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 * //Since 2001, The Glass-House has supported a community led design process that ensures that regeneration is happening with and for, not to local people.//** http://www.theglasshouse.org.uk/

16th & 17th May 2008
 * Wards Corner Workshop **

The purpose of this workshop is to help directing the opportunities for change that exist at Wards Corner through an improved understanding of the place as it is and how it could be.
 * A Documentary**

The aim is to begin to form the basis for a shared vision that can be agreed with the wider stakeholder group (including the local NDC and the council).

The workshop will specifically focus on:
 * who the stakeholders are and what their remit is
 * what is special about Wards Corner as it is
 * what Wards Corner could be in the future – a shared vision

Key questions for the workshop to be explored using photographs and interviews:
 * Wards Corner**

What is actually there?

Who owns what?

What is the role of its public realm?

What is good/special about the place?

What works well and what does not?

What are the materials, textures, sounds and smells of the area?

What is its character?

What is its value?

How might the area change to accommodate new/different uses and compliment existing uses?

Who is Wards Corner for?

We will look at two existing urban situations Whitecross Street and Spitalfields Market, both of which have recently been subjected to regeneration and discuss how places change.
 * Case Studies Examples**

Regeneration is a generic and overused term. We will discuss our collective understanding of the term regeneration with specific reference to Wards Corner and its surrounds.
 * Regeneration**

We will avoid terms such as good and bad in terms of regeneration and instead try to discover together what is special about Wards Corner.

What does regeneration mean for Wards Corner?

Explain to someone who does not know the area what is special about it. Proposition - opposition Working with - working against
 * Reaching consensus**

Examples, photographs, interviews, group discussions, models, presentations
 * Tools we will use**


 * Programme

Friday 16th May 2008** 10 Introduction to workshop and day 1 Talk about key issues, urban design and case studies (East)

//Refreshments//

Who are the key stakeholders?

//12.30 Lunch//

Introduction to documentary workshop (East) Talk about places, uses, cultural value, documentaries

Trip to Wards Corner to see the inside

Documentary (photos, interviews) in groups

Preparation and group presentations/discussion

4 Finish

10 Introduction to day 2 Talk about outcomes from day 1, wider context and a shared vision (East)
 * Saturday 17th May 2008**

Proposals for a shared vision (groups)

//Refreshments//

Presentation and discussion

//12.30 Lunch//

What could Wards Corner be like? Introduction to urban frameworks/masterplanning and models as a way of developing proposals (East)

Model building (groups)

Preparation and group presentations/discussion

Next steps

4 Finish