Alternative+Plan


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How does a community take control of its future? How do the people who live in an area find the space to grow together without spending all their time and energy paying for the right to exist on a piece of land?

 The WCC is tackling the dominant planning and architectural systems that give developers and councils an imbalanced amount of control over the physical changes to our local landscape. Whether it be through a community led plan for the site, challenging the specialist roles and top down approaches that accompany most developments or by reclaiming space with art interventions and guerilla gardening we are always striving to turn convention on its head and open up new pathways for the community to take back its home.

 Below are links to information on our original Alternative Application, which is still unheard by the council after more than a year, the continuing Community Plan and the brief for our Architectural Competition .

The watercolour is painted by Candy Amsden and the graphic version created by Nick Darke.


 * ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY APPLICATION **

At the first campaign meeting in early October 2007 a wish list was created by the concerned traders and residents detailing what they wanted to see on the site, and over the following few months this list was turned into an architectural application for the site by Ricardo Paleyo. **Find out more here**


 * COMMUNITY PLAN **

Despite Haringey Councils refusal to hear the plan we submitted originally we have not been disheartened and continue to explore and refine ways to approach community ownership and refurbishment at the Wards Corner site. **We believe good design is about much more than just fulfilling the requirements of the Local Development Framework, below are some of the ideas and concepts that The WCC thinks are needed when thinking about changing where we live for the better. **

Economics | Sustainability | Arts | Regeneration

media type="youtube" key="L7jaSjkd0jM" width="316" height="239" http://www.citystrolls.com/CGAP/video/audio.html The Land is Ours: @http://www.tlio.org.uk/