TEACHING CIVIC URBANISM
Reimagining Transport Infrastructure for Future Generations
Image © Energy Garden
Year
2021
Service
Research
Collaborators
Energy Garden, Hae Won Shin
Location
Venice, Italy
For the Venice Biennale 2021, Publica collaborated with Energy Garden and a group of young people to explore how London’s transport networks can be transformed into instruments for youth-led climate action and social inclusion.
Named ‘Teaching Civic Urbanism’, the project took place both online and inside the Korean Pavilion, which, for the duration of the biennale, was transformed into ‘Future School’ – an initiative that brought together people and projects looking to build a better future.
It culminated in a dedicated area on the Future School website, and a film that was played inside the pavilion over a two-day period in October.
This map, produced by Publica, envisions a walkable green corridor accessible to all, that extends for the whole length of the overground link between Brondesbury Park station and Willesden Junction station
Image © Publica
This map, produced by Publica, showcases a vision for how London’s overground transport network can be transformed into an instrument for youth-led regeneration and social inclusion by activating all green spaces adjacent to existing overground stations
Image © Publica
Energy Garden’s youth training programme offers a case study of how to lead the transformation of rail stations, train depots, schools, hospitals and housing estates into community gardens and sites of community energy production.
Their site at Brondesbury Park Overground Station, which opened in 2016, demonstrates the enormous potential of these initiatives. Using mapping, Publica has projected how this project could be scaled-up to make a transformative impact across London.
Film produced by Energy Garden for the project
For the in-person exhibition, Energy Garden produced a film documenting its work at Brondesbury Park station, which shared the views of 20 young people, aged between 16–24 years-old.
For the film, Publica and Energy Garden worked together to develop key questions that would provoke a conversation around the potential for youth-led, climate action projects; How climate change will affect local communities? How could transport infrastructure be adapted to create more resilient spaces?
A film, produced by Energy Garden, being screened inside the Korean Pavillion. The film shares the views of 20 young people from this year’s Energy Garden youth training programme cohort, and features a Q+A session about the potential for youth-led climate action projects. Photo by Davide Giacometti.
A film, produced by Energy Garden, being screened inside the Korean Pavillion. The film shares the views of 20 young people from this year’s Energy Garden youth training programme cohort, and features a Q+A session about the potential for youth-led climate action projects. Photo by Davide Giacometti.
A film, produced by Energy Garden, being screened inside the Korean Pavillion. The film shares the views of 20 young people from this year’s Energy Garden youth training programme cohort, and features a Q+A session about the potential for youth-led climate action projects. Photo by Davide Giacometti.
TEACHING CIVIC URBANISM
Reimagining Transport Infrastructure for Future Generations
A volunteer tending to the plants at Energy Garden’s Brondesbury Park site. Photo: courtesy of Energy Garden
Year
2021
Service
Research
Collaborators
Energy Garden, Hae Won Shin
Location
Venice, Italy
For the Venice Biennale 2021, Publica collaborated with Energy Garden and a group of young people to explore how London’s transport networks can be transformed into instruments for youth-led climate action and social inclusion.
Named ‘Teaching Civic Urbanism’, the project took place both online and inside the Korean Pavilion, which, for the duration of the biennale, was transformed into ‘Future School’ – an initiative that brought together people and projects looking to build a better future.
It culminated in a dedicated area on the Future School website, and a film that was played inside the pavilion over a two-day period in October.
This map, produced by Publica, envisions a walkable green corridor accessible to all, that extends for the whole length of the overground link between Brondesbury Park station and Willesden Junction station
Image © Publica
This map, produced by Publica, showcases a vision for how London’s overground transport network can be transformed into an instrument for youth-led regeneration and social inclusion by activating all green spaces adjacent to existing overground stations
Image © Publica
Energy Garden’s youth training programme offers a case study of how to lead the transformation of rail stations, train depots, schools, hospitals and housing estates into community gardens and sites of community energy production.
Their site at Brondesbury Park Overground Station, which opened in 2016, demonstrates the enormous potential of these initiatives. Using mapping, Publica has projected how this project could be scaled-up to make a transformative impact across London.
Film produced by Energy Garden for the project
For the in-person exhibition, Energy Garden produced a film documenting its work at Brondesbury Park station, which shared the views of 20 young people, aged between 16–24 years-old.
For the film, Publica and Energy Garden worked together to develop key questions that would provoke a conversation around the potential for youth-led, climate action projects; How climate change will affect local communities? How could transport infrastructure be adapted to create more resilient spaces?