Elevating Easton
Developing the city through community consultation
Main gallery
3 November - 22 November 2009
Easton is a vibrant, multi-cultural, inner city ward in Bristol, parts of which are among the most deprived in the city. Due to its proximity to the city centre this ward has seen a high level of regeneration, much of which has been ad hoc with little consideration to a wider neighbourhood plan.
The Love Easton Urban Design Task Group was formed in February 2009 by a group of residents. It aims to create a strategic planning document for the Easton area to help guide its transformation in a more cohesive manner, falling in line with the visions and aspirations of the local community as well as adhering to citywide policy. Their objective is to find pioneering and innovative ways to encourage the community to have their say and be involved in the consultation process to transform their neighbourhood.
Masters students from Sheffield University Architecture Department, one of the leading research schools in Europe, will lead an intensive consultation process on a 6-week visit to Bristol in autumn 2009. They will find out what local people think, feel and want from their neighbourhood.
The students will use new mapping techniques to analyse residents’ responses, drawing out themes and important information all too often missed by conventional reports. This exhibition falls at the end of the students’ visit, and exists to showcase the progress made and methods used by the students, as well as giving voice to the views of residents. It will also open the debate for feedback from a wider city audience.
Image © Martin Griffiths
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