DEPTFORD CREEKSIDE CHARRETTE
This summer, Creekside in Deptford will be alive with design, as architects, planners, urban designers, transport planners and environmental specialists gather to take part in a new and exciting collaborative design Charrette.
The aim of the Charrette is to bring together landowners, developers, planners, residents and businesses over the course of a week, to participate in a collaborative planning process. Led by a professional design team, participants will work together to produce a number of buildable plans for an area. One of the key aims is to end up with solutions that are practical and take into account everyone’s interests.
Deptford Creekside has a long history of regeneration intervention, including Creekside SRB, Deptford City Challenge and Get Set for Citizenship. The Charrette aims to build on the legacy of these projects to ensure regeneration that benefits both developers and the community. As the driving force behind the Charrette, Creative Process hopes to provide a forum for all stakeholders that will allow a unified approach to regeneration in the area.
There are at least 57 separate landowners along Deptford Creek and businesses, residents and industry sit side by side. The Creek also forms the boundary between the London boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich, requiring landowners to apply for planning permission through two authorities as well as the Greater London Authority.
Andrew Carmichael of Creative Process who has been planning this event added “the Charrette offers a chance for all of Creekside’s stakeholders to work together and for the best ideas to come forward. It offers the possibility to speed the planning process up and create better places for all.”
Creative Process is issuing an open invitation to everyone who would like to be involved in the Charrette. There are three public meetings planned, as well as several smaller meetings and one to one sessions over the course of the week (9th – 13th June 2008). For more information on the meetings, contact info@creativeprocess.org.uk
Visit the Creekside Charrette website for more information on the project.