2015
Socio-spatial research on live-work communities and alternative forms of urban inhabitation in Haringey, London.
With R. Azar, L. DeWolf, S. Girani, D. Malmuth, P. Szejnfeld Sirkis
Socio-spatial research on live-work communities and alternative forms of urban inhabitation in Haringey, London.
With R. Azar, L. DeWolf, S. Girani, D. Malmuth, P. Szejnfeld Sirkis
This socio-spatial analysis investigates the warehouse communities that emerged within former industrial buildings in Manor House, North London. Developed as part of an effort to support the recognition of these environments within local planning frameworks, the study explores the relationship between social and spatial realms in non-traditional mixed-use settings and offers an account of the social practices, networks, and forms of cohabitation operating within them.
Combining spatial analysis, fieldwork, and interviews, the research examines how patterns of living, work, and everyday life produce forms of community and productivity that fall outside conventional planning and policy categories. By analysing the relationship between spatial organisation and social networks, the study seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of live-work environments as distinct socio-spatial ecosystems and to support the development of a vocabulary through which they can be more effectively recognised within local planning frameworks.
Combining spatial analysis, fieldwork, and interviews, the research examines how patterns of living, work, and everyday life produce forms of community and productivity that fall outside conventional planning and policy categories. By analysing the relationship between spatial organisation and social networks, the study seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of live-work environments as distinct socio-spatial ecosystems and to support the development of a vocabulary through which they can be more effectively recognised within local planning frameworks.
