Experience first-hand
London’s most extroardinary
Self-build, landscape
And public realm-led homes
A day-long visit to extraordinary residential landmarks in London. This Baylight Fellowship day-long tour on Friday 20 October is led by Madeleine Kessler of Madeleine Kessler Architecture, co-curator of the 2021 British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale focussing on privatised public space across the UK. The day will include:
Resident-led tour of the acclaimed Golden Lane and Barbican estates focussing on the planning and long-term maintenance of shared public spaces and landscaping with Paul Lincoln (Landscape Institute)
Tour of radical self-build community at Ferry Street (pictured) on the Isle of Dogs featuring perspectives from community organisers Michael and Jenny Barraclough who commissioned the design
Tour of Span housing in Blackheath led by architect and Span resident, architect Ana Francisco Sutherland
Tickets: £85/£65
50-56 Ferry Street, Isle of Dogs
Friday 20 October - 9.30am-5.30pm
Take part an experiential learning programme providing this generation’s most ambitious commissioners of new housing with the insight, knowledge and inspiration required to deliver outstanding homes and unlock sustainable future value.
Meeting at Golden Lane Estate, participants will be led on a tour by local resident and an expert tour guide through the development’s public areas and inside private spaces. The tour will focus on Chamberlin, Powell and Bon’s design vision and the long-term stewardship of the estate’s public and private spaces, followed by an additional tour exploring similar themes in the neighbouring Barbican Estate.
Participants will have lunch together and will then travel to the Stout and Litchfield-designed 50-56 Ferry Street on the Isle of Dogs for a building tour. Created by a pioneering community activist, this self-build structure was one of several similar developments in the Isle of Dogs area which sought to radically reshape the delivery and commissioning of housing for everyone.
The day will then finish with a tour of unique Span housing in Blackheath.
Open to everyone with an interest in commissioning ambitious new housing, prices for the day include catering and are £85 for private sector with a £65 concession for the public sector.
Open City’s multi-part Academy of British Housing course offers an opportunity to join ambitious like-minded professionals for an experiential journey exploring time-honoured elements of successful housing – building long-term collaboration between participants drawn from across the public and private sectors.
The first chapter will be followed by additional separate, day-long sessions exploring unique examples of successful housing across the capital and its hinterland.
Accredited by Open City, the charity behind the acclaimed Open House Festival which has championed special properties across 50 countries for more than three decades, the Baylight Fellowship and the Academy of British Housing provides everything leading public and private sector clients of new housing and neighbourhoods need to deliver true long-term success.