New London Architecture

Spark Lab

Built

The Spark Lab transforms a disused department store on the high street into a retail incubator and cultural venue and a street into an urban forest of ancient Essex landscape.

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2022

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2022

Shortlisted in the MEANWHILE category and the COMMUNITY PRIZE and WELLBEING PRIZE

A living urban landscape and incubator space are launching Ilford town centre as a cultural destination at London's north-eastern fringe.

The Spark Lab takes up the ground floor of a vacant department store to provide incubation space for cultural organisations and local businesses with a public purpose wanting to trial a high street presence. Modular furniture, lighting and adaptable displays can be deployed in multiple configurations to suit a range of uses.

Wilderness Street is the title of a temporary living urban landscape that has been installed in the town center, adjacent to the Lab. We identified Oakfield Road as a key artery that binds together Ilford’s most important cultural venues and the high street.

The project was fabricated in London and by Londoners.

Vote for this project in the ‘People’s Choice Award’. The voting deadline is 1 November 2022.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Redbridge

Size

1370 sq m

Completion

June 2022


Location

Wilderness Street, Oakfield Rd, Ilford IG1 1ZJ, UK


Team Credits

Architect

Jan Kattein Architects

Client

London Borough of Redbridge

Contractor

Kenson Highways

Landscape Architect

Mossspace


Listed by

Jan Kattein Architects

Last updated on

12/06/2022


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