-2022
Partners: Lewisham Council
PLACE/ Ladywell is an innovative demountable project built on the site of the former Ladywell Leisure Centre, in Lewisham. Designed by architect Richard Rogers and built more quickly and with less expense than traditional methods, on its upper floors the building provided accommodation for 24 registered homeless families. Below, 666m2 was made available on affordable short-term flexible leases. Spaces included: small retail pods forming a mini indoor market, larger retail units, a co-working space, and a cafe with attached event space.
2015
Partners: Lambeth Council
2015-2016
Partners: Goldsmiths University
2015
2015
2015-2016
Partners: Harrow Council, The Decorators
With the support of Harrow Council, the Start Here aimed to seed and nurture Harrow’s enterprising spirit by enabling opportunities from vacant and underused commercial spaces. The Start here project provided local entrepreneurs access to rent free space.
2014-2015
Partners: HUB Group, Meanwhile Foundation
An empty building earmarked for housing development, Chesterfield House was activated for an 18-month period as a base for local artists and groups to access low-cost space for their community-facing work and projects.
Coming Soon Club was a multi-stage programme that provided pop-up and incubation space alongside business support to help nurture business ideas and community-facing activity in Wembley.
2014
Buckinhamshire County Council made Porters Lodge available for ‘Meanwhile use’ to attract social and economic value whilst it awaits redevelopment. Porters Lodge offered 5 low-cost spaces to start-ups, creatives and small businesses in the heart of Aylebury Town Centre. The project aimed to develop a working community of local businesses and entrepreneurs that would exchange skills and support each other to test and grow their businesses.
Those involved in the project were a group of like minded people, who were willing to collaborate and encourage enterprise in Aylesbury, as well as receive support themselves. Examples of the support provided included mentoring, business advice sessions and free workshops to help people move their businesses or ideas forward.
2014
Partners: Urban Space Management, Bow Arts Trust, Groundwork London, LLDC
Led by Urban Space Management, Meanwhile Space formed part of a consortium alongside Bow Arts Trust and Groundwork, which explored the viability and business plan for interim uses on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. Funded by London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the Interlude project identified the mechanisms, processes and feasibility for community, creative, commercial and sports uses on proposed development sites during the Meanwhile period. Lessons from the Interlude project will inform LLDC’s decision making process for future uses.
2014-2021
Partners: Network Rail, Arch Co
Ongoing neighbourhood regeneration project in Lambeth that has grown from incubator opportunities in disused railway arches to a purpose-built work, growing, and event space operated by MWS.
2014
Partners: Lambeth Council
2014
Partners: Brent Council
2013
2013
Partners: Brent Council
2013
Partners: Brent Council
To test and develop the social infrastructure brief and gain an in-depth understanding of local skills, training and employment, we conducted 2 interactive online workshops with local stakeholders. The two workshops covered the topics of ‘skills, training and employment’ and ‘social infrastructure’.
As the workshops occurred during a national lockdown, they were both held online. They were formatted as a digital presentation over Zoom, followed by group discussions within breakout rooms with interactive exercises on digital worksheets uploaded on Miro. The workshops included representatives from the local community, education & training specialists, workspace operators and Brent council.
2013
Partners: Brent Council, The Decorators
A former car showroom was re-purposed as a local enterprise and showcase space – the HQ of Coming Soon Club, commissioned by Brent Council. Cottrell House became a hub for local textile designers and initiated World Women Wembley who developed it as affordable studio and catwalk space.
Coming Soon Club was a multi-stage programme that provided pop-up and incubation space alongside business support to help nurture business ideas and community-facing activity in Wembley.
2013
Partners: Brixton Green, Lambeth Council
2013
Partners: Runnymede Trust
2013
Partners: City of Barcelona
Meanwhile activity has long been delivered all over the world as part of formal and informal projects. In October 2013 Meanwhile Space CIC was delighted to announce the launch our own exciting project (Mentrestant) which was based in the city of Barcelona. In Catalunya our premit was to design and deliver human scale city revitalization projects through the conceptual and practical use of vacant spaces, whilst retaining creative talent and entrepreneurs.
