20/20 Visions

The Leonberg, Germany 2022 Perspektivenwerkstatt (aka Charrette) and next steps “Leonberg is a car city” is something you can often hear locally. In the past, motorway-like roads have been laid through the town centre and there is a general lack of environmental quality and social meeting spaces. The aim of…

John Thompson, internationally renowned pioneer of collaborative placemaking, has sadly died at the age of 78 after a long illness.  Below we reproduce a reflection on John’s life and career first published in January 2023 by JTP where he was Chairman from 1994 until 2016. An obituary also appeared in…

Adie Dove is founder and director of Bodmin based Kick Back Street Kids (KBSK) Performing Arts. In this second blog from Bodmin, Adie sets out her passion and mission for KBSK and why she welcomed the Bodmin Town Centre Charrette held in March 2022. “The Charrette process has demonstrated the…

Social entrepreneur John Lakey tells the story behind Poly Rhythm, an innovative, free musical instrument library founded during lockdown to serve the Bodmin community. For many of those who just travel through Bodmin, those going to holidays homes on the North Coast, to surf the wild Atlantic waves at Polzeath…

Alec Charles is Manager of the Cattle Market Makers Project in Liskeard, Cornwall. Here he describes the exciting strides being made to transform the former cattle market site, support the local creative and maker communities and raise the profile of Liskeard as a destination on the region’s creative map. Handcrafted…

How a community Vision for a new Flower Market on a car park in Chiswick is transforming perceptions and regenerating the High Road. By Ollie Saunders, Co-founder, Chiswick Flower Market Hatton Gardens in known for diamonds. Portobello Road is known for antiques.  Brick Lane is known for curry.  Columbia Road…

This article has been written for 20/20 Visions by Bridget Osborne, Editor of The Chiswick Calendar and a founder director of the Chiswick Flower Market: September sees the first anniversary of the Chiswick Flower Market – the first new flower market to have been opened in London for 150 years….

“The Charrette covered a huge amount of ground in a condensed time frame and created consensus from the wide range of stakeholders involved in a way that no other process could have achieved.” Charrette participant FORESIGHTA magnificent river, known as ‘The Rapids’, flows with gentle but awesome power through the…