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24-HOUR CITIES | SIR TERRY FARRELL CBE
Making cities work as 24-hour places to live
What if we imagined a flexible, moving market, where stallsmight sell croissants in the morning and mojitos at night?This was the initial premise of the entry Farrells submitted, just
over two months ago, in response to the Built Environment
Trust’s call for ideas to make cities work as 24-hour places to
live.
It turned out that what we imagined would be a fun oppor-
tunity to engage in out-of-the-box thinking was much more suc-
cessful than we had anticipated. In fact, when we learned that
our project had been selected as the winning entry, the team’s
screams of joy could be heard from one end of Hatton Street
Studios to the other and, arguably, all the way to Paddington.
The decision to take part in an ideas competition was the
result of a practice-wide momentum to rethink the way we
design. Earlier this year, a Design Development (DD) Group was
set up at Farrells as a platform to invite staff to think about ways
to build on Terry’s legacy while shaping a forward-looking design
culture that reflects the wealth of energy, enthusiasm, and expe-
rience we have in the practice today.
Resolutely ‘bottom-up’, the DD Group, conceived and over-
seen by design partner Effie Kuan, kicked off with a brainstorm-
ing session. Open to all, the event brought together staff of all
levels to reflect on the identity, quality, and process of design at
Farrells.
It became clear then that people at Farrells have, and always
have had, an appetite for bold and big-picture thinking.
Encouraging staff to take part in open competitions emerged as
one of many ideas to foster creativity in the office. It materi-
alised into a simple deal: teams should be free to prepare com-
petition entries outside work hours, and Farrells would provide
facilities and peer reviews to guide them through the process.
The Night Time is the Right Time ideas competition seemed a
fantastic place to begin the experiment. Designing for the night
time is inherently captivating, and the brief meant there was
scope to conceive proposals at just about any scale.
An interdisciplinary team of urban designers and architectur-
al assistants came together, including Ellen Peirson, Giulia Robba,
Ben Simpson, Oleg Sevelkov, and myself. Effie Kuan, Carlos
Muriel, and James Webb took part as design advisors and provid-
ed insights throughout the project.
Markets immediately captured our interest. With one in eight
British employees working the night shift, we felt that 24-hour
markets could make a tremendous impact on the quality and
security of night time environments in London. But the question
was: how? We first considered transforming our local Church
Street Market into a 24-hour destination, but logistics posed a
real challenge. How could a street market seamlessly transition
from daytime to night time uses? Could there be a way for
Maysa Phares is a senior
urban designer with
Farrells
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traders to load and unload merchandise without disrupting the
flow of activity?
These were tricky issues, but we had a resource to draw upon.
The DD Group came up with the idea of holding open charrettes
on an ad hoc basis, and this was the perfect opportunity to pilot
the idea.
Charrette participants, from partners to more junior mem-
bers of staff, were invited to think about what a 24-hour market
might look like, what it would sell, and where it should be. A few
participants came up with the idea of using canals as the net-
work of a series of floating markets. Others suggested a travel-
ling market, led by a giant elephant, making its way across town
and stationing in whichever location was voted best by app
users.
Collaboration paid off, and our team took two key ideas on
board: floating markets as a strategy to bring waterways to life
at night, and a smartphone application that connects traders,
moorings, and customers. Despite its popularity, the giant ele-
phant was sadly set aside.
This became myKanaal, an app-driven proposal to transform
London’s waterways into a network of floating markets that
operate around the clock. At the heart of the idea, the myKanaal
app is envisioned as a digital platform that directs boat traders
to available mooring spots and alerts Londoners to shops and
services near them.
As place-makers, we felt there could be real benefits in acti-
vating our waterways, and especially towpaths that are popular
commuting routes during the day, but can be intimidating at
night. Even a small cluster of boat shops could bring life to an
otherwise uninviting public space.
Although it is easy to imagine these markets as trendy desti-
nations, the main ambition of myKanaal is to bring amenities
closer to Londoners who live on boats or work unconventional
hours, and who would benefit from the added convenience, safe-
ty, and delight of a 24-hour floating corner store, yoga studio, or
bike shop.
myKanaal seduced the jury, alongside many other exciting
proposals. Importantly, it highlighted the positive outcomes of
enabling design professionals to take on initiatives outside proj-
ect work.
A few new competitions are now underway at Farrells, with
further success in the National Park City competition with our
‘Living Network Entry’ and many more successes yet to come.’ -
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