National Park City
National Park City
2019
What Should Green Spaces in London be Used For?
As part of the Tranquil City co-creation event exploring various perspectives on how the National Park City (London) can bring improved wellbeing to the city’s inhabitants, we created an interactive art installation in partnership with Sam Ayre titled: ‘What should green spaces in London be used for?’
Engagement Event
Purpose
Exploring what the meaning of green spaces was for people who lived in the city, with artists, academics, photographers, and the public.
Approach
The installation invited visitors to write on a small board their thoughts and opinions on ‘what green spaces should be used for’ or ‘why they were important for them’, and place it in the Community Garden at Cody Dock, Newham.
Alongside this, we collaborated with students on the UAL Central Saint Martins Arts & Science course to create a collaborative art piece that invited people to contribute to creating a skyline with words that they associate with “tranquillity in the city”.
Talks were provided by Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe, University of Surrey, on the wellbeing benefits of nature engagement, and from Des Fitzgerald of Cork University, the author of 'The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow'.