Meet Vanessa Norwood Open House 2023 Guest Curator

The Open House Festival team are delighted to announce Vanessa Norwood to join our 2023 Guest Curators. The selected group of Londoners hail from diverse backgrounds within the built environment and their curated festival collections and events will explore various themes and narratives from within their own practice and experiences of architecture and the built environment.

Read on below to learn more about Vanessa and her collection which will be exploring the City of London’s climate action strategy.

Vanessa Norwood

Vanessa Norwood is a curator and cultural strategist. She has shaped public and professional discourse on architecture through critically acclaimed exhibitions. Her work focuses on the central role materials play in building a more sustainable and equitable world.

The Collection

The City of London is the financial and historical heart of London. In response to the climate emergency, The City of London Corporation has drawn up an ambitious Climate Action Strategy. This wide-reaching plan considers every part of the life of the City from underground drainage systems designed to mitigate the risk of flooding, to increasing biodiversity on the City’s rooftops through the Sustainable Skyline Taskforce.

My collection for the Open House Festival 2023 aims to shine a light on what sustainability looks like in a city. A series of walks and talks will explore how the City’s Climate Action Strategy addresses the huge challenges facing us all.