The project grows out of the research on the concept of ‘gentrification’ in the context of Lea Valley in East London. East London, famous for its art, craft, music, diverse styles of expression and living is now slowly transforming into a sterile version of itself. This has and continues to see cultural displacement and loss of authenticity.
Focusing on bringing together and envisioning for the maker communities and Lea valley boat dwellers, the prospect of affordable permanence as a ‘public luxury’ is considered. An exchange of resources from somebody with an abundance to someone with less, such as time, money, or knowledge for the successful interpretation of a self-sustaining community to tackle gentrification. The Lea Valley is observed as a source for urban mining to tackle the contexts of affordability, community resource pooling, and opportunity generation, as a green intercession. Thus, conserving history in a new form.
