Audience members, Peter Williams, Chief Executive of Better Bankside and the four Bankside Urban Pioneers, left to right: Miguel Parente, Sian Pamphlett, Molly Dalton and Joshua Hayford at the final session in the project, a panel discussion and film screening at The Jerwood Gallery on March 31st 2009.
The Architecture Foundation’s autumn 2008 - spring 2009 education programme engaged and empowered a team of 16 – 19 year olds, living or studying in Southwark, to explore the area and the changes that are underfoot in Bankside. It focused on the Bankside Urban Forest, an urban design framework written by Witherford Watson Mann Architects for a partnership coordinated by Better Bankside.
Bankside Urban Forest is a fresh and creative way to look at this distinctive part of Southwark, building on its existing and unique qualities. It attempts to connect the larger neighbourhoods through a series of people-friendly interventions. It provides a way for coordinating public space projects to help achieve a network of inspiring spaces and places across the area which are coherent as well as diverse.
Students gained creative and organisational skills, while exploring the urban changes taking place around them.
