LEAP — Liz Atkinson Children's Centre

PLACES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD IN LAMBETH

Erect Architecture

22b Regent Studios

8 Andrews Road

London E8 4QN

LEAP — Liz Atkinson Children's Centre → PLACES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD IN LAMBETH

Funded by the National Lottery LEAP set out to transform hidden local places and spaces for families with young children. The programme worked with eleven existing community facilities in Lambeth which included Liz Atkinson Children's Centre. Design briefs were co-developed with local parents, community groups and early years practitioners. This approach resulted in a family of highly bespoke and diverse design interventions which respond to local needs. Key objectives across all projects were to create community infrastructure that is visible and welcoming, supports connectedness and healthy living and to invest in families with young children. Designs offer sculptural and useful alterations of buildings and spaces. The purpose of the funding was not to supplement meagre repair budgets but to achieve interventions that however small are transformative and proud.

London Borough of Lambeth

2015 – 2020 (Complete)

Clients:

National Children's Bureau

London Borough of Lambeth

Team

Architects and Landscape Designers: Erect Architecture Ltd

Quantity Surveyors: Arcadis