Tottenham Pavilion // Design Brief

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Only registered applicants can apply. To register, visit the 'competition' page.

The competition is to develop a public realm Pavilion that encapsulates and preserves the unique power of Harringay Warehouse District as an antidote to gentrification.

The site for the Tottenham Pavilion is a former car park cornering Seven Sisters Road (A503) with an estimated 18,000 vehicles passing by daily. Acting as the main gateway into Tottenham, the site is located between the Harringay Warehouse District and the wider residential community. A prime location with lots of visibility.

The design, open to anyone from architects to artists and designers to makers, needs to connect with the Harringay Warehouse District. To facilitate this connection, registered applicants can book to attend one of three Curated Events hosted within the warehouse district by filling in the form below. You can also access resources on the area here>>

The purpose of the Tottenham Pavilion is to create a physical space predominately for use by the local community in Haringey, and neighbouring borough of Hackney, to house a variety of activities:

• Gatherings: meetings, events, celebrations, sharing, talking • Markets: various forms of showcasing events for arts, craft, fashion, food • Performances: plays, dance, music • Workshops: on various disciplines from sculpture to yoga, writing to design

The winning design will draw from techniques, methods and ideas gleaned from the exploration of the Harringay Warehouse District. It will be a confident design that speaks with power offering an alternative message to gentrification. The design, judged by both leading figures in architecture and the local warehouse community, will lift expectations on how a public realm space can be enjoyed.

APPLICANT DEADLINE: 24:00 HRS (MIDNIGHT) SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2020

The building phase of the competition is subject to achieving fundraising targets.

© TottenhamPavilion.com 1 // Overview

Harringay Warehouse District is a sprawling industrial site of around 322 units. Since the late 1990s the area has been occupied by self-employed artists, makers, musicians and entrepreneurs, a significant contrast to its former role as a major rag trade employer.

In the shadow of the mammoth Woodbury Down regeneration project, one of the most deprived wards in London, the warehouse micro-economy is a living breathing expression of a self-built community and one that is firmly trying to avoid the trappings of gentrification.

The area has a unique power dynamic - it's not simply grass root, nor bottom up, that’s far too linear - it has a power source that comes from the clash of differences. This commission is about preserving the anti-gentrification anarchy of the area. The winning concept will learn lessons from a very unique corner of London and reinterpret them for a wider audience.

Read more on the area>>

// The build

The Harringay Warehouse District has been shaped through several self-build / self-developed projects led by different tenants. To emulate this approach, c.60 volunteers from the warehouses and the wider community will realise the winning design by building the Pavilion in c. one month as a voluntary team. A paid professional will oversee the process to ensure health and safety, and the winning designer/design team will be encouraged to be involved in the construction phase to some extent.

The main part of the build phase will take place during the London Festival of Architecture (June 2020). A diary style website will track the building process, creating digital content that will be shared during the festival and will reach both a hyper local and international audience.

// London Festival of Architecture

The London Festival of Architecture is the world’s biggest annual architecture festival. The festival runs from 1 – 30 June 2020 with a lively and diverse programme of public events exploring the theme of ‘power’. The festival attracts a vast public audience – well over 800,000 people in 2019 – and a global media audience of millions.

The live tracking of the construction on tottenhampavilion.com and a physical launch weekend at the end of June 2020 are the two main components involved in the festival. We estimate the launch weekend will attract c.3,000, people based on previous events in the area, and we estimate 1.6m passers-by will see it. A summer long programme will also reach an estimated 10,000 people.

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// Judging

The judging panel will be announced in due course. The panel will consist of innovative thinkers around architecture and urban living.

A warehouse tenant vote will also be included in the judging panel. See 'Key Points Document' below for more information.

All registered applicants will be notified on judges appointed by email.

// Prize

The prize will be the realisation of the winning design, as part of the internationally followed London Festival of Architecture. As well as the summer long opportunity to bring friends, family, clients and associates to experience the winning design in person (a private event can also be hosted within the Pavilion).

All shortlisted designs will also be featured on site and on the website

// Event Producers

The team behind Tottenham Pavilion have had success hosting several public events around the Harringay Warehouse District.

In 2015, they delivered Pallet Paradise – a large scale adult playing event - in partnership with a resident spatial design specialist. The event attracted over 2,400 people across one weekend and was Time Out’s most clicked event that weekend in the whole of London.

In 2019, as a forerunner to this competition, the team achieved funding through the Mayor of London’s Culture Seeds and sponsorship from Spaces for Creatives / Provewell Ltd for a Tottenham Pavilion pilot.

Read more on the team>>

// Other Documents

You can download other documents from here: https://tottenhampavilion.com/design-brief/

• Key Points Document • Site Plan • Application Form

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