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In collaboration with the Meanwhile Gardens Community Association, this project addresses a collapsing factory building through a self-build scheme. It rehabilitates existing spaces such as offices, storage units, workshops, and meeting areas, fostering social cohesion. Interviews, tours, and volunteering inform the design process. Drawing inspiration from a Moroccan self-build practice, the project explores rammed earth construction in London, incorporating recycled materials. Digital fabrication simplifies construction, using timber columns as both structure and formwork. The incremental development process respects the site’s self-built community, minimising interruptions and preserving usable spaces.
Depicting the resultant form of the phased development.
A 3D scan of the Meanwhile Garden collective.
Rammed earth prototypes exploring the building system.
Meanwhile collective self-built units.
A final render showing the meanwhile garden in use.