In order to unlock vacant spaces and create places from them, we worked on the ground to understand local interests and unlock the potential to provide opportunities for community benefit and new enterprise.
2013
Partners: Brent Council
Where is Wembley was a two phase research project that analysed Wembley’s highstreets, and collated qualitative and quantitative evidence in order to secure further funding from the Outer London Fund Round.
Phase 1 explored the identity and future of the area through a series of tailor-made public engagement activities including: a food tour, mystery shopping, a night market, a history exhibition, an interactive cardboard model for children etc. Hemingway Design, partnered with Meanwhile Space as creative consultants on the project. Having operated out of Wembley for two generations, they were ideally placed to lead the collaborative visioning activities with local stakeholders. Meanwhile Space worked with an elite group of built environment postgraduate students to document and visualise Wembley’s built and narrative form.
Phase 2 saw a team of RCA postgraduate architects relocate their practice to Wembley. Setting up a Civic University, these researchers-in-residence sought to explore Wembley along a number of different themed strands.
2012
Partners: Sutton Council
As part of the ‘You Are Here’, Outer London Funded project, Meanwhile Space, in partnership with Sutton Council, launched a public art and design competition to animate Victoria House in North Cheam. The competition received a varied and diverse response from artists and designers across the UK, and the winners were selected by a panel including local residents and business representatives. Branch Lines, a proposal submitted by Sam Skinner and Charles Holden was chosen for the beauty of the design and the way they proposed to engage with local people.
2012-2013
Partners: Hackney Council
Meanwhile in Stoke Newington opened in December 2012 as a collaborative project between Meanwhile Space and East London Furniture, and was supported by Hackney Council. Transforming a former furniture shop on Stoke Newington High Street, the space has created opportunities for creatives in Hackney to showcase their work, access affordable studio space and join inspiring workshops. We had an amazing programme of pop up activities including French Cabaret, Life Drawing, book binding workshops, hand made crafts and cassical music performances.
2012
Partners: Locality
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 lasting legacy is the strong and active partnership it fostered among local residents and businesses. This partnership is now empowered to continue building on the momentum generated, creating a vibrant and thriving town centre in Willesden.
This group is now focused on developing ideas and actions that will make Willesden a better place to live and work for everyone.
2012
Partners: GLA
2012
2012
Partners: Croydon Council
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.
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 businesses went on to occupy commercial spaces on the high street.
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 towns, Lurgan and Portadown. Offering an exciting opportunity to explore the potential for community activity, independent and social enterprise and improve the street scene.
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 enthusiasm generated by the project, and create a vibrant and viable town centre in Willesden.
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 contacts and interesting project proposals started to come in. Projects enjoyed the unusual setting of being in this private world of a shopping centre and the space allowed for a mixture of creative ideas.
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 to an area with high footfall. Ideas ranged from mini markets of designer goods, a school for modern day etiquette, photography festivals, a pop up history shop and gallery space.
2011
Partners: East Sussex County Council
2011
Partners: Workspace Group
With a small pot of funding from Tower Hamlets and working in partnership with New Deal of the Mind, Meanwhile Whitechapel was made available for local people with ideas. By completing a proposal form suggesting uses for a day to a week, the space hosted pop up hairdressers, exhibitions, theatre productions and restaurants.
Over 4 months, the shop hosted 37 projects ranging from start ups to artists interested to trial ideas to a live audience. 89 days, 37 projects in the space, 7 projects from the local area, 2400 visitors on the Meanwhile at the fair day, 200 visitors per day (approx), 1 new person employed and 2 new social enterprises started.
2010-2011
Partners: Locality, Communities and Local Government
The House of Hastings project housed a dynamic community hub, designed to foster collaboration, and cultural enrichment. This innovative space served as a platform for art exhibitions and community-driven initiatives.
2010-2011
Partners: Locality, Communities and Local Government
2009 – 2010
Partners – Locality, Communities and Local Government
First proposed Meanwhile Project to a minister seeking a solution to help high streets through the recession. Meanwhile Project sought out 24 meanwhile activity projects in 17 places, to directly support with grant funding.
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