Project showcase

Gallery: Shortlisted entries for The Pineapples Awards 2023

Activation: Reuse

ILKON: Ilkeston Contemporary Arts, Ilkeston – ILKON. Ilkeston Contemporary Arts with Chris Williamson

A former Methodist church has been transformed to serve a vibrant but underfunded arts community in Ilkeston. The project has re-addressed the space and its surroundings, allowing the lawn to grow and planting new trees among several external sculptures. The building also includes an apartment for a resident artist

Winner of Activation:Reuse - The Pineapples Awards 2023

St Christophers Square, Bristol – Socius, FORE Partnership and Amicala with PRP and Meeting Place

St Christopher Square proposes 100 new homes for older people in an £85 million project that aims to be Bristol’s first net zero integrated retirement community. Meanwhile use has been arranged to support urgent needs with the refurbished Hampton lodge, converted into 15 apartments for refugees requiring interim housing

2023 Activation: Reuse

The Spark Lab, Ilford – Redbridge Council with Jan Kattein Architects

Affordable creative work spaces for 7 businesses and community organisations are arranged across two adjacent sites in this development of a disused retail space. After the end of the Spark Lab tenure, a legacy project will continue to green Ilford’s centre with plans to plant 80 trees

2023 Activation: Reuse

Meanwhile in Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire – Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP), Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire’s District Councils with Makespace Oxford

Five districts and 11 town centres have hosted Makespace’s regenerative interventions to refurbish 27 vacant buildings, housing 56 organisations at affordable rents in former retail and offices spaces. Five mixed-use spaces serve as multi-occupier hubs in Oxford City, Didcot, Abingdon, Wantage and Chipping Norton

2023 Activation: Reuse

Phoenix Park in the Gascoigne Neighbourhood, Barking and Dagenham – Be First with Gascoigne Residents' Forum, Fabrik and Urban Symbiotics

With the ambition to reduce levels of antisocial behaviour in the Gascoigne Neighbourhood, Phoenix Park was created with a residents forum to provide a temporary space for arts and social activities maintained by a volunteer workforce. Materials were salvaged from nearby demolition sites and will continue to be reused after the park’s lifespan

2023 Activation: Reuse

Holdron's Green, Southwark – Copeland Park with Campbell Cadey

Copeland park’s new green pocket park launch coincided with the 2022 Peckham Festival. During the festival the space hosted workshops and has since been used for different events. A modular system of movable structures are animated by a colour palette developed with the planting scheme for year-round interest and biodiversity

2023 Activation: Reuse