Clerkenwell is a district of layered histories and quiet transformations – where monastic pasts and craft legacies coexisting in close proximity. This tour, primarily aimed at young people from underrepresented background, explores shifting thresholds, examining how architecture and development dictate who belongs and whose voices endure.
Starting at 1. Grimshaw Architects at 6pm, we reflect on the area’s shift from industrial heartland to creative quarter. We then move through Clerkenwell’s side streets towards 2. AHMM Architects at 7pm, considering how adaptation and development influence which histories are retained and which are rewritten. The tour ends at 3. Waugh Thistleton at 8pm, where sustainable practice prompts a discussion on material use, climate justice, and who gets to shape the future city.
Whose stories are built into the city – and who is building what comes next?
Agenda:
6pm Grimshaw Architects
7pm AHMM Architects
8pm Waugh Thistleton
